Honkai Impact 3rd experience, starting with a thousand Herrschers

After inquiring with Gray Snake, Cheng Xing learned that Xing, who was originally a radical, had been imprisoned by World Snake. If it weren't for Gray Snake's experiment, where some bastard messed up the instruments and data, that little girl might already be lying on the experimental table.

Cheng Xing tentatively tried to persuade the girl to stay, but Gray Snake agreed without asking any questions, leaving Cheng Xing even more confused.

"What the hell did my future self do? Why is he acting so obedient? It couldn't be that I slept with Möbius in the past, could it? Are you kidding me? How could I possibly win over a mad scientist like that? Sigh, I'd better think of something else!"

Then, after a brainstorming session, Cheng Xing received a system notification.

"Energy replenished."

"Start simulation?"

Cheng Xing hesitated for a moment. He had to simulate it; perhaps only here could he find a way to rescue Xi'er on his own.

"Immersive simulation and selection successful, time point is the pre-civilization era... Identity determination successful."

"A typical rookie researcher named Moth Chaser."

Chapter Sixty: The First Research Institute

"Cheng Xing!!!"

The roar startled Cheng Xing. He looked up from his desk, somewhat bewildered, and saw the teacher glaring at him from the podium. He then felt a headache coming on.

"I know you're very talented, and you can get good grades even if you don't pay much attention in class, so I don't care how much you sleep in my class, but could you please not snore so loudly?"

Cheng Xing smiled awkwardly, then nodded quickly.

The teacher reluctantly looked away and continued writing and drawing on the blackboard.

"Hey! What's wrong with you lately? You've been so sleepy, and you won't go play basketball when I ask you to. Is something wrong?"

My deskmate asked me very kindly.

"I'm fine, I just have some things to do tonight, so I haven't been getting enough sleep during the day. By the way, Kevin, how's your relationship with your girlfriend going?"

Sitting next to me was Kevin, the school's heartthrob, a sunny and positive young man, and also one of my few friends at the school.

"Ah, Mei, I don't know what you've been busy with lately, we haven't seen each other for several days."

Kevin seemed a bit frustrated. He had finally won over the girl he loved, but they hadn't been together for long before she stopped coming to school for several days.

"Oh dear, our sunny, cheerful boy can actually get depressed now."

Cheng Xing was about to make a few more jokes when he saw a smiling boy with squinted eyes sitting in the front row, quietly watching him and Kevin.

Cheng Xing and Kevin immediately shut up. It was still during class time, and it wasn't really appropriate for the two of them to chat openly.

The boy with squinting eyes is Su, a good friend of Kevin and Cheng Xing, and a kind-hearted person who speaks in a refined manner.

For Cheng Xing, who had very poor grades in humanities subjects, this guy's way of speaking was simply a riddle.

"It's a pity, though, that I won't be able to stay with them soon."

For the past few days, Cheng Xing has been busy joining the First Research Institute of a clandestine organization called the Fire Moth. It is said that the institute has the most outstanding PhDs in biology. Cheng Xing doesn't know why, but he has always been quite talented in this area since he was a child. When doing similar experiments, he always feels as if there is a group of people in his mind who have done similar experiments.

But if he thought about it carefully, he would feel a headache coming on, so he simply stopped worrying about it and attributed it to the fact that he was a PhD in biology in his previous reincarnation.

Although this thing is quite unscientific.

Just last night, Cheng Xing passed the test by the doctor named Möbius and will go to the First Research Institute tonight to officially become a new graduate student.

I'm afraid that by then, I'll have to say goodbye to my current life.

"Sigh, I wonder who will give Kevin dating tips after I'm gone. His straight-man approach used to be so embarrassing. But with Su around, it should be fine, at least Su is smarter than Kevin."

After school in the afternoon, Cheng Xing said goodbye to the two of them and explained that he was leaving the school. Although they showed regret, they did not say much and simply respected his choice.

Cheng Xing packed his luggage and boarded the vehicle sent by the organization. But strangely, why did the driver look at him with such pity?

First Research Institute...

After Cheng Xing was brought in, he watched the driver speed away with a strange expression, as if some monster was hiding in the place.

"Is it really that exaggerated? It's just a research institute, right? Is it because there are too many specimens in the institute, and a normal person can't handle it?"

With curiosity, Cheng Xing opened the laboratory door and saw a woman about 1.7 meters tall with long green hair sitting to the side, holding a packet of instant noodles.

I don't know why, but he looks like he's doing something wrong.

When Cheng Xing entered, the woman seemed to freeze for a moment, but she regained her composure upon seeing him. She coughed slightly and then looked Cheng Xing up and down, saying, "You're the Cheng Xing who passed the exam last night, right?"

"So you are Dr. Möbius?"

Cheng Xing looked at the doctor with some curiosity. For some reason, the doctor's temperament gave him a sense of déjà vu, as if he had seen this type of person before.

Here we go again, that familiar, inexplicable feeling of déjà vu. Hmm, maybe I really should see a therapist.

However, he was indeed somewhat familiar with this Dr. Mebius, after all, he was a world-renowned scientist.

But why would a world-renowned scientist be eating instant noodles right now? Isn't it dinnertime?

Recalling the driver's sympathetic and pitying look, Cheng Xing suddenly had a bad feeling.

"Since you're here, go and get ready. There are some experiments to do tonight, so let me see how capable you are then."

After speaking, Mebius left with his instant noodles, looking as if he was hiding from someone.

Just as Cheng Xing was about to go find his room, he saw another woman with green hair running over.

"Hello, you must be the new researcher. Have you seen Dr. Möbius?"

Cheng Xing looked at the woman whose hair color was exactly the same as that of the doctor, and a sense of curiosity arose in his heart. Then he pointed in the direction that Mebius had just run in.

After thanking her, the woman immediately chased after him, and soon Cheng Xing heard the sound from the other side.

"Doctor, how many times have I told you not to eat this kind of junk food that has no nutritional value! There are plenty of meals in the cafeteria; you can just heat them up and eat them!"

"Klein, how did you find me? Shouldn't you be organizing the data right now?"

"Alright, Doctor, give me that instant noodle right now. You need to eat a normal meal for dinner, not this kind of food that has no nutrition."

Okay~

Cheng Xing inexplicably felt that this research institute seemed to have gained a bit more humanity.

"That sense of familiarity has disappeared again, which is really strange."

Cheng Xing sighed and went to find his room.

By the way, do all the researchers here live in their own research institutes? Aren't there any staff dormitories?

And this place is so remote...

Could it be that Dr. Möbius has been ostracized?

Haha! How could that be? What large organization would exclude a top researcher?

Cheng Xing smiled and shook his head, denying his own guess.

Chapter 61: I Have Money

After packing his things and putting on the protective suit from the research institute, Cheng Xing felt a strange sense of nostalgia.

"Sigh, this feeling of familiarity is practically a psychological illness; it usually bothers me."

From childhood to adulthood, whenever Cheng Xing came into contact with any aspect related to biological experiments, he would feel an ever-present sense of familiarity following him, as if someone was guiding him every time he performed an operation or conducted research—a terrifying feeling.

Of course, don't think there's anything pleasant about it. Every time he conducts an experiment, he feels a sense of nausea and unease, as if every experiment he conducts is touching his moral bottom line, which is incredibly frustrating.

To be honest, I only dissected some small animals, is it really necessary?

Even if they are cadavers, it's all voluntary medical donation, so why do I feel so disgusted?

With a helpless feeling, Cheng Xing arrived at the laboratory and saw Dr. Möbius, the green-haired man, eating instant noodles.

Cheng Xing went outside and looked at the laboratory sign outside, then looked at the PhD student inside who was eating instant noodles and staring at him.

"Dr. Möbius, I think any student knows that you shouldn't eat in the lab, and you just came in wearing a plain white lab coat? And your clothes and jewelry, and your long hair isn't even properly tied up, is this really okay?"

Once Cheng Xing entered experimental mode, he didn't care who the person opposite him was. Here, he had to abide by the rules of the laboratory. He knew that he had seen an unlucky guy before who came in without protective clothing because he thought that the biology laboratory wouldn't involve any strange chemicals.

Then this guy got into trouble, and now nobody knows if he's in the hospital or not.

"Ah! How come someone even more talkative than Klein has arrived? Listen up, this is my laboratory, and I set all the rules. Your job is to follow my rules, understand?"

Möbius felt a headache coming on. Why did such a rigid young man come? Was he really that old? He was just like those old stubborn people.

"But I don't think it's right for a PhD student to eat instant noodles in a biology lab without protective gear. Don't you think that's a bit too dangerous?"

"Listen up, kid. This is just the back-end control area of ​​the lab. The real lab is inside, so it's fine for me to dress like this. Don't be so rigid. Are you really a young man your age? You're just like those old fogies I've met before."

Mebius finally couldn't hold back and said something, and then she saw her cup of noodles being taken away.

"Hey, what are you doing?!"

Cheng Xing, relying on his 1.8-meter height and the athletic ability he developed from playing basketball with Kevin, easily snatched the cup noodles from a young woman who often stayed in the laboratory.

"I will apologize afterwards. If you still want to fire me because of this, I will have no objection. But please do not use such strong-flavored food in the experimental area."

Then, Klein came in at that moment and saw the cup noodles that Cheng Xing had snatched away, as well as Mebius who was still holding a plastic fork.

"PhD!"

Cheng Xing was about to throw the cup noodles outside when he heard Klein's lecturing voice coming from inside.

Cheng Xing sighed as he stood outside, suddenly realizing that he probably wouldn't be able to keep his job.

"Sigh, a freshman who just arrived at the research institute dares to lecture a doctor like this. It seems he can't stay here. He should pack his things and leave."

Cheng Xing knew that while his actions were reasonable, he shouldn't have been so assertive in refuting his boss. Such a sharp and uncompromising attitude would definitely not get him far in this society.

Just as Cheng Xing was about to go back to pack his things and leave, he noticed two people peeking at him from behind the corner of the wall.

"Um...who are you two?"

Cheng Xing looked at the two young women with a puzzled expression.

"Wow, this is the first time I've seen a newcomer who has managed to impress Dr. Mebius."

"Hmm, I think they probably don't really understand the professor's reputation, which is why they can refute him so confidently."

"So, do you think I should explain it to him? Do you think she'll be so scared that she'll immediately go back and apologize?"

"whatever."