Pre-Collapse Civilization, My Wife is a Snake Oh

Ling Xi: "..."

Ling Xi didn't say much more, quietly walking towards Mobius...

"Ehehe!"

As a result, Mobius leaped off her chair and threw herself into Ling Xi's arms.

"Doctor, be careful..."

Ling Xi quickly caught Mobius, feeling a bit speechless. How could she still act like a child at her age!

However, it was thanks to his own Doctor's shock-absorbing system being strong enough, otherwise, that pounce would have been the legendary steel plate shield bash.

"Hehe, what are you afraid of? I won't hurt my face if I fall!"

Mobius looked up at Ling Xi with a slight smile, not forgetting to show off her assets to him!

Ling Xi: "..." Damn it, does having built-in shock absorbers give you the right to do whatever you want?

However, Ling Xi didn't dare to have any lingering thoughts at this moment, as the near-suffocation incident was still vivid in his memory.

"Hmm?"

Suddenly, Mobius seemed to catch a scent!

"Sniff... sniff..."

She grabbed Ling Xi's shoulder and sniffed him intently. Yes... that was... her scent!

Instantly, Mobius's eyes turned cold, but she maintained a smile on her face. She gently tilted her head up to look at Ling Xi and asked with utmost tenderness, "Ling Xi, when you went out earlier, did you do anything bad behind my back?"

"Huh?"

Ling Xi was stunned for a moment, then suddenly realized something. He quickly said, "Doctor, listen to me. When I went out to buy milk tea just now, Elysia suddenly came over to say hello, but... it was just a greeting, and I didn't do anything."

Clearly, Ling Xi realized that when Elysia had leaned in earlier, she had left her scent on him, and thus...

It was said that snakes hunt by scent.

"Is that so?"

Mobius gently hugged Ling Xi's head, then stuck out her tongue and licked Ling Xi's face, laughing, "That's the smell of lying."

Ling Xi: "..." Snakes do seem to use their tongues to catch scents.

"Um, Doctor, I really..."

Ling Xi wanted to explain further, to say that he really had nothing to do with Elysia, but...

When he saw Mobius pick a pink hair off his shoulder...

Ling Xi: "..."

"Hehe..."

Mobius picked up an unknown instrument with a smile and said, "Ling Xi, do you know? The reproduction of lab rats has very strict rules and limitations. As for disobedient lab rats... guess how I deal with them?"

"It's a misunderstanding... Doctor, this is truly a misunderstanding."

Ling Xi immediately felt a large "danger" sign appear above his head. Damn it, Elysia, you've set me up!

"Achoo..."

At this moment, a pink-haired girl drinking milk tea sneezed...

"Sigh..."

In the laboratory hall, Ling Xi sat beside Klein and sighed helplessly.

"It's okay, Ling Xi. The Doctor must have kicked you out for the sake of better research."

Klein was still comforting Ling Xi. She had seen the laboratory door suddenly open, and then Ling Xi was thrown out. It was obvious that the two of them must have had a falling out.

"I hope so."

Ling Xi didn't know whether to cry or laugh. He wanted to cry because he was truly an innocent victim, completely set up by Elysia. As for laughing...

Mobius hadn't done anything to him, she had only punished him by not allowing him into her laboratory today and not letting him touch her.

To be honest, the punishment wasn't severe, but he had still angered Mobius. They had only just confirmed their relationship yesterday, and he had already managed to upset her today. He could only say... that's just like me!

"Klein, let me help you with the files."

After spacing out for a while, Ling Xi felt like he had nothing to do, so he decided to help Klein out a bit.

"Uh..."

To be honest, Klein's first reaction was to refuse because she really didn't believe Ling Xi could handle it well. Most likely, after he was done, she would have to redo everything. After all, she was the only one who understood many of the Doctor's research methods and her own document-checking habits.

So, finding someone else to help with her work was basically equivalent to increasing her workload.

However, Klein found it difficult to refuse, as Ling Xi's intention was to help her...

"Alright, then I'll... teach you how to do it."

In the end, Klein chose to agree. She would let Ling Xi try first, and then she could correct Ling Xi's mistakes right in front of him. That way, she figured... in a few days, Ling Xi would probably get the hint and quietly choose to back out.

"Come, sit by me, I'll teach you how to handle these documents…"

Klein patted the sofa next to her, signaling Ling Xi to sit over. Then, holding documents in her left hand and the mouse and keyboard in her right, she said, "First, we need to fill in and calculate the Doctor's experimental data…"

Afterward, Ling Xi sat beside Klein and began to earnestly learn from her how to handle Mobius's documents. After all, since he had decided to be with Mobius, he would definitely have to help the Doctor with these matters in the future. So…

He might as well start learning now. Otherwise, it would be too awkward if his wife was working and he couldn't help at all.

However, because Klein was using a laptop, the screen was quite small. Coupled with the glare, Ling Xi couldn't see it very clearly from his position.

"Sit closer."

Klein quietly moved the computer a little closer to Ling Xi's direction, while also signaling him to move closer. "It's okay if you crowd me, you need to see the screen clearly!"

"Uh… okay!"

Seeing that Klein had said so, Ling Xi leaned in and began to work on Mobius's work documents with Klein…

Chapter 72: Only Klein is Trustworthy!

"Hmph, that guy should be reflecting on his actions…"

In the laboratory, Mobius wore a slight smile as she hummed softly. She thought Ling Xi should be reflecting right now. After all, she didn't say anything about the past, but now that the guy had agreed to be with her, he was still getting involved with other girls, especially… that cunning fox she hated the most.

Therefore, letting him reflect properly was quite necessary.

"Mu Continent Symposium…"

At this moment, Mobius was writing her speech. After all, for such an important symposium, she couldn't just improvise. She needed to prepare a draft, even though she generally disliked reading from a script.

However, she also needed to consider the Honkai incident in Changkong City. Of course, publicizing it was absolutely out of the question. If her two hypotheses about Ling Xi were correct, publicizing it would only lead to greater losses and more deaths.

Although from a moralistic standpoint, human lives cannot be measured by numbers, so exchanging the sacrifice of Changkong City for smaller losses would naturally be against moral principles.

But what could she do? Even knowing this, she still couldn't do anything. The only thing she could probably do was reduce some losses for humanity. At least… the people at the Changkong City research institute could be evacuated.

But how to evacuate them reasonably and without suspicion, without publicizing the matter, was something she needed to figure out.

Never mind, she'd deal with that later. For now, she should focus on preparing for the Mu Continent symposium. Regarding the Honkai, those old folks always wanted to cut her gene engineering budget and invest more funds into technological fields. While she didn't oppose technological development, she wondered…

Didn't humanity still need its own strength?

So, her goal this time was very simple. Besides academic exchange, she also wanted to persuade the higher-ups of Flame-Chasing Moths… at least some of them, to let her continue her Honkai experiments. Otherwise, when a stronger Honkai emerged, humanity might not be able to resist at all.

"Mmmph…"

An hour later, Mobius had redrafted her speech. She stretched lazily while yawning…

Subconsciously, she wanted to drink something, but she found that the coffee was all gone, and the milk tea Ling Xi had sent earlier was also nearly finished.

"It's been an hour, that guy should have reflected properly by now…"

Mobius touched her chin with one hand, thinking that Ling Xi should have reflected. After this small punishment, he shouldn't be contacting Elysia anymore.

"Well, I should go check on him."

Mobius silently stood up from the sofa, preparing to go find Ling Xi. After all, an hour of reflection should be enough. She wasn't really angry, nor did she want to break up with Ling Xi.

Thus, the automatic door of Laboratory No. 3 opened again, and Mobius walked out. Just as she was about to see if Ling Xi was sitting on the sofa reflecting, she saw…

"Ling Xi, you can't directly calculate the results here. You need to add this condition first before you can calculate…"

"Oh, oh, I get it, Senior Sister!"

"And here, this document is relatively simple, you can try it yourself first."

"Okay, I'll try."

"It's okay, take your time. Ask me again if you don't understand."

"Mhm, thank you, Senior Sister."

On the living room sofa, Ling Xi and Klein were sitting together discussing work.

Because of the small screen issue, the two were almost leaning against each other. Also, because Ling Xi wasn't very skilled at this kind of work, Klein had to hold Ling Xi's hand on the mouse from time to time to teach him how to operate it.

After all, not just anyone could handle the various experimental data analyses that Mobius did.

Mobius "Grrr"

"Ling Xi, Klein…"

Mobius suddenly appeared behind them, looking at them very kindly, and said with a smile, "What are you two chatting about? You seem so happy."

"Eh? Doctor!"

Hearing Mobius's voice, both of them turned to look at her immediately.

"Doctor."

Klein replied calmly and unhurriedly, "Ling Xi plans to help you with some work, so I'm teaching him how to handle it."

"Oh? Is that so?"

Mobius seemed a little suspicious and asked with a smile, "Then why are you sitting together? And so close?"

"Because the laptop screen can only be viewed from the front. From the side, it's very difficult to see."

Klein still looked as calm as ever.

"Oh... is that so? Ling Xi."

Mobius silently watched Ling Xi again, and her mood... didn't seem very good.

"Uh... that's right, Doctor."

Seeing Mobius's expression, Ling Xi was a little intimidated. He felt that Mobius was probably still angry about what happened earlier.

Mobius: "..."

"Heh heh..."

Although Mobius felt like there was something going on between Ling Xi and Klein, based on her understanding of Klein, the girl wasn't likely to lie, especially not to her. So...

She must have misunderstood. After all, given their personalities, it was unlikely they'd have much in common. However...

"Klein, I've done some more experiments recently, so..."

Mobius said to Klein with a smile, "Your workload is going to increase again."

"Uh..."

Klein actually wanted to refuse because the Doctor gave her too much work. But she couldn't help it; it was her Doctor's work, after all.

"Understood, Doctor."

In the end, Klein could only nod in agreement. Work was something she never had too much of anyway.

However, Klein glanced at Ling Xi. If she really couldn't finish it all, she could always ask Ling Xi for help. Even though Ling Xi was just a beginner now, he was at least more reliable than Danzhu.

"Then Klein, I'll leave this to you."

With that, Mobius handed the draft she had prepared earlier to Klein. "Before we depart, don't forget to get this done for me."

"Don't worry, Doctor, I'll get it done."