48. Welcome to...Theatre of Domination!
"Really? This is the first time I've heard someone want to undergo a MANTIS surgery for such a reason."
Even the knowledgeable Dr. Mobius couldn't help but complain.
Want to try being non-human? Are there really people that boring?
"Dr. Mobius, I'll leave it to you from now on," Eden said to Mobius.
"Don't be impatient. I'm still a little curious about your motives. Although they don't absolutely conform to this rule, generally speaking, people with stronger willpower do have a much higher success rate."
Mobius looked at Eden and expressed some doubts about her.
After all, in her opinion, Eden was just an "actor", at most more famous and richer than other actors.
"If you're just having fun, then I'm not going to do this experiment on you." Mobius sat lazily on her mobile chair. She already had a lot of experimental subjects, and even if you exclude Eden as an experimental subject, there was no shortage of them.
It's definitely not because the other party is Elysia's friend that I dissuaded her!
Of course, it might be for a certain reason. Certainly, the prime reason was that she didn't want Elysia to run into her laboratory and make trouble after the experiment failed.
"I... just don't want to be human anymore."
Eden didn't know what she was thinking about, but her face turned red, and she spoke with a lack of confidence.
This small detail was instantly noticed by Mobius, and a look of interest flashed in her beautiful eyes.
"What's the specific reason?" Mobius continued to ask aggressively.
"I want to fight together with Ely. Is this reason okay?" Eden asked.
Mobius rolled her eyes at this reason.
"Please, get it clear, I'm asking you, not you asking me."
Eden looked embarrassed, but didn't know what to say for a moment.
Mobius's mind was spinning rapidly; she didn't want to be a human...
If that's really the reason...
Mobius suddenly remembered something. Almost three years ago, she had treated that "strange" man, Eden's younger brother...
"Let me guess, it's for your brother, right?"
Although it was a question, Mobius's tone about it was very firm.
Eden's face turned red instantly. Even though she was used to big scenes, she still felt a little embarrassed at this moment.
"Wow, that's incredible. Well, come in," said Mobius as she walked into the laboratory door.
She is not averse to things that violate moral principles. After all, what she has done is much more terrible than Eden.
This alone was not enough to make her feel weird about it.
"Ah?" Eden was still a little confused. How could Mobius agree to it before she said anything?
"I don't want to say it a second time." Mobius's voice came faintly from the laboratory.
Eden took a deep breath, followed by, and began to accept the surgical transformation of her body by the Honkai Beast ICHOR "Varuna".
After becoming a MANTIS warrior, it is difficult for her to still be called a human being.
The body will be completely transformed into a physique that can adapt to Honkai energy.
Compared to humans, MANTIS warriors are actually more inclined to the side of Honkai beasts.
So... Eden really wanted to sever that blood connection in this way.
While Eden was undergoing surgical transformation, a terrible turmoil was brewing in the world.
Ling felt his consciousness gradually sinking into darkness.
It was a feeling of being completely surrounded, as if entering a quagmire, unable to break free, powerless to escape.
He suddenly opened his eyes, only to find that he had come to another space.
A huge complex of buildings, stone pillars carved with strange symbols, twisted and broken corridors...
It seemed as if everything was telling him that this was no longer the world he was familiar with.
"This is..."
Ling got up, but was surprised to find that his body was entangled by silk threads, like... a puppet?
Looking up, it seemed as if a ruthless big hand was controlling him.
Suddenly, sporadic sounds were heard, and countless puppets fell from the sky, all of them connected by silk threads.
They all walked towards the center of the complex.
"Is this a theater?" Ling was confused.
Although he came here suddenly, he didn't seem to be afraid of it at all. Instead, he felt like he was back home...
"Welcome to...Theatre of Domination!"
These words echoed in the minds of all the puppets.
At this moment, they all seemed to have found their own sense of belonging.
They are no longer supporting characters in this world, their lives end here.
Everything...will be rewritten!
Ling felt very strange being mixed in among the puppets. The puppets around him were emitting inexplicable negative emotions all the time.
"Klein? That should be her name." Ling greeted a puppet not far away.
After all, it was the first name he had heard since he could remember, so he still had a little impression of it.
They are obviously puppets, but Ling can inexplicably see the original form of their consciousness.
"Who...are you?" Klein's puppet tilted its head in confusion.
She had no impression of Ling.
Ling was about to speak when the Klein doll interrupted him.
"Never mind, it's not important. I can finally stop working overtime, the endless work, the ever-growing files, and the assistants who only cause trouble... I can finally get away from them all!"
Klein vented her negative emotions to her heart's content.
This is very wrong, ten points or even nine points wrong.
"By the way, how did you get here?" Klein looked at the person who took the initiative to talk to her.
"I..." Ling himself was also a little confused. It seemed like this was a gathering place for people with high negative emotions.
But he doesn't have any negative emotions.
Facing Klein's increasingly alert expression, the other puppets also seemed to begin to notice something unusual.
"Isn't this the national male god Ling who has disappeared for a few years? He actually came here like us." A puppet laughed out loud.
However, before he could even finish his laugh, he was punched by the puppet next to him.
"Asshole, now that we're here we're companions! I bet this former national idol has his own troubles!"
"Is it because of that female celebrity named A Quan? I heard she died..."
After being reminded by the puppets around her, Klein also remembered his identity.
"Ling... I remember you lost your memory, right? So your coming here should have nothing to do with that Herrscher of Sentience."
"..." Ling remained silent and looked at Klein quietly.
The other party seemed to be talking about what happened before he lost his memory. Was it related to that A Quan?
"The soul becomes empty because of the loss of memory? That makes sense..." Klein found a good reason for Ling.
"I'm glad you're one of us." Klein extended her hand, and her doll showed an evil smile on its face.
Ling hesitated for a moment and held her hand.
At that moment, Klein seemed to have witnessed something extremely terrifying. She fell to her knees and began to vomit uncontrollably.
But now she is controlling a puppet. What can even puppet spit out?
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