Chapter 137

"Yes, I know very well."

The Herrscher lowered her head, looking at her hands. "What you want is this person, isn't it?"

He then looked up and smiled, "But do you think that's possible? There has never been a case in this world where Herrscher has ever turned back into a human!"

"Perhaps that's really the case,"

Mobius simply smiled and said, "But what if you're not the real Ai Yue?"

"What do you mean?"

The Herrscher paused for a moment, then flew into a rage, "How could I not be..."

"Even your new personality, Vill-V, is more like Ai Yue than you are. Apart from having some of his memories, you are just a puppet."

Mobius wanted to say something more, but as soon as he opened his mouth, he seemed to lose patience. "Pardo, do it."

The next second, the Herrscher felt someone hug her from behind.

Pardofelis emerged from his shadow and whispered in his ear, "Brother Yue, it's time to get up and eat!"

This seemingly ordinary greeting caused the Herrscher to instantly reveal a ferocious expression, because the words seemed like a key to unlock a door, piercing deep into his consciousness and constantly stirring, almost causing his mind to collapse.

It was at this moment that the Herrscher suddenly remembered something.

That was something he had been aware of from the very beginning, but had yet to break through—a kind of restriction that Ai Yue had set for him.

This sentence is the key to unlocking the restrictions—but behind it lies nothing that the Herrscher desires.

The Herrscher closed his eyes tightly, and in the darkness, he finally saw what was hidden deep within his soul.

That was a door.

Inside the Stigmata Space, Pardofelis held the unconscious Ai Yue and sat down on the ground. She and Mobius exchanged a glance and fell silent, neither of them speaking.

After a moment, they asked in unison, "What should we do next?"

After hearing the same question from the other party, Mobius realized. "Wait, you don't know about the follow-up to the plan either?"

"Is this all the information Brother Yue gave me?"

Pardofelis also looked uneasy, holding Ai Yue tightly in her arms. "I thought you, Sister Snake, would know something."

Then she hesitated and asked, "What should we do now?"

Mobius looked at the unconscious Ai Yue and sighed, "The rest is up to him."

The Herrscher, standing before that door deep within his consciousness, hesitated.

He vaguely sensed that this door no longer posed any obstacle to him; it could be opened with a gentle push. However, once he opened the door, he would discover facts that would overturn his worldview and even completely negate his own identity.

But at that moment, the door opened by itself.

What appeared before the Herrscher was a bright but messy laboratory, where a figure was busy at the lab table.

Seemingly sensing the movement behind them, the figure turned around and uttered a familiar voice. "Oh, it's over? That was quick."

The Herrscher stared blankly at the other person, feeling as if she were looking in a mirror.

The figure in the room was Ai Yue.

But if the other party is Ai Yue, then who is he?

The Herrscher was still in a daze when the other person walked over and grabbed his arm. "Come on, Rose, let's talk inside."

113

Is Chapter 113 over?

Kevin suddenly opened his eyes.

The moment he regained consciousness, a surge of immense energy began to coursing through his body, transforming into an extremely cold force, ready to erupt at any moment.

But the next second, Kevin controlled his urge to attack, forcefully suppressing the power back down.

Because he finally realized that he was not on a battlefield in the wilderness, but in a life support pod. If the power he had just exerted had not been controlled, he would have blown up this expensive device in the next second.

What happened? The battle is over?

Kevin tried to recall, but could only remember the sudden white light. After being enveloped by that light, he lost all means of resistance. Not only did his internal strength drain away, but even his heartbeat weakened, and he was almost on the verge of death.

In this situation, who ended the battle?

Also, what happened to the others? What happened to Ai Yue?

Kevin's mind was in chaos, a jumble of thoughts that made him involuntarily frown. But he soon noticed that there were several life support pods around him, and his comrades were lying quietly inside, seemingly out of danger.

This fact relieved him, and he finally began to look for a way to open the life support pod.

Now that I'm awake, I don't need this kind of thing anymore. Instead of staying here, I should hurry up and find out what's going on.

Fortunately, the life support capsule opened its door on its own the next second.

How are you feeling?

Elysia stood to the side, smiling at him, "If you're still very weak, I suggest you lie down for a while longer."

"Although I can't participate in the battle for the time being, there are no problems anymore."

Kevin stepped out of the life support pod and stretched his stiff body. "What's the situation now? Where's the others?"

The only people in the life support pod were the five of them who had directly clashed with the Herrscher on the battlefield. Eden, Sue, and Vill-V were not there. Although Elysia's safe appearance proved that everyone should be safe, he still couldn't help but ask a question.

"Don't worry, everyone is fine. The war is over, and we have won."

Elysia smiled and nodded, "It's just that the situation on the other side is more important, so I didn't stay with you."

"The other side?"

Kevin paused for a moment, then remembered the most important thing, "Is it Ai Yue? Did we really save him?"

The reason he didn't mention Ai Yue earlier was because he was afraid he would get a disappointing answer, but judging from Elysia's performance, it seemed that Ai Yue's plan had been a complete success.

"Well, it's too early to say."

Elysia checked the situation of the others through the monitoring panel of the life support pod, and then showed a somewhat subtle expression, "Instead of my description, you should go and see for yourself."

With that, she turned and walked outside.

Kevin glanced back at his comrades one last time, then followed Elysia away.

Later, he met Ai Yue in a laboratory.

At this moment, Ai Yue lay quietly on the bed, seemingly still unconscious. Pardofelis was fast asleep on the bed, still holding Ai Yue's hand tightly. Mobius and Vill-V were busy around him, installing various instruments and equipment on his body, which looked somewhat strange.

Su was also present, but he sat in the corner of the room with his eyes closed, making it hard to tell whether he was awake or asleep.

What's going on?

Seeing this, Kevin frowned. "Why do I have a feeling... that the two of them aren't trying to wake Ai Yue up?"

"Your feeling is right. The two of them are just collecting data and samples."

Elysia shook her head. "As for what exactly happened... Sue, you explain?"

"In short, according to Mobius, the plan has succeeded."

Su said, "We did successfully rescue Ai Yue, but the problem now is... we can't sense his mental fluctuations."

"What's the meaning?"

Kevin instinctively raised his voice, "It can't be brain death, can it?"

"Quiet down!"

His voice drew the ire of Mobius, who turned and glared at Kevin, saying, "If you can't speak properly, just shut up."

"Let's go outside and talk."

Su stood up and went outside.

So what exactly is going on?

After Kevin stepped outside, he couldn't wait to ask, "What happened after I lost consciousness?"

"After you lost consciousness, Mobius arrived at the scene. Vill-V created an opportunity for herself by the robot's self-destruction, and then she disappeared with the Herrscher."

Su briefly described what happened next. "When Mobius reappeared with Ai Yue, he looked like this."

"Disappear?"

Kevin paused for a moment, "What happened in the meantime?"

"Mobius didn't go into details, he just told us to wait for Ai Yue to wake up and ask him."

Elysia shook her head helplessly. "But I heard a word from Little Pardo, called 'Stigmata.' Kevin, do you remember this word?"

"Stigmata ..."

Kevin frowned. "I think Ai Yue once mentioned that during the 'Brahma Project,' he told me he hoped the Brahma Project could directly complete my Stigmata or something, but I didn't pay much attention to it at the time."

"In short, it must be because the Stigmata Project successfully broke through the Herrscher's authority that we had the opportunity to save Ai Yue."

Elysia concluded, "But he hasn't woken up yet, and it's very likely that something is trapping his mind."

"I can't detect Ai Yue's mental fluctuations, which may be because he has somehow shielded himself from external senses."

Su said, "Under these circumstances, no external force can interfere with Ai Yue's consciousness. I'm afraid we'll have to keep waiting."

"Not even Aponia?"

Kevin pressed on, "Her mental strength is so strong, maybe she can find a way?"

"Aponia might be able to,"

Sue and Elysia exchanged a glance, then gave a wry smile. "But she herself is unconscious too."

"The person who worked the hardest to deal with the Herrscher was probably Aponia. If she hadn't limited the Herrscher's power, we probably wouldn't have even seen his face."

Recalling that enormous pure white barrier, Elysia still felt a chill run down her spine. "I really can't imagine how many people would have had to be sacrificed to deal with a Herrscher like that without Ai Yue's plan."

"Ai Yue saved us all."

Kevin stated bluntly, "But are we just supposed to sit here and wait?"

As soon as Kevin finished speaking, Mobius opened the door and looked at him. "Kevin, come in and help."

"Do what?"

Kevin asked instinctively.

Mobius gave a faint smile, "Dissect Ai Yue."

"Ah?"

114

Chapter 114 the Eleventh Herrscher, confirmed dead.

In Ai Yue's spiritual world, the Herrscher... no, it should be said that the artificial soul entity Prometheus, finally recovered to its previous state with his help.

At this moment, she no longer uses Ai Yue's appearance, but has reverted to the original design that Ai Yue initially created for her, which is the appearance of a gray twin-tailed drill-headed doll girl.

"So, our plan succeeded, right?"

As Prometheus carefully assessed his current state, he looked at Ai Yue and said, "Creating a new soul to impersonate you and thus deceive the Herrscher of Creation's mechanism... is indeed a very dangerous plan."

"It's not that dangerous."

Ai Yue waved his hand, "The biggest challenge of this plan is actually how to create a soul that is indistinguishable from the real one. Once we overcome this hurdle, everything else will be easy to discuss."

"Yes, artificial souls, it sounds more like magic than technology."

Prometheus sighed, "But you actually did it, Doctor Ai Yue."

Ai Yue simply smiled and made no comment.

After all, theoretically speaking, it wasn't him who accomplished this, but his system. The Soul Editor, a magical project that even the system needed to spend a lot of time to complete, not only proved the existence of the soul, but also made Ai Yue understand how the soul was born.

It was precisely because of the success of this project that Ai Yue had the opportunity to launch this incredibly audacious plan.

The Soul Editor can not only interfere with and modify existing souls, but also use corresponding "materials" to create the souls that users need. Ai Yue was able to create a soul that "believed to be Ai Yue" through this function, so that it could replace him and contact the Cocoon of Finality.

"However, there is one thing I don't understand."