Regarding the question of whether one thousand lives are enough to beat Honkai Impact 3rd.

In other words, the increased resources and solutions for saving the world actually balanced out the extra manpower, preventing the future trajectory of the original world from derailing on a large scale.

—The world's corrective force.

Su Qing'an had to admit that if this era had not interfered with him, all future paths and arrangements would have gone along the predetermined track. Only he, whose essence was an elevated life form, could easily create a butterfly effect and distort the world line.

The boy gazed at the brilliant sunlight streaming into the room from afar, and murmured to himself with a complex expression:

“Mebius…”

At this moment, for some reason, he suddenly recalled the scene of their parting.

The girl's eyes reflected the scorching sunset over the sea of ​​clouds as she smiled and uttered those words with a profound meaning:

Only a madman would want to huddle with a monster for warmth.

Su Qing'an's lips curled slightly as she responded to the whisper:

"Only a madman would sacrifice himself, Doctor."

28. Snakes are creatures that do not succumb to death.

Su Qing'an never imagined that the doctor, who cared about nothing but immortality and infinity, would choose to sacrifice himself for humanity.

Among the Moths of the previous era, apart from Mei, who gradually became aware of the other side effects, everyone else firmly believed in the explanation given by Mebius through his large-scale calculations.

"Snakes are creatures that do not yield to death."

"The cost of large-scale calculations is meaningless to the serpent's molting. In order to gain more time to explore the path to the [infinity], dealing with Fuxi is a necessary choice."

"Hmm~ You're asking me why? That's interesting. Have you ever heard of Möbius needing a reason to do things?"

"Killing a god is something worth remembering."

"The so-called state of ascending to godhood is to detach oneself from all self-concepts in the kingdom of trees and sea. I want to know the answer to reaching that point."

"Klein, I'm fine."

"How far is infinity, really?"

"Death... is not scary."

Whether calm, unrestrained, arrogant, hypocritical, or sighing.

The boy's mind was suddenly filled with that person's whisper.

The true cost of large-scale calculations can only be seen from Möbius's memory.

—Soul Overclocking.

This is the price she cannot be immune to, even though she can recover from all physical damage, and even from dust and chunks of flesh.

When Mei built this large-scale computing mechanism, he probably didn't expect that when the power reached its limit, not only the body and brain, but even the soul would be affected to the point of overclocking as the computing accelerated.

However, due to the numerous physical side effects alone, the young female doctor did not immediately notice the side effects involving her soul. It was only after her memories and thoughts suffered from loss and chaos beyond the extent of brain damage that she barely realized the fatal flaw of the large-scale calculation mechanism.

Unlike Mebius, who possesses a snake's shed skin, she is immune to all physical damage after the first calculation, thus immediately filtering out this hidden internal side effect.

Soul Overclocking.

This PhD student chose to continue performing large-scale calculations more than once, even knowing the potential costs.

As for the cost...

From the memory left by Möbius in the Land of the Dead, it can be seen that after participating in the large-scale calculation for the first time, he changed the mechanism of synchronizing the memory once a month to transferring the memory to the memory once a week. This not only accelerated the time of granting the memory, but also rejected the original synchronization mechanism.

The reason for this approach is, of course, to ensure that the memory entity maintains the purity of the "Möbius" personality, and to prevent it from gradually losing its self-fragments and becoming no longer like Möbius during the long process of large-scale calculations, just like the original entity.

As for the doctor's final fate, Mebius of the Land of the Dead was unaware of it. She only knew that her true self did not choose to upload her last memory before all things went into hibernation.

In other words, her current whereabouts are unknown.

After sorting through this memory, Su Qing'an understood why Dr. Mei had fallen into a coma in the days that followed.

Mebius possesses the ability of "immortality," is a fusion warrior who has undergone the greatest "transformation," and is born with the intelligence to understand languages ​​and an extraordinary memory.

Her soul quality and resilience are extraordinary, and experiencing an overclocking state may not be considered a very strong side effect.

Mei, who was neither a fusion warrior nor physically weak, possessed a unique soul, but due to a series of chain reactions, she could only collapse from the side effects that gradually emerged after overclocking and fell into a coma.

Then Kevin's current whereabouts become understandable.

In this warrior's eyes, Mei, who is not yet dead, does not need him to fully inherit her will, let alone from the perspective of fighting against the Honkai, saving this doctor is of paramount importance.

In the original world, there are other pioneers to cover the fallout. The progress of the Honkai is only now in its first outbreak, so the opponent's current actions cannot really be considered dereliction of duty.

After all, perhaps Mei gave Kevin some special mission before she fell into a deep sleep, which the strongest remaining warrior needed to carry out.

Compared to Mei, who is likely to be by Kevin's side, Mebius, who has suffered more from the side effects of Soul Overclocking, is more worrying.

Mebius is not among the current founders of the World Serpent, but her creations are among its executives, and they have a profound relationship with her.

Based on the memories of some of the cadres and a lot of information, Su Qing'an analyzed and speculated that the doctor did not choose to die at the last moment of his life, but entered a deep sleep in the hibernation pod, and in the process, he was also looking for a way to overcome this side effect.

Ultimately, Mebius successfully awoke before the World Serpent was founded and left a clear image in the memory of an officer, but then disappeared again.

When he first saw this memory, he just thought the doctor was probably obsessed with some strange and crazy experiments, but now it seems...

It is highly likely that Möbius only remained awake for a short period before succumbing to the long-suppressed side effects and falling into a prolonged slumber, or even death altogether.

Otherwise, there's no way to explain why the snakes of the entire world are unaware of each other's whereabouts.

Dr. Mei, Dr. Mebius.

They used human intelligence to kill beings of higher dimensions who were equivalent to gods, yet they all met their current fate.

Although the appearance of the name Fuxi in this timeline was completely unexpected, he still felt guilty for never having done anything about the previous era in the past few decades.

Su Qing'an murmured:

"Give it a try."

As long as the severe consequences of soul overclocking do not completely shatter the main body of the soul map, with the mobility provided by the [Holy Mark] and the observation of the Manas Consciousness, it will only take ten minutes to preliminarily scan the surface and complete a full patrol.

If Mebius cannot be found using this method, then either she has vanished from the body, or she is not within the scope of this world.

The next moment, the room, which contained the rich history of snakes in the world, was empty, leaving only a brilliant arc of light scattered on the ground.

The figure that was originally standing in that area instantly arrived at the edge of the continent on the other side, like a messenger bird soaring through the clouds, sweeping across the silent wavelengths, searching for the portal where the mail was sent.

In just a few minutes, Su Qing'an had sifted through the information of all the countries on the surface. An hour later, he had explored a thousand meters underground and all the seas. As the long twilight descended, he repeatedly traversed all the world bubbles and spatial layers attached to the intrinsic world, as well as the many ports where quantum fluctuations were likely to occur...

The night was deep, and several more hours passed.

Although they still couldn't find Möbius directly this time, they found a base marked with the symbol of "infinity" on an island deep in the southern Atlantic Ocean. Su Qing'an, believing that there were some clues hidden inside, chose to try to reverse the deduction using his "personal records".

Finally, a beacon was found.

This data is extremely complex, containing a large number of parameters, overlapping spatial coordinates at different locations, and a set of quantum coordinate formulas that are difficult to analyze with current technology. It requires a special decoder to restore it to its original state.

Möbius herself probably had no intention of teasing or making things difficult for the seekers, or rather, she herself did not think that anyone in later generations would go to great lengths to find her.

The reason Su Qing'an was able to obtain this beacon was entirely because this base was once a springboard used by Mebius to teleport away from his original world. He himself intercepted a period of time in this place and used his Manas consciousness to replicate the teleportation fluctuations at that time, which were then mixed into data to form an extremely complex beacon.

This was the first time he had used the properties of an ascended being while fully conscious to achieve a miracle that would normally be impossible to obtain.

During this process, one must be fully focused on preventing the [record] from branching out into unnecessary ways, otherwise the whole world may become a tangled mess.

But in Su Qing'an's eyes, without the other party's help, he would be facing an invincible, near-godlike person.

Even setting aside this favor, Mebius's final choice left him with mixed feelings.

Overall, it's worth it for the other party to rewrite the code called "the world" like a programmer, even if bugs occur along the way and need to be repeatedly checked and corrected.

In terms of the outcome, the preserved historical record does not seem to have affected the overall situation, nor has it resulted in a series of mistakes that need to be corrected.

The boy sat on the edge of the island, letting the moonlight shatter and the shimmering tide wash over his pale ankles.

As the moonlight spilled down from the sky, countless stars appeared, and distant seabirds, leaving behind only lonely shadows, flew away.

Su Qing'an lowered her eyes and glanced at the Möbius strip floating in her palm.

This object, which is exactly the same as Möbius's earring and is emitting a faint glow, is the beacon that was extracted with great risk.

At least through this incident, we can know that Mebius was indeed not dead at that time.

But her act of throwing herself into an unknown place could be either a sign that she knew she was going to die and didn't want anyone to see her in such a wretched state, so she found herself a graveyard where no one would ever come; or it could be that she went to a place that could help her resist this terrible condition and that she might be able to come back to life.

All I can say is that I hope it's the latter.

Su Qing'an was using the Manas consciousness to analyze its usage. Since it involved some advanced knowledge to analyze, he needed to conduct intensive self-study in the process. It could be said that both progress bars were moving towards full capacity at the same time.

What would be an extremely painful experience for an ordinary person was as easy as watching a TV series with his wife, for him, who had reached a point where his brain was unrestricted and whose soul computing power surpassed that of a quantum computer.

Su Qing'an manipulated the Honkai energy threads, opened his satellite phone, and murmured:

"It will probably take another ten minutes."

"Let's send a message to Hua and go make the trip again."

A message pops up on the screen:

Where are you? Aren't you coming back for dinner?

Su Qing'an responded in text:

I've gone to find Möbius.

At this moment, Fu Hua, far away in Shenzhou, suddenly recalled her less-than-pleasant memories. With strange feelings, she replied with a single character:

【? 】

Looking at the question mark, Su Qing'an felt it necessary to provide an explanation:

This is a timeline where Fuxi exists.

[Dr. Mei and Möbius paid a price to successfully reduce her to a lower dimension and make her disappear. Their fates are currently unknown. I've found the latter's coordinates to check on her current situation, so I'll probably be back later.]

Fu Hua types:

Okay, be careful on the road.

Su Qingan responded:

Yes, I'll be back soon.

Their online communication was as brief and businesslike as ever.