Domain Expansion, Killing Doubts!

"What the—!"

Upon seeing the reflection of the beautiful blonde woman in Mobius's phone, Xu Ziling couldn't stay still. He snatched the phone from Mobius and stared incredulously at the "self" displayed in the phone's camera.

When Mobius had shown him the surveillance footage earlier, it was just a fleeting glimpse, and Xu Ziling hadn't paid close attention. Now, seeing his reflection in the phone's camera, his mind reeled no less than when he'd discovered he was naked earlier…

The reflection showed a near-perfect human body, gazing with a pair of inscrutable emerald eyes. His golden hair was still slightly disheveled, as he had just been resurrected from a stone statue in the Underground of the Chasm. Yet, this messiness was forcibly elevated to "pitifully adorable" by his current stunning looks!

But that wasn't the main point!

The main point was… the main point was! Why were the curves of this body so… subtle!

His figure wasn't exactly voluptuous, but it was certainly attractive. And the muscles on his chest… seemed a bit too developed??

This… this isn't right?

This is at least twenty-five out of ten wrong, isn't it??

A terrifying possibility suddenly struck Xu Ziling, scaring him so much that he quickly touched his neck.

Hmm… I have an Adam's apple. At least my male identity is preserved.

Yet, all signs pointed to this current body being predominantly female!

What do you even call this??

The ultimate trap queen???

"Little white mouse?"

Mobius frowned as Xu Ziling, who had been fine moments ago, suddenly became tense. She asked, "Ever since you started looking at your phone, your emotions have been fluctuating wildly… Is there a big difference between how you look now and how you remember yourself?"

Damn it…

This wasn't a question of a "big difference"! This was a question of being completely unrelated!

Xu Ziling almost cursed. Although he was just an ordinary salaryman before transmigration, Nicholas Wei once said, "Tech geeks save the world!" While that seemed unrelated to what Xu Ziling was about to think, but but but… Xu Ziling was, after all, a grown man!

Even though he was still male, his physique and appearance had undergone a drastic change. This figure… and this face! "Beautiful" was an understatement; only the term "femme fatale" could describe his current visage!

Xu Ziling had no doubt that if he were left alone in a room with a mirror, he could spend all day admiring himself.

What is this situation! This… this seems… maybe… it's not bad?

After the initial shock, Xu Ziling stared at his reflection in the phone. The gentlemanly heart buried deep within him resurfaced, and he couldn't help but reach out and pinch his own cheek.

…It was incredibly soft, with an exquisite feel. No wonder Mobius hadn't shown any intention of looking away when he was naked earlier.

After thinking for a while, Xu Ziling felt he needed some alone time to adjust to everything.

So he looked at Mobius and asked, "Doctor, I think I might need a mir… no, I think I need some alone time to adjust to the changes in my body. Would you mind stepping out for a bit?"

"Alone time."

Mobius raised an eyebrow, but then she seemed to recall something. She pointed to a small door in the laboratory and said, "There's a private restroom over there. You can go there."

"Okay."

Xu Ziling didn't object. Although his motives might have been impure, he genuinely needed a private space to sort out his current physical condition.

Watching Xu Ziling walk towards the restroom, Mobius pondered for a moment, then tiptoed after him. She peeked through the glass of the restroom door and, confirming Xu Ziling was still inside the laboratory, a hint of fanaticism flashed in her eyes.

As everyone knows, energy cannot disappear into thin air. Xu Ziling ate so much instant ramen, yet his body remained perfectly sculpted according to human aesthetics. The physical volume of the ramen simply didn't add up. The only explanation was that the energy from the ramen had been compressed and completely absorbed by Xu Ziling's body.

Although Mobius still cared about her instant ramen… she had to admit that the almost monstrous energy absorption efficiency Xu Ziling displayed was more than enough to justify the hundreds of barrels of ramen she had sacrificed!

And then there was the strength, intelligence, and hints of his background that he had displayed while they were talking…

Thinking of this, now that Xu Ziling was gone, Mobius could no longer contain her inner excitement. She pounced on the laboratory computer and rapidly typed in a string of information.

[Subject (crossed out) Experiment Subject: Xu Ziling]

[Capable of tearing through alloy sinks with bare hands; estimated single-fist power of 12,000 kg (doubtful).]

[Can freely rearrange bone structure, drastically compressing body volume; cellular elasticity is immeasurable.]

[Estimated movement speed of 225 km/h.]

After briefly organizing Xu Ziling's information, Mobius didn't need any additional data to know that Xu Ziling, this "super-ancient creature" resurrected from a stone statue, far surpassed the limits of current humans in all physical aspects. If not for the intelligence and communicability he displayed during their conversation, just looking at these simple research data, Mobius would have thought she was examining the experimental data of a super Honkai Beast!

She wondered, with such monstrous physical stats, how would Xu Ziling's control over Honkai be?

If possible… No! He must be able to!

As this thought crossed her mind, a madness and extremism unique to her flashed in Mobius's eyes.

She had already bet her entire fortune on Xu Ziling, hoping his physical data could become the key to unlocking the door of human evolution.

Now that she had seen hope in Xu Ziling, dwelling on the possibility of research failure would be pure self-torment, wouldn't it?

Even if Xu Ziling truly had no resistance to Honkai, she would help him acquire it!

Because she was Mobius! The most authoritative Doctor in the field of biology today. If she couldn't research it, then humanity couldn't research it at all.

In times like these, it's best to trust yourself. After all, you are Mobius, destined to be the one who holds the "key" and opens the door to humanity's evolution!

Saving the file, during the final folder naming stage, Mobius, with a trembling heart and hands, thought for a moment before typing a simple and easy-to-understand name:

[Ideal Ultimate (crossed out) Perfect Human: The Man Born from the Statue]

[Abbreviation: Pillar Man]

Meanwhile, in the bathroom.

Xu Ziling, having calmed down, looked at the reflection in the mirror and for a moment didn't know whether to be happy or sad.

In the mirror was a Western European beauty... no, a man with blonde hair and blue eyes. However, his features were so exquisite that the first time one saw him, they would always mistake him for a woman.

And this man, Xu Ziling knew him.

In the post-Honkai civilization, the former Bishop of Schicksal, Otto Apocalypse.

(Image)

He was happy because Otto's looks were indeed heaven-defying; his title as Schicksal's most handsome man was well-earned. And whether it was Xu Ziling's illusion or not, the body he had transmigrated into, so similar to Otto's, seemed even more handsome than the one in the game's storyline.

Xu Ziling had no doubt that if he wanted to, he could walk out onto the street right now, shout, "All eyes on me! Look at me!" and then start begging, and someone would still be willing to take care of him.

He was sad because... although this body, so similar to Otto's, was still male, it clearly had more feminine elements! If he encountered a powerful expert later, like some fairy lady, and was defeated, Xu Ziling would likely be turned into a woman by the opponent's magic, even though he was male.

This is truly...

...so cool!

Please, the Xu Ziling before transmigration was already a fan of the "Olen party" faction. After all, if all the beautiful girls were already paired up amongst themselves, what use would men like them be?

Now, he had finally obtained Bishop Otto's body. It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say this was a blessing from eight lifetimes of madness. The most crucial point was that Xu Ziling had transmigrated to the pre-Honkai civilization era, not the main story's timeline. This hateful, punchable face could be directly removed, because in this era, no one would possibly recognize Otto!

As long as he played it cool, having Bishop Otto's deceptively attractive face would definitely be more beneficial than detrimental for Xu Ziling.

The only question was, why would there be a statue with Otto's face in the pre-Honkai civilization?

Was it a product that appeared along with his transmigration?

But wasn't this a soul transmigration?

Just as Xu Ziling was pondering this with great confusion, a crisp sound echoed in his ears—

[Ding~ Star Rail Cultivation System has been activated]

Hearing this not-so-prominent sound, Xu Ziling himself was taken aback. Then, he chuckled and waved his hand. That's right, he was a transmigrator with a system. With this golden finger, why should he rack his own brain?

When in doubt, ask the system!

Thus, Xu Ziling made a grand gesture and said with a smile:

"System, deploy the status panel, and dispel all doubts!"