Chapter 157

This is outrageous! Side effects can actually be this good?!

Sue: "Mobius is just an exception, and her recovery ability... is nothing special."

Theresa: "What's wrong with this guy? He stopped halfway through his sentence again?"

They're all riddle-makers; they only say half of what they mean.

Canned Food: "Of course, not all side effects are bad. Look at me, my figure is getting better and better after the Hypermutation Surgery, and even my skin is getting smoother and smoother."

Elysia: "Meow~"

The two people, one human and one cat, who had swapped bodies, now became troublemakers, running rampant in the Death Space.

Vill-V: "Pardo, your Canned Food have gotten into the workshop again. Sigh, the workload is already heavy enough, and now this habitual thief is causing trouble. My old bones really can't take this anymore."

Pardofelis: "Uh... Sister Vill-V, that's not Canned Food, it's Sister Elysia."

Vill-V: "?!!"

Work was so long that she didn't even have time to chat in the group. Startled, Vill-V scrolled through the chat history and finally understood what had happened.

Canned Food: "So, were you scared, Vill-V?"

Vill-V: "I'm a little surprised... but the workshop is full of traps, it's amazing you managed to avoid them all."

Canned Food: "Hehe, the Canned Food looks chubby, but it moves incredibly nimbly. Tricks and contraptions are a piece of cake for it."

Vill-V: "So, Miss Canned Food, what brings you to my workshop?"

Canned Food: "Need you even ask? Since you're a habitual thief, of course I'll do what I know how to do!"

Seeing a strange-looking bottle on the workshop table, [Canned Food] grabbed it and ran outside.

If you're not careful, some of the powder in the bottle spilled out, making the [Canned Food] cough.

Canned Food: "Cough cough, Vill-V, what is this weird stuff? Why does it taste so strange?"

Vill-V: "It's a dye that the Occultist mixed before; it's nothing important."

It was just a lost bottle, a failed attempt by Occultist, so Vill-V didn't pay much attention to it.

Canned Food: "Dye?"

Looking at its paws, [Canned Food] realized that it had been dyed rainbow colors, and it actually looked quite beautiful when it looked in the mirror.

Pardofelis: "Pfft~ Sister Elysia, did you give the Canned Food food a makeover?"

Canned Food: "Meow!!!"

What happened?

It only took a nap, how did its body get dyed all sorts of colors?

Vill-V: "It's just a temporary stain; it oxidizes when exposed to air and only lasts for an hour, which is why it's considered a failure."

Canned Food: "That's quite interesting, Pardo! Come here! Since the Canned Food has changed color, I'm going to dye you rainbow-colored too. Surrender, Pardo!"

Elysia: "Meow!"

Before Pardofelis could run away, she was tightly locked in place by her dear [Sister Elysia], whose legs were locked around her waist and whose hands were firmly holding her arms.

Pardofelis: "Canned Food, let me go right now! I know I was wrong. Sister Elysia, stop playing around, I know I was wrong!"

Canned Food: "Hehe, I'm Canned Food now. You've got the wrong person to beg for mercy."

Elysia: "Meow~"

With the combined efforts of the two major criminal gangs, Pardo's hair and tail also met their fate of being dyed rainbow colors.

[In the scene, Raiden Mei remained silent for a long time before remembering something else.]

"I remember you said that you shrunk because of a side effect of the Hypermutation Surgery."

"..."

"I'll assume for now that you haven't lied to me either time. That means... the Hypermutation Surgery did indeed give you the ability to come back to life, but it didn't come without a price."

Raiden Mei pondered for a moment.

"Each time you die and come back to life, your body will undergo some degree of degeneration; you will become younger, or rather... a little smaller."

"Hehe, very clever, little mouse. Where did you hear about my death?"

Mobius nodded in agreement.

"That's right, just like a snake shedding its skin, my resurrection is something like that."

"A snake shedding its skin? I don't think that metaphor is accurate."

Raiden Mei shook her head.

She had basic common sense: a snake shedding its skin is just a change in the process of its growth; essentially, it is still aging, and after each shedding, the snake gets closer to its death.

"Mobius, your molting is the process of letting your life flow backwards from its original starting point each time you approach death."

"I heard you were one of the original members of the Fire Moth. Even in the apocalypse, I don't believe they would let such a young child join a dangerous organization."

"Mobius, just how many times have you experienced death like this before?"

A brief silence.

"Is this the question you wanted to ask me? If so, then you can leave now, taking your stupid questions with you. I have no interest in answering them."

Mobius's attitude was sudden—no, it had always been terrible.

"Goodbye!"

Mei believed her guess was correct; there was indeed some limit to Mobius's resurrection, but at the same time, there were doubts. The other Flame-Chasers firmly believed in Mobius's immortality.

Mei was pondering the differences.

The video ends here.

Raiden Mei: "Mobius's final attitude proves that her resurrection is not eternal."

Himeko Murata: "Infinity is not the same as eternity, but the difference may be extremely small. In other words... Mobius might not be dead yet?"

Kevin: "..."

Canned Food:"..."

A brief silence followed; the usually outspoken and eloquent Flame-Chasers clearly intended to avoid the question.

Kiana: "Hey! What's going on? Judging from your attitude, do you even know if Mobius is dead or not?"

Canned Food: "Uh, who knows? Snakes are always elusive; maybe she's playing with leg rings in some other world."

Chapter 258 Who Gave Apponia Comfort?

Theresa: "Leg rings, what's so fun about leg rings?"

For some reason, the Flame-Chasers are good in every way—their resolute will and unwavering belief in overcoming Honkai —their only flaw is that they are all riddle-makers.

When it comes to key issues, they always change the subject.

Welt: "Then, let's assume Mobius isn't dead. Given his incredible ability to resurrect, with Fu Hua and Kevin already back in the world, Mobius must have awakened."

Bronya: "If Mobius were still alive, then what she would care about most would be... the Stigmata Project?"

The Stigmata are the prototypes created by Mobius, embodying her painstaking efforts.

The World Serpent are so concerned about the Stigmata Project that they don't believe Mobius didn't push things along afterward.

Kiana: "No wonder the Stigmata Project is progressing so smoothly. If it's not Gray Serpent controlling the World Serpent, but Mobius, then it makes sense."

Raiden Mei: "But if Mobius also woke up from the hibernation pod, why didn't she show herself?"

Kiana: "Mei, you don't understand. Dangerous characters like this definitely prefer to hide behind the scenes, manipulating everything without anyone noticing!"

Kevin: "..."

Gray Serpent: "Little girls, you have such vivid imaginations! Are you trying to make us laugh?"

You're all underestimating the Mobius of the Infinity Mobius, aren't you? He's supposed to be waking up from his hibernation pod.

Kiana: "Isn't that how it is?"

Elysia: "Of course not. From the moment you confused the concept of Infinity, your guesses about Mobius have been wrong."

Pardofelis: "Sister Elysia, you and the Canned Food have turned back to normal?"

Pardo smoothed her colorful hair; the rainbow dye effect wouldn't disappear for a while.

That Canned Food bastard, even though Sister Elysia had already told her to stop, it still took the opportunity to pour all the dye on her head.

They're definitely still holding a grudge about the cabbage incident!

Elysia: "Hmm, this has been a wonderful and enjoyable experience. Mobius is right; side effects aren't necessarily a bad thing."

Kiana: "What side effects? I think you're just having a blast."

She also wanted to become a cat, then snuggle in Mei and live a shameless life of patting and feeding her.

Elysia: "Hmm, don't be so blunt, I get shy too."

Theresa: "No, we don't see a trace of shyness in you at all."

He jumped onto Apponia's shoulder, onto Eden's shoulder, stole the experimental subjects from the Vill-V Workshop, and dyed Pardofelis's hair rainbow-colored.

If there weren't only twelve hours left, Elysia probably would have done even more outrageous things.

[Q&A begins.]

[In Apponia's counseling room, Apponia is brought to the Trial of the Fire Moth: Who was the first to offer her kindness and hope?]

[A: Pardofelis.]

[B: Elysia.]

[C: Sakura.]

[D: Chakravartin.]

Theresa: "Hmm... Although this was an easy question, why did you add Chakravartin's name at the end?"

The Chakravartin gave Apponia kindness and hope; I think that refers to the kind of kindness that fosters unity and harmony?

Apponia: "Please don't judge Chakravartin with malice. I never argued with him; it was just a way of communicating that people suffering together couldn't understand each other."

Chakravartin: "Never argued? Hahaha, Apponia, they all say I'm crazy, but you're the craziest one!!!"

Apponia: "Chakravartin..."

Elysia: "Stop arguing! Before what happened at the sanatorium, you two were such good friends. Now we have a chance to fix all of that."

Whether it's the incident involving the bell or the tragedy at the nursing home.

If Apponia were to lose the fundamental premise of observing fate, they could prevent Apponia from imposing Precepts on people, thus sparing them from suffering sins and hardships they should not have to endure.

Chakravartin: "Friends? Of course, Apponia has always been my [friend]."

Apponia: "Chakravartin, it's so good that you understand."

Kiana: "Yeah, a friend, the kind you can be completely open with."

I can't figure out if these two are having a cross-channel chat, or if Apponia's "friends" also refers to that kind of thing?

Theresa: "This is an easy question! Everyone, hurry up and answer!"

Fu Hua: "Headmaster, aren't you also suspecting that the system has set a trap for us?"

Raiden Mei had met several undead before, and the Q&A session with Elysia, which ended in disaster, was still fresh in her mind.

The nonsensical questions and answers made even an honest person like Fu Hua somewhat skeptical of the responses before her.

Kiana: "There's a saying... something about being terrified of snake bites."

Himeko Murata: "Kiana, once bitten, twice shy."

Kiana: "Yes, that's exactly what I meant!"

Elysia: "How can you doubt the system like that? What bad intentions could it possibly have?"

Raiden Mei: "Or... Elysia, why don't you do it?"

Elysia: "Should I go? But I get shy about saying something so embarrassing, Apponia, you choose."