Unfortunately, Stelle had barely taken two steps before March 7th dragged her back.
Mobius, who was sitting on Levi, looked at Stelle's trembling legs with great curiosity.
"What did I do to you?"
The "I" she referred to naturally didn't mean herself, but rather another version of herself from a different world.
She had no idea what that other version of herself had done to the poor girl standing before her.
What could have made her turn out like this?
Her legs trembled just from seeing her.
"Te-testing drugs."
"Testing drugs?"
Mobius's voice suddenly rose, and her expression grew even stranger.
'That's it?'
She had thought the other version of herself had performed a live dissection without anesthesia.
If she were to encounter someone like Stelle, a person from another world, she would probably anesthetize her immediately, carry her to the operating table, and thoroughly investigate the differences between the bodily structures of people from other worlds and those from her own.
'Testing drugs on people from another world?'
'What's the point of that?!'
Without first confirming that their bodily structures were the same, using people from another world to test drugs was no different from being a dumbass.
Mobius was filled with disdain for her other self.
Seeing that Mobius had no intention of paying attention to her anymore, Stelle tried to run away again, but March 7th held her firmly in place.
"Since you're already here, don't leave. Stay here and help me pull an all-nighter catching Heliobi."
"...Okay."
Watching the two Heliobi in the distance fight like dogs, Mobius gradually calmed down.
Her gaze lowered to the back of Levi's head.
"Enjoying yourself?"
Levi's body stiffened. He let out two dry laughs. "I was just afraid you'd fall over."
He then took his hand off Mobius's leg. Mobius took the opportunity to get off him and walked over to exchange knowledge about the field of life sciences with Ruan Mei.
Seeing this, Levi pulled Sushang and Guinaifen into a corner, leaving Stelle and Huohuo, the two summoners, to battle it out.
As for March 7th, she took on the role of referee, watching from the sidelines.
"Have you found out where any Heliobi are still around in the Luofu?", Levi asked.
He looked at Sushang and Guinaifen, his eyes gleaming.
He wanted to test whether his idea for catching Heliobi would actually work.
Seeing him like this, Sushang and Guinaifen couldn't help glancing toward Mobius and Ruan Mei.
'This guy really isn't human!'
'He wouldn't even spare his own younger sister!'
Meanwhile, on the other side, out of consideration for Levi, Ruan Mei hadn't refused to have an academic discussion with Mobius, but she'd only intended to deal with her using some simple theories.
However, after a brief exchange, Ruan Mei discovered that Mobius wasn't someone who could be brushed off with simple theories.
She hadn't expected Mobius to have a unique set of theories of her own in the field of life sciences.
What concerned her, however, was that in Mobius's theories, an energy known as "Honkai" played a considerable role.
Could the Honkai Mobius was talking about be the very thing Levi had mentioned before, the thing that would destroy the world?
Seeing Ruan Mei's thoughtful expression, Mobius suddenly remembered that Levi had said this world had no Honkai.
"Miss Mobius, I'm very interested in the Honkai you mentioned. Would you be willing to bring some Honkai with you the next time we meet?"
Ruan Mei paused, her beautiful eyes turning toward the trio standing with their arms around one another. "Of course, I'll also provide appropriate compensation."
"No need." Mobius shook her head.
Today's discussion had already given her quite a lot to gain. If Ruan Mei only wanted Honkai energy, Mobius didn't mind giving her a small Honkai reactor.
As for why not a large one?
Of course, it was because a large one required professionals to build. It wasn't something she could simply hand over whenever she wanted.
Only a handful of people in the group chat could travel between worlds. There was no way she could personally go and build a Honkai reactor for Ruan Mei, right?
Ding-dong!
Mobius's expression froze.
The group chat panel appeared before her, and a message from Levi mentioning her name was displayed prominently.
[Levi: @Mobius, Don't give it to her! You absolutely cannot give it to her!]
[Stelle: ? Give her what?]
The others didn't reply. It was already late at night, and everyone had things to do tomorrow.
Some had to go to school, while others had to go to work.
They weren't as free as Levi and Stelle.
Relying on his enhanced hearing, Levi had overheard the conversation between Mobius and Ruan Mei. He immediately sent a warning in the group chat, telling Mobius not to give Ruan Mei a Honkai reactor.
Not even a small one.
[Levi: If you give it to her and that causes a Herrscher to appear in this world, I'll send her straight to your Elysian Realm!]
Let's give those backwater Flame-Chasers a little taste of the Herrschers from Honkai: Star Rail.
[Levi: And you can forget about getting the body I prepared for you to operate in this world!]
Seeing Levi's messages in the group chat, Mobius's eyes flickered.
A smile appeared at the corners of her mouth. She folded her arms and looked at Ruan Mei, her slit pupils making people instinctively want to avert their gaze.
"Sorry~ Big Brother won't let me give you any Honkai~", Mobius spoke in a cheerful voice.
"If you really want it, you'll have to convince Big Brother first."
After all, while she was here, she had to listen to "Big Brother."
Following Mobius's gaze, Ruan Mei looked toward the trio standing with their arms around one another.
Based on her earlier deductions, the Big Brother Mobius referred to was most likely Levi.
He wouldn't let Mobius give her any Honkai.
That matched what he had said earlier.
Honkai would bring calamity.
That was why he had kept stopping her from obtaining Honkai for research.
Ruan Mei's expression remained calm as she nodded slightly. "I understand."
Her voice was as usual, and there was no trace of displeasure in it.
Mobius raised a hand to her mouth and whispered conspiratorially, "Of course, if you really want it, I could also..."
"I can hear you!"
Whispering, my ass! At this volume, even Sushang could probably hear her, let alone someone like him with enhanced hearing.
"Oh, never mind, never mind. Goodbye, Miss Ruan Mei."
Mobius clapped her hands. "I look forward to this exchange helping us achieve new results in our respective research."
At the same time, she typed a message in the group chat.
[Mobius: I've already done what you told me to do. I hope you'll keep your own word, too.]
After thinking things through, she realized that even with knowledge from other worlds, she couldn't conduct actual experimental research while inside the Elysian Realm. She needed to leave the Realm and go out into the real world.
But with Elysia keeping an eye on her, leaving was extremely difficult.
Rather than continue wasting time in the Elysian Realm, she might as well use the group chat to come to Levi's world, set up her laboratory here, and conduct her research using the body he provided.
Although she wouldn't be able to use Honkai and many of her own theories would therefore become useless, the technology in this world was simply too advanced.
Moreover, there were also beings known as Aeons, whose very existence sounded absurd.
If the Aeons didn't refrain from opposing humanity and merely followed their respective Paths, Mobius might have mistaken them for another type of Herrscher from a different world.
[Levi: What did I say?]
Faced with Mobius's question, Levi played dumb.
[Mobius: Heh.]
"I suddenly..."
Mobius suddenly began to speak.
[Levi: Come with me somewhere, and I'll get it for you right away!]
Ruan Mei turned her gaze toward them.
"...Remembered that I still have something to do. I'm leaving first."
"..."
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