I am the former civilized hero.

Humph, this long-eared fox.

Mebius snorted coldly. If she hadn't gone in time today, Ryan would have already gone to Sakura's room to eat lunch. There would be no further work. The skills of both sides...

At worst, I can let Klein teach me!

Ryan didn't know that Mebius was so dramatic. He smiled and greeted Sakura. This assassin was his most reliable partner. As the internal conflicts of the Fire Moth became increasingly intense, the other party even used ballistic missiles to assassinate.

Mei was in danger, and Kevin couldn't always stay with her, so Ryan made arrangements for Sakura in advance.

"I wanted to ask Alicia for help, but this idiot talked too much and Mei kicked him out of the lab."

He slowly approached and was about to say hello when he saw Ying take out a silver thermos from her bag.

"Ryan, since you didn't come for lunch, I made tea for you in advance, in the usual proportions."

"Thanks. It looks like I'll be in better spirits for the meeting this afternoon." Ryan took it. He really liked the flower tea that Ying brewed, so he put it in his pocket. Seeing Ying hesitated to speak, he asked, "Anything else?"

"Have you had lunch? If not, I brought ..."

"He has already eaten the Shenzhou cuisine I made for him. He even ate a big bowl of rice." Mobius suddenly stepped forward with a smile on his face.

Wow, you lie without blinking, what Chinese cuisine, dark cuisine, right?

Ryan was complaining about Mobius's shamelessness when he saw Ying's expression dim. She stuffed the lunch box back into her bag, paused, and asked with interest, "Does Dr. Mobius know how to cook?"

"I am a versatile person. What does a few life skills mean to me?"

"Then please let me try it next time. Also, what kind of cuisine are you good at?"

"That depends on my mood. Okay, let's go to the meeting." Mobius realized that if he continued talking, he would be exposed, so he quickly pushed Ryan into the core area and blinked when he passed by Sakura.

"Just let me do these little things from now on. Ryan has to stay in my lab every day. It's very troublesome to run back and forth."

Their eyes met, then they quickly separated. The explosion-proof door behind them closed. Ying stood there in a daze. After a few seconds, she tightened her knife slightly.

For some reason, she felt inexplicably angry.

Chapter 184: Stigma Plan??

The First Research Institute occupies most of the underground twenty floors and has the largest number of personnel. On the one hand, it explores imaginary numbers, and on the other hand, it coordinates and plans all research.

It can be said that this is the brain of human technological civilization. In Ryan's eyes, its value is even higher than that of the entire Fire Moth, so he specially sent Sakura, a strong man with "anti-personnel special attack" to guard here.

The second phase of super mutation factor has been injected. In this narrow space, Sakura's combat power is enough to rank among the top three. Even Ryan may capsize in the ditch if he is not careful.

Ryan looked around, everything was in order, nearly a hundred people were coming in and out of the hall and various laboratories, holding various documents in their arms, and then he saw a familiar face coming up to him.

"Dr. Mei is waiting for you two." Senye had a blank expression on his face, and his clothes didn't have even a wrinkle. He looked extremely serious.

Turns out he's a stuffy guy.

Ryan added in his mind, nodding slightly, and followed with Mebius, then listened to Sene's introduction to the different departments.

Planning Department, Audit Department, Intelligence Analysis Department, General Office, Logistics Office, Tactical Research Committee...

The departments are complete and each has its own responsibilities. In less than a year, Mei had set up the framework, which is equivalent to an independently operated department within the Fire Moth.

'The responsibilities are improved in the name of docking, which is equivalent to a small fire moth. If the scale of the entire organization is reduced by a hundred times, the research committee can be completely replaced.'

This political conspiracy is so powerful, just like a drizzle, affecting everything silently.

Ryan raised the corner of his mouth and looked at Sene in front of him. Although this guy was introverted and reserved, he had a good level of knowledge and could explain all the departments clearly.

"Are you Dr. Mei's assistant now?"

"It's just errands. According to Dr. Mei, my personality is very suitable for doing these things." He pushed a strand of hair that had been hanging down to the back of his head and said calmly: "How should I put it? I am very good at finding loopholes, just like a black spot on a white paper. I will feel uncomfortable if I don't solve it."

Got it, late stage of obsessive compulsive disorder.

Ryan licked his lips. Mei was quite good at knowing how to use people well. People with obsessive-compulsive disorder like this were suitable to be assistants, and would often say things that you hadn't even noticed.

Just like that, he walked around the hall and entered a dim corridor. Along the way, Sene picked up trash ten times, smoothed out the wrinkles of five notices, and secretly peeked at the young researcher's stockings seven times and her chest three times.

He finally stopped at the innermost room and gestured to invite them in: "Dr. Mei is waiting for you inside."

"Tsk, so mysterious."

Mebius curled his lips and walked into the room first, while Ryan slowed down and glanced at the assistant with some amusement.

"I have a question."

"please say."

"Why didn't you look at Mebius the whole way? Is she not attractive enough?"

Sene's face flushed immediately, knowing that his little action had been observed. Facing Ryan, he did not dare to quibble and only lowered his voice.

"Because peeking at Dr. Mobius will bring bad luck. One of my colleagues suffered a great loss."

You don't allow people to watch this guy Mebius? But I was very excited to watch it before.

Not to mention the distant past, just when he was cooking just now, his eyes were fixed on his buttocks, and Mebius acted as if nothing had happened.

Yes, my gaze is much more hidden than that of this stuffy guy. It is a pure appreciation of human beauty without any obscene thoughts.

Ryan suddenly felt that he had been sublimated. He held his head high and walked into the door.

The meeting room was very small, with just a long oval table in the middle, and the number of participants was no different from yesterday.

"Why are there only four of us?"

"Some things the fewer people who know about them the better, and they are not within the research scope of Dr. Vidic and others." Mei hid in the shadows, and only her white chin could be seen. Next to her sat Velvet, who was greeting Ryan excitedly.

“A researcher among researchers, isn’t that cool?”

"No, but I want to hear if there's any research that needs us to discuss." Ryan pulled out a chair and sat down, casually glancing at the big screen.

On it is a real-time "Skynet" map, with gray, blue and red colors dividing the earth like a puzzle, and densely packed red dots that occasionally move and occasionally disappear.

The Herrscher is hiding among them, but there are too many targets and it is impossible to identify them one by one.

Mei took out a remote control and pressed it, then said calmly, "On the surface, we should discuss how to find the Fifth Herrscher and monitor the Sixth Herrscher, but after they changed their combat methods, this is all a waste of time."

"So what about in secret? They're not discussing the genetic fragment I discovered, are they?" Mebius came back with a cup of coffee. The instant coffee here is two dollars more expensive than hers on average, so of course he has to drink a lot of it.

“That’s also one of the topics.”

"Wait, what gene fragment?" Ryan raised his hand to ask, and saw Mei tossing a stack of documents over to him. He flipped through a few pages and immediately became alert.

This is Mebius's in-depth research on human genes, a by-product of the Fusion Warrior Project. The reason is that she wants to understand why the same super-mutation factor produces different results in different human bodies.

"Through in-depth exploration of DNA, it was discovered that Honkai energy adaptability is related to gene fragments?"

Since the adaptability of Honkai is hidden in the huge population base, it will only be revealed when a disaster breaks out. For example, some people will die on the spot, some will become dead soldiers, and some can survive.

In the field of theology, this is called the chosen one. Of course, Mebius scoffed at it. The essence of science is to find laws, and now, she has enough data to support it.

From the stupid ones like Kevin to those who failed in fusion surgery, Mebius can explore to his heart's content.

"About 15% of people have Honkai adaptability, and are able to remain unaffected by trace amounts of Honkai radiation?"

"Well, this is experimental data involving tens of millions of people. I have already adjusted the variables." Mei answered rigorously, and then glanced at Mebius: "This is a byproduct of the Fusion Warrior Program. The Fire Moth has conducted extensive screening and determined that 1% of them have the possibility of undergoing surgery."

Their numbers are small, but being able to withstand Honkai energy radiation is already remarkable. Just like in normal human society, warriors are always a minority.

"So it was my research that helped you explore the essence of Honkai?" Mobius smiled and rolled his eyes.

"You can think so."

"Can you compensate me a little bit?"

"No, instead I diverted your funds to this investigation. Screening billions of people is an astronomical figure, and it is most appropriate to spend it with the scientific research funds of the Fifth Institute."

Mebius' smile froze and he was stunned. He never expected that this woman was so shameless.

"you dare--"

She raised her hand, but Ryan grabbed it tightly, and her snake eyes turned red.

"You're not going to follow her..."

"No, I just want to remind you that if you break the table, the repair costs will also be charged to you." Ryan reminded calmly.

Mebius' body froze, but the hand still came down, but it was very light, which made the whole person's momentum weakened a lot.

"You're going too far!"

"It has nothing to do with me. The funds allocated from above have become less, and we have to increase investment in exploring the Quantum Ocean. Anyway, you and Wei Wei have other funds..."

Mei said halfway and looked at Ryan teasingly, but Ryan did not break his defense, but just smiled at her and silently lip-synced.

The meaning of this lip shape is simple: Kevin.

"Ahem, I'll consider it. At least the price won't drop any further from the current level."

Mei clenched her pen and silently made another note for Ryan. The man's meaning was very simple.

If you mess with me, I will mess with Kevin. No matter how you go around in circles, you will not end up well.

"She is indeed a smart person. Next we must guard against her revenge." Ryan nodded with satisfaction. Having been classmates for so many years, he knew this scheming woman too well.

"So what's the point of carrying out this plan?"

After this little episode, they immediately returned to the main topic, and Mei held the side of her face, revealing obvious hesitation.

"I think that even in the worst case scenario, some people might survive and become the lucky ones under global radiation, and then pass on this trait based on genetics."

“What is your core argument?”

"Let me answer this question." Mobius took over the conversation and smiled proudly: "This special gene will be activated under high Honkai energy, and even resonate with imaginary energy, producing some wonderful changes."

Mei tapped the table lightly, her expression serious, even a little cold.

"So Dr. Mebius and I decided to do further research to leave a way out for the terrible future, and find a way to get the remaining 75% of humanity to join in."

"Of course, it's just a prototype now. We need to conduct in-depth research based on the current foundation and find a way to integrate it with Honkai. In this way, there is no need to confront the Herrscher head-on."

If you can't beat them, join them? Wait, this sounds familiar?

Ryan moved his head and looked back and forth at Mebius and May. The two were hiding in the shadows, looming, but he was sure that the two guys must have had a heated debate and concealed some important information.

The Stigmata Plan, it must be the Stigmata Plan.

Ryan remained silent. He knew that this was not only a scientific problem, but also a cruel philosophical problem, because the Stigmata Project would redefine "human beings" in the end.

"As a byproduct of the Fusion Warrior Project, has it already appeared in advance?"