Chat Group: Starting by Swapping Bodies with Elysia?

After receiving the data sent by MEI, Mobius hummed, glancing somewhat annoyedly at the pink figure who barged into her lab.

"Hmph~ You really kept quite a few things from us, Elysia~"

Although she said so, there wasn't much blame in Miss Snake's words—just like MEI, after learning that "Elysia" came from the future and revealed the theory of Imaginary numbers, they had already faintly sensed something was different about him.

The return of the originally clumsy Elysia and the subsequent events only confirmed their guesses.

Of course, there were still some things they hadn't anticipated, but those weren't important.

After all, everyone had to have some secrets, right?

"This data arrived just in time, saving me a lot of effort." There was a hint of excitement and joy in the green-haired "older girl's" words.

MEI needed to worry about Fire Moth's internal affairs and also prepare the "Global Network" plan—although this plan was actually divided into many modules, handled by her, Vill-V, Mobius, and even other branches of Fire Moth, this didn't change the fact that she was a very busy person.

Mobius was naturally the same.

In addition to parts of the "Global Network" plan, she also had her own "MANTIS soldier" plan, which was still in its early stages—but unfortunately, after the appearance of the new Herrscher of Dominance, Mobius had basically given up on this thing.

Since there was a chance to develop research in the direction of the "Herrscher," a perfect life form, why should she hang herself on MANTIS soldier technology?

Her ideal was—with my hands, I will ascend to godhood, allowing humanity to break free from the shackles of their fragile bodies and become perfect beings like Herrschers.

The reason for the existence of MANTIS soldiers was simply that Mobius at that time had difficulty accessing Herrschers.

In addition, due to the urgency of the situation, and the special material "Sesa" arousing her interest, she created such a thing.

In reality—the "MANTIS soldier" technology, which Gray Serpent and even the general public were proud of, was not a source of pride for Mobius, but rather a "disgrace" forced upon her by reality.

What she wanted to create wasn't a half-baked thing like MANTIS soldiers, with a bunch of side effects and reckless abuse of life!

Of course, despite denying the existence of "MANTIS soldier" technology, Mobius wouldn't abandon it.

As the future Mobius, she had modified this technology countless times. Even if this project was quite shameful to her, it was indeed the "crystallization of Mobius's wisdom."

For humanity, it was the top genetic engineering technology. Many aspects of it, even if not used to create MANTIS soldiers, could play a huge role in other areas.

For example, Mobius's current research on the "Herrscher of Dominance."

"I've seen MEI's message, I'll make time to give you a plan, but there's a problem now…" Although she didn't know why she felt a chill when MEI asked her to prepare a "plan," Mobius, who hadn't suffered yet, couldn't understand that the social problem known as "client standards" was about to befall her. Setting that aside, she looked at Jiang Qiao with a headache.

"Blanka resigned."

When she said this, Mobius's words were laced with resentment and gritted teeth.

Jiang Qiao, holding Fairy Elysia, revealed a look of understanding.

"Eh… no wonder I didn't see Blanka when I came."

As Mobius's assistant, Blanka, who was quite dedicated, had a high attendance rate in Mobius's lab. She could basically be seen every time he came.

And her resignation was indeed a huge blow to Mobius's lab.

After all, in this huge Mobius lab, there were actually only Dr. Mobius and her assistant Blanka—although there were some other people, those were basically field personnel assigned by the organization.

There was no other way, Mobius's reputation wasn't very good. Even if MEI had somewhat suppressed the higher-ups' pressure on Mobius, her snake-like behavior and unrestrained research philosophy weren't something ordinary people could accept.

"Little Griseo has also reached the age where she needs someone to take care of her. With the environment getting worse and worse, it's not surprising."

—Griseo was born a few years after the Second Honkai Eruption. After giving birth to Griseo, Blanka entered the infamous Mobius lab for further studies.

As time went on, and Fire Moth's scale and influence expanded, the frequent small Honkai eruptions around the world made Fire Moth's resident teams extremely busy—this of course included the Ninth Squad led by Ato.

Before, when the Honkai eruptions weren't so frequent, Hen could still be a dad from time to time, and Blanka and even Mobius could also take care of the child occasionally. But after the Fourth Honkai Eruption, Hen didn't have any free time, and Mobius…

Although Mobius didn't mind continuing to take care of the child, she quite liked the little one, but the atmosphere of Mobius's lab wasn't suitable for the growing Griseo, not to mention considering some employee regulations.

For various reasons, Blanka had to give up her job as Mobius's assistant for her child.

"Hmm… in that case, how about I recommend a few assistants to you? I guarantee you'll be very satisfied~" Recalling the conversation with Miss Snake in the Elysian Realm, Jiang Qiao instantly thought of a candidate for Mobius's new assistant.

The predecessor of the Flawless—Klein.

Logically speaking, she should be the successor to the "assistant" position, recommended to Mobius after Blanka's resignation.

But unfortunately, the current Blanka didn't seem to know Klein yet.

This wasn't strange. After all, according to the original development—from the end of the Second Honkai Eruption to the Fourth Honkai Eruption, at least four or five years had passed. However, Jiang Qiao's intervention had shortened this time to a few months.

Under such circumstances, how could Blanka have the energy to get to know other people?

Um… right, there were also the Nuwa and Fuxi sisters from Shenzhou. These two were also quite good assistant candidates… it should be right, right? Jiang Qiao wasn't sure, but thinking that those two could get along so well and harmoniously in Mobius's lab, they must be quite suitable for Mobius's lab (confirmed).

Right, there was also Little Bird.

MEI said she was still recovering… he should visit her later.

"Whatever."

Mobius didn't have any expectations for Jiang Qiao's suggestion—if the assistant this annoying guy found was as annoying as him, she couldn't stand it. But the recent increase in workload did make her crave a competent assistant.

Um… it would be nice if the assistant's massage skills were good.

Thinking of this, Mobius was a little dissatisfied.

She had originally hoped to train Blanka and then enjoy herself after work, but that guy Hen… actually poached Blanka away!

Just thinking about her "fruits of labor" being stolen by that frivolous man made her blood pressure spike.

Eh, that's right~ Isn't Elysia right here?

Mobius's eyes lit up, and she suddenly had an idea—but with her personality, how could she directly say: Elysia, my shoulders are sore, can you rub them for me?

So, she could only use her little brain, and with a flash of inspiration, she twisted her body, pretending to be uncomfortable.

Hmph, seeing me like this, wouldn't this annoying woman take the initiative to serve me?

—Then, Jiang Qiao, who was absentmindedly thinking about Little Bird, completely missed Miss Snake's "hint."

Fairy Elysia, seeing Mobius's exaggerated "performance," had a cunning look in her pure, innocent eyes, but on the surface, she still asked with a puzzled tone,

"Dr. Mobius, are you feeling unwell?"

"Cough, cough… I've been busy with work lately, I've been working for a long time, it's nothing."

Mobius's expression stiffened, but she couldn't just say it directly, so she could only explain calmly and try to hint at something.

Fairy Elysia looked as if she suddenly understood, then sat on Jiang Qiao's shoulder, and said seriously, "Eh—is that so? In that case, reliable me, let's not disturb Dr. Mobius anymore."

Although "replica me" was a more accurate term, it clearly wasn't appropriate, so Fairy Elysia's address for Jiang Qiao Elysia became "reliable me," "cute me." There were also alternate addresses like "Qiao," "Little Qiao," and so on.

"Ah… okay, Mobius, you should also take care of yourself."

"Ely…"

"Is there anything else, Dr. Mobius?" Fairy Elysia, turning her head, asked innocently. Looking at this "Little Elysia," Mobius choked on the words she wanted to say and could only reluctantly say,

"Uh… nothing."

Just like that, under Miss Snake's watchful eye, "Master Jiang" was dragged away by Fairy Elysia. And as soon as they were out of Mobius's sight, Fairy Elysia floated beside "Master Jiang."

"Reliable me, rub my shoulders~ They're so sore."

"?"

Jiang Qiao looked at the little guy in front of him with a puzzled expression—a battle ELF also had sore shoulders? And Fairy Elysia was clearly brand new.

As if sensing his doubt, Fairy Elysia directly used the invincible ultimate move "acting cute," hugging the pink-haired girl's cheek and rubbing against it vigorously,

"Rub them for me~ Rub them for me~"

"Okay, okay~"

Jiang Qiao could only nod helplessly, indulging Fairy Elysia somewhat. The happy Fairy Elysia was overjoyed,

"Hehe, I like you the most."

By the way—whether intentionally or unintentionally, when she said this, her voice was quite loud, even Mobius in the lab could hear it… well, it was unintentional (confirmed).

After doing all this, the little guy floating in front of Jiang Qiao enjoyed the massage—although for a battle ELF, they couldn't really experience the pleasure of a human massage, even if Fairy Elysia was using Klein's custom-made high-end parts, but it felt good psychologically!

A smug look appeared in Fairy Elysia's eyes—poor Dr. Mobius wanted a massage from reliable me but couldn't say it, and could only watch them leave, and was even… it's so pitiful~

After leaving Mobius's lab, they went to the hospital—Wendy, seriously injured in the Fourth Honkai Eruption, was brought back to the Kolosten base for emergency treatment. Because her injuries were too severe, Dr. Mobius had to personally intervene to save Little Bird.

But even so, she was in a coma for a long time and was transferred to Fire Moth's headquarters hospital for observation.

Because he had been busy outside, Jiang Qiao barely had time to visit her. Now that he finally had some free time, he finally had the chance to see her.

Following the address he got from MEI, the big and small went straight to the ward and happened to meet an unexpected person—Wendy.

But unlike her previous appearance, to avoid the possibility of some witnesses noticing the anomaly due to "Wendy's" appearance, Jiang Qiao adjusted her hair from the original black outside, green inside to black—this was actually Wendy's original hair color.

The black outside, green inside appearance was formed after she became a Herrscher.

As for the possibility of her appearance being highly similar to someone—cough, cough, this was just a coincidence, not intentional on Jiang Qiao's part (confirmed).