Lilith: We Must Get Handsy with Feng Immediately

After leaving the Mobius Lab, Elysia saw that Zhu Yufeng seemed to be still thinking about something, so she asked, "Feng, is there something else on your mind?"

Zhu Yufeng lowered his eyes and then said, "In front of the Cocoon of Finality, after fighting against the Demon of Karma, he said something that made me somewhat concerned."

"What did you say?" Elysia asked.

"What is meant to happen will happen again, what is meant to be will be bet again," Zhu Yufeng said. "Although I know that this is probably just the Cocoon of Finality trying to bewitch me, but... sure enough, after waking up from the dream, I will still care to some extent."

"Does that mean the 'Restraint Tragedy' will still happen, or does it mean that you and Elysia will break up again?" Lilith shrugged, seemingly unconcerned. "That's true. After all, no matter how unconcerned you are, the 'Restraint Tragedy' was too painful for you, to the point that you don't want it to happen a second time in any way."

Elysia pursed her lips. The tragedy of being bound by constraints was unpleasant for anyone, and besides...

"I'm not just worried about the tragedy of the Restraint," Zhu Yufeng said. "Admittedly, the tragedy of the Restraint is a hurdle in my heart, and it will still be a nightmare for me even now, but... I'm also worried that I won't be able to save you in the end, Elysia. If the 'wish' refers to the tragedy of the Restraint, and the 'wish' refers to the 'Final Banquet,' I don't want either of these things to happen again."

"Feng, I..." Elysia's eyes flickered. She wanted to say something, but then she suddenly didn't know what to say.

"Although you say it's good and deserves praise, shouldn't you consider that I'm still here?" Lilith raised an eyebrow.

Zhu Yufeng paused for a moment, then said, "No matter who it is, I don't want to lose them, so..."

"We don't want to lose you either, Maple," Elysia said.

Lilith shrugged. "I don't care. If that day ever comes, I will die with Feng. After all, I have no attachment to this world except for Feng."

Elysia & Zhu Yufeng: "..."

Alright, this is Lilith.

Zhu Yufeng rubbed his temples and said, "No matter what, this can perhaps be seen as the Cocoon of Finality issuing me a challenge. From beginning to end, I didn't feel like I gained anything from the Cocoon of Finality. Even though I now possess six powers, it feels strange to me... I feel like I only had a conversation with the Cocoon of Finality, nothing more."

In other words, it seems that his own powers were not given to him by the Cocoon of Finality, but rather that he already possessed them. The Cocoon of Finality seems to have only played a role in unlocking the door.

Elysia remembered something Mobius had told her before: the theory of the Cocoon of Finality was based on the fact that a certain advanced civilization had forcibly intervened in Honkai process, leading to the current Honkai. In other words, the Herrscher of Finality definitely exists, but it is not necessarily related to the Cocoon of Finality.

The existence of the Cocoon of the Cocoon of Finality is more like binding the concept of the Finality, turning what should have been Honkai destruction of civilization into a machine for executing Finality. Therefore, the Finality born in the Cocoon of Finality cannot be considered, to some extent, the Finality that Honkai would produce.

But as Mobius said, even if Zhu Yufeng's experience proves the existence of the Cocoon of Finality, some things within it are still unknown. Therefore, Mobius cannot easily determine what kind of connection exists between Zhu Yufeng, the Cocoon of Finality, and the Herrscher of Finality.

"Since we can't explain these things clearly at this stage, why don't we just stop thinking about them?" Lilith remained indifferent. "Anyway, it's useless for you to care about these things, you don't understand them, so why bother thinking too much about them? Why not focus on the present and wait for the results of Mobius and Vill-V's discussion?"

Zhu Yufeng smiled helplessly, "You've always seemed rather magnanimous in this regard."

"Why not?" Lilith said casually. "I'm not like one of you who loves humanity and is willing to fight to protect human civilization and the beautiful things it has created. Nor am I like one of you who wants to protect everyone you care about, even at the cost of my own life. For me, as long as I'm with you every day, that's enough. If there's ever a day when we have to part ways... don't worry, I'll definitely die before you, or at the very least, I'll die with you."

"You really said the most terrifying thing so casually..." Zhu Yufeng shook his head slightly. "But, yes, if it were you, you would definitely do the same."

"After all, you're the only one in my eyes~" Lilith said with a smile, sticking out her tongue. "Oh, since I'm being so sincere, how about we go on a date?"

Elysia crossed her arms and squinted, then retorted, "I'm still here... Besides, you... you really haven't changed at all."

But despite saying that, Elysia was still somewhat envious of Lilith's carefree life, as long as she was with Maple, she didn't care about anything else... But she couldn't do what Lilith did, abandoning humanity altogether.

"So... Elysia, after saying that, have you changed at all?" Lilith asked with a slightly deeper smile.

"I..." Elysia paused, then lowered her eyes and said softly, "If you say I haven't changed, then I have indeed changed. But if you say I have changed, then I haven't changed at all."

"So, you've chosen to be a riddle teller?" Lilith shrugged. "Whatever you want~"

Elysia glanced at Zhu Yufeng, then fell into deep thought.

Has she changed? Of course she has. She has found someone she loves and experienced the pain of loss. But she hasn't changed either. She has always been the same person who loves humanity— Elysia.

But if...

Why would she turn the people she loves, the humans, into guns?

"Hey, Feng, do you think our family should consider organizing a trip to the countryside or something?" Lilith was already veerging the conversation off-topic. "After all, a father's presence is very important for a child's development, isn't it?"

Elysia: "..."

Here we go again with this topic where she has absolutely no say! I'm internally criticizing Mu Continent again! ╭(╯^╰)╮

Moreover, speaking of children...

Zhu Yufeng sighed deeply, shifting his attention to Lilim's education. "Although Lilim is just an artificial human, she does need proper nurturing in terms of personality development... You all spoil her too much..."

Leaving aside Davien, who always brings a ton of stuff whenever he comes, then there are Nahamah, Abaddon, Astaroth, and the like—they practically grant Lilim's every wish... Even Kevin has surprisingly stopped making noodles; I can't believe I've ever seen Kevin cook other dishes in my lifetime...

Before this, I had only heard Su say that Kevin could cook, but that was all just hearsay.

After all, every time I go out to eat with Kevin. The team building activities that Kevin organizes always involve nothing but noodles... It's easy to forget that Kevin can cook, and not just noodles.

Speaking of which, it seems that Kevin has finally learned how to control the extreme cold in his body recently. He had been trying for a while, and finally recently he has mastered it and no longer freezes ordinary people who come near him.

Zhu Yufeng had already complained about this point before. When Ai Ai underwent the Fusion Warrior surgery this time, she should have tried her best to avoid the side effects. However, Ai Kevin's extremely low body temperature was still the same as in her previous life.

As it turns out, side effects were indeed a factor, but another factor was... Kevin too strong. He became even stronger after the Fusion Warrior surgery, and his excessively powerful Honkai Energy and Hypervariable Factor interacted with each other, eventually resulting in his extremely low body temperature that could freeze people to death.

Although the Present 'Kevin body temperature is still lower than normal, at least he can hug Mei again without any worries. Apart from unconsciously releasing cold air when he is emotionally unstable, there are no other major problems.

"Really? I haven't spoiled Lilim that much, have I?" Lilith shrugged. "Sigh, isn't it all because you're unwilling to spend more time with me on Lilim and need others to help take care of her? As a relative, you should seriously reflect on your actions."

"As a mother, shouldn't you reflect on your actions?" Zhu Yufeng retorted. Although he hadn't spent much time taking care of Lilim, he certainly hadn't neglected her. He always kept Lilim by his side whenever he had time, but Lilith was truly too lazy to care about him...

"So when are we going to get a marriage certificate or something?"

Zhu Yufeng: "???"

Lilith shrugged. "You've said that as a mother I need to reflect on my actions, but you're also the child's father. Shouldn't a mother give her child a complete childhood?"

Zhu Yufeng: "..."

I've fallen into Lilith's trap! And it happened right in front of Elysia. Lilith seems to always be very interested in challenging Elysia's nerves.

Hmm? Elysia?

Zhu Yufeng looked at Elysia and found that Elysia's expression was normal, seemingly unchanged, revealing an emotion of "being used to it and taking it all in stride" from the inside out.

Well, Elysia has found the best way to deal with Lilith. Lilim's stimulation of Elysia seems to only last for the first few days, after Elysia's reaction to it gradually begins to decrease.

To put it bluntly, they've given up.

Seeing Elysia's indifferent expression, Lilith gave a thoughtful look. In her opinion, Elysia's the Present was not as simple as she didn't care about what she had just said... After all, according to her plan, after she told Elysia the meaning of the name "Meiweis," Elysia would definitely have some thoughts, and she had also Lilim to provoke Elysia quite a bit during this period.

Sigh, even if I can sleep with Kaede the Present, I still have to sleep with Lilim in between, so I can't do anything with her. Isn't that the same as not having anything? It's even worse than not having anything. I can only watch but can't do anything.

Moreover, such things can only the Present twice. Because of Lilim, I can't run any further, and because Lilim can't lay a hand on Maple, this matter can only be left to Elysia to start.

Of course, if Elysia really does give up completely, she has backup plans, such as Mobius, Vill-V, etc...

Based on my observations so far, it seems that Pardo, who's just trying to slack off, is making faster progress... because Pardo also slacks off, thinking that if she can't win, she won't compete. She learns whatever she can in other areas, like cooking, and she even helps take care of the children. Plus, in her previous life Pardo already had enough goodwill towards Feng; she even got Feng to prepare the Fallen Angel team uniform for her when she wanted it, so...

Even though Pardo is a cat who's just giving up, she's progressing faster than everyone else in the game. It's true that not competing is competing.

However, because Pardo was too arrogant, Lilith felt she couldn't persuade her to lay a hand on Feng, and given Pardo's personality, she wouldn't dare to do so.

As for Vill-V, the favorability of the Vill-V the Wicked and Maple is enough, but unfortunately the favorability of the eight Vill-V is calculated as an average. The Evil one cannot carry the other seven, especially since the true self often appears as Steam Princess.

Sigh, I'm really worrying myself sick.

Hmm, have I overlooked someone?

Sakura? Sakura, like Pardo, is just giving up. As for Seele and Michael, one is Mobius's proud and arrogant disciple, and the other doesn't even have the slightest intention of making a move...

Mostima currently harbors the same high regard for Maple as she did in her previous life, but if asked to do anything, she would definitely be the first to run away.

Sigh, there's not a single one who can fight.

Zhu Yufeng sneezed for no apparent reason, a strange, or rather, very bad, feeling creeped into his heart. He glanced at Lilith beside him, who seemed to be in a good mood, and his intuition and the tacit understanding they'd developed over so long told him that Lilith was definitely plotting something again.

"By the way, although you didn't say it before, something definitely happened between you and Vita, right?" Lilith suddenly said. "You looked a little unnatural earlier, and it didn't seem to me like it was just because you saw a woman named Sue, did it?"

Zhu Yufeng was silent for a moment, then said with a hint of helplessness, "It's really nothing... It's probably some kind of prank by the Cocoon of Finality. Before everything ended, Vita suddenly said something about seeing me again in billions of years, and then kissed me. Even if it's true, Vita's actions were practically a waste, right? I haven't even known her for very long. It must be a trick by the Cocoon of Finality!"

Elysia's eyes seemed to have deepened.

Lilith narrowed her eyes. Based on Zhu Yufeng's previous descriptions of what Vita had done, Vita might not necessarily be a pushover. More likely, Vita simply wanted to have some fun and tease Zhu Yufeng.

He's a loser just like me, only a bit lower in rank...