The reconfigured potion was injected into Mobius's experimental chamber by Chen Ran.
The dark purple liquid instantly merged into the clear nutrient solution, as if they were nurturing an instinctive consciousness, rushing towards Mobius's body.
Mobius, who was in the nutrient solution, was not anesthetized but felt her body being invaded by something unfamiliar.
These special potions carrying Herrscher gene information quickly coalesced into individual consciousnesses within her body, seemingly trying to gain control over her body.
However, Mobius's will of Perseverance was naturally beyond what ordinary people could imagine.
When all the cellular genetic traits were completely sealed, Mobius felt that her consciousness was not affected at all; in fact, it could be accurately described as having ascended to another dimension.
Using religious terms, it could be said that her soul ascended to heaven.
It was at this moment that Mobius was convinced of the existence of the dimension of consciousness.
Although the data from Chen Ran and MEI had already demonstrated a strong connection between Honkai and consciousness, suggesting that consciousness generated from implanted gene databases could be used to enhance future humans' suitability for Honkai Energy, Mobius had always doubted how far consciousness could go.
Now, she no longer doubted.
Mobius even felt that in this dimension of consciousness, she had the complete ability to usurp the authority of the Herrscher and even communicate with higher-dimensional intelligent life.
However, Mobius was enduring.
She felt as if she were an omniscient god, able to glimpse every part of her body, every inch of skin.
The consciousness born from the Herrscher genes attempted to seize control of her body but was directly devoured by her.
She was like a greedy snake, indulging in her feast without restraint.
However, just as Mobius felt satisfied, she suddenly sensed something was wrong with her body.
"Consciousness needs a physical body to bear it; oh no, is the consciousness too full and becoming a burden on the body?"
Mobius felt something was amiss and regretted her greed.
Before exploring the dimension of consciousness, human understanding of consciousness was limited to spirit and memory. Even so, people would summarize some rules:
Generally speaking, the stronger a person's body, the fuller their spirit. Conversely, a weak body would lead to a withered spirit.
In this regard, the body can be seen as a container for consciousness.
An overly full consciousness can also become a burden on the body.
And the reason humans are susceptible to Honkai corruption can actually be seen as Honkai being another form of 'consciousness,' directly causing the human body to be unable to bear it, thus taking over.
Now, Mobius's situation was that her body, as a container for consciousness, could no longer accommodate the consciousness.
Although Mobius was the first researcher of Fire Moth and an expert, at this moment, her body was not much stronger than that of an ordinary person.
Mobius had always excelled in the realm of intelligence.
At this point, she was truly in a tight spot.
Not to mention, at this moment, Mobius had no way to communicate with Chen Ran.
Although, even without needing to communicate, Chen Ran could judge Mobius's bodily abnormalities through the experimental data.
"According to the data, Dr. Mobius's body shows signs of Honkai corruption."
"How could this happen?" Bia said, unusually with a hint of a sob: "In my calculations, this is within Dr. Mobius's body's adaptability range."
Mobius did not completely lack Honkai Energy adaptability; otherwise, she wouldn't be able to become MANTIS in the future.
And Durandal had also calculated the appropriate dosage of the potion using complex data, theoretically, it shouldn't have shown Honkai corruption reactions so quickly.
But now...
The weakness of robots lay here; once something occurred outside of theoretical calculations, they would crash.
Durandal was the same, and so was Unit 666.
Chen Ran complained, "As expected, not trusting the data was the right choice; luckily, I played it safe."
Chen Ran had long anticipated that the Herrscher fusion experiment would encounter unexpected issues.
A very obvious principle: theoretically, fusing Herrscher genes with human genes was clearly more powerful than fusing Honkai Beast genes with human genes, yet the pre-civilization era had not attempted to create MANTIS using Herrscher genes.
Either Herrscher genes were not viable.
Or the experiment was not viable.
The pre-civilization era must have attempted such experiments, but the final results were failures. Moreover, given the scientific and technological standards of the pre-civilization era, failures in Herrscher gene fusion would inevitably present complex and difficult-to-solve reasons.
In human civilization, there was only one person capable of fusing Herrscher genes: Kiana Kaslana.
So the question arose: Mobius had neither the Kaslana bloodline nor the Schariac bloodline.
Thus, failure seemed to be expected.
But Chen Ran had no other options; he had considered creating a Stigmata for Mobius first to play it safe.
However, the experiment only had ten days.
And Mobius was directly using her own body...
In this situation, he could only resort to the last method.
"Bia, open the experimental chamber door and bring me the Honkai Cube."
Durandal quickly complied.
He then reached out his right hand and directly embraced the curled-up Mobius.
"System, I just hope what you said is really useful."
He was using the ability of Pseudo-Herrscher Satou Yuna.
Satou Yuna was not the true 3rd Herrscher, and the system reminded him of this in the end.
But now was not the time to care about her Herrscher identity; it was about Satou Yuna's ability.
She could alter the traits of living beings, turning animals into plants and plants into animals. Of course, Chen Ran couldn't achieve such a perverse ability.
What he could do was continuously reshape Mobius's body through Honkai, relying on the cells' continuous growth to prevent her corruption.
It sounded like the white flower in Abyss Flower.
If Satou Yuna could become a complete Herrscher, she would most likely be the true Herrscher of Death.
Chen Ran couldn't create the white flower, but for now, it should be enough.
He held Mobius in his arms, feeling her life force gradually becoming more vigorous.
Like a plant beginning to sprout buds.
Durandal blinked, dumbfounded: "It seems the signs of Honkai Energy corruption have been suppressed; I want to know what you did?"
"I'll tell you later, this is my secret."
The system is still somewhat useful, and having multiple Herrscher powers is equivalent to being a lab rat for Mobius, which would make him a target for interrogation by Fire Moth.
Although he trusts Durandal, she is, after all, a machine.
It's harder to make a machine lie than to reach the heavens; Fire Moth has too many ways to extract information from Durandal.
"Alright, continue checking Dr. Mobius's body, and remember to send me a copy of this data before completely destroying it. It must not leak."
"I'll handle it, don't worry!"
Durandal didn't ask for any lewd figurines; instead, she connected her sensory terminal to the neurons in Mobius's body.
Then, she was surprised to discover: "The signs of Honkaicorruption seem to be disappearing."
Chen Ran was slightly taken aback: "Disappearing?"
He couldn't help but frown.
Generally speaking, the corruption from Honkai Energy is irreversible.
Even if the process of Honkaicorruption can be suppressed, a body that has been corrupted retains the marks of Honkai like a fibrotic body.
Otherwise, MEI wouldn't have died due to Honkaicorruption in the end.
Could it be the power of the authority?
Chen Ran felt it wasn't that simple.
The Abyss Flower existed in the pre-civilization era, yet MEI still died in the end.
The authority of the Herrscher of Death cannot heal a body corrupted by Honkai, so…
The problem lies solely with Mobius.
He suddenly thought of Mobius's abnormal behavior.
This doctor was radical enough to want to fuse Herrscher genes with her body, taking the risks upon herself, revealing an incomprehensible stubbornness and madness.
However, there were no traces of drugs in her body, indicating that Mobius cherished her own body very much.
A usually cautious person suddenly became extremely bold.
This indicates that she is still very cautious, just appearing very bold among ordinary people.
Mobius has the means to ensure the experiment's success.
Chen Ran suddenly felt a surge of shame and anger in his brain, a feeling of being mocked intellectually.
Even if Mobius lay still in the experimental chamber, he could still feel the absolute control beneath her intelligence.
"Bia."
"What's up?"
"Don't you like pictures of beautiful women? You can take a few more to enjoy later."
He said fiercely: "Such opportunities are rare."
The boy knew this was just a way to vent his frustration, and it wasn't really useful.
But he had to let it out; otherwise, he would feel extremely suffocated.
However, even so, he retained his rationality, at most just letting Bia take pictures while he didn't dare to act.
"Tsk, in front of this beautiful snake, I really feel utterly defeated."
…
…
Little did he know, his actions were being 'observed' by Mobius.
"Phew, that was close, my body almost collapsed… I was too confident in my calculations."
"But I didn't expect Chen Ran to have such abilities…"
"No, he has a special Stigmata; it's not surprising that he has any abilities. What's more surprising is that he can actually hold back this anger."
"I thought he would directly tear my body apart without a second thought."
Just as Chen Ran had thought, Mobius, who was so cautious about her body, was acting abnormally by conducting radical experiments, which must mean she had some confidence.
After the experimental phase between Chen Ran and MEI came to a halt, Mobius continued to explore based on her experiments.
The results of the exploration were somewhat unexpected.
Honkai and human consciousness are deeply interconnected; Mobius could even feel from the presented data that: the thoughts generated by consciousness are a special form of Honkai.
The most essential difference between humans and Herrschers is that human actions are determined by consciousness, while Herrschers are governed by Honkai.
So, what if there exists a Herrscher governed by human consciousness?
Just thinking about this made Mobius breathe rapidly.
Especially during this time, she felt her body starting to age, and her memory was also showing signs of decline.
Thus, she was eager to conduct such an experiment.
She had calculated that even if her entire body was corrupted by Honkai, as long as her consciousness remained intact, she would still have the power to control her body.
This was Mobius's absolute confidence in conducting the experiment.
However, she didn't expect that after her consciousness devoured the Herrscher consciousness, it would exceed the body's carrying limit.
If a cup spills too much water, it will overflow.
The relationship between body and consciousness is the same.
If her consciousness overflows, the best outcome would be to lose the vast majority of her memories.
For Mobius, this would undoubtedly be an unbearable consequence.
But fortunately, Chen Ran did not disappoint her, or rather, he exceeded her expectations.
She could feel a surge of vibrant life force in her body, not only consolidating her consciousness but also enhancing her adaptability to Honkai.
The fusion of Herrscher genes with human genes gave her a strange feeling of returning to the heavens.
She even felt that at this moment, she should have enough power to take a step further.
To obtain the authority of a Herrscher.
She began to regret why she hadn't prepared the Herrscher Core in advance.
A surge of desire erupted within her; Mobius knew this was the feeling of 'hunger.'
Instinctively, Mobius's body began to move.
She closed her eyes but instinctively sucked on Chen Ran's fingers, which had previously delivered Honkai Energy.
Durandal, who had just activated the camera mode, tilted her head: "Are we still filming?"
"Stop filming, quickly bring all the Honkai Cubes from the lab over; I'm about to be drained dry."
Now, the First Research Institute had become a black box, but fortunately, there were enough Honkai Cubes.
Chen Ran felt the Honkai Energy in his body flowing away.
Fortunately, Durandal promptly supplemented the Honkai Cubes, and Chen Ran decisively withdrew his fingers, then fed Mobius.
Then, he discovered something amusing.
At this moment, Mobius had no consciousness, only instinct.
So she would actively move towards the area with the highest concentration of Honkai Energy.
After Chen Ran continuously fed her two Honkai Cubes, he deliberately shook his hand and failed to feed her, causing Mobius's body to move like a snake towards the location of the Honkai Cube.
She was completely being controlled.
A relieved smile appeared on Chen Ran's face: "BiaBia, the camera."
"Chen Ran, isn't this a bit too much?"
Even Bia felt this was somewhat excessive: "After all, she is a doctor."
Durandal couldn't understand the humiliation of being intellectually crushed that Chen Ran was experiencing.
In Durandal's view, Chen Ran had merely agreed to conduct an experiment for Mobius, and now he was doing something excessive to her.
"It's fine; the doctor said that for these ten days, I can do whatever I want."
Durandal tilted her head: "When I asked Fuxi about Shenzhou knowledge, Fuxi told me that Shenzhou has a special language called 'polite language.'"
"'Polite language' is a magical language that turns lies into truths; it took me a long time to understand the meaning of this polite language. Chen Ran, do you think the doctor is speaking polite language?"
Chen Ran, who was about to feed her, was instinctively taken aback after hearing this.
Then Mobius's body instinctively moved towards him, sucking on his fingers.
In the next second, the beautiful doctor opened her eyes.
"Researcher Chen Ran, you seem very happy."
Chen Ran: "…"
He coughed and said, "Doctor, I think I was just controlled by Honkai; if I offended you earlier, it must have been Honkai's doing!"
In front of Mobius, he completely surrendered without a second thought.
However, Mobius didn't mind these things.
She looked at Durandal and said, "Send me a copy of the data; delete all the other photos, and don't let me find any backups, or even MEI won't be able to save you."
Durandal: "Doctor, how do you know?"
"Figured it out?"
Although she was asking Durandal, her gaze fell on Chen Ran.
Chen Ran forced a bitter smile: "I think I understand a bit; it should be about consciousness."
Stigmata is a gene database created based on consciousness.
Mobius must have realized this, which is why she was so confident in her consciousness that she would conduct such a bold experiment.
A hint of approval appeared in Mobius's eyes: "You're quite good."
She moved closer to him and said, "Have you considered pursuing a broader Infinite life with me?"
Even though Mobius hadn't fused with the Herrscher yet, she had already glimpsed deeper realms of life through her consciousness.
She even felt that as long as she wanted, she could become a Herrscher at any time.
Even without a Herrscher Core, this level of life was beyond what ordinary people could compare to.
Chen Ran shook his head: "Rather than that, I just want the doctor to fulfill her promise as soon as possible."
He was still very busy.
The core of the Herrscher of the Void needed to be handed over to Vill-V quickly; she could no longer wait.
Aside from that, there were also matters regarding Wendy that needed to be resolved as soon as possible.
Thanks to Mobius's radical and bold experiment this time, his brain also outlined bold and radical ideas.
"Rejected, what a pity. Clearly, my figure is perfect; theoretically, no man should refuse me after seeing me."
Mobius rarely acted coy, her tone seemingly carrying a hint of grievance.
Under Chen Ran's astonished gaze, she suddenly kissed him.
"However, I haven't met many of my kind, so I'll allow you a chance to reconsider."
Then, Chen Ran lost himself in the moment.
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Meanwhile, in MEI's personal laboratory.
"Relying on simple materials and the accumulation of Honkai Energy still can't directly create Honkai creatures, but I was mentally prepared for this."
"Injecting sand and cement into the active Stigmata genes; if my father knew, he would definitely scold me to death."
"How can pure inorganic matter give rise to consciousness like that of organic life?"
"But Honkai is omnipotent."
With all conditions prepared, MEI slowly spoke: "Prometheus, start recording data."
"Command received."
Beside her was a new intelligent AI.
This was a Soulium computer developed by MEI using Fire Moth materials, inherently equipped with all the knowledge currently possessed by humanity, as MEI had linked it to Fire Moth's permissions and database.
But there was one thing it lacked: any ability to think or learn.
Compared to the personality-rich Durandal, MEI preferred a cold assistant.
Just like her own pursuit of all rationality in the world.
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