Twins of the Other Shore

"During this Great Honkai, 762 people were rescued from the central area. Among them, 147 were unaffected by the Honkai Energy Corrosion. The rest showed symptoms of Honkai Energy Corrosion to varying degrees. Based on the information received from the scene, I still believe that we need to pay special attention to those who came out of the central area but did not show symptoms of Honkai Energy Corrosion," Mei said.

"How could the central area where the Honkai not be Corrosion by Honkai Energy?" someone whispered.

"One cannot generalize about a person's physical constitution," Mobius said calmly. "Some people Honkai Energy naturally much more resistant to Honkai energy than others, and this is not uncommon among the Fire Moth. Warriors like Kevin, Maple, Elysia, Lilith have extremely high resistance to Honkai Energy. In addition, although the Honkai Energy resistance of Kosma, Disaster, Sakura, and others is not as good as the aforementioned ones, it is still quite excellent."

And a trace that's still dusting off the moon.

Although the previous four, except for Kevin, were all Herrscher... before becoming Herrscher, Zhu Yufeng's resistance to Honkai Energy could only be described as being at a level slightly above that of an ordinary person.

Those who survived the Fusion Warrior surgery before it was fully completed would have high Honkai Energy resistance. When selecting volunteers, Honkai Energy resistance was a key criterion.

At that time, Zhu Yufeng had only just passed the minimum requirement. In terms of physical fitness, he was actually inferior to Ying and the others. Therefore, in terms of the severity of the side effects, Zhu Yufeng was undoubtedly among the most severely affected.

Sometimes, even Mobius wasn't entirely sure if Zhu Yufeng's decreasing emotional fluctuations in the later stages of the fight against the Honkai were related to the drugs he had developed. After all, to alleviate the tearing pain in Zhu Yufeng's body from the inside out, he did need to use anesthetic drugs...

Thinking about this, Mobius's expression also became somewhat gloomy.

Although the others didn't know why Mobius's mood suddenly seemed to change as he spoke, they didn't dare to ask. It's best not to provoke Dr. Mobius unless you're Feng.

"Then let's handle it as planned. By the way, we also need to manage and treat those who have shown symptoms of Honkai Energy Corrosion. As for the survivors who have not shown symptoms of Honkai Energy Corrosion, we should disperse them and send our soldiers to observe them regularly."

"Okay, that's settled then."

"I really hope... we can meet a Herrscher with whom we can communicate..."

Mobius glanced at the person who said this. If it were just about meeting, then they could meet every day. But if Zhu Yufeng and the others' identities Herrscher were exposed, that would not be a good thing. It could be said that these people made it sound nice that they wanted to communicate with Herrscher, but if this really happened, their first reaction would definitely not be communication, but vigilance and hostility.

They've never fought together, never experienced anything together; the Herrscher... are ultimately different from humans.

Putting herself in his shoes, if a Mobius Herrscher could communicate appeared before her, her first thought wouldn't be how to communicate, but rather how to dissect the Herrscher. She was like Sakura's sister, Rin. The main reason why Mobius and Sakura had such a bad relationship was that Mobius wanted to conduct detailed research on Rin.

Even now, it's the same... except that in Mobius's eyes, Elysia is Elysia, Zhu Yufeng is Zhu Yufeng. Whether they are human or Herrscher doesn't matter; they are who they are.

As for Lilith, Mobius simply couldn't Lilith; he was no match for Lilith...

Moon.

"Very good, the lunar base is almost complete... all this effort has paid off..." Hen looked at the lunar base, which was beginning to take shape, and reflected on the past six months...

That guy Ugar comes here every week, occasionally letting out a roar that scares everyone into immediately going on high alert. But then Ugar just glances at them leisurely and flies away.

It flew away...

Ugar would even sit on the outskirts of the lunar base and watch them carry bricks, being watched by a Judgment-class Honkai Beast while carrying bricks... It felt so strange, as if this Honkai Beast was their foreman!

But they still couldn't do anything about Ugar!

Whose Honkai Beast is this?! Why is it so cheeky!

"Hen, isn't it about time..." Jarvis, who had planned the lunar base with him, stood beside him and looked up at the lunar sky.

"Yes... it's almost time..." Hen said with a calm expression.

A certain Honkai Beast came to watch them move bricks and burn ashes again...

Don't let me know which Herrscher's Companion Honkai Beast this is!

Hen silently made a note of the Herrscher whose existence was unknown, but he only thought about it. If they were to actually fight, and if Ugar was indeed the Companion Honkai Beast of some Herrscher, then that Herrscher's powers were most likely related to time. Ugar couldn't even handle that, so how could he fight that Herrscher?

Moreover... after spending time together, it's clear that Ugar doesn't seem to have much hostility towards them, or perhaps there's no hostility at all? This is absolutely unique among the Honkai Beast.

Of course, they wouldn't be so foolish as to attack Ugar to see if Ugar would retaliate, because no matter what, although Ugar didn't show any hostile behavior towards them, it also didn't show any friendly behavior. It was more of a bystander, not to mention the large-scale casualties it caused when it appeared.

In other words, it might be the kind of neutral unit that becomes a hostile unit if attacked.

It wasn't that Chihen hadn't tried to communicate with Ugar. He could confirm that Ugar did indeed possess intelligence. Although it didn't speak, it first glanced at Chihen, then at the lunar base still under construction, practically saying, "Why don't you get back to doing some light cleaning and bricklaying instead of talking all the time?"

Mark. "..."

If we weren't outmatched...

He now gets the feeling that Ugar's weekly weekly visits are just to supervise the construction of their lunar base...

Ugar's strange behavior is actually one of the important reasons why the higher-ups of the Fire Moth are considering whether Herrscher have intelligence and can communicate. After all, with such a Honkai Beast appearing, no one can guarantee that a similar Herrscher won't appear.

Looking at the Ugar that came to "patrol" every day, Hen looked numb and thought to himself, "How long will the war between humanity and Honkai last? Does the appearance of a different Honkai Beast like Ugar mean that one day in the future, the war between humanity and Honkai will end with both sides coexisting?"

Fire Moth at the Temporary Base for the Sixth Honkai Eruption.

"So... in your observations, Seele has memories?" Zhu Yufeng, Elysia, and Lilith summarized the process of discovering Seele's the Present.

"Yeah, it's impossible for a girl you've just met to keep glancing at you while you're chatting with someone else, right?" Lilith said with a teasing look. "I counted, she looked at you 17 times while you were chatting with someone else."

She practically had "Come and ask me" written all over her face, but Zhu Yufeng wasn't looking in her direction at all, so it's normal that she didn't notice.

"She's actually been watching us too, hasn't she?" Elysia asked Lilith. She even felt that Seele's gaze was always quite unfriendly whenever she looked at her, because... she probably knew, if she wasn't mistaken...

"It must be that Feng initially told her that the girl he liked was one of us." Lilith looked at Elysia and said with a smile, "Besides, when she looked at you, it was definitely because she thought you thought Black Abyss White Flower wasn't cute enough. Apart from that, I don't really understand why she looked at you like that."

"But I'm just telling the truth. Although Seele is indeed a cute girl, Black Abyss White Flower just isn't cute enough." Elysia tried to retort, "Besides, when she looked at you, her gaze was quite speechless. She must have been speechless at your outrageous behavior."

Zhu Yufeng looked at Elysia, then at Lilith, and wondered... how come these two, just by observing, knew more than he, a mere mortal, had directly asked? Is this what they mean by "understanding girls better than girls"?

"You didn't ask anything, did you?" Lilith looked at Zhu Yufeng.

"Ahem." Zhu Yufeng coughed twice and said, "I thought I was asking you for the information I needed, which is basically the same conclusion you two reached just by observing..."

Speaking of glances, he did notice someone glancing at him from time to time. Because Lilith's guess had left a deep impression on him, his first reaction was to look at Seele. However, every time he looked over, Seele would look away. But he still managed to catch a glimpse of Seele turning her head away.

He had considered asking Seele, but wouldn't that be the same as telling Seele, "I know you've been watching me"?

I have a feeling that if that's the case, rather than Seele trying to communicate with me properly, she's more likely to just explode.

He didn't have the same superb speaking skills as Lilith and Elysia, so he dared not act recklessly.

"According to the information I've gathered, the children's impression of Seele isn't exactly good, but they also don't think Seele is bad. Although she often finds them annoying, she will protect them in front of bad guys. They also say that around the time of the Third Law incident, Seele would occasionally become very gentle, as if she were a completely different person." Zhu Yufeng began to recount the information he had gathered. "As for the old director, he has observed and thought about things much more than the children. He suspects that Seele... has a split personality..."

"Pfft..." Elysia couldn't help but laugh. "What... conclusion is this?"

Lilith wasn't too surprised, because she knew that Seele in the next civilization also had a split personality (when Zhu Yufeng transmigrated, she had just finished the Elysian Realm storyline and hadn't yet reached the Stigmata Project), so... it wasn't surprising that the Present Seele had a split personality, not to mention that Black Abyss White Flower originally had two opposing powers.

"That's what the old director said. Although Seele's attitude towards the children wasn't always very good, she actually wanted to get along well with them. But her personality... was indeed a bit troublesome. Perhaps it was under such contradictory feelings that she developed symptoms of dissociative identity disorder, and the other personality that emerged almost perfectly matched the image of the older sister who took care of the children," Zhu Yufeng said.

Why didn't I look into this personality when I investigated it in my past life?

"So... what are you planning to do next?" Lilith asked. "The Present we know Seele has memories of her past life, and it's very likely that her consciousness is actually within the Black Abyss White Flower, what are you going to do? Dili, how do you want to treat her? Or rather, save her?"

Elysia looked at Zhu Yufeng waited for his answer. If it were up to her, she would do everything she could to save Seele, even if it meant becoming a rival in love... As long as it wasn't someone like Lilith, it didn't matter. One more Mobius was fine.

"My answer has always been clear," Zhu Yufeng replied, "To the best of my ability, with all my might."

This isn't the first time he's challenged fate; besides, he won't be alone this time.

"Oh right, if Seele has memories, then what about Michael ..." Lilith's expression became very pleasant, while Zhu Yufeng subconsciously felt a headache when he heard the name "Michael".

When we first met, his voice was similar to Theresa's... Putting everything else aside, at least he wasn't associated with "Theresa the fool." The difference between him and Stargazer seems quite large; Stargazer is cunning, while Michael is innocent inside and out...

Furthermore, Michael was flat-chested when he grew up, while Theresa, having Kallen's genes, was a clone of Kallen, and Kallen was not flat-chested at all.

"I... I'll wait until the Eighth Ritual Incident to see her..."

He really didn't want to bring his "master" over so soon to recite the "tightening spell" for him, really...

On the other side, Seele sat alone on a piece of ruins, gazing at the setting sun on the horizon.

"This time... you should go."

"Why? You clearly like him too, don't you?"

"Who would like that deadbeat guy who's as hard as a rock! You were the one who liked him first!... Besides, back then, it was you who protected me, which is why I was able to hold on for so long and not turn into that kind of monster... And my personality doesn't get along with him, you're more suitable, so..."

"..."

Hey! Don't just stay silent!

"... Actually, as long as you are more frank, he will accept it no matter what."

"Easy for you to say... I don't want to... Fine, you go then, but... this time I should do something for you too..."

The girl's pupils were still crimson, but her gaze had lost its usual sharpness and distance, becoming gentler.

She looked at her own hands, calling out to them, but the true persona remained unresponsive.

"Clearly... all it takes is to say it properly..." She pursed her lips and looked towards the camp of the Fire Moth warriors. She knew that the only person who could help her awkward personality was that other person.

In her mental world, the girl watched the waves crashing against the world and murmured to herself, "At least this time... you can see his future, just like I did before..."