Great, Brahma, Trimurti, and Mobius. Six Thousand

Su Qing'an gazed at the magnificent sight of the thousand-meter giant collapsing with a deafening roar, remaining silent.

The four identical Buddha faces seemed to have been eroded by time; as their heads fell from the sky, they slowly cracked and peeled away, releasing shimmering dust that rose into the air.

Golden sparks rained down like a storm, shattered limbs mingled with lotus petals, settling into the silent, dark blue smoke, burning away slowly.

The boy slowly released his hand, and illusory starlight flickered before fading away.

After half an hour of torment, the consciousness of those eleven Life Lord finally collapsed and perished.

So what if it's End-of-Law class Honkai Beast?

Ultimately, it never grew to the level where it could truly destroy the world.

It is like a young child still in the developmental stage, not receiving enough nourishment to support the strength and future it should have.

For Su Qing'an, who was able to strike at the core and dismantle the advantage of Brahma's [Divine Kingdom], this person's true combat strength in the end times was not particularly outstanding among Herrscher- level individuals. According to the Sequence Number, he could only be ranked at the level of Herrscher before the Great Honkai.

Su Qing'an withdrew from his Soul State. He watched as the countless crystals rained down like a tide. With a slight thought, his Honkai Energy Domain expanded, gathering and condensing dozens of irregular gems from within it.

Immediately, the boy glanced at the piece of flesh lying at his feet, hesitated for a moment, and then collected it in a golden crystal container.

Brahma's Gene Ability... are very strong in their own sense.

After collecting and analyzing [thoughts], he defined this ability as [Divine Kingdom].

Brahma can engulf parts of a realm and transform them into a "Divine Kingdom," and within this region, he can be conceptually omnipotent.

For example, the Shennongjia area was manipulated by the other party, and was haphazardly placed like building blocks or chess pieces on a sand table.

For example, strange Celestial Phenomenon that defy physical logic and the laws of Honkai Energy.

For example, Brahma himself could move instantly within a 4,000 square kilometer area, which caused him to waste half an hour.

There are many other abilities that the other party did not have the opportunity to display.

The reason for this is that the [Divine Kingdom] has not spread to the level of the existence of Soul Lifeform, and therefore it is naturally impossible to interfere with it.

However, Su Qing'an suspected that if it were to transform the entire world into a [Divine Kingdom], its essence would undergo a terrifying transformation and ascension. At that time, if someone were to enter the Ascended State within the [Divine Kingdom] of Brahma, the contest would be about a much deeper level of power.

And the Soul Lifeform may not necessarily be a realm beyond the reach of the [Divine Kingdom].

The Dharma-ending Age.

Brahma is worthy of this definition.

Conventional combat methods are meaningless to them.

If it weren't for the accidental step taken during that surgery, I would have had no choice but to find a way to destroy the entire area once and for all.

The levels of [Divine Kingdom] that permeate represent the level and difficulty of destruction.

Now, it might only be necessary to completely annihilate everything above these four thousand square kilometers, and even the matter several kilometers underground. But if we continue to wait for Brahma to spread his own [Divine Kingdom], it will become increasingly difficult to erase, both in terms of area and level.

This is a situation that evokes a sense of horror without requiring careful thought.

In a sense, humanity should also thank the missionaries.

All the harm she caused combined cannot outweigh the threat posed by Brahma's continued, clandestine growth.

It can be said that being able to recognize and eliminate the other party before the actual incident occurs is a kind of luck.

The Gene Ability of End-of-Law Level Honkai Beast are, in many ways, close to powers.

This is also the reason why Su Qing'an deliberately left these remains behind.

In his mind, if he were to delve deeper and elevate it further, he might be able to resolve some of his concerns and worries about elevating [thought] to the Manas consciousness and entering Ascended State.

If heaven and earth are one's own Divine Kingdom, then why should one undergo baptism?

By controlling the world with Gene Ability and rejecting the dross and "pollution" that interfere with oneself, the special nature of a teenager as Idealistic Lifeform allows him to remain in the Ascended State for a long time, like Fuxi, and reach the near-divine realm of eternity while perfectly maintaining his own personality.

This implication almost coincides with the path Mei set for herself at that time.

Chi You's Gene Ability ultimately boils down to devouring and evolving, but its path is fixed in the narrow area of increasing the size and strength of the body and even the reserves of Honkai Energy, without involving its own life essence.

Such capabilities may seem powerful and limitless, but the speed of a balanced upward curve is far from comparable to the speed of exponential growth, and the final result is...

If the path is wrong from the beginning, then no matter how much it grows, it will never achieve a qualitative change.

Chi You is a typical example. Even if it devoured the entire Australia, according to the calculation results of the genetic map, it would not undergo a fundamental transformation. It would only improve in terms of the strength and size of its body and its reserves of Honkai Energy.

This is indeed a way to become stronger, and it could even be said that the current battlefield is still at this level.

But Mei is looking to the future.

Her goal and vision is to defeat the Finality, and perhaps even the enemies that will continue to appear afterward.

Being prepared for danger even in times of peace is a fundamental principle for a leader, while never being satisfied is a scientist's respect for and belief in himself.

Even if it's just a castle in the air, without a longer-term goal and a future, you'll only feel lost and helpless when you encounter unexpected enemies.

Since this young female scholar expressed her ambition to leap from chess pieces to the players on that day, then Chi You's limits must not be able to meet her needs.

Therefore, a second step of the plan is needed to correct these weaknesses and shortcomings.

In the initial draft, the awakening of Chiyou Gene was merely the foundation of the sandbox; the final limits would be determined by the subsequent drawing.

Breaking through the original limits and constraints with current technology is, in common sense, impossible.

However, the Fusion Warrior and Gene Ability is not a common practice.

What humanity has pushed open is a forbidden door, a door that even if it wins the Honkai... it may not win happiness and a future.

The targeted gene processing of Chimera Project may seem perfect, but the results always exceed the initial data projections and evolution.

Within this dark vortex fraught with countless risks, however, lies a spark capable of disrupting the established order.

The Gene Ability gained from the awakening of Chiyou Gene cannot be separated from the structure of calculation.

Because its abilities are very simple, it is less likely to encounter unexpected problems.

Based on traditional gene transplant cases, the abilities gained by warriors after gene fusion often exceed the original owner's limits and constraints, reaching a deeper level.

For example, the Parvati gene that Kevin fused with could only cause snow and wind in the original owner's body. Although its freezing power was strong, it was far inferior to the former.

The absolute zero that pinned down the Herrscher of Flames and caught her at her weak point was undoubtedly close to the power wielded by the Herrscher of Ice.

The extent of its exaggerated increase is therefore quite predictable.

As everyone knows, Kevin is not a normal human being.

Using his case as a reference is indeed extreme, but considering that Su Qing'an is practically no longer human, this case might actually have a strange kind of reference value.

In summary, Chi You's abilities are destined to undergo a sublimation after fusion; the only difference lies in the degree and specific direction of this sublimation.

However, since Chi You's abilities are very pure, there is no need to worry about the direction; the degree of sublimation will be supplemented by subsequent gene-directed sequences.

At that time, what Mei actually considered in the plan was clearly the specific arrangement of the gene direction sequence.

Su Qing'an stood silently in place, pulled the file out of the virtual space, and looked at the information on it with complicated thoughts.

[Code Name: Vishnu (Mahakala)]

[Level: Emperor-class (Not yet at its limit)]

[Core Ability: Grows by consuming other Honkai Beast.]

[Origin: Originating from Malang in Indonesia, killed by the Blood Cocoon Squad. As he was Emperor-class being before his death, this is the tentative definition.]

[Code name: Shiva (Maheshvara)]

[Level: End of Dharma]

[Core Ability: Unknown]

[Origin: Unknown]

Both of these codenames are derived from the Honkai Beast genes of one of the Trimurti, making them the perfect medium for Mei to completely transform and sublimate Chi You by endowing him with abilities.

Su Qing'an had some doubts about the second file.

After all, it would Dao Integration to give it the codename Shiva but not know its core abilities or origins from the Honkai Beast genes.

However, considering that Mei must have had his own reasons for doing so, he chose not to investigate further out of trust.

In reality, the fact that the other party dared to devise such a plan means that even if they did not fully understand their capabilities, their preliminary experiments and data calculations must have been flawless.

The reason for not directly using the genes of these two positions that have a certain probability of being the same as the fusion material is very simple.

This is purely a matter of genetic compatibility.

Matching is far more important than basic position.

The degree of matching represents the probability of survival and the sublimation of Gene Ability.

The basic position can be compensated for through sublimation during the regular fusion stage.

In short, whatever suits you best.

There's no need to deliberately pursue extremely high-level Honkai Beast genes; otherwise, you'll only be asking for trouble.

Su Qing'an's Chiyou Gene is 89%.

These two individuals killed each other from opposing perspectives, which can be described as a kind of tragic fate.

As for the compatibility with Maheshvara and Mahakala, it's less than 30%, so there's no need to try.

However, according to the experimental calculations, even though he himself has a high degree of compatibility with all three, it is still most appropriate to choose the Chiyou Gene for fusion.

Vishnu's core abilities were originally very pure and aligned with Mei's goals.

However, since the Blood Cocoon Squad was fighting an Emperor-class Vishnu, it had already absorbed the essence of many Honkai Beast abilities. Before its death, it failed to integrate the mixed abilities, resulting in the presence of other disordered genes in its overall genome.

In this situation, current technology cannot guarantee that the fusion phase will not result in a blunder where the remaining genes are absorbed as the main component.

This is roughly equivalent to a reagent containing a complex gene pool of Hyper-Mutation Factor; only in the final fusion stage can it be determined which genes best match the individual.

In comparison, Chi You's abilities not only met the requirements, but also, due to their extremely high purity, were less likely to pose a risk, thus naturally becoming the Fusion Gene of today.

At this point, the two have practically accepted that the plan has failed.

With the interference of the Soul State, the basic planning sandbox—the awakening of Chiyou Gene —was forced to slow down too much, not to mention the subsequent gene-directed sequencing and final sublimation.

On the same day that the boy's Soul State, the last of the Trimurti — Brahma —arrived as scheduled, as if hinting that he was about to make a significant decision.

Looking at the ravaged land, Su Qing'an whispered:

"Fuxi..."

Although I reached the complete Soul State earlier than originally expected, and even half of my core transformed into Idealistic Lifeform, thus putting me on the same platform as the other party in a fundamental sense, this does not mean that I have any control over what I may face in the future.

At this stage, Su Qing'an undoubtedly possesses the ability to protect himself. In a sense, he is now not only outside of Fuxi's [purification] selection, but even the ever-present Honkai has little reason to include him in the selection.

As long as he is willing to give up the Abyss Flower domain within the Soul Hall, even the Honkai Consciousness will no longer deliberately target him in any way.

But for someone who doesn't care about themselves, this set of rules is meaningless.

Su Qing'an didn't want to place all his hopes, expectations, and pressure on Mei. The more he understood the terrible price Mei had paid in that large-scale calculation and race against time, the less he wanted the final outcome to be unexpected.

Even from a purely rational perspective, putting all your chips in one place is not a sound strategy.

No one can guarantee that Mei will come up with an effective solution, nor can anyone guarantee that the solution will ultimately be implemented.

To face Fuxi in the safest possible way and ensure that humanity has a chance to survive in any situation, it is necessary to have the means to confront him directly.

At this stage, apart from Su Qing'an, whose life essence leans towards idealistic beings, none of the other Fusion Warrior are qualified to deal with Fuxi.

This is a fundamental difference and a targeted approach.

Under the [Purification] domain, even someone as powerful as Kevin can only return to dust.

Even though that white-haired warrior defied common sense, he still relied on fusing with the genes of Honkai Beast to overcome numerous obstacles, and the Honkai Beast genes were a fatal weakness in front of Fuxi.

In Su Qing'an's opinion, even if Brahma turned the entire Earth into his own "Divine Kingdom," it would still be impossible for him to fight Fuxi.

The so-called "purification" is a concept that delves into the very existence of Fuxi, and its priority is so high that it is difficult to explain.

But...

There is a force capable of resistance.

The limits of [Divine Kingdom] may not be able to surpass this near-god, but it can vaguely stand on the same level as him.

The boy closed his eyes. His [thought] still existed even in the form of a flesh-and-blood life, and he could use the Soul Essence in an extremely efficient way. This was a sign that the essence of life was tilting to the other side.

If a decision needs to be made, it must be made as quickly as possible.

There is only one way to give yourself more leverage against Fuxi.

That is, using the special genes of Mahakala, Maheshvara, Brahma —these three realms not only vaguely stand on the same level, but also happen to have all the code names of the Trimurti —as a catalyst to sublimate the Chiyou Gene within their own bodies to an unimaginable limit.

The Gene Ability ultimately acquired may transcend the interference of [purification] and become a bargaining chip in dealing with Fuxi.

This is the instinct given by [mindfulness], the answer bestowed by the Path of Sincerity.

[Chiyou Gene (15.122%)]

But before that, Su Qing'an needs to resolve this issue.

Some problems that arise before the Soul State is fully formed will actually become less of a challenge once the Soul State.

Su Qing'an was well aware of this, so he believed that if Mei was currently able to communicate with the outside world, she could already offer effective suggestions on the current matters.

However, the other party only spent 14 days in that large-scale calculation.

It will take at least half a month, or even longer, for the calculations to finish.

Every day at this stage is precious and should not be wasted in the slightest.

Moreover, what state Mei will be in when she emerges is another question altogether.

In the worst-case scenario, the opponent's calculations fail and they lose their life, rendering everything futile.

Su Qing'an was willing to believe Mei, but he also knew that the absurdity and cruelty of reality never made sense, and that even the worst outcome would not be surprising.

Ultimately...

The very existence of Fuxi was already insane enough.

The boy rummaged through the depths of his email inbox and found a message. He silently skipped over the brief message and words, focusing his gaze on the signature at the end, and softly read out the name:

"Mobius...?"

"The renowned doctor who was once a top scholar on the Mu Continent and the first to recommend Mei for inclusion in the early protection list of the Great Honkai, and ultimately... the one who introduced her to the Moth to Fire."

As Su Qing'an muttered to herself, she had already revealed everything she knew about the other party.

Prometheus couldn't help but offer a suggestion:

"Mr. Su, Doctor Mobius is not someone you can endorse. It's best to avoid contact with him unless absolutely necessary."

"Doctor Mobius has always been very interested in the remains of Herrscher. When Dr. Mei dissected the Fifth Herrscher for the prototype of the Stigmata Project, she was also on site conducting research."

"Doctor Mobius's abilities and contributions cannot be denied, but for some reason, when the Sixth Herrscher's living form still existed in Soul Steel Prison, Dr. Mei refused her entry."

The super-intelligent being's words were brief and unfocused.

But Su Qing'an still understood the meaning behind it, yet now he only asked softly:

"If it is her, is she capable of helping me, based on the genes of Brahma, to correct Mei's original genetic direction sequence and propose a solution to the conflict between the sublimation of the complete Soul State and the flesh and blood body?"

This was a question Prometheus would logically be unwilling to answer, but Su Qing'an had a high degree of discretion, and given that the other party had taken the initiative to inquire, there was no need to conceal such information.

Therefore, it objectively states:

"... Doctor Mobius displays extraordinary passion and focus when it comes to things that interest her; at least in the field of Fusion Warrior and biological genes, her talent is in no way inferior to Dr. Mei's."

Su Qing'an sincerely believed this was a very high compliment, and the fact that Prometheus was the one to say it carried even more weight. He asked:

"Was she also one of the scientists who participated in the research after the Fusion Warrior Project was proposed?"

The Fusion Warrior Project was a far-fetched idea proposed by Dr. Mei, but she was not the only one who truly perfected it and filled the flesh and blood inside the skeleton.

Common sense dictates that such a massive project cannot achieve success in a short period without the collective wisdom of many.

Initially, Su Qing'an, who had only a vague understanding of this area and the project, thought for a while that only Mei was researching the plan. It wasn't until he delved deeper into the field that he realized it was an impossible task.

Prometheus replied:

"That's true."

"Doctor Mobius possesses extraordinary talent in her field of expertise, and the area that the Fusion Warrior are involved in is precisely the area she originally specialized in."

"The success achieved in such a short time is indeed due to the hard work of everyone, and Doctor Mobius is certainly one of the members who made a great contribution."

Su Qing'an tried to recall what happened back then and asked:

"Was Mei's successful acquisition of power over the Moth to Fire also related to her?"

Prometheus offered a partial denial:

"Doctor Mobius only gave it a push, but this was because it was beneficial to her experiments and research funding; ultimately, it was an exchange of interests."

"From a scientist's perspective, Dr. Mei, who is willing to take on this responsibility, is no different from an idiot."

"Mr. Su, although I'm reluctant to admit it, Dr. Mei's research projects are too diverse. Apart from the Chimera Project and the gene-directed sequence she developed for you, she rarely personally continues to delve into the Fusion Warrior project."

Su Qing'an could understand her choice.

Leaving aside the imminent threat of Fuxi, in-depth research into genes could almost be deemed meaningless.

From a purely efficiency standpoint, the gene project is not really a good fit for her.

Mei's father is a physicist, and her own research has been limited to quantum mechanics. She has occasionally dabbled in many other fields, and has even conducted in-depth research in some of them.

Compared to other main counterpart fields, its efficiency is clearly still relatively low.

Prometheus continued:

"Doctor Mobius has never stopped her research on Fusion Gene, and... recently she underwent gene transplantation surgery on herself, becoming Fusion Warrior."

Su Qing'an was silent for a moment, then asked:

"Doctor Mobius... where does he live?"

Prometheus stated:

"Australia's main city, Moth to Fire branch."

"... What a coincidence."