The Herrscher of Binding Descends! / What Makes a God a God? ...

"Although I don't like that girl, I can't deny her mechanical talent."

Mobius couldn't help but complain. To be honest, she didn't have a particularly good relationship with that guy with split personality. Although she had only joined in the last year, she had shown extraordinary mechanical talent, which actually went against her Gene Science!

However, the two only regarded each other as scientific rivals, and had no personal grudges against each other!

Moreover, even Mobius had to admit that the girl's understanding of mechanical science surpassed both his own and Mebius's, which was why he had entrusted her with the Hibernation Pod and other mechanical equipment, although...

She always comes up with some weird and wonderful devices, and the designs of the Divine Key are all bizarre!

For example, the Second Divine Key from a while ago, although Mei was the main person in charge, was actually designed by Vill-V. Although it was a bit ugly, it was really useful!

Actually, Mobius thought the Second Divine Key should have been designed as a laptop. Those observing could simply look at the screen, and those traveling through time could just use the screen itself. After all, in many novels, time travel is caused by computer explosions, right? So...

The design of the Second Divine Key as a laptop makes perfect sense!

Chapter 446: The Constraint Arrives!

The Herrscher of Restraint has finally appeared...

As Ling Xi had predicted, the power of the Herrscher of Restraint naturally formed a restraint domain with a radius of about one thousand kilometers centered on her. Within this domain, nothing grew wherever it passed!

The Herrscher of Restraint descended upon Alaska, North America, and swallowed up most of the human habitat in North America. Although the Herrscher of Restraint did not head south again, she essentially destroyed the defenses of North American research institutes and cities, leading to a massive influx of Honkai Beast...

Subsequently, the Herrscher of Restraint headed towards Asia, crossing the Bering Strait to reach Siberia, then southwards to completely destroy the remaining research institutes and human settlements in Shenzhou, before heading towards Europe...

"I think everyone already knows about the power of the Herrscher of Restraint."

At the headquarters of the Flame-Chasing Moths, Mobius is giving a speech. "The Herrscher of Restraint will devour all energy. Now, our bases in the Americas and Shenzhou have been destroyed. Europe is our only hope. If we don't eliminate it, then..."

"From this day forward, there will be no more human civilization!"

Afterwards, Mobius transferred the core members of the headquarters to two warships, while the many ordinary humans, or those injected with the lowest level of Hypervariable Factor, were secretly manipulated to fill the power of the Herrscher of Restraint!

Although Mobius knew, and everyone else knew, that using civilians as cannon fodder was a heinous act, but...

No one objected to Mobius's decision, because everyone knew that this was the only way for humanity to defeat the Honkai!

In short, Mobius's early implementation of the universal super-transformation plan also came into play at this time, allowing for the further expansion of the powers of the Herrscher of Restraint, but...

Gradually, Mobius realized something was wrong. According to Mobius's plan, the humans in this timeline, thanks to Ling Xi's help, should have retained about twice the power they had in the original story. Therefore...

Even if humanity neutralized the Herrscher of Restraint's power limit, there should still be at least 300 million people and thousands of Fused Warrior remaining, but now...

There is no indication that the powers of the Herrscher of Restraint have reached their limit!

In the end, apart from the members of the Flame-Chasing Moths, all ordinary humans outside were devoured by the Herrscher of Restraint, and the core power of the Flame-Chasing Moths was also mobilized!

Thus, with the sacrifice of numerous top-tier Fused Warrior, the domain of the Herrscher of Restraint continued to shrink. Finally, under the influence of Sakura's Kiana ability, Kevin unleashed his strongest attack from a hundred miles away, completely annihilating the Herrscher of Restraint...

This time, humanity has won again, a devastating victory...

After the war, Mobius summoned Ling Xi and Elysia to listen to Klein's report...

"Doctor ..."

In the laboratory, Klein's expression was very serious as he said, "In the battle against the Herrscher of Restraint, our losses were extremely heavy, and the losses are incalculable. Therefore, I can only report on our remaining resources."

"Besides Ling Xi and Seele, we still have fourteen true Fused Warrior left, including myself and the Doctor. According to the latest statistics, the number of ordinary people and Fused Warrior whose Hypervariable Factor have not been activated is 31,534!"

"Whoosh..."

Upon hearing this answer, Mobius sighed and chuckled self-deprecatingly, "It seems that the power of the Herrscher of Restraint is not determined by her, but by humanity. And the mission of the Herrscher of Restraint is probably to weaken humanity to this extent, right?"

"Doctor ..."

Ling Xi, who was standing to the side, seemed to want to say something.

"Ling Xi, you don't need to say anything."

Mobius shook his head and chuckled, "The Will of Honkai, just as Elysia said, humans can't skip class. It will weaken humanity to the extent it desires, hehe..."

"Yes, the Will of Honkai does not allow humans to cheat."

Elysia nodded silently, showing no surprise at the outcome, as if she had known it all along.

At this moment, the atmosphere was tinged with despair, because no matter how hard humanity tried, it could not escape its fate. Despite all the efforts made to leave as much legacy as possible for the future, the result...

In the face of Honkai, it is ultimately just a futile struggle.

At this point, humanity has only a little over 30,000 people left, and has lost the possibility of developing civilization. Even if the Honkai begins to disappear from now on, humanity will inevitably decline.

"Doctor, what are our plans next?"

After a moment, Klein finally asked Mobius about his future plans. Although humanity was practically extinct, they couldn't just sit and wait to die; at least...

We need to do something before it's completely over.

"Proceed as originally planned."

Mobius stretched and said, "We need to execute the seven plans simultaneously, including the Project Fireseed, the Hengsha Project, the Project Ark, and the Stigmata Project. There are still two Herrscher before the Herrscher of Finality, so we don't have much time left."

Thinking of this, Mobius continued, "The Twelfth Herrscher is Rin. According to the clues provided by Ling Xi, as long as Rin is alive, there will be no threat. We should focus on the Thirteenth Herrscher, as this is the final hurdle before the Finality!"

"Does Ling Xi have any leads regarding the Thirteenth Herrscher?"

Klein silently observed Ling Xi, and she roughly knew Ling Xi's identity, which was why she asked the question.

"Sorry, I don't know."

Ling Xi shook her head. "Before I came to this world, there were no clues about the Thirteenth Herrscher."

Although Ling Xi really wanted to say that the Thirteenth Herrscher was most likely Elysia, and... the fact that Aponia saw in the future that she would personally kill Elysia made her guess even more reasonable, but...

Ling Xi didn't want to say it, and even more so, she didn't dare to say it, because Ling Xi was afraid she wouldn't have the courage to face the outcome!

"Okay, Ling Xi, it's alright."

Elysia gently hugged Ling Xi and smiled, "Since Ling is alright, then the Thirteenth Herrscher might not be much of a threat either. After all... in the timeline you've seen, humanity has already reached the point of facing the Herrscher of Finality. This is enough to show that the two Herrscher that follow won't cause too much damage to humanity, right?"

"Yes, Elysia is right."

Ling Xi smiled at Elysia, then gently took Elysia hand and said, "But, just like I told you before, no matter what happens in the future, I will always protect you!"

"Hehe, I'm so touched. Come here, let me give you a hug..."

Elysia smiled happily and hugged Ling Xi tightly, looking completely blissful.

Mobius "..."

Klein "..."

Chapter 447: Why is God God?

"By the way, Ling Xi."

A moment later, Elysia released Ling Xi and smiled, "What I said last time, is it possible that defeating the Finality is also a path for humanity?"

"I think this path is a tiny bit difficult."

Ling Xi glared at Elysia with annoyance. "Elysia, that's the Herrscher of Finality, the Herrscher who ends everything. We humans are already at our wits' end just facing the Herrscher of Restraint. What makes you think we can still defeat the Herrscher of Finality?"

"Well..."

Elysia smiled slightly and said, "Because you're here. To be honest, if you were willing to take action against the Herrscher of Restraint, I think humanity could at least preserve hundreds of millions of people and thousands of Fused Warriors. But... for some reason, you can't take action."

"And the Herrscher of Finality, no matter how strong, is still Herrscher. Why must everyone assume that he can't beat you?"

Clearly, Elysia hasn't given up on the idea of humanity defeating the Finality, although...

In Ling Xi's opinion, this was simply wishful thinking!

"Ah, indeed, the Herrscher of Finality is not necessarily invincible."

Mobius suddenly spoke up, laughing, "Although the probability is very small, we humans have been fighting each other ever since we came down from the trees, so... even if we reach the last step, we... will still try to struggle."

Ling Xi "..."

Hearing their conversation, Ling Xi neither refuted nor agreed, but simply listened silently. The Finality ... even if they could truly defeat the Finality, it would mean nothing to the humans of the Previous Era, because having reached this point, the Previous Era had already lost...

Soon after, under Elysia's organization, the last remaining Fused Warrior of humanity formed the Flame-Chasing Moths Force!

However, Ling Xi and Seele did not participate, nor did Klein. Strictly speaking, the three of them were Herrscher; Ling Xi and Seele would not fight against the Honkai, and Klein was not a combatant, so...

Ultimately, the Flame-Chasing Moths of the Flame-Chasing Moths are still the Thirteen Flame-Chasers!

Ling Xi also saw Pardo, who was ranked thirteenth. She didn't expect that... this slacker could actually survive to get here.

At the same time, with Klein's help, the Flame-Chasing Moths also created the Elysian Realm, which can be described as a virtual world. Consciousness can be completely uploaded to the Elysian Realm for preservation. In another sense, it is equivalent to giving up the physical body and living in the virtual world!

Of course, no Fused Warrior has chosen to do this yet. Even Aponia, who had this idea at the time, gave up the choice because of Ling Xi's interference!

In addition, the Elysian Realm is not entirely a virtual world in a strict sense, as it can interfere with reality to a certain extent!

Ultimately, under Mei's arrangement, the Thirteen Flame-Chasers left their memories in the Elysian Realm, a gift for the next civilization!

Ling Xi originally didn't want to participate, but under Elysia's strong insistence, she eventually left a memory in the Deepest Place!

"Mei, is there something you need from me?"

On this day, Mobius was invited to Mé's laboratory and found that Mé was the only one there; it seemed that the others had been called away by her.

"Mobius, actually I have a question, God..."

Mei looked at Mobius with utmost seriousness and asked, "What kind of being is He exactly?"

"Um?"

Mobius seemed a little bewildered by Mebius's question and asked, "... What are you trying to say?"

"Whoosh..."

Mei took a deep breath and said calmly, "While we are constantly observing other parallel worlds using the Thousand Worlds Samsara, I am also constantly searching for the answer to one question, which is... what exactly is the Will of Honkai?"

"..."

Mobius paused for a moment, then nodded. "Go on..."

"Based on our current observations, there are two main forces in the entire chaos: imaginary numbers and quantum mechanics. These two forces are mutually reinforcing and mutually restraining. Both want to devour the other, so they need to constantly absorb nutrients in order to resist the existence of the other."

Mei directly unfolded the holographic image and said, "Among them, the parallel world, including the world we live in, is the imaginary side. Its greatest energy manifestation, besides the imaginary number, is only Honkai. And the World Bubble, in other words... is the withering parallel world, which sinks into the Quantum Sea and becomes the nourishment of the Quantum Sea."

"As for the Will of Honkai..."

Mei stroked her chin and thought carefully for a moment before finally saying, "The Will of Honkai is practically the administrator on the tree's side. Because the conflict between the Tree and Sea is endless, a new force must be used to break this rule, such as... civilization!"

"Perhaps the Imaginary Tree hopes that a civilization capable of contending with the sea can be born from it, which is why parallel worlds keep appearing, but..."

"The power of the sea is immense, and thus the test of the Will of Honkai is born. If one cannot even overcome the challenge of Honkai, then any talk of fighting against the sea is utterly futile."

Finally, Mei said thoughtfully, "This may be the truth behind why the tree constantly fosters civilization, while the Will of Honkai constantly destroys it. Of course, this is just a guess."

"Since the Will of Honkai is so forcing civilization to comply, then..."

Mobius asked, "Aren't the trees afraid that civilization will stand on the other side of the sea?"

"That's impossible."

Mei shook her head slightly and said, "Trees and the sea are two independent existences. The parallel worlds that sink into the Quantum Sea will ultimately be absorbed by the sea, just like those World Bubble, leaving no trace. Therefore..."

"In any case, Tree and Sea are opposing forces, and the Will of Honkai will never allow civilization to borrow the power of the sea. After all, in parallel worlds, there are also civilizations that have borrowed the power of the sea, and the results were..."

Mei shrugged and said with a wry smile, "The Herrscher of Finality directly intervenes, erasing all traces of civilization. It's like an assessment. As long as it's your own power, no matter how you mess around, the Will of Honkai will assess you according to the rules. But once you cross the rules and borrow power from outside the tree, the Will of Honkai will directly destroy the civilization!"

"Hmm..."

Hearing this, Mobius pondered for a moment and asked, "So... what exactly are you trying to say, Möbius?"

"It's very simple."

Mei smiled slightly and said, "The authority of the Will of Honkai comes from the Imaginary Tree, so... I'm thinking, could we bypass the Will of Honkai and directly connect to the Imaginary Tree, and then... let humanity replace the Will of Honkai as the god of our world, after all..."

"God is God not because He is God, but because He possesses divine power, and therefore He is God. So..."

Mei looked at Mobius again and said with utmost seriousness, "If humans also possessed this power, could humans also be called gods?"

Chapter 448: Waiting for you in the future...