First Encounter

Although it's a slightly touching topic, why has it suddenly become so heavy?

Even without Elysia's response, Sakura, already in the zone, continued speaking on her own, "So... I'm actually really grateful to the boss. Whatever he wants, I'll do it, it's that simple, even if it means being shattered to pieces—of course, I'm also very grateful to Miss Vil-V, Miss Eden, and even Dr. Mobius. So, regarding their relationship issues... I don't mind being subservient, it's just that right now... well, it's too messy."

Sakura admits that she is actually someone who values gratitude more than morality.

Unlike Raven, who was blinded by money, although Raven also risked his life, it was because they got along well. If Liu Bai really did something cruel and inhumane, Raven would return the money and turn against him.

Sakura, on the other hand, was doing it entirely out of gratitude. Even if Liu Bai gave her cruel orders, as long as he didn't point the blade at her, Sakura would do them with her eyes closed. If Liu Bai went down the path of self-destruction and her attempts to dissuade him failed, Sakura could only guarantee that she would never live alone—fortunately, Liu Bai was always wise.

Therefore, as someone who values gratitude more, Sakura's inappropriate thoughts about love are truly just that—inappropriate thoughts. Unlike someone like Vil-V who has already turned her back on someone, Sakura has only ever thought about it from beginning to end—although probably no one would believe this if I said it out loud, as everyone is quite paranoid.

On a few occasions, her "actions" were actually her own bastard sister trying to sell her out...

But speaking of my own rascal sister... tsk, never mind.

Sakura felt quite annoyed. Her sister had sold her out, and she couldn't just sell her out in return—after all, Sakura and Eden were both too proud to admit their mistakes when it didn't involve gratitude or obligation.

Moreover, even if this involves gratitude, it's still strange—if Liu Bai were to say to her one day, "Your sister is quite nice, let me marry her," what kind of expression would she have? That feeling is just too odd!

Of course, my own rascal sister being underage is also one of the reasons...

But then again, he couldn't sell that clever little girl.

What should I do if I get angrier the more I think about it?

"Aili, do you have any recommendations for a super sturdy ruler?"

"...ah?"

Elysia was caught off guard by such a dramatic turn of events.

Weren't we just talking about some heavy yet somewhat touching topics? How did it suddenly turn into a recommendation for a ruler?

"Hmm... an iron ruler? Or a hollow iron ruler? These should be quite sturdy, right?" Elysia answered cautiously. "Sakura, why are you asking this?"

"Go back and check how Rin's studies have been lately—if they're not good, make sure that girl gets a spanking." Sakura said, quite annoyed.

"Uh... I hope Ling is studying hard these days." Elysia felt that the girl was bound to get a beating no matter what.

"Speaking of the victory celebration banquet..."

"Ah, of course I participated."

Sakura nodded. "But I need to go back to ELM first."

Should we go back and beat up my sister first?

Elysia's gaze was strange, but this was someone else's family matter. As the eldest sister, she was like a mother to her younger sister. What was wrong with her beating her younger sister?

"No problem, the finishing touches will take two more days—but in that case, Sakura, remember to bring a nice outfit. You can't go to the banquet without a nice outfit."

"I'll do my best."

Sakura wasn't interested in showing off, so her answer to this question was somewhat perfunctory. However, as Eden's fitting model, Sakura actually had the second largest number of clothes after Eden.

"Then I'll head back to camp first."

Bye-bye~

After watching Sakura leave, Elysia didn't linger outside either. After wandering around the city ruins for a couple of hours, she turned back to her own camp. Because of the previous campaign against the Herrscher, the team camps were quite far apart, and the two of them were only close by chance.

After returning to the camp, Elysia felt bored and decided to bother Mobius.

Soon, Elysia's communicator connected with Mobius.

"Hey Mobius, how have you been lately?"

"Thanks to you, it's not bad."

Mobius gave Elysia a rare smile—although the two had a good relationship, Mobius usually looked at Elysia with disdain to prevent Elysia from taking advantage of him.

As for smiling now... well, you're beholden to someone who's been paid for this.

"How's it going? How's Shesha's research coming along?"

"Very good—no, I should say extremely good."

Mobius's smile grew even brighter.

Shesha should have survived the Third Honkai Eruption thanks to its extraordinary immortality, and some even thought that this Judgment-Class Honkai Beast had been killed.

However, in the current Previous Era, a group of people are active on the battlefield of the Third Honkai Eruption —for example, a certain Hua, a certain Kevin, a certain Kosma, and Sakura just now, and even Vil-V who is in charge of weapon supply.

This caused the entire dungeon to progress too quickly, Shesha ran into Elysia directly during the battle.

Resurrection? Immortality?

As it turns out, these things were completely useless against Elysia.

At this stage, Elysia is living out the script of Lu Bu from the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, with things like the Herrscher of the Honkai Beast. If she were to encounter Elysia alone, she would definitely die. She can't fight without a group fight, but even a group fight doesn't guarantee a win—besides, there are quite a few people Moth Chasers to Fire.

Previously, the Third Herrscher ran away, and Shesha, Judgment-class Honkai Beast with powerful immortality, was caught and beaten to a pulp by Elysia, who was extremely upset about not completing her objective. Reviving her was useless. As for controlling lightning? The Herrscher could control the most lightning had already run away, okay? So, as Judgment-Class Honkai Beast, at the level of Future Bella, Shesha was dead on the spot—who told you to have a much bigger target than your master?

After calming down, Elysia looked at the black mud from Shesha covering the ground and thought for a moment. She then packed up all the eyeballs, spines, and some other strange biomass and gave them to Mobius.

—Her intuition told her that Mobius would like these things.

As it turns out, the girl's intuition was spot on— Mobius gave her such a bright smile for the first time ever.

"This Honkai Beast is of great research value; its immortality and regenerative abilities are remarkable from a biological perspective..."

"Wait, wait, wait."

Elysia interrupted Mobius, who was getting quite engrossed in the conversation.

Being abruptly interrupted, Mobius was in a bad mood, but considering that the material came from Elysia, Mobius tolerated it.

"What, do you have another problem?"

"Yes." Elysia nodded, a smile appearing on her face. "Since Shesha's materials are so precious, Dr. Mobius, are you going to repay me?"

Mobius's face darkened, but he did not refute it— Shesha was indeed priceless, and repaying him was not out of the question.

So Mobius decided to listen to what this guy had to say.

Seeing that Mobius did not refute, Elysia's smile grew wider, "Before the Third Honkai Eruption, I commissioned Eden to make a Rita... Ah, dead."

Elysia looked sadly at the black screen of the communicator.

"Dr. Mobius really should try a cute style. After all, he's already thirty years old. If he doesn't become cuter now, it will be too late."

Elysia muttered, making no mention of how Mobius's mature demeanor clashed with her cuteness—or rather, she already knew that, but just found it amusing.

"In that case... should we try Vil-V or Kosma next?"

"Tsk, Elysia is such a headache."

Mobius rubbed his temples.

"Doctor, coffee." Klein already had dark circles under her eyes, thoughtfully served Mobius coffee.

"Thanks."

After sincerely thanking his assistant, Mobius turned to ask about something else, "By the way, has the proposal I asked you to submit been submitted?"

"It's been submitted... Doctor, what kind of proposal did you submit? Judging from the other party's expression, it doesn't seem to be a document application, does it?"

"Of course not, it's a proposal to promote young people—in this battle, quite a few young people have shone brightly, and headquarters should also promote some of them. We can't all be people with rigid thinking."

"Will the higher-ups agree?" Klein asked hesitantly.

After all, she knew quite a bit about the higher-ups.

"Probably," Mobius smiled. "After all, it was hurt. As long as the wound is still sore, the Moth Chasers to Fire should enter a period of high efficiency."

"... How ironic."

Klein muttered softly, "You only know the pain when you get hit, and what my doctor meant was that once the 'wounds don't hurt anymore,' the Moth Chasers to Fire will still enter an inefficient state."

"I don't care how they bicker over their interests. All I need is for the Moth Chasers to Fire to fight the Honkai so that the department can operate efficiently at all times."

Mobius glanced at the messy documents on his desk.

Unusually, these are not experimental data or reports.

These are all resumes, each detailing the life experiences of a young person.

Hua, Mei, Kevin, Ying, Vil-V, Kosma, Danzhu, Cangxuan...

Some were people who had made great achievements on the battlefield, some were talents she had personally discovered, and some were simply cornerstones of ELM—they were all talents that Moth Chasers to Fire needed at this stage.

Chapter 364 First Encounter

"... What is this thing?"

Vil-V looked at the letter sent to ELM with a strange expression on her face.

"A transfer order? Did something damage Mobius's brain?"

Vil-V wondered if she had shown any indication that she needed to be transferred.

Isn't it better to be holed up in ELM doing experiments than to be bound by rules and regulations at Moth Chasers to Fire? Vil-V had heard how miserable Mobius was at Moth Chasers to Fire.

"Because this transfer letter might promise a rather high-ranking position, right?" Liu Bai said casually.

"... That's really true."

Vil-V opened the envelope, looked at its contents, and a look of surprise appeared on her face.

"She made me the Minister of Engineering for the Moth Chasers to Fire —oh right, speaking of which, the previous Minister of Engineering seems to have died in the last Honkai."

Vil-V scratched her head.

"But what do you mean by 'it's okay to set up the engineering department at ELM'? Has Mobius lost his mind?"

No matter what, the Engineering Department is directly under the Moth Chasers to Fire, so is it really okay to move it out directly?

"Ah... Mobius did a pretty good job."

Upon hearing Vil-V's words, Liu Bai couldn't help but mutter a soft remark.

As it turns out, Mobius understood himself quite well; at the very least, he saw through Mebius's subtle attempts to sever ties with Moth Chasers to Fire.

—I don't intend to get involved in the vortex of interests, and I still want to do something practical.

Mobius's current actions are clearly helping the Engineering Department break free from the Moth Chasers to Fire headquarters—for a moment, Liu Bai couldn't tell whether Mobius was poaching his employees or helping Mobius poach his employees.

"I think this proposal is acceptable."

Liu Bai felt that even if there were some downsides to this matter, the benefits ultimately outweighed the drawbacks.

"After all, he's a minister, a real official, isn't he?"

"I'm not obsessed with officialdom."

Vil-V's expression was still somewhat strange. "But why the engineering department of all places?"

The engineering department seemed rather complicated to Vil-V; it was responsible for weapons research and development, but not entirely; it was responsible for construction, but not entirely.

It feels like they can manage almost anything, but there aren't many areas they can truly control completely.

Rather than becoming a Minister of Engineering, Vil-V would actually prefer to be the head of a weapons development team.

"Perhaps it's because the engineering department is valued, but not completely valued."

Liu Bai gave a reply that made Vil-V's expression turn strange.

However, Liu Bai then laughed, "Just kidding, look at your expression—actually, the engineering department has a wide range of responsibilities, which means it has a lot of power. If necessary, it can manage everything. I was really surprised that Mobius was able to get this position."

Liu Bai clearly saw through the thoughts on Vil-V's face.

So, does that mean I actually benefited from this situation?

After hearing what Liu Bai said, Vil-V thought about it and realized it made sense. From repairing toilets to developing missiles, everything could obviously be related to the word "engineering."

"Then I'll write a letter to reply to her right away."

Since Liu Bai had no objections, Vil-V naturally agreed.

Of course, the main reason is that she doesn't have to go Moth Chasers to Fire. She can just stay in the ELM office and get a lot of help from the staff. After thinking about it, Vil-V felt that she was getting the best deal no matter what.

Even so, Vil-V still felt that Mobius's attempt to poach talent was a bit irrational.

"Is there some noise outside?"