Elysia's sacrifice was revealed; Mobius rushed out but failed to stop her
Qian Jie flipped in mid-air and landed, the flames reigniting.
"That's more like it!"
Mobius's eyes darkened.
"Your echoes are really getting in the way."
Su closed his eyes and formed a hand seal.
An invisible mental barrier descended around Mei, protecting her from the erosion from the level of consciousness.
"Mei, listen carefully."
"Her power comes from here, but her control also depends on here."
"Find the core."
Mei sidestepped the tentacles, her gaze quickly sweeping across her surroundings.
core...
The Cultivation Pod in the center of the Laboratory?
wrong.
That was merely a container prepared by Mobius.
The real core should be the place that connects all the Remembrance circuits.
She looked up at the Dome.
She looked up at the Dome.
The enormous snake eye was slowly moving in accordance with her gaze.
But Mei didn't look at that eye.
After she saw the snake's eyes, she saw a dense network of crisscrossing green pipes.
One of the pipes is a completely different color from the others.
That was not the power of Mobius.
Instead, it was an extremely faint wisp of pink light that was never swallowed up.
"There!"
Mei stomped her foot, and lightning instantly pierced through the entire Laboratory.
She stopped entangled with the tentacles and transformed into a purple shooting star, soaring straight into the Dome.
Mobius's expression finally changed.
"Stop!"
Dozens of giant green snakes attacked from all directions at the same time.
Kevin swung his sword, cleaving away the Eternal Freeze and freezing most of it.
The flames of Qian Jie followed closely behind, crashing and shattering the snake's shadow.
Su's Divine Power transformed into an invisible barrier, shielding Mei from the impact from the level of consciousness.
"Now!"
Mei gripped the sword with both hands, compressing lightning to its maximum intensity on the blade.
There was no earth-shattering roar.
Only a thin, extremely narrow purple line cut through the Dome from bottom to top.
Boom...!
A huge crack appeared above the Laboratory.
The green energy receded like a tide, and the pink light was finally revealed to everyone.
It did not attack anyone.
It just hangs there quietly, like a flower sealed deep within time.
Mobius stared intently at that ray of light.
"It's you again..."
Her voice trailed off.
"Elysia."
As soon as the words were spoken, the Light Screen suddenly went dark.
When the lights came on again, the scene was no longer on the battlefield.
It was a long corridor.
The walls were lined with Cultivation Pod, their cold metal reflecting the stark white light. One experimental data point after another floated in mid-air, eventually all converging under the same name.
Mobius.
Young Mobius stood at the end of the corridor, holding a bloodstained chip in his hand.
Her eyes were cold, and her face was expressionless.
"You all think I killed her."
In the scene, the voice of the Memory Entity Mobius slowly rises.
"It was a suggestion planted within my own consciousness."
"I was the one who led her step by step to her death."
"I ended that weak, foolish self that fantasized about living forever."
She raised her head, her golden eyes filled with mockery.
"How about it?"
Wasn't it amazing?
"A Memory Entity kills the original, then takes her place, becoming the true Mobius."
Outside the Light Screen, Zhou Weiqing couldn't help but frown.
"This guy is so sure, could it really be her?"
"Not necessarily."
Tang San shook his head.
His gaze never left the screen.
"She was very emotional when she said those words."
Huo Yuhao was slightly taken aback.
"Too intense emotions?"
"A statement of true conviction doesn't need repeated emphasis," Tang San said in a deep voice. "She's proving herself."
Gu Yuena's silver eyes gleamed.
To whom should we prove it?
"To Mei, and to herself."
Tang Wulin clenched his fist.
"So, she's unwilling to admit that she wasn't the one who killed the original body?"
"If you're not the murderer, you can't prove you're independent," Gu Yuena continued. "She wants everyone to believe that she's not a remnant of her original self, but a completely new life."
The Dragon God's deep voice then rang out.
"Her obsession with proving her own existence precisely demonstrates that she has not yet escaped the shadow of her true self."
In the scene, Mei silently gazes at the Remembrance projection.
"You claim you killed the original body."
But are you really sure?
Mobius sneered.
"I'm absolutely sure."
"Because in the very last moment, I was the one who watched her close her eyes."
"I listened as her consciousness gradually faded away."
"It was I who inherited all her Remembrance."
She raised her hand and waved.
Countless scenes unfolded in mid-air.
Endless experimental data, layers upon layers of evolutionary schemes, and a research endpoint marked as "Eternity".
That was what Mobius pursued throughout his life.
Infinity evolution.
Immortal and indestructible.
Beyond humanity itself.
Even if the world is destroyed, even if civilization ends, she will continue to extend her life.
"As long as we keep evolving, there will be no end."
"As long as there is no end, there is no death."
The Memory Entity Mobius spread her arms wide, as if declaring her most steadfast belief to everyone.
This is who I am.
"This is the real Mobius."
However, the scene in the next moment suddenly changed.
Pure white petals drifted down from the sky.
A girl with long pink hair stood before the crowd, her smile as bright as ever.
She was not wearing armor, nor was she holding a weapon.
But everyone present knew what she was about to face.
Elysia raised her head and looked at the distant light.
"If sacrificing myself can give humanity a future..."
She blinked gently.
"Then I'll have to leave it to you all."
Mobius stood at the back of the crowd.
She didn't say anything.
She simply watched Elysia walk step by step toward the light.
Watching that girl who always loved to joke, loved to act cute, and loved to draw everyone to her side, ultimately walk alone into death.
"Elysia!"
Mobius finally broke through.
But she was a step too slow.
Endless light engulfed Elysia's figure.
In the end, all that remained was that gentle yet cruel voice.
"Don't make that face."
"I made this choice for everyone's sake."
Outside the Light Screen, all sound vanished at that moment.
Lie Yan's fingers tightened slightly.
"She knew she was going to die, but she still went."
Ji Dong looked at her and whispered, "Because she thinks it's worth it."
"Is it worth it?" Lei Xiang gritted his teeth. "Knowing it's a dead end, why would you still choose to walk down it?"
"Some choices cannot be measured solely by life and death," Chang Gong Wei said slowly. "If she hadn't gone, perhaps even more people would have died."
Hai Long was silent for a moment, then sighed, "But those who stay behind are the ones who suffer the most."
Tian Hen looked at Mobius in the picture.
"Especially for her."
The scene continues to move forward.
Mobius stood there, the world before him seemingly losing its color.
She witnessed Elysia's sacrifice.