Born of the Era

"Of course I know that your 'gentleness' cannot be defined by conventional wisdom," Sullivan said calmly. "I know Mobius. If someone cannot understand Mobius's philosophy, then Mobius certainly wouldn't have much of an entanglement with him. She has never cared about being understood by anyone, let alone establishing the kind of relationship we have now."

"Mobius's assessment of you is quite accurate; you're shrewd with age, or as one might say, 'old ginger is spicier,'" Zhu Yufeng said. "So, what else have you noticed?"

"Anyone who can understand Mobius and stand by her side, how could they be normal? You said before that you are 'just as dangerous as Mobius no matter how you look at it.' That's certainly true, but I also said you're a gentle child. Perhaps only you can help Rovoc sometime in the future." Sullivan took a drag of his cigarette and said, "So, young man, could you please take care of my troublesome student?"

"Shouldn't you have said that to Mobius?" Zhu Yufeng looked into Sullivan's eyes and said, "After all, you introduced her as Mobius's assistant."

Sullivan smiled and said, "My student, she's actually a very stubborn person. She's too rational; rational people never believe in anything outside of data. If she comes into contact with the Honkai, she might become more desperate than anyone else, right?"

Zhu Yufeng remained silent.

Sullivan was right; Rovoc really did go into despair later on. She witnessed her mentor die from a storm created by the Fourth Law, witnessed the horrific scene caused by the Sixth Law, and witnessed the destruction caused by the Seventh Law.

It can defeat the Law God Key, which has great power but also has powerful side effects. It can adapt to the God Key's power more easily, but the Fusion Warrior has extremely low surgical power.

For someone who only believes in data and is absolutely rational, is there any fact more despairing than this?

"So why me?" Zhu Yufeng asked, puzzled.

"Yes, why you?" Sullivan asked rhetorically, then took another drag of his cigarette and said, "It's irrational trust, it's just my gut feeling. If Rovoc were here, he would probably criticize me for believing in such an ethereal thing Sixth."

Zhu Yufeng shifted her gaze elsewhere.

Do you feel it...?

Speaking of which, the previous character was a real monster, quite different from the ordinary monsters he knew before his transmigration. Putting aside his six-colored eyes and hair, since the later monster was also six-colored, these monsters with special abilities were truly one after another.

She can be Vill-V whenever she wants, think like Mobius even before she's born, publish papers and attend major international conferences as a teenager, and she and her boyfriend Kevin are born Heroes. She can even see through Aponia directly...

Even Pardo, who always claims to be the weakest of the Flame-Chasers, has such incredible luck that she's practically a bug in the game.

If these people are characters standing on the stage of divinity, it is only natural that they possess special abilities, then... what about the others?

Leaving aside Lilith, who is flawless and excels in every field, and Sila, who can see blood flow naturally, and Xila Rovoc, who can understand the operating principles just by looking at a machine's blueprint...

He had seen many people like the Wokou.

Although the number of such people is small compared to the normal human population, it is by no means a small number.

Is the existence of these people also an arrangement by so-called "divine intervention"?

Maybe.

The "gods" descended upon the Honkai as a trial for humanity, but also gave humanity a chance to save itself, which is why so many geniuses and monsters were born in this era.

"Since you can see things so clearly, how did you manage to lose in the power struggle back then?" Zhu Yufeng turned his gaze to Sullivan again. "If you want to come back now, it shouldn't be too difficult, right?"

"Young man, you're oversimplifying things," Sullivan said slowly. "I just see things a little further ahead than most people. In power struggles, once you lose, your opponent might not give you any chance to make a comeback. Besides... actually, I've long since given up hope."

"You've already given up hope?"

"The Honkai is undoubtedly a formidable enemy that threatens human survival, but can humanity truly unite in the face of calamity?" Sullivan said, looking into Zhu Yufeng's eyes.

Having read the script and completed the first playthrough, Zhu Yufeng couldn't help but agree, "I think, no, at least... before 99% of humans are dead! No."

Even if only 1% remains, it might still be missing...

"Even if 99% of humanity dies, I don't think they can unite," Sullivan said casually. "That's the inherent weakness of humanity. At that time, they might still kill an innocent child for some trivial fear while the warriors are resisting Honkai, or stab a warrior protecting them in the back."

"You must be the prophet yourself, right?" Zhu Yufeng really wanted to say that.

"Belief in miracles, belief in the future—that's part of human nature, isn't it?" Zhu Yufeng smiled and said. "Even if the probability is theoretically zero, humans are a race capable of creating miracles, aren't they?"

Sullivan shrugged and said, "Maybe you young people still think that way, but I'm old now, and I've lost the passion and fighting spirit I had when I was young. Ha... Based on what you said, I believe, Rovoc, she'll be fine here."

"I'll try my best," Zhu Yufeng said.

"Then I'll leave it to you." Sullivan turned and left. "Please... please take care of this worrying child for me, Maple."

"You're not waiting for Rovoc to return..."

Sullivan stopped in his tracks. "There's no need. The child will definitely stay. I just brought her here. I should have left before Dr. Mobius took her away, but I felt it was necessary to talk to you, at least to put my mind at ease."

After saying that, he waved and left without any hesitation.

Zhu Yufeng watched Sullivan leave with his arms crossed, sighed softly, and murmured to himself, "Humanity may not be able to defeat the Honkai without uniting, but humanity must defeat the Honkai. I never intended to help humanity defeat the Honkai, but to protect those who love me and those I love, I must defeat the Honkai. Therefore, I will no longer trample on the dreams of countless people, nor will I let countless lives be lost on my hands."

Even he himself is someone who can pay the price.

On the other side.

"Have you ever considered that you might be facing an abyss of perpetual darkness?" Mobius said, walking ahead.

"Even the abyss is there, even if it is always dark and gloomy, it is still there. Just because you don't look at it doesn't mean it won't exist," Rovoc replied. "'He who gazes into the abyss, the abyss also gazes into him.' But someone has to do it, doesn't he?"

"Heh..." Mobius shook his head gently. Perhaps, the previous Rovoc wanted to defeat the Honkai more than anyone else. She tried her best to analyze the Honkai, but in the end, the more she analyzed it, the more desperate she became.

She gazed into the abyss, and in the end, she too was swallowed by it.