If It Were Finality

"So... you take a nap, and when you wake up, you have this thing?"

Mobius tried to touch the cube next to Zhu Yufeng, but before he could touch it, it spun to the other side.

Mobius: "..."

So the little thing has a temper, huh?

Lilith looked at the cube thoughtfully. She said that last night she wanted to sneak a peek into Zhu Yufeng's dream, but she found that she couldn't enter Zhu Yufeng's consciousness space.

"The Metatron's Cube," Sue began.

What is this? Isn't this a "Holy Crystal"? Zhu Yufeng turned his questioning gaze to Su.

"I've only ever seen it in alchemical texts." Su picked up a piece of white paper, then quickly sketched a few lines on it with a pen, and then drew a somewhat complex geometric shape.

Zhu Yufeng picked up the white paper and glanced at it, then compared it with the "Holy Crystal" beside him and thought it really did seem to make sense, "I didn't expect you to be interested in alchemy, Su... I thought you scientists weren't very interested in these kinds of mystical things."

"Basically, anyone who studies Honkai will know something about alchemy," Mobius said, rolling his eyes. "After all, human civilization and history have been intertwined with Honkai, and before science further developed and took shape, some of the explanations that alchemy used for Honkai had a certain degree of rationality."

"However... in alchemy, the Metatron's Cube is more of a pattern than a real cube structure," Su said, frowning slightly. "In alchemy, the Metatron's Cube can be decomposed into three structures, containing five regular polyhedra, each corresponding to one of the five elements. Among them, the fire element is the sharpest tetrahedron, the air element is an almost imperceptible octahedron, the water element is an icosahedron that resembles a small ball, and the earth element can be stacked into a cube. As for the remaining dodecahedron, in alchemy it corresponds to the fifth element, 'ether.' The third non-regular polyhedron structure, which is the star-shaped tetrahedron structure it currently presents, represents the energy structure of the universe—the Merkaba field, responsible for releasing and absorbing energy, enabling everything in the universe to function normally."

Zhu Yufeng remained expressionless, feeling as if he were listening to gibberish... How could Su know so much about these things?

"I didn't expect you to have studied so much alchemy." Mobius glanced at Sue with some surprise. Although the Metatron's Cube was a part of alchemy, it wasn't the most important one. Mobius's research into alchemical texts was more focused on things related to life.

Zhu Yufeng looked down at the simplified diagram of the Metatron's Cube drawn by Su. He wondered if it was a coincidence, but there were exactly thirteen circles on it... It was hard not to think that this corresponded to the thirteen Herrscher.

Excluding the Origin and the Finality, starting from the First Herrscher of Reason and ending with the Thirteenth Herrscher of Herrscher of Time... if I can truly be considered the Herrscher of Time.

At the Cocoon of Finality, he learned that the Honkai Energy he had endured when he became Herrscher was actually the Power of Finality.

At least for now, her identity is still that of the Thirteenth Herrscher, not the Finality. However, even if the Herrscher of Herrscher of Time does not exist, if we consider the Origin and the Finality as one, there are still a total of thirteen Herrscher.

"Back then, I was really desperate and grasping at straws," Su said with a wry smile. "At that time, I hadn't joined the Fire Moth yet, and I was focused on rescuing my patients from Honkai clutches of the Honkai... So I tried all sorts of methods, read through various books, and even looked into things like alchemy."

Mobius turned his gaze back to the tetrahedron orbiting Zhu Yufeng and asked, "After it appeared, did anything unusual happen to you?"

Zhu Yufeng snapped out of his reverie, recalling his battle with his past self in the space of the Cocoon of the Cocoon of Finality, and said, "It seems to be some kind of medium, or something similar. Anyway, after it appeared, I was able to use the powers of the First, Second, Fourth, Fifth, Seventh, and Ninth Herrscher."

"What?" Mobius frowned and continued, "So, to what extent can you utilize the power of time?"

"There has been no progress." Zhu Yufeng shrugged.

"Feng has gained more power, isn't that a good thing?" Kevin said. He hadn't had a chance to speak since the beginning because the topics discussed here were beyond his knowledge, so he could only ask questions that he could barely answer.

"A good thing?" Mobius glanced at Kevin. "Perhaps, if that's really all there is to it..."

She was even more worried that her initial guess would come true, that Zhu Yufeng was the juvenile form of the Finality. If that were the case... based on the information she currently had, the truth would be the worst possible outcome.

For humanity to overcome the Honkai, it must transcend the Finality...

"What if... humanity could coexist with the Finality?" The thought popped into Mobius's mind. "Ha... no matter how you look at it, this idea is a bit too crazy. Our understanding of the Finality is far from enough..."

Similarly, Elysia, who hadn't said much, had the same thought as Mobius: Zhu Yufeng's power, no matter how you looked at it, should only be related to time. If he was just the "Herrscher of Time," then what if he was the Finality, what if this time he became the Finality...?

No, it can't be like that. I should trust Feng. He is also Herrscher of Humanity, just like me, fighting side by side with everyone until the end.

But...

If... in order to end the Honkai brought about by the Honkai, we must destroy the Finality?

Zhu Yufeng looked at Mobius, then at Elysia. He had previously wondered if the Flame-Chasers were hiding something from him. Now that they all had such expressions, it was clear that what he had just said had made them think of something. And what they were thinking was actually quite easy to guess.

The Cocoon of Finality... If what I saw was not an illusion, then its existence does indeed prove that the authority of the Finality will be projected into different powers at different times. Right now, I am just like the core Sirin. Is it possible that one day, I will also become the Finality?

Although it is unknown how Kiana defeated the Honkai, according to the description in the Post-Honkai Odyssey, Kiana probably sealed herself and the Honkai together on the moon. Then, Void Archive attempted to completely expel the Honkai from Earth by transferring the moon to some Sky People.

No, are you really not considering the tidal effect between the moon and the earth?

So Kiana actually sealed herself and the Cocoon of Finality together?

That's not right either. The Finality doesn't exist in the intrinsic world, but in the Imaginary Space. As long as the Cocoon of the Finality exists, the Honkai won't disappear...

"Didn't you see anything in your dream?" Lilith asked. "It's impossible that you just took a nap, right?"

Elysia and Mobius both looked at Zhu Yufeng. Zhu Yufeng was silent for a moment, then said, "Indeed... I... may see the Finality the cocoon."

"The Finality cocoon?" Mobius's pupils contracted. "So, what happened next?"

"It's nothing much. It's just that the Finality Cocoon simulated a version of me who was once a demon, and I suddenly gained those powers while fighting the demon." Zhu Yufeng glanced at the Metatron's Cube beside him. "Of course, it appeared with me too."

"Anything else? Is there anything else?" Mobius continued to press.

"Uh... later on..." Zhu Yufeng looked at Su with a somewhat complicated tone and said, "I met Su as a woman, and witnessed the destruction of the city she belonged to."

Su, who had just opened her thermos and was about to take a sip of the tea she had brewed herself, thought, "?"

Kevin: "?"

Lilith raised an eyebrow. "Judging from your tone, you guys sent something else?"

Elysia's gaze instantly shifted from gossip to wariness.

Su opened her eyes, put the lid of the thermos on the table, and looked at Zhu Yufeng, who said somewhat seriously, "She... didn't do anything to you, did she?"

Mobius glanced at Su with a somewhat strange look, feeling that something about what Su said was off. It must be his imagination, anyway, there had been plenty of misunderstandings between Kevin and Su that gave Mebius headaches. It must be because he had read those weird chapters that Zhu had made before that left too deep an impression.

"To say no means that nothing was done... It should just be an image of the cosmos that the Finality Cocoon simulated, an image of the cosmos that it destroyed." Zhu Yufeng said, "Only after watching the destruction of the cosmos she was in could I be sure that she should be the parallel cosmos you that you and I were talking about."

Everyone else turned their attention to Su. Su didn't go into details, only saying that he had been chased by a female version of himself while observing the quantum sea, and was almost possessed by her.

Seeing that everyone was looking at her, Su recounted her past experiences, then looked at Zhu Yufeng who asked, "So, that woman, the one she was in..."

"It was destroyed by Corrosion, and what you call putting everyone's mind under your control..."

Zhu Yufeng briefly recounted the information she had gleaned from her conversation with Vita.

After listening to Zhu Yufeng's account, Mobius rested his chin on his hand. "So, that woman Su, also known as Vita, is the last survivor of Venusian Abyss?"

"That's right," Zhu Yufeng said. "I was also puzzled. Vita told me that Venus had also observed Earth, and although Earth had experienced life at that time, there were no signs of eclipse. Based on my own analysis, Earth at that time should still be in the Middle Eocene."

"Relying on the power of the Quantum Sea to fight against the Honkai, ultimately led to the destruction of the Universe..." Su said, pondering. "The fact that the Quantum Sea is hostile to the Intrinsic World could indeed lead to such an outcome. And the thoughts she controls are data entities similar to those in the Elysian Realm, preserved by the Spiritual Consciousness System she developed..."

"The destruction of Venus is hundreds of millions of years ago. If she is a Venusian from our solar system, how did you determine that she is female?" Zhu Yufeng asked with some curiosity, "Although she does look alike to you."

"How similar?" Kevin asked, not for any other reason than to see what a woman's Su looked like.

Zhu Yufeng: "..."

At least compared to you and Kiana, Vita and Su really look alike; they share some similar features. But you and Kiana have nothing in common except for hair and eye color—you don't even have a cowlick.

Suddenly, Zhu Yufeng had a thought. The cube beside him was telling him that it could simulate Vita's image, so Zhu Yufeng had it project Vita's appearance.

Kevin glanced at Vita, then at Su, and nodded. "Indeed, it's obvious at a glance that she has a deep relationship with Su."

Su looked at Vita's image with a complex expression, while Mobius glanced at it and lost interest, explaining the question Zhu Yufeng had asked earlier, "Your words prove the existence of the Finality Cocoon, and also confirm some of our speculations about it. The Finality might be something created by some being to find its kind. Whatever it is, it's something we can't do at this stage. The Finality nothing more than a reincarnation machine that executes the fate of the Finality Cocoon. The Finality Cocoon itself stores the data of the beings, so when a being is destroyed by the Finality and a new one begins, that being will experience a similar history to the previous being, and similar people will appear."

"So am I now the Herrscher of the Finality?" Zhu Yufeng asked very directly.

Kevin's gaze sharpened.

"I do hope not," Mobius clicked his tongue and said, "But... you've already seen the Cocoon of the Finality, so that possibility can't be ruled out..."

"The Finality we faced before was directly born from the convergence of Honkai Energy. But Feng is different. Like Elysia, he was simply carrying out the mandate of the Finality..."

Before Kevin could finish speaking, Mobius interrupted breathlessly, "Of course I know, but the situation hasn't been fully investigated yet. Besides, compared to the Finality Time, what about the setting of our world time?"

Kevin shut up honestly; this wasn't a situation he could even comprehend.

"The Cocoon of the Finality is clearly incapable of reversing time, yet Yu Feng did indeed see the Cocoon of the Finality ..." Mobius scratched his head in annoyance, "Furthermore, before this, the other Herrscher clearly showed hostility towards Yu Feng, which doesn't quite align with the Cocoon of the Finality choosing Yu Feng as its Herrscher of the Finality ..."

"However, now that the existence of the Finality Cocoon has been confirmed, we can also basically confirm our research methods for Honkai," Su said. "Perhaps, by finding the Finality Cocoon and conducting further research on it, we might be able to find a way to completely Honkai."