The Doctor: My Mental State Is Crumbling! / Surprise, I'm a Dad?
Seele nodded in sudden realization. Indeed, with Ling Xi, the strongest human being, it didn't matter where Sakura went.
Ling Xi suddenly felt so regretful...
As for Sakura, although she was reluctant to go, Ling Xi still persuaded her to go, as a way of giving Sakura a day off.
In the end, Ling Xi could only watch his three wives and sister-in-law go on vacation, while he... still had to go back to the lab to participate in experiments!
Fine, I'll take everyone there after this crisis is over.
After seeing the four off, Ling Xi returned to the laboratory, while Mobius was also making preparations. After all, this was a direct consciousness connection, so Mobius had prepared a backup plan to ensure that Ling Xi would not encounter any accidents.
Of course, Mobius wouldn't immediately begin the consciousness connection. Instead, he would first have Ling Xi master the power of the Ice Herrscher Core. This wasn't difficult for Ling Xi; even with the relatively unfamiliar Ice Herrscher Core, Ling Xi was able to grasp some of its powers, albeit only a small portion...
Finally, Ling Xi lay in the Hibernation Pod prepared by Mobius, then entered a brain-computer interface state, directly invading the Ice Herrscher Core with her consciousness, just like playing a virtual game.
"Doctor."
Shortly after Ling Xi entered connection mode, Klein suddenly knocked on the door and walked in.
"Klein?"
Seeing Klein actually come in, Mobius was speechless and said, "Didn't I tell you that I'm conducting a very important experiment and you shouldn't disturb me unless it's important?"
"I'm sorry, Doctor, I didn't want to either, but..."
Klein sighed, then handed the paper document to Mobius, saying, "This is the data obtained after testing Seele's blood sample. I think you should take a look."
"What's so interesting about this? It's just about seeing Seele's Honkai Energy Adaptability, isn't it?"
Despite his complaints, Mobius took the test data and looked at it!
First and foremost, and most importantly, is the Honkai Energy Adaptability, which has reached 995 HW, almost breaking 1000! Of course, Mobius also knows that this is mainly due to the Stigmata Gene!
As for the other data in the test results, they are still no different from normal people. Mobius was already used to this result. Before becoming a Herrscher, Herrscher are really no different from normal humans. At most, they may only have a higher Honkai Energy Adaptability!
"Um?"
Suddenly, Mobius noticed a test result called "HCG," and this result... had exceeded 10,000!
Mobius: "???"
Chapter 339: Doctor: I'm mentally collapsing!
For a scientist, especially a geneticist, Mobius clearly knew what this data meant, but...
"Klein, are you sure you didn't pick up the wrong report?"
Mobius seemed to be planning to double-check.
No.
Klein nodded decisively and said, "Tonight I only conducted a comprehensive test on Seele's blood sample, so this data is undoubtedly Seele's."
Mobius "..."
"Whoosh..."
Mobius rubbed his forehead, feeling... a little unable to accept it. "I'm totally losing it! You know, I've been with Ling Xi for a year, and I've almost always hit the bullseye, but for a whole year, there's been no progress at all. At first, I even thought it was my fault."
However, with the arrival of Elysia and Sakura, and their complete silence, she realized that this was Ling Xi's problem.
My guess is that Ling Xi doesn't belong to this world. Although he's genetically identical to humans, this shouldn't be the case, but... that's exactly what happened to him, so...
Ultimately, the only explanation is that different parallel worlds have different rules. In other words, it might be the legendary will of Heaven that forbids Ling Xi, an outsider, from leaving descendants in this world!
As for this matter, Mobius had already gotten used to it and accepted it. If it's not there, it's not there; everyone's in the same boat anyway, and besides...
For someone who has always pursued evolution and Eternal Life, offspring are not important. He started with research in mind, so he no longer cares about the fact that he cannot have offspring with Mobius Ling Xi.
But why did Seele get pregnant?
Furthermore, based on this data, Seele won the bid at least five or six weeks ago, while Ling Xi secured Seele just a month and a half ago, so...
In fact, about a week after Ling Xi won over Seele, that girl had already won the bid.
However, I haven't conducted any tests on Seele in this regard. After all, I only drew Seele's blood sample in the first few days and then saved it for later use. The main purpose of drawing Seele's blood sample later was to test her Honkai Energy Adaptability.
To everyone's surprise, Seele quietly pulled off a big surprise.
Damn it, why is it okay for her?
In short, after seeing the test report, Mobius was somewhat overwhelmed and really upset.
"Um... Doctor, that's not necessarily true."
Seeing his Doctor's somewhat speechless expression, Klein said, "After all, there are other possibilities for an increase in HCG levels. This report can only say that Seele may have contracted the virus, but it is not necessarily true."
"Yes, that's right."
Thinking of this, Mobius nodded seriously and said, "Klein, go and call Seele here immediately. I need to scan and test Seele!"
"Hey... Ling Xi seems to still be conducting experiments, right?"
Klein looked at Mobius speechlessly!
"It's okay, you won't die. There will be an alarm if anything happens!"
Mobius completely ignored Ling Xi. She didn't want to do anything rubbish right now; she just wanted to know if Seele had really been infected!
Klein "..."
Klein's lips twitched slightly. This is your husband, conducting a crucial experiment. So, Klein could only continue, "Um, Doctor, Seele went out this morning with Elysia and the Sakura Rin sisters. They probably won't be back until tonight."
"Oh... I see."
Mobius then remembered this incident. Indeed, Ling Xi had accompanied him to do experiments this morning, then he had given Ying a day off, and finally the four of them went to soak in the hot springs.
"Whoosh..."
In the end, Mobius could only temporarily abandon the idea of testing Seele and focus on completing the experiments on Ling Xi and the Ice Herrscher Core first. After all, the main reason he was conducting these experiments was for Seele's sake.
"Ugh..."
Around 3 p. m., Ling Xi's consciousness returned to the real world, and she immediately felt dizzy.
"Ling Xi, what should we do quickly?"
Seeing that Ling Xi had successfully woken up, Mobius immediately came over to support Ling Xi and said with a smile, "The experiment went quite well, and I have also found the consciousness in the Ice Herrscher Core."
"Of course I found it."
Ling Xi rolled her eyes at Mobius and said, "However, based on the clues I found after my consciousness entered the Herrscher Core, it was not a complete consciousness, but an instinctive consciousness. And if someone without enough power tries to activate the Herrscher Core, they will probably be invaded by this instinctive consciousness and become a Simulated Herrscher only knows how to destroy."
"That's right, so I always use a device to isolate and activate it."
Mobius smiled and said, "However, this is still a good discovery. At least we know that using the Herrscher Core to store consciousness is a feasible solution. Next... what we need to do is determine what the impact will be on Herrscher if they lose their Herrscher Core. If..."
"Assuming it doesn't endanger her life, we could try sealing Seele 'Herrscher consciousness into her Herrscher Core after she becomes a Herrscher, and then taking the core away. This way, Seele would no longer be affected by the Herrscher consciousness. Of course, I'm not sure if this plan will succeed, since this is the first time I've encountered this situation."
"Won't!"
Ling Xi immediately answered Mobius's question, saying, "Under normal circumstances, after Herrscher loses its Herrscher Core, it will lose the power to respond and the ability to communicate with it, but for Herrscher, that's all."
"Of course, there are some special cases, such as Herrscher who rely on the Herrscher Core to maintain their existence. For them, the Herrscher Core is their life. Once they lose it, it is equivalent to death. However..."
Ling Xi smiled slightly and said, "Seele's own body has no problems, so she should belong to the former category. Removing the Herrscher Core will not have any impact on her."
"Of course, it will definitely have some impact on the body, but compared to being controlled by the Herrscher's consciousness, this impact is nothing. Besides, Seele now has nearly a thousand Honkai Energy Adaptability, so this should not be a problem for Seele!"
"I see."
Mobius nodded thoughtfully, then smiled helplessly and said, "Alright, I understand. However, while this should be fine for Seele, I'm afraid the other one might have a problem."
"The other one? Who is it?"
Ling Xi was immediately confused. Taking Seele's Herrscher Core would only affect Seele, right? What was the other one? If it were the Seele from the post-civilization era, she would know what the other one meant, but now...
It seems like Seele is all alone now, right?
"Look..."
Mobius didn't bother to explain and simply handed Ling Xi the test report that Klein had sent earlier.
Chapter 340: Becoming a Father Unexpectedly?
Mobius handed the test report directly to Ling Xi and scoffed, "Take a look for yourself."
"Um?"
Ling Xi was a little curious, but she still took it and found that it was Seele's test report. Honkai Energy Adaptability: 995HW. Not bad. This girl should be able to break 1000 by the time she comes back tonight!
"Seele's Honkai Energy Adaptability is still steadily increasing."
As Ling Xi looked at the report, Ling Xi nodded thoughtfully. Perhaps, enhancing Seele's Honkai Energy Adaptability would give Seele more initiative when facing the Herrscher consciousness.
"I didn't ask you to look at this."
Mobius pointed directly at HCG and scoffed, "Look here, you idiot!"
"Forehead..."
Ling Xi then looked in the direction her Doctor was pointing, and then...
"Puff..."
Ling Xi immediately spat out a mouthful of blood. Holy crap? Over ten thousand HCG?
Although Ling Xi is not a medical professional, she did study life Gene Science for a year under the guidance of Doctor. These data are just the most basic ones, so how could Ling Xi not recognize them?
Ling Xi knew all too well what an HCG value of over 10,000 represented.
"Doctor, is this data... accurate?"
Ling Xi took a deep breath and looked at Mobius in a daze. Although she knew that the Doctor was unlikely to joke about something like this, Ling Xi really found it unbelievable!
Despite the fact that neither the Doctor, Elysia, nor Sakura could successfully charge their abilities no matter how many times they tried, Seele somehow managed to hit the target within just one week. She might even have landed her first kill!
That's absolutely outrageous!
"Of course it's true, unless you doubt Klein's professionalism, or the machine is broken."
Mobius shrugged and said with a forced smile, "How about it? Surprised? Unexpected?"
"It wasn't a pleasant surprise, but it was definitely a shock."
Ling Xi felt... a bit of a headache, indeed a bit of a headache, because Seele's situation at this point in time was hardly good news. After all, the next Herrscher could very well be Seele, and in the Previous Era Will of Honkai where the Herrscher Will had absolute control over the Herrschers, saving Seele would require paying a much higher price than in the post-civilization era. If it were just Seele...
Seele might have been able to pull through then, but now that Seele has the ball, so...
The Sixth Honkai Eruption will likely be even more difficult than imagined!
"Don't worry, this is just the result of a blood test; it may not be true."
Mobius, of course, knew what Ling Xi was thinking, and said, "Let's conduct a special test on Seele after Seele returns this evening. This will allow us to better assess Seele condition, but..."
Mobius hesitated for a moment, then said, "Based on current predictions, the Sixth Honkai Eruption will most likely erupt within the next two to four months, and Seele in this state..."
"In short, I want to ask you, if this news is true, what do you plan to do?"
"I..."
Hearing Mobius's question, Ling Xi was also caught in a dilemma. Indeed, the Sixth Honkai Eruption would definitely occur, and there was a 99% chance that it would be Seele. Now that this had happened, let alone saving the other one, Seele would probably be affected as well, and it might even lead to the death of both mother and child.
"What's your suggestion, Doctor?"
Ling Xi knew what Mobius wanted to say, but Ling Xi hoped Mobius would say it himself, so that she could at least feel a little more at ease.
"My suggestion is to resolve this matter without Seele noticing!"
Mobius made what she considered the most rational judgment, and continued, "At the same time, you will no longer have contact with Seele until the Sixth Herrscher incident is resolved. After all... once Seele becomes a Herrscher, I think the little one will be impossible to protect, and the longer it drags on, the greater the psychological and physical damage to Seele will be, so..."
"The best option is to resolve this quietly without Seele's knowledge, which will minimize the harm to Seele!"
"I... need to think about it."
Ling Xi knew that Mobius was acting from the most rational perspective, one that best served Seele's interests, and Ling Xi also knew that she would most likely make the same choice, but...
Making a decision is a very difficult thing!
"Yes, but it needs to be done as soon as possible. I'd prefer to get back to you before the end of tomorrow."
Mobius wasn't surprised by Ling Xi's attitude. He simply said, "Seele is likely to start having some reactions soon, and Seele's not stupid. She can easily find out these things by searching online, so... we need to act quickly, before Seele realizes what's going on, otherwise..."
"I don't know if Seele can think rationally, but I think as a mother, Seele will find it even harder to make choices than we do!"