NOVEL NEXT Chapter 134: Mobius
After single-handedly defeating the Herrscher of Reason, who had threatened human civilization, what kind of treatment awaited Lee?
A bonus? A vacation? An award?
None of the above. The correct answer was to be placed under strict surveillance and soft house arrest.
The reason was simple. If a young girl could defeat a muscular man, people would think she was strong. If she could defeat ten, she was considered talented. If she could defeat one hundred, people would think she was a war god.
But if she could defeat an armored division by herself, then people would start to wonder if she was human.
Although the existence of Honkai made people in this world somewhat more accepting of superhuman strength, they were only at the very beginning of the Honkai's emergence. Power escalation hadn't begun.
A Herrscher of Reason that required a full army to fight was already beyond their imagination. And Lee, a human, had single-handedly defeated a non-human Herrscher of Reason…
The fact that they hadn't immediately locked her up as a monster, but invited her to a luxurious villa for soft confinement, already showed Fire Moth's goodwill.
In the manga, it seemed like the solo combat power of the Previous Era started to skyrocket after the Seventh Herrscher because of the fusion warrior technology… Fire Moth didn't have that yet.
She wondered how long it would take for them to finally let her out. She was a pure human, but they were suspicious that she was an Honkai spy just because she was too strong...
Lee sat on the villa balcony, sipping afternoon tea, watching a car approach in the distance.
It seemed that her interrogation was about to begin.
"Huh, I can go free?" Lee asked, surprised. She had thought her case would take months. It had barely been a week!
Was Fire Moth really that efficient?
"We apologize for any inconvenience during these past few days. You're a Fire Moth soldier, you should understand that we have to be vigilant against the Honkai…"
The Fire Moth staff member was very polite, even a little subservient.
That was normal. When faced with someone who could destroy you with a single punch, it would be foolish to be arrogant…
"Because Dr. Mobius has given you a rating and is willing to vouch for you, all other procedures have been simplified."
"Mobius?" Lee was surprised. She had seen that name on the forum before. Clearly, she was an important character.
A doctor with her test results… It had to be the same doctor who wanted to experiment on her. She hadn't expected to get close to an important figure this soon.
Because she had given her enough blood as samples, the results helped prove her innocence. Everything was fated.
"What should I do next?"
The answer was to continue with experiments.
"Tsk, tsk, tsk, this is Fire Moth's headquarters? It's really extravagant."
Lee stood in front of Fire Moth headquarters, looking up at the behemoth.
With the Herrscher of Reason dead, there was no immediate need for Lee to go on any major expeditions. Her strength would make ordinary tasks pointless. Even for daily patrols, Fire Moth didn't have anyone who could train with her.
It just so happened that the Herrscher core and the Herrscher's body that Lee had turned over had become excellent materials for experiments. Scientists were fighting over these materials, and they were planning some risky experiments.
These scientists were Fire Moth's treasures; they were worried they'd get hurt. But Fire Moth decided to make Lee, their strongest fighter, their security guard.
If Lee could defeat a Herrscher of Reason, then those Honkai beasts and zombies in the experiments would be easy for her.
"Let's see, Mobius's lab is in the west district, right?"
Lee pulled out a map to plan her route.
Fire Moth's headquarters was massive, practically a small city. Most of their sponsored scientists had labs there. To be their security, Lee had to find accommodations near the labs. Most of the accommodations near the labs belonged to the scientists themselves.
That meant Lee had to borrow a scientist's dorm.
Scientists valued their lives, so they naturally wanted their security guard nearby. Also, as someone who could defeat a Herrscher, Lee was an excellent subject for research. So, the moment word spread that Lee would be stationed at headquarters, her inbox was flooded with invitations.
After carefully reviewing the scientists' names, Lee realized that Mobius was the only one she recognized. Everyone else was just a cannon fodder whose energy efficiency was less than 50.
As someone with an economic mindset, Lee naturally chose to be under Mobius's lab.
But Mobius's reputation didn't seem too good. When she told that staff member she wanted to be assigned to Mobius's lab, he had looked like he wanted to say something… Was she a mad scientist who liked to do human experiments?
Whatever, she couldn't be killed. Let her do her experiments. With Pain Control, she wouldn't care. If she could get a fusion warrior buff, that would be great~
"Anyway, let's sneak in and take a look~"
After a moment of thought, Lee decided to make her entrance a surprise.
She didn't have any luggage, so she didn't go directly to her dorm. Instead, she snuck into Mobius's lab.
Avoiding all the cameras and alarms, she quietly entered the underground lab.
Unlike the labs she had passed, this one seemed empty. There were no scientists or any chatter, only one person standing in front of a cultivation pod, watching the data.
[Target Mobius detected, Current Affection: 0]
Oh ho ho, she found the right one.
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