The Collapse Begins in Changkong City

Alicia ran behind Mebius and hugged her. "Mebius, hurry up and do something cute!"

"No way! I did say I'd do those shameful things on the condition that you give me his phone, but he gave me the phone himself."

Wang Tang wondered, "Is this just a hint that I should leave quickly?"

"Since you have important matters to attend to, I won't disturb you any longer." With that, I tried to leave the lab.

When Mebius heard me say that, he knew I had misunderstood. "What are you thinking? We're not in that kind of relationship. And why are you leaving?"

"So, Mebius, are you planning to do those things in front of me and Alicia?"

A punch landed squarely on my chest. "Aren't you going to die from this?"

"Hey, Mebius, don't use violence! You'll hurt her feelings."

Hearing Alicia's gentle voice instantly felt healing.

When Mebius saw me, she looked as if she had been reborn upon hearing Alicia's voice; her fists were clenched so tightly that you could see the veins on her clenched fists if you looked closely.

Mebius said with a forced smile, "You really like Ellie, don't you?" Hearing her say that, I laughed and replied, "More or less."

When Alicia heard what I said, she whispered in Mebius's ear, "See, Mebius? Aren't I more charming than you?" Hearing Alicia say this made Mebius even angrier.

Wang Tang could tell that Mebius was angry, but she didn't know why he was angry. "Mebius, what's wrong with you?"

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Here's an explanation: the protagonist felt he was too ordinary-looking, and he didn't think that a top scientist like Möbius would like someone as ordinary-looking as him. That's why the protagonist didn't understand why they were angry. Also, although the protagonist was very strong, he didn't think he was any more noble than ordinary people.

Mebius glared at me and said, "You'd better stay away from this pink fat woman."

"Hey, Mebius, you can't be so domineering. People also have the right to make friends."

"Okay, okay, stop arguing. Whatever you're arguing about, it's my fault, alright? If you really can't stop, then you can argue again after I leave."

Mebius suppressed his anger. "Since you're here, here you go." Mebius took a list from a table.

Wang Tang read the words on the list aloud: "Special soldier chasing the fire moth, what is this?"

Alicia smiled and said, "Simply put, as long as you fill out this form, you can go to the Firemoth Mission Department to accept missions, and you can abandon the mission at any time."

"So, Doctor, you'll agree to let me become a special soldier, won't you?"

"It's mainly because I need to gather some materials on-site. And this thing allows you to ignore all the local military."

"Alright then," Wang Tang signed her name on the form.

Alicia asked curiously, "Wang Tang, how good are you? Want to have a match?"

"sure"

Mebius was also curious about just how strong I was. "Then let's go to the arena."

Half an hour later, Ellie and I stood in the arena.

"Will Alicia use a weapon or her bare hands?"

"Then let's fight bare-handed."

Möbius said, "3, 2, 1, start."

Alicia appeared in front of me and instantly delivered a powerful punch.

I blocked the punch with both hands, and the next moment I retaliated by punching Ellie.

Ellie kicked me in the stomach, using the momentum to pull me a few feet away.

My punch missed its mark.

Wang Tang exerted force with both feet, and the instantaneous explosive power directly dented the titanium alloy.

"Where did she go?" Alicia noticed me when I was already in front of her.

Ellie decided to fight me using half her strength.

The next moment, he threw a punch, which collided directly with my fist. The next moment, the titanium alloy shattered with a crackling sound.

With each collision, the titanium alloy ring was blasted into countless cracks and huge craters.

"I didn't expect you to be this strong. You are probably the strongest person I have ever met in Moth of Flames."

"You are the strongest person I have ever met."

Outside the ring, Mebius called a halt to the fight, saying, "That's enough. If you keep fighting, this ring will almost be ruined."

Alicia dusted off non-existent dust from her clothes and said with a smile, "I never expected you to be so amazing. Wang Tang, you really surprised me."

Wang Tang humbly replied, "Not at all, not at all. If you had used a weapon, I probably wouldn't have been able to hold out for so long."

We then returned to the lab while discussing combat psychology. Meanwhile, Mebius, who didn't understand combat very well, was furious to see Ellie and me chatting and laughing. However, he suppressed his anger and prevented it from erupting.

Then word spread that Alicia and Mebius's assistant were evenly matched.

A fully armed man walked into the training ground. "Captain, Captain!"

Hen asked, "What's wrong? Why are you in such a panic?"

The young man, known as Mo, asked, "Captain, do you remember Alicia?"

"Is that Alicia, who's stronger than me and Himiko combined?"

"That's right, it's her. Captain, are you sure I've received some information?"

Hen asked with some curiosity, "What news did you get?"

"Today, Alicia and Mebius's assistant fought to a draw."

Upon hearing this, Mebius's assistant, Hen, seemed to recall something, saying, "I never expected him to be this strong."

"What's wrong? Do you know the captain?"

"Hmm~ We're not that close, but we do know each other."

After returning to the lab, I started preparing dinner for tonight.

"Hey, Möbius, didn't I remember your lab didn't have a kitchen?"

"He set up this kitchen himself."

After overhearing their conversation from the kitchen, I said, "There's nothing I can do. After coming to the lab, I found that all I can eat here is instant noodles every day. Although the Fire Moth has a cafeteria, Mebius doesn't like to eat there."

"So I had to set up my own kitchen. Although the food wasn't very good, it was still much better than eating instant noodles every day."

Mebius stubbornly insisted, "My instant noodles are delicious too."

Half an hour later, I came out of the kitchen.

Mebius asked me with some curiosity, "Why didn't you bring the dishes out?"

"My soup isn't ready yet, it should be ready in about ten more minutes."

Alicia said, "I'm a little curious about what your cooking tastes like."

Wang Tang said, "Wait a moment, I'll go call Klein, it's almost ready."

I walked up to a pile of documents and exclaimed, "Holy crap, Klein, you have way too much work!"

Klein said expressionlessly, "I feel fine. What did you want to see me about?"

"I'm here to invite you to dinner."

"Wait a moment, I'll finish processing this document." Then I stood next to Klein and waited.

A few minutes later, Klein finished processing the documents and stood up.

"Alright, let's go." The two walked together towards the laboratory's kitchen.

Back in the lab, Alicia and Möbius were chatting. Seeing Wang Tang and Klein return, Alicia smiled and said, "Oh my, you're finally back! I can't wait to try Wang Tang's cooking." Möbius didn't speak, but a hint of anticipation flickered in his eyes.

After a while, Wang Tang went into the kitchen and brought out the cooked food.