Honkai: Fire Moth Herrschers

As soon as Michael left the office, Mobius's eyes lit up. Then, she pouted and tried to go in, but he quickly stopped the old auntie.

"Why are you stopping me?"

"I don't know. He told you to go in ten minutes later."

Michael's lips curled into a smile. Mobius's heart couldn't help but skip a beat, but she quickly calmed down. She was also confused by the young man in front of her, and perhaps he was confused himself. But while she was confused, Mobius had enough faith in this "comrade."

Taking advantage of the fact that Elvin was writing a self-criticism and no one else was around, she leaned close to Michael and whispered, "Is everything okay?"

Michael didn't answer with words but nodded and then shook his head.

Mobius understood.

"Sub-Captain! Sub-Captain!"

Immer rushed over.

"What's wrong?"

"This… that…" The straight-laced boy was a little excited, and his tongue was tied up.

"The captain is back!"

Michael decisively rewarded him with a flick on the forehead.

"Why are you so excited? So what if the captain is back? Let me tell you, if she hadn't come back at the right time, the position of captain would have been mine in two more days!"

"Oh, really?"

Himeko walked out of the corner not far away, her eyes narrowed. "Michael, if I called you 'Captain,' would you dare to agree?"

"No, no, no…"

Michael put his hands behind his back and retreated little by little, finally placing his hand on Mobius's thigh.

Mobius's body trembled, but she immediately realized what was happening and endured it without showing any expression.

Three seconds later, watching Himeko grab Michael's ear, Michael grab Immer's ear, and the three of them leave while bickering…

Mobius couldn't help but nibble on her almost non-existent fingernails.

"Why do I feel like… everyone who has interacted with Elysia has a drop in IQ? No, no, I have to stay away from her in the future…"

She pulled out a piece of paper from the pocket of her white coat. It was the note that Michael had slipped to her just now.

Ten minutes later, she pushed open the door to Phamas's office.

Mobius and Phamas faced each other across a table. While they were said to be facing each other, both of them were tacitly sipping their tea. The tea was filled with goji berries and American ginseng. If Michael saw this scene, he would definitely label them as "old people" in his heart.

Well… Aunt Mobius had directly upgraded to Grandma Mobius. It was fine, since no one knew how old she was anyway.

Phamas rubbed his temples. Although he had been holding a vial of serum in his hand just now, looking like he had everything under control, the truth was that he had no confidence that he could use the serum on the other party before they killed him.

But it didn't matter. He was facing Mobius next. He had quite a bit of experience in dealing with this old… in dealing with Mobius.

But he was a little tired. Thinking of the young man's honesty earlier, he suddenly didn't want to fight with Mobius anymore.

"Mobius, that kid is really honest."

"What happened?"

"He directly admitted that he's a Herrscher."

Mobius chuckled coldly and didn't say much.

Just when she thought Phamas was going to use this as a reason to question her – after all, Phamas's physical examination results were too normal, and anyone could guess that Mobius had tampered with them.

But Phamas didn't question her.

"This matter, from now on, only heaven knows, earth knows, you know, and I know. Understand?"

Mobius was stunned.

"What's his authority?"

Mobius hadn't recovered.

Phamas looked at her like that and shook his head. "Never mind, I won't ask. I'll just ask you – is he strong?"

Mobius immediately nodded.

"That's good… Oh, you can leave if there's nothing else."

Phamas seemed to have exhausted all his energy in an instant. He put all his weight on the back of the chair, his body curled up, looking like he had aged ten years.

He had completely gained the upper hand in the short exchange, which was unprecedented in their previous interactions. This caught Mobius completely off guard. By the time she recovered, the other party was already thinking about seeing her out.

But Mobius hadn't come empty-handed.

"Wait!"

She quickly pulled out a file and handed it to Phamas.

"MANTIS Project?"

Phamas quickly flipped through the plan and looked at Mobius as if she was an idiot – "Are you an idiot?" He wanted to say that, but Mobius couldn't be an idiot, so he carefully flipped through the plan again.

Then he looked up at Mobius in surprise. "Are you an idiot?"

"Why do you say that…" Mobius's tone was extremely slow, as if she didn't care about Phamas's mockery.

"You know that this plan has no chance of passing here. You want to integrate the genes of an Emperor-Class Honkai beast into ordinary soldiers. Let's not consider whether the current technology can do that. I'll just ask you one question: Are these MANTIS warrior Honkai beasts or humans? Will they lose control due to the Honkai energy in their bodies and turn to the embrace of the Honkai?"

"In the end, you're still holding onto that doubt, hehe…" Mobius chuckled coldly. "You say, what exactly is the definition of humanity?"

Her voice had a hint of bewitchment. Phamas quickly covered his forehead, closing his eyes wearily.

"Who am I? Where am I…"

Mobius seized the opportunity and said, "Since you've already tacitly approved of his existence, why are you still so resistant to MANTIS warriors?"

"I'm not resistant… He's an exception. He can even say that he's not in control of himself, but I feel that humans taking the initiative to cross the line… Dr. Mobius, our civilization hasn't reached the point where we need to use any means necessary to be saved, has it?"

Phamas opened his eyes again, his tone extremely weary.

Mobius was silent for a moment and asked, "Can't we discuss it?"

"We can discuss it."

"So decisive… hmm?" Mobius looked at him in surprise.

He pushed the plan towards Mobius. This was originally a sign of rejection, but what he said was, "You didn't show me this plan, and I don't know anything. I only know that due to some reasons, the security situation in the world is serious. There are many heinous criminals locked up in prisons. We have to feed them, clothe them, and they'll also consume oxygen and emit carbon dioxide. It's such a waste of resources…"

Mobius understood what he meant, but she suddenly became very suspicious – When did Phamas become so open-minded and honest… If she didn't know better, she would think he was making arrangements for his own funeral!

But she was happy with this and was afraid that the other party would go back on his word.

"Clap!"

Mobius threw the second plan on his table.

"What do you think of this plan? Is it worth applying for more funding?"

Phamas barely suppressed the urge to curse. He glanced at the table of contents of the plan and his eyes immediately lit up. He breathed a sigh of relief.

"This plan is good, this plan is wonderful. Funding isn't a problem. Let's put the research on [Soulium weapons] under this [Divine Key] project as well."

Only then did Mobius nod in satisfaction.

She had achieved her goal and could leave contentedly.

"Cough cough!" Phamas suddenly coughed, signaling Mobius to stay.

Mobius's heart skipped a beat, and she sat down again.

Phamas leaned forward and said in a barely audible voice, "The joint government has assessed the damage caused by the Second Honkai and has decided to gradually merge the other departments of the joint government with the Fire Moth."

"Merge?"

"The first step of the merge is to send more officials from the joint government to join the Fire Moth's decision-making level as consultants and advisors… The only thing I can help you with is this. Including that kid, in a way, he's just a trump card that can only be used once. Once his identity is exposed, he must start running away immediately."

Mobius's eyes twitched. It was inevitable that the Fire Moth would gradually replace the joint government. From a certain perspective, this was also a good thing for the Fire Moth – the current Fire Moth had only five anti-Honkai quick reaction teams, with just over a hundred soldiers.

Most of the weapons were controlled by the joint government. The mech units and air units that appeared in the battles against the Herrschers were actually controlled by the joint government.

But this was also detrimental to the Fire Moth. It meant that Phamas's voice would gradually be diluted, and those fat-headed guys from the joint government wouldn't be as polite to her, Mobius… Oh! She finally understood why Phamas was so easy to talk to today.

Phamas took out a cigarette and put it in his mouth, saying vaguely, "Old friend, you have to be careful too. Heh, I can only help you this much… Be careful of Vasak!"

He lit the cigarette, and the smoke rose into the air, drilling into the smoke alarm on the ceiling.

Mobius suddenly pushed her chair back and successfully dodged the automatic fire suppression system, leaving a soaked Phamas alone in a mess.

Mobius opened her vibrating phone:

[Nuwa: Wow! A fire alarm just went off in the base. I wonder which guy was smoking indoors!]

[Fuxi: Nuwa, didn't you clean the commander's office this morning?]

[Nuwa: Yeah, why?]

[Fuxi: Did you tear off the plastic wrap on the smoke alarm?]

[Nuwa: Yeah, why was that on the ceiling?]

Phamas's voice came from afar, "I approved your request to transfer those two to your lab. You can go. I'm tired. Let it all be destroyed."