Chapter 33: Unearthing Secrets

"Okay, we will now commence the operation of implanting the herrscher gem in the subject. The control is having a dose of honkai energy." Mobius said while writing on a clipboard.

She then wore some protective equipment, ready to assist Ein on implanting the gem. "Mobius... Wait a minute, isn't this the best time for gene splicing first? That way, we don't need to report it to the higher ups. It will be more efficient as well." These subjects has more than 99% chance of dying. Might as well be efficient to the max.

"Hmm. Now that you said it, that's a brilliant idea. It's not like the gem is gonna run away or anything." Mobius agreed. "Klein! Bring the prototype of the new nano bots for gene splicing." She ordered.

Klein immediately complied and brought a serum. "Dr. Mobius, here is the nano bots." She gave it carefully.

"Un, now we set this up first." She then loaded it onto the machine she used to inject Ein with the honkai energy.

"What's the gene you've programmed for the bots to take out Mobius?" Ein stood behind her to see the process.

Mobius got annoyed and frowned "These are programmed for cancer. This is the newest prototypes after the previous failures, even if they fail. At least we will have precious data on human trials." She nodded sagely.

"Good job Mobius, now let's start shall we? Time is limited." He tapped her on the shoulder.

Mobius pushed a button and the unconscious test subject were injected by the gene splicing bots. There weren't any reactions, as it takes time to take effect after all.

"Ein, this will take some time. Go talk to Mei and check up on her side of the project." She looked at him and shooed him away.

He scratched the back of his head "Alright, sorry about the delay. I'll go help Mei for a bit then, do you think she should see the experiments Mobius?" Ein's eyes turned serious.

She pondered for a bit "I honestly think yes, this will make her get used to it sooner. And don't underestimate her, she might not react as you think she will. I know those types, she probably won't complain for the results."

He went silent and just stared at empty space "I see, she isn't like you, but she is a textbook scientist. I'll bring her when the honkai energy and herrscher gem trials begin." He then walked away briskly.

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I went to Mei's room and checked up on her. "Mei, any progress on your side? Me and Mobius will start experiments on our side soon." He entered her room and saw cluttered papers everywhere.

Mei got startled and stared at him "Oh! Sorry about the mess Ein. And no, progress is slow. I just can't find any material that can withstand that much honkai energy." She smiled wryly.

That's something I've been having trouble thinking of as well he thought. "Hm, how about another hypothesis then. If we can't find it, then make it. Let's saturate different kinds of metals with good characteristics for weapons in honkai energy."

Mei thought for a moment and nodded "That's a great idea sure. But what do we use? And testing it with honkai energy will take an absurd amount of resources."

"Did the higher ups accept our proposal about it? Weapons are like kryptonite on politicians, trust me." He said confidently.

"They did, but honkai energy isn't cheap at all. Refining it from beasts or irradiated areas is dangerous and costly."

He thought quickly of plans in order to make this work, he then had a brilliant idea "Honkai energy won't be a problem. Honkai beasts have plenty of them, leave it to me and we can cut a lot of the costs. I'll propose a budget, it will surely surprise them." We have plenty of corpses that aren't degraded, he grinned widely.

Mei just stared at him, thinking how will he get a supply of honkai beasts "Alright, I trust you on this. It's exciting isn't it? We'll be the first ones to understand honkai energy more. The universe sure has a lot to offer." She smiled.

"Umu, I'll be on my way then. Oh and Mei, Mobius wants you to be at her lab when we experiment on the herrscher cores. It will be an eye opening experience." Surely it's gonna be surprising, I just wish she'll take it in stride.

Her eyes widened "Really!? That's going to be very interesting. If you're right about your theory, then we could use their powers for ourselves." She said excitedly.

He smiled faintly and waved goodbye. He contacted Mobius for honkai beast hotspots. Ein then said goodbye to the soldier squad individually, saying that he'll be gone for a while.

"Oh? You're busy too huh, Mei has been shooing me off for the last couple of days as well." Kevin complained.

Elysia grasped Ein on the clothes as she did the puppy dog eyes "Ein! We haven't went on a date yet! Don't leave, pretty please."

Somebody then whacked her on the head "Shut up Elysia. Ein is working for us too, he'll have time for us in the future. It's not like he is leaving overseas for years on end." Himeko huffed, but looked longingly on him.

Ein sighed "Ellie, Hime, it's quite a delicate position I'm in right now. Make do with this for now, okay?" He then kissed them softly as he gave them a big box of cookies and other pastries. "Don't eat it too quickly okay? Give Kevin some as well."

They then said their goodbyes as he looked at the map Mobius sent him. "Okay, when I received the honkai energy from the templar and chariot, my reserves skyrocketed. Now my telekinesis is on par with my actual speed and strength. It only gave me a durability boost, but that's life." He shrugged.

He ran for an hour and arrived at the very first red zone that was a forest. "Now then." He flew high above the trees and took out a massive amount of throwing spears.

All of it floated behind his back as he closed his eyes and focused on as many honkai beasts as he can. "Become funds and resources. Honkai bastards." He whispered, as hundreds of spears accelerated like a guided cruise missile. Whistling, as it guaranteed certain death to low rank beasts.

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"Hah, I've even went as far as Nagazora again." Ein was sitting on some concrete with a bent great sword on his shoulder and a spear on the off hand. "I've been away for a few days at least. Mobius will certainly be happy with this much honkai energy." He looked behind and several building sized honkai beasts with tons of smaller ones were on the ground.

"I sure need to stock up on some spears. Hah, they get ruined with one throw. Well, they're mass produced anyway, I can't wait to have a durable and destructive weapon. These things ain't cheap, even though they break easily."

He stood up and stored all of them in his inventory. As he changed his torn clothes and ran to HQ like the wind.

Ein walked in on the lab like he owns the place "Mobius! I've got a special present for you."

Mobius just deadpanned at him and stared "What is it? And you're late! Buy the lab some bubble tea." She huffed.

Klein's eyes shined while Nuwa cheered "Yes! I don't need to buy it anymore, thank you Ein! You're always late."

Fuxi rolled her eyes "Dr. Ein, where were you anyway? Dr. Mobius just told us you asked for some coordinated and disappeared quickly."

"Hehe, you surely would like to see what I procured right? Mobius, let's go to the warehouse. I need tons of honkai energy to make the material that could potentially house a herrscher core." He then gave Klein some extra big bubble tea and regular ones to Fuxi and Nuwa.

Mobius sighed as they arrived to the warehouse "You did something outrageous again didn't you? Well take it out and the energy department will refine it. They won't ask much if we give tons of honkai beasts for energy." She massaged her temples.

Ein then took out literal tons of honkai beast corpses that shook the ground. "We made a hypothesis that saturating some metals with honkai energy would change it in an atomic level. I just wish it would work, I worked hard killing all of these things for it." He sighed.

Fuxi and Nuwa's eyes went wide as they almost lost their footing and being shocked senseless. "Dr. Ein, did you kill these by yourself!?" Fuxi asked, agitated by the sight.

"Umu, I need a few more warehouses too. They're too many for this storage alone."

"Waw, you're insane Ein! Maybe you're an alien or something!?" Nuwa exclaimed.

Well, now that I think about it. Aren't I kinda like an alien entity in this world? But that's not important. (It will be. Evil chuckle)

Klein just closed her eyes and sipped her milk tea. "Mr. Einheri, this bubble tea is indescribably good. Where did you get this from!?" Her enthusiasm was obvious through her straight face.

"I made it myself, good right? Don't worry that you won't get more Klein, I'll give you some whenever I swing by the lab. You love milk tea after all. Just a little thanks for taking care of Hamsuke while you're so busy." He patted her head.

Klein nodded vigorously "I knew that my hard work would give me good karma." She then nodded sagely.

They returned to the lab after dropping off the honkai beasts for the energy department. "Mobius, tell me the results of the gene splicing." Ein asked seriously.

Mobius sighed and gestured to Klein. "After a few days, they developed auto-immune diseases. Their immune system started to become very aggressive as they not only attacked cancer cells and developing ones." Klein then handed some bubble wrap to her.

"I see, then we should commence the implant of honkai energy to the control and herrscher gem to the experimental subject." He then called over Mei for the start of the experiments.

Mei arrived quickly "So you'll start? I'll observe and document the findings while you guys do the experiment." She offered.

"Ein, you handle the gem. You're honkai resistant after all, and I'll assist you throughout." Mobius said while preparing for surgery.

Ein nodded solemnly "Mobius, start with the control 1st." He just looked at the test subjects with a stern face.

Mobius pushed a button and the machine whirred. It then injected a serum of honkai energy on the test subject slowly. As she screamed in pain, honkai corruption encroaching her entire body.

"Umm, is there a special reason that the test subjects are female? We have a lot more male ones after all." Nuwa asked, clearly uncomfortable.

"They're more likely to be honkai adaptable. We need to see if they can use the energy like Ein could for the control, and to do that. They need to be alive no?" Mobius stated, observing the experiment.

The test subject then calmed down and was drugged out of her mind to make her obedient for commands.

"Do you feel like you can do something different right now? I.e. supernatural powers?" Ein asked through the mic.

She just had her eyes on the ground and didn't move, the monitors indicated that she was still alive, but unresponsive. After a few minutes her hand twitched and she regained lucidity.

"Where am I? Why do I hurt all over?" She looked around and saw that she was restrained.

"Do you feel something in you that is different? Can you do something with it if you do?" She heard a female voice.

"W-what's happening? Argh!" She struggled violently against the pain as her restraints creaked from her newfound strength.

She looked at the glass in front of her and her eyes turned a sickly yellow, as her skin turned a pale gray "Ahhhhh! Let me out!" She screamed.

"This is a failure. The subject will turn to a zombie, her honkai adaptability though is quite impressive. Lasting this long." Mobius observed.

Ein then walked inside the room of the test subject as he stabbed her accurately on the head. Her body slumped as she received sweet release. "Examine her body Mobius, there must be something that we can get out of the body."

Mei was shocked to see the experiment, but her mind quickly calmed down. "So this is the effect of honkai energy to a human body. I've recorded my observations but I'm not sure what's the findings." She analyzed the results.

"The subject has good honkai resistance, she didn't show any abilities except enhanced strength or maybe durability. We were lucky to have a resistant subject. Overall this can probably confirm that honkai energy won't give abilities like Ein did." Mobius concluded.

"Wait, Ein has honkai energy given to him? When?" Mei asked, concerned.

"Don't worry, his honkai resistance is the highest we've ever seen. He even developed telekinesis as a result." Mobius reassured.

"Hah, let's get on with the most important part shall we? The herrscher gem. And Mei, don't tell the others about me receiving honkai energy, they will ask things above their pay grade. I'll show them in the future."

Mei nodded and decided that it's for the best. Honkai energy is some scary stuff after all.

Mobius and Ein then went to the 2nd testing area that have the subject on an operating table. "I'll implant it in the thigh Mobius, let's do this quickly. This is quite risky."

They then did the surgery quickly and went back to the viewing area. "Now, let's see what will happen." Mobius grinned and licked her lips.

The test subject started twitching, honkai corruption apparent. It happened rapidly and then the subjects vitals dropped fast. "Tch, dead almost immediately. We need to do this a lot more than expected." Mobius frowned.

They observed the bodies and found out that it made some antibodies that can fight off the corruption. "This is an important find. But we'd need a lot of bodies to make a cure. Every body has a scant amount of the antibodies." Ein concluded.

Mobius nodded and grinned "At least we did find something useful and interesting. This will be good for our future prospects for investors and projects." Mobius stated happily.

"By the way, did you get the necessary honkai energy for our experiment Ein?" Mei asked.

"It's fine on my end. Now we have to do the next test, Mobius, call me for the next trials. This will probably take a long time. The herrscher core is too hazardous. Mei, let's work on the material we would use first." He then left with Mei.

"Klein, assistant twins, record and compile every result we had today. We'll need to submit this later." Mobius then sat in the front of her computer and typed rapidly.

"Come on you two, we have our orders." Klein gestured the twins to follow suit.

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