Honkai Impact 3: Saving the former civilization by rubbing the black technology

"Eh? What?" Alicia looked at Ai Yue in confusion, but Ai Yue was already walking out with a relaxed pace. "Wait, explain it clearly. What do you mean by saving humanity?"

It was naturally impossible for Ai Yue to tell Alicia about the mental plague. No matter what the final outcome of this matter was, he had decided to bear it alone. After all, only a savior could shoulder such a heavy responsibility, and everyone else just had to work for him like a slave.

Of course, the most important thing is that although Alicia just said that she is not opposed to the transformation of all mankind, if she knew the specific content, she would probably point her bow and arrow directly at Ai Yue's forehead.

Having said that, isn't it time to find a way to improve my own strength?

But I always feel weird about modifying my own body, so I should choose the rich people's method first.

After reactivating the research on "portable nano armor", Ai Yue returned to his home.

"Welcome back, Dr. Ai Yue." Prometheus greeted him at the door as usual, but for some reason, a "holding back laughter" soybean emoji hung above his head. "Please make sure to rest early."

"Oh, I'll go to bed now." Ai Yue nodded, not paying attention to Prometheus's strangeness. "Don't play so many games at the same time at night, otherwise the cooling system will be too noisy."

"Don't worry, Dr. Ai Yue." Prometheus watched Ai Yue's back as he went upstairs, and the emoticon above his head changed to "laughing". "You shouldn't be able to worry about the noise for a while."

Ai Yue did not hear the second half of Prometheus's words, otherwise he would probably have been a little alert and would not have waited until a figure threw him onto the bed before he noticed.

"Ah, Aponya?" Smelling the strong smell of alcohol on the other person and the familiar touch coming from his body, Ai Yue immediately recognized the other person's identity, "Why are you in my house?!"

“I don’t know,” Aponya showed a completely different side from her usual calmness at this moment, with a hint of coquettishness, burying her head in Ai Yue’s arms, “I’m drunk.”

Although she said this, her hands moved very swiftly. Ai Yue tried to stop her, but she was completely unable to stop her hands from searching up and down her body.

"Wait, something's wrong! How did it suddenly become like this... Hey, don't touch that!"

The construction quality of the Fire Moth was so solid that no one noticed that the Prometheus's cooling system was much noisier than usual tonight.

Chapter 10 No, buddy

The next morning, the Fifth Science Department.

Su stood at the gate with a subtle expression on his face, seemingly waiting for something.

From time to time, he would lower his head and check his phone - there was a message on it from Ai Yue a few hours ago, which roughly meant that he wanted to visit the Fifth Science Department today.

Su couldn't help but recall the conversation with Ai Yue last night. The other party was indeed curious about the Fifth Science Department and had said that he would visit in the future, but he didn't expect that he would come so suddenly.

I don’t know how the teacher will react. I hope they won’t start arguing.

Before he could think about it, a roar came from far away. Su raised his head and looked forward, and soon saw a car driving towards him.

When the car stopped beside Su, Ai Yue's face also popped out of the car: "Thank you for your hard work. I'm sorry for bothering you waiting outside, Su."

"It's just a small matter, Dr. Ai Yue." Su nodded with a smile and looked at Ai Yue who got out of the car. "Then I will take you to see my teacher, Minister Spasi."

"Okay." Ai Yue nodded, then turned to look at Hua, who was driving, and said, "Hua, come find me after you park the car."

Hua, who is now temporarily responsible for protecting Ai Yue's safety, nodded and slowly drove towards the parking lot.

The Fifth Science Department consists of two parts. The ground part is a hospital that is dedicated to treating patients infected with Honkai disease, while the underground part is its scientific research center. Basically, all of Fire Moth's medical technology projects are concentrated here.

"Curing Honkai Disease" is the core topic of this base. It can be said that 80% of the scientific research projects of the Fifth Science Department are now centered around Honkai Disease.

Under Su's leadership, Ai Yue quickly arrived at Spasi's office and met the "stubborn and smelly old man" as Mobius called him.

Perhaps influenced by Mebius, Ai Yue always thought that Spasi was a sloppy, short, bad-tempered, stubborn old man with a long beard. But in fact, the other party was an elegant old gentleman. Judging from his figure and appearance, it can be seen that Spasi was a handsome guy who was popular among thousands of girls when he was young.

"Dr. Ai Yue, nice to meet you." Spasi extended his right hand and smiled gently. "We're still analyzing the formula you sent me last time. It's truly a brilliant idea."

"The situation was urgent, so I resorted to some rough tactics. I hope Minister Spasi doesn't mind." Ai Yue glanced at the other's white-gloved left hand, then extended his own to shake hands. "This time, I came mainly to see your department's research progress on the 'Honkai Disease Serum'. I'm very interested in this technology."

"Of course you can. After all, your current authority is high enough." Spasi smiled, showing no special emotion on the surface. "Then please follow me."

The three of them quickly came to the research room next door, opened the computer with Spasi's permission, and retrieved the information about the Honkai disease serum.

"It's a shame to say that since we began researching this far, there's been no substantial progress in synthesizing the Honkai disease serum," Spasi said with a slightly helpless expression. "Today's Honkai disease serum is essentially the antibodies naturally produced by Honkai disease patients. Even isolating it from the patient's remains is already the limit of our capabilities."

"We...can't even analyze the composition and structure of the Honkai disease antibody."

Ai Yue did not speak, but quietly browsed through various reports and data about the Honkai disease serum.

The vast majority of reports are about failures—failure to analyze the components, failure to simulate the environment for antibody production, failure to study inhibitors, and failure to remove the affected area.

Failure, failure, failure, failure!

In the war against Honkai disease, the Fifth Science Department suffered a series of setbacks. From the text of these reports, Ai Yue could even feel the despair deep in the hearts of the scholars.

They haven't even fully understood the pathology of this disease, so how can they overcome it?

"To make one dose of Honkai disease serum, we need to extract antibodies from the remains of a thousand patients."

Ai Yue read out the conclusions from the few successful reports on the serum production, and couldn't help but laugh. "So, if a global Honkai Disease outbreak occurs, the best outcome for us is that only one thousandth of the population will be left?"

Neither Spasi nor Su said anything, because they knew very well that even the best result would not be one thousandth.

"But I think I've figured it out." Ai Yue released his left hand from the computer case, and a barely perceptible black shrank back into his sleeve. "Minister Spasi, does the Fifth Science Department have any Honkai Serum?"

"Of course, but aside from the portion used for experimental research, everything else is being carefully stored for emergency use," Spasi said. "A single dose of Honkai Serum can save a vital individual at a crucial moment. For the Fire Moth, it's considered strategic material. Without permission from higher-ups, it's impossible to use it rashly."

"Then take the portion you have control over." Ai Yue could certainly offer a so-called permission letter, but he felt it was unnecessary. "I want all of the Honkai energy serum used for research at the Fifth Academy."

"Dr. Ai Yue, isn't this a bit..." Seeing the atmosphere between the two people suddenly become tense, Su couldn't help but step forward to act as a peacemaker, "Why don't you explain your needs first, and then we can see if there is any other solution?"

"From the current perspective, it's clear that the Fifth Science Department will find it difficult to complete a series of research projects such as artificially synthesizing Honkai energy antibodies, reducing costs, and mass-producing them in a short period of time," Ai Yue said calmly. "So, I will take over this project now."

Now even Su didn't know what to say.

Do you want to listen to what you are saying?

The entire Fifth Science Department has more than 200 doctoral experts in the medical field. They began researching Honkai energy antibodies at least five years ago, but to this day they have only been able to extract antibodies from patients' remains.

According to this process, from artificial synthesis to cost reduction and finally mass production, even with the most optimistic estimates, it will take at least ten to fifteen years.

However, Ai Yue's attitude is as if he can get the Honkai energy antibody today and produce results tomorrow.

Even Su, who respected Ai Yue, didn't know what to say at this moment.

However, at this time, Spasi spoke.

"Okay," Spacey said, "but I have a condition."

Su turned around and looked at his teacher in surprise, but Spasi was staring at Ai Yue closely at this moment.

Ai Yue nodded: "Tell me about it?"

"I can give you all the experimental antibodies currently in the Fifth Science Department, including a hundred doses of Honkai Disease serum," Spasi said. "But if you fail to conduct any effective research until all these antibodies are used up, then you will have to join the Fifth Science Department and devote all your energy to antibody research."

Spasi paused, then slowly said, "Dr. Ai Yue, I'm not looking down on you, but you need to understand how precious the Honkai Serum is. It's not something that can be measured in money; it's a life! Without sufficient awareness, can you truly shoulder this responsibility?"

"I'm here precisely to shoulder the responsibility. Ultimately, you should even thank me." Ai Yue nodded calmly. "I agree to the conditions. If you have no other requests, please hurry up and get the serum."

Ai Yue did not say "What if I produce results?" because he knew very well that once he produced the corresponding results, the entire Fifth Science Department would be loyal to him.

This time, Spasi didn't say anything else, but just left the laboratory. Su looked at Ai Yue with an expression that seemed to want to say something but hesitated. In the end, he just asked Ai Yue to wait here, and then chased after him out.

He passed Hua in the corridor and then chased after Spasi: "Teacher, I don't quite understand why you did this."

In Su's eyes, Spasi has always been a calm and professional scholar. There is no reason for him to agree to Ai Yue's somewhat rude request on such an important matter, and he should not use the means of "betting".

In his opinion, what Spasi did was to use the Honkai Energy Serum as bait to lure Ai Yue into the Fifth Science Department.

After all, he really couldn't imagine how Ai Yue could use the serum of these one hundred people to make a breakthrough that the entire Fifth Academy of Sciences had failed to achieve even after consuming several times more materials.

"You think I'm playing tricks, don't you?" Spacey laughed. "Indeed, even I can't deny that I do harbor some such thoughts."

Sue said nothing, for he heard another emotion in Spacy's tone.

It was like he was starting to feel useless.

"But do you know what Mobius said about Ai Yue?" Spasi said slowly. He didn't know if it was Su's illusion, but he felt that his teacher seemed a little shorter. "She said that Ai Yue is someone who can work miracles."

Su knew very well that Spasi was the person who hated the word "miracle" the most. He once told him that there were neither miracles nor magic in the world. There were only countless people whose lives were taken away by the Honkai disease, and the doctors who continued to advance on their corpses.

"Maybe I'm really old." Spacey laughed twice, but it sounded like he was crying. "I'm actually starting to hope for some miracle in the world."

Thirty minutes later, Spasi and Su returned to the laboratory and solemnly placed a palm-sized box in Ai Yue's palm.

Inside the box, there was a container two times smaller than the eye drops bottle, filled with light blue liquid.

It looked light, but when Spasi held it, it felt like he was carrying a huge rock.

"Honestly, my mind tells me this is impossible." Spasi handed the box to Ai Yue and said with a complicated expression, "But I sincerely hope that I won't see you at the Fifth Research Institute in the future."

"That's impossible." Ai Yue put the box away and smiled, "I have to come back to guide you in your work."

After saying this, he turned and left the laboratory, and finally waved his hand: "See you later."

The relaxed and cheerful tone was as casual as if he had made an appointment with friends to continue hanging out tomorrow.

Then the next day, Ai Yue really came again.

When Su received the news and ran back to the office of the underground research institute from the ward, he saw Ai Yue sitting on the sofa, reading a book.

"Why are you here again?" Su was a little confused. "Could it be that you have encountered some difficulties?"

"That's not the case." Ai Yue pointed to the box on the table, "It's just used up."

"Used up?" Su saw the box on the table that Spasi had handed to Ai Yue yesterday, and his mind buzzed. "A hundred doses of antibodies, are all used up?"

That's the total research budget for the entire Fifth Science Department for a month! Many projects haven't even been allocated Honkai Disease antibodies, and so far they've only been able to conduct simulation experiments. How could Ai Yue use up such a precious resource in just one day?

"How could you possibly use so much? What were you thinking?" Ai Yue gave him a strange look. "Never mind. I wasn't precise enough. I should have said that the rest were unnecessary."

Anything left?

Su heaved a sigh of relief, then hurried over to the box to take a look, then frowned: "This...isn't this necessary?"

Su Ben thought that there would only be a little bit of the antibody that Ai Yue brought back, but he didn't expect that there was still a lot of light blue liquid in the container, which was completely beyond his expectations.

"About twenty servings, probably. Your research is quite useful and saves a lot." Ai Yue stood up. "By the way, where's Spasi?"

"Teacher, he's still in the intensive care unit. When he heard you were coming, he asked me to come and greet you. He'll be here soon." Su then noticed that Ai Yue was carrying a box. "What is this?"

"Oh, a little test work." Ai Yue shook the box nonchalantly. "That's perfect. There's no need for him to come over. Let's go find him."

Although Su was a little confused, he didn't ask too many questions. He quickly took Ai Yue to the hospital on the ground and found Spasi who was still checking the condition of the patients in the intensive care unit.

"Su? Why did you bring Dr. Ai Yue here?" Spasi, wearing protective clothing, frowned at the sight of Ai Yue, who walked in wearing only a white coat. "Dr. Ai Yue, you'd better pay more attention to protection."

"It's okay. This little bit of Honkai radiation is nothing." Ai Yue, who was in close contact with the Fusion Warrior (referring to being covered in Mobius's self-explosion), waved his hand nonchalantly. "Is this patient serious?"

The wards for treating patients with Honkai disease are specially designed, and each bed has a protective cover to prevent the Honkai energy radiation from endangering more people.

He noticed that the patient had a Honkai energy adsorption device around his neck and couldn't help but raise his eyebrows - although those people above were greedy, at least they were still doing something.

"The patient suddenly deteriorated an hour ago and fell into a deep coma. In this situation, all the equipment and inhibitors are useless." Spacey sighed, his tone full of deep helplessness. "It's estimated that within twelve hours, she will... Hey, what are you doing?"

Ai Yue deftly opened the protective cover on the bed, and then opened the box in his hand. Only then did Su discover that it was filled with light blue medicine.

Amidst Spasi's subconscious attempt to stop him, Ai Yue grabbed a medicine without hesitation and smoothly injected it into the patient's neck.

Three minutes later, the instruments used to monitor the patient's physical data began to change.

Five minutes later, the patient opened his eyes.

Ten minutes later, the patient who had been sentenced to death was able to walk again with the help of Ai Yue.

Spasi and Sue remained motionless during this process, as if they were under some kind of petrification curse.

It was not until Ai Yue helped the patient out of the room that the master and apprentice looked at each other and uttered the same syllable.

"what?"

Chapter 11 The Poet's Grip

Even though Ai Yue had helped the patient walk around outside and come back, Spasi and Su still found it hard to believe that the scene before them was real.

"He looks okay, but he's just recovered and is still very weak." Looking at the patient who quickly fell asleep again, Ai Yue took off the Honkai Energy Adsorption Device from his neck and replaced the core inside. "It seems to be due to a long-term illness. No improvement is needed..."

"Ai Yue!"

Spasi then rushed up and grabbed Ai Yue's hand: "You, you..."

"Calm down, Minister Spasi." Ai Yue pointed at the sleeping patient and then pointed outside the door. "Don't disturb others' rest."

The three people left the ward and came to the corridor.

"You really...did it?" Even after forcing himself to calm down, Spasi still couldn't believe what had just happened. "That's the Honkai disease serum! Did you really complete the project of artificially synthesizing Honkai disease antibodies?!"

Spasi had thought about whether Ai Yue had found a way to extract the Honkai disease antibodies from a thousand people and made a serum. However, to complete the antibody extraction of a thousand people in such a short time, Ai Yue would need at least twice as many people as the members of the Fifth Science Department, and they must all be experts in the medical field.

Since both possibilities were equally outrageous, he naturally hoped that the other party had completed the research on artificially synthesizing antibodies for Honkai disease.