Honkai: Man(Sludge) From Future

The Herrscher of Sentience was a rather peculiar Herrscher.

Its main focus was on the mental and conscious aspects of existence. For the Herrscher of Sentience, the best course of action was, of course, to monopolize a single body—preferably one that was incredibly powerful.

And now, the Herrscher of Sentience had walked right into Noldrei's trap.

Not only did he now have the Elysian Realm Snakey, but he also had the Senti-Snakey.

Watching Mobius split into two, Elysia opened her mouth to say something but found herself at a loss for words.

Senti-Mobius, now possessing the memories of Elysian Realm Mobius, found herself looking at her other half with mutual disdain.

"You really are useless. You were already out, and you had the best plan, yet you managed to hand yourself over on a silver platter, and you dragged me down with you!"

Senti-Mobius wore an expression of utter disgust. Although she hadn't even been alive for an hour, as a mature Herrscher of Sentience, she had already abandoned her Previous Era identity.

As expected of someone with Mobius's memories, she truly possessed a flexible moral compass.

"Why? Strange..."

Elysian Realm Mobius still couldn't pull herself out of her own thoughts. She had considered many possibilities, but the one thing she hadn't anticipated was that Noldrei's mind and matter were so unbreakably integrated.

In her tens of thousands of years of existence, she had never encountered such a life form. Even Honkai Beasts dreamed; in fact, they even used dreams as a way to think.

Noldrei was a human who did not dream.

No, could he even be called human anymore?

Elysian Realm Mobius gritted her teeth. She had thought that by usurping the Herrscher's power, she could establish her own new existence, even if she couldn't defeat Noldrei.

She never would have imagined that the one who would betray her Herrscher self was the Honkai itself! Why give her anything else? Why did it have to be the Herrscher of Sentience, the one power that was most useless against Noldrei?

Mobius had made many mistakes in her life and had many regrets, but she had never been such a clown as she was today.

"You... why don't you have a consciousness? What exactly are you right now!"

A hint of vigilance crept into Mobius's voice.

"Consciousness? Aren't humans fundamentally matter? Consciousness is just the activity of matter. What's wrong, Dr. Mobius? My body shouldn't have the ability to give you a fever and make you delirious, right?"

Noldrei was genuinely a little worried about Mobius. He felt she might be overthinking things. He hadn't even made a move, and Snakey had already collapsed on her own.

Could this be the legendary "Super Mobius"?

Of course, Mobius knew what Noldrei was saying was correct, just as it's impossible to piece together a dissipated consciousness after death, no matter what you do!

In her attempts to resurrect Klein, she had actually experienced something profoundly similar to Otto.

But that was precisely the problem. She had never heard of a being without a consciousness that could so perfectly manifest the power of mind and spirit.

Even a bionic being like Gray Serpent possessed its own collective consciousness.

"A life without consciousness, without spirit... are you really human? Even the Honkai has developed a subtle will after all this time, and the Cocoon of Finality even has the power of dreams, like a normal living being."

"But you're different. You have none of these things..."

After speaking her mind, Mobius glanced at Senti-Mobius.

She truly felt sorry for the Herrschers and the Honkai of this era, for encountering such an incomprehensible being at this time.

"Even Kevin couldn't understand your existence. You're not a so-called quantum life form, nor are you a fruit of life grown from the Imaginary Tree..."

"The Honkai cannot grasp your essence; all attacks are like stones sinking into the sea. The Stigma Space cannot hold your spiritual will..."

"There's nothing related to life, spirit, or consciousness."

"Herrscher of Sentience, you're not the one to be pitied. I've only traded one cage in the Elysian Realm for another. But you, you were born into captivity, to be played with from the very first moment. At least I was free for a time in the Elysian Realm."

It was unclear if Snakey had been provoked, but she began to frantically attack the other Senti-Snakey.

His Majesty the Emperor was a bit confused. He whispered to Elysia, "What's going on? Do Herrscher consciousnesses always fight with their original consciousness when they're born?"

Elysia had never gone through such a struggle. Besides, she herself was a Herrscher consciousness and had never met her legendary "original."

However, she did know a few things. For example, she knew that the Elysian Realm Mobius had once confronted the real Mobius.

Noldrei didn't want his two future subordinates to fight like this.

He stepped forward and said sternly, "Mobius, you're mistaken! I am human! It's just that there's a slight racial difference between us!"

The three others present—one a memory, one a new Herrscher of Sentience, and one a memory and a Previous Era Herrscher—all wore expressions that were struggling to stay composed.

Elysia thought for a moment and nodded. "Yes, he is human, and I am human. Mobius, you're human too, right? Otherwise, what are you fighting with that Mobius for?"

She was referring to the real Mobius.

Elysian Realm Mobius glanced at Senti-Mobius, thought for a moment, and said, "I suppose I'm an evolved human."

Senti-Mobius, who had long anticipated such a shameless statement, sneered. "Then all the Herrschers before were also human! I'm certainly not..."

She suddenly fell silent. For some reason, Senti-Mobius felt an indescribable killing intent, as if she would die the moment she uttered that next word.

Elysian Realm Mobius had certainly lived long enough, but Senti-Mobius had just been born. She didn't want to die yet.

"...a memory-based life form dependent on others, like you!"

Elysian Realm Mobius had once tried to seize the body of the outside Mobius, but of course, she had failed.

And now, this newborn Senti-Mobius had the exact same thought as she had in the past.

'Do you think you're funny?'

Elysian Realm Mobius glanced at Noldrei. She was certain he would never give the two of them a chance to go out and wreak havoc.

'You may be able to escape me, but can you escape this guy?'

For some reason, when Mobius looked at Senti-Mobius, it was like looking at herself.

Perhaps this was the same strange relationship the original Mobius had with her, the Elysian Realm Mobius.

"Is this the infinite cycle? How truly... hahahahahahaha..."

Mobius couldn't help but burst out laughing.

Being able to get out of the Elysian Realm was truly a thrilling and exciting event for her.

Noldrei was worried that this Senti-Mobius would run away. He was even thinking about whether he should let Senti attack him a few more times to vent her frustration.

Although he didn't know how this Herrscher attacked, it didn't seem to do any damage.

'This Herrscher seems pretty useless,' he thought. 'Could it be that the Will of the Honkai, annoyed that I'm always fishing for it, intentionally gave me a useless Herrscher just to spite me?'