Honkai Impact 3rd, but I have too many mods.

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My stomach is still churning a little.

Liu Bai subconsciously glanced at his vomit that hadn't been cleaned up yet—the tiny purplish-gray tentacles inside were still twitching unconsciously like little insects.

"Miss Mei."

Leaving aside the taste, just looking at it is pretty unappealing, isn't it?

“…” Mei pushed up her glasses.

Although Liu Bai called her name without saying anything, it was as if he had said everything.

"...It should be digestible, since it only uses beef."

"I think your cooking is really worth studying." Bai's words made Mei even more embarrassed, and her intellectual face involuntarily turned away.

"...How does it taste?"

"You still dare to ask that?"

Upon hearing this question, Mebius made a gesture as if he were about to rush over and pull out her hair.

"I blacked out after just one bite... but generally speaking, it was more of a subtle taste than just awful."

After recalling the events, Liu Bai gave a relatively objective evaluation.

Even if this stuff really tastes bad, it's hard to really taste it; after vomiting, all the flavors just mix together.

...Why don't we let Huang Quan taste it? Maybe Huang Quan can taste the specific flavor.

Mei's favorability rating: 3336

“Is that so…” Mei’s expression softened slightly. “Let me introduce myself. My name is Mei, and as you can see, I’m a chef’s apprentice. Dr. Möbius has told me a lot about you these past few days. You really are…”

What a qualified guinea pig—but that's obviously not the right thing to say right now.

(Do biologists like to use "white mouse" as a playful nickname?)

Mei isn't completely devoid of emotional intelligence. Judging from how anxious Mebius was just now, if Liu Bai were really a guinea pig, she would eat back all the stuff Liu Bai vomited up!

"Cough, never mind, it's nothing."

"Isn't there any compensation?"

Liu Bai wiped his mouth, stood up, and asked.

"You asked to eat it yourself." Mei was taken aback, seemingly not expecting Liu Bai to hold her accountable.

After all, both Mebius's ramblings a few days ago and Liu Bai's recent performance made Mei feel that Liu Bai was a gentleman.

"But you did it."

"..."

She was being unreasonable, but she did have a slight sense of being in the wrong.

"A normal person wouldn't eat it."

"Why waste so much breath talking to this girl? Just give her the medicine, drag her back, and lock her in a dark room. Even if she burns her brain and becomes a cripple, I'll accept it. She can be your toy."

Mebius seemed to have reached his breaking point.

The words he said made Mei freeze in place.

What does it mean to administer medication? What does it mean to "accept being rendered incapacitated even if your brain is fried"?

That sounds really bad!

“…We can talk this out.” Mei pushed up her glasses, trying to calm herself down. “Don’t commit a crime.”

Liu Bai glanced sideways at Mebius.

It seems like my own PhD is quite adept at scaring people. Is this a skill of doctors? Is it used to scare patients who don't follow medical advice?

If the elixir of love could burn your brain, the jackal would have been finished long ago.

"Talk to me properly? I've been talking to you properly for a week now, haven't I? Now you're scared when I don't talk to you properly?"

Mebius pressed his advantage relentlessly, relentlessly pressuring Mei, his pupils gleaming with a terrifying light.

"Crime? You're talking about crime with an organization like ours? I've dealt with more people and assassins than you've eaten chickens in your entire life."

"..."

"Cough cough!" Master Mao couldn't help but cough twice when he heard this.

Is it okay to say this?

"What are you coughing for? Didn't I say anything about you?" Mebius glanced sideways, showing no respect for Master Mao.

Master Mao: "..."

Forget it, I can’t afford to offend you.

Master Mao decisively followed his heart and lowered his head to cook.

A shrew isn't scary; what's scary is a shrew with education...

Mei, however, was stuck there.

She's just a high school student who just left school to pursue her dreams, and she's not afraid of Mebius if she talks nonsense within the rules.

But if we go against the rules...

"That's not how it's described..."

Mei argued.

If I agree to that, won't I look like a fool who refuses a toast only to be forced to drink a forfeit?

Following Mebius will likely mean a life of servitude.

“We’re not on the same path.” After spending these days together, Mei had learned how to communicate with Möbius. “I study physics, and you study biology. We’re practically unrelated.”

"Oh? So you're not interested in Honkai?"

Mebius raised an eyebrow, successfully steering the conversation back on track.

Mei: "..."

Okay, I'm still quite interested in Honkai Impact.

"Liu Bai, administer the medicine." Möbius directly ordered Liu Bai, "Let her know that I, a biologist, am not someone to be trifled with!"

"Wait, wait, wait!" Mei was genuinely panicking, and her composed and serene demeanor crumbled. "I'll go with you!"

Mei immediately raised her hands in surrender.

Reason told her that struggling now was useless.

"Despicable." Mebius's words made Mei's eye twitch.

It's clearly you shameless old man who's out there!

Chapter 232 Some people's life goals are filled with sadness

"I really was tricked..."

Mei pushed up her glasses and sighed softly.

“At least I’ll tell you that you’ve been set up. But if you really push the Doctor too far, I can’t guarantee what might happen,” Bai Youyou said.

Mei was taken aback, sighed, and said nothing more.

You know what, it's true. After Liu Bai arrived, this whole thing made Mei realize that she and Mebius were actually from two different worlds.

When pushed to the limit, one might just act rashly, but when Mebius was pushed to the limit, it could lead to someone's death.

Looking at the thoughtful expression on Mei's face, Liu Bai teased, "Did you suddenly realize that Dr. Mebius is actually quite patient?"

Although he complained to her on the phone, he was still bickering with Mei—Mebius's inexplicable tolerance for his juniors.

Mei nodded helplessly.

"In any case, this matter is over. I look forward to working with you again in the future, Dr. Mei."

"I dare not accept the title of Doctor... I'll have to trouble you, Senior Guinea Mouse."

Mei reached out and shook hands with Liu Bai.

Although she was somewhat forced into joining, Mei had no complaints, as Mebius had indeed shown his attitude beforehand.

“…You two really get along well. Is this what they call peers?” Möbius said, arms crossed.

"Don't get jealous even over a handshake!"

You're such a jealous person!

"whispering sound……"

Seeing that Mebius was starting to throw a tantrum, Liu Bai felt a little helpless and simply changed the subject: "Speaking of which, Mei, why do you want to become a master chef?"

To Liu Bai, the way things have come to this point is quite abstract.

"Does a dream need a reason?" Mei tilted her head. "Didn't you have any unrealistic dreams when you were a child?"

"Um...like becoming a great scientist or something?"

"Yes, but becoming a great scientist is not an unrealistic dream for me."

Ugh, I feel like I've been really crushed by a genius...

“But I think being a master chef is a bit too much of a dream,” Bai retorted.

Mei's lips twitched, and she fell silent.

"Doctor, have you studied the dishes that Mei made?" Bai turned to ask Möbius.

"...You're actually interested in that thing, right? Is it a project that's been abandoned by Ling?" Mei thought for a moment and knew what Liu Bai wanted to ask. "Give up. My intuition tells me that this is a dead end project."

"...?"

"Don't make that weird face."

Mebius pointed at mei.

"The food this guy makes... seems to always turn into something grotesque no matter what, just like those characters in comics who are cursed with their cooking skills."

"!"

"Don't give me that 'sudden realization' look!" Mebius couldn't help but exclaim, unable to contain himself at the sight of Mei's expression. "Haven't you noticed the problem all this time? Well, in this respect, you're actually a bit like Liu Bai, aren't you?"

By the end, Mebius's expression had become thoughtful.

In some ways, Liu Bai is like an unreasonable cartoon character.

"Forget it, just don't worry about Mei's cooking skills, as long as she doesn't feed it to others."

Möbius pondered for a while and then gave up.

Avoiding pointless thinking is also one of the qualities of a scientist.

"Master Mao, remember to cook!"

…………

Backyard of Wanmintang.

Everyone sat around the table eating and drinking.

During the conversation, Liu Bai casually asked if anything strange had happened in Liyue Harbor recently.

"...Fish, please."

Mei pondered for a while before pushing up her glasses.

"Liyue is generally calm. The only strange thing is that Xiangling told me a couple of days ago that fishing is temporarily suspended at Liyue Harbor, but inland rivers and lakes are unaffected. They claimed that there was improper sewage discharge from factories."

"Improper sewage disposal... will it cause a collapse?"

This is indeed a good reason; it creates some anxiety, but it doesn't amplify it.

"Something happened again?" Möbius looked at Liu Bai's expression and paused for a moment. "Is it related to the sea?"

"Yes, and it seems to be no small matter." Bai nodded, then told the others present what Ye Lan had said earlier, combined with his own guesses.

"Ugh... that sounds really bad."