Su Ni Sheng's gaze paused on Li Ang for a moment, a rare hint of confusion and hesitation emerging in the depths of her eyes.

Her index finger trembled slightly, the dim glow in her eyes swirling like a vortex.

The skin on Li Ang's arm instantly broke out in goosebumps, his body involuntarily shivered, his expression astonished and puzzled.

"Ms. Su, you should know the contract's effectiveness is limited in time. You don't know how much effort it took to obtain a contract capable of affecting beings of our level..."

A sharp voice echoed from the void beside Su Ni Sheng,

A penguin over a meter tall emerged from a suddenly appearing pink wooden door.

The penguin's feathers were white on the front and blue on the back, with a red and white checkered tie around its neck, holding a black short-handled cane in its right hand and a quaint scroll in its left.

It seemed annoyed at Su Ni Sheng's sudden disappearance, grumbling: "Every passing second, the ink connected to the source evaporates a bit, the quill used for signatures withers an inch,

let's hurry up and sign this contract..."

It shook the scroll in its hand, curiously glancing at Li Ang following Su Ni Sheng's gaze,

after sizing him up and down, it looked back at Su Ni Sheng, "What's wrong?"

"It's nothing."

Su Ni Sheng's slightly furrowed brow smoothed out, the whirlpool in the depths of her eyes slowly dissipating,

she withdrew her gaze, expressionless, and took the scroll and white quill from the penguin's hand, casually signing a symbol.

As the symbol was completed, and the quill left the paper,

the scroll itself rapidly burned, turning to ashes in the blink of an eye, extinguished completely.

"Phew, finally done."

The penguin let out a long breath, wiped the non-existent sweat from its forehead, and took the quill from Su Ni Sheng (judging from its shape, it wasn't from his own body),

smiling, it said: "Now let's discuss a more detailed division of future benefits. For this part, I can't decide alone; I need a quiet place to open a window and consult others.

Look..."

Su Ni Sheng nodded indifferently, without any warning, transformed into a gust of wind, disappearing from where she stood,

and the penguin also took a step back,

bowed slightly to the people in the hall, pulled open the pink door frame, and retreated into the darkness behind the door.

Pop.

As the wooden door closed, the entire door frame vanished,

leaving only the stunned crowd in the hall.

"..."

Li Ang maintained an astonished and puzzled expression, but his heart was turbulent.

Even after absorbing most of the divinity from the Mutated Starfish of the Lost World and ascending to a demigod, he still couldn't comprehend Su Ni Sheng's inner essence.

And the penguin with the tie was even more bizarre.

In the aura of perception that a demigod naturally possesses, the penguin seemed like just an ordinary aquatic bird from every angle.

The Mystery Delver's observation results also showed the secret within the penguin's heart was "really wants to eat fish."

"Uh... what happened?"

Li Ang opened his mouth, confused: "Wasn't that Su Ni Sheng just now..."

"This..."

Wei Linglan's gaze hesitated for a second at where Su Ni Sheng had vanished,

exchanging a puzzled and astonished look with Xing Hechou.

With the level of confidentiality that Wei Linglan and Xing Hechou had, they only vaguely knew Su Ni Sheng's status was very special.

The current leader of the Heterodox Academy held Su Ni Sheng in great esteem, and the upper echelons of the Special Affairs Bureau were also highly respectful and concerned about her.

Like Archille, Su Ni Sheng had never showcased her full prowess in the training grounds of the Special Affairs Bureau, yet no one ever doubted she was the strongest within both the Special Affairs Bureau and the Heterodox Academy.

Wang Congshan cautiously tapped Li Ang's waist with her index finger, asking, "Are you okay?"

Li Ang patted his own body, seriously saying, "All parts are intact, I'm okay."

"Good to hear."

Wei Linglan nodded uncertainly, unsure of Su Ni Sheng's exalted status and mysterious movements, nor her thoughts and purposes as the Supreme Elder.

"Sigh..."

Xing Hechou sighed, picking up a broken metal briefcase from the floor, he said to Wei Linglan and the others, "I'm going to report to the higher-ups, I'll be off."

"Okay."

Wei Linglan watched Xing Hechou's figure disappear down the corridor, then turned to lead Li Ang and Wang Congshan upstairs to the second floor.

Since Li Ang was just a peripheral person in the newcomer player relationship investigation, his record process wasn't that closed.

They entered a simply decorated office, sat on metal chairs, and underwent questioning by two Special Affairs Bureau staff,

writing down his experiences as a home tutor and insights regarding educational training under their guidance.

After finishing the record, those two staff, who maintained a constant smile, archived the document,

then took out a confidentiality agreement for Li Ang to sign.

Once the confidentiality agreement was completed, the office door opened, and Wei Linglan and Wang Congshan waiting in the corridor, led Li Ang to the medical examination area (a surgery room equipped with various medical devices) for a check-up.

The memory erasure technology currently used by the Special Affairs Bureau has improved significantly, taking less time and with lighter potential side effects,

yet before undergoing memory erasure, a full-body examination is still necessary,

to prevent physical and mental stress reactions during the memory erasure process.

The entire process was unexpectedly smooth, none of the devices detected any abnormalities in Li Ang,

and the memory clearance device didn't return any errors due to his demigod status.

A few hours later, Li Ang walked out of the Special Affairs Bureau's headquarters building with no missing body parts and no ambush by the Mobile Detachment suddenly jumping out to attack him.

The Origin of Life worked yet again, but somehow, something didn't feel quite right...

Li Ang furrowed his brow slightly, walked down the steps, while the Bug Nest Fleet, camouflaged as a school of fish, slowly submerged back to the seabed off Yin City's coast.

"The car's here."

Wei Linglan snapped her fingers, and the black car in autonomous driving mode drove itself out of the parking lot, stopped by the roadside, and opened the door for her automatically.

"It's... three in the afternoon,"

Wei Linglan glanced at her phone, then turned to ask: "It's not too late. Do you still want to continue shopping? Wherever you want to go, I'll take you."

"How do you feel?"

Wang Congshan worriedly glanced at Li Ang's expression, turning to her cousin, she said: "Maybe we should call it a day and just take him home for now."

"No need, no need, just my eyes feel a little dazed by the light."

Li Ang smiled, waving them off, "No need to drive me, your cousin is quite busy with work, I can get a cab home and take a nap myself."

"It's quite normal to feel slight eye strain or mild ringing in the ears, it'll get better in a while."

Wei Linglan kindly reminded, "If you really feel uncomfortable, you can be by yourself for a while and take a nap.

Hmm...

You have to wait to get a taxi here. How about this, I'll have this car drive you home automatically, you can lie down in the back seat, and send Shan Shan a message when you get home."

"Okay."

Li Ang nodded, smiled at Wang Congshan, and sat in the back seat of the vehicle.

Bam.

The car door closed automatically, and the AI on the liquid crystal panel gently asked for the destination.

Li Ang announced the location of his community, the vehicle's tires began to spin, carrying him forward.

"..."

Something's not right.

Li Ang sat in the back seat of the vehicle, watching the street scenery rapidly retreating, frowning slightly.

The memory erasure equipment of the Special Affairs Bureau is much more professional than last time, resembling the brain-machine interface device in the "God of The World" script task, in the form of a semi-closed metal helmet,

After putting it on, it emits high-frequency flashes to the eyes and plays sometimes noisy and chaotic, sometimes soft and weak audio in the ears.

In addition, dozens of electrode patches under the metal helmet also release faint electrical signals to the brain.

Li Ang experienced the entire memory erasure session while staying awake, without feeling any memory in his brain being cleaned or invaded and read.

Even the equipment in the Special Affairs Bureau's headquarters couldn't see through the dual disguise of Swamp God Power and Origin of Life?

"Good afternoon."

A light-hearted greeting sounded from the front-right passenger seat of Li Ang,

The tie-wearing penguin, which was just seen in the hall of the Special Affairs Bureau, was now sitting in the passenger seat,

Its short cane was placed horizontally on its knees, and its black bean-like eyes met Li Ang's through the rearview mirror, with the edge of its beak curving into a smile.

Snap.

A barely noticeable noise came from the vehicle's control panel,

The figure in the pale blue light on the liquid crystal panel flickered briefly a few times, then completely disappeared.

Li Ang's eyes widened instantly, with divine power surging mightily from the Divine Mark, flowing through his entire body.

The mortal body that had been degraded and transformed by the Origin of Life was reactivated,

Countless tiny plant vines emerged from the Divine Mark, penetrating the entire body in less than a second along the rapidly flowing blood,

rapidly enhancing the body's strength.

"Wait, don't be nervous, young deity."

The penguin, Archille, hurriedly raised its cane with its two flipper-like front limbs, "I'm not your enemy, I've come with goodwill."

The AI responsible for driving the vehicle seemed to have gone offline, but the black luxury car itself continued to drive steadily on the bustling highway.

Li Ang's divine power fluctuation swept slowly and imperceptibly over the entire car, finally confirming that the AI wasn't dead but was overridden by a weaker yet more sophisticated power—the source of that power being the penguin on the passenger seat.

"Rest assured, although I don't know why you deliberately hide your identity, to respect your wishes as an executor, I've temporarily confused the AI of this car."

The penguin adjusted the tie on its neck, behaving like a gentleman, politely saying, "The Skynet System of the Special Affairs Bureau cannot see or hear our presence, it can only record footage of you sleeping alone in the car."

"..."

Li Ang gradually collected the panic and astonishment he had pretended on his face, leaned back calmly against the seat, "Who are you?"

"Who am I? Hmm, that's a good question."

The penguin tilted its head, speaking lightly, "Different perspectives yield different answers.

To humans, I'm a walking, talking, intelligent penguin.

To my parents, I'm a filial and caring son, the pride of my tribe.

To my rivals in love, I'm a slick and dirty, hopeless romantic fraud.

Besides that, I'm also a Planet Destroyer, an Incinerator, an Ancient Difficult Recorder, an unclean Phant, the Supreme Admiral of the Death Fleet, a Belated Shaper, the Prince of Dust, the Tyrant of Golden Skeletons, the Titan Shepherd, the Eternal Watcher, the Fear Vortex Breaker...

My deeds span the Star Sea, and my name is widely known,

Billions of beings hate me, loathe me, treat me as a harbinger of doom,

but more souls regard me as a prophet bringing salvation in times of cataclysm, they build statues and monuments of me in deserts, plains, deep seas, and even the edges of newborn stars..."

The penguin's tone gradually became deep,

An indescribable majestic and wild aura spread from its small stature.

Suddenly, that chaotic aura filling the narrow space inside the car, which compelled Li Ang to unleash his full Swamp God Power to resist, dissipated on its own, as if it had never existed.

"Of course,

as humans say, the valiant do not mention past bravery."

The penguin leaned back, observing Li Ang's facial expression through the rearview mirror, speaking lightly, "As an executor, you are on par with me,

You can also call me Archille, with or without 'Mr.' is fine."

"..."

Li Ang rubbed his palms together, slowly exhaling a breath of impure air,

This unassuming penguin, its energy level, is at most not beyond the average level of Lv23,

For other players, Li Ang could blast them into pieces in just a few moves,

but the pressure this opponent was exerting at this moment was more terrifying and indescribable than the Desolated Lion, Michael, or even the Mutated Starfish that lost its sanity in endless torment.

It could even compare to the Mirage Dragon and Drought Demon that Li Ang encountered long ago in the deepest parts of the Demon Prison...

"Mr. Archille,"

He carefully chose his words, frowning as he asked, "Are you a player?"

"Yes, and no."

The tie-wearing penguin smiled and said, "Don't have such a narrow perspective, young deity,

Our world is vast and infinite, almost eternal, like an endless land.

While the Killing Field game is a towering tree, rising from this land,

there are many weeds and vines beyond the tree.

The path is not unique, and the source of power is not just the Killing Field game alone.

Compared to those players who gain power and connect to the source through the Killing Field game, I have chosen a more 'free'—which actually isn't that free—path.

One that you might know as a Jumper."

"Jumper?"

Li Ang furrowed his brows, the Divine Mark on the back of his hand flickered intermittently, gathering the Swamp God Power, "What is that?"