Li Yang pondered for a long time, unable to utter a single word.

Can we rely on that president to win against the Celestial Race again?

Who knows what capabilities he has left after using the Time Travel.

Besides, that president is as elusive as the Divine Dragon; Li Yang simply can’t find him.

Suddenly, Meng Yu thought of something and said:

"Where did the Black Rift appear? Is it in the Northeast?"

Meng Yu saw Li Yang looking at her with confusion and explained:

"Oh right, the Celestial Race’s space-time rift is called the Black Rift."

Li Yang nodded and said:

"Yes, in the Northeast, in Lejia City."

Meng Yu gave a sound of acknowledgment, her face showing some surprise:

"It seems the Celestial Race’s invasion sequence is the same as in the past.

Even if we don’t know when the Celestial Race invaded, there are records of the fallen places.

The first place to fall was the Northeast of Xia Country." 𝙛𝒓𝒆𝙚𝒘𝒆𝓫𝙣𝓸𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝒄𝒐𝓶

Li Yang grasped the crucial information and asked:

"What about the second one?"

Meng Yu replied:

"South Korea."

Li Yang sighed with relief.

If the Northeast of Xia Country was the first place to fall, it’s not surprising.

If he hadn’t gone to Lejia City, it would have been devoured by the Celestial Race without any defense.

Since the invasion sequence is the same as before, it will be easier to handle.

Li Yang snapped his fingers, and countless crows carrying information flew from the villa to various places.

...

At Beidang Mountain, in the Security Administration.

The enormous laboratory was completely made of metal, with the ceiling covered in dense pipes.

Various precision instruments flashed with a technological glow, as researchers in lab coats busied themselves with various tools.

This was the forbidden place in the Security Administration, the Forbidden Research Institute.

The topics studied in the Forbidden Research Institute were all secrets of the Extraordinary Civilization.

Such as Spiritual Artifacts, Dragon Blood, and... Demon Puzzle.

In the center of the laboratory were several high-tech computers, and on the wall, a large glass container.

Inside the container, besides a green liquid, was a young man wearing a red wedding robe.

The elderly professor had a solemn expression and spoke loudly:

"Research log, record.

First Spiritual Power extraction, begin!"

Several assistants immediately began operating at the computers.

With the command, the laboratory came alive like a beast.

The pipes on the ceiling emitted a red glow.

Outside the high-density glass of the laboratory, Cao Yi stood silently, taking in the entire experiment.

The Xie Qilin was dead, but it still had remaining Spiritual Power on its body.

Cao Yi wanted to extract the Xie Qilin’s Spiritual Power through the Forbidden Research Institute and then restore it using technological means.

The current Security Administration had such capabilities.

Never doubt the number of talents in Xia Country, nor the power of its state machinery, given the Xia Country’s system and population base.

Cao Yi wanted to discover the mysteries of the Demon Puzzle through the Xie Qilin’s Spiritual Power.

Beside the container holding the Xie Qilin was a young girl strapped with tubes; she was a brain-dead patient.

She was a ’volunteer.’

This female vegetative patient would become the container for the Spiritual Power.

Whether the ’volunteer’ was genuinely ’voluntary’ didn’t matter much.

Cao Yi didn’t know if this volunteer willingly participated in the experiment; whatever the case, her family agreed because they would receive a substantial compensation.

This inhumane practice had met resistance from many administrators, but this was Cao Yi.

Cao Yi was someone who would stop at nothing to achieve his goals, never caring about morals or honor, not even about himself.

Having such a person in the Security Administration could be considered a blessing.

It was better to have such a person in the Security Administration than causing chaos outside.

As the experiment neared its end, a wisp of Spiritual Power was extracted from the Xie Qilin and transferred into the ’volunteer.’

The elderly professor widened his eyes and quickly said:

"Quick, convert the Spiritual Power! Neutralize rejection reactions and achieve Spiritual Wave synchronization!"

The assistants were sweating on their foreheads, rapidly operating at the computers.

The Security Administration was a money-consuming institution, and this Forbidden Research Institute devoured most of its funds.

The Xie Qilin experiment had undergone countless simulations, each costing billions.

This practical experiment consumed ten times the cost of all simulations combined, and it couldn’t afford to fail.

Otherwise, months of effort by the entire staff would be wasted, and the astronomical amount of money would go down the drain.

Gradually, the experiment concluded, and the eyelids of the vegetative patient moved.

The elderly professor began to breathe heavily, removed his mask, and quickly went to the volunteer’s side, nervously asking:

"Who are you?"

The volunteer’s eyes slowly opened, filled with confusion.

Cao Yi clenched his fists, his heart far from calm.

The Xie Qilin had devoured many souls, with thousands of chaotic Spiritual Powers.

Who knew if what they brought back was really the Xie Qilin.

The elderly professor swallowed hard:

"Are you, are you the Xie Qilin?"

The three words ’Xie Qilin’ brought a sparkle to the volunteer’s eyes, and the life monitor beside her showed violent fluctuations.

The elderly professor became excited:

"You are the Xie Qilin, you must be the Xie Qilin!

Tell me, do you have memories of the Xie Qilin?"

This experiment was like artificial cloning, only using Spiritual Power instead of DNA.

Through the fusion of the experiment subject’s and the volunteer’s Spiritual Powers, achieving resonance and synchronization, it aimed to clone the soul.

Of course, the clone and the original are entirely different entities.

The Forbidden Research Institute’s experiment aimed to recreate a Xie Qilin.

The volunteer murmured two words:

"Nuannuan."

The elderly professor didn’t hear clearly:

"What did you say?"

The volunteer’s chest heaved violently, her face showing pain:

"Who is the Xie Qilin? Who is the Xie Qilin?

My name is Nuannuan. Who is the Xie Qilin? This person seems very important to me."

The elderly professor was stunned, incredulously staring at the volunteer, slowly retreating, and suddenly looked toward Cao Yi outside the glass wall.

Cao Yi’s pupils contracted violently:

"The Eight-foot Bride?!"

Cao Yi gradually calmed himself.

The bad news was that the experiment failed, and the Xie Qilin was not brought back.

The good news was that the Eight-foot Bride was brought back, an ancient Extraordinary individual, not someone useless.

But... this Eight-foot Bride seemed to have no memories at all.

The metal watertight door of the laboratory opened behind him, and Zhou Ziyi came running inside and whispered in Cao Yi’s ear:

"The Demon Race guests have arrived; the meeting can start at any time."

The Blue Whale Team captured a space rift in Lejia City.

This was the most terrifying abnormal event since the Security Administration was established.

Due to this abnormal event, the Senior Administrator Ye Fan also sacrificed himself.

The Security Administration needed to hold an emergency meeting and would also need the Demon Race’s help.

Cao Yi spoke into the microphone:

"Take her for a physical check-up; I need a detailed report on her."

The elderly professor nodded.