[Location: Siberia, Frozen Lake, Underwater]

[3:20 PM, July 9, 2849, CE]

"Is this place even a lake? Why does it take so long just to reach a single facility?" Alaya asked as she looked at the hologram in front of her, showing a deep underground chasm in the lake itself leading to a facility for the old remnants of humanity that used to live in this world before it became a frozen world.

As they 'Quantum Warframe' swim at a speed of 50 Mach per hour underwater as it gets closer to the facility, the water gradually heats up around them as they go even deeper at this point, reaching a depth of an estimated 43,000 kilometers deep, reaching the core of the planet.

"This planet is just too big for what the information conveyed in our exosuits. This world should be smaller than it should. Mobius, did you and the Mobius Tower change the size of the world?" Alaya asked as she looked at another old piece of information in the hologram about the planet itself. According to this information, the planet is still filled with a bit of green and full of infrastructure, but it's smaller than the size it's currently at.

"Well, we did enlarge the planet so it could hold more larger experiments that we would do on a daily basis" Mobius said while looking at the floating hologram in front of Alaya.

"Can't you just use space folding technology in that case? I'm pretty sure using it would not be more secretive, for example 'Hyperdimensional Pocket Module' like how you hid us" Alaya said, as she believed that using the 'Hyperdimensional Pocket Module' could be useful in such a situation instead of just enlarge the planet itself.

"That won't do because of the chaotic space I've put around the planet itself. Although it's already been destroyed, the chaotic space I've created stops or destroys every quantum, space-time, matter, and essence related stuff that is less than how much I've put without my permission, and this planet is actually hidden, so making the planet larger than it is currently a suggested idea for low-level researchers for their larger experiment to be done" Mobius said as she explained that everything on the planet actually needed permission. It depends on the hierarchy that Mobius created. The higher your rank within Mobius Tower, the more privileges you have.

"I see, then how did they destroy the chaotic space you created if it even stopped or destroyed a lesser amount of essence?" Alaya asked Mobius if such a thing was possible.

"From what I've remembered, it's unlikely they destroyed it with a larger amount of essence because it was instantly destroyed before I could even feel them approaching. The highest possibility is that they used an artifact, especially those two swords. Yeah, it's pretty much confirmed that she used those two swords to destroy the chaotic space I've created around the planet" Mobius said as she tries to remember what happened before she was shot by the dart. It seems the dart also has an effect on making you forget things, but it's slowly diminishing as more and more memories return to Mobius.

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"Eh? How could a sword destroy something made of essence, or is it an essence formed into a sword?" Alaya thought, because from what she theorized, convention means it could not affect essence at all, especially if it's a normal sword.

"Not an essence formed into a sword, but an artifact created from the body of an 'Essence User' itself" Mobius said as she explained that these are artifacts created from the 'Essence User' itself deep inside of them.

"So, does that mean you also have your own artifact, Mobius? Can I see it?" Alaya asked Mobius, as she wanted to see Mobius own artifact.

"It was those two swords" Mobius said as she looked away from Alaya.

"What?" Alaya said as if she couldn't understand what just Mobius said. It's like hearing something surprising—that the brain did not accept the situation that just happened.

"Those two swords in her are actually my artifact created from my existence, but it seems to follow her ever since I threw it away just to create the Mobius Tower 18 years ago. I tried recalling it back, but it seems angry at me for throwing it away" Mobius said as she explained that she actually threw away such a precious artifact just to create the Mobius Tower, causing the two swords to hate her.

"Eh? Why did you just throw it away when creating the Mobius Tower?" Alaya asked Mobius, as she believed what Mobius just did in the past was dumb.

"Well, I've been in a state of insanity in the past, but don't worry, I'm in the recovery phase currently. As long as everything goes correctly, I might permanently recover from it, well, maybe partially, but everything is great because I have you by my side with you. I will recover faster than it should be" Mobius said with a proud look in her face. As Alaya blushed because of her, Mobius might recover faster than it should, making Alaya smile at those thoughts.

"So, can I also have my own artifact, right?" Alaya asked, as she seemed to also want to have her own artifact in her own hands.

"Yes, and not now, because when creating an artifact made from your existence, you need to be in either a constant state of tranquility or a constant state of chaos in a certain amount of time to create an Artifact" Mobius says, as she already knows that Alaya wanted to create her own artifact, so she stops her as their current situation is not fit for creating an artifact, maybe except on the chaotic side of the constant state, but it would take time for it to even manifest.

"Is that so? Then, when we have time, you must teach me how to create one" Alaya asked, as she seemed more intrigued by wanting an artifact of her own in her own hands. She wanted to look cool in front of Mobius.

"Of course, but remember, artifacts created from our existence are a reflection of ourselves" Mobius said as she warned her that artifacts are a reflection of oneself.

"We've arrived at the abandoned facility, Madam, Commander" the emotionless artificial human said as all of Group D arrived at the front of the abandoned facility.

"Is that so? Then let's start slowly entering to make sure the facility does not flood" Alaya said as she looked in front of her.

"A reflection of myself, huh? I wondered, What's mine?" As Alaya looked at her own reflection on the glass, she saw a green-haired person whose end of its hair was white and green eyes, showing Alaya's beautiful face almost identical to Mobius.