Kiana and the Captain's Bizarre Adventure

Chapter 247 Countdown to the End of Paradise (2)

Back in the present, when Mebius returned with the Corruption Virus, which had already suffered some damage, he saw Gretchen and the others being besieged.

Without further ado, Mebius activated her Corruption power to completely erase Mei and Bronya's data from Paradise. However, this also seemed to have made her discover something.

Mebius frowned and glanced at the Herrscher of Corruption with a slightly strange look.

Just now, when Mebius deleted Mei and the others' data, he noticed something amiss. Mei and the others' situation was less like they had become the offspring of the Herrscher of Corruption, and more like they were wearing a skin marked by the Herrscher of Corruption.

Its essence does not seem to have been eroded. If that is the case, then what does what happened during this period mean?

Are they some kind of playthings to be manipulated at will?

Most importantly, if her guess is correct, then did Kevin outside already know all of this?

A multitude of thoughts flashed through Mebius's mind, and for a fleeting moment she even wondered if Klein had also known all along what was happening in Paradise.

After all, maintaining the Paradise of the Past is Klein's job, and Klein has never disappointed Möbius over the years. If all of this is really just a script, then it will certainly not bypass Klein, who is the external administrator.

Moreover, while he was waiting for Klein to replicate the Corruption Virus, he wasn't idle. During that time, Mebius was investigating how the Herrscher of Corruption had infiltrated the Land of the Dead without anyone noticing.

The result was a blank page, as if the Herrscher of Corruption had appeared out of thin air.

It's worth noting that this time Mebius even checked the backdoors that Vervie didn't usually use, but still found nothing.

There are only two possibilities for this situation: either the Herrscher of Corruption was born directly in the Land of the Dead, or the record was deliberately deleted.

The power of the Herrscher of Corruption can also do this, which undoubtedly increases the latter's likelihood.

However, considering that Herrschers of Erosion do not possess such high levels of aggression and intelligence before their formal awakening, the latter possibility seems to have decreased considerably.

Unable to come to a conclusion, Mebius simply gave up. Now that she also possessed the power of corruption, all she needed to do was defeat the Herrscher of Corruption and then investigate the data she left behind, and the truth would be revealed.

What Mebius didn't expect was that the Herrscher of Corruption would use the appearance of Alicia. Although there were some differences in the details, the overall appearance was almost identical.

Mebius had wanted to beat up Alicia for a long time, but he had no reason to before. Now he could take advantage of the Herrscher of Corruption to vent his anger.

Consider it punishment for concealing her identity, even though it was Moth's own mistake from the beginning.

But none of this matters anymore.

"So, Mebius, I've already let you off the hook. As long as you choose to take this opportunity and fly away, I won't actually go looking for you. Why come back?"

"Heh, I can come back whenever I want, it's none of your business. Besides, I've been wanting to punch you in the face for a long time!"

"???"

The Herrscher of Corruption looked at Mebius with a puzzled expression. She couldn't recall Mebius ever saying that. Was this the similarity yet dissimilarity between parallel worlds?

"Can you tell me why? According to Alicia's memory, she didn't do anything to make you angry."

"What do you mean 'never done it before'?!" Möbius laughed in exasperation. "You call it 'never done it before' when you put me in that pink dress?! Doesn't she know that pink clothes don't suit me at all, especially since that dress is a dress!"

"Huh? Is that so? But I also think you look great in pink dresses."

"The Herrscher of Corruption said, and her words were agreed upon by Alicia within her. However, even Alicia didn't know why Mebius was so resistant to wearing pink dresses, even though she looked adorable in them."

However, the person involved would naturally not agree. At this point, Mebius was already a little red-faced, and Kiana advised him to focus on the important matter and not to discuss the matter of Mebius wearing a pink dress.

The Herrscher of Corruption could only shrug. What could she do? She was just a low-level employee now; she couldn't disobey her boss!

Seeing that his opponent was in the zone, Mebius realized that this was no time for jokes. So, taking advantage of the moment before his opponent attacked, Mebius took out several crystal flowers of different colors from his person and handed them to Hua.

After taking it, Hua asked in confusion, "What is this...?"

"These are the crystal flowers that Kevin, Velvet, and Aponia kept safe. They were all given to us by her. There should be one in Eden as well. I specifically found these at the place where they had the accident before I came. They will be of vital importance to Kiana and the others' next move."

Your task now is to take these crystal flowers with Kosmo and Gretchen to Eden. She will know what to do after she sees them.

"But is it really okay to leave you all alone?"

"Who do you think I am? I am the Infinite Mebius! Now I have gained the power of corruption, and only I can stop her and defeat her. The reason I asked you to leave was just to be on the safe side."

Hua carefully put away the crystal flowers and said, "I understand, I will do as you say."

After saying that, he left with Kosmo and the others. Now they could only trust Möbius, because only in this way could they ignore the fact that they had abandoned Möbius.

"You certainly dare to say that," the Herrscher of Corruption said, letting the others leave. "Are you really confident that the amount of virus you possess is enough to defeat me?"

Möbius, sweating profusely, forced a smile and said, "How will we know if it's possible if we don't try?"

"Then let's wait and see!"

Thus, the two Heralds of Corruption within Paradise engaged in a power struggle, while outside Paradise...

Gray Serpent is working with the Captain and Raven to deal with the corrosive virus left behind by Kiana.

"This is the coordinates given by the Herrscher of Corruption."

The raven looked up at the warehouse in front of it and then a look of disgust was clearly visible on its face.

"Why is it the warehouse again?!"

"I know you've been somewhat disgusted with the warehouse lately because of the Herrscher of Domination, but please bear with it," Gray Serpent said.

"If you knew that, you shouldn't have called me! The captain is enough, why did you have to call me over?"

Gray Serpent and the captain exchanged a glance, and then the captain said, "I asked Gray Serpent to call you here."

Raven didn't speak, but the captain could still sense that the expression on her face, hidden by her hood, was definitely not good.

"So, Captain, what was your reason for calling me here? You know, I was not only clearing out a large number of Herrscher of Domination nodes in the real world recently, but also settling those children. I was so busy I barely had time to breathe."

I finally have some time to rest, and then you call me back to do another mission. I'll be really angry if I don't have a good reason!

"What would you say if I told you that you could get the same reward as Gray Serpent for this mission?"

Upon hearing the captain's words, the oppressive atmosphere around Raven vanished instantly.

"Are you telling the truth?"

“That’s right,” Gray Serpent replied. “After all, I did arrange a lot of work for you recently, so consider this my compensation. Just use this reward to pursue your dreams.”

"To be honest, my dream ended long ago after that island was destroyed, but thank you anyway. With this money, at least the children won't have to worry about clothes, shelter, or transportation in the future. I never expected that you, who are usually so stingy, would be so kind."

"After all, you are someone I brought up, so as your mentor, I naturally have to show my appreciation."

Upon hearing this, Raven officially confirmed who the gray snake in front of him was. There was nothing he could do, since all gray snakes looked the same.

Moreover, during this mission, Gray Serpent spent most of her time confirming various details with the captain and hardly talked to Raven at all. Even though Raven knew that the Gray Serpent in front of her was the same Gray Serpent who had led her into the mercenary world, she didn't dare to confirm whether it was true.

Raven has already witnessed enough instances of people misjudging the gray snakes by over-relying on their intuition, and she doesn't want to embarrass herself in front of the gray snakes again.

Now that his identity was fully confirmed, Raven naturally breathed a sigh of relief.

"It is you."

"Yes."

"I didn't expect you to be involved in this mission. Did the other Gray Serpents not have time?"

"What you're saying is wrong. The only reason I participated was because I was the one closest to the mission coordinates, that's all."

"Oh, so that's all there is to it!"

“That’s right, that’s exactly it,” said the gray snake. “But there’s something I need to tell you before that.”

"what's up?"

"I believe you are also aware of the power of the Herrscher of Corruption."

The raven nodded.

"Then I'll keep it short. After the Herrscher of Corruption takes down the Herrscher, she must destroy all electronic devices around her, leaving none behind."

"Even so, it will escape to other places via the network, right?"

"Don't worry about that," the captain said as he stepped forward. "Before we officially begin, I will block the network connection of the entire warehouse. This will create a trap, but in order to prevent the Herrscher of Corruption from breaking through the barrier I set up, it will be up to you to go in and deal with it."

"Wait!" Raven realized the seriousness of the situation. "Just in case, let me ask how you dealt with the Herrscher of Corruption in other places before I arrived? As far as I know, the Herrscher of Corruption has appeared in more than one place, right?"

"Some of the others will be handled by Kiana, while the other part will be handled by the Captain and me together," Gray Serpent said.

"But then wouldn't you be?"

“That’s right, just as you thought.” Gray Serpent readily admitted, “I was already infected with the Corruption Virus when the captain and I were cleaning up the first place, but I didn’t spread it on the network because I had completely disconnected from all network connections before we started.”

This is the last place. Once the Herrscher of Corruption here is dealt with, only the Herrscher within me will remain. That's why I need another person to go in as my executioner. The reason I asked you to come is not only due to the Captain's request, but also because of my own personal reasons.

After all, I'd rather die at the hands of my own students than be executed by someone else, so after discussing it with the captain, I came to you.

The raven lowered its hat brim and asked, "How much time do you have left?"

"Not much longer, probably only about ten minutes," the gray serpent replied. "By then, I will be completely corrupted, and the calamity brought by the Herrscher of Corruption will be completely out of control. I don't think you want to see that happen, right?"

"...That's really..."

Raven took a deep breath and said, "Alright, I'll take this job. Ten minutes, right? I'll definitely get it done perfectly!"

"Then let the mission begin."

After saying that, Gray Serpent took the lead and entered the warehouse, and Raven followed after glancing at the captain.

Seeing that the two were in position, the captain took out the shielding device that Kiana had given him. However, it was more like a vessel carrying Kiana's power than a device.

In fact, the captain could have easily taken Raven's place if he wanted to, but as Gray Serpent said, he would have preferred Raven to be the one to execute him.

The captain naturally wouldn't refuse, but had Raven forgotten that she still had electronic devices on her person that she hadn't taken out?

Inside the warehouse, the raven and the gray snake were moving slowly forward.

Neither of them spoke a word during that time; at that moment, they both hoped to silently accompany each other on this final stretch of the journey.

They eventually found their target deep inside the warehouse: an old computer.

Considering the history of this warehouse, perhaps this calculator was one of the machines that was in use as soon as it was built.

Raven tapped the buttons a few times, and the screen, which had been in sleep mode, lit up after a few seconds.

Then Gray Snake went forward and deleted all the files inside the computer, leaving no trace. Even the system itself was formatted. Next, Gray Snake took out a crowbar from somewhere and began to physically destroy the computer in front of him.

After a while, the computer was completely destroyed. In the following time, the two of them found all the electronic equipment in the warehouse and destroyed it completely.

Finally, Raven threw his last remaining cell phone into the fire and watched it explode and burn completely. As a result, the only electronic device left in the entire warehouse was Gray Snake himself.

The raven looked at the gray snake and said, "It's about time."

"Yes! It's almost time!"

"Isn't there anything else you'd like to say?"

"No, if I had to say, I would like to write a poem."

"Then forget it. Writing poetry is really not suitable for you with your talent."

"But this is also my ideal. If I could, I would like to become a poet, but fate has other plans."

"Let's save that dream for your next life."

"Yes, that's right. It's time to carry out the execution."

"See you."

Raven raised his pistol and pointed it at Gray Snake.

"Goodbye."

A gunshot rang out, and the warehouse fell silent once more.