The Collapse Begins in Changkong City

next morning

Wang Tang and his group arrived at the metal gate of the Fire-Chasing Moth.

Mebius pulled a gold card with a moth printed on it from his chest.

I was completely dumbfounded. I muttered to myself, "Holy crap, how come I never thought there would be anything there?"

"Do you want to try it, big brother?" Mebius teased me, and just then the door opened.

An electronic voice announced, "Congratulations, Dr. Möbius, on returning home."

After entering the base, the bodyguards completed their tasks and left.

Wang Tang walked into the Moth Chaser, looking at and touching everything. Seeing my behavior, Möbius said speechlessly, "You're acting like a country bumpkin who's never seen high technology before."

"There's nothing I can do, mainly because I've never seen these things before."

We then visited Möbius's laboratory.

Mebius and I entered the lab and met a woman with long, silver-white hair. "She's my assistant, Blanca, and he'll be my assistant from now on, called Wang Tang."

After Mebius's introduction, we got to know each other.

"Blanca, go and help your new colleague with his onboarding for our lab, and also get him an ID card."

"Yes, Doctor." After saying that, Blanca went to get busy.

Mebius drew a vial of Wang Tang's blood.

They put that vial of blood into those sophisticated instruments, and within just half an hour, they got the blood test results.

"Little mouse, your blood is much more active than that of those warriors, and your healing power is very strong. You can completely heal minor wounds like broken skin in less than three seconds."

As Mebius studied the material, she talked to me about her findings.

Several hours later, Blanca returned to the lab with her completed onboarding procedures and ID card.

"Doctor, everything is ready." Blanca handed the items to Möbius.

Möbius looked at me and said, "Congratulations, little guinea pig, you've officially become my assistant."

"Dr. Möbius, I will do my best to cooperate with your research."

Möbius nodded in satisfaction. "Very good. I like your lazy, irresistible nature."

"So, Doctor, how much salary are you planning to pay me?"

Mebius became somewhat embarrassed upon hearing my words.

"Well... well, our lab is a little short on funds lately, so please understand."

I wasn't surprised at all when I heard this news. After all, I knew from playing games that although Mebius was a veteran of the Firemoth, her laboratory often had most of its funding cut for some inexplicable reasons.

"never mind"

When I said "never mind," Mebius thought I was going to leave her lab and immediately grabbed my shoulder.

"Please...please don't leave."

"Uh... um, what are you talking about? I just meant to say that reimbursing my food expenses is fine, as for my salary, I'll give it to you when you have the money."

Wang Tang said this mainly because with the system in place, he's unlikely to lack money.

I said somewhat strangely, "You don't think I'm leaving because you heard I wasn't paying my salary, do you?"

Mebius nodded without refuting.

"Don't worry, little mouse, once our lab has money, I'll pay you your salary first."

"Why? I feel like you're just like those unscrupulous bosses who like to make empty promises to their subordinates."

"Alright, little mouse, let's continue the experiment." With that, Möbius pulled me onto the lab table.

Blanca, who was standing nearby, couldn't help but laugh after seeing Mebius leave.

A month passed just like that.

This was the day Blanca resigned.

Blanca marries Scar, the most famous officer of the Candle Moth, and chooses to resign from her job at the Möbius Laboratory.

On the day Blanca left, sunlight streamed through the laboratory windows, as if blessing her new journey. Möbius looked at Blanca, a hint of reluctance in his eyes.

“Blanca, I didn’t expect this day to come so soon,” Mebius said softly.

Blanca smiled and replied, "Doctor, I've had a very fulfilling time in the lab, and I cherish it. But for the sake of my family, I have to resign from this job."

I offered my blessings, saying, "I wish you and Hen happiness. If you have time, come back and visit the doctor."

Blanca: "Don't worry, I'll be back when I have time."

Blanca pulled Klein, who was standing to the side, over. "Doctor, this is the Klein I was talking about. She's a very talented child."

Mebius: "Don't worry, I will take good care of this child."

I thought to myself, "They are indeed taking good care of him. It's a pity there aren't 25 hours in a day, otherwise Klein could work 25 hours a day."

The lab became a bit deserted after Blanca left.

One week before the Eden concert.

"Oh my, I managed to snag one."

Mebius looked at me like I was an idiot and said, "What did you manage to snatch that makes you so happy?"

I held my phone up to Mebius's face. "Look, this is a front-row ticket to Eden's show."

Mebius curled his lip. "It's just music, what's the big deal?"

"I specifically grabbed tickets for the three of us, so Doctor, do you want to go?"

Mebius stubbornly replied, "I don't want to go with you."

"That's a real shame. It seems I'll have to help you get a refund for your ticket, Doctor."

Upon hearing that I wanted to return the extra tickets, Mebius said somewhat flusteredly, "Since you invited me so sincerely, I'll reluctantly go to the concert with you."

So I've decided to go to Australia next Monday.

"Why do we have to go to such a far place? Is it too late for me to refuse now?"

"No, Dr. Mebius, and this time it's teleportation, it'll be over in an instant."

Hearing my words, Mebius said somewhat angrily, "Didn't you say before that you could only teleport one kilometer at most? Why can you cross continents now?"

"Um, can I say it's just my newly awakened long-distance teleportation ability?"

"Are you trying to fool a child?" Mebius pinched my face as he tried to deceive me.

"I know I was wrong, Doctor."

Okay, I'll reluctantly accept your apology, but you have to let me look into it.

"Sure, sure, but I have something to do right now, so I need to take a day off."

After taking leave, I teleported to a school similar to Chiba Academy, activated my invisibility, and went inside.

Wang Tang released his mental energy to search for Fu Hua, and I found Fu Hua in less than a minute.

In an instant, I was next to Fu Hua and Carol. "Is this the young Fu Hua? It's a pity that Fu Hua's body is too weak."

"I don't want to think about that anymore, I need to get down to business." Then I marked Carol and Fu Hua, just in case Fu Hua got into trouble because of my presence.