Jun An naturally couldn't pay the price of two hundred shots right now. Even if Jun An could give it, Mobius wouldn't dare demand it all at once.
After all, just last night alone, Mobius had almost been trained into a pet snake by him. If he gave her all two hundred shots at once, Mobius didn't even dare to imagine how beautiful that would be.
But it was better to just think about it. If it really happened, she estimated this body would have to be restored to factory settings.
Mobius was quite fond of this current body. Whether it was the size difference with the Captain or its ability to accommodate the Captain's length, these were things her original body couldn't compare to.
Of course, both bodies had their own advantages.
Mobius's own body excelled in terms of sensitivity, while this one, in Elysia's form, offered an intoxicating sense of depravity.
If needed, Mobius rather looked forward to having both bodies serve the Captain together. However, since there was only one Mobius consciousness, only one body could be active at a time.
Mobius couldn't help but ponder; it seemed her experiments had a new direction...
But the problem was still money.
Although as a biologist, her patents had already earned her a fortune, and large sums of money flowed in every month, the problem was that the previous experiments on transferring memory bodies into consciousnesses had consumed a massive amount of funds. Her little piggy bank was already almost depleted.
The most troublesome part was that the technology she was currently researching – transforming memory bodies into consciousnesses – couldn't be monetized through Gray Serpent's company, leading to even greater financial strain.
Thus, while still serving the Captain alongside Eden, Mobius took the opportunity to embrace Eden from behind and discuss the details of a transaction with her.
"Eden, how about a deal?"
Mobius fawningly helped lift those two large, fleshy lumps, trying to curry favor. While the Captain attacked from the front, distracting Eden, Mobius pressed her proposal.
"You're an artist. You probably don't want to just do live streams and sew a few clothes, right?"
"No need to be coy, my friend... Mmph~"
Eden bit her red lip, her body swaying under the Captain's assault, her eyes struggling to maintain a sliver of clarity. "Mmm~ If-If you want to say something, just say it. Don't drag it out anymore, ooh~"
Eden's thoughts were simple: since they were already in this kind of relationship, as long as Mobius didn't pull any more malicious pranks, it was only right for sisters sharing a husband to support each other.
Just like now, Mobius would serve her alongside the Captain, and Eden would sometimes reciprocate.
After all, the Captain had privately said that Mobius was the type who would never admit to being close to anyone, incredibly stubborn with her words – the Captain had particularly emphasized this stubbornness.
He often said that even if the Elysian Realm exploded, Mobius would definitely be left with a very, very hard mouth.
Although Eden remained noncommittal about this, she had grown accustomed to Mobius's personality of always wanting to sass everyone.
—Anyway, the Captain will be able to soften her mouth later, so she didn't really care.
Joy sparked in Mobius's heart. She said, "Alright then, I'll save my breath and get straight to it. I'll make you a body that can move freely outside, but I want twenty percent of your future earnings~"
Mobius now understood a principle: compared to simply having Eden fund her in the Previous Era, it was better to use her own technology to establish a long-term business.
In the past, she would often sell off her patents for immediate profit to fund the next experiment, caught in a vicious cycle that kept her lab's funding barely sufficient.
It would be better to accumulate patents for a steady, long-term income. As long as she saved up enough, money naturally wouldn't be an issue.
But the current situation was that the meager, steady stream of income from patents accumulated over a year was far from enough to cover her current expenses. So, she turned her attention to Eden.
Even after fifty thousand years, Eden was still that star. Although the entertainment system was entirely different from the Previous Era, her artistic sensitivity remained just as sharp.
After Jun An helped her resolve her inner conflicts, she quickly stopped dwelling on the demise of Previous Era art and instead began studying the art forms of the Current Era.
And her performance did not disappoint. In less than half a year, she had completely understood the Current Era's art forms and had masterfully integrated various musical styles. From fresh indie to rock, from pop music to classical compositions, she dabbled in everything, practically a hexagonal warrior of a singer.
One of the current top ten pop songs was Eden's work.
Simply transcribing songs she had written in the Previous Era had already earned her a fortune. Moreover, because she had Previous Era songs, her songwriting speed was astonishingly fast, allowing her to elegantly leave most internet singers in the dust.
Thanks to her beautiful voice and her frequent teaching of singing techniques and pitch correction during live streams, her streams alone generated a very considerable income.
Coupled with Elysia's occasional collaborations, their fanbases had even begun to overlap to some extent, and their fame was rapidly increasing.
Mobius had merely heard rumors that the crowd蹲守 (dūnshǒu - staking out/waiting) outside Gray Serpent's media company was already beginning to form a considerable size, all just to catch a glimpse of Eden and Elysia offline.
There were even rumors circulating outside that certain OOO employees at World Serpent Media Company were actually Eden and Elysia.
Undoubtedly, if not for limitations like being unable to meet offline, which restricted her traffic, Eden's popularity could definitely be even higher.
And Mobius was precisely targeting this need and potential of Eden's, intending to make a deal with her.
She had the technology, and Eden had the means to make money. This could significantly increase Mobius's funding sources.
If Eden just held a concert, she could quickly make a fortune. This was much better than Mobius painstakingly researching for ten days to half a month just to produce one sellable patent.
Sometimes, Mobius even took longer than ten days to half a month for a single patent.
It had to be admitted, Mobius sometimes truly envied Eden. After all, Eden had the achievements of the Previous Era to back her up, while Mobius did not.
Eden could copy her own songs, and with a simple performance, they became pop songs worth millions.
But Mobius couldn't replicate her Previous Era experiments and then patent and sell them.
Of course, if she really wanted to sell, it wasn't impossible. After all, the black market would surely be willing to pay an extremely high price for the kind of experiments Mobius conducted.
Just considering MANTISes and Artificial Stigmata, Mobius could perfectly replicate them. If sold to a nation, she could definitely sell them for two hundred million per surgery, and they would even be snatched up in a frenzy.
But the problem was, Schicksal wouldn't allow it. Dongfeng missiles only sold for a hundred million each, yet even so, Schicksal hadn't dared to leak the Artificial Stigma technology, so naturally, they wouldn't allow the reformed World Serpent to sell such technology either.
Currently, World Serpent, or rather Mobius, was one of Schicksal's key observation targets.
After mulling it over, to get Eden to agree, Mobius's hands became even more vigorous. Watching those two lumps of fat being kneaded and changed at will like stress balls, and seeing Eden's body tremble, her eyes slightly rolling back as she struggled to think, Mobius couldn't help but shoot the Captain a "well done" look as praise.
"Eden, have you considered it?"
She murmured softly in Eden's ear, "Don't you want to offer your virginity to the Captain once more?"
Without much thought, after her body and mind had calmed, Eden nodded slightly, agreeing to the matter.
But before the official transaction...
Eden, with another tally mark added to her thigh, looked at Mobius, then promptly flipped over and pinned her down. Even though her legs were still trembling, she relied on a dancer's flexibility to firmly lock Mobius's legs.
"Eden, what are you doing!"
Mobius was shocked, not expecting to be counterattacked so carelessly. She was held firmly from behind, Eden's long, flexible legs entwining hers, making it impossible for Mobius to close them no matter how hard she tried.
Amidst the glistening, trickling streams, a hint of white could be seen. A touch of triumph appeared in Eden's eyes.
After all, Mobius wasn't a combatant. Even as a MANTIS, she relied entirely on her inherent traits and stats. Her human combat skills were inferior to even Eden, a MANTIS who had switched careers halfway.
Treating Mobius as Mobius had treated her, Eden wrapped her hands around Mobius from under her armpits and began to enact her revenge with those hands capable of playing beautiful melodies, her technique far superior to Mobius's earlier attempts.
"As repayment, this time it's my turn to help you, my friend."
Now the tables had turned. It was Eden's turn to carefully study the body Mobius was currently using. She winked at the Captain. "Captain, although she can't take any more, you should still be able to move, right? Just now, she really tormented me~ Don't you plan to avenge me?"
Then, after another round of passionate activity, the three finally welcomed a true rest period.
The reason was simple: having physical bodies, Mobius and Jun An both needed to eat. They were hungry, especially Mobius; Elysia's body consumed more stamina than she had imagined.
But this was inevitable. After all, Mobius always relied on mobility aids and had hardly ever engaged in strenuous exercise. Now, without her aids, just walking from the hall to the bathroom to shower, even with Jun An pushing her from behind, took half an hour.
Undoubtedly, her physical fitness was still too poor.
Of course, play was play, and messing around was messing around, but Jun An hadn't forgotten about serious business.
Afterwards, Jun An planned to take Mobius to change bodies, carrying her princess-style as he got up, preparing to have her help him persuade Vill-V as agreed.
Because the Great Freedom Heavenly Demon was long gone, this body of hers was merely an empty shell, lacking true MANTIS power. So, after all the frolicking, her legs were still trickling and trembling uncontrollably.
Of course, the trickling wasn't solely Jun An's doing; Eden also contributed. At least a third of the damage was inflicted by her.
It was clear that Eden also genuinely liked Elysia's body.
But as they were about to leave, Jun An suddenly thought of something.
"By the way, Eden,"
Jun An said, "If you wish, hurry up and make a wedding dress for yourself too. You can't just be making them for your other sisters, right?"
Other sisters?
Mobius and Eden looked at Jun An with strange expressions.
Mobius was relatively fine, as there were only a few wedding dress prototypes made in Eden's room. But Eden's expression became somewhat stiff.
She herself had been wondering why all the orders the Captain received were uniformly for wedding dresses. So this was the reason!
Thus, Mobius and Eden exchanged a look. He still hasn't been squeezed dry enough.