I'm Just a Noncombat Researcher!

Mobius smiled as she took the milk tea from Ling Xi's hand. With practiced ease, she inserted the straw and began drinking.

"Senior Sister Klein."

Then, holding the remaining two cups of milk tea, Ling Xi quietly said to Klein, "There are two left. One is full sugar, and one is seventy percent sugar. Which one do you want?"

"Full sugar!"

Klein decisively chose the full-sugar one. Milk tea without full sugar had no soul!

"Here..."

Without hesitation, Ling Xi handed the full-sugar cup to Klein.

"Thank you, Ling Xi."

Klein thanked him as she accepted the milk tea.

Finally, Ling Xi took out the last cup, which he had prepared for himself. For a while, the entire laboratory was filled with a cheerful atmosphere...

"Doctor, did you call me here for something today?"

Taking advantage of Mobius being in a good mood, Ling Xi began asking why she had summoned him. Hadn't she texted him earlier saying she had a task for him? This was as good a time as any to ask.

"Mm... there is indeed something."

Mobius slurped up a spoonful of pudding and swallowed it with great enjoyment before smiling. "You remember, right? Yesterday, when I gave you a physical examination, I drew about one milliliter of your blood."

"Mm, I remember. Did the examination results come out?"

Ling Xi nodded and curiously followed up.

"Hehe, of course not."

Mobius smiled and shook her head. "The results came out yesterday. But since you're perfectly healthy, I didn't specifically inform you. The reason I called you here today isn't about your physical examination, but... something else!"

"Please tell me, Doctor!"

Ling Xi immediately declared with righteous conviction, "As the Doctor's assistant and a member of the laboratory, I will never refuse any order from the Doctor."

Cangxuan: "..."

Danzhu: "..."

Kid, do you know what that means? Believe it or not, the Doctor might immediately make you into a laboratory test subject?

"Hehe, it's not that serious. It's not so exaggerated. I just want to ask you a few questions."

However, Mobius had no intention of making Ling Xi into any sort of test subject. She merely said, "I just mentioned that I drew a little of your blood yesterday. While there was nothing wrong with your examination results, there was..."

Mobius's expression suddenly turned serious. "I discovered a mysterious energy in your blood sample. This energy hasn't altered any of the components in your blood, but it seems to have fused with your body."

"Hm?"

When Mobius said that, Klein was clearly stunned. Energy? What energy? Hadn't the Doctor just said that nothing could be detected in Ling Xi's blood sample? That he was no different from an ordinary person? And yet...

Klein glanced at Mobius and caught a trace of cunning in her eyes...

Klein: "..." When it came to playing games, no one did it better than the Doctor...

"Huh?"

Ling Xi was also stunned when he heard Mobius's words. Mysterious energy... could it be...

Stigmata energy?

He remembered Sirin saying that once the Stigmata fused into his body, he would gain its abilities and energy. So the energy Mobius had detected in his blood sample was Stigmata energy?

"What, don't you know the reason either?"

Mobius deliberately put on a puzzled expression and said, "Oh, right. I remember that when you saved me that night, I vaguely saw electricity wrapped around your fists. Ling Xi, what was that about? Can you tell me?"

Mobius looked at Ling Xi with a smile, her face full of curiosity and expectation, as though she truly wanted to know why.

Meanwhile, Klein was already mentally giving the Doctor a double 666. What was the art of conversation? This was the art of conversation!

Originally, Mobius had witnessed Ling Xi's abilities and wanted to study them, which was why she had recruited him into the laboratory. But after Mobius's little performance just now, the situation had become...

Mobius had recruited Ling Xi into the laboratory to help him solve his employment problem, and Ling Xi even had to thank the Doctor for it.

Then, while giving Ling Xi a physical examination, the Doctor had accidentally discovered some mysterious energy that did not exist at all. Linking it to what had happened that night, she had become curious about Ling Xi's mysterious abilities. That way, Ling Xi would not feel disgusted or become wary!

Mm...

Klein respected no one more than her own Doctor!

"Alright, Doctor. The truth is..."

To be honest, Ling Xi did not really want to expose himself. But that night, he had been desperate to save someone. On top of that, aside from the power of the Stigmata, he had no other abilities, so he could only expose the Tesla Stigmata's power in front of Mobius!

At first, he had assumed this lady had been drunk, and that he had merely looked after her for one night. There was no way they would have any further connection, so he had not been very cautious. But who would have thought that this lady was Mobius?!

Originally, he had planned to deny everything and insist that Mobius had seen wrong. But now that Mobius had discovered the Stigmata energy in his blood sample, could he still hide it? Mobius was no fool. She was one of the world's foremost scholars.

So Ling Xi could only admit it.

"Oh, so it really is true?"

A smile appeared on Mobius's face. No matter what, the first step was getting Ling Xi to admit it. Then... she could do whatever she wanted with him! Of course, she would not truly harm Ling Xi. She simply did not want him to misunderstand her.

Otherwise, if Ling Xi truly thought she had approached him for the sake of his power, he might start being wary of her. It was not easy for her to find a little fellow who bore her no ill will. She absolutely could not let him slip away like this!

"So it really is true..."

Klein also fell into thought. Though she had never doubted Mobius's words, hearing Ling Xi say it himself was still somewhat shocking. This was... mysterious, unknown power!

"Hm? What the hell?"

Unlike Mobius and Klein, the twins were completely dumbfounded. What mysterious energy? What electricity?

"Ling Xi."

Mobius looked at Ling Xi with a smile, then gently grabbed his arm and spoke in a very soft voice. "Can you tell me what's going on with your power? You know, as a scientific researcher, the most painful thing is when the truth is right before my eyes, yet I can never find the answer. You wouldn't want me to suffer, would you? Ling... Xi..."

"Uh..."

Looking at Mobius's sudden gentleness, Ling Xi inexplicably felt his heart stir. What the hell...

Who said scientists were all bald powerhouses? Look at the one right in front of him. Her looks were absurdly gorgeous, okay?

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I'm Just a Non-Combat Scientific Researcher!

Looking at Mobius before him, Ling Xi admitted that his heart had skipped a beat. Nonsense. Such a beautiful, mature woman was standing before him with such a gentle expression. How could he not be moved?

For a moment, Ling Xi even wanted to tell Mobius the truth, but...

As a transmigrator, and one with a cheat ability at that, telling anyone about his identity and cheat would be foolish, even... the person closest to him!

Besides, Mobius was not someone close to him. He simply wanted to cling to her thigh and, when the End wiped the world clean, secure a spot in a Hibernation Pod!

As for developing some kind of relationship with Mobius...

Uh...

Ling Xi felt that was probably impossible. A scientist whose mind contained nothing but research, and such an outstanding, powerful scientist at that... no matter how he looked at it, there was no way she would have anything to do with him.

Therefore, Ling Xi still decided to conceal Sirin's existence. After all, this was his only trump card!

"Doctor, actually..."

In the end, Ling Xi scratched his head and smiled awkwardly. "I'm not entirely sure what's going on with this power either. To put it simply, this power appeared when I was young, but I never had a chance to use it. The only time I showed it was that day in front of you, Doctor."

"Oh, is that so..."

Mobius nodded thoughtfully. Of course, she would not completely believe Ling Xi's words, because he was definitely lying.

Because...

After recruiting Ling Xi yesterday, she had conducted a comprehensive examination of his body. Then she compared it to the boy holding flames from two months ago and found that their build, gait, and body movements were practically a perfect match. The chance that they were the same person was as high as ninety-nine percent!

The remaining one percent was because the video did not show his face clearly!

So as early as yesterday, Mobius had basically confirmed that Ling Xi could not only wield electricity, but also... flames!

But this fellow was clearly not being honest. He had only told her about the electricity and concealed the flames.

Naturally, she would not press him. After all, she hoped Ling Xi would willingly cooperate with her experiments, not be... forced.

As for why... perhaps it was because she still owed him a favor.

"Mm-hm."

Ling Xi nodded with great certainty. He also did not take the initiative to mention Aslaug, neither admitting nor denying anything, because he was not sure whether Mobius knew that the person from two months ago had also been him.

Although... revealing it would let him show off in front of Mobius and Klein, but... then what?

Then Mobius would discover that he possessed such powerful abilities and might start making him fight the Honkai. Perhaps she would even encourage him to become a Fused Warrior and take on Herrschers...

Ling Xi: "..."

Get lost!

Did they really think the Herrschers of the Pre-Collapse Civilization were as weak as those in the new civilization? The Herrschers of the Pre-Collapse Civilization were all absolute monsters! Going up against Herrschers with his little bit of Stigmata power would be suicide! Besides... he was merely a humble transmigrator. He only wanted to survive the apocalypse and make it to the new civilization. He did not want to become a hero of the Pre-Collapse Civilization!

That was also why Ling Xi wanted the lying-flat system, because it perfectly suited his situation.

In short, his goal had always been to cling to Mobius's thigh, keep his head down, and not take risks!

Therefore, he would naturally keep the matter of the Aslaug Stigmata as low-key as possible. It seemed... he needed to learn more knowledge as well. He had to become a scientific researcher incapable of even tying up a chicken, absolutely not a hero charging into battle.

"You... really don't know where this power came from?"

Mobius asked curiously.

"Mm, I don't."

Ling Xi still shook his head. "Anyway, this power has been with me since childhood. It seems... I was born with it!"

"Is that so..."

Mobius began pondering again. She could not determine whether those words were true or false.

"Ling Xi, I'm rather interested in your power, so..."

Mobius smiled faintly. "Could you cooperate with me on some research? Don't worry, we'll only do it when you have time."

"Uh..."

Ling Xi cautiously asked, "Are you going to slice me up?"

Mobius: "..."

"Don't worry, no slicing. Slicing would waste too much material."

Mobius smiled faintly. "For examinations, we'd only extract some genetic samples, such as hair, blood, saliva, or perhaps a tiny bit of muscle tissue. At most, we'd have you lie in a scanner to examine your physical condition."

"Then no problem. I agree."

Since they were not going to slice him up, Ling Xi was not worried about anything else. Besides, after spending the day together, he felt that Mobius was actually quite gentle. At the very least... she was kind.

"Then let's begin the research now."

Seeing Ling Xi agree, Mobius seemed very happy and could not wait to begin. Besides... this had gone remarkably smoothly. She had settled it with ease, and she had been rather gentle with Ling Xi.

"Alright!"

Since he had agreed, Ling Xi naturally would not refuse. After all, he had to hold on to Doctor Mobius's thigh.

"Cangxuan, Klein, time to get to work."

Seeing Ling Xi agree, Mobius immediately got into work mode and called for her two assistants to begin!

"No problem, Doctor!"

Klein was the first to say there was no problem!

"Alright, Doctor!"

Cangxuan also said there was no problem.

"Doctor, what about me?"

Seeing everyone else had something to do while she alone was idle, Danzhu felt that was unreasonable.

"Danzhu..."