"Mmph! Gulp, gulp..." Just as Mobius's face was gradually getting closer to Chen Luo's, Chen Luo pulled out a bottle of water from somewhere and shoved it directly into Mobius's mouth.
"Hey, thirsty? You should've said so earlier." Chen Luo said understandingly.
And to avoid hurting Mobius's teeth, Chen Luo specifically used a bottle with a spout.
Then he squeezed...
"Mmph!" Up close, you could see Mobius's cheeks instantly puff out, and it was clear she was quickly swallowing the liquid from the bottle.
Otherwise, with the strength Chen Luo was squeezing it, it would have definitely overflowed.
"Cough! Cough!" After being caught off guard, Mobius snatched the drink from Chen Luo's hand, finally freeing herself from the beverage hell.
She had to cough a couple of times to recover from drinking too fast.
"Still thirsty?" Chen Luo asked with concern.
"I'm thirsty for your head." Mobius looked at the bottle, still three-quarters full, then looked at Chen Luo who was very close.
"Let me give you a taste of being force-fed too!"
"Hey, Mobius, what are you doing? Don't come any closer! Mmph!" With Mobius pinching his mouth open, Chen Luo had the spout shoved directly into his mouth.
It was only then that Chen Luo felt relieved, glad he had used a soft spout; otherwise, hitting his teeth would have been very uncomfortable.
Chen Luo wanted to push the water away, but Mobius's strength was simply too great.
After undergoing the Meta-Morph surgery and becoming a MANTIS, Mobius could slap a Honkai beast to death with one strike.
Although Chen Luo had also exchanged for Mobius's talent, he gave up purchasing the physical fitness that came with the talent for the sake of his future development potential.
But thinking about it now, if he had really bought that physique, perhaps he would have been fixed into a semi-conceptual physique, which doesn't seem to affect future development potential either.
Because of this, Chen Luo is now considering whether to spend another 3600 Crystals to buy Mobius's [Infinite].
This [Infinite] is like the Herrscher of Sentience's Herrscher Physique; besides including special characteristics or skills, it also adds a lot of physical attribute points.
The Herrscher of Sentience's Herrscher Physique comes with the ability to shift between reality and illusion and change size. The Herrscher of Sentience's Herrscher is formed from a Herrscher core altered by spacetime turbulence and comes with a large number of attribute points.
Mobius's Infinite should come with Active Honkai Reaction and include a large number of attribute points.
Originally, the Herrscher of Sentience's Herrscher Physique should also include the Active Honkai Reaction, but unfortunately, the one here is Senti, not Fu Hua.
Senti returned her original body to Fu Hua. Her current body was reshaped through spacetime turbulence, so it naturally doesn't count as a MANTIS.
Originally, Mobius's Active Honkai Reaction form cost 8000 Crystals, but due to the 50% discount, it's only 4000. If purchased within 7 days, it's only 3600 Crystals.
Saying all this is mainly because Chen Luo is currently being subjected to forced water-feeding play by Mobius.
"Enough, you two!" The sound of a hand slamming a table echoed through the bar. Mobius turned to look and saw a familiar yet somewhat unfamiliar figure standing up from a table in the distance.
"I ask you, is this any fun? Chen Luo force-feeding you water is one thing, but how dare you shove a bottle you've drunk from into his mouth? Do you know how unwilling he is? You're a researcher, for goodness sake; do you understand oral hygiene?" The Herrscher of Sentience, her voice full of anger, walked over and slammed her hand on the table.
"Cough, cough." Thanks to the Herrscher of Sentience, Chen Luo took advantage of Mobius's momentary distraction to quickly escape her grasp.
"Hmm? Who are you?" Mobius put down the water bottle and asked, stroking her chin.
"Uh, I'm Fu Hua. What about it?" The Herrscher of Sentience said, raising her head.
To be honest, the Herrscher of Sentience was already starting to regret coming over.
Would doing this make Mobius notice something off?
In the Herrscher of Sentience's view, Mobius's level of terror might even surpass Dr. MEI and Kevin. After all, Dr. MEI and Kevin don't play with people's bodies on operating tables.
In the Previous Era, Mobius frequently used Hua's body for research.
Even in the Elysian Realm, Hua couldn't escape this fate.
So, it's impossible to say the Herrscher of Sentience isn't at least a little bit intimidated when facing Mobius.
"Fu Hua..." Hearing this name, Mobius's eyes grew even deeper.
"A'Luo, what's your relationship with her?" Mobius turned and asked Chen Luo.
"..." Chen Luo had thought Mobius was going to ask why the Herrscher of Sentience looked so much like Hua.
He had already composed a mini-essay of no less than 10,000 words in his mind, but Mobius's question truly caught him off guard.
"Ahem, you might not believe this, but she's my daughter." Chen Luo introduced her to Mobius.
"Thump!"
The Herrscher of Sentience punched Chen Luo on the head and then stomped away angrily.
She had to leave; if she stayed any longer, she was worried she might expose something.
"Now that the bothersome one is gone, shall we continue drinking water?" A smile hung on Mobius's face as her hand reached for the water bottle again.
As for the father-daughter relationship? Who would believe that?
"No, no, no, please don't. There are a lot of people here." Chen Luo shook his head frantically.
"Is that so? What a pity." Mobius sighed and continued to hang onto Chen Luo.
It just goes to show that alcohol causes trouble.
If it were Mobius in her normal state, how could she fail to notice the subtle relationship between the Herrscher of Sentience and Hua, the sole survivor of the 7th Herrscher incident?
But the drunk Mobius truly didn't notice.
She was focused on a different "point of interest."
"Alright, enough regretting. Where's Klein? Why didn't Klein come pick you up?" Chen Luo quickly stowed the water bottle in his inventory before continuing.
"Klein? Klein should still be in the lab right now. I already agreed with her that after today's banquet, she doesn't need to pick me up; I can just come to this bar. That way, I can quickly return to the lab through space travel." Mobius explained.
"You guys have really found creative ways to use the bar, completely disregarding whether I'd agree to you visiting each other's places." Chen Luo muttered quietly.
"But speaking of which, why haven't you come to the bar during this time?" Chen Luo was quite curious about this.
Chen Luo wasn't exactly saying he missed Mobius or anything like that. It's mainly that, logically speaking, someone like Mobius, after visiting the bar once, should want to come several more times, right?
After all, this is a bar connected to countless worlds; there should be plenty of valuable things.
For example, even though Chen Luo hasn't done it yet, if he were willing, he could get many genetic samples of monsters and ghosts from Yakumo Yukari.
With Mobius's Scalpel, Chen Luo could use these genetic samples or bodily samples to create some strange things, let alone Mobius herself.
"There's been an important experiment recently, and I just haven't found the time. You're not angry that I haven't come for so long, are you?" Mobius poked Chen Luo's cheek and said.
The drunken Mobius is completely different from the normal Mobius.
After all, would the normal Mobius ever pull someone along to sing and dance?
"Angry? Not really, just curious. By the way, this is for you. Don't lose it." As Chen Luo spoke, he pried open Mobius's arm that was still holding him and pulled out a necklace.
"This is a special Mobius edition necklace I made for you. Try to keep this on your neck from now on, unless you're actively seeking death, then remember to take it off." Chen Luo said, placing the necklace in Mobius's hand.
But after thinking for a moment, Chen Luo took it back from Mobius's hand and spent a long time putting it around the neck of the drunken Mobius.
Now the full appearance of the necklace Chen Luo gave Mobius could be seen.
The necklace was exactly the same as the earring given to Mobius by her mother, only much smaller, about four centimeters in size.
That's why Chen Luo called it the special Mobius edition necklace.
"What is this? It feels strange wearing it." Mobius asked, her fingers stroking the necklace.
"This is a necklace made from compressed and transformed Honkai crystals. It contains extremely dense Honkai energy. If you ever get injured and die, and need to absorb Honkai energy, it should prioritize absorbing the Honkai energy from this necklace." Chen Luo explained.
Do you know how difficult it is to compress a Honkai crystal the size of a human head into a necklace that folds down to only about one cubic centimeter?
Well, actually, it's not that hard; it's more time-consuming.
Chen Luo has really been worrying himself sick over Mobius and Klein.
The concentration of Honkai energy in this necklace, after Chen Luo's modifications, can be said to be quite substantial. At the very least, it could support reviving Mobius over ten times. Moreover, the priority of this necklace is higher than those crudely made Thousand-Herrscher Cores.
Chen Luo, who can manually create Thousand-Herrscher Cores, can attest that the Honkai energy concentration in this thing is indeed higher than a Thousand-Herrscher Core.
So, even if Mobius really gets stabbed to death by Klein, she should absorb the Honkai energy from this core first, right?
"Feel like I lost out big time." After giving the necklace to Mobius, Chen Luo muttered quietly.
According to normal logic, Chen Luo should first pique the client's interest, then mention something he has that the client urgently needs, finally give them the item, and reap the Primogems.
But this time, Chen Luo didn't do that.
This is mainly because Chen Luo simply couldn't explain how he foresaw that Klein would stab Mobius to death.
In that case, just give her a Honkai crystal. After all, she gave Chen Luo a 50% discount on her own items and provided him with a lot of convenience.
The ability to resurrect from death is indeed bug-like, and Chen Luo has benefited quite a bit from it.
Chen Luo has always been somewhat apprehensive about changing the fate of the Previous Era, but merely saving one person isn't a big problem.
The key point is that the person Chen Luo is saving isn't some world-renowned scientist, but just a poor little thing who works overtime every day.
Even if Klein survives, it won't have too much impact on the world.
After all, the Previous Era is doomed to be destroyed; it's beyond saving now.
If Chen Luo had connected to the Previous Era ten years earlier, he might have been able to save it a little, but it's impossible now; it's too late.
If the test personally administered by the Honkai has 20 questions in total, the Previous Era has already answered 16, and their score for the first 16 is basically zero.
Even if they get the last 4 major questions completely right, their score still won't be enough to pass.
Although Chen Luo does have the Honkai Terminator skill, and after developing for a few months, relying on various opportunities and clever tactics, he might be able to slowly whittle down the Final Herrscher, Chen Luo isn't from their world.
The Honkai is meant to screen civilizations, not individuals—especially when the person taking the test is a substitute examinee.
"In short, unless absolutely necessary, don't take this necklace off, so you don't lack enough Honkai energy to resurrect after you die."
"So, this necklace is actually a life-saving item?" Mobius asked lazily, tilting her head.
"You could say that."
"Hmm, Lab Rat, you're so good to me... are you pursuing me? Like, courtship behavior among humans? Actually, Big Sister doesn't dislike it, you know." Having received a definite answer, Mobius smiled even more happily and more ambiguously.
"Emmm, you're overthinking it, Aunt Mobius." Chen Luo used his hand to push away Mobius's gradually approaching face.
"A-Aunt?" Mobius's face visibly darkened.
"Ding-dong!"
"Doctor? Is the Doctor here? The agreed time has arrived." The wind chime rang as a green-haired figure in a white lab coat walked in, calling out in a flat tone.
"Klein! Good, you're finally here. Quickly take your Doctor away!" When Chen Luo saw Klein, he hurriedly shouted.
Chen Luo finally understood one thing: even Mobius cares about age a little.
"...It seems the Doctor isn't here. I'll come back in ten minutes." Klein glanced at Chen Luo and Mobius, who was standing on a stool pulling Chen Luo's collar, paused for a moment, and then walked towards the still-open door.
Well, come back in ten minutes.
"The shop has a new milk tea: QQ boba milk tea so delicious it makes you go miep." Chen Luo shouted loudly at Klein's retreating back.
"Ah, Doctor, you're here." Klein stood at the door with her back to Chen Luo and Mobius. After three seconds, she finally turned around and walked towards them.