Chapter 310 Ai Lishiya! Do You Want to Die?

"Creaky--"

The door hinge lacked lubrication, and the friction sound was shrill and piercing, causing Mobius to smack his lips.

"Tsk! Alysia, can't you be a little gentler!"

"Eh? Dr. Mobius, you can recognize me without even looking up, I'm so happy!"

"..."

Mobius wanted to explain, but with that highly recognizable step and the way her five fingers knocked on the door like a wave when pushing the door, it would be strange if he couldn't guess that it was Alysia.

But the next second she turned her head away, pouted her lips, and looked like she didn't want to explain.

"Alas... Mobius, you still like darkness so much."

"Snap", the lights in the prison room came on, Mobius's pupils shrank, and he said unhappily:

"Why did you come to me? Do you also want to taste the feeling of being locked up?"

"Don't be so angry, Mobius... No one wants this to happen, and Mei has no other way. Mikael's problem has not been solved yet, and you have made such a big mistake. You must give an explanation."

Mobius did not reply. Alicia paused for a moment and continued:

"I know what you are thinking, Mobius. Fire Moth The situation inside can't be seen outside anyway, right?

"But if Mei doesn't take any action against you, the 12th Herrscher can also spread this news...

"Ah, I know you're going to say that the Herrscher can also forge surveillance and slander your innocence out of thin air, so why is there any need to implement this punishment? You want to say this, right?

"That's right, Mei announced that all your work will be suspended and the news of your temporary imprisonment was sent out, but the Herrscher immediately released a lot of old surveillance videos to prove that you were not imprisoned, and there was already a big fuss outside about this.

"But if you ask me, Mei is so ruthless to you, and she is not doing it for the outsiders to see. On the contrary, she wants to stabilize the hearts of the Fire Moths."

"Tsk!"

Mebius folded his arms and gritted his teeth and said:

"What? Mei can't even control the Fire Moths? If you ask me, what use can Mei's method have to appease people's hearts? It will only make the Fusion Warriors feel disappointed. Unless those Fusion Warriors are like the group of fools outside, thinking that Vashak and others became dead soldiers because of the Honkai energy I released!"

"Of course not!"

Aili bent down and tried to get closer to Mebius, but the latter moved to the side, leaving Ai Li empty-handed.

Ellie shook her head regretfully and said:

"For the Fusion Warriors, Kevin, Su, and Aponia have mobilized and counseled them four times, so there shouldn't be any problems. But for the other members of the Fire Moth... it's hard to say.

"Mobius, don't forget that the Fire Moth is not just about Fusion Warriors. There are more than 100,000 ordinary soldiers in the headquarters alone, and more than 500,000 family members living in the underground city. Of course, a large part of them are veterans who have experienced multiple collapses, but even so, how much trust do they have in the Fusion Warriors?

"Not everyone can easily accept the concept of the so-called 'new humans' like you, Mobius. Even Mikael and I needed to spend several years to accept our identities as Herrschers at the beginning.

"Among these ordinary soldiers, about 30,000 are survivors of the seventh collapse, and most of their family members have experienced the seventh collapse. How much trust do they have in the Fusion Warriors and the Herrschers?

"On the contrary, the ordinary warriors who joined the Fire Moths in the past two years have not experienced that tragedy. Many of them are even eliminated from the Fusion Warrior Program, and their recognition of Fusion Warriors is even higher..."

"So, you come here to tell me a lot, just to make me understand Mei's decision?"

Mebius interrupted her long speech. How could she not know what Ellie said?

Yes, she admitted that she had stumbled all the way to the present, just out of a selfish idea - she wanted to shape the future human appearance with her own hands.

That is, the so-called "new human".

But no matter what, the "new human" must have evolved from the "old human". If even the old human itself no longer exists, if the entire human civilization no longer exists...

Then even if she finds a way to evolve, what's the use?

So...

"So, I should also want to protect human... civilization."

Although she was reluctant to admit it, it was the fact.

It is precisely because of this that she felt more deeply... betrayed.

"Alicea."

"Hmm? What's wrong? Dear Mobius——"

Alice sat down beside her, and Mobius habitually moved to the side, but the bed in the confinement room was so long that there was not much room left.

Alice grabbed her cold little hand, held it in her palm and covered it, which made Mobius's breath heavy.

"Alicea! Can you let go first?"

"No."

"You..."

Mobius struggled symbolically for a few times, and when he saw that he couldn't pull his hand back, he snorted again.

But in the end, she didn't say anything unpleasant after all, but said in an unprecedented calm tone:

"Alicia, tell me, if even the people we have been protecting don't trust us, hate us, and want to be our enemies, then what's the point of everything we do?"

"Huh? Mebius, you actually think that? I'm really surprised!"

"Huh...what do you mean? What do you think I should think?"

"Well...let me think about it..."

Ellie still held Mebius tightly with one hand, and put the index finger of the other hand to her mouth and sucked:

"It should be like this; 'Humph! Stupid human beings! Since you don't know what is good and what is good...then come to my operating table!' How about it! Can I learn like it?"

"..."

Mebius lowered his head and said nothing, but held Ellie's hand, unconsciously tightening it.

Yes, she did have such thoughts.

But having this woman express her thoughts word for word was an even bigger blow to her.

"To be honest, if the person sitting next to me now is Mikael, then I won't be surprised. But... Mebius, are you also so desperate?"

"What's wrong with this?"

Mebius shook his head in disgust.

"Alicia, don't be too arrogant...think that you understand all people, think that you really understand human beings."

"Oh, little Mebius is starting to say something I don't understand!"

Ellie smiled and ruffled Mebius' hair.

"Take your hands off me!"

Mebius shook his head in disgust. Ellie got her long-cherished wish and gave up.

"Human beings... haha. Since we are human beings, we must not be able to escape the bad nature of human beings themselves, because all these negative things originate from the most primitive desire in every living being - survival.

"The greatness of human civilization is that we expand this obviously selfish desire, and we realize that we should not live just to live, but what we should live for. This is the so-called 'meaning', or Say it's 'value'.

"Although I know very well that I am a very selfish person. No, it is precisely because I am selfish - I want to find my own meaning and gain the value of my existence, so I want to use my hands to create a new Humanity, and for this goal, I must protect the old humanity.

"So my behavior, the meaning of my fighting was never noble, it was just out of one's most selfish thoughts. It is precisely because of this that when they told me, 'We don't need your protection anymore, we don't agree with you either. The moment I became human, the 'meaning' and 'value' I sought were completely shattered.

"If human beings face the end in this state, then we will never be able to cross it. And civilizations that cannot cross the end... You have seen the traces they left on the moon, and you should know better than me. Then What kind of fate - death, everyone will die, even me."

"Huh? Mebius, are you also afraid of death? Aren't you unable to die? Besides, it seems that Velvet is already working on transforming the fifth god's key, right? Don't tell me that you don't know anything about it?"

"Hmph! So I said, Alicia, you don't understand humans at all."

"Don't say that, Mebius, if you deny me completely like this, I will be very sad!"

Mebius snorted and withdrew his hand. This time, Ellie didn't stop him.

"Can't die? Maybe, Kevin, Qianjie, they can't kill me, and the Herrscher who appeared before can't kill me. But facing Mikael and you... I dare not make such a conclusion. As for In the end...hehe.

"The only absolute thing in this world is that it is not absolute. 'Absolute immortality' does not exist. Besides, you don't understand human beings."

Mebius shrugged his shoulders:

"For humans, fear of death is a normal thing, even if the person 'cannot be killed' - just like when a person rides a roller coaster, knowing clearly that he will not die, but he is still afraid.

"Speaking of this... Alicia, you are not human after all."

"Mebius...what do you mean?"

"Stop pretending!"

Mebius's voice suddenly rose. She stood up, took two steps in the small confinement room, and then stood back in front of Ellie, looking straight at Ellie:

"Alicia, everyone is afraid of death, are you afraid?"

"Of course I'm scared!"

Ellie answered immediately without thinking, and then silently looked away, no longer looking at Mebius.

Mebius stared at Ellie in silence for a long time before uttering the next sentence:

"Alicia, you and Mikael are actually different, right?"

"Oh? In what way is it different? No, it must be different! I am Alicia, he is Mikael, I am a beautiful girl, and he is a handsome boy."

However, until she finished speaking, Mebius rarely took over the topic, but stared at her relentlessly, making her feel panicked.

"Oh, dear Mebius, do you like to see my face so much? How is it? Isn't it beautiful?"

However, Mebius remained silent, as if determined to respond to Alicia's teasing with the utmost silence.

After a while, Alicia completely gave up the idea of ​​joking. Mebius nudged forward again, and she actually leaned back slightly.

"Alicia, you should know exactly what I mean by 'different'."

"Don't be so sure, Mobius, I really don't know."

She lowered her head and fiddled with her nails to avoid Mobius's gloomy gaze.

But it was obvious that Mobius didn't want to let her go.

"If Mikael is both a Herrscher and a human. Alicia, are you a Herrscher or a human?"

"I..."

"What? Don't you really know?"

This was the first time Alicia was at a disadvantage in front of Mobius.

In a sense, she somewhat understood Mobius's previous unhappiness.

"Mebius, how did you find out?"

"It's very simple. Because Mikael emphasized that your power is special, I didn't think deeply about it for a long time, until I talked to Mei not long ago, she mentioned it - you don't have a core, right?"

"...Without a core, it doesn't mean anything, right?"

"No, it means a lot. The core is far more important to the Herrscher than the heart is to humans, because it is the singularity that connects the Herrscher to the Tree of Imaginary Numbers. The Herrscher obtains a steady stream of Honkai energy from the Tree of Imaginary Numbers through the core. And if there is no core, what is the difference between the Herrscher and ordinary people?"

"...But I really don't have a core, and I don't have any special powers."

This is indeed the lingering doubt of Alicia for a long time.

If she is not a Herrscher, why can she communicate with Mikael in the so-called "depths of the Herrscher's core"? Although she does not have the same clear and powerful power as other Herrschers, what is her innate absolute control over Honkai energy?

But if she is really a Herrscher, then what about her core?

The core is the passage between the Herrscher and the Tree of Imaginary Numbers that cannot be reversed once opened. Even if the "entity" of the core is lost due to some accident, it can still be reconnected with the path of imaginary numbers by its own power to generate a new core to replace the lost core.

However, Ai Li cannot do this by herself.

"Just as no one can stipulate that humans are limited to ordinary humans, no one can stipulate that the core must exist in the form of a gem like Mikael and other Herrs, isn't it right?"

"Uh..."

"If something that should exist does not exist, then there is only one possibility: that thing is right in front of us, but we have not been able to discover it, and we dare not discover it-Alicia, is it possible that you yourself are the so-called Herrscher core?"

Aili forced a smile and waved her hand:

"How is this possible!"

She paused, and then said before Mebius:

"Besides, Mebius, is it really that important whether I have a core or not, whether I am a Herrscher or not? Or, even with your broad definition of humans, I cannot be called a human?"

Aili's tone was a little lonely, which made Mebius realize that he might be too aggressive, so that he conveyed a meaning completely opposite to his original intention.

But to let her apologize and admit her mistakes, and to Mebius?

How is that possible?

She even thought that such a misunderstanding was good, because this woman put strange clothes in her closet all day long!

"It's up to you. Whatever you want to think and do, it really has nothing to do with me."

She pursed her lips. A lot of information was just her imagination without any evidence in her mind. After weighing it, she still didn't intend to speak it out.

Besides, with the woman's IQ, she might be able to guess something, right?

If she can't guess, forget it.

"Get up!"

"Don't be so heartless, Mobius!"

"Don't talk nonsense, I'm going to sleep! Remember to turn off the lights before leaving!"

Mobius got into the bed, squeezed Ellie down, and then wrapped himself in the quilt and slept facing the wall.

"...I'm leaving?"

Mobius didn't answer.

Alicia walked to the door angrily and turned off the lights with a "click".

"Squeak--"

The sound of the door seemed to be more shrill than before, as if the rust had worsened with the passage of time, until with a "clang", the iron and iron collided with each other.

After a while, a hand passed through the gap in the iron fence, stretched back, and turned on the light with a "snap".

Mobius on the bed moved but did not speak.

"Snap!"

The light turned off, accompanied by the sound of footsteps gradually fading away.

After a while, the hand passed through the fence again-"Snap!"

"Alicia! Do you want to die!"