Goodbye, My Understanding One. (Continued)
Despite being so worried about Klein, he used belittling to provoke Klein into leaving when Klein willfully, and refused to show his true feelings by saying, "I don't want you to die."
"Mobius will go mad, watching his only confidant be killed by Herrscher right before his eyes..."
Sakura felt that Mobius might be furious, but he wouldn't lose his mind; he would be full of murderous intent, but he wouldn't blindly rush in.
And this version of Mobius is the most terrifying.
"Instead of worrying about the Mobius in the story, he should worry about the one in reality."
Su suddenly spoke.
He pulled everyone's thoughts out of their own minds.
They suddenly felt that Yaqing must be in a terrible situation right now. After all, first it was Griseo, then Klein. They didn't know if Mobius would go crazy, but Yaqing was definitely enjoying herself right now.
At this moment, the somber background music started playing again, drawing everyone's attention back to the big screen.
The corrupted Klein struggles to stand up and multiply the corrupting virus for Mobius.
"Enough!"
Upon witnessing this scene, Mobius could no longer suppress his anger, his voice trembling with rage.
"You know this isn't a rational judgment at all. 70%? Destroying Elysian Realm's equipment is the only way to guarantee success, so why not do it?!"
This is the first time viewers have seen Mebius behave so out of control in the story. Even when she was teased by Elysia, she never showed such strong emotions.
"Of course there's a reason... maybe it's because I wanted to give it as a return gift."
Klein was as weak as a candle flickering in the wind; a mere breeze could extinguish him completely.
Even in the current situation, Mobius remained defiant, but his urge to choke up completely broke the audience's defenses.
On the last day of her life, Klein told Mobius that Dr. Mobius had actually left behind more than just that video footage.
"Besides the video you saw, she only left me with one sentence... I've never understood what she meant... At that time, she said..."
Klein's voice stopped abruptly at that moment; the corrosive influence had already damaged her language module.
"(It seems... this is the only way...)"
The only way to stop the spread of corruption is to destroy the carrier. Klein made the same decision as Gray Serpent: in order to prevent the Herrscher of Corruption from returning to reality, she was prepared to destroy herself.
"(And that's... the end...)"
It is said that music is the fastest way to evoke emotions, so sad music paired with knives far exceeds their limits of endurance.
Before they could even recover from the deaths of Kosma and Griseo, they were faced with the death of Klein.
What broke their hearts the most was that even at the very end, the screenwriter did not give Klein the right to say a final word to Mobius.
"Waaaaah... The screenwriter is too cruel! Why? Why did they have to treat Klein like this? They didn't even let her finish saying goodbye..."
Elysia really broke down.
What broke her even more was that she ran out of tissues.
"If it weren't for rational judgment, I really couldn't believe it. Perhaps at this moment, Klein was no longer an armed doll; she... was a living, breathing person."
Mei was quite surprised.
Armed dolls are ultimately products of research, and cannot escape coding and computing power. Klein, however, broke free from these constraints. Based on rational judgment, she trusted Mobius far more than those cold, hard numbers.
"A very vivid depiction. As an armed puppet, Klein is theoretically the same type as the Herrscher of Corruption, but she made completely different choices. One hurts others to survive, while the other sacrifices herself for others."
Eden was amazed.
The contrast is striking.
In particular, as Mobius said, destroying Elysian Realm's facilities was the only way to guarantee success, and her plan only had a 70% chance of success.
As the manager of the Elysian Realm, Klein should have made a rational decision to destroy Elysian Realm's facilities, but she made her own choice: to trust Mobius.
She believed in Mobius far more than destroying Elysian Realm.
"Klein ..."
Mobius from Central Europe was completely stunned, sitting on the sofa for a long time, unable to come to his senses.
"Snakey..."
Yan Yaqing carefully sat down next to Mobius and poked him with her finger.
"Don't touch me."
Mobius frowned, not wanting to talk to Yaqing.
Seeing that Mobius seemed genuinely angry, Cecilia and Kallen exchanged a glance.
"Yaqing, what people online are right. You can't write a plot without writing angst."
Kallen suddenly spoke up.
Yaqing was completely baffled.
"Kallen... Sister, when I first started making animation, didn't you say that current TV dramas are full of fluff and that I should write entertaining and not mindless plots?"
Under Kallen's death stare, Yaqing quickly changed his form of address.
Kallen looked utterly helpless.
"I want you to write a good story, not a story so heartbreaking."
"Let's put aside the question of whether it's a knife or not, just tell me if it looks good or not!"
Yaqing stood with her hands on her hips, as proud as a rooster about to crow in the morning.
Kallen rubbed her forehead.
This silly kid has no idea that I'm trying to change the subject; he's the kind of person who won't even take a chance when I offer him one.
Otto was also a little confused. Under his tutelage, Yaqing should have been developing into someone who could strategize and plan, but after going to the Far East, she seemed to have lost her intelligence.
Could there really be Dumb Theresa virus in the world?
Otto shook his head frantically in his mind. How could he think of his beloved granddaughter like that?!
"It's really well written. Of those of us here, how many are still alive and well?"
Cecilia tilted her head, a gentle smile on her face.
But the more Yaqing looked at that smile, the more frightened she became, and she kept swallowing hard.
Thinking about it carefully, it makes sense. Otto is dead, Kallen is essentially dead in this timeline, Cecilia is also dead, Mobius has only been dead for a few weeks, and Ziegfried half-crippled with his arm gone...
Bianka!
Yaqing suddenly felt like she had grasped a lifeline.
"Little Bianka is still alive!"
The group's gazes immediately turned towards Durandal.
Durandal was obediently drinking her milk when she noticed the elders' gazes and looked up blankly.
"Hehe."
Otto simply couldn't resist.
Just as Klein was about to destroy herself, she suddenly lost her ability to move. She initially thought it was the work of the Corruptor, but quickly realized that it was Mobius who had stopped her.
"Aren't you being a little too presumptuous, Klein? I gave you life, and you don't have the right to dispose of it as you please."
Mobius's words are quite simple to translate.
I won't allow you to die; you must live.
Even at this point, Dr. Mobius remained stubborn.
At this moment, Klein finally understood why Mobius had said he had the ability to save her.
Mobius is using his data to absorb the corruption that Klein has suffered and redirect it Elysian Realm.
But the cost of doing so...
"In this way, the only possibility of the Elysian Realm being connected with the outside world is also cut off."
Mobius's tone was indescribably complex.
Perhaps there is regret, regret that I cannot live again.
Perhaps there was a sense of relief, a relief that he was able to save Klein.
Perhaps there is also sadness and reluctance.
"Yes, it's all your fault. Now... I'm really going to die."
There will never be another chance to go to the outside world; Mobius will be completely taken back by the Herrscher of Corruption.
"You acted impulsively first, Klein."
Mobius sniffled, trying to suppress his sobs.
"Oh... no, I'm not as stupid as you."
Mobius tried to keep his tone as normal.
"Don't take yourself too seriously. I... am just trying to complete my own 'infinity'."
When Mobius's voice took on a faint sob, the audience broke down at that moment.
They never imagined that Mobius, who hated sacrifice and death, would ultimately sacrifice his own life to save Klein.
It is precisely because of this contrast that they could no longer hold back.
"This is truly... an unexpected development..."
Elysia murmured to herself.
She never imagined that the immortal serpent would one day reveal that it was about to die. Even though Mobius so vehemently hated death and sacrifice, yet...
"He could have lived a second life... Mobius gave up his own infinity and gave Klein the infinity of the future."
Mei sighed.
Even at the end of his life, Mobius's stubbornness remained unchanged.
"Sister Snake..."
Pardo stared blankly at the big screen.
Despite claiming to be rational, Mobius ultimately chose to be emotional.
"Now I finally understand why Mobius's death was so abrupt. It turns out that Yaqing's guy put the truly heart-wrenching plot here. I was so stupid to believe that he would just let Mobius go like that."
Kevin chuckled self-deprecatingly.
When he saw that there wasn't much plot surrounding Mobius's death, he naively thought that Yaqing had shown mercy. But it turned out that, just like before, the closer someone was to Yaqing, the more ruthless they were.
"Mobius has always been a stubborn but soft-hearted, gentle child."
Aponia's eyes were filled with affection.
Eden smiled.
If Mobius were truly a ruthless and cold-blooded mad scientist, Eden probably wouldn't have allowed her to live in the Golden Courtyard.
"If someone else saw this kind of plot, they might be very moved, but Mobius might be a different story..."
To be fair, Sakura does know Mobius.
Central Europe.
"Little mouse, you know me very well, don't you? How could I possibly do such a thing, give up my infinity, give up my life, and then..."
Mobius sneered, but he couldn't finish his sentence.
"In short, I could never make that choice. I... hate death and sacrifice the most."
Yaqing just watched Mobius quietly.
Mobius turned his face away, not daring to look into Yaqing's eyes.
Otto's eyes lit up when he saw this.
His student had a solution and managed to quell Mobius's anger.
This doesn't look like the Cold War at all; it's clearly flirting!