Elysia: FBI! Open the Door!

When Xu Ziling found Mobius with the URL and confronted her, Mobius's explanation was as follows:

"Uh… um… hehe, little white mouse, you know, I saw you spending so long alone in the bathroom and thought you… cough cough, anyway, it was going to be wasted if you did it yourself, so I might as well collect it for research…"

Even Xu Ziling, with his years of experience in the workplace, almost passed out with his eyes rolling back upon hearing Mobius's answer. He admitted he wasn't a saint, but he hadn't expected Serpent's thoughts to be so impure.

"This is part of the experiment."

Mobius held up a finger to Xu Ziling, saying with a serious expression, "Genetic cells are among the most important cells in the human body, and it's a very scientific and rigorous line of research. Little white mouse… in short, don't overthink it. Just consider it the first experiment you need to undergo with me. Go on, go on."

Xu Ziling: "..."

The next morning.

Xu Ziling walked out of the bathroom holding a full graduated cylinder of deoxyribose and looked at his body.

This body seemed much stronger than he had imagined, and the URL Mobius gave him was stimulating enough. Although it was difficult, he managed to produce it.

Xu Ziling glanced at the laboratory. The glass shards from the broken petri dishes and the piled-up empty barrels had already been cleaned up, and the twisted sink had been reshaped by the robotic arm.

Judging by the dark circles under Mobius's eyes, it was clear she had worked through the entire night. She was still full of energy, conducting experiments in front of the instruments.

Blanca had also woken up and was now working diligently with Mobius, assisting their Doctor with reference experiments. They were so engrossed that they didn't even notice Xu Ziling's arrival.

Xu Ziling walked over, handed over the graduated cylinder of deoxyribose, and said:

"Doctor, what you wanted… Also, if there are more experiments like this, please allow me to refuse."

"Okay, put it down there. You can go rest if you're fine… Huh?!!"

Mobius casually glanced at the test tube Xu Ziling handed her and was startled. She quickly looked at Xu Ziling and said, "So much? Did you… did you dilute it?"

Xu Ziling was furious. It wasn't a matter of his mental state; he had just watched that thing, and his temper was already high. Now, being mocked by Mobius for diluting it…

With a "snap!", Xu Ziling quickly stood up, grabbing Mobius's wrist, intending to make her understand the consequences of playing with fire.

However, before Xu Ziling could take further action, as if fate decreed it, a rapid knocking came from outside the laboratory—

"Miss Mobius inside, listen! I've surrounded you all by myself~?"

The next moment, regardless of Mobius's consent, the laboratory door opened on its own, and a pink, beautiful figure burst into the underground research facility.

"Nobody move, hands up, everyone?~"

The pink figure who entered the laboratory raised the toy gun she had just bought and fired indiscriminately into the room, making "biu~ biu~ biu~" sound effects and emitting colorful lights, exuding a childlike playfulness.

Upon seeing the intruder, Mobius's face instantly darkened. She couldn't bother with Xu Ziling anymore and gritted her teeth, saying:

"...Elysia!"

"Mmmhmm~… Hmm?"

The pink lady named Elysia slung the toy gun over her shoulder and smiled at Mobius and Blanca, about to crack a joke to lighten the mood, when she suddenly froze.

Because when her gaze fell upon Mobius… she also saw Xu Ziling, who was grabbing Mobius's wrist, about to teach her a lesson.

"Wow!"

Elysia was astonished by the scene before her, dropping the toy gun from her hands. She covered her face with both hands and said with extreme exaggeration, "So, the usually stoic Doctor Mobius is actually this bold in private… Hehe~ I~ re~mem~ber~ this~"

Mobius's face had completely turned as black as the bottom of a pot. She casually grabbed a nearby graduated cylinder and hurled it at Elysia, shouting angrily:

"Elysia! I don't care how you found your way here, but you're not welcome! Go back to your Fire Moth!"

"Aiya! Don't be so impatient~?"

Elysia dodged the graduated cylinder Mobius threw and stuck out her tongue at Mobius, saying, "Really, I won't tell anyone…"

Seeing the graduated cylinder Mobius used as a projectile, Xu Ziling was startled and quickly looked at his own hand.

Fortunately, what Mobius threw was not the experimental sample Xu Ziling had just given her, but merely a graduated cylinder containing some unknown person's saliva.

If Mobius had thrown away the essence of life that Xu Ziling had worked all night to produce, Xu Ziling would have had nowhere to cry.

"Hi~ Hello there? Can you tell me your name?"

Elysia, ignoring the gloomy Mobius, took the initiative to greet Xu Ziling with a smile, saying, "As for me, my name is Elysia, and as you can see, I'm a maiden as beautiful as a flying flower?~"

In fact, by the time the elf lady had kicked down the door, Xu Ziling's anger had already subsided by more than half. Firstly, it would have been inappropriate to punish Mobius in front of so many people. Secondly… this elf lady might indeed possess some magic that could soothe others' emotions…

…Simply put, Xu Ziling didn't want to break character in front of others.

The plot points of the Previous Era regarding the Imaginary Tree were still vivid in his memory. Xu Ziling was silent for a moment, then smiled and nodded at Elysia, saying:

"I am Xu Ziling, pleased to meet you, Miss Pink Elf."

Regardless of how the plot unfolded in his previous life, Xu Ziling now had the system, the Star Rail Cultivation System, and was blessed with the buff of a Child of Destiny. If he still allowed the Previous Era of Honkai to repeat its mistakes, Xu Ziling felt he might as well just die.

"Mmmhmm~? Miss Pink Elf?"

Elysia's eyes narrowed, and then she broke into a happy smile, saying, "If you really want to call me by that name, then... I'll gladly accept, of course?~"

As she spoke, Elysia looked at Mobius again, and with an exaggerated tone, teased, "It seems that compared to a certain heartless Doctor, her little girlfriend is clearly more humane~"

Little girlfriend?

Xu Ziling was stunned.

"Heh heh..."

Mobius, however, let out a cold laugh. She quickly stood up from the lab bench, walked over, and pulled Xu Ziling back a few steps, pointing at Elysia as she said, "Elysia, you've finally fallen into my hands this time... Watch closely! This little white mouse of mine—is a male!"

With that, Mobius reached out and lightly pushed Xu Ziling's chin, revealing his male characteristic—

Adam's apple.

"Ah... Ah?"

Visibly, Elysia froze for a moment, then looked Xu Ziling up and down with surprise. She tentatively said, "So... you're a boy?"

Xu Ziling: "..."