Shackles from Beyond the World

"Doctor, is this disease curable?" A man lying on the bed grabbed Su's hand and asked, "I'm the only one in my family who can work. My child is still young and has also contracted this strange disease. His mother passed away early. This family can't do without me..."

Su opened her eyes and looked down at the man's hands, which were covered with red lines, and half of his face, which also had red lines. All of this indicated that the man's Honkai Energy Corrosion had reached a late stage.

He chose to hold the man's hand tightly and said gently, "There will be a way."

The man seemed to see a glimmer of hope and repeatedly said, "Thank you, doctor! Thank you, doctor!"

But soon, the man hesitated and asked, "Doctor, is this disease... expensive to treat? If it is expensive... then treat only my child!"

Sue continued to calm the man down, then turned to the others, telling them not to be afraid, and tried to stabilize the emotions of everyone present.

Pardo and Disaster also helped out, chatting with the people Corrosion by Honkai Energy and talking about interesting things that happened in their lives.

"Little one, my illness... is it incurable?" an old man suddenly said to Disaster.

Disaster was taken aback, and quickly said, "How could that be? Grandma, this illness is certainly curable, please don't give up hope!"

The old man smiled faintly and said, "Whether this disease is incurable or not, what does it matter to my old bones? Besides, I've lived for so long, I've seen it all, and I can sense some things to some extent."

Disaster remained silent.

The old woman suddenly grabbed Disaster's hand and pleaded, "I've been to big cities. I know that for some incurable diseases, as long as there are enough test subjects, those big shots can definitely find a way. I'm old, I've lived enough, but my granddaughter, she's so young. Her life shouldn't end here, so... please, at least save her..."

Disaster paused for a moment, then grasped the old woman's hands and said, "It's definitely possible, it's definitely possible..."

Pardo shared with the children the interesting stories she had seen on Dusk Street, of course, with some embellishments from her own perspective. The children listened with great interest, occasionally asking questions.

After a while, Zhu Yufeng and the others arrived.

"How is the situation?" Zhu Yufeng asked Su.

Su sighed and looked at the place where the patients were being housed, saying, "The test results are the same as what I told you before, but I don't have enough equipment or time to test all the villagers here. After that, I may need to report to the Fire Moth and request the branch to send someone over to conduct a detailed examination of the villagers here."

"What about the age distribution?" Zhu Yufeng continued to ask.

"There are seven children under the age of fifteen, five with mild infections and two with moderate infections. There are five young men, one with severe infections and four with moderate infections. There are six young women, five with moderate infections and one with severe infections. There is also one elderly man with a moderate infection," Su said. "Have you found anything over there?"

Kevin replied, "We went to the factory and there was indeed a mutated Honkai Beast, but there wasn't anything too serious about it. We speculate that it was Temple-class Honkai Beast, still in its infancy. The cause of the Honkai was probably the Honkai Energy Crystal in the factory's energy core."

To put it simply, the factory used Honkai Energy as its power source, but due to improper operation, it ultimately led to the Honkai of Honkai.

The Present Honkai Energy has not yet been widely adopted as a common energy source worldwide. Its energy-driven technology is not mature outside of the Fire Moth. However, compared to other energy sources, Honkai Energy is cheaper and more readily available, so some places still use Honkai Energy as an energy source.

Many Honkai Impacts have occurred in these places.

Zhu Yufeng thought for a moment and said, "Is that so... Then let's do it the way I said at the beginning: mild infections require the Fire Moth, moderate to severe infections require..."

"Wait!" Disaster's voice interrupted Zhu Yufeng. "Feng, take them with you, including the Fire Moth!"

Zhu Yufeng glanced at her and said calmly, "This is against the rules, Disaster."

Disaster's tone was very firm. "Rules are rigid, but people are flexible. Perhaps the Fire Moth doesn't want to accept these people, but... what if there are researchers willing to accept them? Maple, don't you know Dr. Mobius? Isn't she Expert in this field? She must be able to think of a way, right?"

Zhu Yufeng looked at Disaster and said calmly, "Wouldn't those with mild infections be even better as test subjects?"

"Maple!" Disaster's voice rose an octave. "We are human, not machines. How could you..."

"That's enough, Disaster, don't make things difficult for Maple," Kosma said.

(Healing someone Corrosion by Honkai Energy is no easy task. Even for Griseo, the only thing that could save her at that time was the Fusion Warrior surgery, which Mobius managed to accomplish by risking everything... Moreover, Mobius's research focus wasn't on healing, but on "advancing.")

"Amo!" Disaster glared at Kosma and said, "How could you say such a thing? Where is the old you? The one who fought for justice and wanted everyone to be happy?! Why would you say such a thing?"

Kosma could only look to Elysia, since Elysia was the captain of the team and the decision-making power was still in Elysia hands.

"Since Disaster has said so, let's take them all with us. I'll leave it to you, Feng, to talk to Mobius." Elysia said to Zhu Yufeng.

Zhu Yufeng glanced at Disaster, then at Elysia, and had no choice but to compromise. He said, "Alright, but severe infections must be treated immediately."

"Why?" Disaster asked.

Su sighed and explained to Disaster, "The next stage for those severely infected may be Honkai zombie, or they may become new sources of Honkai infection."

Disaster remained silent for a long time before finally replying, "I... understand."

Zhu Yufeng crossed his arms and looked at Disaster, saying, "I will talk to Mobius about what will happen next. Disaster, since you want them to get treatment so badly, then you should follow up on their treatment process closely. Then you will understand why I said that."

"Dr. Mobius is a genius, Fire Moth has countless top talents in this field; there's no way they couldn't do it," Disaster said, staring at Zhu Yufeng. "They will definitely prove you wrong!"

"Maybe." Zhu Yufeng turned and left to contact Mobius. "I also hope I'm wrong." But as it turns out, he was right.

Why is it that Mobius, May, and Vill-V, who would be considered unparalleled geniuses in any era, could not devise a way to cure Honkai Energy Corrosion? In fact, May herself eventually died from Honkai Energy Corrosion.

Zhu Yufeng could only speculate that this was because a higher-level being had locked onto the reality that humanity could not cure the Honkai, just as He could arrange the fate of all beings. Simply put, it was because of this constraint of the being that when Mobius and the others might think of a certain possibility of a cure, that possibility was as fleeting as a flash in the pan, coming and going even faster.

In terms of genius, Zhu Yufeng personally believes that Mobius shouldn't be inferior to Otto, right? After all, Mobius is a monster who can think before he leaves the world and speak as soon as he leaves, something Otto can't do.

However, Otto developed a cure for the Black Death. It should be noted that in the Honkai world, the Black Death is a symptom of Honkai Energy Corrosion.

If Otto can do it, there's no reason why Mobius can't. Besides, Otto has a broad range of interests, while Mobius specializes in Honkai Energy and material objects.

Not to mention that there was also an old man statue that produced Honkai Energy neutralizer? And this old man was just one of Schicksal's many researchers.

If they can do this, then look at all the geniuses and monsters of the past, not a single one of them could do it?

But that's the truth. Excluding the possibility of the screenwriter retconning the source material—a nonsensical act that breaks down the dimensional barrier—it can only be concluded that a higher-level entity interfered with humanity's research into treating Honkai Energy Corrosion.

He even wondered why Disaster had fallen into the dream of the Eighth Law; perhaps she had seen a world without Honkai Energy and without sacrifice.

In this situation... how can he save him? Should he kill the Eighth Law Lord first?

Now it all depends on whether Kosma can persuade Disaster, but even Zhu Yufeng himself thinks it's unlikely.

But if you think about it that way... he looked at Sakura, then at Kosma, Su, and Kevin.

Why did they break through that constraint?

Could it be that Elysia's powers were not completely reset by herself, and therefore... there are more than a dozen people in this world who have broken free from the constraints of high-ranking existence?