Mobius deleted the Eternity Project; after Elysia died, her heart died too

I also saw those who once fought alongside me, one after another, heading towards their destined end.

But she didn't cry like the others.

She simply looked down at the chip in her hand that contained countless data points.

"Infinity Evolution..."

She softly repeated the goal she had once been most persistent in.

"As long as I continue to evolve, I can survive."

"As long as you live, you can witness the future."

"But..."

She looked up.

For the first time, a look of bewilderment appeared in those golden eyes.

"If even Elysia is gone, what meaning does the future hold?"

As soon as those words were spoken, the entire Light Screen seemed to be struck by an invisible force.

The data representing "Infinity" went out line by line.

The Eternity Project is suspended.

The evolutionary approach is abandoned.

All the research that Mobius had once considered the meaning of her life was deleted by her own hands at this moment.

Mei watched this scene unfold and finally understood.

It wasn't the Memory Entity that bewitched the original body.

It's not that someone planted suicidal thoughts deep in their mind.

What truly died was Mobius's heart that continued to pursue Eternity.

"She wasn't killed by you."

Mei looked at the Memory Entity, Mobius.

"After witnessing Elysia's sacrifice, she lost all reason to continue living."

The smile on Mobius's face gradually froze.

"Impossible."

She cannot give up on evolution.

"She'll do anything to survive!"

But she gave up in the end.

Mei gripped her long sword tightly.

"Because for her, Eternity was no longer a reward, but a punishment."

Boom!

Pink light fell from the Dome, transforming into countless glistening petals.

The petals drifted through the green tendrils and landed on Mobius's shoulder.

She was not injured.

But his body began to tremble violently.

"Shut up..."

You don't understand anything at all!

Mobius suddenly raised his hand, and the green energy transformed into a towering wave, pressing down on Mei and the wisp of pink light simultaneously.

Mei parried with her sword.

The purple lightning collided head-on with the green energy, and the entire Laboratory began to collapse.

Outside the Light Screen, Ning Rongrong's expression changed slightly.

Why did she suddenly lose control?

"Because the lie was exposed," Ning Tian said softly. "She had been interpreting the death of her true self as proof of her victory."

"But now someone is telling her that it wasn't a victory, but rather that the original being had voluntarily relinquished its obsession."

Bei Bei nodded.

"She thought she had killed the original body, which is why she dared to claim she was independent."

He Caitou adjusted his glasses.

"If the original body voluntarily ended its life, then the Memory Entity cannot prove that it replaced her."

Xu Sanshi opened his mouth.

"This is way too convoluted."

Xiao Xiao said earnestly, "It's not that she's being roundabout, it's that she's unwilling to accept it."

Tang Ya looked at the Light Screen, her voice softening slightly.

What she truly fears may not be death.

"Instead, he discovered that he was alive not because he was stronger than his original self, but because his original self no longer wanted to live."

Upon hearing this, even Xu Sanshi fell silent.

Niu Tian frowned and said, "But no matter what, she's still Mobius."

Tai Tan snorted.

"Having the same name doesn't mean you have the same heart."

"If she doesn't even dare to acknowledge the final choice of the original body, then her so-called independence is nothing more than a different way of depending on the original body."

Tang San stared at the screen, his gaze deep and thoughtful.

"The continuation of life does not depend solely on the physical body."

"A person's true death is often not when their heart stops beating, but when they are no longer willing to face the future."

Dai Hao said in a deep voice, "Then why is she still struggling now?"

"Because she's unwilling to admit she's lost the most important thing," Xue Ye sighed. "Some people would rather become villains than admit they were once powerless."

The Dragon Prince glanced at the Dragon God.

"Father, if someone dies protecting all living beings, how will those left behind face it?"

The Dragon God remained silent for a long time.

Remember her.

"Then, carrying with her the future she couldn't reach, we'll continue on our journey."

In the scene, Mei's feet are already sunk into the ground.

Mobius's power was too immense; the green energy constantly pressured the lightning.

Do you think you can defeat me just because you've seen through the truth?

Mobius let out a low laugh.

"Even if the original body chose to die, so what?"

"I survived!"

"I possess her Remembrance, her knowledge, everything about her!"

"I'm better than her!"

You are not.

Mei looked up.

The lightning condensed into two dazzling purple lights in her eyes.

You're just more unwilling to accept it than she is.

A pink petal landed on her blade.

In an instant, a soft light appeared amidst the thunder.

Mobius's pupils contracted sharply.

"No!"

It was as if she had finally seen the thing she least wanted to face.

The pink figure stood at the end of the light, still smiling, still gentle, still not blaming anyone.

But it was precisely this gentleness that left Mobius with nowhere to escape.

"Elysia..."

This was the first time she had called out that name in such a tone.

It's not anger.

It's not sarcasm.

It was a sorrow that had been suppressed for too long, so long that it was almost rotting away.

Mei gripped her knife and moved forward.

"Mobius, you are not seeking Eternity."

"You just want the person you've already lost to reappear in the future."

"The more you refuse to admit that she's gone, the less you'll truly move on from that day."

Behind Mobius, a green snake-like shadow roared madly.

Cracks began to appear in her body, and Fragments of her Remembrance drifted out from the cracks.

No... I don't need to go outside.

"I just want to take everything back!"

"I can create a new body, I can rebuild Remembrance, I can bring her back!"

But that's not her anymore.

Mei's voice wasn't loud, but it pierced through all the roar.

You know better than anyone else.

Mobius stood frozen in place.

The surrogate body in the Cultivation Pod slowly opened its eyes.

That face, identical to Mei's, had no soul, no consciousness.

It's just an empty shell.

Mobius looked at it and suddenly smiled.

The laughter grew fainter and fainter, finally turning into a weary sigh.

"I see..."

She looked down at her hands.

"I've always known."

"But if I admit it, it's as if I myself have no reason to exist."

Mei did not answer.

She simply raised the long sword slowly.

"The meaning of existence is not given by others."

"It wasn't achieved by denying the past."

Mobius looked up.

For the first time, those golden eyes were devoid of their frantic scheming.

You want to kill me?

I want to end this obsession.

Purple lightning suddenly burst forth.

Pink petals rose with the wind, Entanglement around the thunder.

Mobius neither summoned the tentacles nor mobilized the Laboratory's power.