Mei: As Long as That Luo Isn't a Herrscher, There's No Need to Get Involved

In Sakura's view, this was an opportunity to communicate with the mission target.

This is also to achieve the goal set by Dr. Mei.

[Investigation of Luo]

Dr. Mei wasn't particularly interested in Chen Luo's sudden appearance, but she was also somewhat wary of him.

However, trusting Mobius, they didn't demand a thorough investigation, only an assessment of the level of danger. After all, it was a forged document they had created themselves, so naturally, a more meticulous investigation was necessary.

The most important aspect of assessing the level of danger is investigating his attitude towards many issues. Sometimes, unintentional remarks may reveal potentially fatal information.

"A hero who protects humanity? A guardian deity who tears apart the Herrscher? That's probably it?" Chen Luo thought for a moment and said.

Chen Luo has been to so many Different World and has seen all sorts of storms; the existence of Flame-Chaser is actually quite normal for him.

Furthermore, from the perspective of someone who came later, the Flame-Chaser did indeed bear these responsibilities. Regardless of their original intentions, they may just be ordinary people with their own wishes and selfish motives, but their actions were undoubtedly aimed at saving humanity.

"Hero? Guardian? Ha, what a strange concept. Before becoming Flame-Chaser, they were just ordinary people. Even after becoming Flame-Chaser, they still have their own selfish motives. Calling them heroes is already a bit much, let alone guardians." Sakura said with a hint of self-deprecation.

"You don't mind if I sit here, do you?" Sakura asked.

"Of course." Chen Luo nodded.

Step 1: Building rapport, successfully completed.

After putting down the food she had brought, Sakura hesitated for a moment before tearing open the straw packaging and inserting it into the milk tea that Chen Luo had given her.

Generally speaking, Sakura should not accept something from a stranger who doesn't know her, but seeing that the other person has a cup of milk tea and the person who gave her the milk tea is sitting next to her, Sakura still took a sip for the sake of her mission.

If both parties have a cup of milk tea, then the safety of that milk tea is beyond doubt.

It's at least worth a try.

"Mmm, it's delicious." Even if it didn't taste good, Sakura would have used it as a topic to start a conversation with the other person, but Sakura didn't expect this milk tea to be so delicious.

"Thank you for the compliment. This is what I made. Although I can't say I'm very good at other things, I dare to say that I'm second to none when it comes to making drinks and food. That's my pride!" Chen Luo said proudly.

Of course, this is on the premise that it takes place in a bar.

Outside of the kitchen, Chen Luo's culinary skills are only at the proficient level, at most a five-star chef.

"Wow, Luo, is your cooking really that good? Next time, could you get some for me and Cang Xuan? We'll pay for it." Danzhu said immediately after hearing this.

In a sense, this does seem to be a way to help the other party quietly.

Exchanging labor for payment shouldn't hurt the other person's self-esteem, right?

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"Of course, that's fine. As for payment, there's no need for that. I just hope my two senior sisters can teach me some useful things. After all, I've only just arrived at the lab and I'm not familiar with many things here," Chen Luo said modestly.

"That won't do. Tomorrow or tonight, we'll use the dinner you brought to decide the price. If it's too bad, we won't pay," Danzhu said sternly.

"Those two senior sisters might go bankrupt, after all, there's no dish in this world that I can't cook, and no dish that I can't cook well," Chen Luo said, having casually accepted the task.

When Ying saw them discussing Chen Luo, she silently ate her meal and recorded their conversation with a voice recorder.

Chen Luo, who possesses the Herrscher of Corrosion Authority and the Herrscher Authority of Thunder, is naturally extremely sensitive to electronic products, but Chen Luo doesn't care.

Chen Luo already knew that Ying was Mei's person.

"Speaking of which, Luo, what have you studied? I'd like to help you more accurately. I'm the most capable person in the entire lab besides Doctor Mobius and the Klein World. There's a lot I can teach you," Danlun Zhu asked.

"Heh." Cang Xuan chuckled coldly from the side.

"It's a pity that Doctor Mobius and Senior Sister Klein are both quite busy. So it's just that I have to teach the new students. Even if I encounter something I don't understand, I can still ask Senior Sister Klein for help. You agree, right, Senior Sister?" Danzhu looked at Klein.

"... Either is fine," Klein said vaguely.

Don't drag me into your bragging.

I can't teach them anything.

Danzhu and Cang Xuan may not know, but doesn't Klein know?

Klein had heard from Mobius that Chen Luo seemed to have something that could directly teach the other person's skills, and he had learned a lot from Mobius.

Klein didn't think she was capable of teaching Chen Luo anything.

Moreover, if Chen Luo doesn't understand something, he can just go and ask Mobius.

However, Klein was quite curious about what Chen Luo knew and what his responsibilities were in the lab.

"What do I know... Well, I have quite a bit of knowledge about modern science, but due to certain special reasons, although I have learned a lot, I can only be considered proficient."

"He's the kind of researcher who's learned a little bit of everything, knows a little bit about everything, but hasn't gone all the way down any one path," Chen Luo said.

Chen Luo is proficient in many things, all thanks to his Furniture Mastery, but there are only a few things Chen Luo is proficient in beyond that, perhaps ten to twenty.

"Of course, if I had to say what I'm best at, besides helping others solve their problems, it would probably be chess. I'm very good at all kinds of chess, the kind where I can win even if you give me two pieces in a row," Chen Luo said.

"Huh? Gomoku? Are you kidding me? I'm the Gomoku champion from the lab, I won't listen to you saying that." Danzhu expressed her dissatisfaction.

"What Gomoku champion?" Klein asked, puzzled.

"I recently organized a Gomoku (Five in a Row) tournament right here in the lab," Danzhu said.

"How come I didn't know?"

"The only contestants are me and Cang Xuan."

"..."

"Let's settle this with a game of Gomoku next time," Danzhu said, pointing at Chen Luo.

"Okay, I can give you four coins."

"???"

"Are you asking me what my main research area will be in the lab next? This is probably Doctor Mobius's assistant." Chen Luo said after hearing Cang Xuan's question.

"We are all Doctor Mobius's assistants," Cang Xuan said, pointing to himself, Danzhu, and Klein.

"If I had to pinpoint a direction... Miss Sakura, when did you have the fusion surgery?" Chen Luo asked.

"Huh? Me? Two days ago, what happened?" Sakura, who had just finished her meal and was about to leave to continue her investigation, paused for a moment.

"Looks like I'm late. If I had come two days earlier, I might have been Doctor Mobius's assistant, performing the fusion surgery for you," Chen Luo said jokingly.

"Huh?" Ying didn't quite believe Chen Luo's words.

After all, fusion surgery is very important, and even if you are assisting as an assistant, you need someone with some assistant experience.

"Lo, your assistant's direction is to assist Doctor Mobius in the fusion surgery? I don't believe it." Danzhu expressed his disbelief.

In fact, the fusion surgery is only in its rudimentary stage, with a shockingly low success rate.

Flame-Chaser can be described as one in a million.

Therefore, after the Eleventh Herrscher and Twelfth Herrscher, humanity could no longer afford to use human lives to predict the success rate of Flame-Chaser.

Because there are hardly any people left.

Although it seems like so much time has passed since the first Flame-Chaser appeared, and there have been four Flame-Chaser, the number of deaths is hundreds of times that of successful cases.

That's why Mobius rarely came to Chen Luo's bar recently, because he was busy with the fusion surgery.

"Don't believe me? That's the right thing to do. I'm like a brick; I'll go wherever I'm needed. I don't even know what I'm supposed to be doing in the lab to help Mobius." Chen Luo shrugged.

"In fact, Mobius might be more interested in studying me," Chen Luo thought to himself.

"Beep beep beep!" Klein's communicator suddenly emitted an urgent sound.

"Hmm? Doctor Mobius? Another job?" Klein sighed after taking a sip of her milk tea, looking at the sender.

"Wow, Doctor Mobius is going too far! He even made Senior Sister Klein work overtime during dinner!" Danzhu said angrily.

"Uh...it seems they weren't looking for me, they were looking for you." Klein looked at Chen Luo.

"Ah?"

"Because your communicator is not activated, the Doctor cannot contact you, so he can only contact you through me," Klein explained.

"So, is there something you need?"

"Yes, Doctor Mobius wants you to go back to the lab as soon as you finish your meal. A new fusion surgery is about to be performed, and he needs you to come over," Klein said.

"Oh, I see." Chen Luo nodded calmly and quickened his eating pace.

"Luo, are you really in charge of assisting with the fusion surgery?" Danzhu looked at Chen Luo in surprise.

"It's just assisting from the sidelines, there's not much technical skill involved." After finishing the rest of his lunch at lightning speed, Chen Luo stood up with his tray.

"I'm leaving now, you guys enjoy your meal." After saying goodbye, Chen Luo walked towards the dish return area.

Klein, sitting in her seat, glanced at Sakura, then at Cang Xuan and Danzhu, but did not reveal the rest of the message.

Actually, Chen Luo was the main surgeon for this fusion operation...

"Are we really going to do it? It's definitely not going to succeed." Holding a scalpel, Chen Luo looked at the random passerby lying in front of him and said helplessly to Mobius.

"Of course we'll do it. The surgical protocol has already been signed. As for whether the other person can pull through, we'll have to do our best and leave the rest to Schicksal," Mobius said from the side.

"But his success rate was already extremely low in the face of fate, and yet he chose the same Honkai Beasts gene as Kevin. Did he think he was Kevin?"

"This is like playing Russian roulette, but with six bullets, and you're betting on the bullets getting stuck." Chen Luo looked at the person lying on the operating table in front of him, feeling very troubled.

To put it nicely, the other side has an extremely low success rate; to put it bluntly, the other side is doomed.

"Hurry up and get started. This is what they insisted on; no one forced him. It'll also be a good opportunity for me to see your so-called expert-level fusion surgery. What if it succeeds?" Mobius said coldly.

"Well... alright then." Chen Luo sighed helplessly and then held out the scalpel.

The surgery was extremely tense and exciting. Mobius, who was acting as Chen Luo's assistant, was about to hand him some scissors when he discovered that Chen Luo was able to complete the surgery by himself under the control of the threads.

The entire Hyper-Evolution Surgery proceeded exceptionally smoothly. Although it was Chen Luo's first time performing Hyper-Evolution Surgery on someone else, he seemed to be very familiar with the procedure.

In Mobius's view, the other party's current level of expertise in Hyper-Evolution Surgery is indeed slightly higher than his own.

Is this the master-level Hyper-Evolution Surgery from [Mobius]? Or is it the future Mobius?

Efficient, fast, time-saving, and labor-saving...

As for the outcome of the surgery?

This is not important to Mobius.

Chapter 400 Mei: As long as that Luo isn't Herrscher, there's no need to worry about it.

"Be careful in the future, and never come here to participate in these dangerous experiments with extremely high mortality rates. Luckily, you ran into me this time."

"And your sister actually signed up for such a dangerous surgery. No wonder you have to stay in bed for a few days." Standing at the door of the operating room, watching his sister—an employee who also works at the Fire Moth —pull him away after he had just signed up for the experiment, Chen Luo sighed.

"I told you it would never succeed, but you still insisted on doing it. You can't reason with a damn fool," Chen Luo said, leaning against the operating room door.

As for why the other person is still alive despite a failed surgery?

"Using special abilities to transform someone into a puppet when they are on the verge of death, and then using the enhancements that come with giving them the puppet identity to save their life?"

Mobius ignored Chen Luo's complaints about that person and instead began to ponder the scene he had just witnessed.

As Chen Luo said, the experiment failed for two reasons: first, the other party was unlucky; second, the other party's physical condition was indeed too poor; and perhaps there were other reasons as well. But in any case, failure is failure, and there is never any possibility of the fusion surgery ending in survival.

Success means survival, failure means death.

There are no exceptions.

That's true, at least for now.

Besides that one just now...

Three things surprised Mobius during the surgery.

Firstly, Chen Luo's fusion surgery skills did surpass mine, but not by a large margin. This might be because Chen Luo learned the technique from that future Mobius could see his own influence in the techniques.

Simply by watching Chen Luo perform fusion surgery, one can quickly catch up to Chen Luo's level.

Even if they catch up, the fusion surgery that was originally unsuccessful will still not succeed.

According to Chen Luo's evaluation criteria, Mobius's technical level is skilled, but he is also close to mastering it.