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"Dr. Mobius, the test on sample N3021 has been completed. This is the summary report."
"Doctor, we have tried the requirements in the third memorandum 35 times, with a success rate of 7%."
"We just finished our discussion with the First Research Institute, and they came up with 17 hypotheses. Here are the details."
"PhD......"
Ryan looked at Mebius who was surrounded by a group of bald men. He was no longer as weird as before. He just had a cold face and kept scanning the information with his eyes, occasionally giving some instructions, looking like a real big boss.
"You made a mistake. Such a low-level mistake. Do you need to go back to school and practice again?"
"If the experimental data is incomplete, do it again. If the materials are insufficient, apply to the higher-ups. Rejection? Then bombard them with information until they get impatient."
It is true that everyone has a different face and it is hard to understand.
After being in the former civilization for so long, Mebius and Alicia were the two people he found most unpredictable. Mei and Velvet were better, not to mention those self-righteous senior officials.
He was thinking as he walked, and when he looked up, he found that the crowd had all stopped and turned to look, and Mebius and Klein had entered an elevator and were waving at him.
Ryan frowned slightly, and soon understood why it was called the Peripheral Research Laboratory, but the looks of these bald heads made him a little annoyed.
Playfulness, ambiguity, and disdain.
Do you think I am Mebius's male lover, who is here to accompany her and relieve her loneliness?
He was too lazy to explain, and just said "Excuse me" and went straight into the elevator. When the door closed, Mobius, who had just looked like an indifferent researcher, immediately laughed out loud.
"Aren't you disgusted by the look in their eyes?"
"A little, but I'm not playing the role of Dragon King. Besides, research is not something that can be directly quantified like military strength. Do I have to compare my diplomas and qualifications with them?" Ryan shrugged. Looking at the appearance of those people, they were extremely smart and all of them had a doctorate.
"Diplomas and qualifications are meaningless. Do you know why I have to ask you for help?"
"Do you have strong working ability or do you want to take out a loan to work?"
"Neither." Mobius came over quietly and lowered his voice, "You learn very quickly, and your occasional bursts of inspiration surpass those dullards. If you can concentrate on research, your achievements will not be inferior to mine. This overturns another hypothesis of mine."
"What hypothesis?"
"You are getting stronger, not just in terms of strength, nor in terms of superficial devouring and plundering. This is a kind of evolution that interests me more. It is an all-round evolution in terms of intelligence, physical strength, and even knowledge."
Ryan's pupils shrank slightly. This Mebius was so smart. He gradually got to the truth after just a short contact.
His destiny is not devouring or predatory. For example, the authority of the Herrscher he just obtained is just a cornerstone waiting for him to develop, which of course has both good and bad sides.
The disadvantage is that it cannot be used immediately, but the advantage is that it is highly concealed. If he really swallowed it, the Fire Moth is not a fool and will of course check the Herrscher Core. As long as it detects energy changes, it can guess the truth.
"Being too smart will lead to early death." Ryan grinned and saw satisfaction in Mebius' eyes.
If there was no denial, then she had guessed it right. She really liked this kind of guessing game, and she knew Ryan was fulfilling his promise, so she immediately took advantage of it.
Mebius practically hung on Ryan, leaning his head close to his ear, speaking in a lazy and seductive tone.
"Then why did you evolve? Don't worry, the Fire Moth can only monitor the upper areas. Just speak up. Come on, tell me everything."
The black stockings were caressing the trousers, and Ryan's hands had sunk into the peaks, feeling the soft touch. The heat from Mebius' breath made his ears itchy.
Klein quickly turned her head away and looked at the numbers on the elevator. The scene was a little too exciting for her.
Ryan stood quietly, as if he was not affected at all. It took him a long time to turn his head and meet the burning gaze.
"you guess."
The originally hot air in the small elevator cooled down rapidly. The expression on Mebius's face froze, and he put down his hand as if changing his expression, and pushed Ryan.
"Humph, I'll squeeze all your secrets out sooner or later!"
"Haha, it's a waste of effort. Just give it a try."
The two glared at each other, and just then the elevator door opened with a ding, diverting each other's attention.
The lights were dim and the corridor was shining with a dull metallic glow. Ryan then realized that the underground area was extremely large, but everything was silent, a bit like something out of a horror movie.
This is the real lair of Mobius. The only one who can enter is his assistant, Klein. No wonder it looks so scary. Looking through the thick explosion-proof glass, the scene inside is even more terrifying.
Bubbles were rising from the glass container, which was filled with body tissues or mutated organs, including animals and human bodies, and of course, various levels of Honkai beasts.
"Isn't it beautiful? My research institute, the hotbed of human evolution." Mebius felt much better when he saw Ryan's bumpkin appearance.
"I think horror is more appropriate. He looks like a villain no matter how you look at him."
"Vulgar, there is no distinction between justice and evil in science. Let me tell you first, I have never forced anyone to participate in the experiment." Mobius snorted, then looked at Ryan's expression and frowned, "I don't mean to explain to you, but... I don't want you to have a sense of justice."
After saying this, she turned and left, leaving Ryan a little confused.
I'm not a saint, why should I be so righteous? And what is there to explain? Isn't human experimentation the basic operation of the Fire Moth?
Without giving it much thought, he followed Mebius through the dim and narrow corridor and arrived at the core laboratory.
This place is probably over ten thousand square meters, with archive rooms, specimen rooms, and operating rooms. There are some instruments inside that even Ryan has never seen before, which shows how huge the investment is.
"Just take a look at it while I input the information. Klein, come and help me."
You, the master, just throw me aside?
Ryan resisted the urge to destroy the two machines and make Mebius miserable, and slowly paced in the laboratory. He found that the configuration here was extremely luxurious, in sharp contrast to the broken pickup truck. Any one of the machines could buy ten luxury cars.
Mobius is a very proud person. She would rather ride in a broken pickup truck than just ask the Fire Moth to send someone to pick her up. She could get more funding by showing loyalty, but she refuses to ask for help.
'Am I perhaps the only person she ever begged?'
Ryan grinned, feeling good for some reason, the feeling of wanting something but not getting it made him full of joy, but at this moment, he heard a light "eh".
"What's wrong?"
Mebius stood in front of the computer, his hands on the table, frowning with some confusion, and waved for Ryan to come over.
"While I was at Canghai, someone broke into the lab and copied the data from the central computer. Their skills were amazing. They were able to crack my secret key."
Ryan was puzzled. The Fifth Research Institute was heavily guarded. It was impossible for anyone to sneak in. There was no need to sneak in. If anyone opposed genetic modification, wouldn't it be better to just blow it up? Unless -
Was it done by the Fire Moth themselves?
Chapter 70 I'm going to eat you
Mebius's trip to Canghai was a complete accident, but she was indeed gone for over a week, leaving this deep underground place completely unmanned.
Theoretically, this is harmless, because the defenses above are not just for watching, and it is impossible for outsiders to get close to this underground laboratory. Of course, Ryan also found a huge loophole.
We are only defending against external enemies here, not internal thieves. However, Mobius' research progress should be reported to the parliament every month, so there is no need to steal.
As for the rule that outsiders are not allowed to enter the laboratory, it is entirely due to unspoken rules and Mebius' personal character. Of course, it is also because her experiments are too dangerous.
"Who has nothing better to do than to do something unnecessary?" Mebius frowned, his clever little brain had no answer.
"Your security is too poor. You didn't have any defense at all."
"As a scientist, how can I defend myself against anyone? Even if something is lost, I have to ask the Fire Moth to get it back. Oh, by the way, Klein, go and see if anything has been stolen, especially those instruments I just bought." Mobius became anxious when he thought of this.
Her experiments were no secret to the Fire Moth, as those instruments were its treasures.
“Yes, Doctor.” Klein also noticed the anxiety and trotted off to count the property.
Ryan didn't say anything, watching the two people hurriedly counting. After a while, he realized that nothing was stolen or damaged, the man just hacked into the computer.
This is very strange. If someone doesn't like Möbius's research, they will definitely destroy the equipment to slow down the progress of the experiment.
There is weirdness.
Ryan held down Mebius's hand and shook his head at the latter who was about to pick up the phone to curse the security department.
"First, take a look at what data has been copied. This is not as simple as sabotage."
Mebius raised his chin and quickly understood what Ryan meant. This man was different from himself. He had been involved in those annoying interest struggles and was very experienced.
She thought about it and decided to follow Ryan's advice.
As one of the most powerful hackers, her fingers flew across the keyboard, scanning through line after line of data, as if only this supercomputer could match her hand speed.
"Confirmed. The copied data are all related to the Fusion Warrior Project. Fortunately, I left a secret door. Humph, in order to mislead me, they also copied other data on purpose."
it is as expected.
Ryan nodded. He guessed it was the Fusion Warrior Plan and also noticed the word "misleading".
"In that case, it's not the work of those who oppose your research."
"why?"
"Because of 'misleading', if we really want to make this plan public and make you a pariah, there is no need to mislead you. Instead, we should leave a message: Doctor, you don't want this evil plan to be made public, do you?"
Mebius didn't quite understand, as this was an area she was not very good at. She wanted to ask humbly but couldn't bring herself to do it, so she had to stiffen her neck.
"So, what does this mean?"
"The Fusion Warrior Project is an 'S' level clearance, right?"
"Well, all the information must be archived, and access requires parliamentary approval..." Mobius paused, finally understanding, "So someone wants to copy this research and hide it from the parliament."
"You are indeed smart. This research belongs to the Fire-Chasing Moth, the warriors of all mankind against Honkai. It will not be the thugs of a certain person or a certain force, but this power is very tempting."
Ryan sighed softly, vaguely feeling that it was his fault again, because he had been too useful over the years, and having only one such sharp knife would not be enough.
But there is no point in knowing the reason. You can tell with your butt that it is extremely difficult to find out who it is, and I am not here to be a famous detective.
Mobius was dismissive and added ten secret keys to the data viciously: "How boring! Using a semi-finished product that has just made a breakthrough to harm others is simply an insult to my reputation. Never mind. Maybe they can come up with something interesting. It can be used as a reference."
There are more than just the Fire Moths in the world that are researching Honkai energy, or rather, there are many secret laboratories inside. The methods and processes are quite cruel, which are exactly what Velvi destroyed. But because they have no bottom line, they can produce some interesting things.
Thinking of this, Mebius suddenly turned his head: "Do you have the desire to seek justice?"
"Some, but not much. It's impossible to handle this shit. It's hard for local governments to count the number of people missing every year."
"It's good to know your own strengths and weaknesses." Mebius nodded with satisfaction and slowly stood up. "You've rested enough in the car, so let's get started."
How could I have rested? Wasn’t I fighting with you all the time?
Ryan was speechless, but he also understood Mebius' style. Before he asked about the mission, he saw her drive Klein away and drag himself to the deepest part of the laboratory.
After passing through several protective doors, he entered a room with solid walls on all sides, a metal operating table in front of him, glassware on both sides, and the air was filled with catastrophic-level Honkai energy.
All electronic devices will fail in this environment, or in other words, no man-made objects can resist the erosion of Honkai energy for a long time, and this energy comes from deeper inside.
Living Honkai beasts? It turns out that they are constantly releasing Honkai sources. This is the core of the Fifth Research Institute.
Surprise flashed across his face, and Ryan turned his head expressionlessly: "Mebius, I understand the fears above a little."