Mobius: WTF, Why Aren't You Coming to the Lab?

Is it possible that Zhongli was unwilling to go because of this?

Because at least now is not the time to reveal one's identity.

"Alright, don't worry. If Zhongli really forgets to bring money, we can just consider this meal as your treat for me," Chen Luo said, noticing Paimon's concerns.

"Great! We're off to the port's old cellar!" Paimon cheered instantly.

"..." Zhongli fell silent.

Am I really not trusted when it comes to bringing Mora to meals?

"And what about you Chen Luo?"

"Me? I can't, I want to open a shop," Chen Luo said, glancing up at the already dark sky.

If the tavern hadn't been open today, Chen Luo might have witnessed Yuyuko's second ascension to heaven... no, she might have been killed on the spot.

"As for Xiao Shi, if you're interested, you can go and take a look. After all, since this meal was on my behalf, I should at least get my money's worth, right?"

Chapter 342 Mobius: Damn it, why don't you come to the lab?

"What did you say? You can't come again tomorrow? You little guinea pig, don't go too far." A considerable degree of ill intent was revealed in Mobius's pine-green eyes that were turning purple.

Of course, most of the time they were furious.

"Heh, an old woman with no one to keep her company." Memory Mei Biu Si chimed in with a timely taunt.

"Shut up. And you, don't even think about running away. You've already delayed me for at least 10 days. What? Is my lab that unpopular with you?" Mobius put his arm around Chen Luo's neck and said with a "friendly" expression.

"Uh, Mobius, you might have misunderstood something. Let me explain. I really didn't mean to stand you up." Chen Luo was at his wits' end with Mobius's overly insistent attitude.

Come to think of it, I promised Mobius less than half a month ago that I would go to Mobius's lab in Fire Moth for an internship, and the day before yesterday I promised Mobius that I would go tomorrow. But it seems that I will have to stand him up for another day because of fighting the Osial, the Vortex God.

Although Chen Luo hasn't received a mission to defeat the Vortex Demon God Osel, Chen Luo meet the Archon's Remains. This mission Lumine, at least, requires Chen Luo's participation.

In other words, Chen Luo needs to reach a certain level of participation in this task in order to receive the reward.

Moreover, Chen Luo had already figured out how to ultimately and decisively help Lumine.

Although I haven't received the quest to fight the Osial, the Vortex God yet, isn't it just a matter of time? As a qualified Traveler, you need to learn to entice others to post quests even before they post them.

Besides, it wouldn't be a loss for Chen Luo to entrust someone else with the task.

Chen Luo's talent is probably, perhaps, possibly harvesting the desires and wishes of others and turning them into Primogem that can fulfill all wishes, but such desires and wishes are of little use to others.

The other party hasn't suffered any losses, so why not issue a task?

Send it, send it! If you don't send it, one of us will have to lie down today.

"If you don't come to my lab soon, one of us will be in bed today," Mobius said menacingly.

Being favored makes one fearless... Well, it's not that much favoritism, at least the other person probably hasn't felt it yet.

But Mobius has already given Chen Luo his only two assistant positions, so why isn't this guy coming? Does he think the treatment isn't good enough?

"No, don't say that. You might not believe it, but I really want to go to your lab. Tomorrow, oh no, the day after tomorrow, definitely the day after tomorrow," Chen Luo promised.

Although Chen Luo felt that his guarantee didn't have much weight.

After all, they've really been standing up Mobius for quite a while now.

"I don't believe it," Mobius said simply and clearly.

In fact, it's perfectly normal for Mobius not to believe it.

"But I really have something to do tomorrow. I'm going to save a country," Chen Luo said to Mobius with a sincere expression.

Although that country won't be in trouble even if it doesn't save itself.

"Your country..." Mobius's tone softened somewhat.

Although Mobius personally didn't feel any sense of belonging to his country, Mobius could understand the sense of belonging that ordinary people have to their country, so it would be understandable if he were to go and save his own country.

"Ah, no, it's a country from Different World..." Chen Luo muttered under his breath.

"What? You'd rather save other countries than come to my lab? Is my lab some kind of den of dragons and tigers? Or... are you afraid of me?" Although Mobius was rather irritable in the first few sentences, Mobius loosened his grip on Chen Luo's hand when he said the last sentence.

After Chen Luo looked up in confusion, he noticed that even Mobius's eyes had dimmed somewhat.

"I didn't expect even you to be afraid of me..."

"Uh, um, Mobius, don't be sad, I really..." Chen Luo was stunned.

Why are you so sad so quickly?

"Heh, poor acting." But before Chen Luo could finish speaking, the Memory Mei Biu Si looked at Mobius with a mocking expression.

Besides Klein, who in the world understands Mobius better than Mobius?

Since Mobius had never studied acting before, nor had he ever done anything like that, it was easy for others to be caught off guard. But in the eyes of the Memory Mei Biu Si, Mobius's acting was obviously fake.

"You... if you can't speak, then shut your mouth. Judging from your performance, I have reason to choose not to create you again." Mobius stared at the Memory Mei Biu Si with a dangerous glint in his eyes.

"Emmm..." Chen Luo felt a mix of emotions as he realized that he had actually been fooled by Mobius.

Who would have thought, Mobius, that you with your thick eyebrows and big eyes would actually learn to lie. Oh no, I mean, to act.

"I..." Chen Luo hesitated, wanting to speak but stopping himself.

"Shut up. You absolutely have to come to my lab the day after tomorrow. If you don't come, I might just drag you straight from the bar into the lab. And now it's time to teach this clueless guy a lesson." Chen Luo had barely uttered a word when Mobius put his finger to Chen Luo's lips, effectively silencing him.

Mobius now feels it's time to deal with this Memory Mei Biu Si.

[Ding! You have a new request!]

[nmd, why aren't you here?]: Be on time for the Mei Biu Si Laboratory of the Previous Era the day after tomorrow. No more delays, no more standing up Mobius.

Reward: 300 Primogem + Random Skill Level +1 (Skills obtained from Mobius are limited to this reward)

Difficulty: 3 stars

Look how angry Mobius is, he's even issued a three-star commission.

This shows that Mobius truly "loves" Chen Luo, the guy who always fools him.

However, the reward of a random skill level increase of 1 is indeed good, the only pity is that it is only available to Mobius.

If this restriction weren't present, it would be wonderful to add this reward to [Furniture Mastery].

Perhaps then I can upgrade to become a furniture master.

To be honest, the most useful skill Chen Luo possesses, and the one that helps Chen Luo the most, is his Furniture Mastery. It's a veteran skill, and it's still incredibly powerful.

However, the scope of this is a bit too broad. Strictly speaking, Chen Luo only obtained two skills from Mobius: resurrection and Infinite Serpent.

But the key point is that Mobius gave him a favor gift—a scalpel with dozens of skills attached.

Chen Luo wasn't sure whether this range referred to [Resurrection + Infinite Serpent] or all skills.

Or... when we draw the reward, should we return that favorability gift to Mobius first?

Hmm, Chen Luo is a little afraid of getting beaten up...

And the key point is that it may not be effective at all.

"Heh, you won't create me? Do you really think that counts as creation? What do you think I am to you? Such a big mouth, be careful you don't hurt your back." At the same time, the Memory Mei Biu Si took over Chen Luo's position and launched an attack on Mobius.

Moreover, the results are outstanding.

"History is inevitable. My existence now means that I will eventually exist, and your disappearance means that you will eventually vanish. The future belongs to me."

Memory Mei Biu Si's words undoubtedly hit a Mobius.

"Hmm? You're quite arrogant. The future is uncertain, so how do you know that time cannot be changed? Besides, what makes you think that your current memory is your true memory and hasn't been tampered with?" Mobius retorted, offering various hypotheses, all based on reality.

"Hmm, that actually makes a lot of sense. When you get back to the lab, you should check if you've damaged your brain. To even come up with such a suggestion, tsk tsk tsk. Do you think I wouldn't be able to tell the difference with such a clumsy method? Tampering with memories? You're really something."

"..."

Feeling the chilling murderous intent emanating from this conversation, which lacked any visible weapons, Chen Luo admitted that he was slightly afraid.

You're saying they're both Mobius, so why is there such a bad relationship between Mobius?

Chen Luo thought that if both Elysia existed at the same time, they would probably be praising each Elysia's looks and trying to get closer to their other selves.

After all, the highest level of enlightenment is being with oneself.

As for Brother Jie... I'm really not sure.

As for Kevin, it depends on which period of Kevin 're talking about. If it's Kevin during his student days, he's like an ice block and a passionate young man. If it's Kevin in his later years, it's like two ice blocks standing there, applying a cold buff to each other.

The atmosphere around Sakura should be quite friendly.

Sue's words suggest that they are two riddle-solving people.

Cosmo's words might be like two people standing there, frantically thinking about something in their hearts, but ultimately unable to say it out loud, ending up like a Sichuan opera face-changing performance.

The only one who would tear each other apart like dogs is probably Mobius, but they are the only two who can meet.

To maintain a stable future timeline, Chen Luo will not allow the others to see their future selves in the present.

The only one who could see the other was Mobius, who wanted to cut the other into pieces. It was truly a cruel twist of fate.

"As expected, I am my own biggest hater." Chen Luo stood at a distance and looked at the two Mobius who were radiating a low pressure and whose surrounding area was empty of people within the two tables. He sighed.

That's right, Chen Luo shamefully slipped away.

But Chen Luo didn't feel ashamed. After all, even Elysia wouldn't dare to join in that kind of atmosphere, right?

My bar counter is still the safest.

What does it mean to love and hate each other? This is what it means to love and hate each other.

"Can you stop generalizing? Normally, the mainstream is for the past self and the future self to live in harmony, right?" Raven, sitting at one of the bar seats, complained about Chen Luo's words.

Of course, Raven also knew that Mobius himself was not normal.

After all, Raven had experienced it firsthand; Mobius was extremely dangerous.

So Raven was surprised to find that he didn't find it strange at all that the two Mobius would fight each other whenever they met.

"Then you're wrong. To be honest, in the cases I know of where the past self meets the future self, 80% of them are in order to travel back in time and kill the past self," Chen Luo retorted.

Someone capable of traveling to the past and seeing themselves is unlikely to be an ordinary person. Such a person would have a special reason for traveling to the past and seeing themselves; it couldn't just be for a casual meeting. For example, someone like Emiya who wanted to cut off his own elbow.

Simply put, what is considered normal by others is the most abnormal thing in the exceptional case.

Among geniuses, mediocrity is the greatest extraordinary.

In the Honkai World, non-love is the rarest form of romance.

Among those who can travel to the past to see themselves, only a minority would not want to cut off their past selves.

Simple and easy to understand.

"Really?" Raven asked, somewhat skeptical.

Life is so precious, why kill yourself? After killing yourself, will your future self be able to live?

"Why would I lie to you? You work as a bartender in this bar, and sooner or later you'll see some strange things," Chen Luo said.

"But speaking of which, you don't seem as excited as I expected. You should be happier to see your brother and have a villa island." Chen Luo asked, leaning on the bar counter with his left hand and looking at the Raven on his right.

"It's not that I'm unhappy, it's just that I've been happy for over a day, and I'm tired of being happy," Raven said helplessly.

Being happy can actually be quite mentally taxing; excessive emotional fluctuations can easily lead to mental exhaustion.

After learning yesterday that her brother was still alive, and shortly after receiving the message from Grey Serpent, Raven was reunited with her long-lost brother.

"I'm happy, and I should thank you, but ultimately it all feels like it all happened too fast."

"I don't have any grand ambitions. I only have two goals right now: one is to own my own villa island, and the other is to find my brother."

"I really didn't expect it. After working as a bartender here for a few days, all my wishes have come true. It was so sudden that I feel a little empty now," Raven said, shrugging his shoulders.

"... Are you showing off?" Chen Luo glanced at Raven.

Just like a child, if they get a perfect score, even if they say it's nothing, they will always try to make their presence known to their parents in various ways.

"How could that be? I'm really empty inside. If I could, I really want to have another goal to strive for. Chen Luo, aren't you amazing? How about you grant my wish?" Although Raven's tone sounded like she was asking Chen Luo for help, the smile on Raven face was completely undisguised.

Yes, that's right, I was just showing off.