"Dear? Why have you been frowning the whole time?"
"I was pondering the true meaning of the world."
"The true meaning is reproduction."
Ruan Mei did not look particularly interested in continuing that topic.
"Ah, no... I mean, Ruan Mei, have you heard of the 'system conspiracy theory'?"
"A computer system?"
Ruan Mei raised an eyebrow.
"...Never mind."
Liu Bai sighed. The absurdity of today made him feel vaguely uneasy, but not uneasy enough to be dangerous.
His own system had been pretty well-behaved. It probably would not pull some plot where, after defeating the final boss, the music grew more and more intense and a hidden boss emerged from the protagonist's body, right?
"Forget what I just said. I came to talk to you about Eden. The Supermutation Factor implantation was successful, so I'll leave the subsequent observation to you and Mobius."
"You move fast. Fine, Mobius and I will make time to keep an eye on Eden."
Ruan Mei nodded. After all, this thing could half be considered her work, so naturally she would take responsibility for it.
"Are you free tonight?"
"No. There's still a pile of things to deal with here."
It was not only the famous "hero units" who had come here. Quite a few B-rank and above Valkyries from the Far East Branch had arrived as well.
Liu Bai still needed to make arrangements for them.
Fortunately, Xiao Ai... Alisa had already finished expanding this place earlier.
So the workload was not that terrifying—but it was not small, either.
In short, he probably would not have any free time over the next couple of days.
"Fine, then. Don't exhaust yourself. Make Jade, Topaz, and the others do more work."
Ruan Mei said with concern.
After that, Ruan Mei turned her attention back to the