I am a hero of the former civilization.

"It's okay, let me hug you a little longer, just for a moment." Ryan rested his chin on Kevin's shoulder and gently stroked his back.

They even ignored Alicia's expression as she covered her mouth, her eyes shining.

How can there be no bromance between brothers? He had known Kevin for five or six years, and there was no longer any ulterior motive. After witnessing the 'miracle' with his own eyes, he finally felt relieved.

"Fate can be changed. As long as you're rational and careful, there's nothing mystical about it. I just increased Kevin's success rate to 48%, which is still much better than the one in a thousand in the original timeline."

After hugging for half a minute, Ryan finally let go and looked at Kevin, who was scratching his head incessantly.

"Have I suddenly become more vulnerable?"

“A bit. You weren’t usually this hesitant. What happened?” Kevin asked, somewhat worried. In his memory, Ryan was mostly aloof, not the kind of person who would freely express his emotions, except for making a major breakthrough in his research.

But he's only the fifth high-ranking fusion warrior, there's no need for such a big reaction.

Of course, Ryan couldn't say, "You're a complete tragedy." After thinking for a moment, he half-jokingly said, "I'm checking if you're physically strong. Come to my room later, I have some good stuff there, just copied."

Kevin suddenly felt a tightness in his anus, remembering their old code: "Crotch real?"

"Yeah~"

Hey hey hey.

The two of them burst out laughing at the same time. Only Su could understand the laughter that brought back memories of their youthful school days, when the three of them would hide in the dormitory watching adult films.

What are those two grinning about?

Everyone, including Mei, was full of questions; no matter how high their IQ, they couldn't decipher the philosophy between men.

May stood in the middle, giving Ryan a warning look not to corrupt her Kevin, which made Ryan scoff.

Your Kevin still needs me to take care of him? His tastes are way too heavy for me, okay? You should check the pink apps on his phone instead.

Only Möbius, a fellow traveler, glanced back and forth and quickly understood what the smile concealed. He blushed slightly and spat lightly.

It's utterly incomprehensible how someone can be so foolish as to be interested in something on a screen when there's a living person right in front of them. Wait a minute—

Mebius suddenly noticed the key word in Ryan's words: he didn't say "download," but "copy."

Huh, where did he copy it from?

Chapter 194 The Pornography Appraiser (V2V)

In the days that followed, Ryan proceeded as planned, appearing remarkably obedient, to the surprise of the intelligence department secretly monitoring him.

During the day, I work at the Fifth Research Institute and occasionally participate in research committee discussions. During my breaks, I either wander around or stay in my room.

Occasionally, he would invite Mebius and others to dinner, and the sounds of their laughter and playfulness could be heard even in the corridor; sometimes he would also call Kevin over, and this equally powerful fusion warrior would usually stay in the room for two to three hours before walking out looking refreshed.

If Ryan just stays obedient, that would be a good thing. The Herrscher hasn't appeared yet, and there's a standoff everywhere. There's really no need for these people to run around everywhere. It's better for them to stay at headquarters to prevent the Herrscher from launching a sneak attack.

Moreover, they were all at work. Ryan was involved in various research projects, and Sakura and Kevin had begun injecting the second-stage super-mutant factor, providing important data to the council.

Therefore, the intelligence department reduced surveillance openly, but secretly conducted reverse searches to detect all the classified information that Dr. Mei had browsed. This investigation indeed yielded results.

The 'Paradise' investigation report, the Honkai Beast invasion of Tokyo, the Lion City agent list, and... Twilight Street data.

"That should be about right, they're a group of professionals."

Ryan sat cross-legged on the ground, propped his head up, and glanced at the bustling room. It was only thirty or forty square meters, but it was already packed with people. Even Kevin and May had joined the army of people slacking off.

The reason was Alicia's idea, which was to congratulate Kevin and Sakura on injecting super-mutant factors to become more powerful fusion warriors. Ryan didn't care, since Mebius didn't give him a penny and even wanted him to take out a loan to work. Overtime was out of the question.

They still brought their own ingredients, Ryan cooked, Sakura washed the dishes, and then the group sat around the round table chatting and joking, and also played a few rounds of poker.

However, Alicia, whose face was covered with notes, threw down her cards and said with a serious expression, "Gambling is wrong. We should play a different game."

"Tch, who wants revenge for yesterday?" Ryan scoffed, played a 2, and grabbed Velvi. "Aunt Mebius, a cappuccino, please."

This is Ryan's newly invented four-player version of Dou Dizhu (a popular Chinese card game). The landlord needs to randomly call out a card below 10 to make him a hidden teammate, which is somewhat similar to the game Werewolf.

As a result, Alicia didn't care about anything and kept eating everyone's cards, and then she couldn't get rid of them. Whoever teamed up with her was doomed.

Who do you call "Auntie"?

Mebius rolled his eyes at him, but he understood the code and immediately threw out four Js.

Ryan glanced at the four 7s in his hand, then glared back: 'Idiot, why did you blow up such a big one?'

"That's all I have. I'll just play a 3 later so you can get away with it. Anyway, Alicia has already cheated and given up. She's definitely in cahoots with Velvi." Mebius curled up the corners of her mouth. Although there was an element of speculation involved, this kind of werewolf game was too child's play for her.

'I've already peeked in the mirror; her hand is terrible, negligible. That'll do, at least she'll have a higher multiplier.'

Ryan glanced furtively to the side. Wilvie was hesitating, and the mirror he had created with his authority was being interfered with, making it impossible for him to see her hand.

"Hurry up, Velvi! Struggling is useless. Maybe Mebius is in cahoots with you. If you blow her up, you can increase the multiplier."

Vervi's eyebrows twitched like caterpillars, and finally she nodded, then flicked out four Kings with her backhand.

"Oh right, Mebius just gave me a secret signal."

You idiot, you need to analyze Möbius's code in five ways to determine which is true and which is false.

Ryan smiled and glanced at the woman above him, Wilvie: "If you can't afford it, you can continue."

No matter what you choose, I'll bomb you. I've memorized every single card. What's the probability that you'll run out of cards in an instant with only eight left...?

“Straight, I won.” Velvi threw down all her cards and let out a long sigh of relief. “Hehe, I was very lucky.”

How could that be? I clearly remember every single card that has been played, and I even secretly looked at the cards that Alicia held back.

Ryan sat up straight, looking incredulous. How could such a childish game as Dou Dizhu have escaped his observation?

"Ryan, I'm going to stick some stickers on you. There are sixteen of them, enough to cover your entire face." Velvi rubbed her hands together and slowly leaned closer, only to have Ryan press her head down.

“Something’s not right!” Ryan snapped his fingers, a breeze arose, blowing the playing cards around him like a tornado, and then he looked around.

Suddenly, he reached out and grabbed two cards, then turned his head with gritted teeth to look at the girl who had quietly crawled away.

"Vilvie, explain to me why there are two identical 7s of hearts?"

Velvi stuck out her butt, turned her head, and stuck out her tongue: "Hey, maybe two decks of cards were mixed together."

"Stop trying to get away with this. Tell me, why are all the cards different?"

The energy swept over and wiped away the potion applied to it. It turned out that every card that had just been played had been covered up. No wonder Virvi was dealing cards so slowly.

"You cheated!"

"Ryan is cheating secretly too, don't think I don't know."

“He’s cheating, but you’re performing magic, Vilvie.”

“Mebius, you’re cheating too. The perfume you’re wearing is a neurotoxin that makes people believe what you’re saying.”

Seeing Ryan turn his head to look at him, Mebius pretended to be calm and sniffed around.

"Really? I can't smell it."

"Are these people playing cards or having a superpower showdown?" Kevin was dumbfounded. There were just too many tricks involved. Luckily, he didn't participate.

Mei held her forehead and gently shook her head: "It's a real pity that they used their intelligence on this kind of thing, so you two should thank me."

Sakura and Kevin blinked and nodded at the same time.

"Fine, you guys all cheated, no wonder I kept losing!" Alicia also realized what was happening, pouting as she ripped the strips of paper off her face. "You have to be punished, let me vent my anger."

“You’re just playing terribly. Even if we don’t cheat, you still can’t win.” Ryan was too lazy to argue with her and slowly got up. “I’ll go make you a midnight snack, is that alright?”

"Hmph, Ryan is still the best?"

That's all.

Ryan shrugged. Alicia was the easiest to deal with; all you had to do was win her over through her stomach.

He thought about how much food was left in the refrigerator, since he was leaving for 'vacation' tomorrow and it would be best to empty it all.

"Who wants a midnight snack?"

Most people raised their hands, but Mebius yawned.

"I don't need it. I'm suddenly feeling a bit sleepy. Can I borrow your bed for a bit? I have to do an experiment tomorrow."

As she spoke, she stood up, yawning as she walked toward the bedroom, glancing around out of the corner of her eye.

Everyone was chatting or watching TV. Even Mei and Kevin were holding hands, sitting in the middle of the sofa, spreading their love all around.

good chance.

The moment Mebius stepped into the bedroom, all traces of sleepiness vanished from his face. He closed the door, rushed to the table where a laptop sat in standby mode.

"Hmph, two combination locks, you can't stump me."

With a cold laugh, his fingers left a trail of afterimages as he tapped away the fake desktop, quickly revealing the core of the device.

They're using the same encryption method as me, haha, how cute.

The desktop was empty, except for a word processing software called Watermelon. I subconsciously clicked on it and found that it had triple encryption.

'Is this code an automatic warning for a failed crack? What's hidden so deeply?'

Möbius frowned subconsciously, wanting to unravel the mystery and see if there was a secret hidden inside, but he wasn't sure, so he could only search for something invisible in the hard drive space.

The mouse clicked away, and after more than ten minutes, she actually found it.

Foreign language review materials? Do you think I'd believe that?

She clicked on it casually, then her pupils contracted sharply as she saw a familiar preview image.

Isn't this on my computer? When did he find it?

Her mind went blank for a moment. Ryan's meaningful smiles over the past few days suddenly came to an end. She felt like she had been stripped naked, and he had discovered her most important secret.

How could that be? Oh right, that night I went to settle accounts with Velvi, and without realizing it, I left him alone in the lab.

Mebius pursed his lips, feeling incredibly lucky that he had been careful enough; otherwise, the longer it dragged on, the more leverage they would have had against him.

We need to find a way to cover up this serious matter, otherwise it will be very troublesome when this issue is revealed.

To say this was done by Klein? That seems like a moral dilemma; to say it was just for research purposes? The quantity is a bit too much.

I need to find a reason, I absolutely must find a reason. These things have exposed too many secrets, and they can even figure out my preferences.

This is so troublesome. Why can't we just kill them outright?

Staring at the flickering screen, Mebius's eyes were lifeless. Just then, a greeting from behind almost made her hair stand on end.