A dangerous snake hissed before her, and Fu Hua could almost see the scarlet forked tongue darting from its fangs, tasting her scent molecules in the air.
It felt as if, in the blink of an eye, the genius scientist of the Previous Era would lunge at her, letting her experience the sensation of being constricted to death by a python.
Fu Hua nearly stopped breathing!
In the next instant, a soft Maiden-Embracing Kill struck again. Elysia shot a reproachful look at the uninvited guest, Mobius.
"Mobius, is this really how you treat a comrade we haven't seen in fifty thousand years?"
"Hah."
The genius scientist sneered disdainfully. "In my eyes, all of you are nothing more than guinea pigs with special value!"
Elysia, who had always known Mobius to be duplicitous, noticed the key word the genius scientist had just used.
Instantly, Elysia's smile bloomed like a field of flowers, outshining all the other beauties vying for attention in the garden.
"Mobius, so we're all special existences to you?"
"I'm so happy."
That pure, flawless smile was like an arrow shot by Cupid, piercing straight into Mobius's heart and making the tip of the genius scientist's heart tremble.
This pink Fatso, Elysia...
Even after being so thoroughly played with by that Inner World Protagonist, she was still just as foul. This charm that captivated everyone, regardless of gender, was simply cheating.
Her heart, which was never truly cold, softened further in the face of Elysia's smile, but Mobius's stubborn refusal to be honest had long since become an inseparable part of her.
Even after being so intensely flirted with by Elysia, she wouldn't relax her venomous fangs and reveal her true thoughts.
"Special test subjects! You and that stinking man are nothing more than one-of-a-kind specimens in this world."
"As for whether I think you're special to me..."
The bewitching aura around Mobius reached its peak, like a venomous snake salivating over its prey.
"If you want to know the answer, come and *do some things* in my laboratory."
"Hehehe~~"
Her covetous desire made one feel that Mobius was up to no good.
One could even imagine her in a white lab coat, holding a scalpel, perfectly cast as a terrifying monster!
Such a sight would be enough to make a crying child fall silent, spreading Mobius's notorious reputation throughout the world.
However...
"So you really like me that much, Mobius~~"
The pink-haired beauty, who had appeared in front of Mobius at some point, leaned in. Her unabashedly intimate gesture made Mobius almost instinctively perform a tactical lean-back.
They were both girls, not only good friends for life, but also destined to be besties for a 'bed'-time.
Since they were fated to be honest with each other in the same bed, Elysia's actions towards Mobius naturally grew bolder by the day.
"Elysia, you Fatso, don't be so conceited!"
Mobius said in a harsh tone.
Perhaps because this woman had interrupted her research on Fu Hua, there was a hint of impatience in Mobius's voice.
Fu Hua was a MANTIS who, due to the Hyperthymesia from the surgery, gained the qualification to use Fenghuang Down.
And now, her body and spirit had become an incubator for the Honkai to hatch the Herrscher of Sentience, yet her own mind and body remained unharmed.
And, by a stroke of luck, she even obtained a Herrscher Core.
It made one desperately want to know what changes had occurred within Fu Hua's body.
The genius scientist mercilessly abandoned Elysia and walked over to Fu Hua.
Her dark green, reptilian pupils were filled with scrutiny as Mobius circled Fu Hua a few times, making a preliminary judgment of Fu Hua's current state in her mind.
"It seems the birth of the Herrscher didn't have much of an effect on your mind. Or perhaps the effect is on a deeper level, requiring professional equipment to detect."
Mobius's tone softened. "Tell me the details. How did you experience the birth of a Herrscher?"
"..."
Fu Hua recounted the story once more.
Even Mobius, hearing the full story for the first time, couldn't help but show a curious expression.
"Because you didn't want to get bent over, your heart produced a strong obsession, to the point of developing a split personality?"
"Because this so-called 'demonic thought' arose in your heart, you became a stepping stone for the birth of the Herrscher of Sentience."
"And the most incredible part is..."
Mobius looked at Fu Hua with amazement in her eyes.
"Because of your Hyperthymesia, you have an unimaginably vast amount of memories in your brain. The existence of this massive data washed over the Herrscher of Sentience's personality, making that person think she was another side of you?"
"Interesting, interesting! Very interesting!"
Fu Hua's existence opened a new world for Mobius.
This world was so wondrous that such a thing could happen by a strange twist of fate.
The Honkai gave Herrschers a factory setting of being hostile to the entire world, but because the memories in Fu Hua's head were too vast, it formatted this factory setting.
The wonders of the world were right here; even the mighty power of the 'Honkai' could be overridden.
Mobius smiled charmingly. "Hua, I'm being sincere this time. Do you have time to come and sit in my laboratory?"
Before, she had a nonchalant attitude.
It would be better to have a new test subject, but it didn't matter if she didn't.
After all, she hadn't even finished studying that Inner World Protagonist who had appeared out of nowhere, so starting a new research project wasn't entirely necessary.
However, after learning the whole story, Mobius felt that having Fu Hua lie on her operating table again would be a nice little spice to add to her life.
It was truly tantalizing!
"I'm sorry, Dr. Mobius, but I have no intention of doing so."
Anyone who went to Mobius's lab knew what happened; they went in and never came out the same.
Although she knew she was lucky when it came to survival, she knew even better that one couldn't casually enter the genius scientist's laboratory.
You go in standing up, but you come out not only lying down, but with quite a few extra parts attached to your body.
After all, the most famous exploits of Mobius, the genius scientist in the field of life sciences during the Previous Era, besides often having her lab members eat instant noodles due to lack of funding, was swapping out her own body parts as if they were test subjects.
Klein, Danzhu, and Cangxuan had all had the experience of being splattered in the face by her blood.
"Oh, what a pity then."
The unexpected refusal made Mobius's expression turn listless, but the genius scientist didn't intend to force the issue.
"I was originally planning to study your situation and then start a new chapter for 'Postpartum Care for Herrschers'. Since you're not cooperating, let's just forget it."
Fu Hua: "..."
Elysia: "..."
Never before had their thoughts been so unified!
If it weren't for their past friendship with Mobius, they would have already used the powerful pincer attack by girls technique to teach this tactless Mobius a lesson in cruelty!
Fu Hua's palm clenched and then relaxed, almost unleashing Inch Force: Sundering Heaven.
But in the end, the rational warrior overcame the delusions in her heart and did not act on her impulse.
"Dr. Mobius, that joke isn't funny."
"Not funny?"
Hearing this reply, Mobius's smile gradually became playful.
Her gaze fell, landing on Fu Hua's lower abdomen.
That place was the throne of the pink Honeysuckle Crest, the private area that was still tormenting Vill-V to this day.
Fu Hua didn't have it yet.
But...
"You don't really think you can escape from that guy's hands, do you?"
"Both you and the Herrscher born from your body have become targets of that guy's hunt!"
Mobius delivered her conclusion.
"Although you have no boobs and no butt, and you're not as fertile as this pink Fatso Elysia, a flat-chested figure like yours can still be considered an embellishment in that guy's harem."
Before Fu Hua could speak, Elysia behind her pouted her lips in dissatisfaction.
"Mobius, I'm not a Fatso!"
"Yes, yes, you're not a fatso. You're just a heavyweight competitor who's over a hundred pounds!"
Elysia: "..."
That hurts, you little snake.
Fu Hua didn't want to argue with Mobius on this issue any longer. "Dr. Mobius, I don't want to argue about these things with you."
"I know."
Mobius replied, "According to the customs of your homeland, you came to find this woman Elysia to resolve the obsession born in your heart, to prevent yourself from being consumed by it."
"This situation seems to be called... a love tribulation?"
The genius scientist's eyes seemed to have seen through everything, showing a profound understanding of Fu Hua's native culture.
"There are only two ways to solve this matter."
"Wield the sword to sever the threads of love; you either kill the man who's troubling your heart, or you forget everything about him."
"As for the second one..."
The girl's smile was ambiguous, as if she had already prepared the second chapter of 'Postpartum Care for Herrschers'.
"It's better to guide than to block. You should just give in to him. Not only will you get to enjoy yourself, but you can also provide me with precious experimental material."
"Impossible! I would never do such a thing!"
Fu Hua immediately denied it.
Mobius then crushed her sliver of hope. "But you can't forget that guy either. Even if you erase the memories related to him, the Herrscher of Sentience born from your body would definitely not mind helping you return to normal."
A dead end! A situation she was fated to live through!
No matter what Fu Hua chose, she was just taking a detour, and would eventually return to the original track.
Fu Hua felt like one of the beautiful maidens imprisoned in a goblin's nest, with no other possibility than to be filled like a cream puff.
Even if she fled to the ends of the earth, she would be caught by that guy and filled in an instant.
Perhaps seeing what Fu Hua was thinking at this moment, Mobius walked over to her, patted her on the shoulder, and pointed at Elysia, saying, "No need to hesitate, no need to grieve, no need to be afraid. You've simply made the same choice as Elysia, there's nothing shameful about it."
"He who understands the times is a great man. When rape is imminent and resistance is futile, lying down and enjoying it is not a bad solution."
The genius scientist smiled charmingly, silently writing a new chapter for her 'Postpartum Care for Herrschers'.
The Inner World Protagonist is aggressive, the Herrscher of Sentience who thinks she is Fu Hua is playing matchmaker, and the person in question is indecisive...
In this case, she just needed to let that guy take the initiative, and she could start a whole new research project.
This Elysia was just a Simulacrum, so 'Postpartum Care for Herrschers' couldn't be studied further.
And now... she could finally complete this project!
Fu Hua left the Dream World in a daze, unsure if it was due to the despair of being unable to resist, or the sense of destiny that was pressing on her nerves.
Mobius and Elysia watched Fu Hua's departing figure, each with different thoughts.
The two didn't stay in the Dream World for long either, returning to their own domains to experience their own daily lives.
...
Elysian Realm...
The pink-haired beauty lowered her head, her gaze passing over the ample curves of her chest to the bathroom scale at her feet.
Life needed a sense of ritual, so for fifty thousand years, she had never been lax about her weight.
After all, the Simulacra in the Elysian Realm perfectly replicated their past physical data and could even achieve similar physiological functions in this data world.
Of course, things like having babies were impossible!
Even if a beautiful girl suffered lewd things, she wouldn't give birth to a cute little baby.
However...
"54 point..."
9?
Shouldn't it be 54.8?
As a girl who cared a great deal about her beauty, Elysia paid close attention to her weight, clearly remembering the three digits and the symbol between them.
But now...
"I've gained weight?"
Elysia was in disbelief. "But I've been eating so few carbs lately."
The beautiful girl was perplexed and could only conclude that she had probably consumed too much water recently to maintain her dewy skin.
After all, it wasn't unheard of to lose a few pounds overnight just by sleeping.
"Yes, that must be it!"
Elysia comforted herself this way and resolved to get her weight back to normal.
However...
"55..."
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Struck by lightning! A bolt from the blue!
Elysia, the beautiful girl, was so shocked that her face contorted!
She... as a Simulacrum, had actually gained weight!
Her face a mask of pain, almost twisted into a knot, Elysia pinched the fair, tender skin on her stomach, feeling as if countless fats and carbs were flowing beneath it.
"I have to go on a diet!"
She had gained a full pound in just a few days. At this rate, she would turn into a ball in no time!
"I must lose weight!"
Elysia was full of fighting spirit.
But...
"5... 7..."
Gray despair assaulted Elysia. Her face was blank. Her diet was useless. She could only recall what she had recently experienced that had caused her weight to increase steadily while her figure remained almost unchanged.
Besides enjoying afternoon tea with Aponia and Eden, it seemed there was only...
"..."
The pink Honeysuckle Crest shone on the girl's tender abdomen!
"Am I really pregnant?"
Elysia forced a smile onto her face.
It was one thing to be filled like a cream puff by the Inner World Protagonist; after all, she had enjoyed it too.
But she had never imagined that the Inner World Protagonist's abilities were so perverse that even a Simulacrum like her, who was completely different from a normal living being, could get pregnant.
Heavens!
Knowing full well that this matter couldn't be hidden and that she couldn't handle it herself, Elysia immediately sought out the professional in the Elysian Realm.
"Mobius, help me!"
Her large blue-pink eyes were brimming with tears as Elysia tightly gripped Mobius's arm. "This is a once-in-a-lifetime request!"
The genius scientist, whose experiment had been interrupted, was full of impatience and just wanted to slice this person's neck with a scalpel.
"E! Ly! Si! A!"
"I think I might be pregnant!"
"..."
"!!!"
"???"
（*´・ｖ・）
The genius scientist immediately pulled out a large bed. "Here, this way please!"
'Postpartum Care for Herrschers: Elysia Edition' was finally going to happen!
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