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Mobius touched her chin and thought for a moment, then smiled, "That's right, Danzhu, take this trash out!"

Mobius handed the trash bag that Klein had put away earlier to Danzhu, patting her shoulder at the same time. "Go on, Danzhu, I can only rest easy entrusting such a critical mission to you."

Danzhu: "..." I suspect you're lying to me, but... I dare not say it.

In the end, Danzhu left the laboratory slowly, holding a milk tea in her left hand and carrying the trash bag in her right...

"Come on, Ling Xi."

After seeing Danzhu off, Mobius turned back to Ling Xi, a smile reappearing on her face. "The experiment is about to begin."

Afterward, accompanied by Mobius, Klein, and Cangxuan, Ling Xi also began to learn how to conduct experiments. Although Mobius initially recruited Ling Xi just to assist with the experiments, but...

Seeing that Ling Xi seemed quite interested in scientific research, she was very happy to teach him knowledge related to scientific research. However, since Ling Xi had never been exposed to this field before, he had to start most things from scratch.

However, Mobius didn't mind this at all. When Ling Xi had questions he didn't understand, she patiently explained them to him, and she seemed to be enjoying it a little.

Chapter 19: Yo, What a Coincidence, Seele!

"Heh heh, it's just as I expected..."

That evening, after Ling Xi returned home, Mobius looked at the samples she had collected from Ling Xi with a joyful expression.

This afternoon, with Ling Xi's cooperation, she extracted a small blood sample, a strand of hair, and some muscle cells from him. These were extracted when Ling Xi was in his normal state, and the test results showed that they were no different from normal human cells, completely normal human cells.

However, she had another set of samples. These were... extracted after she had Ling Xi use his Lightning Power. As for this set of samples...

She had also successfully found abnormalities in the cells as she wished. This was a kind of unknown energy, directly produced and stored by the cells. When she activated the cells with an electric current, the cells would also release energy. However...

Once the energy was released, the cells would become exactly like normal cells, with no difference at all.

Moreover, Mobius also discovered that the energy in the cells would decay over time. Approximately... half of the energy would disappear after twenty-four hours, and the remaining half would completely disappear within a week.

For this new and mysterious energy, Mobius successfully calculated the energy conversion formula through reverse deduction, but ultimately... she could not accurately construct its model. To put it simply...

Mobius had found what she was looking for, but it was locked away by a key, preventing her from seeing the information within.

However, she was not surprised by this result. After all, how could research without challenges be called research?

"Ling Xi..."

Looking at the data in front of her, Mobius couldn't help but lick her lips and smile, "You're really interesting. I wonder... what other surprises you can give me!"

At this moment, she was becoming more and more interested in Ling Xi. She never expected that the person she had spent two months searching for, and a lot of time, would be bumped into by chance. Moreover... she had even saved her once. This was...

What fate!

"Even though I bear the heavy responsibility of saving the world, I'm still attending classes in the classroom."

The next day, in class, Ling Xi felt a bit bored. It was less interesting than being in Mobius's laboratory.

At least in Mobius's laboratory, he could learn a lot of things. In Qianyu Academy, he couldn't learn much, or rather... he couldn't learn what he wanted to learn!

What's the point of learning history and languages now? The Collapse is coming, and humanity is almost gone. What's the use of learning these now?

"Maybe I should just drop out..."

After class, Ling Xi walked out of the academy bored. For a moment, he really wanted to drop out and focus on working in Mobius's laboratory. At least this way, he could become more familiar with Mobius and learn things.

However, before that, it would be better to interact with Mei and Kevin first, and also... Seele.

As one of the people who liked Seele the most in the world, Ling Xi naturally didn't want to miss any opportunity to interact with Seele. Although this Seele was a bit different from the Seele he knew, but... she was Seele, there was no doubt about that.

Moreover, Ling Xi had even thought of a possibility, but... this possibility was a bit far-fetched.

In short, no matter how boring the classes were, as long as he could meet Seele, it was acceptable. He just didn't know which class Seele was in now, and...

Qianyu Academy has over 20,000 students in total, including the high school and university departments. The high school department accounts for seventy percent of them. The probability of meeting Seele is extremely slim!

As for yesterday, those two times were purely coincidences upon coincidences, coincidences that couldn't be replicated. If I could run into Seele again today, I'd livestream myself chopping off my...

"Huh?"

Suddenly, Ling Xi saw a familiar figure in front of him standing at the entrance of the store from yesterday. It seemed she was planning to buy bread for lunch again today.

And this familiar figure...

"Seele!"

Ling Xi walked towards her without hesitation, calling out Seele's name.

"Huh?"

Seele, who was queuing, heard someone call her and quickly turned her head in the direction of the sound, and then she saw Ling Xi...

Seele: "..."

Afterward, Seele ignored Ling Xi and turned back to continue choosing her bread.

Ling Xi: "..."

"Ahem, Seele, what a coincidence, we meet again."

Although he was a little hurt by being ignored, Ling Xi still walked over and greeted her proactively.

"Oh, it's you. Hmm... What a coincidence!"

Seele also showed Ling Xi a smile and asked, "Did you need something?"

"Mmm..."

Ling Xi hesitated for a moment, then shook his head and chuckled, "Actually, it's nothing. I just saw you here and felt it was fate, so I came over to see."

Seele: "..."

Seele turned back to the bread in the shop and asked, "Do you want some?"

"Huh?"

Ling Xi didn't seem to understand what Seele meant for a moment.

Seele simply smiled again, "I asked if you want to eat bread? My treat."

"Eh..."

Ling Xi was suddenly a bit surprised. What did this girl mean?

"Hmph..."

Seele pouted and let out an annoyed hmph. "Consider it a return gift for you treating me yesterday. So, do you want some or not?"

"Yes, of course I do."

Ling Xi wasn't foolish enough to refuse, and quickly moved closer. Although he didn't particularly like eating bread for lunch, if Seele was treating, it was a different story.

This was a bakery in Qianyu Academy, and they had all sorts of bread. However, Ling Xi felt there wasn't much difference compared to his original world. It was just the same few styles and types.

After looking for about five seconds, Ling Xi casually picked a shredded pork floss bun.

"Hm?"

Seele looked at the bun Ling Xi chose and seemed a bit... conflicted.

"Little lady, what are you planning to eat today?"

The female shop assistant clearly recognized Seele and asked with a smile what she wanted to eat today.

"This one..."

Finally, Seele pointed to the shredded pork floss bun. Actually...

She had wanted to eat this yesterday, but because Ling Xi had apologized to her, she had gotten a free meal. So she had planned to buy this today, but then she ran into Ling Xi again, and what's more... this guy actually chose the same bun she wanted!

"Eh, Seele, you like shredded pork floss too?"

Seeing that Seele had also chosen the same bun as him, Ling Xi seemed a bit surprised.

"What, do you think shredded pork floss isn't tasty?"

Seele didn't answer his question, but instead asked him back.

"Of course not."

Facing Seele's question, Ling Xi just smiled. "If I thought it wasn't tasty, I wouldn't have chosen it."

"Hmph, alright, let's go."

Seele didn't want to continue discussing this with Ling Xi. After getting her bun, she decisively called out to Ling Xi, indicating it was time to leave.

"Okay."

Ling Xi naturally wouldn't refuse. He took his bun and silently followed behind Seele, though he had no idea where this girl was planning to go.

Chapter 20: Dr. Mobius, I'm a fan!

Two minutes later, the two arrived at a bench by the path in the school garden and sat down to eat their lunch.

"Seele, here."

Ling Xi took out two cans of cola and handed one to Seele.

"Hm? When did you buy these?"

Seeing the cola in Ling Xi's hand, Seele was stunned for a moment. She took it from Ling Xi with some surprise, and at the same time, she was very curious about when Ling Xi had bought the cola.

"Heh heh, guess."

Ling Xi certainly couldn't tell Seele the truth. This was because these were the six cans of cola he had gotten from gacha two months ago. Ling Xi just hadn't had a chance to drink them, so they had been stored in his system space, ready to be extracted at any time.

"Hmph, why guess? You must have hidden them away long ago."

Taking the cola, Seele noticed it was chilled. It must have been taken out of the refrigerator just a few minutes ago. But they had come directly to this spot right after buying bread, so it definitely wasn't something Ling Xi had just bought, but rather... something he had bought beforehand.

"Perhaps."

Ling Xi didn't want to explain too much. Let Seele think what she wanted. After all, if he explained too much, he wouldn't be able to clarify it anyway.

Afterward, Ling Xi and Seele sat in the garden eating lunch, chatting casually and intentionally!

"Seele, I noticed since I met you yesterday, you seem to have been eating bread for both breakfast and lunch?"

While eating his bread, Ling Xi seemed curious about this.

"What, is that not allowed?"

Seele took a bite of her bread and said, "Bread is delicious, convenient, and cheap. Besides, when I'm at home, bread is usually my staple food."

"Uh..."

Ling Xi paused and asked, "Then... what about dinner?"

"We still need to eat dinner..."

This time, Seele didn't just answer with bread. She smiled and said, "After all, if we eat bread for dinner, we might get hungry in the middle of the night. If we have a late-night snack then, we'll get fat."

Ling Xi: "...Stop joking. How could a beautiful girl get fat?"

"Right, Seele, you just said you're like this at home. Where are you from again?"

While chatting with Seele, Ling Xi started to probe for more information. After all, he knew absolutely nothing about this Seele, except her name.

"Europe, Estonia."

Seele didn't hide anything. It was public information that could be found on her student records. Seele continued, while eating bread, "I only came to Qianyu Academy last year. I plan to finish high school here before returning, and then see which European university I'll attend based on the situation."

Ling Xi: "..." You probably won't finish it. Because if nothing unexpected happens, in the latter half of this year, the Rabbit and Eagle will cooperate...

No, the Third Honkai Outbreak is highly likely to occur. Changkong City will be in ruins, and Qianyu Academy will cease to exist entirely. It was from this outbreak that human life would be greatly affected.

However, Estonia, that is indeed Seele's country...

"What's with that expression? Do you think I won't get in?"

Seeing his conflicted look, Seele seemed a little unhappy.

"No, no, no, I absolutely didn't mean that. Seele, you're so smart, getting into university should be a piece of cake, right?"

Ling Xi quickly explained, and also smiled, "I'm just a bit curious. Since Seele is from Estonia, why did you travel halfway across the globe to study in the Far East? I remember there are many prestigious universities in Europe, right?"

"It's nothing, just... I wanted a change of environment."

Seele answered this question casually, with no intention of elaborating. Seeing this, Ling Xi naturally wouldn't be foolish enough to press for the reason.