Honkai Impact 3rd, but I have too many mods.

The gray snake in the laboratory gently knocked on the door.

"Just let him in," came Möbius's voice from inside.

Gray Snake gestured for Liu Bai to enter, and Liu Bai had no choice but to push the door open.

In the laboratory, Möbius, wearing a white lab coat, was observing something under a microscope. Even when he heard Liu Bai open the door, he didn't look up and said, "You're here early, little guinea pig~ Find a seat and wait for me for ten minutes."

Jars filled with specimens of Honkai Beast limbs are everywhere...

Liu Bai looked around and could only say that this laboratory truly matched Möbius's persona.

The only consolation was that we didn't see any human limbs—well, maybe they could be considered suicide soldiers?

Liu Bai even found the underwear he had provided in a jar.

Hmm... The white underwear fabric was being carefully preserved in a purple solution, a sight that was strangely comical.

"Alright, I didn't keep you waiting too long, did I?" Mebius seemed to have finished.

"No, it hasn't even been five minutes," Bai said, indicating that he didn't mind. "So, Snake Lord, what brings you here?"

"Just call me Doctor. The title 'Snake Lord' is something Gray Snake came up with—come on, roll up your sleeves and stick your arms out."

"..."

"Arm out... That's too suspicious, isn't it?"

Did I get pricked with a needle right after I stretched out my arm?

Despite thinking this to himself, Liu Bai still had no choice but to stretch out his arm.

Then Mebius took out an empty syringe.

Mebius skillfully pressed down on Liu Bai's arm, took his pulse, and disinfected the area.

So it was just a blood test after all...

Liu Bai grimaced as he watched Mebius insert the needle into his vein and draw half a tube of blood.

"Hmm? You're not good at getting injections, little mouse?"

Mebius placed the cotton ball on the needle hole in Liu Bai's arm, indicating that he should press it down.

Even though he hadn't seen Liu Bai's face, Möbius guessed what Liu Bai was thinking.

"I would say I'm not good at dealing with 'long and thin things'."

"That really is a common trait among humans." Mebius's mature and alluring face wore a half-smile.

To be honest, the mature version of Möbius felt a bit unreal to Liu Bai.

"Actually, you can close your eyes too—although I think I'm saying that too late."

Mebius smiled as he injected the blood from the syringe into the test tube.

"Don't let my appearance fool you, I'm actually a doctor, and I'm quite good at giving injections—and, little mouse, would you like to hear the results of our previous research on your blood?"

When Liu Bai first arrived and reached an agreement with Mebius, he had a vial of blood drawn from him.

It happened the day before yesterday.

These past two days have been so fulfilling that Liu Bai almost forgot about this whole thing.

"My research results... can't be anything too bad, can they?"

Liu Bai's expression was somewhat puzzled.

Generally speaking, this kind of opening must mean that something has been figured out, right?

"It might really be bad for you."

Mebius's smile was very gentle—and it was because of this gentleness that Liu Bai felt increasingly uneasy.

"Let me be blunt. While this may be common sense for you since birth, for us Earthlings, you... defy common sense."

Counterintuitive?

Liu Bai naturally knew that he was going against common sense.

The only "player unit" with a bunch of random mods on it.

If this were to conform to common sense, something would be amiss.

However, Liu Bai also knew that what Mebius called counterintuitive was definitely not referring to his own identity.

"Liu Bai, loosen the cotton ball." This was the first time Liu Bai had heard Mebius call him by his name since he agreed to be a guinea pig.

Loosen? Cotton ball?

Liu Bai suddenly realized something.

"..."

The arm that had just received an injection was now completely smooth.

"As a doctor, I usually recommend pressing the cotton ball against the skin for at least five minutes after drawing blood."

Mebius's smile grew increasingly dangerous.

Although his eyes weren't snake pupils, for a moment, Liu Bai even felt as if he had been entangled by an invisible python.

"The wound from the blood draw is small and will heal in a few hours. However, just to be on the safe side, it's generally recommended not to shower that day, and to ensure a smooth, unobstructed healing process..."

Breathing and Health Regeneration Mod

This mod can heal various injuries simply by breathing, and it has no non-combat limitations. Even in high-intensity combat, this mod is extremely powerful.

But... this mod actually affects the body?

"Hahaha! Looks like you've realized the problem, my dear little guinea pig." Möbius laughed even more heartily and wildly.

"They haven't figured it out yet, have they? Or rather, it hasn't reached the application stage yet?"

Liu Bai's words immediately made Mebius's smile disappear.

But the next moment, Möbius revealed an even more delighted expression: "As expected of my favorite guinea pig. That's right, even I couldn't advance a brand new discovery to the practical stage in just a few days—no, let alone a few days, it might be a goal that would take me a lifetime to achieve."

"...You're going to study me your whole life?"

Liu Bai's expression turned strange.

"It sounds like some kind of unconventional proposal."

"..."

Mebius's smile vanished completely.

[Mebius's favorability rating: 1636]

[World Snake's Favorability: 1636]

Ah... can making fun of someone actually increase their goodwill?

Or will it suddenly jump by twenty?

"A marriage proposal...you're really bold, kid." Möbius tilted his head.

If it weren't for the change in favorability, Liu Bai would definitely have thought that Mebius was angry.

"Just lab rats... well, it's not like we can't consider it."

"Sorry, I'm not really interested in that right now—so, let's get down to business. You don't really want to slice me up, do you?"

Liu Bai doesn't mind if a beautiful young girl or a mature woman is attracted to his body, but he'd rather not be attracted to his body biologically.

Kind of scary.

"You were the one who went off-topic, but now you're lecturing me."

Mebius showed a brief look of displeasure.

"However, we did chat a bit too much today because we were having a good time. Let's get straight to the point, little guinea pig. Would you like to hear about the research topic I've been working on all this time?"

Stigma Project?

"All ears."

Its name is—human evolution!

Chapter Thirty-Two: The Value of Liu Bai

"..."

"..."

The room suddenly fell silent.

"Not even a little bit of response?"

"Ah... how should I put it, this topic sounds a bit too dangerous for you, Lord Serpent."

Liu Bai's expression became even more bizarre.

"You know, the kind of villainous boss who seems to have lofty goals, but is destined to be defeated by the protagonist's verbal sparring and iron fists on both levels?"

"Thank you so much for finding such a simple and easy-to-understand description—I've suddenly become interested in dissecting you."

"..."

Liu Bai immediately shut up and made a "please" gesture.

Can't be bothered.

"Anyway... never mind, I won't start from the beginning anyway, since I doubt you'd understand. Let's start with things that concern you."

Mebius's expression turned serious.

"Based on the current experiments, we can confirm one thing: with sufficient energy, your blood cells, while unable to resist the erosion of Honkai, can resist the damage caused by Honkai erosion—or rather, the damage is not as good as the recovery speed."

After saying that, Mebius sat on the edge of the operating table.

"Of course, I controlled the concentration of Honkai energy during this process, so that it was roughly in a state of equilibrium with your blood cells."

"So the result of those blood cells?" Bai didn't care about Mebius's precise wording—he wasn't a professional, so he could understand the meaning.

"Your blood cells have been eroded, but they haven't died. By the way, as an alien, you've studied biology, right? You understand cell structure, don't you?"

"Understand."

"Well, that makes sense—to put it more bluntly, the cell membranes of all the blood cells in your blood have become siliconized, but their functions are intact, and they have even had their lifespan extended."

Liu Bai retrieved some biology knowledge from his high school teacher after a long absence.

"...Silicon-based cell membranes?"

“Um…I…silicon-based cell membrane, but the inner membrane is still made of carbon-based material, so I’m not really good at explaining this.” Möbius was slightly surprised that Liu Bai had grasped the key point directly, but then a rare look of difficulty appeared on his face. “After all, normally neither Honkai Beasts nor zombies, nor even mutating humans, should have this situation. After all, apart from a few species like Hilichurls, the vast majority of Honkai are silicon-based life forms, and what flows inside them is Honkai energy.”

Could you explain it more clearly?

"To put it more clearly, the Honkai's normal infection ability has failed on you. There are only two ways to turn you into a Honkai creature: either kill you or put you in an extremely high concentration of Honkai field. Otherwise, you will at most become a 'half-Honkai creature'."

Honkai has no way to modify cells.

Liu Bai had a slight understanding: the former was equivalent to killing someone directly and then using necromancy to revive them, while the latter was to kill them with high environmental damage and then use necromancy to revive them.

If it can't be killed, the Honkai Erosion debuff will modify itself.

Mei Junbius looked at Liuwu Baiying and forcibly suppressed the (fanatical) look in his eyes. "The few sulfur species of the zero-type device of the Qiubaqiu people are actually carbon-based in internal structure - so they are the outliers."

"..." Bai sensed danger.

"call……"

Mebius let out a long sigh. "I really want to lock you in a room with the powerful Honkai source—so understand a little, kid, you are the future of Earthlings now. Ah, but speaking of which, that girl named Gui Naifen is not worth mentioning."

Gui Naifen, who was his companion, was completely ignored with a single sentence.

Don't care at all.

"Will I be placed under house arrest?"

"There's no need for that. I'd be in a real bind if you died of depression because I stepped in with my left foot, you little guinea pig."

Mebius flicked his long hair.

"I finally saw a glimmer of hope—though it may sound arrogant, no one in the world is better than me at researching Honkai disease. Yet even so, I haven't been able to completely overcome it—I haven't saved a single patient."