What Is Finality, If Not Time?

"Doctor, your application for parliamentary membership has been approved." Klein walked over carrying a stack of documents and said with some confusion, "But Doctor, why did you suddenly want to become a parliamentarian?"

I've had this feeling that Dr. Mobius has been acting a bit strange over the past year or so. He's been sleeping eight hours a day and even occasionally takes a day off to have afternoon tea with his senior colleague, Blanca. Yet, Dr. Mobius's experimental progress doesn't seem to have been affected at all...

Was it because of his reliable and capable junior Rovoc? No, this change started before Rovoc joined the doctor's lab. Was it because of a reliable but somewhat harem-like Kaede? After all, the only people who can control Dr. Mobius now are Elysia and Kaede.

Speaking of Maple, Lilith, who recently joined, seems to have gained a lot of popularity in the Fire Moth in a short time. I remember once accidentally seeing Cangxuan's statistics on these people who are just bored and shipping couples, Lilith was actually trending towards catching up with Elysia... So why is the Doctor still so calm?

As for Danzhu and Cangxuan, it's already good enough that they didn't add extra workload for themselves.

Mobius looked up from his observation of the Fourth Herrscher's organizational fragments and said slowly, "Klein, you should know that certain identities are essential to accomplishing certain things."

Mobius was engrossed in her experiments and had no interest in the infighting of other boring people, so even though she was a founding member of the Fire Moth, she did not become a senator.

The situation is different now. The things she wants to research can be found out about the outcome as soon as they are published. The Fusion Warrior Project was first proposed by her and then further improved by Mei. As for the Stigmata Project, she was forced by Mei to revise it 15 times, a full 15 times! Only these 15 versions of the Stigmata Project, which have the highest probability of success, are the outcome she wants to know.

Although Feng disagreed with some of these places, those plans would require at least several thousand years of human history to be realized. After all, the Stigmata Project was based on the reconstruction of human civilization from the very beginning.

Now that someone is giving up and is determined to Honkai the Honkai, all I can do is support them. Reaching the end of infinity and surpassing the will of the so-called gods, how can one not yearn for it?

Moreover, the previous failure could serve as a lesson. The birth and existence of the Finality was the biggest surprise to them. Like the essence of the Finality and all the Herrscher that have appeared before, the Moonlight Throne Project could definitely succeed, but the final outcome...

"The Cocoon of the Finality..." Mobius pondered the aftermath of the battle with the Finality. "According to the analysis by Mebius, Mebius, and Vill-V, the powers possessed by the Herrscher before the Finality were similar to projections of the Finality at different points in time. Yu Feng was Herrscher born before the Finality, so his Herrscher are closest to the cycle of the Finality... But then, something still doesn't make sense..."

According to their speculation, the underground shelters built by humans, with the Herrscher Core Herrscher protection, could completely withstand the resetting of the cycle of the Finality. However, this time, with the rebirth of Fire Moths and the ever-present Lilith, the cycle of the Finality was essentially crushed. The shelters built by humans in their memories completely disappeared, and the Herrscher Core, which theoretically could escape the cycle of the End without being affected by the Finality, also disappeared. If this is Zhu Yufeng's power, then the power of the Finality is simply insignificant compared to it.

That's fine, but Zhu Yufeng Herrscher's Companion Honkai Beast Ugar, is also a simple and crude way to Reset Spacetime, except that it doesn't reset the state of creatures other than Honkai creatures.

So, who really seems more like the theoretical Finality? Besides, there's one thing Mobius is certain of: if Zhu Yufeng is an enemy of humanity, then the Moonlight Throne Project is perfectly capable of working against him.

Another one is the song that has been passed down within the Fire Moth, whose meaning Mobius still hasn't fully grasped:

"One day, He fell from the sky. People looked up and saw the starry sky."

Eden later added a section as an artist:

"The stars and moon sent God's daughter, who is willing to become man's companion."

"The long wind becomes her chariot, and the four seas become her garden. Birds bring seeds of goodness, and the hundred peaks weave a hymn of love."

"That's how she was born into the world, settled on the earth, grew up alongside humankind, and sprouted together with the world."

Mobius initially thought he understood the meaning, but Zhu Yufeng's existence seemed to make him a complete anomaly...

A bold guess even popped into her mind: the powers of Finality and Yu Feng were similar to the powers of spacetime, but Finality's ultimate goal was assumed to be that a civilization that had defeated the Honkai was pursuing humans and then using this to filter out beings like them.

That's why the Cocoon of the Finality exists. In other words, the Finality they faced was more like a man-made Finality, while Yu Feng... might just be the real Finality...

According to their assumptions about the Honkai, in the final battle against the Honkai, the Finality, as the final judge, will inevitably descend. The existence of the Finality Cocoon directly locks in the time and possibility of the Finality's birth.

So another question arises: why Yu Feng? What does this have to do with the Origin Gift that Elysia ultimately sacrificed herself to restore the Honkai?

And what about the many realms observed by the Thousand Worlds?

The mysteries that need to be solved have not decreased because of the rebirth, but have increased instead... Moreover, these things cannot be told to Klein and the others at this stage. They can only explore them on their own and with Vill-V at this stage. After she takes over the position of councilor, she will bring forward the proposal for lunar exploration. Some things must be answered on the moon.

"After the doctor is elected as a member of parliament, the laboratory's funding will increase significantly." Cangxuan frantically calculated the use of various funds, and the sound of her typing on the computer temporarily interrupted Mobius's thoughts.

"I heard it was all thanks to Mr. Beifengge's help," Klein said, tilting her head. "However, it was ultimately because several councilors died in accidents, leaving vacancies in their positions."

Mobius took a sip of coffee. If it was just one councilor's accidental death, he would probably have no chance. But if several councilors died, things would be different. Moreover, the so-called "accident" was just that the means were beyond the current understanding of humankind, which is why it was called an "accident".

As the only Fusion Warrior currently available, it would be incredibly easy for Xila to kill anyone she wanted.

Beifengge's help wasn't actually because he gave Beffiner any benefits; it was simply because Beffiner was bored and wanted to challenge the mainstream trend.

Beifengge, the Fallen Angel of law, is the most eloquent of the Thirteen Fallen Angels. His study of law allows him to turn black into white and white into black. He defends himself in court, simply because he finds debating with Scholar challenging. Rebellious as he is, he goes against the tide of history the most. To put it bluntly, he's a born contrarian. He's truly well-read in order to argue, all for the sake of arguing...

"The best way to deal with Beifengge is to refuse to talk and solve the problem by force," Zhu Yufeng said. "Although what Beifengge says is true, his ultimate goal is usually to induce people to make some...not-so-good choices."

The most annoying of the Thirteen Fallen Angels isn't Beelzebub, who's always fighting like Qianjie, nor is it the neurotic nun Esmodius occasionally goes crazy. It's Beifengge, who either argues for the sake of arguing or tempts people to do things they shouldn't. He never forgets to guide anyone he talks to, saying things like, "Is it possible that...?" or "This situation sometimes exists..." and so on.

When the others realized their mistake and confronted Beifengge innocently replied, "Did I say it was definitely like that? I was just saying it casually."

At that time Fire Moth had some rules regarding how to interact with the Thirteen Fallen Angels, such as "Don't be alone with Esmodius," "Don't listen to Beifengge," and "Don't disturb Astaroth she's reading"...

Although Beifengge may be more normal than others, and his jokes are often harmless, many people might prefer to communicate with those less normal Fallen Angel.

One or two of these annoying yet unavoidable jokes are enough, but Beifengge can make them all the time.

"Doctor, the detailed medical report for Lilith that you requested is ready." Rovoc walked in from outside carrying a document.

Mobius took Lilith's medical report from Rovoc. She decided to verify the possibility that Lilith was also a Herrscher, which Zhu Yufeng had discussed with her earlier.

She glanced at the data casually, then froze.

Because Lilith's medical examination data this time is surprisingly consistent with Elysia's!

"How could this be?" Mobius was puzzled. Although she didn't have much of an impression of Lilith's detailed data from her previous life, she had handled the entire Chimera Project of the Thirteen Fallen Angels, so she still remembered the general data. Lilith's resistance to and capacity to Honkai Energy should have been within the range of an average person, but now her data was starting to match that of Zhu Yufeng and Elysia, who were identified as Herrscher.

Mobius then recalled a possibility that Vill-V had discussed with Vill-V after they returned from their investigation of Zhu Yufeng Elysia, a possibility that prompted her to conduct a complete test on Lilith:

"Is it possible that the Herrscher Core that originally belonged to Yu Feng is now inside Lilith's body?"

"But looking at this data... Lilith doesn't have Herrscher Core either... Could it be that there really are two Origin Herrscher? Or is there another unknown Herrscher between Origin and Finality?" Mobius pondered. She knew that Su had Thousand Worlds to observe the situation in various worlds, and Elysia in each world had never changed her choice. In contrast, Su seemed not to have observed Lilith's existence. To be precise, she did not observe any possibility of Lilith existing as Fire Moth warrior.

Of the Thirteen Fallen Angels, except for Zhu Yufeng and Lilith, most of them can be observed.

This makes Lilith's identity seem rather intriguing.

"Human nature is both good and evil... born between heaven and earth, born among humankind..." Mobius began to analyze, "Yu Feng's view does have its merits, but... why was Lilith initially a completely human being, and only after her rebirth was she discovered to be Herrscher?"

Zhu Yufeng believed that the Primordial Twin Birth were like the good and evil of human nature, but Mobius thought of another possibility. Before the Finality battle, when Zhu Yufeng became Herrscher, Lilith existed in Zhu Yufeng in the form of a consciousness. It was entirely possible that she became a Herrscher with the power of knowledge through this. Or, perhaps, she and Zhu Yufeng together formed a complete Finality.

In any case, regardless of what Lilith's powers are, it can now be basically concluded that she is at least a Herrscher entity.

"I probably never would have imagined that among all those Herrscher, quite a few were from within the Fire Moth itself..." Mobius thought to himself, looking up at the sky.

First, Himiko, the first to become the Flame Herrscher; then came the Tenth Herrscher, who was basically from within the Fire Moth; the Eleventh Herrscher, Michael, was also a medical worker from the Fire Moth; the Twelfth Herrscher was Sakura's sister, Rin; then came the Origin Herrscher, Elysia; the Herrscher of Time, Zhu Yufeng, who was suspected to Herrscher of Finality; and then there was Lilith, who was suspected to Herrscher...

If Zhu Yufeng knew what Mobius was thinking, he might have talked to her about the current state of the St. Freya Academy, the Far East Demon Cave, where the first to fourth Herrscher all came from St. Freya, even though the Fourth Herrscher was a disgrace...

Even Hua, that honest kid, has a Herrscher daughter. Hua will never become Herrscher, but Herrscher can use the Talisman.

When Himeko woke up, everyone on the Hyperion except Theresa was Herrscher. I wonder what she would think... Be bold, if Otto hadn't bugged out the Restraint, Theresa might have been able to get a Restraint too.

Why is it impossible for the Herrscher to appear as an organization?

"But it's alright..." A slight smile appeared on Mobius's lips. "Fighting alongside several Herrscher against the Honkai is quite a novel experience."

Rovoc silently watched Mobius, first with confusion, then speechlessness, and finally a smile. She glanced at Lilith's medical data that Mobius had placed aside; she'd seen it too. Could it really be this serious? Weren't Maple and Elysia in the same situation? Could this be some inexplicable competitive spirit between rivals? She just didn't understand...