Victory? Defeat?

"Because time is running out, Dr. Mobius," Mei walked in with a cold expression. "I have good news and bad news. Which do you want to hear?"

"Okay—I think I roughly know what you mean by bad news."

"The good news is that the total number of Herrscher should be 14, and we are about to clear the level."

"Soon, is that so?" Mobius's face showed no joy whatsoever.

Mei didn't react to Mobius's question, but continued to say to herself, "Dr. Mobius, you don't actually think the bad news I'm about to give you is that the speed at which the Herrscher appear will be accelerated, do you?"

"... Isn't that right?"

"Isn't this something we already knew all along?"

Mei's question silenced Mobius.

But Mei continued, "The really bad news is that humanity will most likely perish at the hands of the last Herrscher."

"... Maybe you should go fix Prometheus. This is utter nonsense. How could she possibly include Liu Bai in the equation?"

"If teachers weren't included, humanity would surely perish." Mei's tone was completely flat, as if she were talking about a trivial matter.

But everyone else, even the heavily injured Hen, held their breath at that moment.

He felt like he was witnessing history.

Of course, if you're feeling down, it's probably because you heard something you shouldn't have.

Mobius fell silent, his eyes fixed on Mei, as if trying to detect any panic in her.

But Mobius was disappointed; there was not a trace of panic in Mei, who remained as cold and aloof as a robot as ever.

(What kind of monster did Liu Bai raise...?)

"So, Mei, are you planning to give up completely? Start to languish and wait to die?" Mobius asked Mei with a hint of sarcasm.

"Of course, we should try to challenge that 'extremely low probability'... Even if it's truly impossible, I will still take the challenge and discover the possibility from the impossible. Isn't that what we scientists should do?"

Mei's tone remained indifferent, as if she were describing something trivial, but everyone present could sense the great courage and determination contained within it.

After a brief silence, Mobius nodded, a satisfied smile on his face, "He's truly someone I promoted."

"... What the hell does this have to do with you?"

Mei's composure crumbled instantly upon hearing Mobius's shameless words.

"Of course it's related." Mobius took out a bottle of medicine from his pocket, poured out a few pills without even looking at them, and stuffed them directly into his mouth.

The next second, Mobius's pupils dilated rapidly, and he collapsed to the ground in a contorted position with a thud.

"Dr.?!"

Looking at Mobius, who was clearly lifeless from his appearance, and then at her husband covered in blood beside her, Blanca was completely stunned, feeling as if her brain was being frantically provoked.

"You should push Hen out to avoid suspicion." Mei looked thoughtful and gestured for Blanca to push the car out first.

"Well!"

Seeing her own doctor who had already breathed his last, and her own husband who, although covered in blood, was still lively and energetic, she decisively chose to push Hen out.

Hen: "I remember I was the seriously ill patient, wasn't I?"

Hen, who was pushed out, had a subtle expression on his face, but he didn't say anything.

To be honest, he was quite badly injured, but the problem was that there were no fatal injuries, just a few fractures.

Yes, it looks scary, but there are no fatal injuries.

For Fusion Warrior, if they don't have fatal wounds or huge open wounds, and it's just simple blood loss and fractures, they will heal slowly if left unattended... If there's no urgency to return to the battlefield, they can completely leave the wounds unattended.

To take it a step further, if a fracture heals crookedly, the scar can be manually broken and allowed to regrow on its own—at most, you'll need to stay in bed for a while longer.

Blanca was teary-eyed because she was completely terrified by her husband's appearance.

After the mark was pushed out, Mobius, who was lying on the ground, suddenly twitched a few times, and then a sticky sliding sound came from inside his body.

Blanca was somewhat horrified by this.

The next moment, a soft, liquid-covered arm suddenly emerged from Mobius's corpse.

Then, that arm started swinging erratically.

Blanca: "..."

Where should she begin to complain? Should she start with the hand reaching out from her head, or just wave it around randomly?

Heaven have mercy! Why is she all alone here?! Where are the other assistants?! Danzhu Cangxuan are one thing, but Klein nowhere to be found!

Blanca wanted someone to hug her, but the only person she could hug right now was Mei, who was looking at that arm with a cold smile.

"Dr. Mobius, your first molt didn't fail like this, did it?"

Mei watched this scene and, unusually, showed a somewhat pleased smile. She took out her phone and silently tapped "record".

"Failure my foot! It's just that my body isn't used to it the first time! Wait a minute! Wait a minute, I can climb out by myself!"

A slightly spoiled voice came from inside the corpse in a muffled tone.

Shedding... shedding skin?

Blanca looked slightly confused for a moment, then her expression cleared.

"So... so this is what the doctor meant by resurrection?"

"Yes, shedding its skin and being reborn, it's very much like a snake, isn't it?"

Mei laughed as she bent down to pick up the pills that Mobius had dropped on the ground.

"Don't eat that! If you eat it and die, you're really dead!" Mobius, still "pupa" inside her body, seemed to sense Mei's actions and quickly warned her.

Do I look like the kind of person who would pick up things from the ground to eat?

Mei glanced disdainfully at Mobius, who was still moving, but unfortunately Mobius was completely oblivious to the disdain.

Judging from the bottle of medicine that Mobius dropped on the ground, one could easily guess its effects.

The first part, needless to say, is highly poisonous.

The second part... will probably contain some energy-boosting ingredients?

Judging from its appearance alone, Mei couldn't match this bottle of medicine with any of the highly toxic substances she remembered. It was clearly a suicide pill that Mobius had specially made for himself.

Mei silently suppressed her urge to lick it and try the ingredients, and finally took out a pill and put it in her pocket. Although she could have just asked, Mei felt that cracking the code would be more rewarding.

Then, Blanca and Mei watched as Mobius lay on his own corpse... well, now I should say his skin.

Anyway, the two of them just watched as Mobius spun around inside his old skin for about half an hour before finally emerging from it Mobius, completely naked and wet.

"Tsk..."

Looking at the tall, beautiful woman in front of her... no, you could even say she was a goddess, Mei couldn't help but click her tongue.

Was this bastard really this rule-breaking when he was young?

"This is you...?"

"When I was eighteen, I succeeded on my first try."

Mobius looked at himself in the mirror, touching and examining his entire body. Only after confirming that there were no problems did he take off his clothes from his old skin and put them on.

It's a bit big, but I can barely wear it. If I were younger, I probably wouldn't be able to fit into it.

"So, who's prettier, me or Eden?"

"You've already asked me this question, do I need to answer it?" Mei showed a disgusted expression.

Mobius's smug expression at that moment made Mei feel disgusted.

But to be honest... this guy was already incredibly handsome at eighteen, but compared to Eden, he actually seems a bit inferior.

Eden's clothing was quite conservative, a stark contrast to the sudden, stunning impression Mobius had just made.

Thinking about this, Mei felt even more confused. She originally thought that Eden's combat power was just so-so, high but not insurmountable. But now that she saw it, damn it! Was he hiding a big move by wearing those plain long dresses all the time?

The eighteen-year-old Mobius, who was considered to be exceptionally talented, actually lost in his own mental comparison.

This lousy game doesn't seem very playable...

"Tsk, can't you say something nice?" Mobius shook the sticky residue off his hair.

Mobius tasted the slime; it didn't have any special ingredients. Its main purpose was lubrication, but a human-sized person needed a lot of "lubricant," which left her soaking wet. Her skin dried quickly, but her hair was still wet.

Hmm... lubrication.

Mobius thought for a moment, then shook his hair dry and took out a small bottle from the cabinet, filling it with the remaining slime from his old skin.

Hmm, colorless and odorless, that's great, I'll definitely use it in the future.

"You bastard..."

Mei's eyelids twitched slightly as she watched Mobius's movements.

This guy occasionally shows his lewd, maniacal side... Before, when he was a resentful woman nearing forty, it was just crazy and neurotic, but now he's a beautiful eighteen...

Mei's lips twitched again.

After Mobius put the bottle of lubricant away, Mei finally spoke, "By the way, why did you suddenly attempt suicide once?"

"Yeah, yeah! It gave me quite a fright." Blanca also showed a lingering fear on her face.

She had truly forgotten that her doctor could molt and regenerate.

"Because I need to get back to my peak." Mobius himself seemed unconcerned. "Eighteen years old should be the strongest time of my life. When I'm in my thirties, my mind is inevitably not as quick as it was when I was young."

To be honest, Mobius has been at his peak since he was eighteen. However, at eighteen, he had the ability but no experience. In his thirties, his mental abilities had declined somewhat. But with the experience and knowledge he has accumulated over the years, he is actually stronger than he was back then.

However, the youthful spirit of one's youth is not so easy to regain.

Regaining his eighteen-year-old self and his youthful state, Mobius felt like he was back to his former self, full of vigor and ambition.

What experts and professors? Watch me crush you all!

However, to be fair, Mobius's true peak of intelligence was around the age of fourteen, a period of rapid growth and maximum learning ability. But these were all during his youth, so there was little difference between them.

"Things have changed a bit. I feel like you're about to do something stupid." Mei looked at Mobius with a hint of sourness.

However, she didn't really want to go back to being eighteen, since she was actually quite shy around eighteen.

Back then, I was sixteen, attending a seminar, and everyone was saying how amazing this big shot was! How incredible that expert was! Am I really okay sitting here like a nobody?

When her teacher pointed at others and called them useless, she didn't quite believe it. It wasn't until she started working that Mei realized, oh, her teacher might actually have been right...

She's in a perfect state right now, but as for Mobius... I don't think Mobius just wants a legitimate reason to go back to being eighteen.

Of course, we can't be too absolute about this—if Mobius could do those things himself, then I would believe it.

"By the way, Mei, have I forgotten something?"

"It's just a scratch, it's okay. If you forget about it for a while, the bleeding should stop." Mei said nonchalantly.

"...Alright, I'll operate on him after the bleeding stops." After a brief silence, Mobius decided to ignore the matter. "What about that newly appeared Herrscher? Where did it appear?"

Mobius wasn't in a hurry; after all, the fact that Mei hadn't come to find him already meant that Mei hadn't made any arrangements.

"It appeared in the sky above the Mu Continent, and... it seems to be preparing to sink the entire Mu Continent. It has launched a full-scale siege, and even the teacher has joined the battle, but I am not sure about the final outcome."

"Because of... black holes?"

Mobius looked thoughtful upon hearing Mei's words.

"So, it was already too late, wasn't it? You could even say that when he was discovered... no, it should be said that he was discovered precisely because the power he had accumulated could no longer be hidden."

Chapter 429 Victory or Defeat?

"... This is truly a chilling fact."

Unlike Mei, who had hardly ever visited Mu Continent, "old-school" scientists like Mobius and Einstein had some affection for the Mu Continent.

"Mei, do you know what this fact means?"

"Of course I know that there is a high probability that we will lose the Mu Continent, this 'light of civilization'."

Looking at the incredibly calm Mei, Mobius didn't know what to say.

After all, this is no one's fault but Mei's; who could have imagined that there would only be a month between the eighth and ninth?

To put it bluntly, this month is actually a normal "relaxation period."