Suddenly, one of the super-life form's tails swung through the air toward Chen Gu. He instinctively raised his arm to block it, only to find that something had passed through his body without causing any harm.

He lowered his arm; the tail had already twisted behind him and continued flying elsewhere.

"Myriad Forms Heavenly Dragon," Chen Gu murmured to himself.

Then, the next moment, he was pulled completely into the body of the super-life form.

In an instant, the super-life form's incredibly complex structure flashed before his eyes like a fast-forwarded movie. His mind was rapidly flooded with a terrifyingly vast amount of knowledge, all pertaining to the super-life form.

Chen Gu was in excruciating pain, feeling as if his entire brain was about to explode.

But at this moment, he was in a state of memory possession by Derek Kun Shen Ken, the mad scientist, who was ecstatic about this "knowledge"!

The simultaneous occurrence of two such extreme states in Chen Gu truly made him experience what it meant to be 'torn between rapture and torment'!

In the future... I must never again try to play the hero!

My grown son is the real hero! These sorts of things... from now on, I must absolutely let him take the lead...

Chen Gu remained in this state, quickly becoming dazed and passively absorbing the knowledge.

...

Outside the energy cage, Man Suling's front paws were pressed to the ground, her entire body tensed as she stared at Chen Gu with extreme nervousness.

The mercury-like light grew thicker and larger.

The gorilla nearly ground his teeth to dust, sinking into deep self-blame. If it weren't for him, his buddy wouldn't have fallen into such a dangerous situation.

He muttered curses, "You stupid clown, who asked you to show off like this? You, you... you better not let anything happen to you, otherwise I'll feel guilty for the rest of my life..."

Mei Lixue stood at the very back of the group, her heart exceedingly complex, struggling to articulate her feelings.

Decades had passed since her student days, and the resentment she held had mostly dissipated.

Whether it was deliberately extorting Chen Gu or threatening to make things difficult for him, it was more like an "obsession." She had already taken her revenge on the other three; of course, she couldn't let Chen Gu go. Otherwise, her revenge wouldn't be "perfect," and she would be failing her younger self!

Those merit points... she always stubbornly believed they were rightfully hers, that Chen Gu owed her compensation!

Even if she genuinely wanted to make things difficult for him, it couldn't be considered petty—it was merely a case of "evil begets evil."

But at this moment, she wavered. Chen Gu was no longer the reckless bully, unaware of consequences, from all those years ago, and she was no longer that helpless, pitifully overweight girl.

She looked at Chen Gu inside the energy cage, understanding that certain qualities within him were now shining through, completely washing away his past blemishes.

Mei Lixue thought with a soft sigh in her heart, Perhaps it's time to let go... She also felt somewhat relieved that although she had wanted to make things difficult for him, her strong professional ethics had restrained her, preventing her from ever taking real action.

Those merit points... I'll find a chance to compensate him for them.

But if something really happened to Chen Gu this time... she would never have the chance to return them.

She silently pleaded in her heart, You absolutely must not let anything happen to you. I don't want to owe you, you little scoundrel, for the rest of my life.

Chen Jixian's eyes, unbeknownst to anyone, had been wide open for some time. His expression was stern, his face as if carved from marble, burying all emotion beneath a cold exterior.

Only, the power of the Professional within his body surged ceaselessly, like a tsunami.

"Look!" Man Suling suddenly shouted. Everyone noticed that the mercury-like glow was shrinking.

This glow had originally flowed from the remains. Thus, Chen Gu currently appeared as a large swath of mercury light, with a smaller concentration of light in front of his arms—within that light were the remains of the Myriad Forms Heavenly Dragon.

And now, that smaller patch of silver light in front of his arms was slowly beginning to merge with the light enveloping Chen Gu's body.

Before long, the mercury glow contracted until it only outlined Chen Gu's form.

Mei Lixue couldn't believe her eyes. "Did those remains... merge with Chen Gu?!"

Chen Jixian and Mei Lixue knew that Chen Gu had once merged with a piece of generator remains at the Zhaojieze City branch office—he had a history of this!

At the end of the last mission in the Yingudusi Devil's Pit, those remains had been forcibly cut out of Chen Gu's body by Qing Ruyan, nearly killing him.

This time… could it be that he had merged with another piece?

But these remains were no ordinary artifact; they could potentially communicate directly with the Evil God!

This is troubling! Mei Lixue thought grimly.

The mercury-like glow began to recede, bit by bit merging into Chen Gu's body. Before the four onlookers' astonished eyes, Chen Gu reappeared.

Chen Gu felt somewhat dazed, his mind crammed with vast knowledge. He felt as if his "consciousness" was about to be squeezed out of his own mind by all this information.

With the slightest movement, two streams of blood trickled from his nostrils.

Unable to contain herself, Man Suling asked, "Chen Gu, how are you feeling?"

Chen Gu gave no response; in fact, in his current state, he was completely unable to register any external information.

Chen Gu couldn't even figure out what had happened, only that the memories of Derek Kun Shen Ken grew more and more excited.

Even the discomfort brought on by the not-so-"aesthetically pleasing" positions of the four people outside seemed to be reduced to its absolute minimum.

Chen Gu's neck felt beyond his control, his head wobbling unsteadily. He slowly sat down, needing a moment to recover.

Outside the energy cage, Chen Jixian gritted his teeth and ordered, "Scan Chen Gu for any signs of anomalies!"

The branch's management AI accepted the command and began scanning Chen Gu.

This scan was merely a preliminary check. If an anomaly were well concealed, it could still evade such an examination. To be absolutely certain, a more thorough inspection would be necessary.

Three minutes later, the AI's voice sounded again, "Scan complete. Preliminary determination shows no anomalies."

Chen Jixian silently let out a sigh of relief. Mei Lixue said, "He's currently... let's just wait a while."

Chen Gu felt like someone who had overeaten. After an indeterminate amount of time, he finally began to recover. He stood up, looked around, and suddenly realized a problem: "Where are the remains?"

Outside the energy cage, the four people stared at him speechlessly. Man Suling finally chattered, "You absorbed them! What exactly is going on? Could there be any hidden dangers? Can those remains actually communicate directly with the Evil God?"

Absorbed them! Chen Gu himself immediately thought of the remains from the Zhaojieze City branch office. He was especially puzzled. The last time, headquarters had sent a large team of medical experts to study him; it was said they almost cut him open on the spot to extract the remains.

Historically, no Professional had ever absorbed generator remains; everyone absorbed supermatter.

What on earth is happening to me?!

He increasingly felt that there was something wrong with the body the Original Entity had left him…

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