Collapse Simulator: Raging at the Imaginary Tree

Night fell, Ling lay in bed to rest, and the door was knocked again.

"Is it Alicia?" Ling stood up and muttered.

When he opened the door, it wasn't Alicia who showed up, but Klein.

This made Ling doubt whether the other party came to call for punishment.

"Hello, what can I do for you?" Ling asked.

"Dr. Mebius invites you to join the laboratory. In return for resolving your physical problems, you will help her conduct some experiments." Klein said lightly.

"...I'm sorry, I don't want to join any laboratory. I just want to wait until Sister Nia's experiment is completed and Qianjie is released before leaving here." Ling politely refused.

"To put it bluntly, the possibility of Qianjie being released is not high. The Fire Moth will not throw such an unstable time bomb out into the open."

"There's also Aponya's fusion warrior experiment. The 'Mitra' she fused with currently doesn't have a successful body, and she's never received any training. Taking all factors into consideration, her chances of success are slim."

Klein gave Ling an objective analysis.

"The most optimistic scenario is that Qianjie joins the Fire Moth, gaining freedom and a relatively stable 'job.' Also... even if Aponia succeeds, she will still be under the Fire Moth's surveillance. After all, her surgery wasn't legal, and she doesn't possess the qualities of a warrior. Letting a fusion warrior out would cause chaos."

"So, Aponia will either be imprisoned or, like Qianjie, join the Fire Moth and become a warrior. This is the most optimistic guess."

Ling frowned at the Fire Moth's arrogance, but he was powerless to do anything. After all, his power was too small to change anything.

It was clearly the Fire Moth that dragged them into this turmoil, but it was unable to give them a perfect ending.

This is unfair.

But Ling knew a long time ago that this world was inherently unfair.

"To summarize the above information, your best option at this point is to temporarily join Dr. Mebius's laboratory. Although it's affiliated with the Fire Moth, it has a high degree of autonomy. Whether you choose to leave or stay at the Fire Moth, no one will stop you."

"You can enjoy all the benefits of the Fire Moth, but without any corresponding obligations. You only need to obey Dr. Mobius's orders. How about that?"

Klein explained all the pros and cons to Ling and waited for his choice.

"...Will Dr. Mebius force me?" Ling suddenly asked.

"Generally speaking, no. Dr. Mebius never uses force to get anyone on her operating table. That's her principle," Klein said honestly.

"If that's the case, I can agree." Ling nodded.

"It's a pleasure to work with you." Klein extended his hand, but suddenly remembered Ling's physique. It was difficult to retract his extended hand, so he froze in place.

"When do you need me?" Ling asked instead of shaking hands with Klein.

Klein also breathed a sigh of relief.

"We'll let you know when we need you."

In this way, Ling was tricked into Mebius's laboratory.

But it can't be considered a lie. After all, everything Klein said was true, without a single lie. Mebius would never use force to force others to go on the operating table.

But Klein didn't finish his words.

The prey targeted by Mebius has never escaped, except for Alicia.

Mebius is good at seizing the weaknesses in other people's characters, and then using various methods to force them to accept the fact that they have become her experimental subjects.

This is what snakes do when they are looking for food.

Chapter 126 I Finally Found You

Ling has a relatively orthodox identity in the Fire Moth, an experimental subject of the Mobius laboratory.

Well, it sounds a bit bad, but in fact, most of the time Mebius only takes a little blood from him, or performs some tests on his "disaster" physique.

The test results vary from person to person. For people like Klein, Cang Xuan, and Dan Zhu, most of the time they only suffer bumps and bruises and physical injuries.

But Mebius often encountered relatively large disasters, such as instant noodles being spilled, experimental equipment suddenly damaged, or heavy objects falling on her like before.

Fortunately, the four of them did not avoid me as if I had met the plague, but were very interested in my physique.

Because this is almost metaphysics!

Of course, they will still avoid it a little at important moments.

For example, Mebius conducts experiments, Klein handles work, Danzhu draws cards, and Cang Xuan eats.

If Ling were around, the following situation might happen.

When Mebius was doing experiments: the instrument was damaged, the experimental subject died suddenly, the recorded data was contaminated by instant noodle soup, etc.

Klein was working on a document: 90% of it was completed when the computer crashed with a blue screen and the document was not saved.

Danzhu draws a card: blue sky and white clouds, only guaranteed.

Cang Xuan eats: various foreign objects will be refreshed randomly, including but not limited to hair, insect corpses, etc.

Although there was no real progress in improving his "unlucky" constitution, the chaotic daily life in the laboratory also allowed Ling to experience a sense of home after a long time.

Apart from going to the laboratory, Ling spends most of his time in the simulation training room, where powerful enemies can quickly improve his strength.

"Number 9527, please give your evaluation of this simulation training."

"It's very simple." Ling wiped the sweat off his body and said casually.

“Thank you for your review.”

Ling Chang let out a breath. He felt that improving his strength here seemed to be faster than fighting with Qianjie.

After all, Qianjie never used his full strength. He only fought for the purpose of "training", which was far from actual combat.

If he fought with the pink-haired girl with donkey ears again, he was confident that... he wouldn't be killed instantly.

"Ling, come here quickly!" Alicia suddenly found him, took his hand and ran away.

"What's wrong?" Ling looked at the somewhat anxious Alicia, wondering why she was suddenly so anxious.

The people around him also became a little hurried, as if they were in a state of preparation for war.

"Aponia is awake, but she seems to be out of control," Alicia explained.

"Sister Nia is awake?! What does out of control mean?" Ling was happy but also a little confused.

"Hmm... Maybe it's just that no one in the Fire Moth seems to be able to restrain her at the moment."

Ellie remembered the description of Aponya in the communication.

A sacred, terrifying, irresistible spiritual force.

No one could resist her words.

Currently, all the psychic-sensing fusion warriors in the Fire Moth combined are no match for her.

Even Kevin was not absolutely sure that he could resist her spiritual power.

"Sister Nia is very kind and would never hurt others casually." Ling said seriously.

During the time in the sanatorium, Aponya took great care of him and Qianjie, and took care of the children to the best of her ability.

How could such a kind person hurt others at will?

"I think so. Most people were controlled by her and then walked aside. She seemed to be looking for something." Alicia was puzzled.

"So I found you here, maybe you can communicate with her."

Ling nodded to show that he understood.

Soon, Ling and Alicia arrived at the scene. There were unconscious soldiers all around them, and even those who were awake were just standing there blankly.

"Sister Nia!" Ling hurriedly called out to Aponia in front of him.

Aponia turned around, and her lifeless eyes finally showed some fluctuations.

"Xiao Ling."

She turned around and walked towards Ling.

"finally found you..."

Amid Ling's puzzled gaze, Aponiya hugged him.

"Sister Nia, what's wrong with you?" Ling was unable to move and was very confused about Aponya's behavior.

Although the two had a lot of communication when they were in the sanatorium, due to Ling's physique, they rarely had such close contact.

"It's okay, I'm glad you're okay." Aponiya gently let go of Ling.

"Hmm..." Ling nodded.

"By the way, most of the children in the sanatorium are fine. The Fire Moth has given them new shelter. But... Lu and the others have already..."

Ling avoided looking at Aponiya.

In his opinion, perhaps it was he who brought the disaster and caused the deaths of those infected children.

"Ling, this has nothing to do with you. It's my fault."

"It was the adoption of those children with Honkai disease that caused the Honkai disease to spread in the sanatorium."

"I am the culprit of this incident."

"My crimes are too numerous to list..."

Apolonia's eyes were filled with tears.

Her original intention was to provide a place for those children with Honkai disease to live, but she never imagined that the disease would spread...

"It's not your fault!" Ellie suddenly stepped forward and held Aponya's hand.

"Even if you hadn't taken them in, the Honkai would have broken out somewhere else. You just did what you thought was right." Alicia comforted him.

"The right thing? Alas... they believed in me like this, and then became the source of infection that everyone feared, and met their destruction in fear." Aponia shook her head.

She couldn't forgive herself, and her heart ached whenever she thought of the children surrounding her, wanting her to tell them stories.

More than twenty children died in the incident.

She remembered every face of the children in the nursing home, their laughter, their innocent faces, but all of that... was gone.

"Aponia, can you listen to my thoughts? I can't persuade you to let go of that tragedy, because to you, that might mean betrayal."

"But I hope you know that disaster is not brought by you, it just happens to happen around you."

"And Ling, the same goes for you. You shouldn't be trapped in the cage called the past, because those children still need someone to remember their names."

Ai Li also held Ling's hand, her eyes sincere and gentle.

"Ling, you are so cute, Aponya, you are so beautiful, you two should smile more, otherwise it would be such a pity."

"Nice to meet you, Aponya. I'm Alicia. You must remember me well."

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Chapter 127: Honest Boy

Under Alicia's persuasion, Aponia finally accepted herself as a sinner and joined the Fire Moths.

"Sister Nia, please don't get so close, it will bring disaster..."

Ling didn't know what happened to Aponya. It seemed that something was wrong with her after the operation.

"It's okay, I can see the disaster coming, but Xiao Ling..." Aponiya tightened her arms around Ling from behind.

"You know what? I had a very long dream during surgery."

"Dream?" Ling tilted his head.

"I dreamed of myself in another world..."

As she spoke, a faint blush appeared on Aponya's face.

"That dream was so real, so real that it was hard to believe."

"In my dream, I saw Xiao Ling. Xiao Ling was still as gentle and considerate as ever."

Ling listened quietly to Aponya's story.

"But... he's dead... I can't find the Xiao Ling in my dream." Aponiya's tone became more sad.

"In order not to hurt others, he chose to take his own life at the last moment."