Honkai Impact, please stop imagining it.

"Otherwise, what can someone my age do besides being a little bit smart, besides having some fighting ability?

Lin Yu sipped his milk tea, looking at the scenery in the small garden of the research institute. "I can't just throw a tantrum and go off to date, have fun, travel, go to school, and live a mundane daily life while you're all working hard to defeat the Honkai."

"I once saw a quote in a movie: 'With great power comes great responsibility.' I used to scoff at it, but now that I have the power, and when everyone is working towards the same just and righteous goal, the guilt I feel when I turn a blind eye is something I can't bear right now."

Lin Yu counted on his fingers, holding up three fingers. "I'll only be able to lie down and quietly enjoy being protected and sitting when I'm at least thirty years old, pot-bellied, have lost my dreams and hopes, and have my mind full of crooked and cunning tricks."

Möbius: "If you fight, each battle will amplify the side effects in your body. In other words, your fighting will cause your illness to increase, become faster, and become more severe. Even so, if you don't fight and stay quietly by my side, I'm confident I can help you live to forty."

Lin Yu: "But the more illnesses I have, the more shackles I'm freed from, and the stronger I become. Isn't that a good thing?"

Lin Yu: "Moreover, I will not only live to be forty years old, my genes tell me that I can live forever."

For Mebius, immortality was a luxury, as it was the result she had always dreamed of. But for Lin Yu, it was a torment, because even though Lin Yu didn't have immortality now, he was still tormented by illness at any time.

"Don't fight, it will shorten your lifespan, at least until I develop a way to make your side effects disappear."

Mebius, holding his milk tea, looked at Lin Yu's handsome face, his slightly chubby cheeks, and said earnestly.

Lin Yu: "But researching Chimera requires the corpses of Honkai Beasts and their tissue fluid, doesn't it?"

Möbius: "Many warriors of the Fire-Chasing Moth are capable of this task."

Lin Yu: "You mean they fought for me, and I... reaped the benefits? Sister Mebius, wake up, dreams aren't like that."

Lin Yu put down the report and organized it into a folder. "Actually, I did think about this at the beginning: the fifth squad would kill the Honkai Beasts to extract tissue fluid, bring the corpses back, you and Mei would study them, I would bother Himeko every day to get pocket money, and then take Hua with me to play around."

“In fact, that’s what I did at the beginning. I did nothing every day, just wandering back and forth between the military compound and the recruit training ground. But after going to Changkong City, my mindset changed a little.”

Möbius: "What did you discover?"

Lin Yu thought for a moment, "Honkai Beasts are terrifying. They have sharp claws and powerful bodies. Just by passing by the streets and bumping into the surrounding houses, the houses are easily crushed like tofu."

"The suicide soldiers are also pitiful. They originally had happy or unhappy families, but they were all trying to live in this world, just like I used to be. But the Honkai outbreak was like a natural disaster, causing everything to disappear in an instant. They lost everything, including their lives, leaving only suicide soldiers to continue their dead bodies."

Lin Yu: "Your research on chimeras is actually aimed at achieving immortality, and developing results that will allow humanity to advance further, similar to genetic ascension."

Möbius nodded. "More or less."

Lin Yu: "Actually, my idea isn't that noble. I've never thought about turning all the suicide soldiers into humans, but I have thought about preventing humans from becoming suicide soldiers."

"This kind of thing is very difficult, so I'll settle for second best and try my best. I'll just do my best and leave the outcome to fate. Even if I fail, I can still say that I've done my best."

Lin Yu threw the finished milk tea into the trash can. "Since I don't need to get a medical check-up anymore, I'll be leaving now."

Möbius: "It's not that you no longer need to have a check-up, but that you don't need to for the time being. You need to know that your body is precious. You need to come back every month, no, every week."

Lin Yu gave Möbius a strange look. "Can't I just come back every time I finish a mission?"

I went to kill Honkai Beasts, not to die outside, so why is there a time limit for me to come back?

Today I went to the nearby area and took down a few special Honkai Beasts, then used a transport plane to bring them back. I'll set off again tomorrow.

Möbius: "Hey, didn't you say you were leaving and weren't coming back?"

Lin Yu: "How could that be? Himeko is here, Hua is here, and you're here too. If I don't come back, where am I supposed to go? To the headquarters of the Fire Moth to find Mei?"

I don't even know where the headquarters of the Firemoth is. Besides, even if I did know, I'd need to know where she is to go find her. Himeko said that Mei can't even communicate with her parents anymore. The level of secrecy has reached this point. Wouldn't it be asking for trouble if I went there myself?

Moreover, Lin Yu would rather bring Mei back to live in Australia than go to live with Mei.

The headquarters of the Firemoth wouldn't help him realize those wild ideas in his mind, but Himeko would.

If you ask, it means she loves me; if you ask again, it means she loves me very much.

Möbius: "...That's how it's written in comics. The male protagonist and the female protagonist chat for a while, and then he goes away for more than ten years and doesn't come back. When he comes back, it's the end."

Lin Yu: "Do you still read comics? What comics do you want me to see?"

Lin Yu had no idea that Mebius also liked reading comics.

Mebius made a gesture to stop him, a little embarrassed, "You're a bit too old."

Klein showed these to Mebius. Mebius wanted to get closer to Lin Yu, so Klein found a lot of doujinshi for her, including NTR ones, like the female protagonist peeking through the door at the male protagonist with other girls, which were really weird.

There are also other worlds, and there are many in total.

A question mark appeared above Lin Yu's head. "I'm not old enough. I'm already sixteen years old and I'm still not old enough. Is it an 18+?"

Holy crap! Eighteen-year-old!

Look at the little H notebook!

Lin Yu was shocked.

Möbius: "I still don't want you to fight. To put it in a way you can understand, your fighting will shorten your lifespan. The more intense and frequent the fighting, the faster your lifespan will be shortened, and the sooner you will die."

"You're still young, there are some things you can't control. When you're young, you always feel that there are some things you can handle and do them. It's not until you grow up that you realize what foolish things you did when you were young. But by then, there's no time for regret. There's no going back in life, and there's no chance to start over."

Lin Yu patted Möbius's head. "I've wanted to do this for a long time, Möbius. You need to wash your hair. Don't always be so engrossed in research. At least... Klein needs a rest. I'll show you with the results that the problems you're considering now are not problems for me at all. People will regret things in the future precisely because they don't regret them now."

"Humans are creatures that are prone to regret. If I don't do this now, I might regret my silence and stagnation when I think back on this day in the future. I really like a quote from someone who hasn't even been born yet. It inspired my decision right now: those who want to get married should get married, and those who don't want to get married should stay single. In the end, you'll all regret it anyway."

Mebius looked at Lin Yu standing in front of him, reached out and pinched his little face, then kissed Lin Yu's face with his mouth. It was white and tender, and smelled like milk.

Lin Yu was shocked. He wiped his face and quickly backed away. "What are you doing, Mebius?"

I'm trying to talk to you about literature and reason, and you come up here and suck on my throat.

Möbius calmly wiped his mouth. "I did this so that one day I would regret my stagnation and silence when I look back on this day. That's what you taught me."

Lin Yu: "......."

Möbius smiled. "I'll give you a call if there are any special objectives, but before that, prepare the baseline experimental tissue fluid and cadaver. Good luck."

Before you die, I will erase the side effects from your body. I will watch you ascend the throne of genetic ascension and become a completely new human being.

After Möbius left, Lin Yu stood there for a long time, his mind filled with the image of Möbius kissing him.

No, that wasn't a kiss, that was a slurping motion, like sucking on a jelly.

Lin Yu picked up his phone, opened the camera, looked at his face in the front-facing camera, and then made a few expressions.

He's so handsome. I took a shower and washed my hair this morning.

Could it be that my charm has even won over a senior biology professor like Möbius, who has been doing research for so long?

Lin Yu touched his face. Klein walked over from not far away, wearing a white coat and holding milk coffee and jianbing guozi (Chinese crepe).

When Klein walked up to Lin Yu, he paused for a moment and curiously moved closer to see what Lin Yu was looking at.

The front-facing camera captured Klein's curious little face. Lin Yu wanted to turn off the camera, but instead accidentally took a picture.

A photo of Klein peeking out from Lin Yu's shoulder like a curious little hamster appeared in Lin Yu's photo album.

Three exclamation marks immediately appeared above Klein's head. "What?! You've been standing here for ages just so I'd get close enough to lean on your shoulder and peek at what you're looking at, and then take a picture?"

Lin Yu: "I was taking photos openly and honestly, how can it be considered taking photos secretly?"

Lin Yu was still thinking about whether to delete the pictures in the album and explain that it was a misunderstanding, but when Klein said that they were taken without his consent, Lin Yu decided not to delete them.

He shamelessly put his phone in his pocket, pretending nothing had happened.

Klein: "Lin Yu, you idiot."

After taking a sip of his milk coffee, Klein sat down in the seat that Möbius had originally occupied, opened a jianbing (Chinese crepe) and took a bite, revealing a blissful expression. "Ah~, this past month has been the best I've slept since I started working with Dr. Möbius. I only have to work twelve hours a day. This kind of life must be heaven."

Lin Yu: "It's hell, isn't it? Working twelve hours a day, sir? Don't you even know about labor laws?"

Klein: "That's because you don't understand Dr. Möbius."

Klein made a face. "Can you enjoy the happiness of working only twelve hours a day? You do it every day..."

Klein's grimaces slowly faded, and she belatedly realized that Lin Yu didn't need to work at all.

Chapter 65 My relationship with Klein is purely platonic, like a romantic friendship.

Lin Yu: "Klein, Klein?"

What's wrong with Klein? Why did he suddenly become so downcast?

Lin Yu waved his hand in front of Klein, who shook his head, pulling himself together from his dejection.

Klein: "So that's why! A minor like you could never possibly understand our thoughts."

Lin Yu's lips twitched. What do you mean I'm a minor?

Lin Yu sighed, "I'll ask Mebius to reduce your workload, or I'll ask Himeko to help Mebius find more assistants. Your work will be easier then."

Klein's expression changed instantly, from anger to bewilderment.

Lin Yu grabbed the file folder and left, saying, "I'm off to fight Honkai Beasts."

Klein watched Lin Yu's retreating figure from behind, remained silent for a moment, and then waved to Lin Yu, "Remember to find a smart assistant. If you only find idiots, Dr. Mebius will be angry."

Lin Yu almost tripped over the curb in the garden. "Emmmmmm, you've got some taste. You should be grateful if I can find you a few assistants."

It's unclear what kind of magic Möbius gave Klein, but with Klein's abilities, as long as he leaves the First Research Institute, he can open his own small research institute and hold an important position within the Moth of Fire headquarters.

Now he's busy running around for Mebius, working himself to the bone but getting no appreciation. Hmm, Lin Yu thinks Klein must have a bit of a submissive mentality. Does being ordered around make Klein feel comfortable?

Are all the researchers and assistants in the institute, besides the two of you, part of your scheme?

Lin Yu walked out of the small garden and took off to find Himeko.

The small garden has a glass roof, or to put it more elegantly, a glazed tile roof, which allows sunlight to reach the plants while also regulating the indoor temperature.

Although I don't understand why a research institute would want this thing, Himeko must have her reasons for doing it.

Lin Yu opened the window on the eighth floor and went inside. Himeko's office was as clean as ever, and Himeko was sitting in her chair as always, drinking red wine and watching the news.

"Yo, here we come."

Lin Yu nodded. "I'm here."

Did you bring me the two bottles of wheat juice I asked you to?

himeko looked at Lin Yu's empty hands and asked, somewhat confused.

Lin Yu: "Hmm? Did you tell me about this?"

himeko's eyes widened. "I told you this morning when you came back from buying breakfast that if you went out, you should buy me two bottles of wheat juice."

Lin Yu gasped, "Huh? Didn't you tell me to take them home? I bought several boxes and have them at home."

himeko: "......."