It was extremely rare to see no one else in the meeting room today except Luo Lin and Raven, which made it feel a bit lonely.
Raven held what might be a canned beer given to her by the World Serpent, looking rather demotivated.
Luo Lin blinked, feeling that the brand of ther beer seemed familiar—like the kind often drunk by a certain nun.
"Is the beer good?"
"You mean this?" Raven tapped the can, "It's a popular beer brand in North America, but it seems to have the shadow of Anti-Entropy behind it... I've visited their manufacturing plant and found that they actually use Honkai energy in the brewing process... Well, you could say it's Honkai energy-flavored beer, right?"
"And you still dare to drink it?"
"Why not? If Anti-Entropy dares to sell this stuff to ordinary people, it must be safe. The North American branch of Anti-Entropy is probably the least malicious, unlike other places, hmph..."
The mercenary rotated the beer can and muttered, "Sigh, I wonder how long I'll be stuck here... How many high-paying bounty missions are we missing out on?"
Luo Lin tentatively asked, "Are you short on money?"
She wanted to take the opportunity to see how Raven's little island purchase plan was going.
Raven countered, "Money can do so many things—buying houses, cars, land, fulfilling one's desires... Aren't you short on money too?"
But soon the mercenary lady "lay" back again, "Hmm... Your Schicksal Valkyrie doesn't seem to care much about money, especially someone like you who dares to infiltrate enemy territory... If you don't even care about your own life, why would you care about money?"
Indeed, Luo Lin didn't care about money, but she lacked crystals.
"If you could give me some blue, hard, mysterious items, I might just pester you like crazy."
"What blue things?"
Vill-V and Mobius walked out of the teleportation gate together, seemingly having heard Luo Lin muttering. Vill-V asked with interest, "I heard you like blue things?"
"I just like crystals... Um, a kind of versatile special currency."
"Boring, why is everyone so troubled by money? Back when I was with the Fire Moth, someone was always squeezing my budget, and even in the Elysian Realm, someone was still squeezing my budget..."
Vill-V glanced helplessly at Mobius, while the snake simply said coldly, "If you plan to use those funds and materials to make something utterly useless again, I'll cut your budget next time."
Vill-V put her hands on her hips, looking annoyed, muttering about "style is power" and "no surprises, no magic," filling the meeting room with a lively atmosphere.
Mobius turned her head, her long, green pupils fixed on Luo Lin.
"Alright, Guinea pig, during your absence, we've done some research and generated many questions, most of which require your cooperation to continue our studies. Come with me to the laboratory..."
"Okay."
Luo Lin nodded obediently.
The snake glanced at Raven who appeared somewhat restless, squinting, "Miss Raven, if you're interested, you can also come with us... I can provide you with a copy of the research report."
"That would be great."
The mercenary immediately stood up eagerly and followed along.
On the way to the laboratory, Luo Lin used the communicator given to her by Eden to call Ely, "Hey? Ellie, I'm back in the Elysian Realm again. I'm on my way to Mobius's laboratory now. Could you help me open the door after the experiment?"
"Amazing..."
Although the mercenary knew that "Elysian Realm" was a virtual world made up of data, and the MANTISes inside were just memory replicas, unable to unleash the full power of their originals.
But after facing these memory replicas face to face, Raven understood that these people's memories were still intact, emitting an almost tangible aura and sense of oppression, enough to make one fearful and awed.
In a sense, the World Serpent was actually a "religious organization," whose members believed in a certain "savior." Because of his formidable strength, they worshipped him as a god.
Even someone like Raven who had "no faith" knew of the savior's strength, which led to her maintaining a respectful attitude toward the other Flamechasers.
But Luo Lin acted as if nothing were amiss, chatting casually with the Flamechasers as if they were nothing to fear, even treating the aura surrounding them as insignificant.
Raven clicked her tongue. She felt a slight admiration for this Schicksal Valkyrie.
Was it ignorance? No, Raven had gleaned some information from Eden as well. It seemed Luo Lin was quite knowledgeable about the Elysian Realm, and also very familiar with the Flamechasers...
But why wasn't she afraid?
"Yeah, Guinea pig, why aren't you afraid of me?"
The Valkyrie stood in the center of the arena, following Vill-V's instructions to switch her character image—Stygian Nymph, Miss Pink Elf, Vermillion Knight, Valkyrie Accipiter and herself.
Vill-V manipulated the instruments, trying to observe the changes that occurred during the character switch.
"Why should I be afraid? Aren't you a good person?" Luo Lin looked at Mobius with some confusion, "Or do you secretly think you're a wicked person?"
"A good person?"
Upon hearing ther term, the snake even paused for a few seconds.
Vill-V burst into laughter, "Oh my god, this is really... Luo Lin, didn't you fry your brain with your special ability?"
"Mobius doesn't seem to have done anything particularly wicked, right?" Luo Lin spread her hands, "Besides, in the previous era, everyone was going crazy, and Mobius seemed relatively normal compared to everyone else."
"A normal person, hahaha!" Vill-V laughed so hard her branches shook, "What about me? If Mobius is considered normal, then am I a great person?"
Luo Lin didn't hesitate to reply, "Definitely, all Thirteen Flamechasers are good people!"
Vill-V almost cried from laughing, patting the snake's shoulder and giving her a thumbs up.
"Good person, Mobius!"
Mobius kept a straight face, swatting away Vill-V's raised thumb, "...Stop grossing me out. Let's focus on the experiment."
Vill-V shrugged and continued operating the equipment.
No, I'm a ruthless scientist. I don't care about the life or death of the experimental subjects...
Mobius had the serious expression she had when Luo Lin mentioned those words earlier, but those words seemed to be stuck in her throat, making her unable to speak.
Finally, she clenched her fist, a cold light flashing in her green snake pupils.