[Congratulations to the host for clearing the simulated scene of the Void's Calamity, the host receives rewards: Ether Fuel *10000; Spatial Lens *1000.]
[The materials rewarded to the host will be placed in the system's corresponding Stigmata space, and the host can retrieve them whenever they wish.]
[Due to the host's Stigmata resonance transforming into a special Stigmata, the host's Honkai Energy adaptability has increased.]
[The special Stigmata has a chance to awaken Stigmata consciousness, which requires the host to explore on their own.]
[The next simulated scene has been opened; based on the system's calculations of the host's consciousness capacity, the next optimal simulation time is in 2 days.]
A week later, Chen Ran's transaction with Otto was barely completed.
He obtained a copy of the Dead Sea Scrolls and then awkwardly stored it in his mind.
Once back at Fire Moth, after absorbing the memories of No. 666, the first thing Chen Ran did was assign Bia to record the information from the Dead Sea Scrolls.
Chen Ran could not guarantee that what Otto provided was genuine, but based solely on the content of the scrolls he had seen, it was worth completing this transaction with Otto.
"What are all these?"
Bia blinked at Chen Ran: "There are many things that are quite difficult to understand."
"Difficult to understand? Actually, I find it a bit hard to comprehend too."
When he first encountered the entire Dead Sea Scrolls, he also did not know what the content was.
This thing was not particularly profound or complex; however, the terminology used was in the ancient language of that era, and understanding it required a faithful and elegant translation.
From the textual records alone, these languages resembled the doctrines of Christianity.
He wondered how Princess Nancy could find information about the 11-dimensional space from the Dead Sea Scrolls.
"Bia, help me with a favor."
He said to Bia: "Please print a paper version of this data for me to read conveniently."
Chen Ran could not study the Dead Sea Scrolls alone.
He was not a genius, and the content of the scrolls was akin to religious doctrines; if he kept delving into it, it would only be a waste of time.
Professional matters should be left to professionals, and Chen Ran thought MEI would be quite suitable.
"Additionally, I need to extract the genes from my body."
Besides the Stigmata related to Kallen that he traded with Otto to be placed in the Stigmata terminal, Chen Ran was also very interested in Schariac himself.
Durandal pouted: "Ugh, more work to do."
"The figurines have been shipped, and there are four figurines being shipped simultaneously."
"I'm on it!"
Bia hurriedly got to work.
At this moment, Chen Ran also began to digest the memories related to No. 666.
When Chen Ran traveled back in time to the year 2000, No. 666 also did many things.
The most important of which was, of course, the improvement of the Stigmata terminal.
The Stigmata terminal is divided into three parts: the Stigmata end, the terminal, and the Energy supply end. The Stigmata end records Stigmata information, the terminal processes the information, and the Energy supply end is responsible for Energy supply.
The Stigmata end undoubtedly needed to be handled by Soulium capable of nano-memory, and because of Eden, No. 666 had already found sufficient materials and recorded Wendy's genetic information.
However, the terminal and Energy supply end had yet to be found.
The terminal's requirement was to maintain error-free operation for at least fifty thousand years, which posed a severe challenge to mechanical intelligence. Otherwise, in the future, the 'Alaya consciousness' that would give birth to the Stigmata terminal would not be Durandal, but Ai-chan.
As for the supply end...
How did his future self persuade Elysia?
He wasn't familiar with Elysia at all.
Aside from this, No. 666 often did one thing: fighting with Kalpas.
Due to his intervention, Kalpas joined Fire Moth earlier than the original plot, and Kevin valued his talent, bringing him into the first squad.
Thus, he became the number one troublemaker in the first squad.
Kosma disapproved of Kalpas, but soon Kalpas taught him a lesson.
It was said that during that time, Kevin was genuinely angry and fought with Kalpas for an entire morning, winning.
However, Kalpas's troublemaker personality remained unchanged, and he came to provoke Chen Ran every day. Mobius got annoyed and sent No. 666 to deal with it.
Thus, fighting with Kalpas became a daily necessity for No. 666. Fortunately, No. 666 inherited Chen Ran's combat memories and the powers provided by the system, and with the Keys of the Void by his side, he had never lost.
At this time, Kalpas had not experienced Twilight Street, so he naturally did not harbor intense anger and hatred towards everyone, so there was no need to confine him to the depths.
Regarding the depths, according to Vill-V, several people had already been locked up there, which was very useful.
However, in No. 666's memories, what concerned Chen Ran the most was that Kevin had moved out.
MEI's super transformation surgery on him had succeeded, but soon after the surgery, the side effects of the super transformation began to manifest.
Although he was already using his consciousness to suppress it, Kevin's body inevitably began to 'collapse,' though this collapse process was very slow.
However, because the super transformation surgery injected Parvati's genes, this slow process revealed powerful side effects.
Low temperature.
Kevin still exhibited low temperature.
Because of this, Kevin applied for a single dormitory, and Chen Ran also began living alone.
He didn't know whether to be happy about this.
MEI had found No. 666 to discuss ways to suppress the side effects, but several proposed solutions were deemed unfeasible.
Because the essence of this side effect was a problem brought about by genes, unless Kevin's genes were completely reformed.
And now, it was not just the inconvenience caused by the side effects that troubled Kevin.
More than anything, because of the super mutation surgery, Kevin was treated as an outlier by Fire Moth.
This was inevitable.
However, regarding this issue, Kevin expressed that all that was needed was for a powerful Herrscher to appear.
Although there were currently no predictions for the next large-scale Honkai event, it was clear that the Sixth Herrscher would only be stronger than the Fifth Herrscher.
In this situation, it seemed that only MANTIS would have the capability to fight.
Being treated as an outlier was merely a temporary problem; both MEI and Kevin remained optimistic.
Aside from these matters, there was also a small issue related to the memories of No. 666.
Fuxi also wanted to conduct experiments similar to Nuwa's.
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Bia quickly printed out the "Dead Sea Scrolls."
As soon as Chen Ran received it, he immediately went to find MEI.
No matter what they were going to do next, unraveling the information related to the 11 dimensions was the top priority.
As for its origins, Chen Ran could only make something up.
He didn't even need to fabricate a story, after all, in this day and age, who didn't have their own secrets?
However, just as he arrived at the separate laboratory where MEI was, he unexpectedly found that MEI was not there.
Prometheus, who was in charge of the entire laboratory's operations, spoke up: "Chen Ran, hello. MEI is currently defending her thesis and is expected to return to the laboratory next week."
"Thesis defense, what?"
Chen Ran hadn't heard that term in a long time.
"It is a defense related to a paper on quantum physics, taking place in Mu Continent."
Prometheus did not hide anything: "MEI applied for a doctoral program at the highest institution in Mu Continent, as only in this way can she access all the academic resources related to Mu Continent."
Even within Fire Moth, advancing one's education was quite necessary.
Setting aside the so-called promotion issues, in this era, a doctorate itself meant access to academic resources.
Mu Continent is the center of global academia, where many cutting-edge scientific theories are produced. Not to mention, the technology related to Ether Anchor Point originated from Mu Continent.
The Ether Anchor Point technology can construct artificial world bubbles in the Sea of Quanta, and the technical difficulty is evident. In addition, many technologies related to Honkai were also prioritized for development in Mu Continent.
They viewed Honkai as a renewable clean energy source. Although the Moonlight Throne appeared later, there were already technologies for decomposing Honkai Energy into clean solar thermal energy.
Even Fire Moth had to outsource some technologies from Mu Continent, and Mobius attended academic conferences in Mu Continent every year without fail.
It should be noted that Mobius is quite lazy and dislikes trouble.
She often skips internal meetings at Fire Moth, yet she is very active in academic conferences related to Mu Continent.
One can only say that the academic center of Mu Continent is truly attractive to the geniuses of this era.
Therefore, after the Herrscher of Rock appeared and engulfed the entire Mu Continent, humanity lost the ability to counterattack against Honkai and began to retreat steadily.
And now, MEI, without a doubt, was also aiming for the academic resources of Mu Continent.
Although Mu Continent itself does not impose restrictions on external knowledge, this does not mean that obtaining academic knowledge comes without thresholds.
MEI's purpose for acquiring knowledge was very simple.
She wanted to solve the side effects of the super mutation factor in Kevin.
Although MEI and Chen Ran (No. 666) had discussed multiple times that the side effects theoretically could not be resolved, she clearly was not willing to accept that.
After the breakthrough in the Divine Weapon Project, she planned to pursue a doctoral degree in Mu Continent to gain more knowledge.
In this era, obtaining relevant degrees does not require studying in a specific place; one only needs to pass a professional thesis defense, so theoretically, it does not take much time.
"I understand."
Chen Ran paused and said, "This is a book. Please give it to her when she returns; MEI should know what is written inside."
Prometheus immediately dispatched a robot to take it.
"Tsk tsk, Prometheus, you are much more reliable than Bia."
"Who is Bia?" Prometheus asked, puzzled.
"Like you, she is an AI, but MEI doesn't like her, which is why we have you."
Chen Ran waved his hand and left directly.
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After temporarily setting aside the matter of the "Dead Sea Scrolls," Chen Ran went to the First Research Institute.
Kallen's genes and Schariac's genes still needed to be extracted; the former was to complete the transaction with Otto, while the latter was for his own research.
Schariac's genes are too special; they are the genes that can directly manipulate Honkai Energy and even suppress the corruption of Honkai Energy.
During the Second Honkai Eruption, when Sirin was on the brink of death, the core of the Herrscher of the Void exploded, and high concentrations of Honkai directly swept through Siberia, with over a hundred thousand people directly corrupted by Honkai Energy.
Cecilia's Liberation of Schariac's holy blood prevented the tragedy of a hundred thousand deaths; in the end, only a little over three thousand directly perished, while the rest gained immunity to Honkai.
At that time, Raven, who was still called Natasha, was also a direct beneficiary.
Without Cecilia, there would be no later Raven.
Just this point alone makes it very necessary for research.
However, when he arrived at the First Research Institute, Fuxi and Nuwa were quietly standing behind him.
Fuxi wanted to conduct experiments similar to Nuwa's, but it was clear that Nuwa at this time did not have the capability to independently lead large-scale experiments.
But Chen Ran could.
No. 666 rejected Fuxi's proposal because Chen Ran had set the Stigmata terminal to a priority level.
To it, Nuwa and Fuxi's experiments were redundant and no longer held additional value.
But this genius from Shenzhou did not want to give up.
No. 666, being an emotionless machine, did not care at all about what Fuxi and Nuwa were doing.
But Chen Ran felt a bit uneasy under their gaze.
"Senior Chen Ran, have some milk tea."
Nuwa was very attentive in flattering him.
"You must be tired from the experiments; let me give you a shoulder massage." As soon as she finished speaking, she rolled up her sleeves to get to work.
"Don't, you guys still haven't given up, huh?"
Chen Ran sighed and said, "Repeating the experiment isn't troublesome, the problem is that it holds no value."
He looked at Fuxi and Nuwa and said, "That experiment isn't considered a good experiment. Although Nuwa currently doesn't have the MANTIS side effects, essentially, it is just the first step of a human sliding into Honkai."
"You've been here for quite some time; you can't possibly be unaware of this."
Chen Ran took Nuwa's milk tea and happily took a small sip, saying, "Moreover, compared to repeating experiments, there is actually something more suitable for you."
"What is it?"
Upon hearing there was a new task, Nuwa immediately became enthusiastic.
Fuxi and Nuwa were not completely lazy sisters; at least they weren't bold enough to slack off at the First Research Institute.
They craved new knowledge.
In fact, the reason Fuxi wanted to conduct repeated experiments was that they currently could not obtain new knowledge, so Fuxi wanted to become someone like Nuwa and then return to Shenzhou to provide research for Shenzhou's scholars.
Currently, Nuwa, whether in blood or as a whole person, had significant research value.
But she wouldn't let Nuwa take risks; who knew what kind of research Shenzhou's scholars would conduct?
The money spent by Shenzhou on Fuxi and Nuwa must have a value worth paying for. If the two sisters could not provide sufficiently valuable data, they would also be cut off from the funding given to the First Research Institute.
At that time, whether they could still stay in Fire Moth was uncertain.
This world is like that.
Only exchanges based on interests are the most practical things.
Chen Ran understood their difficulties, smiled, and said, "To be precise, it is a segment of genes, and this segment of genes is very special; it can directly control Honkai."
"You should understand its significance."
Fuxi and Nuwa exchanged glances, both seeing the desire in each other's eyes.
Chen Ran letting them study Schariac was actually quite relevant to their expertise.
They were not fools; the work at the research institute was actually overkill for them.
Mobius disliked overly complicated matters, so the actual research projects at the First Research Institute were few, leaving Fuxi and Nuwa with only daily tasks and no opportunities for advancement.
But having Schariac's genes would be different.
Regardless of whether they obtained accurate results, it would undoubtedly be beneficial for them.
Scientific research sometimes feels like opening a blind box; for example, studying why a cow's stomach is so developed might lead to the conclusion that pigs have a very high genetic similarity to humans.
Similarly, he and Fuxi and Nuwa studying Schariac's genes might yield different experimental results.
For Chen Ran, the Schariac gene chain did not need to be kept secret.
There was nothing to keep secret about; he couldn't conduct secret research alone.
Even the research on the Stigmata terminal was known to the First Research Institute to a considerable extent; it was just that most people did not know what this thing was useful for.
Fuxi and Nuwa received the new project and happily left.
"How satisfying."
Chen Ran couldn't help but shake his head.
"Bia, stop looking at the delivery messages; come to work."
He was also very busy.
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Meanwhile, in Mu Continent.
In a serene room, MEI was savoring tea.
"How is the defense preparation going?"
A voice with a hint of concern sounded, and MEI quickly put down her teacup and replied seriously, "I have made all the preparations, Father."
Sitting across from MEI was a middle-aged man with graying hair but still full of vitality.
He was her father, a renowned electromagnetic scientist in Mu Continent, working alongside Einstein.
"That's good. You have never disappointed anyone in your studies."
Her father sighed and then changed the subject: "Now that you have spent quite some time in Fire Moth, you should have obtained all the information you need."
"Have you considered coming to Mu Continent? Dr. Einstein speaks highly of your talent."
"MEI, you should understand that Fire Moth is not suitable for immersive research."
This was the advice given by her father.
There was no shortage of exchanges between Mu Continent and Fire Moth; he could easily see through that Fire Moth's essence was a large platform for interest exchange.
In that place, academia was not the most important thing.
MEI nodded: "I understand your point, Father, but I also have reasons I cannot leave."
"Oh? Have you gotten a boyfriend?" The middle-aged man's tone carried a hint of teasing.
MEI's face flushed slightly, which could be considered an admission.
"Haha, I was worried you would end up becoming like a robot, which is why I sent you the Durandal infused with human emotional modules created by Dr. Einstein. It seems Durandal has done quite a bit of good."
"It's not as you think; although Durandal is very useful, I ended up passing it on to someone else."
She briefly informed her father about the events that had occurred at Fire Moth during this time.
For MEI, her father was someone she could absolutely trust.
Similarly, her father used his wisdom to help her clarify her current tasks.
After a long conversation, the middle-aged man, as a father, finally sighed.
"Honkai really does make people grow up quickly. I had hoped to let you grow up safely for a while before exposing you to these things. But at this point, you've already grown to a surprising extent."
"After the thesis defense, I will take you to talk with Dr. Einstein about some of your questions; she should provide you with clear answers."
MEI's eyes flashed with gratitude: "Thank you, Father."
"However, are you really not considering staying on Mu Continent? Actually, I wouldn't mind if you brought your little boyfriend over." The middle-aged man suggested again.
MEI shook her head: "He is a warrior, and so am I."
"Father, I have already gained enough, but I crave more."
Her eyes sparkled with a hint of battle intent: "There are many things that Mu Continent cannot provide me, but Fire Moth can."
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