Chapter 32: Mobius, You've Done All the Bad Things
In Ai Yue's eyes, Elysia is special.
Because the other party's identity is extremely special, the materials on Elysia's body are very likely to be "rare" level good things, just like the Herrscher's Honkai energy samples.
But also because of the other party's identity, Ai Yue could not directly ask her for her hair, nails, and other things to verify his guess.
After all, if you put yourself in their shoes, as someone who also has secrets, Ai Yue can understand the other party's idea of not wanting to expose her identity. Since he cannot share the secrets of the system with others, he naturally cannot force others to do things that may reveal their identity.
So he planned to ask Mobius. After all, it was she who performed the fusion warrior surgery on Elysia. And given Mobius's personality, Ai Yue suspected that she must have a genome sample of Elysia.
Of course, we must deal with the most critical matter first.
Ai Yue refocused his attention on the "Honkai Thunder Crystal." He took this precious material out of the protective box and placed it directly into the system.
The third Herrscher is the Herrscher of thunder.
Her power is electromagnetic manipulation—an extremely powerful ability.
What kind of surprise will it bring to him?
The next second, the galaxy-like technology tree gradually enlarged in his eyes, until a small area of it appeared clearly in front of Ai Yue.
It was a star cluster consisting of dozens of stars gathered together, among which there was the largest and most conspicuous star, with a dozen planets orbiting around it, and finally dozens of satellites each orbiting a planet.
Although the entire star cluster is basically in a dim and unactivated state, there is a satellite flashing at the edge of the cluster. It is the "Time and Space Fracture Technology" that Ai Yue completed last time.
As the Honkai Thunder Crystal was completely devoured by the system, a planet not far from the Time and Space Fracture Technology, as well as all the satellites around it, began to flicker unsteadily.
[The materials have been used and the related projects have been activated.]
[Please select the research project you want to start.]
Ai Yue took a quick look around, and several project names flashed before his eyes one by one:
[Room-temperature superconductors,] [wireless power transmission technology,] [anti-EMP electromagnetic shield technology,] [electromagnetic wave quantum communication technology]...
It can be said that every technology that appears here, once it comes out, is enough to advance human technology by a big step forward. After repeated thinking, Ai Yue finally had his own goal.
[Pseudo-Herrscher Power: Molecular Decomposition Technology.]
Unlike other scientific research projects based on the study of electromagnetic force, this project does not use the influence of the power of the Herrscher on electromagnetic force to conduct research, but is an exploration of the power of the Third Herrscher itself.
By simulating the power of the Herrscher, the Honkai energy is used to affect the electrons in molecules, thereby destroying the chemical bonds between atoms and causing the molecules to disintegrate.
Since it simulates the effect of the Herrscher's power, this technology can even temporarily prevent molecules from reorganizing in extreme cases, thereby causing an object to collapse instantly.
This technology can not only be used in weapons development, but also in scientific research such as the development of new materials. It can be said to be a very practical technology.
At the same time, this is also the means of attack that Ai Yue currently needs.
Therefore, Ai Yue no longer hesitated and directly activated the research on molecular cracking technology. In the blink of an eye, other stars returned to their dim state. Only the star representing "Molecular Decomposition Technology" shone with more and more dazzling light, and finally opened a new interface in front of Ai Yue.
[Pseudo-Herrscher Power: Molecular Decomposition Technology: Total Progress: 12.5%]
[Analysis of basic principles: 50%]
[Infrastructure design: 0%]
[Basic material screening: 0%]
[Prototype framework construction: 0%]
Seeing the familiar interface appear in front of him, Ai Yue couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
Okay, now we just need to slowly waste time.
The speed at which the system deduces scientific research projects has a fixed value. It is not that Ai Yue can just throw in the materials and immediately convert them into the corresponding progress. However, Ai Yue's own understanding of the project will add to the system's conversion speed. The more he knows about the project, the faster the conversion will be.
Therefore, for a castle in the air project like the Pseudo-Herrscher Power that Ai Yue had no idea about, he could only rely on the system's own initial conversion speed to improve it bit by bit.
Although this is a bit slow, it will take about 48 hours to complete the project.
"It's really too slow." Ai Yue sighed, "Forget it, let's do something else first."
After being infused with knowledge from several projects, Ai Yue is no longer the useless person who is completely incapable of scientific research without the system.
However, just as he was about to do it himself, there was a knock on the door.
Ai Yue walked over and opened the door, and found a group of members from the logistics department standing outside, with a van parked behind them.
"You are Dr. Ai Yue, right?" the leading member of the logistics department said politely, "We are from the logistics department. We are here to replace your laboratory equipment under orders from above."
Change device?
Ai Yue asked a few questions with a confused look on his face before he realized what was going on.
Simply put, the project transfer application submitted by Vill-V has been approved, but because Ai Yue's current laboratory does not have the equipment to develop artificial intelligence, Dr. Mei sent an application to ask the logistics department to transfer the professional equipment to Ai Yue's laboratory.
"It will take about half a day to replace the equipment." The member of the logistics department was obviously not the first time to do this kind of thing. He said to Ai Yue very skillfully, "You can take this time to walk around and relax. We will notify you when we are done."
Ai Yue thought about it and realized that there was nothing in his laboratory that could not be seen by others, and there was no point in staying here, so he nodded and walked out.
He doesn't know how to ask Pardofelis about "Hua,"
In order not to attract attention, Ai Yue naturally would not directly ask Pardofelis to look for the soldier named Hua. After all, at this time, the other party should still be just an ordinary soldier, and it would be difficult for him to explain clearly why he wanted to find her.
Therefore, he just asked Pardofelis to keep an eye out for other people from Shenzhou in the Fire Moth Group in the name of looking for fellow countrymen.
After all, as far as he knew, the Fire Moth's headquarters was too far away from Shenzhou, so most of the Shenzhou people were concentrated in the Asian branch, and very few Shenzhou people actually came to the Fire Moth's headquarters.
If Hua hadn't had some special reasons, he probably wouldn't have appeared here.
"From the same hometown?"
At lunch time, Ai Yue and Pardofelis were eating in the cafeteria. When Ai Yue mentioned this matter, Pardofelis suddenly remembered something: "Mmm, mmm, mmm!"
Ai Yue sighed helplessly: "Swallow the food in your mouth first."
"Ahem, I almost forgot to mention this," Pardofelis took a sip of soup to avoid choking. "I asked around and there is indeed one. I heard it's a gray-haired, handsome guy in the Fifth Institute!"
The fifth research institute?
Ai Yue had a strange look on his face—Hua was a soldier and would not appear in the Fifth Institute, which led the medical projects, unless she was injured.
But he did remember another gray-haired, good-looking Shenzhou man working in that place.
However, has the other party already arrived at the Fire Moth at this time?
Ai Yue suddenly fell into deep thought.
'I have to find a time to "encounter" the other party by chance and get closer to him. This will make it easier for me to work on the research results of the Fifth Institute in the future.'
"Brother Yue? Why don't you eat?" Pardofelis noticed Ai Yue's expression, "Don't study your project while eating, right? You'll get old quickly if you do that!"
"You have learned these things now." Ai Yue came back to his senses and smiled, "How is it, can you get used to the life of a soldier?"
Pardofelis had never complained to him about the training, but Ai Yue knew very well that such a life was a huge test for Pardofelis.
"It's okay." Speaking of this topic, Pardofelis' tone suddenly became a little heavy, no longer as lively as before, "The instructor is very nice to us, and my teammates are also good people, but..."
"What is it?" Ai Yue asked, "Pardo, is there something you can't even tell me?"
"No," Pardofelis hesitated for a moment and finally said, "It's just that we will soon finish our training and become real soldiers."
"Feeling uneasy?" Ai Yue nodded, understanding Pardofelis's emotions. "I said, it doesn't matter if you back down. Your brother Yue has just taken on a big project, which is enough to support ten of you."
"It's not that I'm uneasy, it's just..." Pardofelis shook her head with a strange expression, "How should I put it? I feel a little weird."
"Many of my teammates have had... miserable experiences. The Honkai has caused a lot of people to suffer." Pardofelis tried hard to organize her words, trying to make her heart clear. "Compared to them, I feel that my life is so happy. I am a little... uh, ashamed?"
Ai Yue didn't say anything, just listened quietly.
"Sometimes I wonder whether following you, Brother Yue, to the Fire Moth is a good thing or a bad thing?" Pardofelis poked the food on the plate unconsciously. "If I hadn't come here and didn't know so many things, I would probably still be able to bask in the sun and steal things every day without any worries, and just live like this day by day."
"But when I think about how I'm having so much free time while there are still so many people in the world who can't even bask in the sun, I feel a little sad." Pardofelis raised her head and looked at Ai Yue. "Brother Yue, if I could become really powerful, like Sister Sakura and the others, wouldn't that allow more people to live a happy life?"
Ai Yue looked at her, and suddenly reached out and ruffled Pardofelis' hair into a mess: "No."
"Huh?" Pardofelis was stunned.
In her imagination, Ai Yue should say "yes" and then express her determination, so that the topic can be carried forward smoothly. However, Ai Yue's answer was completely opposite, which made her feel confused.
"I don't know how your instructor taught you, or whether you met Mobius and heard what she said, but the power of an individual is very limited in the face of the disaster that human civilization is currently facing." Ai Yue continued, "Saving the world is not your responsibility, but mine. Your responsibility is to protect yourself, and then on this premise, you can help as much as you can, understand?"
"Oh...oh." Pardofelis nodded, not quite understanding, and then she realized, "How do you know it's Mobius..."
She covered her mouth in the middle of her words, apparently realizing that she had been exposed.
"How could you, a guy who eats and basks in the sun all day, start thinking about these things?" Ai Yue rolled his eyes at her, "You must have been bewitched by the demon."
"What are you talking about? What are you talking about?" Pardofelis tried hard to make her eyes look firm. "I am no longer the person I used to be! The person I am now..."
"No matter what, I am still your brother." Ai Yue interrupted her, "Have you forgotten what you promised me?"
"No." Pardofelis nodded honestly, "I know, I will protect myself."
"That's right." Ai Yue nodded with satisfaction. "After the training period, remember to come to the laboratory to find me. I have something good for you."
After lunch, the two separated again. Ai Yue walked aimlessly on the street, thinking about what Pardofelis had just said in his mind.
He was actually a little surprised at what Pardofelis said.
Given the other party's character, even if she was persuaded by Mobius, she should not have changed her original mindset of slacking off so easily. However, Ai Yue could feel that what the other party said today was indeed the result of her own thinking.
In other words, life in Fire Moth did change Pardofelis, and it was because of him that she joined Fire Moth early.
Ai Yue couldn't see the future and didn't know whether this change was good or bad, but he still stubbornly hoped that Pardofelis would not become a fusion warrior later.
'If things have reached the point where even my own cat has to go to the front line, doesn't that mean that I, as the savior, am too incompetent?'
'And, about another thing...'
Thinking back to what he heard from Pardofelis about the Shenzhou people from the Fifth Institute, Ai Yue couldn't help but frown.
He was quite familiar with the man named "Su." He was an old friend of Kevin and also a doctor who was researching how to conquer Honkai disease.
The most important thing is that according to the original plot, not long after the other party joined the Fire Moth, the Eighth Herrscher arrived.