When Xu Ziling found the website and confronted Mobius about it, this was the explanation Mobius gave—
"Er... yeah... hehe. Little Mouse, you know, I saw you staying in the bathroom for so long by yourself, so I thought you were... Ahem. Anyway, it would have been a waste if you disposed of it yourself, so why not let me collect it and study it..."
Even someone like Xu Ziling, who had spent many years in the workplace, nearly blacked out and fainted after hearing Mobius's answer. He admitted that he was no gentleman, but he had never expected Serpent's thoughts to be just as impure.
"It's part of the experiment."
Mobius held up one finger toward Xu Ziling and said with an utterly serious expression,
"Genetic cells are among the most important cells in the human body. This is a very scientific and rigorous study, Little Mouse... Anyway, don't overthink it. Just consider it the first experiment you need to undergo here. Go on, go on."
Xu Ziling: "..."
Early the next morning.
Xu Ziling walked out of the bathroom carrying a full graduated cylinder of deoxyribose and looked at his body.
This body seemed to be much stronger than he had imagined. Moreover, the website Mobius had given him was stimulating enough. Although it had been difficult, he had still managed to produce something.
Xu Ziling glanced around the laboratory. The shards of glass from the shattered Petri dishes and the piles of empty meal boxes had already been cleaned up, while the twisted sink had been reshaped under the correction of the mechanical arms.
Judging from the dark circles under Mobius's eyes, it was obvious that she had worked through the entire night. Even now, she was still full of energy as she conducted experiments in front of the instruments.
Blanca had also woken up and was currently working alongside Mobius, assisting her doctor with the control experiments. She was so engrossed that she had not even noticed Xu Ziling's arrival.
Xu Ziling walked over, handed up the graduated cylinder of deoxyribose, and said:
"Doctor, here's what you wanted... Also, if the experiments are going to be like this in the future, please allow me to refuse."
"Fine, just put it there. You can go rest for now if you have nothing else to do... Hmm?!"
Mobius casually glanced at the test tube Xu Ziling had handed her, then jumped in surprise and hurriedly looked at him.
"There's this much? You... You didn't dilute it with water, did you?"
Xu Ziling was instantly furious when he heard that. It was not a matter of whether his mentality could handle it. He had just finished watching that thing, and he had already been burning with anger. Then, after coming out, he was mocked by Mobius for supposedly diluting it with water...
With a loud smack!, Xu Ziling stood up in no time at all. At the same time, he grabbed Mobius's wrist, intending to make her understand the consequences of starting a fire without putting it out.
However, before Xu Ziling could take further action, as if ordained by fate, a hurried knock came from outside the laboratory—
"Miss Mobius inside, listen up! You've been surrounded by me all by myself~!"
The next moment, without waiting for Mobius's permission, the laboratory door opened on its own, and a beautiful pink figure barged straight into the underground research facility.
"Everyone, don't move! Put your hands up, okay?~"
The pink figure who had burst into the laboratory raised the toy gun she had just bought and fired indiscriminately around the room, producing "biu~ biu~ biu~" sound effects and colorful flashes. It was undeniably childlike and playful.
The moment Mobius saw who it was, her expression turned black. For the moment, she had no time to care about Xu Ziling and instead gritted her teeth.
"...Ely! Sia! Elysia!"
"Mm-hm~... Hmm?"
The pink lady named Elysia slung the toy gun over her shoulder and smiled at Mobius and Blanca. She was just about to crack a joke to liven up the atmosphere when she suddenly froze.
That was because, when she looked toward Mobius... she also saw Xu Ziling gripping Mobius's wrist and preparing to teach her a lesson.
"Wow!"
Elysia was stunned by the scene before her. The toy gun fell from her hand, and she covered her face with both hands as she said in an extremely exaggerated tone,
"So the usually stern and unsmiling Doctor Mobius is actually this bold in private... Heehee~ I'll~ re~mem~ber~ this~"
By now, Mobius's face had turned completely black. She casually grabbed a graduated cylinder beside her and hurled it at Elysia, shouting angrily:
"Elysia! I don't care how you found this place, but you're not welcome here! Go back to the Fire Moth!"
"Oh my! Don't be so impatient~"
Elysia dodged the graduated cylinder Mobius threw at her, then stuck out her tongue at Mobius and said,
"Honestly, it's not like I'd tell anyone..."
When Xu Ziling saw the graduated cylinder Mobius had thrown like a projectile, he was instantly startled and hurriedly looked at the one in his own hand.
Fortunately, the one Mobius had thrown was not the experimental sample Xu Ziling had just handed her. It was merely a graduated cylinder containing some saliva of unknown origin.
If Mobius had thrown away the essence of life Xu Ziling had spent the entire night producing, then he truly would have had nowhere to cry.
"Hi~ Nice to meet you! Can you tell me your name?"
Ignoring Mobius's gloomy expression, Elysia took the initiative to greet Xu Ziling with a smile.
"As for me, my name is Elysia. As you can see, I'm a beautiful maiden like a flying flower~"
Actually, Xu Ziling's anger had already mostly dissipated when the young lady had burst through the door. For one thing, punishing Mobius further in front of so many people would indeed have been inappropriate. For another... perhaps this young lady really did possess some kind of magic capable of soothing people's emotions...
...In short, Xu Ziling simply did not want to break character in front of others.
The plot concerning the Paradise of the Past from before his transmigration was still vivid in Xu Ziling's mind. After remaining silent for a moment, he smiled and nodded at Elysia.
"I am Xu Ziling. It's a pleasure to meet you, Miss Pink Elf."
Regardless of how the plot had unfolded before his transmigration, Xu Ziling now had the system in hand—and it was even the Star Rail Cultivation System. With the Chosen One buff fully stacked, if he still allowed the Previous Civilization to repeat its fate, then Xu Ziling felt he might as well just die.
"Mm-hm~? Miss Pink Elf?"
Elysia narrowed her eyes, then broke into a delighted smile.
"If you really want to address me by that name, then I... will of course accept it gladly~"
As she spoke, Elysia looked toward Mobius and teased her in an exaggerated tone:
"Compared to a certain heartless doctor, her little girlfriend is obviously much more considerate~"
Little girlfriend?
Xu Ziling froze.
"Heh..."
Mobius merely sneered. She quickly rose from the experimental table, walked over, pulled Xu Ziling several steps backward, and pointed at Elysia.
"Elysia, this time, you've really fallen into my hands... Look carefully! My Little Mouse here—is a man!"
As she spoke, Mobius reached out and lightly pushed Xu Ziling's chin, making him reveal a male characteristic—
His Adam's apple.
"Ah... Huh?"
Elysia visibly froze for a moment. Then, she examined Xu Ziling from head to toe in amazement before tentatively asking,
"So... you're a boy?"
Xu Ziling: "..."
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