Chapter 35: A Must-Try Part

Chapter 35: A Must-Try Part

In Ai Yue's opinion, Mobius is a scholar worthy of respect.

Although her methods were too extreme and she was too eager in her journey of exploration in order to seek a way to evolve and defeat the Honkai, there is no doubt that she was working hard for "humanity".

However, such extremes cannot be recognized by universal values. It is precisely because of this that Mobius becomes increasingly distorted under the dual pressures of the outside world and herself. For the survival of mankind, she even wants to turn them into data-like life forms.

Although this plan did not succeed until the end, it also indirectly revealed Mobius's mental state at the time.

Now that Ai Yue and the system exist, Mobius naturally no longer needs to bear such a heavy responsibility. At least from Ai Yue's perspective, he hopes that this green-haired individual can live an easier life.

That's why he said that.

However, these words obviously took on a different meaning when they fell into Mobius's ears.

"Are you feeling sorry for me?" Mobius couldn't help but grit her teeth when she heard Ai Yue's words, revealing a slightly distorted expression, "You feel sorry for someone like me who can't even be one-tenth as good as you even if I try my best?"

Halfway through her words, she had already begun to feel discouraged.

From Ai Yue's perspective, isn't it normal to feel sorry for someone? When she was working with those scholars, watching them argue and study over a very simple formula for a whole month without coming to a reasonable conclusion, didn't she have such emotions in her heart?

It's not like Mobius had never thought that there would be people in the world who are smarter than her, but before meeting Ai Yue, she really couldn't imagine that there were such outrageous...monsters in the world.

"I can only say that I am not pitying you." Ai Yue shook his head. "As a scholar, you should know very well that I am just stating the facts."

It's not that Ai Yue can't understand Mobius's current mood. When he was killed by the opponent while playing games in his previous life, he was similar to Mobius now. He felt that everything others said was really weird.

However, Mobius is not so fragile that she needs his comfort. If he give her some time, she will be able to adjust herself.

"So, what are you going to do?" Mobius also stopped venting her meaningless emotions and just looked at Ai Yue calmly, "Tell those people above to disband the First Research Institute and let me be your assistant?"

"Of course not, I don't need an assistant." Ai Yue shook his head as a matter of course, "Like I said just now, reduce avoidable sacrifices, slow down your research, and leave the rest to me."

"Well said." Mobius clapped her hands, as if she was applauding Ai Yue, "But, I have a question."

Ai Yue didn't say anything, just looked at her quietly.

He could probably guess what Mobius's problem was.

"How can I believe that you will always stand on the side of humanity?" Mobius looked directly into Ai Yue's eyes. "There are too many examples of people who have gone astray in pursuit of knowledge and ended up bringing disaster to humanity. Do you think you are an exception?"

"You don't need to believe that I will always stand on the side of humanity." Ai Yue shook his head, "You just need to know that I will always stand on the opposite side of Honkai."

At this point, he suddenly remembered something: "Also, you got one thing wrong."

"I don't pursue knowledge." In the doubtful eyes of Mobius, Ai Yue pointed to his head, "They will come to me on their own."

"So I wouldn't go astray at all."

Mobius: ...

"What's wrong? Isn't it funny?" Looking at Mobius's speechless expression, Ai Yue was a little confused. "I thought telling some jokes could calm you down."

"Saying this to a scholar will only raise her blood pressure." Mobius rolled her eyes. She was disgusted by Ai Yue's malicious and pretentious behavior. "What do you mean knowledge will come to you? You are..."

She stopped talking halfway, then asked cautiously, "Are you sure this is a joke?"

"Of course." Ai Yue quickly changed the subject. "In short, there will be plenty of time in the future. If you don't trust me, you can just observe for a while."

"I have my own ideas." Mobius snorted coldly, "So, can we end today's matter?"

To be fair, Mobius actually did not believe that Ai Yue would do anything detrimental to humanity, because from a scholar's perspective, Ai Yue seemed to be different from all other scholars, including Mobius herself.

Some scholars regard knowledge as a stepping stone to wealth and status. Such scholars make little contribution or harm. Some scholars want to make the world and humanity a better place. Such people may become great scientists who go down in history, or they may become infamous sinners of civilization. Still other scholars walk on the edge of extremes, relying on creeds or certain ties to ensure that they will not harm humanity. Such scholars are extremely dangerous, but they may also change the future of human civilization as a whole.

Mobius believes that both she and Mei belong to the third type of people.

But Ai Yue - to be honest, if the other party didn't come up with a result that could push human technology to a new height, Mobius would find it hard to believe that this guy would be a scientific researcher.

Rather than calling him a scholar or a scientist, Mobius felt that he was more like a... charlatan.

(TL: A charlatan is a person who pretends to have skills, knowledge, or abilities they don't actually possess—basically, a fraud or a con artist. The word is often used to describe people who deceive others for personal gain, like fake doctors, self-proclaimed "gurus," or sketchy salesmen pushing miracle cures.)

He is the kind of person who can directly give a solution to a problem by pinching his hands a few times, muttering a few words, and taking a few steps. Then when you ask him why, he will tell you that "the secret of heaven cannot be revealed."

The more Mobius thought about it, the more annoyed she became. She now hoped that Ai Yue would disappear from her sight as soon as possible so that her blood pressure could drop.

"There is one more thing." Ai Yue said, "Do you have the remains of the Second Herrscher? I want a genetic sample of her."

"What do you want to do?" Mobius was stunned for a moment and looked at him with strange eyes. "This is one of the top secrets within Fire Moth. Without the permission signed by those people above, no one is allowed to access it, not even me."

"But you must have some hidden stuff." Ai Yue said confidently, "Give me a copy, I can use it."

"You want to study the Herrscher?" Mobius's expression became increasingly strange. "Can't you just chant a spell or something and study the abilities of the Second Herrscher"

"What do you think I am, a mage?" Ai Yue rolled his eyes. "Without the most basic samples, how can I do research?"

"What about the gun you just used?" Mobius was still worried. "That's obviously the power of the Third Herrscher, right? If you need a sample, how did you get that thing?"

"I got it from Vill-V... ahem, by chance." Ai Yue almost gave the truth away, but luckily Mobius didn't seem to care. "So are you going to give it to me or not? I can exchange it for something else."

"What is it?" Mobius asked curiously, admitting that she did have the goods. "Don't try to fool me with something random, okay?"

"Here." Ai Yue took out a few crumpled papers from his pocket, "I think you might be interested."

Mobius took the paper from Ai Yue's hand and unfolded it, and found that it was a report with a very casual format.

The cover reads: "Proof of the feasibility of replicating the power of the Pseudo-Herrscher in fusion warriors through genome editing."

Although the title made no sense, it did not prevent Mobius from understanding it. She looked at Ai Yue with horror, and then hurriedly opened the book.

The content of these three simple pages is enough to shock the entire Fire Moth.

This is a theory based on the Fusion Warrior Project, but it is more radical and dangerous, Ai Yue wrote in the report. Through the analysis of the energy waveform left by the Herrscher's power, it was found that this is a means of performing special operations on Honkai energy, so that it can interfere with reality.

If this special Honkai energy operation can be reverse-engineered, the genome of the fusion warrior can be edited so that it has the ability to change the properties of Honkai energy and thus simulate the power of the Herrscher.

The specific operation idea is...

Mobius turned to the next page and found that there was nothing underneath.

Isn't this just an introduction?

"And then what? And then what?" Mobius's blood pressure rose again. She didn't care about her image. She turned over from the operating table with her hands and feet, rushed to Ai Yue, and grabbed his collar, "Give me the stuff underneath!"

Mobius was very imposing, but Ai Yue was more than a head taller than her, so Mobius looked like a child asking for candy.

"The free content ends here." Ai Yue calmly spread a hand towards Mobius, "If you want to watch the paid content, please purchase the VIP service to unlock it."

'Are you using these pages of paper to fish?'

Mobius was naturally aware of Ai Yue's sinister plan, but she couldn't stop.

After loosening her grip on the other person's collar and taking a few deep breaths, Mobius finally managed to calm herself down.

"Come with me." She put away the papers in her hand, couldn't help but give Ai Yue a blank look, and finally walked out of the operating room.

Ai Yue didn't say anything either, just followed the other person quietly.

The two people left the operating room, but Mobius found that the sisters were standing not far from the operating room, looking like they were about to leave.

'Something is wrong - these two lazy bastards always try to tangle around wherever they can. They never go near the operating room unless it is necessary. So why haven't they left today?'

"Stop." Mobius immediately called out to the two people in front of her, "What are you doing sneaking around here?"

"D- Dr. Mobius!" Danzhu was so frightened that her whole body stiffened. "I, I, I, we really didn't steal..."

"We are just waiting outside the operating room, Dr. Mobius!" Cang Xuan quickly interrupted Danzhu's confession, "What if you and Dr. Ai Yue still need our help?"

"Hmph" Mobius snorted meaningfully. "Forget it, this is none of your business. Let's go."

She doesn't have time to take care of these two guys now.

"Thank you, Doctor!"

Cang Xuan hurriedly pulled Danzhu to stand against the wall to leave space for Mobius and others to pass, but when Ai Yue walked by, she winked at him.

Not only did she have a very rich expression, she even gave a thumbs up.

'Is this... a good job? What did I do?'

Ai Yue looked at the two quirky girls strangely, and couldn't understand why they suddenly praised him.

Only after the two people disappeared around the corner did Cang Xuan and Danzhu finally breathe a sigh of relief.

Then her expression became excited: "Danzhu, are you sure you heard it right?"

Just as Danzhu almost blurted out, the two slackers were indeed outside trying to eavesdrop.

"That's absolutely right!" Danzhu nodded confidently, "It was Dr. Mobius who was shouting something down there for me just now!"

"Wow~~~" Cang Xuan immediately covered her face like she was trying to cover up her own faults, "That's an operating room, isn't this too bold?"

She knew that Mobius would not put a stranger into the operating room, but this development was beyond their imagination.

But there is the body of a volunteer on the operating table. In such an environment, can anyone really get excited?

Cang Xuan hesitated and thought for a while, then it suddenly dawned on her - what kind of good thing could someone who was on good terms with Dr. Mobius? This kind of environment might just be the mood of the two of them!

"Sister, sister," Danzhu looked at Cang Xuan with a curious expression, "Is this the big gossip that they was talking about?"

"Yes, Danzhu, this is the big gossip, or big melon for short." Cang Xuan nodded, but then she couldn't help shuddering and looked at Danzhu seriously, "But, this matter must not be told to anyone, only the two of us know about it, understand?"

If she knew about the gossip spread about Dr. Mobius, wouldn't she be the next person lying on the operating table?

Looking at Cang Xuan who was frightened, Danzhu nodded as if she understood.

But it was obvious that she didn't have the same cleverness as Cang Xuan and couldn't think that much.

On the other side, Mobius, unaware that she had become a different person in the minds of her two assistants, brought Ai Yue to another corner of the institute.

"Your research institute is so big." Ai Yue couldn't help but sigh, "Compared to yours, mine is just a wooden house."

"You will have one in the future, too. Maybe it will be bigger than this." Mobius stood in front of a door and opened it with a key. "Here we are. This is it."

Inside was a simple and plain bedroom with a bed, a wardrobe, a table, and chairs. There were no excessive decorations except for a pink rabbit doll on the bed.

"Is this where you usually live?" Ai Yue was not surprised by this, because Mobius was obviously a scientific madman, and she might not even come back to this place every day. "I didn't expect you like rabbits."

"I don't like it, but Elysia insisted on sending me there. What can I do?" Mobius's tone was somewhat helpless, mixed with some other emotions, "Wait a minute."

She walked to the closet, opened it, and rummaged around inside for a long time before pulling out a small box: "This is it."

Just as Ai Yue was about to reach out, the other party hid the box behind her: "Where is the thing you promised?"

So Ai Yue also took out another folded report from his pocket, and the two of them stretched out their hands at the same time and took what they needed from each other.

The deal is done.