Sorry, you scumbag woman, you can do whatever you want.

If she had known, she wouldn't have chosen to swallow the giant egg whole; instead, she would have used a more violent method to directly crush it.

However, this artificial collapse also made her understand some things. It seems that due to the influence of her spirit, she can choose more freely the state of the artificial collapse, whether it is the state where the upper body is human and the lower body is a snake tail, or the state where she is completely transformed into a giant snake.

They can all be freely changed and chosen.

This gives her more options when fighting, allowing her to take into account the advantages of both humans and beasts.

"Little lab rat, don't die!" Mebius grabbed the unconscious Herrscher of Reason and quickly disappeared into the ruins of the city center.

Due to the Herrscher of Reason's indiscriminate bombing, the city center was shrouded in smoke and dust, making it impossible for even satellites to capture any detailed images.

Due to the destruction caused by the Herrscher of Reason, there were no surveillance cameras left in the surrounding buildings.

Therefore, there's no need to worry too much about someone finding Möbius in the video afterward and causing unnecessary trouble.

Even if it is discovered, it is not a very serious matter.

……

……

World Serpent.

pain!

pain!

pain!

This is how the Herrscher of Reason feels; every bone in his body feels like it's been shattered, and every muscle feels like it's been strained.

"You regained consciousness quickly; as expected of a Herrscher." A cold yet dangerous voice emanated from the room.

Then the Herrscher of Reason suddenly opened her eyes, looked at Mebius in a white coat not far away, raised her hand and... created.

Well, nothing was created.

“I’ve extracted your Herrscher core,” Mebius replied to the former Herrscher of Reason. “By the way, I also encrypted your genes to lock down your connection to Honkai energy.”

At this point, she smiled gently.

"Little lab rat, you're not even as good as an average person now."

"...Human, give me back my power!" The Herrscher of Reason charged angrily toward Mebius.

He was then knocked down by a casual flick of Mebius's finger.

"Stop shouting 'human,' that chuunibyou nonsense about humans." Mebius looked down at the Herrscher of Reason, who was lying face down on the ground, and said, "Even if you go to the hospital now and have the most sophisticated examination... you're still just an ordinary person."

At this point, she added another sentence.

"Its fighting ability is probably weaker than that of a goose."

"Human!" The Herrscher of Reason roared in fury once more. This woman had gone too far. A man can be killed but not humiliated. Didn't she understand that?

However, it seems that Mebius really had no intention of killing the Herrscher of Reason, and simply snapped his fingers to knock her down again.

This time, the Herrscher of Reason learned her lesson and did not attack Mebius.

After all, it's impossible to win a direct confrontation.

Chapter 55

Lies, lies

"..."

Clutching her forehead, the Herrscher of Reason woke up, rubbing her forehead as she looked at Möbius, who was conducting an experiment with a beaker not far away.

Should we take advantage of the situation and launch a surprise attack?

however.

"You're awake, Welt Joyce?" Mebius's voice was calm and even, with his back to the Herrscher of Reason. "My personal advice is that you shouldn't move around too much right now; your body won't recover from the damage so quickly."

"I am not Welt Joyce," the Herrscher of Reason replied coldly, forcing herself to stand up and lean against the wall.

Mebius didn't seem to care, simply swirling the beaker in his hand and calmly stating, "That's the name I gave you."

“I have my own name!” the Herrscher of Reason replied coldly, only to see Mebius turn around and look at him with a mixture of pity and condescension as he spoke.

"You don't actually believe you're the Herrscher of Reason, do you?" she asked. "Then who is the consciousness within the Herrscher's core, and who are you?"

"...Who am I?" She couldn't finish her sentence and fell silent.

At this moment, he realized something chilling: what if the Herrscher of Reason's consciousness remained inside the Herrscher's core?

So who is he now, possessing the memories of the Herrscher of Reason?

"Have you figured it out?" Mebius's voice was indifferent. "In the end, you are just a new consciousness that inherited the memories of the Herrscher of Reason's body."

"No, if that's the case!" The Herrscher of Reason tried her best to refute, but she couldn't speak when she met Mebius's indifferent gaze.

"You are merely a new consciousness I created," Mebius stated coldly, almost without emotion. "That's all, just to ensure that your Herrscher body remains intact."

She turned back to continue her experiment, ignoring the other person, seemingly in no mood to engage with them.

The Herrscher of Reason stood frozen in place, falling into a long silence. He was starting to have doubts about who he really was.

The experience in his mind tells him that it is indeed very likely that the consciousness of the Herrscher of Reason exists within the core of the Herrscher.

The one who possesses this body may just be... wrong, an ordinary person who considers himself a Herald of Reason.

Or perhaps they are just ordinary people who are weak and pitiful.

after a while.

"Hey, little mouse... no, Welt Joyce." Möbius walked over and looked at the Herrscher of Reason, whose eyes were so dazed that she seemed to have lost herself. "Let's go, let's go have lunch."

"..." The Herrscher of Reason remained silent, her eyes empty and devoid of any expression, showing no concern whatsoever for her enemy, Mebius.

The immense emptiness in his heart completely swallowed him up; nothing mattered to him anymore—life was meaningless, death was meaningless.

It's like being a living puppet.

"Was the blow too much?" Mebius calmly reached out and grabbed the Herrscher of Reason by the collar, pulling her away from the laboratory.

In fact, she deceived the Herrscher of Reason. The other party was not a consciousness she created; she simply used special means to separate the Herrscher of Reason's consciousness from the Herrscher's core.

The words spoken to the Herrscher of Reason before were merely to persuade him to abandon his original stance, to view society from the perspective of an ordinary person, and ultimately to make him... a Herrscher with humanity.

However, it seems that her words almost drove the Herrscher of Reason to a mental breakdown.

To become a useless person.

Inside a private restaurant.

Mebius crossed his arms and looked at the Herrscher of Reason, who sat at the table surrounded by delicious food but remained unmoved. He didn't bother to persuade her and simply turned and left the room.

The Lawbringer of Reason didn't seem to care, sitting silently in place, as if oblivious to the passage of time.

The light shining in from the window brightened and dimmed several times.

The food on the table was changed several times by the staff.

at last.

The Herrscher of Reason picked up the chopsticks on the table and began to eat slowly, and the ethereal aura around him dissipated considerably.

Subsequently, he ate too much because he had been fasting for too long.

This led to physical discomfort and admission to the medical department.

Are you an idiot?

Standing at the bedside, Möbius looked at the frail and weak Herrscher of Reason and couldn't help but shake his head.

"At least you are someone who possesses the memories of the Herrscher of Reason, so you should have some common sense. It seems that your consciousness is still immature."

"...A nascent consciousness?" the Herrscher of Reason murmured to herself, then asked Möbius, "What name did you give me?"

“Walter Joyce,” Möbius informed with a smile, “Little guinea pig, it seems you’re prepared to accept your mediocrity.”

“Hmm.” Walter Joyce nodded calmly, turned his head to look out the window, and listened to the rustling of the leaves.

"Is it enough for me to just preserve this body?" he said, almost to himself.

Then I received an answer.

“I don’t have that plan. You can consider yourself human if you want.” Möbius’s voice softened considerably. “From now on, you are a member of the World Serpent, and I will arrange a new identity and job for you.”

"As Walter Joyce?"

The eyes of the Lawgiver of Reason… no, Walter Joyce, brightened as he found his anchor in the world.

Even though the other party only needed him to safeguard the Herrscher's body.

“If you don’t like him, you can have Walter Young instead,” Mebius replied with a light laugh.

Upon hearing this, Walter Joyce shook his head. "No need, just call me Walter Joyce."

"Okay, remember to be on time for work." Möbius nodded. "Otherwise, I'll dock your pay."

With that, she turned and left with a flourish.