"You're back. But I have another piece of good news and bad news for the two of you. Which do you want to hear first?"
Seeing Chang Yuan and Elysia arrive, Vill-V stopped flipping through the documents in her hands and asked.
"Big V Teacher, can you stop with the suspense? Today is an important day for Elysia and me, after all."
Looking at Vill-V, who had asked the same question as last night, Chang Yuan smiled helplessly.
"Alright, alright, I'll cut to the chase. The Honkai beast DNA most compatible with you, Chang Yuan, is from Asura, with a similarity rate of 96%. It's ridiculously high.
But the bad news is that among all the known Honkai beast genes in the database, the highest compatibility rate for Elysia is only 20%.
In other words, Elysia is incompatible with any known Honkai beast DNA."
"This—"
"Um, Vill-V, wait a moment. I'll be right back."
Hearing this, Elysia suddenly remembered the unknown Honkai beast that had given her a piece of its shell last night.
She immediately went to find Mobius and asked her to help extract the DNA from that shell.
"Huh, is this a fragment from a new type of Honkai beast you hunted before?"
Looking at the piece of shell in her hand, which didn't resemble any Honkai beast she had seen before, Mobius asked curiously.
"No, I just found it by chance. Since there's no suitable Honkai beast DNA for me in Vill-V's database, I thought I'd see if this one could work."
"I see, but don't get your hopes up too much. After all, none of the known Honkai beast genes are compatible with you. Even if a new one suddenly appears, it might not be suitable either."
As she spoke, Mobius began the DNA extraction process.
It didn't take long—just about ten minutes—before a new vial of Honkai beast gene serum was ready.
"Here's what you asked for. But don't get your hopes up too much. The higher the hopes, the greater the disappointment."
Mobius, though tough on the outside, tried to comfort Elysia in advance.
But Elysia clearly didn't care much about disappointment.
After taking the gene serum, she smiled and waved goodbye to Mobius.
Returning to Vill-V's Spiral Workshop, Elysia handed the new Honkai beast gene serum to Vill-V.
"Vill-V, can you check the compatibility rate between this and me?"
Seeing this, Vill-V didn't ask any questions and immediately began testing the serum.
After the test, Vill-V's face was filled with astonishment.
"This can't be. How is this possible? It's a 100% compatibility rate."
At this moment, Vill-V was questioning her own understanding of reality.
A 100% compatibility rate with a Honkai beast's genes? Did that mean Elysia was essentially a Honkai beast?
But she hadn't detected any Honkai beast traits in Elysia's blood or genes before.
"What's wrong, Vill-V? Is it not suitable?"
"...No, it's not that it's unsuitable. It's too suitable. A 100% compatibility rate is just absurd."
Hearing this, Elysia felt even more that the events of last night were too coincidental.
Just when she needed it, that Honkai beast had appeared.
"Alright, let's not overthink it. Vill-V, let's proceed with the surgery. As for the Honkai outbreaks around the world, let the successful MANTIS soldiers handle them for now."
"Don't worry, the successful cases among the criminals have already been imprisoned. And the successful cases among Fire Moth soldiers are in the core areas. They don't need to handle it temporarily—they can permanently guard those regions."
"Then let's go with your plan. It'll give Elysia and me some time to relax."
Chang Yuan rubbed his chin in thought and agreed with Vill-V's proposal.
And so, it was time for him and Elysia to undergo the MANTIS surgery.
The entire process was carried out by Vill-V alone. After the simple surgery, Vill-V placed them both into cultivation pods.
Tubes were inserted into their bodies, continuously supplying nutrients to maintain their vital signs within operational ranges.
These data points also allowed Vill-V to monitor their conditions at any time.
A week later, Elysia opened her eyes inside the cultivation pod.
Receiving the alert, Vill-V immediately opened Elysia's pod.
"Am I the first to wake up? Hmm, it seems my luck is the best."
Elysia, now dressed, smiled as she spoke to Vill-V.
"Uh, Elysia, maybe you should take a look in the mirror first?"
Looking at Elysia now, Vill-V awkwardly scratched her cheek and suggested.
Hearing this, Elysia's bright smile froze.
She immediately found a reflective surface to look at herself.
Seeing her reflection, Elysia couldn't believe it and reached up to touch her ears.
Just like in the reflection, her ears had indeed become pointed, like a elf's.
"Vill-V, what's going on? Didn't you say the surgery was perfect?"
Seeing this non-human feature, Elysia couldn't help but feel concerned.
While she thought it made her look even cuter, how would Chang Yuan see her? Would he look at her like she was a monster?
Unlike the Elysia from the original story, who didn't have such worries because she didn't care about how others saw her, the current Elysia had someone she particularly cared about.
She couldn't just think about how she felt. What if what she thought was cute, others saw as monstrous?
"Technically, the surgery is perfect, but there are always exceptions. And according to the data, the only side effect you have is those pointed elf ears.
The other changes can't really be considered side effects—like your hair, which doesn't need any maintenance to stay fluffy, or your metabolism, which prevents you from gaining weight no matter how much you eat."
Vill-V shrugged helplessly.
It wasn't her fault that Elysia had encountered this 1/100,000 chance. She could only pray that Chang Yuan wouldn't blame her later.
"Alright, but where's Yuan? I want to see him."
Elysia forced herself not to dwell on the matter and changed the subject to distract herself.
"He's over there. If you're curious, follow me."
Vill-V pointed to the other side of the room where Chang Yuan's cultivation pod was located.