The system handed me over to the state.

"As for why we can't get in, it could be due to some kind of barrier, restriction, or magic circle, or perhaps we just haven't found the right method."

"My suggestion is to send a team of experts to conduct research in the area near the remaining tower. Even magic can be explained by scientific theories. We just need to find that spot, and we can do it!"

Old Yu strongly agreed with Bronya's point that as long as that point can be found, no matter how mysterious magic is, it can be explained by science.

"Okay, we'll use your method. I'll organize an expert team here. You take the positioning beacon with you, and we'll be able to send you there as quickly as possible."

"clear."

After the call ended, Seele walked over to Bronya and asked, "Bronya, do you need me to come and help?"

Bronya shook her head. "No need. I can handle it on my own. The rift will probably close in a while. After it closes, you can stay here to meet the members of the expert team and be ready to open a brand new spatial passage at any time."

Seele nodded. "Bronya, be careful."

After temporarily separating from Seele, Bronya returned to Karin's residence through the spatial portal. She glanced at Karin, who was engrossed in her research, and said, "Miss Karin."

"Oh! What's wrong?"

"I'm leaving now. The spatial passage will probably close on its own after a while. Consider those books a gift to you. Until we meet again."

After saying that, Bronya disappeared from the room. Karin rubbed her eyes. "Hey! Why did she leave so suddenly?! No, no, I have to hurry over and get some more things!"

Karin then turned around and disappeared into the spatial passage.

Bronya, meanwhile, was flying rapidly towards the ruined tower in a bunny-transformed fighter jet high in the sky. She had already scouted out the direction; once she flew a short distance eastward, she would be able to see the tower that stretched straight into the sky.

Midway through the flight, Bronya began to ponder again the disappearance of the Mebius molt inside the base. To be honest, she thought it was too much of a coincidence—the timing of the molt's disappearance and the timing of Moss's team's disappearance were just too coincidental.

This made Bronya inadvertently recall her previous suspicions about Moss, but now... she felt it was unlikely, a very conflicted feeling.

"Who could it be?"

Not many people know about Mebius's snake molt. It has the ability to evade surveillance and energy detectors, and possesses lightning-type abilities. There aren't many people like this within the base. In fact, you could say that only a few people have been selected.

Moss was one of them, but she still held a glimmer of hope. After all, Moss was someone she had brought out, and she had personally tested her and put her through various psychological tests. If the other party were Mebius, he would have given himself away long ago.

But no, perhaps... Mebius, having lost his power, did not succeed in taking over the girl's body, but was instead devoured by her?

Taking away a snake's molted skin is merely an instinctive act, not a spontaneous one.

Bronya suddenly thought of a problem: if it originated from Moss's own behavior, but the investigation into her whereabouts showed no problems and her mental state was perfectly normal.

"Could it be her?"

Bronya was muttering to herself when she noticed a black, columnar shadow in the distance. Zooming in, she saw a towering structure that seemed to stretch to the heavens.

Although it was still a bit blurry, the distance wasn't far. However, given the rabbit's flying speed, it would have been quite a long way for the elves to walk over, but for her, it was much shorter.

Ten minutes later, Bronya descended from the sky, standing in Rabbit's palm. She looked up at the tower that was so close at hand. While in the air, she had already confirmed the range of the tower and the surrounding barrier, which was a circular area with a radius of 5 kilometers that continued upwards. She instructed Rabbit to launch a probing attack with missiles.

The attacked barrier will show ripples like water, but it will not be broken.

After landing, Bronya began trying to analyze the barrier in front of her with Rabbit, but unfortunately, the analysis failed, and she was unable to figure out what the barrier was.

It seems the only solution is to leave it to professionals.

Bronya activated the spatial beacon, initiating a location search for the staff in Shenzhou. In less than ten minutes, a spatial portal suddenly opened beside Bronya, and Seele was the first to arrive. "Sister Bronya, Seele is here first. Was everything alright?"

"Yes, everything went smoothly."

Seele's gaze fell upon the towering structure that stretched straight to the sky. "So tall... I can't see the end. Is this the remaining tower? It looks so tall and huge. Does it lead directly to the sky?"

"I'm not sure. Because of the barrier and my own experience with dragons, I don't dare to fly too high, for fear of triggering the defense mechanism."

"Let the researchers handle it; they are the professionals. We will take care of protecting this area from now on."

Seele nodded, then suddenly remembered, "Oh right, Bronya, Black Seele said that the base has basically finished its investigation and confirmed that Moss... Moss is Mebius."

Bronya stared blankly. How could it be confirmed so quickly? She was still wondering if it was true, how could the base have confirmed it already?

Seele said helplessly, "That's the truth. Bronya can go and look at the information that Black Seele brought in a little while, and then Bronya will know what's going on."

Chapter 392: Entering the Tower

Bronya's expression grew increasingly grave as she flipped through the documents in her hand. "This result... is something I never expected... I thought that Möbius would possess someone, someone who could be an adult or a student."

"But I never expected that they would maintain such a strange relationship."

"But under normal circumstances, could the soul of an ordinary little girl withstand Mebius's devouring? It sounds absurd."

Yes, Bronya really found it hard to believe that Moss could actually achieve such a coexistence with Mebius. Although it could be seen from this diary that Mebius had been trying to fight for control of the body, the current situation was undoubtedly that Moss had suppressed Mebius and even obtained some of Mebius's power, such as lightning.

Hmm... why isn't it the power of a fusion warrior, but just pure lightning? Is it because the game uses lightning element attacks, so it's related to lightning?

Bronya was a little confused for a moment.

Seele, who was standing nearby, took the diary that Bronya handed her. "Sister Bronya, what do you think about this?"

"It's tricky. Moss took the snake skin, and the power and authority that originally belonged to Mebius within it will return. We might not be facing Moss then, but Mebius at his peak."

"Although she won't be much stronger, she's definitely a problem. Let's get into the remaining tower and find her as soon as possible."

Bronya turned to look at the staff who were starting to build the camp in preparation for their research. All she could do now was wait patiently.

...........

"Resolved?"

"It's solved! We've found a way to get inside the barrier!"

Finally, three days later, Bronya received good news from the researchers: the barrier surrounding the remaining tower had been broken, and entry was guaranteed to be 100%.

Bronya and Seele arrived at the barrier immediately. She looked at the metal ring device that had been unfolded on the barrier. In the middle of the device, there was no barrier!

"You really did it? How did you achieve that?"

She had been analyzing the barrier for a long time but hadn't found a solution. Unexpectedly, in just three days, she found a way to break through it.

"It was an unexpected result. We tried many methods, but none of them worked. In the end, we used the power of the Power Gem to bombard the barrier. The Power Gem opened a gap for us, but the barrier healed very quickly."

"So we created a special device that, the moment the opening appears, immediately installs a barrier at the edge of the barrier to prevent it from healing."

"You may enter now, Dr. Bronya. To prevent Miss Moss from escaping from inside the barrier, we will close the barrier after you enter."

Bronya nodded and looked at Seele, saying, "Seele, you keep watch outside. If Moss shows any signs of trying to escape, I will contact you immediately."

"Yeah, Bronya, good luck!"

Bronya nodded, still feeling a little panicked. What if she were facing Möbius...? Killing Möbius would mean killing Moss, wouldn't it?

After entering the barrier, the researchers behind her removed the metal device to close the barrier again. Bronya stopped worrying about the issue and decided to wait until she was in front of Moss to make a decision.

Bronya summoned the bunny, and together they headed towards the tower. She didn't know what might be inside, so it was best to be careful.

Even with her superior strength, Bronya should not abandon the necessary caution. This is one of her little habits. Even a lion needs to go all out to hunt a rabbit, let alone when she is facing a rabbit.

The area inside the tower itself wasn't very large, and Bronya and Rabbit quickly arrived at the foot of the tower. The drones they released also failed to find any trace of Moss in other areas, so... only this tower remained.

However, after searching around, no guards or similar creatures were found. Could it be... that Moss's injury was not what she suspected, but rather an injury inflicted by something in this world?

Bronya thought of the other team members. Could it be that Mebius tried to silence them but was discovered, and was severely injured by the other team members? She killed the others, but did not escape unscathed herself.

Everyone knew about the tracking devices on the team members. The fact that Moss hadn't removed the life monitoring device meant that she still hoped the country could find her. Bronya felt a glimmer of hope. Perhaps Moss hadn't been completely controlled by Mebius yet, and she was still resisting.

Standing in front of the tower, Bronya reached out and placed her hand on the tower's door. Unable to budge it, she raised her right hand, charged her palm cannon, and fired! With a deafening roar, a hole was blasted through the metal door in front of her.

Bronya crawled through the hole into the tower's interior, where it was pitch black. The bunny released several smiling lighting drones from its hand, illuminating the surrounding space.

The interior of the tower looks like a library, with numerous bookshelves surrounding the walls and extending upwards, but there are no books on them; the shelves are completely empty.

Bronya stepped into the bunny's palm and rose with it to continue exploring the upper levels of the tower. After the bookshelves had been there for hundreds of meters, they finally changed, transforming into some kind of peculiar metal device. Bronya was certain that these metal devices were not mechanical; the runes, strange characters, and patterns on them suggested that they were related to magic.

Ignoring the metal devices, Bronya continued to let the bunny carry her upwards. According to the altitude recorder, after ascending 2 kilometers, a slight pressure pressed down on them. They frowned, but continued to ascend. Finally, when they reached an altitude of 5 kilometers, they encountered a wall, and four passageways appeared in front of them.

Looking around, Bronya was puzzled. What were the people who built this tower thinking? These gates, and this strange cylindrical space? How could anyone climb up to a height of 5 kilometers? Even if those giant dragons were to fly, such a cramped space would be a bit too much for them.

"Can you pinpoint Moss's exact location?"

Bronya asked, and the little rabbit shook its head, passing the information to Bronya. After reading the information, Bronya frowned, "It's been so long, you should be able to speak by now, right? Here's what we'll do, when we get back I'll install a voice organ for you, so you can talk to me directly from now on, instead of using this method."

The little rabbit shrugged, sent Bronya into a passage, and returned to its quantum state. Bronya continued forward, heading towards the top of the tower, searching for Moss's presence.

Chapter 393: Who are you?

Walking down the long corridor and through countless rooms, Bronya herself lost count of how long she had been walking until Rabbit reminded her that she had already searched 236 rooms in this area and had been searching for nearly 12 hours.

The good news is that Moss's life detection signal is becoming stronger and stronger, and they will soon be approaching Moss's location.

This left Bronya somewhat helpless. Just how tall and big was this tower? And judging from its appearance, there were probably things on top of it. Who knew what other things might be on it?

If this continues... won't it activate some outrageous self-destruct commands, like self-destruction or collapse?

Hopefully not, she's not a jinx.

Continuing forward, as the signal from the life monitoring device grew stronger, Bronya finally pinpointed Moss's location. Pushing open the door to the room in front of her, she saw Moss unconscious, leaning against the wall.

Next to it was an emergency first-aid kit for team members, something that was stored in each person's personal pocket.

She also noticed some food scraps and packaging in the corner of the room, suggesting that she had been staying in the room for the past few days, perhaps exploring it, or perhaps not moving an inch.

Bronya carefully searched the room for any traces but found nothing else unusual. So, Bronya took out her Icarus, transformed it into an energy blade, and held it against Moss's throat.

Then, with his other hand, he patted Moss's cheek and called out, "Wake up, don't sleep."

Bronya continued to pat Moss's cheeks, and Moss soon woke up from her sleep. A hint of excitement flashed in her eyes when she saw Bronya, but it was immediately pressed down by Bronya's other hand, who then gestured to the energy blade in her other hand.

"Are you Moss, or Möbius?"

"Mo...Moss..."

"Why should I believe you? Just because you say you're Moss, does that make you Moss?"

"I... really am Moss, Möbius has... gone into hibernation."

Bronya raised an eyebrow, still not removing the energy blade, and continued to ask, "Do you think you can suppress Mebius? Are you sure you're not speaking to me under her influence right now?"

"I'm sure!"

Moss suddenly became agitated, but Bronya pressed her back down. "I told you, don't move. Möbius is a dangerous being. If you don't cooperate with me now, I will consider you out of control and kill you to eliminate any future trouble."