When there was trouble, it was Zhong Wuyan; when there was none, it was Xia Yingchun!
The facts proved that repeatedly exploiting entry into the mysterious space brought trouble afterward.
Mei's face got slapped at lightning speed.
But during her battle with Raiden Mei, Mobius had been beaten into a battle-damaged state. Several holes had been torn in her clothes, exposing the delicate skin beneath.
Even in this state, Mobius still did not change into pink clothes.
What a pity!
She even turned around angrily and left without looking back.
Snakey threw a tantrum after taking a loss, but she was still adorable.
"You already knew Mobius's true purpose?"
"Oh my, Mei, why would you think that? If I knew, I definitely would have gone to help you long ago."
"Didn't you hear everything Mobius and I said just now? She only told me everything because she thought she could finally leave The Past's Paradise."
There was nothing to say, only silence.
Suspicious. Far too suspicious.
The phrase Raiden Mei said most often after coming to The Past's Paradise became "..."
"Only recently did I learn that Flame-Chasers like Mobius, who harbor ulterior motives while passing on their legacies... might not be uncommon."
"Take you, for example, Elysia... Is your true purpose also like the bow in your hand... always drawn but never released?"
Raiden Mei had noticed it. Elysia had absolutely gone easy on her during their previous battle.
Mobius's existence had taught her that Flame-Chasers were not necessarily good people.
Raiden Mei had also been wrong to think that memory entities could not interfere with her thoughts.
Mobius had shattered everything she believed.
Even the power of Memory Mobius had made fighting her difficult.
Elysia had clearly not gone all out in her previous battle with Mei.
The childish innocence Mobius pretended to possess could not conceal her malice. Under such circumstances, could Raiden Mei assume that Elysia was simply a better actress than her?
Elysia had ulterior motives.
That was the only explanation Raiden Mei could think of for Elysia's enthusiasm.
Was it because Raven's hood obscured her face that Elysia had not approached her to strike up a conversation?
...That strange explanation did not seem to hold up.
It was an excuse like one used to fool children. Perhaps only Kiana during her St. Freya days would have believed it?
With that, the second main storyline of The Past's Paradise temporarily came to an end.
Su Nian sorted through this portion of the plot.
The livestream viewers practically exploded!
Holy shit, no way!
Bro, you actually wrote a psychopath!
They had thought it would be some conventional cliché where Mobius came to her senses, followed by a redemption arc that weakened her by three parts.
That sort of thing was considered a classic. You could use it and never go wrong.
But Su Nian switched styles again!
The truth was the exact opposite of what they had imagined. Mobius was a complete madwoman, and not just in this one matter.
When she got ruthless, she would even kill herself!
She did nothing, merely listened to the holographic projection Mobius had left behind finish speaking, then revealed the truth herself...
This was not the trope of a villain dying from talking too much.
She had deliberately stalled for time to set someone up.
She had even taken the life and death of her assistant Klein, who had "betrayed" her, into consideration.
The only thing that went wrong was that Raiden Mei had not died, but that no longer seemed important.
Aside from getting brutally beaten up, Mobius suffered no losses whatsoever.
If Mobius had been the protagonist of this story, she would have succeeded by now.
And Su Nian's writing was rough yet refined. He had even explained the whereabouts of the real Mobius.
The fact that the real Mobius had died because of her own memory entity was even more unexpected.
He played the subversion of clichés so damn well. While maintaining Mobius's characterization, he also added to the foreshadowing planted earlier.
What was more, Elysia seemed almost excessively perfect when contrasted with Mobius, arousing Raiden Mei's suspicions—and theirs as well.
This was how characters like this should be written, with their own villainous charisma.
Old classic anime had plots like this too. There were fewer and fewer of them nowadays. They make someone a villain, yet do not realize people like them precisely because they are bad. Forcing a redemption arc is the worst.
If Elysia appeared in some other work about truth, goodness, and beauty, I would not doubt her. But she can even get along peacefully with Mobius? Instead of staying far away from her...
Speaking of the title "traitor," why were only ten of the Thirteen Flame-Chasers left by the story's ending? Wasn't Sakura the only one who died??
At this moment, someone finally noticed that the numbers written in Kevin's story did not add up.
Details determined success or failure!
Su Nian had said how many people went up and how many died, but who were the eight who went? Which ones died? And what happened to the others before that?
He had not said any of that at all!
Everything Su Nian had written was being livestreamed.
But even so, there was still so much they did not know.
As expected of the Pit-Digging Immortal! He had not filled in any of these details yet.
Only now did they see the tip of the iceberg of the massive pit Su Nian had dug.
Even Bai Qi was not as good at digging pits as you!!!
Why does this story have so many pits?! Please, I want to see what happens next!
Otto watched Mobius's performance in this segment.
It seemed his earlier worries had been unnecessary.
Mobius's personality was difficult to handle, but Su Nian had boldly taken on the challenge. Otto had initially thought the end of the Previous Civilization was Su Nian forcing an ending.
But unexpectedly, Su Nian had written this segment so well.
Even Otto did not understand Mobius this deeply. How had Su Nian done it?
I had more classes these past two days, so I was a little busy. I could not write freely in the dorm since I could not disturb my roommates' rest, so I could only write on my phone.
It was a little slower, but it was no big deal.
The real battle had not even begun yet. Do not underestimate me!
I'm getting fired up! There'll be another update later.
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Mobius's performance in this segment was impactful enough even in text alone.
Her image had yet to become directly clear.
But this passage linked Mobius with all those great villains.
Different wills, but the same kind of badass villain charisma.
Other than Mobius herself, all the remaining viewers were very satisfied.
Mobius could not be happy.
She had just entered that mysterious state again. In this plot, Mobius had even entered a man-made Honkai state.
Her strength was ten times, or even nine times, greater than before!
Even in this great battle, Su Nian theoretically did not need to describe much. Mobius could fill in the details herself with her genius brain.
Even if this experience involved getting beaten to the ground by Raiden Mei, being able to experience that kind of power was worth it.
But unfortunately, Elysia pounced on her directly. It would originally have taken only the blink of an eye for her to experience this battle, which covered at least several minutes of story time.
Yet Elysia really did interrupt her just like that.
"Dr. Mobius, why didn't cute Klein come along? I wanted to pinch her cheeks again."
"...Elysia."
"I'm here?"
Fine. It was not a big deal if she did not experience that feeling of power filling her entire body.
She had not wanted to fight that badly anyway. After all, Mobius was merely a frail researcher.
Although she was indeed somewhat fanatical about unknown things, without Honkai's influence, she would not be so obsessive.
Klein was here, Elysia was here, and her other friends were the same.
Right now, she was merely interested in what Su Nian had written.
But she would never voice her true thoughts.
Mobius stubbornly said, "...Don't get so close to me... We're not close enough for that."
"But seeing this... don't you think it's interesting? I kind of want to change our team's name. Dr. Mobius, please be a Flame-Chasing Hero with me for the rest of our lives."
"Elysia, I have never found being your colleague to be a pleasant thing."
The awkward Mobius and the enthusiastic Elysia played around in the meeting room.
The main plot of The Past's Paradise could be divided into three parts.
One part was Elysia and the other Flame-Chasers.
One part was Mobius and the other Flame-Chasers.
And another part was...
Aponia, the most mysterious among the Flame-Chasers.
But before the third part began, Raiden Mei's journey encountered a brief interlude.
While miHoYo Famous Actress learned of Otto's movements from Raven and went out to make a guest appearance to help her wife.
She met the "Will of Honkai," that being, for the third time.
But the story had to continue. This was not a good time to insert the main Honkai storyline.
This story was only about The Past's Paradise.
But Raiden Mei's departure this time was not merely a small interlude.
It was because...
This action by Raiden Mei brought a hidden danger to The Past's Paradise.
Here, Su Nian briefly described that incident.
Great, there were another hundred million pits.
The incomplete story framework was full of holes.
But it did not affect their reading.
Raiden Mei learned something from Raven, something that left her utterly unable to rest easy. For that reason, she temporarily left The Past's Paradise.
And Raven, in order to steal half a day of leisure, temporarily remained here.
But her slacking plan did not go very smoothly. The moment Raiden Mei left, another data issue appeared in The Past's Paradise.
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