Collapse, Kaslana's Way of Survival

Seeing Keno's expression, Mebius's originally bad complexion gradually improved, and a not-too-obvious smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.

Her smile faded, and she watched as Kainuo got straight to the point.

"I roughly understand why you've come here. You simply want to know the secret of the stigmata on your body and the details of the true stigmata plan. I'm not the ignorant me in the Promised Land anymore, and there's no price to pay for telling you all this."

"But before that..."

Mebius turned his head and squinted his eyes at Alicia, who was standing aside pretending not to exist.

"Alicea, shouldn't you abide by the agreement between us and leave here obediently?"

Chapter 247 Thirty and One Hundred

After watching Alicia leave voluntarily and reluctantly, Mebius pursed his lips, glanced at the empty laboratory, and frowned.

She subconsciously raised her right arm, but stopped immediately when she caught a glimpse of Keno standing beside her, hesitant to speak.

"Kaino, do you feel that this place is too empty?"

Mebius had a faint smirk on his face, and his tone was somewhere between frivolous and serious, with an indescribable farewell.

"There's no table or chairs. If I stand for too long, I'll probably be exhausted... Don't you have any ideas?"

"What do you want to do?" Kainuo asked with some confusion and vigilance.

Although the other party's current tone was much more natural and comfortable than the previous innocent and coquettish voice of Le Tu Mobius, he could not help but be wary considering that the other party had fooled Le Tu Mobius for tens of thousands of years with just a secret trick.

"Don't be so nervous. I can't possibly hurt you," said Mebius. "You've been standing here for so long. Have you ever considered recreating a table and sitting down to rest?"

"Kaslana has a very good physique. She won't feel tired just standing for a while. As for you, Doctor..."

Keno lowered his gaze and glanced at the suspension device under Mebius's seat.

"Aren't you sitting down now?"

"Where is it?"

Mebius jumped lightly, his bare feet stepping on the cold floor of the laboratory, and the suspension device behind him fell to the ground with a clang as if it had lost control.

She clapped her hands and a smile of success appeared on her face.

"Done. By the way, the table needs to be a laboratory table, and the chair needs to be a swivel office chair. As for the color...it depends on your preference."

What kind of hellish combination is this...

Kaino couldn't help but sigh.

But since Mebius had already said this, there was no way he couldn't and didn't need to wait. A brilliant blue light danced in the air as he raised his right hand, and in an instant, a lab table and two office chairs appeared right between Kaino and Mebius.

Sitting down face to face with Mebius, Kayno tapped the table lightly and asked her, "Dr. Mebius, can you tell me about the Stigma Project now?"

"No hurries?"

Mebius ignored Keno, looked around the laboratory for a while, and finally couldn't help but sigh.

"She lives in such poverty in Paradise. Not only does she lack tables and chairs, but she doesn't even have coffee..." Mobius said, looking at Kayno. "Why don't you make two more cups of coffee? I'm going to have a long speech soon, and my mouth will be dry."

The corners of Kainuo's mouth twitched, but he finally sighed and produced two cups of coffee as he was told.

No matter what, the stigmata on his body were also caused by him, so he could just consider it as a way of repaying him...

But is the coffee made using the power of the Ruler of Reason drinkable?

While Kayno was holding his coffee and thinking about whether the things made by Honkai were edible, Mebius had already started drinking it naturally.

"Yeah, good craftsmanship."

With one hand on the table and the other holding the cup, Mebius took a sip and squinted his eyes in praise.

She put the half-drunk coffee aside, folded her hands on the table, tapped the lab table and spoke.

"Okay, tell me, what do you want to know?"

"Uh……"

The other party's sudden frankness startled Kaino, but he quickly reacted. "Regarding the origin of the stigmata on my body and the truth behind the stigmata plan—if possible, it would be best to tell me the origin first."

"Is that so?" Mebius nodded in understanding. "Alright then."

Kaino's eyes lit up, but before he could thank him, Mebius started introducing them.

"Actually, when it comes to the stigmata on your body, it's inseparable from the Herrscher of the pre-civilization—the Herrscher of Reason," Mobius said. "I remember that the Herrscher of Reason in your era also sided with humanity. Am I correct?"

"That's true." Kainuo nodded, "But I don't know the specific reasons..."

Mebius raised his hand to interrupt Keno.

"The souls of the 300,000 people who tragically died in Berlin during the Honkai outbreak severed the bridge of communication between the Honkai consciousness and the Herrscher of Reason. The Herrscher consciousness was born into this world almost blankly, and ultimately, by its own will, sided with humanity. It doesn't matter if you don't know this; I know this very well."

Kaino blinked. "Well, Doctor, your sources of information are quite extensive, right?"

Even if this is destiny, not many people understand it, right?

"Oh, I know much more than you think."

Mebius responded casually.

"It's important to note, however, that this miracle isn't the first to happen to the Herrscher of Reason."

Kayno was stunned for a moment, then instantly understood the meaning of Mebius' words, "Is the Herrscher of the previous civilization also like this?"

"That's generally true," Mobius nodded. "I can't remember the exact year, but in our generation, the world suddenly experienced the First Great Collapse. An entire city, with nearly a million people, perished, leaving behind only one survivor, a man with no memory and no memory of his past, whose existence was only confirmed by records."

"He was lucky. Although the leader of the Fire Moths wasn't as bold as your Archbishops, the Collapse hadn't occurred yet, and the understanding of the Herrschers hadn't yet formed. Ultimately, the Fire Moths only suspected him of being the culprit behind the Collapse and imprisoned him until I later applied for him to work in my laboratory."

"And then, in the end, you made me a stigmata? ...Ahem, Doctor, I was just kidding."

Feeling the murderous look in Mebius's eyes, Kaino quickly stopped probing him and apologized.

Come to think of it, it's a bit too fantastical to give a living person a stigma.

Glancing at Keno, Mebius stared at the cup of coffee on the corner of the table and continued.

"There's no need to mention what happened later, and it's not that important... Kainuo, do you know the difference between the Herrschers of the past and the Herrschers of your era? Do you know the difference between the souls of 300,000 dead and the souls of 1 million dead?"

Kaino said nothing, but just looked at Mebius quietly, waiting for her next words.

"The souls of three hundred thousand dead severed the connection between the Honkai consciousness and the Herrscher, giving the Herrscher an opportunity to decide everything on his own without being bewitched. This also broke through the limitations of the Herrscher's core, allowing the Herrscher to use his power more freely."

"The souls of a million dead people distorted and blocked the distortion of the Law of Honkai on the Herrscher's consciousness, allowing that Herrscher to break through the limitations of his core, just like the first Herrscher of your era..."

“And it doesn’t stop there.”

"It's no longer a quantitative change like the one seen when 300,000 people's consciousnesses converged. The concentration of the consciousness of one million people into one person's body has caused a complete qualitative change in consciousness, allowing that consciousness to truly become the soul of humanity in the broadest sense."

"The soul possesses a unique perspective, capable of seeing things that humans, despite exhausting all possible observational methods, cannot. The soul can function similarly to human DNA, recording genetic information and guiding physical growth. The soul possesses extraordinary resilience, and like the Herrscher core, it can carry power, something that humans still haven't fully understood."

Mebius moved closer to Keno, staring straight into his eyes, a creepy smile rising on his childlike face.

"Most importantly, the soul no longer needs to reside in the physical body. Even if the body is destroyed, the soul will not dissipate. It can independently seek a new container, thus reaching true... infinity."

Chapter 248 Past

Keno's hair stood on end and he leaned back suddenly, trying his best to get away from Mebius's face with a strange smile that suddenly approached him.

As Mebius finished his last words, all the ideas and clues that he had either ignored or put aside became connected.

His life before the crash was clearly ordinary, yet the stigmata suddenly and without warning awakened in him; as long as he didn't take the initiative, Yu Duchen couldn't drag him into the illusion; he was clearly just a simple bearer of the stigmata, but Su, Klein, the World Serpent, Kevin, Alicia, and other people with close ties to the previous civilization had inexplicable attitudes towards him...

He previously thought that these people were either enthusiastic or attached great importance to the stigmata on his body, but now he thought, could it be that they were waiting for the stigmata on his body to fully grow so that the Herrscher of Reason from the past could be resurrected in his body?

Then coming to the promised land is like a lamb entering a den of wolves...

"hehe."

Looking at Kaino's panicked expression, Mebius suddenly smiled, and the smile on his face became ambiguous.

She crossed her hands under her chin, tilted her head slightly and squinted her eyes to look at Kaino.

"Why, you don't think we're going to perform a resurrection trick on your body, do you?"

"I really don't know whether you look down on his and Alicia's character, thinking they are the kind of people who would condone such a thing? Or do you look down on my intelligence, thinking I'm the kind of idiot villain who would fully reveal his intentions just before his plan is about to succeed?"

"Or perhaps you're looking down on my intelligence, thinking that if I really wanted to resurrect someone, I wouldn't prepare the most suitable clone for him, but instead would stupidly ascend for 55,000 years like a fool?"

Mobius's barrage of attacks completely dazed Keno, who was already a little confused.

but……

"It seems so? Yue Yi* first^posted"

Apart from anything else, if Klein could find the time to transform Chiyou into a giant biological battleship, then it wouldn't seem difficult for him to find the time to make a clone.

Looking at Kaino's expression, Mebius shook his head in disappointment.

"You were quite smart when you were little and when you were looking for a home outside. Why did you become stupid now?"

Kaino's eyes widened, "You're spying on me!?"

"Nonsense." Mebius rolled his eyes.

"Even Klein knew to steal Saint Freya's surveillance equipment to build your personality model. You didn't think I wouldn't do anything, did you? And after awakening the stigmata, I was immediately transported to a world so remote I didn't know where it was. After reversing the world and fainting, I was just saved by a kind-hearted girl passing by. Do you think a normal person could be that lucky?"

"So... it was you who saved me back then?" Kainuo was a little bit incredulous.

At that time, he thought that he had fallen into that world bubble because he subconsciously activated the power of the Ruler of the Void after the awakening of his stigma.

"Haha." Mebius supported his face with one hand and stretched out two fingers with the other hand, "That's twice~"

indeed.

Kaino exhaled.

If Mebius had not made up a lie, then he really owed him a big favor.

"Then I..."

"No need to thank me." Mobius waved his hand nonchalantly. "I don't want anything you can offer me, and you can't offer me anything I want, so let it go for now."

"Oh……"

Kainuo sighed helplessly.

He has always been the one who takes the initiative to help others, but this is the first time that others have helped him for free.

But generally speaking, after he helps others...

Kayno glanced at Mebius, a blue light flashed in his hand, and then he handed the reproduced object to Mebius.

"What is this?" Mebius took the cute version of himself with a strange look on his face. "My cute version of myself?"

"After all, it's only right to express gratitude after receiving help," Kainuo said. "Although it would be more meaningful to do it yourself, you'll probably be leaving soon. Right now, I can only use my power to do it... By the way."

Kaino slapped his forehead, his expression suddenly a little embarrassed. "Doctor, where are the coordinates of your location? I'll send it to you."

"You actually asked a woman's home address directly?" Mebius said with a surprised expression.

Kainuo froze.

"Haha, I won't tease you anymore." Mebius smiled playfully, threw the pendant in his hand high up, and threw it into an imaginary door that appeared out of thin air.

Kaino's eyes widened, but he soon relaxed.

Since he knew how the soul was formed, then after more than 50,000 years, he might have already sublimated his consciousness, or even ascended to become a god...

"That's not right." Keno immediately realized something was wrong. "If you have the power of the Second Herrscher, then you should also have the power of the First Herrscher, right? Then why did you ask me to replicate it just now?"

"What? You come to ask me questions and you're not even prepared to do hard labor?" Mobius asked back.

"No, no!" Kainuo quickly denied.

You just said not long ago that you didn't need any repayment.

"But then again, why don't I have the memories of the previous Ruler of Reason?" After thinking for a moment, Kayno decided to get to the bottom of it. "Since you said the soul can carry memories, then I should have the same memories as him, right?"

Seeing that Mebius's expression did not worsen, Kaino breathed a sigh of relief and continued to ask.

"I saw Kevin's memory fragments in Kaslana's stigmata space. That me... that First Herrscher must have died in the battle against the Herrscher of Death, right? If that's the case, why didn't you resurrect him?"

This question really touched a sore spot for Mebius, and even though her expression didn't change at all, she didn't answer immediately.

Kaino waited quietly.

“Two mistakes.”

After a moment, Mebius exhaled and held up two fingers towards Kaino.

"First of all, he didn't die from the Ruler of Death."