Chapter 59: Am I a human being?
It turns out that Ai Yue's efficiency is still too high.
From locking down the unconscious person's location, to contacting the Eighth Herrscher with the help of her dreams, to obtaining the key item and returning to the Fire Moth, the whole process took less than eight hours.
When he returned to Fire Moth, the Fifth Science Department had not even come up with a suitable mass production plan, so Ai Yue had to ask Hua to take the Prometheus extension over there to free Mei and Sakura from such things.
Before that, he went to Mobius's research institute.
"You're back so soon?" Mobius didn't look surprised at all when she saw Ai Yue walking into the lab. "What did you get?"
"I can only say that I have gained a lot," Ai Yue glanced at her lab table, "How are things going on here?"
"According to the direction you mentioned, we have made some progress." Mobius walked to the side and made room for him. "Since you are back, come and help me."
"It seems like you have no objection to my plan?" Ai Yue didn't hear any special emotions in the other party's words, and he was relieved immediately, "Then I feel relieved."
Ai Yue's plan for Mobius can be said to be a perfect application of the word "utilization".
He needed Mobius to optimize the existing "Pseudo-Herrscher Gene: Supermutation Factor" program so that it could be temporarily put into actual combat. As for the question of whether the sequelae would lead to death, it was actually easy to solve.
Just let Mobius use it—she can't die anyway.
"Why should I have an objection?" Mobius raised her chin and looked at Ai Yue in confusion, "I thought you knew me well enough to know that I was the kind of person who made such an arrangement."
"No, not that part." Ai Yue waved his hand. He knew that Mobius didn't care about being used as a test subject. "I was supposed to be the one researching the project for you, but in the end I ended up taking the lead. I feel a little sorry for you."
"Oh, this is really a bit annoying." Mobius snorted, then sighed, "But there's nothing I can do. This project was originally yours, so now it can only be considered as returning it to its original owner. It's not a big deal."
Mobius had never expected to surpass the other party by relying on the research direction given by Ai Yue. In addition, the current situation was special, so naturally she would not really have any conflicts with Ai Yue over such a thing.
After all, in the field of scientific research, whoever is stronger is right. She used to rely on her own talents to point fingers at others, but now the situation has changed and she has become the unlucky person.
"Then let's get it done quickly." Ai Yue took a look at the progress of the system research project, "Try to get it done within 20 hours."
"It seems that I don't need to sleep." Mobius took out a medicine from the drawer beside her and put it on her neck. Then she called Klein, who was concentrating on recording data on the other side, "Klein, come and take the medicine. We will stay up all night tonight!"
"Oh." Klein came over, took the capsule and water from Mobius and swallowed them, then returned to her post. Everything seemed so natural, as if such things happened every day in this place.
"After this is over, give her a long vacation." Ai Yue looked at the dark circles under Klein's eyes that could not be suppressed no matter what, and couldn't help but sigh, "You can't order cattle and horses around like this."
"No, that's fine." Klein herself looked nonchalant. "I volunteered to work overtime, really."
Her tone was sincere, but coupled with her expressionless face, it made her sound sarcastic.
"Klein's situation is quite special. She is really willing to work." Mobius shook her head, then thought of something and looked Ai Yue up and down. "But maybe after this incident, she will change."
For most people, work may just be a way to earn money to make a living, but for Klein, it is a haven for her to escape from reality.
Ai Yue didn't understand what riddle she was talking about, so he just ignored it and focused his attention on the research content.
Because the genetic samples of the Second Herrscher are extremely precious, and the more they are used, the less they are, so even Mobius did not dare to use them casually. The last time she made that potion, she gritted her teeth and used her own stock to show off to Ai Yue after achieving some interim results.
However, such "interim results" have become as worthless as cabbage tonight.
Although Mobius thought that she had surpassed Ai Yue in research on this project, when she actually saw how Ai Yue optimized the existing research content, she realized that she was still thinking too simply.
It seemed that he didn't need to know more about the existing content. He could understand it all at a glance. The things that Mobius had spent countless hours researching in the laboratory were full of loopholes in Ai Yue's hands, as if there were areas for improvement everywhere.
Mobius thought that she had built a solid foundation for the project, and that she only needed to continue building on it to perfect it. However, she did not expect that Ai Yue had almost completely overturned her original design and rebuilt a new foundation. During the process, the other party did not even make any mistakes, and even had very little hesitation in thinking.
It's as if all the knowledge is actually in his brain, and today's "research" is just moving them to another place.
"Well, this way at least the user can maintain sanity." It took about four hours before Ai Yue finally stopped. "Even in order to ensure the strength of the pseudo-Herrscher power, it still cannot avoid the user's death in the end. But since you are the one using it, it's not a big problem."
'What do you mean it's my turn? Am I not a human being?'
Mobius wanted to glare at him, but she found that even she subconsciously agreed with what Ai Yue said.
Anyway, you won't die. It's just that your physical age will regress a little. It's not a big problem.
"Mobius, can you take another look at what needs to be improved?" Ai Yue looked at Mobius at this time, "If not, you can start trying to make it."
"I can't see a thing." Mobius rolled her eyes and simply bumped to the side, squeezing Ai Yue out of his original position. "Okay, leave the rest to me. Mei is back, right? If you have anything to discuss with her, go ahead."
Since just now, Ai Yue's phone has been sending messages from time to time, and Mobius can easily guess what happened.
"Then I'll leave this to you." Ai Yue didn't stop and walked straight out the door. "Tell me the results as soon as possible."
Although she drove Ai Yue away, Mobius did not take action immediately, but looked at the temporary formula given by Ai Yue.
It is exquisite, concise, yet full of wild imagination, and is not at all constrained by basic academic thinking. If it were her, how long would it take her to deduce such a result?
"Why do I feel..." A trace of confusion flashed across Mobius' face, "The gap is getting bigger and bigger?"
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