Zong Lin floated in the void, his soul’s tentacles extending wildly around, searching for traces of Shen Jie.
However, the void was too vast. Even though he had expanded his abilities to the maximum, he still couldn’t find his lover. Some soul tentacles, stretched too thin, were even torn apart by the powerful chaos of the void, causing him to furrow his brows tightly but still not give up the search.
“Don’t bother looking. If my brother wants to leave deliberately, you won’t find him.” Suddenly, a cool and mocking voice came from behind.
Zong Lin turned around.
Shen An sat on the ground, still bound by black energy, his black tuxedo full of wrinkles, his bowtie crooked, his hair messy, looking very disheveled.
However, his crimson pupils still brimmed with malice, the tips of his eyes narrowed like those of a predatory animal, glaring at Zong Lin as if he were staring down an archenemy.
Zong Lin originally wanted to spread his bone wings and follow the direction to find Shen Jie, but he couldn’t leave Shen An alone here.
As the Rank One “Form of Annihilation”, even if he was heavily injured, allowing him to escape could still potentially cause massive disasters to the world.
Zong Lin’s temples throbbed, his fists clenched, staring at the dim void for a moment, then he flapped his bone wings and arrived in front of Shen An.
There were some things he wanted to ask Shen An.
About Shen Jie’s past.
With his memory, he quickly recalled the mysterious figure A, who had caused a stir in the newspapers seven years ago.
In the newspaper photo, the prominent purple eyes of the mysterious figure A were identical to those of Shen Jie he had seen today.
Back then, he returned to the research institute heavily injured, nearing critical infection levels, but Shen Jie saved him, only to be gravely injured by him in return.
The institute proposed the “Partner Program” to try to calm his infection levels, but he refused.
He went to the hospital to visit Shen Jie.
What happened afterward exceeded all his experiences of over twenty years.
He met. Got to know. Fell in love with the young researcher he had just met.
And the escape incident of the alien from the institute happened on the second day he agreed to try becoming a couple with Shen Jie.
That day, the city alarm sounded, and all the Cleaning teams in the city mobilized urgently to search for the escaped aliens.
However, due to the infiltration of an “Space” alien into the city, along with the concealment and assistance of the mole in the institute, despite half a day of searching by the Cleaning teams, they still found nothing. Meanwhile, news of alien invasions and destruction spread throughout the city, with reports of contaminated water sources, invaded ranches, and halted industrial bases coming in one after another.
At that time, his injuries were not fully healed, and his infection levels had just dropped from the brink of corruption, so he shouldn’t have used his “Soul” ability. But in the face of the crisis, he had no choice but to disregard his own condition.
However, it was at this moment that the Observation Center suddenly reported that the escape of the aliens had been resolved.
Mysterious Figure A.
A strange code name jumped into people’s view.
The ability to instantly resolve a crisis significant enough to disrupt the city, without alerting anyone else, was astonishing.
The city once held an emergency seminar to try to confirm the identity of Mysterious Figure A. However, they quickly ruled out all the ability users who had been active in the city that day. None of them were Mysterious Figure A.
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Some suggested that perhaps Mysterious Figure A was an alien — after all, in the footage, those aliens being led back by Mysterious Figure A seemed very obedient, lining up like elementary school students and not daring to make a sound.
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Now looking back, Zong Lin suddenly realized that Shen Jie had been hiding so much for so many years.
And it seemed he had never fully understood his lover.
Zong Lin’s crimson eyes lowered.
He looked at the young alien who bore some resemblance to his lover and said, “Tell me, ten years ago, what exactly happened to you in the ‘Nest Egg’?”
Speaking of which, he paused, and then said with some difficulty, “You fell into corruption within the ‘Nest Egg,’ becoming the ‘Form of Annihilation.’ So, when did your brother, Xiao Jie, fall into corruption?”
“You’re mistaken, it wasn’t the ‘Nest Egg’ that caused my corruption,” Shen An said.
Even in his disheveled state, facing the man who had taken his own brother, he couldn’t help but smirk, revealing two sharp canine teeth, “It was its own overreach that provoked me, leading to my complete awakening. I devoured it.”
Zong Lin caught onto the key word, “Awakening?”
“Mm-hmm,” Shen An hummed through his nostrils, “Do you know how the ‘Form of Annihilation’ came into being?”
Zong Lin thought quickly.
According to the city’s records, Shen Jie and Shen An were born into a wandering family.
Their father, Shen Ruzhuo, and mother, Xue Jing, were both wanderers in the city, with no fixed abode, making a living by participating in outdoor work.
Descendants of “wanderers” couldn’t obtain urban residency status. Therefore, wanderers generally didn’t choose to have offspring.
However, there were also some wanderers who chose to have children first and raise them outside the city, waiting until they had a place to live before bringing the children back to the city.
According to city records, Shen Ruzhuo and Xue Jing bought a small house with all their savings before their last outdoor mission and brought their two children into the city.
Then something happened.
Shen Jie was only seven at the time, and his brother Shen An was still in diapers. The two children, who had no ability to acquire resource points, even had trouble eating.
Shen Jie had no choice but to sell the house and use the acquired resource points to rent a “ black house” from a wanderer, and sustain survival.
When Shen Jie was seventeen and his brother ten, Shen An awakened an extremely rare ‘Death’ ability.
At the age of eleven, Shen An was recruited into the City Defense Bureau and sent to the “Nest Egg”, never to return.
But if, as Shen An said, he was already an alien at that time, then when did Shen An truly fall into corruption? Why wasn’t he discovered by the city? And Shen Jie?
Shen An suddenly turned his head.
“It seems you truly know nothing. I really don’t understand why my brother would choose you as a partner.”
Is it because he thinks you’re tall and well-built?
Shen An discreetly glanced sideways. This human wasn’t actually that tall—although decent among humans, there were plenty of aliens who were taller, bigger, and better built than him.
He turned his gaze back, speaking coldly, “The ‘Form of Annihilation’ only appears when the world is about to be destroyed. From birth, we are naturally Rank One, wielding destruction and death.”
“However, the ‘Form of Annihilation’ has a characteristic. When it’s newly born as an ‘egg’ and its power is not yet sufficient, instinct compels us to disguise ourselves as the first creature we encounter. It’s only after a brief juvenile period that we awaken into our growth phase and realize our identity.”
“Shen Ruzhuo and Xue Jing, they were swept by spatial turbulence near our ‘egg’ while on a mission in the wilderness. They took my brother away. Later, my brother came back and found me.”
Shen An paused.
There was one thing he didn’t tell Zong Lin. Before awakening, they actually wouldn’t realize what made them different from other humans. They might even consider themselves as humans.
The hardships of being orphaned at a young age, the rejection, deceit, and bullying faced in the city due to their status as wanderers, the forced separation when summoned by the City Defense Bureau, the imposed “responsibility” and “dedication” – they had all experienced them firsthand.
But why?
They were supposed to be the rulers of the world. Why should they submit to the unjust order of humans? Why should they suffer hardships? And why should they be deprived of their freedom?
He wanted to see his brother stand at the pinnacle of the world, to see him bring destruction to those who had treated him unfairly, to see him ascend to the highest throne, enjoying the fear and worship of all living beings, alone and free, overlooking this world.
No one could stop them.
Shen An glanced at the white-haired man in front of him, gritting his teeth in determination.
Not even his brother’s partner could.
—-
In a desolate world devoid of human presence, towering temples stood amidst a sky shrouded in chaos, with huge whirlpools scattered everywhere.
At this moment, from one of the whirlpools, a vast darkness surged forth. This darkness twisted and turned in mid-air before condensing into a slender, black figure.
Shen Jie walked into the dilapidated temple.
As he approached the temple gates, a small stone suddenly awakened and bounced over.
The small stone had two black bean-like eyes on its face, blinking at him joyfully as it exclaimed, “You’re back!”
Shen Jie remained silent.
He took two steps forward, paused, and even took a step back, as if struggling with something.
The small stone blinked and asked, “Did you not eat enough during your trip this time?”
Shen Jie replied coldly, “Shut up.”
The small stone wouldn’t stop talking and kept bouncing around him, looking very pleased. Then, with anticipation, it asked, “When will you eat me?”
This was the last living being in this world—a Rank Nine alien in the form of a small stone.
Because it was a stone, its lifespan was very long. It was still alive up until now.
When Shen Jie woke up from his unconscious devouring, the entire world was left with just this one stone. Perhaps because it was too small and too hard, it somehow resisted being covered by “death.”
“You should eat me.”
The small stone was still chatting with Shen Jie.
“I am a stone that has been here for so many years, and you don’t like talking to me. It’s really lonely.”
“That big fool from before was eaten by you, and now the only one who talked to me is gone. You should eat me.”
Shen Jie didn’t reply. He slowly walked into the temple, past the sparkling blood-red crystal flowers, climbed the steps, sat on the throne, and closed his eyes.
—-
City.
Zhu Wu You was exerting all his strength to draw the bow, his pale face covered in sweat, blood vessels continuously overflowing from the corners of his mouth, sliding down his jaw.
The retreat of darkness was not the end of this sudden disaster.
Atop the buildings, the giant alien of Rank Two in golden color was still wreaking havoc on the city. Its massive tail sweeps through the buildings, its four claws strike relentlessly.
The ground trembled, and Zhu Wu You could hardly stand firm. Another arrow was shot, but it only provoked greater fury from the alien. Its enormous wings spread out, striking towards him.
Beside him, the auxiliary attacker, Jian Mingze, had exhausted his spatial abilities and could no longer activate the ability “Sideways Jump” to evade with him. This time, it seemed impossible to dodge the attack.
Zhu Wu You felt a bit exhausted and bewildered as he looked at the scene before him.
Is today’s battle going to end here?
Is it too much to face the battle head-on using auxiliary abilities?
Just as Zhu Wu You watched the alien’s sinister and glinting wings approach, unable to dodge.
“Stop.”
A faint voice suddenly rang out nearby.
The golden alien froze in place.
Zhu Wu You became alert.
The voice was so familiar, as if he had just heard it.
Zhu Wu You turned around and saw a figure in a white lab coat emerging from around the corner of a damaged building.
In the darkness. Those purple eyes were uncovered, the appearance of an alien that the whole world had witnessed on the screen before.
Zhu Wu You’s Adam’s apple rolled, his voice tinged with a fear even he hadn’t realized, and he said hoarsely,
“Shen Jie?”
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Now how did he get there? And poor Steven. 😔