The Authority of Mimicry

"Cellular Decay..."

Xu Ziling muttered to himself, finding a string of knowledge and personality traits flooding his mind, causing his brows to furrow deeply. He mumbled, "First, the 'decay' here isn't the 'elemental decay' widely known in physics. It's just because 'I' like to call it that, and 'I' was the first to discover it, so it has to be called this.

Second, you might find my hypothesis utterly absurd, but the existence known as 'Xu Ziling' is itself an irrational phenomenon. To understand this, 'I' had to overturn the existing 'edifice of physics,' reducing some things to their origins. Otherwise, staying within a confined circle would never lead to answers 'outside the circle.'

Let's skip the tedious parts and get straight to the results. The existence known as 'Xu Ziling' has a bodily structure fundamentally different from what we perceive as 'human.' It's more like... an unknown creature with a 'humanoid silhouette'? In any case, when this unknown creature's body came into contact with sunlight, its flesh and blood tissues, which could be called 'skin,' underwent a violent reaction with the ultraviolet rays in the sunlight, a reaction unlike any chemical process. I'll tentatively call this unknown reaction 'Cellular Decay.'

Under 'Cellular Decay,' the bodily composition of 'Xu Ziling' continuously releases immense 'energy.' This energy is immeasurable, allowing 'Xu Ziling's' physical capabilities to undergo a rapid and significant leap in a short period. Simultaneously, as time progresses, this 'energy' released under cellular decay gradually envelops every cell of 'Xu Ziling.' Once the 'energy' completes its envelopment of the 'cells,' it rapidly hardens, causing the cells within to lose their activity in an instant... This is from a microscopic perspective.

From a macroscopic perspective, the change 'Cellular Decay' brings to 'Xu Ziling' is a leap in strength over a short period. However, if he cannot avoid direct sunlight for an extended time, the existence known as 'Xu Ziling' will be encased into a stone statue by the 'energy' released from his own body... Does this mean that my previous revival experiment, which successfully awakened him from a stone statue, was purely coincidental? After all, I don't believe the price 'Xu Ziling' had to pay for gaining such immense power was merely a 'petrification' that could be reversed.

In conclusion, more, and more precise, experiments are needed."

...These were Mobius's inner thoughts after seeing the 'Golden Thread' twist into a stone pestle under the sunlight.

But now, it was Xu Ziling who was "telling" Mobius these words back in an unbelievable manner, giving the person involved, Mobius, an indescribable sense of strangeness.

Blanca listened, completely bewildered. She could understand a few of the technical terms Xu Ziling had just uttered, but strung together, she couldn't make sense of them.

But just because she didn't understand didn't mean Mobius didn't.

After all, Mobius was the 'person involved.'

The situation had escalated to this point, and Mobius's gaze towards Xu Ziling had completely changed. Suppressing the shock in her heart, she gestured for Blanca to leave.

Blanca quickly complied.

Mobius calmed herself down again, then smiled at Xu Ziling, who stood frozen in thought after speaking those words, and tried to appear as amiable as possible. She said, "Little Mouse... there's no one else here now. Can you tell me why those theories that should only be in my mind have appeared from your mouth, word for word?"

Xu Ziling fell into contemplation, resting his chin on one hand, occasionally glancing at his body, and stroking his brilliant gold hair, his gaze unfocused.

Mobius, sitting opposite him, also had a wandering gaze.

Heaven knew the psychological pressure she was enduring at that moment. The theoretical ideas that had just been born in her mind were being spoken by someone she had known for less than two days, someone who had just been revived from a stone statue underground. This matter couldn't even be described as strange; even Mobius's mind had gone blank for a moment after hearing Xu Ziling finish speaking.

Xu Ziling remained silent, looking at his hands.

With a mere thought, these slender hands, already extremely feminine, became even fairer, and their bone structure subtly changed.

It wasn't just his hands; his face, hair, and every inch of his body were also transforming.

His brilliant gold, waist-length hair slowly faded, replaced by a head of emerald green hair. His emerald green pupils were replaced by azure rainbow snake eyes. His height decreased, but a smile, one that Mobius was all too familiar with, appeared on his face – a wicked, charming smile.

Because that was the smile Mobius often wore.

And "Xu Ziling" now possessed a "Mobius" wicked smile.

Mobius stared at the "Mobius" before her, her azure rainbow pupils narrowing slightly. She opened her mouth to speak but felt her mind turn to mush. What was happening before her had overturned everything she knew, and she froze in a bizarre stillness.

Fortunately, this strange scene didn't last long.

After about two to three minutes, Xu Ziling's body began to writhe. The face, identical to Mobius's, rapidly receded like a retreating tide with the movement of his muscles. His waist-length gold hair and emerald green pupils reappeared on his body, returning him to his original appearance.

"Doctor."

After a moment of frowning in thought, Xu Ziling looked at Mobius and said, "I think we need to have a proper talk."

Seeing this, Mobius swallowed to steady herself, a flicker of complexity in her eyes as she looked at Xu Ziling.

Xu Ziling, as if having completely fathomed Mobius's inner thoughts, sighed helplessly and said, "Don't be nervous, Doctor. I completely understand your shock and fear after your perception of reality has been shattered... When I deduced this outcome, I myself felt the hidden danger of this power.

But I don't think this should affect our relationship... After all, if I harbored ill intentions towards you, I would have already massacred the entire research institute the moment I woke up, wouldn't I?"

Mobius swallowed again, looking at Xu Ziling. After a moment of deliberation in her heart, she said, "So... is it really as I imagined?"

"Yes,"

Xu Ziling replied without hesitation.

"Therefore, I've chosen to reveal everything to you, Doctor, rather than hide the truth. After all... after mimicking your DNA, I deeply realized that you are undoubtedly the most cutting-edge and insane biologist in this world. If even your 'madness' cannot accommodate me, then I believe no one in this world can."

"DNA Mimicry... relying solely on blood to perfectly replicate another's face, thoughts, even personal consciousness and behavioral knowledge... You call this heaven-defying ability DNA Mimicry?"

Mobius gave Xu Ziling a deep look, then let out a long sigh and said, "This is too absurd... Let's talk privately, Little Mouse... or rather, Mr. Xu Ziling. We really do need to have a proper talk."