Ghost (Continued)

"...?"

Wait a minute, the Kiana I know couldn't possibly be this polite and have such high emotional intelligence!

Liu Bai stared at Mobius in shock, pointing at Kiana.

"If you beat a little girl enough, she'll learn her lesson," Mobius said, pursing his lips.

Kiana calling her "auntie" is acceptable to her, since that's how they are related.

But if you say she's old...

Kiana shivered beside her.

"... So, Kiana, do you have any clues now?"

They actually had some clues about the ghosts, for example... Sirin?

Or perhaps it's those girls connected to Sirin.

However, it's really difficult for Mobius to draw any conclusions about the ghost.

The "wavelength" of the human mind means that some things that others cannot see may not be mere imagination.

Furthermore, ghosts may only appear in front of specific people.

(... Ghosts? Hmm, that feels strangely familiar. Did I study that when I was young and reckless?)

There were some sensitive topics, and I can't quite remember them.

Mobius couldn't offer much support in this regard either.

"Of course."

Kiana puffed out her chest confidently.

"I knew you didn't... uh?" Mobius sighed first, then realized, "You did?"

Generally speaking, Kiana, when she puffs out her chest confidently, usually just shouts "Nothing!" with her head empty, right?

This sudden announcement caught Mobius off guard.

"Of course! Since we're talking about movies and TV shows, there must be clues where the ghost disappeared!"

"...All right."

Although it may sound a bit irresponsible, the approach taken in film and television is generally the most common development.

In addition, the Kaslana family members were all intuitive in their youth, so this might actually be the solution.

"Since you are the observer, then you can look around and see if there is anything that can attract your attention."

"Um..."

Kiana glanced at Liu Bai.

Okay, this dog is naturally attention-grabbing, so it doesn't count.

"There are two cabinets here, let me look through them." Kiana pushed Mobius aside and squatted down to rummage through the cabinets.

"It's just garbage anyway," Mobius muttered from the side.

As a top scientist, she knows exactly what to put where.

If there are no surprises, the cabinet's shape suggests it contains some simple equipment or similar items.

"The clues to this kind of plot often lie in the trash—"

Kiana's voice froze for a moment.

"Hmm?" Mobius crouched down. "This is... a syringe? It's usually used to inject liquid Honkai energy..."

Inside were several individually packaged, unopened fine syringes, and next to them was a row of needles, all of which were models that Mobius recognized.

This cabinet originally had no insulation function, and these syringes had been placed in this place where the temperature could be as low as minus seventy degrees Celsius for 20 years, and then they were suddenly heated.

Even with specially made syringes, cracks and even breakage have appeared if no one touches them, and the needles are probably unusable.

"What's wrong, Kiana?" Mobius patted Kiana on the back.

"Um... I felt a moment of disorientation?"

Kiana rubbed her temples.

For a moment, Kiana thought she was inside a cold, steel building.

Even as a hallucination, it's absurd.

Kiana stepped on the ground. Hmm, the sound of frozen, hardened earth foundation was so muffled that it was almost inaudible, unlike the crisp sound of a steel floor that would make a light step.

"... A dazed state? What exactly does that mean?"

"Um, steel floors and stuff? The walls seem to be steel too... In short, super sci-fi style?"

"Dr. Mobius?"

Apart from Kiana, no one else present was oblivious. Rita turned to look at Mobius.

"Yes, this is the style inside the Babylon Lab ... or rather, apart from Anti-Entropy having a strange insistence on style, other Honkai energy laboratories are pretty much the same." Mobius nodded slightly.

The Babylon Lab, both inside and out, boasts a sci-fi aesthetic with its towering, steel-themed architecture.

"The Babylon Lab?" Pellervy looked at the surrounding ruins.

As a war orphan, she had a bad impression of the Babylon Lab.

Kiana is now involved with this...

Pellervy took a sip of the soup from her water pouch, which relieved some of the stress on her body from the excessively high concentration of Honkai energy.

"What's the next clue?"

"..." Kiana took a deep breath.

She didn't know why a hallucination could cause her psychological stress, but she still looked up at her surroundings.

A pale girl with white hair that seemed to glow was standing on the open ground nearby.

This time, he was facing her directly.

Like the classic image of a ghost... no, an evil spirit.

His entire body was pale, with his pupils and mouth filled with deep black.

"..."

The ghost girl grinned, revealing an eerie smile, then turned and started jogging.

Kiana was taken aback, but not frightened, and immediately chose to follow.

"... disappeared again."

Just as they ran out of the area where the snow had melted, the ghost's figure vanished again.

Meanwhile, Pellervy began to mobilize her Elemental Power.

"Wait, wait! There might be something under the snow! Let me look!"

This place is still within the original Babylon Lab area. Kiana recalled the spot where the ghost girl stood before she disappeared and reached her hand into the snow to feel around.

Got it!

After a brief search, Kiana pulled a pair of worn-out glasses from the snow.

Buried by snow for nearly twenty years, these glasses are more aesthetically pleasing than practical—though neither is particularly valuable.

The moment Kiana saw the broken glasses, she felt a sharp pain in her brain.

"How is this possible..."

A somewhat weak male voice sounded in Kiana's ear.

Judging from the sound, the lungs are definitely injured.

The surrounding scenery changed once again to a cold, steel room.

She had previously seen a ghost girl and a man in a white lab coat lying on the equipment table.

Blood flowed down the edge of the table, and there were several penetrating wounds on his body.

Without a doubt, the voice just now came from this man, but... he's already dead.

Kiana blinked, and the scene before her eyes returned to the snowfield.

Kiana?

"Um... Liu Bai," Kiana rubbed her head and pulled Liu Bai's hand to stand up, "Has... someone died here?"

"Is that even a question? The prelude to the Second Honkai Eruption was the mass disappearance of a research team of 322 people from the Babylon Lab at midnight on February 1, 2000."

Pellervy followed, and it seemed that she remembered the Second Honkai Eruption Pellervy Impact very clearly.

Mobius chimed in, "If we look at it from the other side, it's possible they were killed and sent to another dimension, or they might have simply been thrown into the Honkai reactor—generally speaking, the latter is more likely... Well, they're no loss."

"Thanks to Sirin's choice of absorption instead of detonation, the Tower of Babylon Tower has a total of fifty floors. The bottom twenty floors are reactors, and the top thirty floors are research departments."

Mobius admired how these people could concentrate on their research up there. Why did they have to put them together? It's like building twin towers is some kind of death.

"..." Kiana paused for a moment, then recounted what she had just witnessed to everyone.

"Yes, it should be around February 1st." After listening, Mobius nodded.

Does the syringe in the first image represent inhumane experiments, and the glasses in the second image represent revenge?

That's quite a fast pace.

"... Suddenly, I feel a bit confused." Kiana scratched her head. "Should I call my mom or one of my other aunts? Many of my aunts have been through the Second Honkai Eruption."

"There's no one here yet. The first people to arrive are the next day. Hmm... if I remember correctly, one is Theresa, and the other is a spy from Anti-Entropy Schicksal."

"I know, Aunt Patrick!"

Kiana looked like she was incredibly smart.

"And then you got instantly killed, almost died, right?" Mobius rolled his eyes.

These things were no secret to her. With Gray Serpent around, Gray Serpent could uncover and present to Mobius anything that Mobius was curious about.

"I never expected that you two would still be in contact..."

"Apart from Aunt Patrick and Aunt Cheng, the rest of the Snow Wolf Squad are all teachers at the academy."

"Who cares about your stuff?"

Mobius curled her lip. Apart from Cecilia, she didn't care about the group of A-Rank Valkyrie, even if they were relatively more prestigious in that era.

"In short, relying on others is useless."

Cecilia might be somewhat useful, but the situation is clearly not serious right now.

Even if Sirin reappears, Liu Bai can just pour out the pot and they can beat Sirin up again.

Let's see how this situation eventually turns out.

"But these glasses... aren't they still junk?"

Kiana pinched the temple of her glasses and twirled them, looking somewhat disappointed.

"Isn't there one... Ah, it's appeared again."

"..."

Liu Bai also noticed something and turned his head slightly.

A pale, ghostly girl...

Why would he see the other person at this time?

The ghost grinned at Liu Bai with a somewhat terrifying appearance.

[Sirin's Affection Level: 15]

... Could we take this as a gesture of goodwill?

""Father"?"

"Liu Bai?"

Both Pellervy and Rita noticed Liu Bai's gaze shifting.