Looking into Rhinedottir's resentful, almost hate-filled eyes, and watching her slowly withdraw that scalpel from her white lab coat, Lin Mo instinctively took a step back.
He hurriedly explained in a fluster, " Rhinedottir, you know, my identities have all been different over these five hundred years~! "
" I want to perform surgery on you," Rhinedottir said with an utterly flat tone.
It seemed she had no intention of listening to Lin Mo's explanation, judging from her hand gripping the scalpel, trembling intensely.
Lin Mo knew her yandere side was acting up again!
He quickly shot a pleading look toward Alice.
Who would have thought.
Alice wore a gleefully amused smile, her interested gaze seeming to tell Lin Mo with her eyes:
—See? You like to flirt around! Handle it yourself~!
" Huh!?? "
Lin Mo's eyes widened in shock.
His wife was actually watching his predicament with delight?
How could such a thing happen?
The next moment, Lin Mo looked back at Rhinedottir, who was slowly approaching him step by step.
This look.
Truly made Lin Mo panic.
He saw the ferocious smile on Rhinedottir's lips.
Coupled with her bloodshot eyes, seemingly brimming with madness.
Lin Mo was certain!
She really wanted to perform a craniotomy on him!!!
No way!
He absolutely could not let her perform super-brain surgery on him!
Lin Mo stared into Rhinedottir's crazed eyes.
He swallowed hard.
In his heart, he seemed to have made a decision.
The next moment.
Lin Mo stepped forward.
The instant he took that step.
Rhinedottir seemed to realize Lin Mo intended to stop her.
Her hand holding the scalpel immediately shot up high.
The moment she raised her hand.
" BOOM!!! "
The entire mountain range erupted with deafening roars.
Snow covering the mountainsides was successively upheaved by one massive brown Ruin Machine after another.
The mechanical cores of thousands of Ruin Machines glowed, as if ready to attack Lin Mo at any moment.
Just as the Ruin Machines' cores erupted with dazzling red light, about to unleash charged attacks in the next instant.
Lin Mo took the initiative, pulling Rhinedottir into his embrace and kissing her without hesitation.
The moment the two embraced and kissed.
The Ruin Machines seemed to have their power cut off simultaneously, all thousands of them shutting down at once.
" You! You actually right in front of me...
"
Lin Mo closed his eyes, hearing only Alice's flustered, angry voice and the sound of Rhinedottir's super-accelerated heartbeat.
Not long after.
Lin Mo and Rhinedottir slowly separated.
Rhinedottir's gaze, which had been fixed on Lin Mo, began to tremble and flicker.
The next moment, she actually shyly lowered her head, not daring to meet Lin Mo's intense stare.
This tender, bashful, half-resisting demeanor left Alice utterly bewildered.
Her gaze seemed to ask:
Aren't you the mad alchemist?
Why do you have the shy, demure manner of a maiden now?
Lin Mo didn't look at Alice.
Instead, he continued gazing at Rhinedottir, speaking gently, " Be good, don't make a fuss. "
" I believe you've also seen through the Ruin Machines' recordings that I've been experiencing reincarnations all these years. "
" Without these hundred lifetimes of轮回 (reincarnations). "
" Do you think anyone in this world could escape the surveillance of your Ruin Machines spread across the globe? "
" Not just people, even Adepti and Archons—if you wanted to find them, it wouldn't be difficult. "
As Rhinedottir listened to Lin Mo's explanation, she finally calmed down somewhat.
But she still said shyly, " But... I still want to perform surgery on you...
"
" After the surgery, you'll be smarter, your brain's processing speed will more than double... "
" You can teach me that later. I can try performing the surgery on myself.
"
Lin Mo said with a bitter smile.
After all, he dared not let Rhinedottir operate on him personally!
Who knew if this madwoman might tamper during the surgery to control his consciousness and thoughts.
Seeing Rhinedottir about to say more.
How could Lin Mo dare to continue this topic?
So he quickly changed the subject:
" What about Xena? "
" How far along is the creation of our daughter? "
" If all goes well, we should be able to shape her personality now, right? "
" Oh, and the physical form—can I handle that personally? "
A series of questions poured out.
Immediately making Rhinedottir's super-brain work rapidly.
So she quickly replied, " Everything is ready. All that's left is integrating the personality elements into the homunculus core.
Once the core is complete, you can take over creating the body. "
" Perfect timing then. "
Lin Mo nodded, holding the Extreme Cold Core in his hand, saying, " Let's get busy quickly. After all, Liyue's Lantern Rite starts tomorrow.
We must complete the task before then. "
" Alright! Let's go now then.
"
Rhinedottir was completely guided by Lin Mo's words.
The impending Lantern Rite tomorrow also seemed to stir a sense of urgency within her.
" I want to observe too~"
At that moment, Alice nearby raised her hand.
After all, like Lisa, she was a witch passionate about research. How could she miss such an advanced research topic as homunculus creation?
Lin Mo looked at Alice and nodded, " It's good to come watch. If you could create homunculi in the future too, having them conduct explosion experiments for you might be safer.
"
" What's that supposed to mean! "
Alice immediately said indignantly, " My experiments aren't dangerous at all! It's just that with many experiments, accidents are inevitable sometimes~"
" Alright, alright~"
Lin Mo didn't want to argue with her.
After all, Alice's destructive power was witnessed by all of Mondstadt~!
Just then.
" Traveler! Lady Rhinedottir!
"
" Did something happen? "
" Why did all those big guys stand up from the snow? "
From not far away came Paimon's anxious calls.
Paimon was sitting on Eula's shoulder, following Eula as she hurried toward Lin Mo and the others.
When Eula saw the fiery red figure beside Lin Mo.
She suddenly froze.
" You are... Lady Alice?
"
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