Are You Okay?

Kevin fell silent again.

"... No, I have to come up with a solution. If things continue like this, I feel like I'm doomed..."

"I think you should be mentally prepared for this kind of thing when you're about to do something stupid." Su Lu looked on with amusement. "Alright, I'm going out. Remember to lock the door after you leave."

Su walked out with a chuckle, leaving Kevin alone in the room deep in thought.

(Hopefully he won't come up with any more bad ideas...)

"Su, you've come at the right time. Familiarize yourself with these documents."

When Su arrived at Mobius's lab to report, Mobius threw a bunch of documents in his face.

"Uh... what's this?"

"Some precautions for the Hypermutation Surgery," Mobius replied casually. "Mei borrowed Cangxuan, and I happen to be short of an assistant. You can fill in for me."

"Isn't the teacher okay?" Su asked strangely, glancing at Liu Bai, who was also in the room.

He knew what kind of person his teacher was. Although he claimed to know nothing about biology, when it came to actual practice... Su dared not say anything else, but he felt that his teacher was at least more reliable than himself.

"Your teacher is timid."

Mobius's tone was slightly sarcastic.

"You've already seen the surgery once, why are you still hesitating?"

"I'm sorry, I certainly wouldn't hesitate to do anything else, but operating on Kevin is out of the question. I can't handle that kind of thing," Liu Bai said sternly.

"Sometimes your feelings and your body's instincts are two different things."

Mobius rested his head on his hand, looking to be in a good mood.

"But if we're talking about other things... well, how about marriage?"

Upon hearing this topic, Sue, Klein, Danzhu, Blanca, and the others present involuntarily lowered their heads and pricked up their ears.

They certainly wouldn't dare to make fun of someone, but they're quite interested in hearing gossip.

"Do I look like someone who's ready to get married?" Liu Bai shrugged.

"It's alright, I'm perfectly fine." Mobius narrowed his snake-like eyes, exuding a captivating yet dangerous aura. "I'm perfectly content as long as there's a ring and a wedding."

"... Won't it explode?"

Su muttered subconsciously.

He really overlooked this point, or rather, everyone else overlooked it.

Because Liu Bai doesn't have a physical body, the women around his teacher rarely mention marriage. However, Mobius's statement gave him a wake-up call.

There's no conflict between not having a physical body and not being able to get married!

It seems that only Dr. Mobius has realized this blind spot, but... if this gets out now, every single one of his prospective teachers' wives will explode, right?

Liu Bai had fallen silent at this point.

Well... he had only just realized this himself, and Mobius's sudden reaction really left Liu Bai a little bewildered.

"Or do you want me to bring you the ring?" Mobius looked at the silent Liu Bai and launched another pursuit with a smile. "It's okay, I don't mind."

"... I think other people would care more about that."

"Just a bunch of small fry." Mobius's smile carried a hint of danger.

Of that group, only Mei, Eden, Elysia, and Hua were worthy of her attention and considered as rivals.

Apart from these four, they are all just small fry.

Small fry don't deserve love, understand?

Knock knock knock!

The sudden knocking on the door interrupted their thoughts.

"... Who is it?" Mobius looked towards the door with some dissatisfaction.

"I am... I am a member of the fourth squad! Desstobia!"

"...Who is this?" Mobius searched through his memory but found no information related to this name.

"Um, this is one of the outstanding warriors selected by Dr. Mei. This time, she should be here to test the compatibility between her genes and those of the Honkai Beast."

Klein clearly had some recollection of the name—after all, he was the Klein who reviewed the vast majority of documents in the laboratory.

"Oh, it seems there really is such a thing." Mobius thought for a moment and nodded knowingly.

She didn't care who went on the operating table anyway—once someone was on the operating table, they were all treated the same to her.

"But this is really bad timing... Danzhu, go and deal with it."

"Uh... okay."

Danzhu got up, opened the door, and led the somewhat naive blonde girl to another room for a blood test.

Well, although Danzhu is a lively character, she also knows that given the dangerous atmosphere in the office, it's best not to bring this girl in.

"Alright, the troublemaker is gone. Darling, have you thought about the question from earlier?" Mobius glanced at the closed door with satisfaction and continued to press Liu Bai for answers.

"Like I said, others will care—this kind of thing should be handled fairly." Liu Bai pressed down on Mobius's head. "If you do it this way, you'll get beaten to death."

"It's alright, I can be resurrected."

Mobius's words once again left everyone, including Liu Bai, speechless.

Just because you can be resurrected, does that mean you have to start courting death?

Despite the complaints, everyone present felt that it wasn't surprising that Mobius did something like this.

"And I'll become even younger after I'm resurrected." Mobius narrowed his eyes, a smug expression on his face.

If she could turn back into an eighteen-year-old, all those "mei," "Eden," and "Hua" would be nothing but trash. At that time, the only one qualified to fight her would be Elysia.

"Alright, stop teasing me." Liu Bai pushed Mobius's head away.

"How boring," Mobius sighed. "My dear, you're not even willing to say a single hypocritical compliment to the woman who has given you her entire youth."

"Because if I tell you, you'll definitely take advantage of the situation."

Mobius's little schemes could not be hidden from Liu Bai.

If I agree, Mobius will probably have to "fight alone against all odds".

"It is a snake after all." Mobius stretched. "By the way, has Vil-V finished her research on the Fifth Divine Key? She said that the core of the Fifth Herrscher could create a weapon that is one in a million, or even more powerful than the Third Divine Key."

When Mobius realized that his scheme had failed, he changed the subject.

She'd always been quite concerned about the God Key, but so far, Mobius was somewhat dissatisfied with God Key —aside from the Third Divine Key God Key, the others were all God Key.

The first one is still Second Divine Key for exploring the Sea of Quanta; the Fourth Divine Key reshaping the terrain; and only the Third Divine Key is known for its power.

Although Mobius didn't care much about combat, he still had basic concerns.

"Her? I rejected her weapons proposal."

Liu Bai answered calmly.

"That thing... it's very useful, but I don't think it's necessary. I had her convert it into a cryogenic hibernation pod."

"...A cryogenic hibernation pod?" Mobius frowned. "Are you thinking about the future? Isn't that a bit premature?"

"Not just the future." Liu Bai shook his head. "I'm increasing the margin for error. The Fifth Divine Key, combined with my possession ability, can freeze and slowly revert to a state of life—of course, provided that the person is alive."

"Rewinding to the state of life...if that's the case, then it is indeed quite useful."

Mobius for a moment and then nodded.

If Liu Bai's sole purpose was to plan for the future, Mobius would definitely have asked Vil-V to change it back. After all, the Previous Era still had some hope and hadn't reached the point of considering a way out. However, being able to freeze and revert to a state of life meant that it could save some elites when necessary.

Even the most powerful thing needs someone to use it.

"... But we should try to produce weapons as much as possible in the future, otherwise we may have difficulty sustaining our combat capabilities."

"I know that Vil-V has been researching the energy source for replicating the Herrscher Core recently, and it should be ready to ship soon."

Liu Bai still remembered this technology. The series of artifact weapons unearthed by the current civilization used this technology, and the current civilization still kept it a black box in this regard. But there was nothing he could do, as the current civilization's research on the Herrscher Core was clearly somewhat off compared to the Previous Era.

"They actually managed to research this?"

Mobius was somewhat surprised.

Although he's a complete novice when it comes to romance, he's incredibly reliable in this area... no, I should say he's top-notch.

"Well... but if that guy says he can figure it out, then he probably can."

"If she encounters any difficulties, I will help her," Liu Bai said, indicating that he was willing to cheat if necessary.

"...That's true." Mobius nodded. "By the way, has Vil-V's lover personality bothered you much?"

Mobius remembered that Vil-V's lover personality was a bit of a fanatic.

"Vil-V has always been very strict and rarely lets her lovers out," Liu Bai replied after a moment's thought.

At first, his Lover Vil-V, would occasionally come out and make him a loving breakfast, but after discovering that Eden had eaten all the loving breakfasts, she stopped coming out so often.

Whether it was due to simple autism or strict control from Vil-V, Liu Bai hadn't seen his Lover Vil-V much in the past few years. If Mobius hadn't brought it up, Liu Bai would have almost forgotten about it.

"..."

After hearing Liu Bai's answer, Mobius fell silent.

"What's wrong?" Liu Bai looked at the silent Mobius with some surprise.

"Honey, don't you think this is terrible?"

Mobius sighed as she looked at Liu Bai, who seemed completely oblivious. Although she knew that Liu Bai had been quite busy these past few years, having to coordinate relationships, supervise scientific research, and even go to the front lines to put out fires at critical moments, it was perfectly normal for him to overlook a little-known personality who rarely appeared.

However... however, Liu Bai's statement really made Mobius feel uneasy.

"What's wrong?"

"What I'm saying is... this personality, according to the description, cannot possibly self-destruct."

Mobius sighed.

"And since it never appears, the answer is simple—this personality... no, this emotion has been suppressed."

No one understands the feeling of suppressing emotions better Mobius; that kind of torment can truly turn someone into a yandere.

Especially since the person Vil-V was suppressing her feelings for was right beside her...

To be honest, Mobius is very worried about Vil-V's mental state.

Chapter 398 Are you alright?

"Are you there, Vil-V?"

"Are you there...? You're already standing right in front of me, and you still have to ask if I'm there?" Vil-V, who was fixing something, looked up with a strange expression. "Are you still half asleep?"

"Uh... cough, just a routine greeting."

Liu Bai coughed awkwardly.

"How are things?"

"... Why are you talking like we haven't seen each other in ages?" Vil-V rolled her eyes, completely bewildered by Liu Bai's antics. "If you have something to say, just say it."

"Then I'll just get straight to the point... How have you been lately, Vil-V?"

"?"

Vil-V tilted her head in confusion.

"Liu Bai, your question is no different from not asking at all... But if you really want to ask this question, I can say that I'm fine."

"Are you really alright?" Liu Bai couldn't very well ask Vil-V about her mental state directly—after all, according to Mobius's speculation, Vil-V's mental state might actually be unstable.

"Um... is this what you call showing concern?" Faced with Liu Bai's series of perplexing questions, Vil-V was completely confused. "This is not like your usual level of showing concern... I'm really fine."

"Their personalities get along quite well?"

"Of course it's good. I just discovered an Anti-Mobius Personality a few days ago."

No, no, no, no! It's already abnormal that you even distinguished this kind of thing!