How does one link the Imaginary Tree and the Sea of Quanta?
In the eyes of most beings across the cosmos, this is a thing that borders on the impossible.
Although the Imaginary Tree and the Sea of Quanta have already been proven to truly exist, their very nature ensures that ordinary people can never observe them directly. Let alone create a link between the two.
Even the obsessives who walk upon the Paths understand one thing: they may display their power and authority before countless worlds, but before the Imaginary Tree and the Sea of Quanta, they can only bow their heads.
But Mobius was different.
She came from a world ravaged by the Honkai. In order to preserve the spark of civilization, they had fought against it without stop. The geniuses of the Previous Era and the Valkyries of the Current Era complemented one another, verifying and refining each other's results.
In the end, they advanced far ahead of the broader cosmic masses and reached a realm that ordinary beings could never touch.
Especially after Mobius's own transformation, her adaptability had reached a new height. As long as everything was completed under her control, this would become an achievement no one before her had ever accomplished!
And to reach that achievement, all she lacked was taking one small step forward.
After understanding this, Mobius's mind trembled slightly. Every step toward greater heights was worth celebrating. An opportunity like this must not be missed.
Mobius fully agreed with that saying. Experimental data would not wait for anyone. Mistiming even a few key points could completely distort the results of a proper experiment.
Hesitation was never her style.
If she had only cared about experimental success rates, then back when she stood before Klein's corpse, she should have behaved like a good child and quietly waited for the Fire Moth troops to arrive.
But for this experiment, she possessed technology and strength far beyond that time, along with opportunity and capability.
Her consciousness began to sublimate.
Before Mobius's eyes was no longer only Luxbane that symbolized destruction. Brilliant imaginary energy drifted before her vision, while calm yet vast quantum fluctuations swayed in her sight.
The colossal Godzilla gazed at her gently, its attitude unchanged.
To him, reunion or separation held no meaning.
For ordinary beings, parting exists for the sake of the next reunion. For him, separation was merely taking a brief nap.
Now, its fantastical dream covered an unknown number of light-years. If Godzilla wished, he could learn of most events large and small throughout the cosmos.
Naturally, Mobius, who was innately close to him, stood among the foremost of those he watched.
Just as her conscience neared Godzilla, Mobius sensed a familiar pressure flowing through the area, the power of the Sea of Quanta.
Having once roamed the Sea of Quanta, she was no stranger to this energy. But this was the top of the Imaginary Tree. How was there energy from the Sea of Quanta in this place?
Had the Sea of Quanta already overwhelmed the Imaginary Tree?
That was merely a joking thought.
If the Imaginary Tree had truly been suppressed by the Sea of Quanta, the worlds born upon its branches would have experienced far greater upheavals. Thinking along those lines, it was not difficult to guess whose handiwork this phenomenon was.
She slowly extended her two fair arms. Her fingers curved slightly, drawing close to the two immense forces.
The next moment, she absorbed the power of the Imaginary Tree and the Sea of Quanta. After being diluted into forms that could be absorbed, the two streams of power poured continuously into Mobius's body.
Her body began to display a dual superimposed state of imaginary transformation and quantum transformation.
At times, the imaginary state overwhelmed the quantum. At other times, the quantum state suppressed the imaginary.
Outside, Mobius's body had begun to undergo an unknown change, something never before seen.
Surging vitality erupted without restraint, singing wildly, treating the vastness of cosmic space as if it were nothing.
In truth, space was not entirely incapable of transmitting sound. At the very least, within the cosmos, there existed many unique stellar structures that allowed one to sing freely beneath the stars.
But the Mosdes Star System was not one of them.
The most striking feature of this place was the abundance of special substances in its environment, materials that blocked the transmission of sound.
And yet, they heard it.
A melody surged and overflowed, captivating the mind in an instant. But everyone present understood that it was only an illusion.
There was no song. Only a being that was steadily transforming into perfection.
"Imaginary energy… and another kind of energy I can't understand." Luxbane wavered internally, its expression wary as it stared fixedly at Mobius, who completely ignored it and continued her transformation.
Something was wrong. Very wrong.
It was a Lord Ravager under the Aeon of Destruction. In it's long life it had wandered countless galaxies, bringing ruin wherever it went.
Its experience was vast.
Every Emanator possessed an immense reservoir of knowledge. The unimaginable power granted to them did not only make them overwhelmingly strong, it also evolved their capacity to learn.
They could not compare to the geniuses of Erudition, but in the eyes of ordinary beings, they still belonged firmly among the ranks of geniuses.
In the past, whenever it encountered something unfamiliar, it could judge it using knowledge gained from other star systems.
But not this time. This situation had completely exceeded the limits of its understanding.
Should it make a move? It asked itself.
The answer, of course, was…
"Strike first!"
There was no such thing as fear in an Lord Ravager's dictionary!
Those who walked the path of destruction never feared death or annihilation.
From the moment it was gazed upon by Nanook and became an Emanator, it had already defined the core of its heart.
It was a Lord Ravager who brought destruction to countless worlds, destruction, recklessness, rage…yet only annihilation was, in its mind, the form of destruction that best aligned with its creed!
So it had been in the past. So it was in the present. And so it would be in the yet-unknown future!
"Annihilation!"
A terrifying aura surged up from Luxbane.
The darkness that symbolized devouring rushed forward without restraint, charging toward Mobius, who was still in the midst of transformation.
The density of that aura surpassed countless prior acts of destruction.
The one-third of Yavana's stars extinguished over three hundred years paled in comparison to this overwhelming force.
When facing an ant by the roadside, one might use a little extra force, worried that it could slip through a crack in the sole and escape.
But when dealing with a slightly larger kitten or puppy, one could precisely control the strength, gently stroking its fur.
For an Emanator, are stars important? From the perspective of life alone, stars that bring life to all things are crucial.
But to an Emanator who no longer needs stars as an energy source, a star is merely a slightly larger luminous body.
For the Lord Ravagers however, stars can be excellent helpers. Under the illumination of stellar eruptions, most planets that rely on stars for heat and warmth are directly extinguished.
The Void soldiers originally deployed are crushed in the darkness, turning into nourishment that feeds the passage through which they sweep across countless worlds.
This brings forth an even denser destruction. Luxbane roared in fury.
Its pitch-black body merged into the darkness, leaving only a pair of eyes that stare unblinkingly at what makes it feel an indescribable unease.
The world is chaotic, only by destroying everything can one attain eternity!
Darkness envelops light, just as night replaces day. The cycle of day and night has always been thus.
But daylight will eventually return. When radiant light once again shines upon the land, it is the moment when life flourishes!!
Thump.
Thump.
Thump.
The sound of beating drums suddenly resounded in the pitch black expanse.
It was the beating of a heart. Vitality surged like thunder exploding, like the awakening thunder of spring, heralding the revival of all things.
The rhythmic heartbeat pulsed on, and the thick darkness around it began to move in time with each beat, as if the heart had taken tangible form at this very moment, appearing before everyone's eyes as a concept made real.
The powerful, forceful heartbeat proved this unmistakably. Suddenly, the sound of the heart stopped.
But everyone knew this was merely the beginning, a brief moment of rest. Sure enough, the next instant,
"Thump!!"
A brilliant light forth like the light of dawn breaking through clouds, sweeping across the entire starfield!
Every world touched by this radiance revealed the beauty of life.
The tightly bound darkness began to collapse, retreating step by step, utterly powerless to resist.
"Crack!" A young serpent broke free from its shell.
"Hiss!!"
As the hatchling emerged, Luxbane, whose appearance alone showed it had been forcibly struck, was sent flying backward.
The massive body that had once lurked in darkness, rivaling half the size of a star, was now shockingly revealed beneath the vast cosmic sky.
The pain sent a sharp stimulus through it, making it draw in a breath and release a hissing sound.
Luxbane felt as though its body was being scorched every single moment.
It was not exactly burning, but the sensation was scarcely different.
If there was any distinction, it was that as a Lord Ravager, even abnormal temperatures should have been unable to affect it.
Yet before this searing heat, it felt like an ordinary person facing a campfire, its entire body burned red.
"Ha~~" As Luxbane was blasted out of its domain, the existence that had repelled it finally revealed its true form.
Perfectly ordered, dazzlingly radiant scales, a faint pressure spanning the starry sky, and an azure deep-sea aura coiling around its body, not the deep sea itself, yet more profound and unfathomable than it.
This was Mobius.
The name Mobius came from the Möbius strip, a symbol of infinity, imbuing the name with boundless richness and limitless possibilities.
At this very moment, one such possibility was blooming!
The Serpent slowly opened her eyes. Her magnificent vertical pupils, interwoven with pale pink and gem-like cyan, revealed a trace of gentleness.
Only she understood what kind of existence had bestowed this grace.
But when faced with such a unique marvel of the world, Luxbane found it nothing but troublesome.
"A troublesome existence. Since when did the galaxy gain such a monster?"Luxbane' previous composure was completely shattered by that single blow.
As a Lord Ravager, he was confident that even if besieged by countless Emanators, he could still retreat unscathed.
Thus, while he was wary of Mobius' power that could rival his own during their clash, he had not felt the slightest fear.
But who could tell him, what exactly was that just now?
An evenly matched opponent suddenly entered a second phase in a form he could not comprehend at all. Speed and strength skyrocketed, and that seemingly endless health bar alone was enough to chill one's heart.
Facing such an unprecedented situation, Luxbane, one meant to bring annihilation to countless worlds, found it exceedingly troublesome.
"So this is my current body…" Turning her head slightly, Mobius carefully examined her own form.
The azure light surrounding her was a manifestation of the Sea of Quanta's power.
Had it been the most primordial portions of both sides' power, Mobius would never have dared to use herself as an experiment.
That would not have been a gamble with slim odds of success, it would have been a dead end with no hope whatsoever!
Yet even though the absorbed power had been diluted through multiple stages, for it to fall upon her was still a miracle rarely seen.
At this moment, she ascended once more. A sense of omnipotence surfaced in her mind. She did not relax, because she knew this was an illusion, false information produced by the brain after receiving overwhelming data.
That such an error could arise even in a calm scholar was enough to show the magnitude of what it contained.
In the next instant, it seemed as if time stopped at that instant, both of them stopping their actions.
Both of them received a message that struck directly at the soul.
It was as if all the wisdom of the world had condensed here, descending to grant a will.
A gigantic crimson pupil gleamed with light. Thick, long cables swam through the vast sea like schools of fish. Machinery with divine power, solely to draw forth its own presence.
The Aeon of Erudition, Nous!
Even Luxbane, a Lord Ravager, dared not make a sound before this grand existence.
Or rather, he wished to act, but the aura accompanying Nous' descent rendered him completely immobile. Such was an Aeon, an existence standing at the pinnacle of the Path.
At this moment, the Aeon who had come from afar was gazing at Mobius, mechanical forms unfolding in silent observation.
"The Erudition, Nous…"
Facing this Aeon, Mobius murmured softly. Her vertical pupils, met that solitary crimson eye head-on, her gaze brimming with barely concealed interest.
She, Mobius, was extremely interested.