Chapter 881

Regarding Mobius's "expulsion," Klein showed "rebellion" in front of her for the first time.

"No, maintaining the Elysian Realm is the duty the Doctor entrusted to me."

"I will not, and cannot, make decisions on my own."

Mobius laughed out of extreme anger.

"Do you think you possess the same willpower as the Flame-Chasers?!"

"You can't hold on for long at all; what use is the quantity you've barely managed to proliferate?"

Hearing such a challenge, Klein actually stopped her movements, slowly raised her head, and looked at Mobius with extreme solemnity.

"Because I believe in you."

Mobius: "...?"

"Wh... what?"

Klein's words caused Mobius's brain to crash for a moment.

"I... I don't know the reason either," Klein said slowly after hesitating for a moment. "But based on past experience..."

"As long as I can complete my work, no matter what kind of difficulty it is, the Doctor..."

"Or rather, Mobius... she will definitely be able to solve it."

"I am not equipped with a 【sentimental】 module, so... this must be a judgment based on 【rationality】, not an impulse generated by our similar appearance."

Mobius: "..."

Her heart was incredibly complex at this moment.

With Klein like this, what else could she say?

Time flowed by slowly just like that.

And this maintainer of the Elysian Realm threw her own 【vitality】 into the abyss of time bit by bit, in exchange for the opportunity to create another kind of 【monster】.

The speed of her hands moving became slower and slower, and slower...

Until she could no longer hold on.

"These... should be enough."

Mobius: "... Do you know what you have done?"

Her tone was sharp, blaming Klein for her "willfulness."

But Klein suddenly raised her head again: "That's right, the quantity... the more the better."

As she spoke, she tried to stand up by force, but due to the limitations of her own 【functions】, the fluctuations of her will were not enough to let her stand up again.

Seeing this, Mobius's heart trembled.

"Enough!"

"Destroying the Elysian Realm is the only plan that is guaranteed to succeed; why didn't you do that!?"

"Of course there is a reason..." Out of habit, Klein wanted to find a suitable reason for her choice.

Because the one who taught her 【no matter what, rationality should guide behavior】 was none other than the Mobius before her.

But... at this moment, she felt that perhaps it didn't matter if she didn't do that this time.

"Perhaps... it's because I wanted to treat it as a return gift."

"A return gift? What, Klein... has the Herrscher of Corruption destroyed your central processing unit?" Even at a time like this, the Snake's mouth remained sharp.

Even though she was anxious, she kept up the appearance of 【mocking a fool for seeking their own death】.

"... Perhaps." Klein's tone sounded increasingly weak.

"Actually, what the Doctor left behind at that time... was not just that recording."

Perhaps knowing she couldn't hold on much longer, Klein seemed a bit hurried when she spoke.

"So, I must also..."

"... No one is rushing you here." The Snake's tone remained tough.

Klein: "... Sorry."

"At that time, the Doctor should have entered the cryo-pod with us..."

"But when I came to the laboratory again, she was already gone..."

"Besides the recording you saw, she only left one sentence for me..."

"All this time, I haven't been able to understand her meaning... At that time, she said..."

"..."

When she reached this point, Klein suddenly stopped speaking.

Because the influence brought by the corruption intensified once again, and her language module finally collapsed.

The Snake: "..."

Mobius didn't speak, just watched the other party quietly.

Like Gray Serpent, Klein had made the same choice.

The most effective way to curb the spread of the Herrscher of Corruption was to destroy the 【carrier】.

Klein used her last bit of strength to reach out toward the key part maintaining the operation.

"So this is... the end..."

Just as she was thinking this, she found that she had lost the ability to act in an instant.

"Too late?" Klein felt some worry in her heart, but soon she discovered that the one who deprived her of her ability to act...

Was Mobius.

"Is it the 【replica】 I just proliferated??"

Sure enough, Mobius's tsundere voice came over.

"Are you being too self-righteous, Klein?"

"It was I who granted you 【life】; you do not have the power to dispose of it at will."

After saying these words, Mobius used her own data to bear the corruption Klein had received and redirected those 【viruses】 back to the Elysian Realm.

Feeling the abnormality in her body, Klein instantly understood the consequences of Mobius doing this.

Because the prediction module had just been corrupted, Klein still could not speak.

But she knew that if she did this, Mobius would also...

"In this way, the only 【possibility】 for the Elysian Realm to connect with the outside world has been severed."

"Yeah, it's all your fault; now... I'm really going to 【die】."

These words from the Snake, accompanied by the tragic BGM, made the players feel that breathing was a bit difficult.

Mobius... she would never have the chance to go to the outside world again.

She would be completely taken over by the Herrscher of Corruption.

"It was you who acted on impulse first, Klein."

"Oh... no, I'm not as stupid as you."

"Don't take yourself too seriously; I... am just doing this to complete my own 【Infinity】."

Even now, the Snake was still being stubborn...

But it was this stubborn attitude of hers that completely struck the hearts of the players.

"Klein..."

"..."

"Klein?"

These two extremely soft calls seemed to have used up all of the Snake's gentleness.

However, there was no answer.

The moment the 【virus】 left her body, Klein fell into a deep sleep.

"... How unsightly."

"Don't you even have the strength to say goodbye?"

This sentence from the Snake was automatically translated in the players' minds—I still wanted to hear you say one last goodbye to me.

Can't hold it together, brothers.

You can tell from the scrolling barrage.

The players were also "very happy" to eat the Snake's knife.