The Perfect Ending

"This consciousness is the human consciousness of the Herrscher's original body, recreated using her memories, and is no different from the original..."

"You."

Qianqi blew bubbles, remaining calm and silent, never uttering a word...

Chapter 171 A Perfect Ending

She stood in her room, the room that had been with her for nearly ten years.

She still remembered the overwhelming joy she felt when she first had her own room, but she had somehow forgotten it.

She grew up in this ordinary room, in this ordinary home.

Her parents were sleeping in their room downstairs, and she was about to leave the home that had raised her for more than ten years, an ordinary family that she despised.

Strange, she should have left happily without a trace of regret, after all, this was the "special" development she had been looking forward to.

But why did she stop?

She sat on the edge of the bed, listening to the fireworks outside the window explode and the stardust falling, illuminating her face.

She was afraid.

After learning the price of being special and the truth about the world, she felt fear at the prospect of losing the monotonous life she had once hated so much.

That's ridiculous.

It turns out that what she had been looking forward to was the childish, playful plot of a virtual work, rather than a genuine weariness of this boring and tedious life.

What a childish yet cruel joke.

After all, she's just a naive person.

"Humans are like that; they only feel pain after they lose something."

"Countless people have proven the saying, 'People only started to love me after I died,' but fortunately, you have always been loved, and you didn't have to wait until the people around you died to realize that you loved them."

"You have that kind of talent. After you've seen the reality of the world and what Lin has to bear, decide whether you want to come here."

Humans are emotional beings, and because of these emotions, countless acts of folly have their origins, and countless sins have their justifications.

But it is precisely because of emotions that humans are so unique, and can even transform a person.

"... Let's go."

What makes her loathe the mundane is the world's appearance, but what makes her yearn for the mundane is its core.

Thus, we move towards the "special".

From that day on, she lost her name and, in the shadows of the world, in places unseen, pretended to be ignorant.

One day, recalling the reason why she left, he thought for a long time before finding the answer.

Perhaps it's... a sense of responsibility.

Lin left.

Qianqi stood in the collapsing world, with only one piece of ground left to stand on. She thought for a moment, then sat down, staring blankly as the azure sky disappeared and was replaced by endless nothingness.

After the collapse of her consciousness, she will return to a body that no longer belongs to her and lose all memories of this experience, becoming a doll who knows nothing, until the consciousness of the Eighth Herrscher awakens again.

No, the real "she" died a long time ago. The current "she" is just a false substitute created by the Eighth Herrscher using her powers.

But this replacement also inherited her memories and her responsibilities.

"It's so good to be able to protect you in the end."

Snap.

She didn't care about her own fate at all; as long as she could protect humanity, as long as she could protect that person, nothing else mattered...

Snap.

Snap.

Snap...

Wrong.

No.

She...

"... No... I don't really want to die..." She covered her eyes with her hands, but countless clear tears still flowed from between her palms. "I want to go back to a normal life... I don't want to be the lead on stage..."

"I just want to hear my mom and dad talk every day... I just want to go to and from school with my classmates... I don't want to take on this responsibility... I can't save anyone..."

"I don't want to... lie anymore... I want to tell him what's on my mind... I really don't want to lie anymore..."

"Ughhhhhh..."

She burst into tears like a child.

In this empty world, only her weeping remained.

"What's wrong, Lin?"

The double images and lines in Lin's eyes converged, and in a daze, they transformed into the appearance of Elysia, who leaned closer with a worried look on her face.

Lin shook his head, took a step back, and stared at Elysia in front of him with a puzzled look. After a long while, he asked, "Elysia?"

"Huh? Are you drunk?"

"No... I..."

The words were on the tip of his tongue, but Lin didn't know what he subconsciously wanted to say. He wandered through his memories, which contained nothing unusual, for a moment before calming down.

He seems to have been resting too little lately, and his mental state isn't very good.

"It's nothing, I'll be going now."

"Hey, wait a minute, there are two people who want to see you."

Lin waved his hand without turning around, refusing the offer. He covered his head, feeling no pain but definitely something was wrong, and walked towards the ballroom door.

What's going on? This feeling of like something happened, yet nothing happened at all...

After stepping outside, Lin heard a murmur of commotion beside him. He turned around and saw Qianqi staring at him blankly, with two rows of glistening tear tracks on her face.

Qianqi...

"You..."

"Huh? What's going on? Why am I suddenly crying?" Before Lin could speak Qianqi had already wiped the tears off her face with her fingers, looking at her palm with suspicion, then at Lin. "Hey, what's wrong with you? Why did I start crying as soon as you came out? Did you do something to me?"

"... Who are you?" Lin asked calmly.

"Hey! I'm the hacker you ruined and got caught here! Don't forget about me so easily!"

Qianqi instantly bristled, scrambled to her feet, and roared at Lin.

She wiped away her tears, seething with anger, and glared at him fiercely. "You must have gotten some weird stuff from your green-haired girlfriend to play a trick on me, right? I've heard all sorts of stories about what she did!"

"... If it were her things, it wouldn't be tears."

"Shut up! You bastard, you're obsessed with older women! I admire how many girls you can hook up with in one night, and almost all of them are big-breasted older women! You must have used props and tricks to get them, right?"

"..."

Seeing Lin remain silent, Qianqi smugly hummed twice.

"Let's get this straight, don't come looking for me. I'm not in your hunting grounds, and you're not my preferred target. We'll keep to ourselves. Otherwise, I might cause you trouble. I'm not a nice person." Qianqi straightened up, seemingly much better after scolding Lin Yi, and happily turned and left, "Bye-bye~"

Lin stared at her back as she walked away, then turned around and walked in the opposite direction.

Maybe he's just overthinking it.

The two walked further and further apart, one with a smile on his face, the other as calm as still water.

Getting further and further away...

(Chapter 1) Where is God?

It was another winter day. The edge of the operating table sent a chill down my spine as I touched it. The green-haired woman exhaled a puff of white mist under the operating light. She lifted her tired face, glanced at the turned-off air conditioner, stared at it for two seconds, and then lowered her head again to continue the surgery.

Environmental factors are indispensable for data accuracy, not to mention temperature.

"Laugh..."

She put down the scalpel and sighed, "Stop the bleeding."

The blue-and-white-haired woman skillfully stopped the bleeding from the experimental subject before throwing him into the confinement equipment.

After removing her gloves and mask and throwing them into the Honkai Energy Isolation Box to await cleaning, and undergoing another round of disinfection, Mobius returned to the laboratory. She let down her ponytail, shook her head, and let her long hair fall loose, tucking the strands of hair behind her ears.

She picked up the printed data report, glanced at the line graph, and then put it down unsatisfactorily.

"A 33.41% match rate..." This is clearly not a very good number.

"Doctor, shall we proceed to the next round?" Bianca, who had also finished disinfecting, gently approached Mobius and asked.

Mobius crumpled the report into a ball and threw it into the trash can, "No, that's enough for today. Thanks, Bianca, I wouldn't have been able to find anyone to help without you."

Bianca asked with slight confusion, "Oh? Where are Danzhu and the others?"

The mere mention of Danzhu irritated Mobius. With a dark expression, she said, "Danzhu and Cangxuan used the draft plan they had prepared to weigh down instant noodles yesterday, and then they accidentally knocked it over and ruined it all. Klein is helping them redo it now."

"Haha... The lab is still as lively as ever."

"Tch, those two guys have never given me a moment's peace."

"Where is that boy?"

"He—" Mobius gritted his teeth at the thought of Lin, subconsciously raising his voice, then noticing Bianca's ambiguous smile, his face fell and he asked sullenly, "Who?"

"Heh, Doctor, you really disliked Hen when I left the lab, saying he'd tricked me and made me lose focus on my studies. And now..."

"I still hate it." Mobius interrupted her abruptly, crossed his arms, and snorted disdainfully, "Alright, Bianca, go back and rest now. Come to the lab again when you have time."

"Hey, Doctor, we haven't seen each other in so long, let's chat a little longer." Bianca, with a satisfied smile, blocked Mobius's way.

"..."

Mobius gritted her teeth, trying to get around Bianca, but Bianca knew the doctor she had worked with for several years too well, and with a light step, she blocked her way again.

No matter how you go around in circles, you can't escape Bianca. Mobius could only snort coldly, "That kid Hen was talking to you?"

"Hehe." Seeing that Bianca did not deny it, Mobius couldn't help but curse inwardly for his loose tongue.

"... Say what you have to say quickly."

Left with no other option, Mobius reluctantly compromised, but she was prepared to deny everything Bianca said later.

Bianca's eyes lit up immediately upon hearing Mobius's words, belying her age and excitement. She asked, "What do you mean by a mother with a child who is already several years old?"

When are you getting married?

Mobius's expression, which he had just composed, instantly froze.

What... what about marriage?

"Doctor, when I left, I was really worried about what would happen to you, so I introduced Klein here to keep you company. I never expected that the cold boy would actually end up with you... Could it be that you actually like that type? Someone a few years younger than you but very reliable..."

"Wait, wait... What marriage? What getting together?" Mobius's heart skipped a beat, and she almost shouted, "What are you talking about?"

"Huh? Is progress not that fast?" Bianca scratched her head in confusion.

Mobius shook his head immediately. "There's been absolutely no progress."

"Then isn't this what you, Doctor, secretly..."

"Shut up."

Mobius covered Bianca's mouth with a slap, staring into Bianca's eyes with a mixture of anger and amusement. "Listen carefully, there's nothing at all. It's just that your guy who likes to make things up, that guy whose Hypervariable Surgery failed, is not worth my attention. It's just that he said he would give me everything in exchange, so I took advantage of him and used him as my Lab Rat."

"His stupidity surpasses my comprehension; even the test subjects in my room are more intelligent than him. Moreover, he can't utter a single word in a long conversation, and when he does, it's all just hypocritical evasion. He thinks he's a warm, all-encompassing person, yet he's incredibly adept at deceiving people. He appears harmless on the surface, but he's actually cunning, despicable, and occasionally incredibly stubborn. I don't want to have anything to do with a guy like that at all."

"Do you understand?"

"Mmm..."

"If you understand, blink twice."

Bianca paused for a moment, then blinked twice, and Mobius finally breathed a sigh of relief and lowered his hand.