【One month later, the damage caused by the Herrscher of Domination to Fire Moth was repaired.】
【The casualties of soldiers were not many. Your sacrifice successfully released Hua from the state of a Herrscher, and a large amount of Honkai energy in your body was provided to Mobius, and she triggered a very large-scale Honkai thunderstorm, directly destroying the Herrscher of Domination. 】
【Although you lost your energy, your body was still kept intact by Mobius, and it was placed quietly in the depths of the laboratory. She expects you to wake up one day. 】
【The core of the Domination Herrscher was made into a thousand Divine Keys by Dr. Mei, and combined with the newly developed MANTIS preparation, a large number of MANTISes were produced for Fire Moth. 】
【Fu Hua survived the experiment successfully, and the Garuda factor injected into her body by Mobius herself was activated, and successfully transformed a Divine Key of Domination into the "Grips of Tai Xuan", becoming a member of the MANTIS. 】
【And in their lives, without you】
Taking off the golden glove from her hand, Hua walked into the messy laboratory.
Without that "deacon", the place quickly changed back to what it used to be.
"Ah, Hua, you're back, please see Dr. Mobius."
"The doctor is waiting for you, please advise her to take a rest. The doctor has not slept for a week, Mr. Zero is gone, and Klein Senpai can't persuade her anymore."
Seeing Hua, Nuwa and Fuxi finally ran to her side as if seeing a savior. These days, Hua and Dr. Mobius walked very close, and they and Hua quickly became good friends.
Hua nodded and walked into the depths of the laboratory.
She bumped into Klein head-on, and the two didn't say much, they exchanged eyes, and both could see the sadness in each other's eyes.
Then, she saw the green figure buried in various documents and materials.
"I'm back, Mobius... sister."
"Okay, don't worry about it, you can call it whatever you like-you performed very well in this experiment, and you are worthy of being the MANTIS I personally worked on."
With two huge dark circles under her eyes and long green hair that had not been taken care of for a long time and was as messy as a bird's nest, Mobius stood up from the pile of old files.
If Gao Qi were here, he might have misunderstood the wrong person and yelled "It's Yssring Leavtruth!", and thought he had traveled to Honkai Gakuen 2.
"Congratulations, now you and I have gained a long life, long enough to find all the answers."
Her body, which was plumper than before, came to Hua's side like a snake, and Mobius began to rub and pinch Hua's body as if she was treating a small white mouse.
"It's a pity, neither of us can speak well, otherwise, if Gao left, the two of us could give him a good show, so what--Shura Field? Well, we have enough time to rehearse now, and we will find out next time. How should we tease and embarrass him when he is in trouble."
(T/N: Shura Field: It is more often used to describe love relationships, such as polyamorous love where many people appear on the same occasion, so basically a Harem)
Since Zero left, Mobius never shed a single tear, but quickly re-invested in the research, as if she never felt sad.
"Do you really believe... what brother Gao Qi said? Will he meet us again?"
Looking at the seemingly normal Mobius in front of her, Hua only felt that the other party had gone crazy.
"At least he didn't lie to you last time. He said he would come back, and then he really did come back. Why don't you believe him again—how about the thing I asked you to check?"
Mobius shrugged, sat back on her office chair again, took a sip of the instant milk tea she had made, and frowned unpalatably.
"What is there to check? Bohai City has been destroyed, and all records about Gao Qi no longer exist. Among the people he knows, only me, Carol, and Miss Elysia still remember him, Dad, and Captain Himeko are gone too, what's so strange about that?"
Hua shook her head. These days, Mobius asked her to investigate various past records every day, which annoyed Hua who had other tasks.
"Ha, really, your as stupid as Zero, they really are brother and sister, forget it, when he was Gao Qi, his social circle was too small, no wonder you can't detect this abnormality, but when he was Zero, he was an obedient high level apart of Fire Moth - look at this."
With that said, Mobius called up several electronic documents and handed the tablet to Hua.
"Have a look for what's missing inside."
Hua frowned and realized that this was an ordinary material that all Fire Moth Soldiers had the right to watch.
"What's so interesting about this, the first MANTIS, of course - what, Kevin!"
Looking at the above, where there should have been a photo of her brother, it turned into Kevin's appearance, and Hua started to look through the information with a face full of surprise.
The Sixth Herrscher was killed by Kevin alone. It is said that he did not hesitate at that time.
Shesha's crusade was carried out by Mobius herself to retrieve the eyeballs and spine.
The first batch of MANTISes consisted of only eight people.
In the end, the Tenth Herrscher, the Herrscher of Domination, was attacked by Mobius, Kevin, and Su who had entered an Active Honkai Reaction State. The Herrscher was successfully eliminated, but the identity of the Herrscher of Domination was not stated?
Hua looked at the record in her hand, and her expression gradually became strange.
These seem to be some historical records, but they have been deliberately tampered with, completely erasing Gao Qi's existence, but some places are so daubed so stiffly that they can't be recovered at all— without Gao Qi, no one can make up the reason why Fu Hua became a Herrscher.
"This fake information, what did you do?"
Looking at Mobius in surprise, Hua felt a little puzzled.
"Do you think I can break through Vill-V's firewall and tamper with the entire database? - You can try to ask any soldier, or Aponia and Eden, to see how many people still remember Zero."
With a contemptuous smile, Mobius revealed the answer.
"Let me tell you, only me, Klein, Nuwa, Fuxi, Kevin, Su, and... Elysia, hmph, it's that woman again."
Looking at the data with no trace of Gao Qi, Mobius smiled brightly.
"And their memories are different. Maybe, in the end, they will forget Gao Qi-do you know what this means? Some kind of power is correcting the existence of Zero, making people forget him and think that he never appeared!"
Neither Hua nor anyone can detect some subtle changes, but unfortunately, Mobius is an exception, she likes to be more real.
"Only some stronger relationship can maintain people's memory of Zero, maybe friendship, some kind of entrustment, maybe witnessing his death, but as time goes by, we may all forget him—only Only the strongest idea can make us remember him forever!"
Facing Hua's eyes, Mobius made a crazy guess.
"Who, who would do this, it's unreasonable, don't we even have the right to remember him?"
Hua's eyes were a little shaken, will she forget Brother Gao Qi?
"Who knows? Maybe it's the Honkai, maybe it's the hypothesis that Zero said, the Will of The Honkai, or some higher-dimensional power, whatever, but since this phenomenon exists, it means what Zero said is not a lie!"
A happy smile appeared on her face, and Mobius suddenly felt that, compared with eternity and infinity, the departure of her lover left her with a subject that she was more interested in.
"Don't be afraid, my poor Hua, love, and hate, only this kind of power can make people remember him most firmly, I love him the most, and I hate him the most, so I will never forget him— no matter what kind of power I want to erase him, he is now my enemy!"
Standing up, Mobius gently hugged Hua in her arms and rubbed her little head under the gray hair.
"However, if you are still afraid of forgetting him... Mei seems to be using the power of Aponia to create something called "Discipline". Although it is a bit dangerous, maybe you need it?"
Thinking of this, she let go of Fu Hua, and gently stroked her lower abdomen with both hands. The gentleness of that smile even made Hua feel a little unnatural.
"Of course, that doesn't mean I forgive him. I will wait for him, and when I see him again... give him a surprise!"
Looking at Mobius's appearance, no matter how dull Hua was, she could guess something.
"Wait, Mobius, you won't, from Gao Qi's body..."
Seeing Hua's surprised expression, Mobius was extremely proud.
"Yes, that's what you guessed, but it's not right now. The MANTIS body is enough to preserve our love for hundreds of thousands of years. If we fail, I will linger until the end of the world—until I see him again, or the end of the world."
That cruel smile appeared on Mobius' face again, but this time, in Hua's view, the smile seemed much more pleasing to the eye.
"Maybe I should give her a name. I and Zero have snakes in our names, Black Serpent? No, Green Serpent, it almost means..."
Glimpsing at Hua's gray hair, Mobius seems to have found inspiration.
"Huh, thank you for telling me so much, at least I can have a little bit more hope-I will not give up the fight against Honkai, I will continue to avenge him."
Nodding her head, Fu Hua planned to turn around and leave, but after walking a few steps, she couldn't help but stop, turned, and looked at Mobius, feeling a little guilty.
"Well, I'm just asking, Brother Gao Qi's...is there anything else?"
Seeing the emotion in Fu Hua's eyes, Mobius showed a bright smile.
"Billions of them, full of life!"
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【Simulation Copy: Snake and "Infinite". 】
【Evaluation Level: S】
【You didn't change Hua's life drastically. Hua's journey is still going on. She shined in the crusade against the Eleven Herrschers and participated in the crusade against the Final Herrscher. After returning to Earth, she and Nuwa, and Fuxi entered the dormant tube together, preparing to implement "Project Ember" of the new era. 】
【You have completely changed Mobius's path, and her Will has not changed until the arrival of the Last Herrscher. She lives in seclusion and rarely appears in front of other MANTISes, and has little interest in the Thirteen Flame Chasers. 】
【She didn't enter the Divine Key made from the Core of the Ice Herrscher, the Cyrostasis of All Things, but chose to walk into the place where the supercomputer Prometheus is hidden - no one would think she was dead. 】
(T/N: I don't know what the 5th Divine Key is called so I just made it up.)
【The Snake is still on the path of pursuing "infinity", and this time, she doesn't intend to stop.】
【Klein did not die in the battle of the Tenth Herrscher. She has always been a confidant and assistant, helping Mobius through the lonely time, and after the final battle, she chooses to enter the Cryostasis chamber. No one knew what happened afterward. Where did she go? 】
【Dr. Mei did not use the Key of Blankness, she has always been in good health. A few months after your death, her child with Kevin was born. This is the ancestor of the Kaslana. Unfortunately, even if there are no test-tube babies, their brains are also not working well. 】
【You have changed the fate of many people, but their established demise is unstoppable—the Previous Era is still destroyed. 】
【Reward: Incomplete MANTIS (Brahma). 】
【As the first MANTIS, the surgery you received was not complete. The Honkai Beast named Brahma could not completely release its true power, and you still need further transformation.】
【Incomplete MANTIS (Brahma): Your body has a MANTIS factor. Even without Battlesuits and weapons, you still have the strength comparable to an A-Rank Valkyrie. The power of Brahma can greatly strengthen your creative power. 】
【Attention, if you use the power of MANTIS for a long time, you will uncontrollably enter an excessive Active Honkai Reaction State. 】
【Additional reward: Engraving of a Flame Chaser (Infinty):
Love [L]: Love, you have received the eternal love of the Tenth Flame Chaser, no matter across time and space, dimensions , the Sea of Quanta or the Imaginary Tree, she will find you and bring you back to her side.
Be careful, if she catches you getting too close to other girls...it can be dangerous.
Immortal [M]: In your unclear state, Mobius has carried out a transformation similar to the "Snake Molting" techinque for you, making your Brahma power a permanent trigger mode.
When you encounter a crisis, the Power of Creation will create a "cocoon"-like a barrier for you, which can block an attack whose upper limit is equivalent to the full blow of a Flame Chaser. If you lose consciousness and survive, the power of creation will also repair your body. 】
Holding the certificate issued by the personnel department in Gao Qi's hand, he walked on the way to report to the Immortal Blades team, feeling a little happy.
He just seriously asked the system if he could re-enter the previous simulation world after a few more simulations, and the system replied "possibly".
This made him extremely happy, more enjoyable than gaining power.
Although it is different from the real world, Gao Qi believes that he can meet them again.
'With Mobius, I have to add Little Hua too, I can't spend my heart, it's the same in reality—Gao Qi, Gao Qi, you have to be ashamed!'
Before Gao Qi could make up his mind, suddenly, with his MANTIS' senses, and noticed the figure approaching quietly behind him, making him turn around suddenly.
"Hello, Miss Rita."
This time, instead, it was the woman dressed as a maid who was taken aback by Gao Qi's sudden movement, and her elegant expression was slightly stiff.
"Hello, Mr. Gao Qi, this is your equipment—sorry, there is no time for you to adapt to this kind of work, we must start the mission ahead of time, and our target has moved."
Smiling, she pointed at the messy pile of weapons and ammunition, logistical equipment, and Alvitr, who had been working all night and was about to ascend to immortality. Rita stuffed an Immortal Blade team uniform into Gao Qi's arms.
"Okay, then, Vice-Captain Rita, our goal for this operation is - if it's a secret, let me pretend I didn't hear anything."
After years of fighting and returning to reality, Gao Qi felt as if he had passed away, and when he looked at Rita again, he felt that she was much cuter.
And Rita just smiled slightly and walked towards the transport plane not far away.
"No need, the mission for the Immortal Blade team this time is very simple - to find the intelligence dealer in Arc City, Gray Serpent."
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