When Basler last mentioned this situation, Chen Gu had ignored it. But now that it was his turn, he was naturally more perceptive. These beings in the Endless Realm, when polluting and corrupting targets, adhere to a 'first come, first served' principle. For instance, if a demonic entity discovers a target first, other beings generally won't intervene until that demonic entity has failed. Even if another creature of desire subsequently discovers the same target, it will wait until the demonic entity has failed before considering whether to act.

However, for such a large group to gather, pointing and whispering, was something he had never heard of before.

This gave Chen Gu a sudden epiphany: Those beings Basler saw last time... they might not have been pointing and whispering at Basler. Perhaps, through Basler, they were pointing at me and whispering, just as they seem to be doing now!

This thought jolted him, and this emotional 'tremor' seemed to transmit clearly to the Endless Realm outside.

The evil beings gathered in the distance abruptly scattered. Though he knew it was impossible, the effect was truly as if a 'tremor' from Chen Gu had caused them to disperse...

Chen Gu felt increasingly that something was odd. What was even stranger was that the Endless Realm did not fade away.

The boundless darkness still enveloped him. It seemed as though there was nothing around him, yet also as if countless eyes were watching him from the shadows.

After an indeterminate amount of time, a pure 'darkness' suddenly appeared before Chen Gu.

This perception was very strange; the Endless Realm was already an endless darkness, but this particular 'darkness' seemed especially distinct.

He advanced, vast and slow, seemingly as boundless and limitless as the entire Endless Realm itself.

This time, Chen Gu remained alert. He silently uttered in his heart: The Evil God has come again.

The distinct presence before him, though invisible, was undoubtedly an Evil God; he just didn't know if this was the same one he had encountered during his previous promotion.

Outside, Dr. Meng Ji and the others were sweating profusely. An Evil God! The Evil God had appeared again! How did this kid always manage to stir up such a huge scene every time?

On Gong Shuxu's order, everyone except for himself and Dr. Meng Ji retreated from the generator hall.

In contrast to their tension, Chen Gu and the Evil God seemed remarkably calm. Chen Gu felt the Evil God was carefully observing him, and he wished to observe Him in the same way—however, he couldn't see anything. He could only rely on his senses, yet couldn't perceive Him accurately.

Chen Gu was also puzzled: Why hadn't He taken action yet?

Suddenly, a ripple spread from the darkness before him.

Chen Gu immediately tensed up: Is the Evil God finally going to make a move?

But after waiting for a while, there was no follow-up action. He had combated entities from the Endless Realm before and knew their methods of temptation and corruption—their methods were never this nonchalant.

Chen Gu had just begun to relax, his doubts easing, when a second ripple rolled in, almost identical to the first.

Chen Gu tensed up again... and then, once more, there was no continuation.

After this happened three times, Chen Gu was utterly baffled. He took the initiative to move forward, wanting to directly face the temptation and pollution, because the longer he delayed here, the risk of unforeseen transformation would undoubtedly increase.

But as he approached, that pervasive, boundless dark presence vanished in an instant!

He came quietly and left without a sound.

Chen Gu furrowed his brows, suspecting some kind of trap or conspiracy. It didn't make sense for such a powerful Evil God to appear every time he was promoted, only to do nothing.

Could it be that an extremely covert contamination is lurking in my body, waiting for me to reach a higher Energy Level, climb to a higher position, and then suddenly detonate to cause maximum damage?

That was the most significant possibility Chen Gu could think of.

Outside the generator, the Endless Realm invasion alarm finally began to fade. Gong Shuxu and Dr. Meng Ji relaxed simultaneously, then exchanged wry smiles and shook their heads. "This guy, he's always so scary."

Dr. Meng Ji was filled with even more regret. "In the future, I'm never going to oversee this kid's promotion again; it's too much for my heart."

He shouted through the communication channel into the generator, "I'm going to open the generator now! Don't move. The appearance of the Evil God is no small matter. I'm going to perform the highest security level contamination check on you. If you don't behave, Elder Gong Shuxu will deal with you!"

Gong Shuxu helplessly glared at the doctor, who was posturing with borrowed authority.

At this moment, Chen Gu was full of doubts. He was somewhat worried, Will I pass this check? Yet he also hoped, If there truly is a seed of contamination planted by the Evil God within me, I hope the doctor can detect it.

"Alright." Torn, Chen Gu simply replied in a low voice.

Dr. Meng Ji, on the other hand, was quite at ease. After opening the generator, he personally went in with some portable instruments to examine Chen Gu.

This wasn't the first time an Evil God had appeared. Dr. Meng Ji, having accompanied Chen Gu and witnessed many grand scenes, had grown accustomed to such events.

Chen Gu's acting skills helped him conceal his inner turmoil so well that neither of his good friends noticed.

Dr. Meng Ji personally conducted the examination, and his work was swift. Within an hour, the results were out. The doctor looked at the data with some dissatisfaction. "Your mental purity is 97.44%. You've fallen quite a bit compared to before."