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"So, Liu Bai, I'm definitely a better teacher than Mebius, right?" Tesla opened his arms wide. "Want to experience the gentle embrace of an older sister?"

"..."

"So Dr. Tesla has a taste for this kind of thing," Einstein scoffed mercilessly from the side, then, mimicking Tesla's tone, spread his arms wide and said, "Liu Bai, how about experiencing the gentle embrace of an older sister~?"

It's somewhat comical that Einstein, such a small man, would imitate Tesla by spreading his arms and saying that—but that's what mocking imitation is all about—being comical.

"Bird's nest hair—!"

“…What are you looking at?” Mebius suddenly pinched Liu Bai’s soft waist.

"..."

You can't exactly say that Einstein's appearance makes you really want to hug him, can you?

It feels small, soft, and fragrant...

"Big Sister hasn't said anything yet," Planck chimed in, joining the group in the jeering.

Ah, I must say, Planck's chest was just as magnificent as Möbius's, and might even be a size larger.

And both of them are green-haired, big-breasted scientists...

"Would Mr. Liu Bai like to give it a try?"

"That's enough, you lot! We're here to do research, not to cause trouble!" Edison slammed his fist on the wall, unable to contain himself any longer.

"Who's being horny!" Tesla glared at Edison like a cat whose tail had been stepped on.

“Dr. Tesla, oh~” Einstein said expressionlessly.

"—You clearly said it yourself! If you keep giving me that indifferent look, I'll beat you up!"

"Princess, you really have no sense of romance."

Planck sighed in a pretentious manner.

"Isn't someone like Mr. Liu Bai a rare find?"

"Enough, Planck, I don't want to hear your theories about single women. Just stay single."

"...Do you think I'm not able to find a boyfriend at the age when I should be getting married because I'm taking care of someone else?"

"First, let's rule out me; it should be Tesla, right?"

"Well……"

"You old hag, stop hesitating now—!"

…………

"Please excuse the doctors' poor work."

While everyone was arguing, Leanna had already led them through the portal back to the island.

"Perhaps this is just a quirk of geniuses; please forgive me."

Leanna seemed unfazed by that group.

As the saying goes, one cannot hit a smiling face. Since Leanna had said so, Mebius could not pursue the matter further.

So Mei looked at another person.

"...So, Mei, why did you come back?"

“I feel like I can’t fit in with that group of people.”

Mei, who had silently followed him back, adjusted her glasses and gave a very convincing answer.

"...How did those people manage to be even more unconventional than me in their seventies and eighties?"

"It's okay, I just don't think their food is as lively as yours."

Mei: "..."

Mei gave Mebius a murderous glare.

That's a bit too harsh.

But the worst was yet to come.

“Ruan Mei, let her join your research as well. This child will definitely bring you surprises.”

"Her..."

Ruan Mei looked at Mei with some confusion. She didn't know that Mei was good at biology these past two days.

Is the other person also just starting to explore Honkai creatures?

However... having another genius helper isn't necessarily a bad thing.

Given time, many of these people could enter the genius club—there's no way to find assistants with that kind of potential in the universe.

Chapter 244 Ruan Mei's Dangerous Project

Technology is not something that can be achieved overnight.

Even she, if she had been born on a wild planet isolated from civilization, instead of a scientific expedition that was constantly studying life, and had a grandmother from the Institute of Liberal Arts, might not have ended up where she is today—the intellectual eye only looks at the results.

Lilta, also a member of the genius club, did not have any inventions that would go down in history, but he did establish general rules for the vast universe, replacing traditional geometric algebra with the nine-character algorithm—but was the nine-character algorithm something that could be done in one go?

Even the scientific categories she categorized have influenced many scientists, including herself.

Rupert, from a computer in a junkyard to the "Emperor" who sparked a war that swept across half the galaxy, his birth of self-awareness can be called a miracle, but without the "junk" from all over the universe and the "anti-life equation" that already existed, he would not have risen to become the Emperor.

Not to mention technologies like synesthetic beacons, could a student who only knows how to do one plus one suddenly learn how to make a nuclear bomb?

It is precisely because we are situated in the universe that we can create synesthetic beacons; otherwise, a mobile phone and a long-distance number would be more than enough.

Even a star god might not achieve success through sheer luck, and the fact that mindless reproduction can split from immortality is not necessarily a matter of good fortune. Yet some believe that "geniuses" who are more mediocre than star gods are born with innate knowledge.

Relying on luck also requires certain conditions.

A celestial computer can be promoted to a Star God of Intelligence through "luck," but a small calculator, even if luck comes its way, can never become a Star God.

The common trait among many is that "we only see the thief eating meat, but we don't see the thief getting beaten."

There will always be people who think that geniuses are born to be watched by the wise and learned.

In fact, Ruan Mei herself only came to the attention after completing research in the laboratory that could change the planet's ecology for the first time. Although she disregarded the existing laws of life and the meaning of life, the technology she used came from the life sciences she had studied and from the teachings of her parents and elders.

There are no taboos.

It wasn't a sudden enlightenment from a woman who only knew about daily necessities.

You can't expect a civilization trapped on a planet, completely isolated from the Star God and destiny, to suddenly create a tool that can control destiny.

You can't expect someone who's only ever seen birds to suddenly build an interstellar warship.

Ruan Mei knew about these two people.

One of them was on a similar but different path—she was just luckier, with advanced technology, a sufficient legacy, and a stable environment that allowed her to immerse herself in the laboratory and conduct her research on life to her heart's content.

After the two switched places, Nguyen Mai felt that she might not be able to do better than Mebius.

Born into a civilization still ravaged by war, where the biological field had only just begun to advance at the genetic level, and whose parents were just ordinary people, I nearly lost my family when I was nine, ran away from home, and learned everything on my own... Ha...

Even disregarding the difficulty of the environment, to put it bluntly, if these two people were truly at the same level as her, then most people in the genius club, including her, would have already left the group.

—Possessing knowledge of hundreds of thousands of years of high-tech history of the entire universe, he ultimately stood shoulder to shoulder with scholars from two civilizations that had entered modern society less than two hundred years ago.

And he calls himself a genius?

As for the other one, mei... is an unpolished gem.

Although it would be more suitable for Black Tower to polish this rough gem than for her, since it was already at hand, Ruan Mei didn't mind polishing it a bit.

In any case, geniuses like these will eventually find their own way out.

Even if they teach it wrongly, it's no worse than those foolish and laughable figures in the Erudite Society.

Moreover... the technology on this planet isn't entirely useless.

For example, the tree of imaginary numbers. Zandal's theory of the tree of imaginary numbers has never been well demonstrated.

The Star Gods might know, but that's not something mortals like them can find out.

But this world... is inexplicably close to "trees".

"Dr. Möbius, do you have the gene pool of species from this planet?"

Ruan Mei wasn't in a hurry to study the tree—she wasn't really that interested in it anyway.

“You really dare to ask…” Möbius raised an eyebrow. “I don’t have the complete one, but I do have one that’s roughly the same.”

"incomplete?"

"Where are you going to collect a complete set for me these days?"

"Generally speaking, when a company sells a planet, it will have all the information completely organized..."

Although Ruan Mei said that, she nodded.

"Okay, even if it's incomplete, it should be enough."

What do you want to study?

"I want to clone all these species, and then infect them with Honkai to make some preliminary observations."

"...I've done similar experiments; I can give you the data if you need it."

Mebius's lips twitched; she genuinely felt this woman was a bit dangerous.

"Let me warn you first, Honkai Beasts are basically silicon-based life forms, and they can't reproduce."

"Is there really no other way, or are you unwilling to test the taboo?" Ruan Mei asked rhetorically.

"I must be crazy to test the taboo of Honkai Beasts and Death Knights' reproduction!"

Mebius was clearly getting impatient.

"By the way, it's impossible for humans and zombies to mate! Humans will get infected, and zombies don't have the ability to conceive! Pregnant women infected with Honkai will have stillbirths."

"Where is the Herrscher?"

“…” Möbius choked for a moment, then nodded helplessly after thinking for a while, “If it’s a situation like rune awareness and control… then it’s possible.”

She had met both Fu Shi and the Ruler of Domination, and naturally gave them both a physical examination as well.

While domination can transform a person into a puppet, it can also maintain a human form.

The talisman is even more normal, a genuine human body.

"That's it..."

Ruan Mei glanced at Liu Bai.

"Don't look at me, I don't have any plans to have children right now." The pale face immediately turned dark.

"So you didn't try to modify the Honkai Beasts and zombies to give them reproductive capabilities?"

Ruan Mei shifted her gaze from Liu Bai and continued to press for answers.

"...I'm not crazy, Ruan Mei! This isn't the universe you know, much less your laboratory!"

Mebius's face darkened.

The two of them are completely different people.

"No one can guarantee that a Herrscher won't suddenly appear out of nowhere!"

Not to mention that this kind of nonsense has no positive significance to begin with.

Honkai Beasts don't expand their populations through reproduction; they either grow out of the ground or are infected by plants and animals. There's no such thing as a genetic offensive.

"I'm just curious." Ruan Mei ignored Mébius's slight anger. "Don't you think that the possibility of humans combining with Honkai Beasts or zombies would be a very worthwhile research project?"

At this point, both Leianna and Liu Bai, who were listening in, covered their faces.

Especially Liu Bai.

...Now he truly feels that summoning Ruan Mei has done more harm than good.

Chapter 245