Little White Mouse, You Don't Have a Girlfriend Yet, Do You?

Meanwhile.

As soon as Mobius was ambushed by "Golden Thread" and cried out, Elysia tiptoed out of the kitchen after adjusting the heat. At this moment, she was holding Blanca, who had also just walked out of the living room of the small building, and eavesdropping.

However, after listening to the conversation between the two people on the other side of the wall, she was completely confused.

"Little Blanca... you said... what exactly were Professor Mobius and Little Ziling talking about just now?"

Elysia lowered her voice and asked Blanca in her arms.

Because they were eavesdropping, they only heard the conversation between Mobius and Xu Ziling, but did not see the specific scene, which caused the current key confusion.

"Uh..."

Blanca also scratched his face and said softly, "Miss Elysia, I'm sorry, I've never heard the Doctor mention the term 'DNA Mimicry' before, nor have I seen it in any literature. I really don't know what it is..."

Perhaps, based on the name, it wouldn't be difficult for Elysia and Blanca to guess something, but as Mobius said, this ability was too absurd, so absurd that humans were unwilling to face it, and subconsciously ignored that possibility and the "true answer."

"Um... Miss Elysia, actually, I have something else to tell you."

"Hmm? What is it? Little Blanca, don't be nervous, I'm happy to listen to a friend's matters?~"

"Ah, oh... it's not a big deal, I just wanted to tell you... the European-style breakfast you learned to make at Fire Moth can't be directly applied to Chinese-style... If you don't go back to the kitchen now, the breakfast might be burnt..."

"!!!"

Xu Ziling and Mobius took the private elevator of this floor to the underground research institute connected to it.

After casually locking the main entrance of the research institute, Mobius looked at Xu Ziling. Her azure rainbow serpent eyes seemed to be thinking about something. After a while, she spoke, "I think I should be fortunate... that Elysia interrupted my research on your cells yesterday. Otherwise, I probably would have gone mad after getting the research results last night?

DNA Mimicry... your description is quite fitting. But I hope you only mimicked DNA... In that case, at least I wouldn't have to bear such immense mental pressure as I do now."

"You can't hide the truth forever, Doctor."

Xu Ziling shook his head and said, "There's no need to hide things that are bound to be revealed... Besides, I only realized this additional ability of my body after coming into contact with your blood just now."

"So..."

Mobius propped up her chin with one hand, her azure rainbow serpent eyes meeting Xu Ziling's emerald green eyes, and asked, "Can you really perfectly replicate the other person's memories, thoughts, knowledge, and even living habits with just a drop of blood?"

"The Doctor answered correctly, but it's not that exaggerated..."

Xu Ziling shook his head slightly and said, "DNA Mimicry only allows me to replicate the other person's appearance and thoughts... not memories. Just now, I subconsciously replicated the Doctor's DNA and used the Doctor's thought patterns to make this body 'unconsciously' utter so many professional terms."

"So the reason you knew what I was thinking back then was because you simulated my thought patterns and projected your consciousness into my perspective?"

Mobius asked again.

"Yes."

After Xu Ziling replied, both fell silent again.

There were not many people in this world who could make Mobius fall completely silent, and now, Xu Ziling was one of them.

However, from Mobius's perspective, it was not difficult for Xu Ziling to guess what she was wary of.

A controlled and willing test subject would be a focus of the Doctor's research;

A controlled but unwilling test subject would greatly interest the Doctor;

An uncontrolled test subject with a terrifying ability, Mobius might also take a gamble, risking her own life for a chance to research higher beings.

But Mobius was a Doctor of Biology, not a blindly reckless gambler, and she couldn't bet on such a minuscule probability every time.

Because she truly did not want or wish... to wake up one day and find herself or someone close to her silently replaced by someone else.

In short, Mobius, who had not yet encountered the existence known as a "Herrscher," lacked a sense of security regarding the almost unreasonable special abilities displayed by Xu Ziling, a sense of security that would allow her to research Xu Ziling with confidence.

Although it was ridiculous, this was indeed a normal development stemming from reasonable circumstances.

As for the power of his own body, Xu Ziling was also helpless.

He should have thought of it earlier. Vampires, Pillar Men, powerful strength, and precise movements. In that hot-blooded anime he watched while looking at his mother through the keyhole, he should have realized that this body would also possess the ability to simulate the powers of other creatures through blood. Instead of reacting instinctively to this power only after blood splattered on his hands, otherwise, he would have had a hundred ways to avoid the current situation.

Fortunately, it wasn't too late to be honest with Mobius now.

Mobius lacked a sense of security, so he would give it to her.

With this thought, Xu Ziling looked at the silent Mobius and said:

"Doctor, I deeply understand your current thoughts. My power is indeed extraordinary and terrifying, terrifying enough to silently replace another person completely... Ordinary people would be fearful after witnessing my power, but Doctor, I don't believe that you, who rescued me from the stone statue, are an ordinary person."

Upon hearing this, Mobius crossed her arms and looked at Xu Ziling without speaking, indicating for him to continue.

Xu Ziling shrugged and said:

"Firstly, Doctor, as you can see, although my power is amazing and terrifying, it is firmly under my control. The probability of it going out of control is negligible. The fact that I can talk to you properly right now, instead of becoming 'another you' after mimicking your DNA, isn't that the best proof?"

This power of mine won't change who I am just by using it. The only difference is that when I activate DNA Mimicry, I adopt someone else's way of thinking. Once the mimicry is gone, I'll still be me, and only me. Isn't the fact that I can still talk to you, Doctor, perfectly fine right now, the best proof?"

Mobius raised an eyebrow and said, "But if I want to study you... human experimentation will be unavoidable. What if you go berserk during an experiment? Who will bear the consequences?"

"Of course, you will, Doctor. After all, a doctor should be responsible for their own creations."

Xu Ziling replied without hesitation, then added, "But Doctor Mobius, as the most cutting-edge and insane biologist of this era, I don't believe you're unwilling to bear even this much responsibility. You're just worried about my inhuman strength... but don't worry, I won't forget your kindness in saving me from underground. As long as you take responsibility for me, I will definitely take responsibility for you. Do you understand what I mean, Doctor Mobius?"

"I understand that, of course... but I need time, Little Mouse."

Mobius shook her head slightly, then casually picked up an empty test tube from the experiment table behind her and said, "Also, Little Mouse, I don't know why, why do you always label me as 'extremely evil'... You mimicked my behavior just now, so you should understand better that all my experiments are conducted with the subject's consent. I don't think I can be considered 'extremely evil' yet, at most I'm a bit obsessive...

Although it's ironic, I'm still just a weak human... I don't have that 'extreme evil' you speak of to drive me to accept your god-defying abilities directly... I need time.

Little Mouse, please wait a bit longer. I'll give you a definite answer in a few days."

Xu Ziling shook his head with a sense of helplessness. Compared to the Serpent in Paradise in later generations, the current Serpent clearly possessed more "humanity." This was both her strength and her weakness.

Xu Ziling and Mobius had known each other for too short a time. If he had spent as much time with Mobius as Elysia had, Mobius would likely have figured out a reason to overcome her own hesitation in a very short time without Xu Ziling needing to say much.

Now, although Mobius saw Xu Ziling as the most precious research data, she still harbored considerable wariness. Xu Ziling knew that no matter what he said now, he couldn't change Mobius's mind. He could only give her time to adapt slowly.

However, adaptation aside, Xu Ziling certainly couldn't let Mobius make that "in a few days" promise. After a moment of thought, Xu Ziling stepped forward and took Mobius's hand, saying, "Doctor, if that is your choice, then I respect it. I won't say any more superfluous words. I just want to tell you one more thing, a saying widely spread in my era... When you have the chance to make a choice, remember not to regret it."

Not to regret...

Mobius suddenly smiled. Sometimes she really felt that this Little Mouse always had a strange expectation of her, an expectation so high that it almost suffocated Mobius, who still saw herself as "human."

However, Mobius found that every time she wanted to reject Xu Ziling's expectations, a sense of inertia would arise within her... It was the same now, as if she would truly reach the height Xu Ziling expected in the future...

Under this fated psychological suggestion, Mobius understood many things, but now, she still lacked a "reins"... a "reins" stronger than a "kiss," strong enough that even if Xu Ziling were to erupt during a future experiment, she could rely on these "reins" to firmly anchor Xu Ziling's inner human morality.

So, what "material" should this stronger "reins" be made of...

Mobius suddenly looked up, as if she had thought of something. A trace of unnaturalness flashed in her azure rainbow eyes, but it was quickly replaced by determination.

Then, she looked at Xu Ziling, cleared her throat tactically, waved at him, and said, "...Little Mouse, come closer."

"Hm?"

Xu Ziling was a little confused, but he complied.

"Cough, cough."

Mobius cleared her throat tactically again, stood on tiptoe, and leaned close to Xu Ziling's ear, whispering, "Little Mouse, you don't have a girlfriend right now, do you... How about me?"