People are in Type-Moon, but they practice science

"That's too much, Hei! You actually called me stupid!"

"Who is Xiao Hei? Call me sister! I passed the test, what about you?"

"I am the older sister, what about you peeking at the reference answers? Does that count?"

"Then how do you know it's the 'answer'? Did you peek too?"

"'Also'? Xiao Hei, aren't you admitting it?"

"..." Miyu watched the two sisters bickering with each other in silence. She was clearly planning to talk to Gray at the beginning, but now she left her aside and started arguing with herself.

"Pfft." Gray couldn't help but smile, but she quickly restrained her expression when Miyu noticed it.

"Sister Gray, I'm sorry," Miyu had to negotiate on her own, "We did secretly use Brother Qin Xuan's 'unlock code'... It was my strength that held us back. I couldn't complete the trial, so they thought of something -"

Miyu awkwardly spoke words to excuse the two men.

"It's okay." Gray said softly.

"Ms. Gray...?"

"Master already knew about it... The information was left there intentionally for you to see."

Chapter 234 Flora Chloe Dune

Gray looked at Miyu's calm yet strong eyes, and secretly sighed that although this child was considered to be of 'unknown origin' by his master, he had a very mature personality.

"Master just won't say it so explicitly. Judging from Master's tone, 'I don't have the time to take care of these girls like this. How much progress they can make is up to their luck'... Master's attitude is definitely like that."

"Miyu, the master probably intends to train you," Gray thought to herself, "Although Chloe and Illya are arguing, they have gradually become familiar with each other after this incident. But... why does Miyu feel a little out of tune with the two of them? Is she hiding something?"

Snap, snap.

The clapping stopped the two quarreling sisters.

Gray announced to them, "I am only in charge of this trial... Next, you should collect job cards named 'Saber'. After that, there should be someone else who will be responsible for giving you new trials."

"—!"

Hearing the word "trial" again, the elementary school students shuddered subconsciously as if they had PTSD. Does that mean Gray is only responsible for this time? Will there be a tougher trial before the next card collection? Maybe the person in charge won't let them off at all?

"...Don't be nervous, just focus on collecting Saber first. There will be hints for the next round... Well, how should I describe it? Anyway, the key to passing the trial is to not let her have a chance to 'touch' you."

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This world (EARTH-Origin), a place referred to as 'Teriken'.

In the large multi-story laboratory, Mebius stared at the unknown liquid device below, which looked like a biochemical pool. A large amount of black liquid was rolling inside, and from time to time it flashed a faint green color, which gave people an ominous feeling.

Next to her stood a woman who was nearly two meters tall and had ankle-length silver hair. Compared to the researcher uniform of Mebius, she was wearing a dress made of synthetic fibers. The tall woman had no expression, or rather, she did not even have what humans call a personality. She just stayed beside Mebius simply and peacefully.

"Hasn't the stuff arrived yet?" Mebius said to his assistant impatiently. She seemed to be waiting for something, but she was not talking to the tall woman next to her, but to the researcher who was in charge of leading this laboratory.

Mebius is a high-ranking official, so she is not responsible for managing all the specific affairs of the laboratory. When she is personally in charge of a project, the leader of the project team will become her default assistant. However, although she is called an assistant, she is actually quite busy.

"Sorry, the cargo 'Dead Apostle Lubarei and his children' will arrive by air today."

According to the opinions of the directors and the internal operating mechanism when Academy City was first established, all research institutes and local cooperative agencies are strictly prohibited from conducting inhumane experiments on ordinary people. Therefore, suitable experimental subjects can only be selected from those who have been deprived of their rights or have no rights from the beginning. In other words, they are external enemies and non-human groups that Academy City has determined should be executed.

The Dead Apostles are the latter.

"Oh, why is it airlifted? I checked, didn't Ryougi Shiki who was on the mission complete her mission yesterday?"

"Ah, this," the assistant wiped the non-existent cold sweat. Only Mobius dared to call him by his name. Ordinary researchers like them had to subconsciously avoid Ryougi Shiki's gaze. "The first one is reluctant to come, but don't worry, Doctor. The airlift will arrive soon, and the error will not exceed two points--"

Suddenly, there was a noise outside. The assistant heard it and ran out in a hurry, then pushed back a box of things.

"Doctor, there are three things in total. The sample of the dead apostle Lubarre, and the living bodies of his son and daughter."

"Where's Lubarre? Why are there only so many samples? Where are the living ones?"

"This... The first one means that you did not ask for all the living bodies, so she killed Lubare."

Mobius raised an eyebrow, but quickly regained her composure, "Forget it... There are enough 'equal quality' experimental subjects, so we don't need this one." In her opinion, this race that harms humans is similar to a special type of Honkai beast. They just look like humans, but in essence they are monsters in human skin. In Academy City, no one intends to treat this kind of creature as a being with 'human rights'.

Ryougi Shiki was unwilling to cooperate and come here because she actually didn't want to see Mobius.

As for the reason... the researchers present knew it very well. The reason was that there was something strange about Ryougi Shiki's body.

Specifically, the universal strengthening drugs used on other people with special abilities will always have fluctuations in effect due to individual differences, but on Ryougi Shiki, they will show a perfect, 100% effect. Afterwards, Mebius began to try various genetic drugs he developed on Ryougi Shiki, and all of them achieved ideal results. Ryougi Shiki's physical fitness (spiritual weapon) improved sharply, and now it is comparable to a Heroic Servant.

This looks like some being (source) came out on a whim and played a joke.

At first, Mebius wanted to find out the bottom line of this situation, but his excessive entanglement aroused Ryougi Shiki's disgust, and she reported the matter to Qin Xuan.

Qin Xuan characterized it as a "special individual that cannot be replicated" and "not worth spending too much manpower on", so Mobius had to give up and promised not to arrange any more experiments outside of regular "physical examinations". Instead, he asked Ryougi Shiki to bring the experimental subject.

The matter was settled, but after that, Ryougi Shiki was not very happy to meet Mebius.

"Proceed as usual with the experiment," Mobius ordered.

Everyone present did as they were told. They were very clear about the process, and the preliminary work had also been prepared. All they had to do was to place the experimental subjects and get the results.

The children of Lubarre, a man and a woman who were endowed with the power of their ancestors, were thrown into the reaction pool. Then, the genetic fluid in the pool began to automatically invade the strange individuals. The two dead apostles gradually showed the body features of various birds, beasts, insects and fish, but these changes were only fleeting. Then, the two human figures began to gradually twist, break, and lose their human form.

'There doesn't seem to be a 'factor' with clear potential.'

Mebius shook her head secretly. She had taken over many Dead Apostle test subjects in the past few years, and had a rough evaluation standard for their performance and various factor characteristics. Apart from Zu's 'Principle Blood Ring', she was basically not unfamiliar with anything.

Then, Mebius turned around and looked at the tall woman, "Froland, eat them."

Chapter 235 Sister Floran and Mother Mobius

[Observation Subject] Flora Chloë Dune

【Physiological age】3 natural years

[Racial classification] ██ mud?

[Current functions] Immortality, predation, simulation, evolution

【Current defects】Mental retardation

Archives 1

[Florence Cloyduni, no, it was not called this name three years ago. Its true origin is unknown. It suddenly parasitized Irmia, the daughter of the Cardinal of the Cathedral Church, during the "London Incident" three years ago. It has been verified that before it was captured, the original owner Irmia had been devoured by Florence (the Cathedral Church recorded it as: the person has disappeared). The so-called "Irmia" that appeared later was actually a simulated personality formed by Florence's prey and the reappearance of the other party's brain thinking in its own body.]

[Floran's ability to transform and mutate is like instinct, but from the preliminary evaluation results, its motivation is just based on interest, without any likes or dislikes. It is quite difficult for Floran to have a more advanced social intellect.]

——Chairman ████

Archives 2

[Florence comes from the German word for unmarried women, or "Miss". I think the chairman's name is appropriate. It's not that Florence won't grow, but her existence itself represents the 'girl stage' in the process of life evolution.]

[The evolution of life depends on heredity and mutation. Even though the metabolism of nucleic acids and proteins of various organisms has many similarities, they all use a unified genetic code and a basically consistent decoding method. And Floran is the decoding itself. Many achievements of Shencheng Medicine are inseparable from her help. ]

——Jackal, the executor of Academy City Cooperation Agency & Kamijou Group

Archives 3

[Hehe, there's nothing much to say. Apparently, Floran is more than just a 'key to evolution'... Never mind, I'll add a little more.]

[The key to the unified genetic code is not that it is the only option available in the process of life evolution, but because a super-cycle system is formed at this stage (a super-cycle is formed on various basic cycles, and multiple super-cycles form higher-level super-cycles, and so on). 】

【Life phenomena are various cycles. A supercycle system is a system connected by self-replicating, cyclical units.】

[This system has a selection mechanism that will last forever once it is established. This has been verified in the inheritance and mutation cycle mechanism of the dead apostles... or vampires from level I to VIII. It is the universal rule for creating relatives, which is the so-called "system tree" of vampires. However, Floran's mechanism is far from limited to vampires. ]

—— Academy City Council Member & Evolution Department Director Mobius

Archives 4

【To be added】

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Another experiment was over. After Mobius had the researchers record routine data and organize their own reports, he let Floran devour the "remains" of Rubare's children, including the entire pool of black liquid.

They are called remains, but in fact they should be the "factor decomposition" phenomenon of the two dead apostles under Floran's "chaos mud".

Under the influence of Floran's special mechanism, the dead apostles were forced to return to their original state of life, and their genetic factors were also fully revealed under the influence of Floran's function.

This almost means that Floran's function is indispensable for cutting-edge biological experiments. Although Mebius is more curious about Ryougi Shiki's body, it is indeed this existence with clear research value that attracts her attention more.

At this moment, Flora walked down, and all the substances in the reaction pool flowed into the seams of her synthetic fiber uniform like swallows returning to their nests. They quickly disappeared, as if they were stored in her body. The reaction pool suddenly became empty, and Flora's body remained unchanged.

"You go first."

Mobius dismissed several researchers first, leaving only Flora by her side. Mobius flipped through the files without saying anything. There was an inexplicable atmosphere in the air. If it was an ordinary employee who was left alone by the top leader, he would probably start to have wild thoughts, wondering what bad news the leader had that made him come to him alone.

But Floran is not a normal "person".

For three years, Floran has not developed normal human concepts, and because she has been staying with Mobius all year round - Mobius's body is similar to Qin Xuan's body, so Floran, who has a similar origin to him, will be quite stable, and her curiosity about the outside world has been obviously suppressed.

"Froland, this mission is completed. Do you want any reward?" Mebius asked. She was not only concerned about Froland, but also tested Froland's mental level on a daily basis.

"……award?"

Floran paused for a second, then looked at Mebius cautiously, as if to confirm that her eyes did not reveal any strange teasing, before she spoke slowly, "...let me go out...for a walk?"

Mebius did not agree immediately. It was impossible for him to let a humanoid disaster like Floran run around freely, because once Floran went out and received various information, she would "evolve", but being locked up in a laboratory would not allow her to have a complete mind.

So she has to accompany Flora personally...? It's okay once or twice, but it can't be like this every day.

Just as Mebius was in distress, a lively voice suddenly sounded in the room.

With the unceremonious sound of the door opening, the two people who came in were two pink-haired girls, one big and one small, Ai Li and Ling.

"Hi! Mobius, did you miss me?" Ellie came briskly with Ling, and when she got closer, she seemed to see Mobius's face, "Hey, Mobius, you look like you have some troubles that need to be solved, how about letting me help you——"

"Sister Alicia," Ling pulled her softly, "We can't think of the problem that Dr. Mobius needs to solve, so it's better not to disturb him..."

"No," To Ling's surprise, Mebius looked at Ling, "There is indeed something that requires your assistance, huh... Alicia, Ling, can you help take care of this child?"

Mobius pulled Floran, who was hiding behind him but not hiding at all due to her height, over to him. "Floran Chloe Donne, in nature... you should treat her as a younger sister than Grace."

"Ah, so you want to take this little sister out to play?" Ellie smiled. After observing Floran's eyes and combining them with what Mebius said, she instantly understood what he meant. "Let's go, 'little' Floran~"

Chapter 236 The Three of Us Kill

EARTH-KL is the mirror world in reality.

"boom----"

At this moment, the mirror world scene here seemed to be a copy of the section near the Fuyuki Bridge, which was where the class card "Saber" was located. Suddenly, a black and red beam of light shot straight into the sky, and the light waves and heat of the breath heated the earth and crushed it into dust. The mirror scenes formed in the mirror world shook one after another, and even the aftermath of the released treasure light cannon on the river surface set off huge waves and dissipated water, forming large pieces of rising water vapor.

The one who launched this attack was the embodiment of the power of the Class Card, "Saber" wearing an ominous black armor.

Flying in the sky were two magical girls who had just easily dodged Saber's light cannon.

"Hmmmm - I thought it could be easily solved like 'Caster'," Illya puffed her cheeks, "but it turned out to be a bit troublesome. Saber's strength has increased so much compared to the previous card. I can't solve it quickly by myself."

"Illya, this is already very simple, just think about our 'trial'." Miyu flew beside.

Yes, compared to Sister Grey, this Saber put much less pressure on them. Sister Grey was letting them win from the beginning to the end, but her output was still several levels higher than this Saber. Fighting with Sister Grey was a matter of life and death if they made the slightest mistake.

This Saber's tactics were very rigid. Not only that, her anti-air capability was only to fire a slow laser cannon, after all, she couldn't fly at all.

"But..." Speaking of the trial that just ended, Illya remembered that Chloe came out without permission, "Kuro didn't keep her word! We clearly agreed that she couldn't come out casually, but she still came out through the 'Archer' class card. What the hell! She also took away my power for no reason!"

Illya thought about the experience of Chloe reading the "cheat information" to unlock the new form of the magic wand. This time, she must have read some information left by her big brother.

That's right, Chloe did come out, and in reality. Giving a body to a being with only a personality was not a problem for Qin Xuan. Qin Xuan had installed an etheric spirit body similar to the body of a servant on Prometheus long before, and with the Archer template, it would not be a problem either.

However, if Chloe wants to move around or even fight in reality, she needs a source of magic power, so Illya is forced to become Chloe's energy supplier. The magic paths of the two are connected through the contract and the function of the Holy Grail.

Looking at it this way, coupled with Chloe's status as a servant, it's a bit like the master-servant relationship in the Holy Grail War. Unfortunately, Illya doesn't have a Command Seal and Chloe isn't obedient.

It would be fine if Chloe didn't fight normally, but once Chloe joined in, she would take away Illya's "magic output bandwidth", which in a sense would make her "magic cannon caliber" smaller. How could she be happy about that?

"...Uh..." Miyu could see Illya's resentment. She found that Illya seemed to like to use the violent output of magic cannon to solve everything. Chloe's behavior just touched on the thunder point, but...can such a single output really solve everything?

Miyu was a little worried about what might be different about the next 'trial'.

"Illya, stop complaining. Chloe and Saber have already started fighting down below."