"Ticket snatching?"
Klein hesitated for a moment, then asked, "Aren't high-speed rail and plane tickets pretty easy to buy lately?"
"I'm not talking about those tickets. I mean this."
Ling Xi promptly took out his phone, pulled up information about Eden's concert, and handed it to Klein. "Eden's concert. Eight tonight and tomorrow night—the last two ticket sales."
"Hmm... That's easy. Just write a program."
Klein spoke casually. "Go ask Cangxuan about it. She's better at this sort of thing. I still have a lot of work Doctor assigned me that I haven't finished."
Seeing that it was merely a trivial matter like snatching concert tickets, Klein did not pay it much mind and directly told Ling Xi to ask Cangxuan for help. Cangxuan could definitely handle something this minor!
"Is that so?"
Ling Xi nodded thoughtfully, then smiled at Klein. "Senior Klein, I'm planning to buy two concert tickets. Would you like to come along? If you do, I'll get one for you too."
Ling Xi asked Klein in passing, though he felt there was a high chance she would refuse. How could a workaholic possibly have time to attend a concert?
"Hmm? You're buying two tickets?"
In an instant, Klein seemed to have guessed something and hurriedly asked, "Are you... planning to invite a girl to a concert?"
"Uh..."
Ling Xi immediately looked a little awkward, but he did not deny it. "Yes. I was planning to..."
Ling Xi had just wanted to say that he had offended a girl among the students and wanted to apologize, but...
"No problem, I'm definitely helping you with this!"
Klein immediately declared that she would help. "The institute's internet speed is extremely fast. Don't worry, leave the ticket snatching to me."
Ling Xi: "???"
"Then... thank you, Senior Klein."
Although Ling Xi did not understand why Klein had suddenly changed her mind, since she was willing to help, there was no way he would refuse!
"No need to thank me. It's what I should do!"
Klein still wore a serious expression as she closed her work files. "Two tickets, right? I'll get you the best seats. Three thousand each... not expensive. My treat!"
"Uh..."
The more Ling Xi listened, the more confused he became. What... was going on?
Three thousand... no, six thousand yuan, and she was offering to pay just like that? Were he and Klein really that close?
"Senior Klein, I'm already very grateful that you're helping me get the tickets. As for the cost, I'll pay for them myself."
Getting something for free was certainly tempting, but Ling Xi was not someone without principles. Besides, he was inviting Seele because he wanted her forgiveness. Would it make any sense to have Klein pay for even that?
"Hmm... all right."
Since Ling Xi put it that way, Klein did not insist further and simply nodded. "All right, but I guarantee I'll get you two premium-seat tickets!"
Klein was extremely confident and determined to win. After all... this should count as Ling Xi and Doctor's first date, right? For something so important, even if she had to hack the official website, she would get two tickets for Ling Xi and Doctor. She had to!
"Then I'll have to trouble you, Senior Klein..."
Ling Xi was also very grateful to Klein. Honestly, in the entire lab, aside from Doctor, Klein was the one who treated him best.
"Right, Senior Klein."
Ling Xi suddenly thought of something else. "If possible, could you help me buy one more? Of course, I'll pay for it."
"One more?"
Klein's eyes seemed to hold some confusion. Ling Xi was going on a date with Doctor; two tickets should be enough. Why buy another one?
"I have a friend who did me a favor, and he's also an Eden fan, so I want to help him get one."
Ling Xi did not mean to hide it and directly explained the reason. As for why he was buying one rather than two, it was simple: Kevin still was not together with Mei, so that guy probably could not invite her out anyway. Besides, Ling Xi did not think Mei would be interested in a concert!
So, buying him one as thanks would be enough.
"No problem."
After hearing Ling Xi's explanation, Klein immediately agreed. Repaying kindness should not be the purpose of helping others, but it was indeed what one ought to do!
Thus, Klein agreed very readily.
"Premium seats too?"
Klein asked one more question.
"Hmm... premium seats, but..."
Ling Xi smiled faintly. "If possible, don't make the third ticket adjacent to ours!"
Ling Xi still felt that he should get premium seats. After all, he was treating Ancestor Kevin, so he could not be too stingy. Of course, he also did not want to sit beside Ancestor Kevin. If it were only him and Kevin, it would not matter, but... Seele would be there too!
"Mm, I'll try..."
Klein clearly understood what Ling Xi meant. He wanted to sit with Doctor while not wanting a third wheel around. Got it, got it!
Still, they were snatching tickets, and because the tickets were released in batches, there were not many available each day. Getting premium-seat tickets would not be a problem, but whether they could be adjacent was another matter.
She could use some tricks, but... there were competitors. Scalpers were impossible to wipe out completely!
"Ling Xi!"
At that moment, Mobius's voice came from Laboratory Three again. "Are you still there?"
"I'm here, Doctor!"
Ling Xi hurriedly answered Mobius. After all, one could not provoke the boss!
"Come in. I need you for something."
Mobius directly told Ling Xi to come inside.
Ling Xi: "..." Another ominous feeling...
"Go on, Ling Xi."
Klein gave Ling Xi an encouraging look. "Good luck. I'll keep the matter you entrusted to me confidential and take care of it properly!"
"Uh... thanks."
Although he did not know why Klein was being so nice to him, he just had to thank her.
Afterward, Ling Xi once again went to Laboratory Three, where Mobius spent most of her time.
Of course, Mobius did not cause any trouble this time. Once a day was about enough; if she kept at it, Ling Xi might develop an aversion to her. And the reason she had called him in this time was simple: blood draw...
Ling Xi: "..." One look was enough to confirm it—I was the experimental subject!
After drawing his blood, Mobius directly kicked Ling Xi out and told him not to disturb her research...
Ling Xi: "..." He remembered someone saying not long ago that he could come to her anytime if he had questions...
In the evening, after Klein packed dinner for herself and Mobius, she returned to the lab, leaving Ling Xi alone in the cafeteria to eat.
As for why he was eating in the institute cafeteria? Obviously, because it was free!
After all, he had spent nine thousand yuan today, which was normally half a year's food expenses for him. So... from today onward, he would eat in the cafeteria. The food was good, and he could use up his allowance too!
Before long, Ling Xi finished dinner and prepared to head home.
"Guess who I am!"
At that moment, Ling Xi suddenly heard a familiar voice from behind him, and someone covered his eyes.
"Elysia..."
The moment he heard that familiar voice, Ling Xi knew who it was. With that distinctive tone and cheerful manner, he could not think of anyone else besides Elysia.
"Mm, honestly, don't you boys know how to indulge girls a little?"
Elysia deliberately complained, but she also removed her hands from Ling Xi's eyes. Then she happily skipped in front of him, leaned sideways, and waved. "Hi, Ling Xi. What a coincidence—we meet again."
"Yeah, what a coincidence, Miss Elysia."
Ling Xi smiled as well. He quite liked this pink elf lady, but he had not graduated yet, and he could not beat Elysian Realm...
"Why are you still calling me Miss? That's so distant. Just call me by my name."
Elysia waved her hand and chuckled. "After all... I really want to get to know you properly. Last time, your Doctor interrupted us. This time... how about we have a proper chat?"
"Sorry, Elysia. I have something to do. Another day."
Ling Xi remembered Mobius's warning from last time. He could not trust a single word this woman said!
"Oh?"
Elysia placed a finger against her lips and smiled. "And here I was thinking of chatting with you about yesterday's battle against the Honkai. The entire institute is discussing you now."
"Didn't I say so? That was the effect of my Doctor's new weapon."
Ling Xi spread his hands and decisively kicked the ball over to Mobius. After saying that, he wanted to slip away. He had already provoked one little snake; he should not provoke an elf as well.
"All right, slaying a Honkai Beast with a sword can still be explained as the effect of a weapon, but..."
Elysia suddenly raised her right hand and, in an absurdly dramatic yet utterly serious voice, recited, "Shatter the darkness with thunder—Lightning Thousand Paths!"
Ling Xi: "???"
Damn...
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"What exactly do you want?"
Listening to Elysia's overly dramatic words, Ling Xi looked at her with some confliction. What exactly was this girl trying to do?
"Nothing much. I just want to ask you a few questions."
Elysia wore a gentle smile that made her seem completely harmless. "That Lightning Thousand Paths thing you used last night—was that also an effect of the weapon Mobius gave you?"
"Uh..."
For a moment, Ling Xi did not know how to answer. He could bluff, but he could not insult the other person's intelligence.
"Hehe, Ling Xi..."
Elysia moved a little closer, wrapped both hands around Ling Xi's arm, and smiled. "How about coming to my place for a while?"
Ling Xi: "..."
Though he did not know why, Ling Xi looked at Elysia with a face full of suspicion.
"All right, all right, can you stop thinking of me as such a bad person?"
Elysia pouted and huffed. "Besides... you're so powerful. Are you really afraid of an ordinary girl like me?"
Ling Xi: "..." The second-ranked Flame-Chasing Moth, surpassed only by Ancestor Kevin, was telling him she was an ordinary girl?
Well... although Elysia had not undergone Hypervariable Surgery yet and was not a Fused Warrior, still...
Ling Xi had always had an instinctive feeling that there was something off about Elysia!
He did not know whether she was very powerful, but one thing was certain: she was absolutely not an ordinary girl.
"All right. To be invited by Miss Elysia is an honor. Then I'll impose on you."
After hesitating for a moment, Ling Xi smiled and decided to follow Elysia to see what this girl was after.
"I told you, just call me by my name."
Elysia corrected him again. Only then did she release Ling Xi's arm, extend a hand in a certain direction, and smile. "This way, please, Ling Xi!"
"The Superpower Cells cannot proliferate, nor can they be cultured through division. But if their rejection response is suppressed, could they be implanted into other lifeforms?"
Inside the laboratory, Mobius held the latest cells extracted from Ling Xi and began a new line of research. She called the cells that possessed Ling Xi's mysterious power Superpower Cells, signifying the immense energy contained within them.
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