Gao Wu: After transforming into a soft girl, I became a calamity?

Yuan Qi pushed open the office door and walked straight to the large desk.

Behind the desk sat a muscular man who, simply by sitting there, exuded an imposing aura.

He was looking down, flipping through the documents in his hands, the papers making a soft rustling sound.

"Chief Instructor."

Yuan Qi stopped and lowered his voice.

Zhong Yue looked up, casually sorted through the documents in his hand, put them on the table, and stood up to look at Yuan Qi.

"Have you picked them up?"

"Yes. Three were expected, and two were present."

Yuan Qi reported the facts truthfully.

However, Zhong Yue corrected him:

"No, it's just the two of them; the other one isn't coming."

"Not coming?"

Yuan Qi was taken aback.

He remembered that the notice he saw that morning clearly stated:

Three survivors of the No. 7 train incident arrived today and enrolled in school as normal.

"Weren't these three girls supposed to be together and all report for duty as usual?"

Zhong Yue shook his head and gave Yuan Qi a meaningful look.

He sat back down in his chair, pulled a piece of paper from the stack of documents, and handed it to him.

"I requested leave this morning, and it just arrived in my hands. Take a look."

Yuan Qi took it subconsciously, and when he saw what was written on it, he couldn't help but gasp.

"Hiss~ A year's leave certificate, what's the difference between that and just canceling it outright?"

Zhong Yue gestured for him to continue reading. Emergency contact person, guarantor… all renowned seventh-tier Awakened?!

The guarantor is even that peak seventh-tier official in charge of the Supervision Department?!

Yuan Qi immediately fell silent.

"this……"

He looked at it twice, making sure he wasn't seeing things, and after a long pause, he finally exclaimed:

"Jiang Mian... has connections everywhere!"

However, he scoffed inwardly.

It seems that the sir was indeed right.

This generation of [Eternal Day] is obsessed with love, caring deeply for his little darling and unwilling to let her suffer even the slightest hardship.

Yesterday, I assigned myself two tasks, targeting Xu Xiaoan and Jiang Mian.

The latter is not that important.

The main purpose was to test Yongzhou's attitude and see if this girl was his weakness.

Although they didn't meet in person, the outcome was obvious.

But Xu Xiaoan is the real highlight.

Yuan Qi, as one of the executors of this mission, knew her identity as [Wu Xiang].

From their brief interaction, he couldn't sense anything unusual about her; she acted like an ordinary girl, even appearing somewhat naive.

It doesn't seem like acting.

But that's the biggest anomaly!

What exactly is going on?

Yuan Qi felt something was off, so he decided to test the waters first.

"Alright, they followed the proper procedures, so I have nothing to say."

Zhong Yue took back the leave slip and waved his hand.

"Go do your thing."

Yuan Qi nodded, left the office, and closed the door behind him.

The room fell silent again.

"hehe."

Zhong Yue stared at the door, remained silent for two or three seconds, and then let out a low laugh.

"Yuan Qi, oh Yuan Qi..."

It sounded like mockery, yet also tinged with regret.

Yuan Qi was, after all, a student he had personally mentored; how could his changes possibly escape his notice?

A while ago, an organization calling itself "Boundless Gate" suddenly appeared, promoting that members could "unleash their potential and become a new kind of human."

Their main area of ​​activity is Base City 1 and the surrounding area, with a small number existing in the other three base cities of Base City 1.

When it first appeared, the organization consisted of only a few dozen people.

Although they operated in the shadows, their numbers expanded rapidly to several thousand within just half a month.

In response, the authorities launched a secret "encirclement and suppression" operation, arresting but not killing.

Anyone with eyes can see that this was the work of a psychic calamity at its peak.

Killing it directly is like providing it with nutrients.

However, even though the authorities deliberately stopped, those people still died.

Flesh and blood turned to ashes, leaving only black skeletons.

These skeletons even possessed brief periods of mobility, injuring many of the awakened individuals involved in the operation.

As expected, most of the members of the Boundless Gate died.

About ten days ago, Xiao Song from the Supervision Department returned from Base City No. 7, bringing with him shocking news:

There are problems with some members of the official management team.

They were not only members of the Boundless Gate, but also members of its management team, and even the masterminds behind the Boundless Gate's initial frenzied expansion.

This means that spies have long existed among humans, and there are probably quite a few of them.

As long as they can't be completely eradicated, they'll come back again once the storm has passed.

The initial frenzied expansion was merely a means to attract fire and incidentally gather resources.

As a result, the authorities launched another emergency operation, requiring all Awakened Ones of Rank 6 and below to be investigated.

However, there are simply too many people involved, so the influence can only radiate downwards from the higher-ranking individuals.

Zhong Yue is the fifth in the sequence, [Po Jun], at the peak of the sixth rank, so he was naturally among the first to be screened.

Yuan Qi, on the other hand, is Sequence 31 [Senluo], and at such a young age, he is already at the fifth rank, and should have had a bright future.

Pity……

For those "new humans," the official term is: Fusionist.

Their state lies between that of a pure human being and a diseased person, existing in a delicate balance, and they do not become as catastrophic as the diseased person.

But in fact, after being "refined", their souls have been completely transformed, becoming more like the Nightmare Calamity of pure spiritual beings.

Although Yuan Qi is on the [Myriad Spirits] path, he still possesses considerable combat power. How was he so quietly 'refined'?

Was it voluntary?

Zhong Yue frowned.

He needs to observe for a while longer; perhaps he can use Yuan Qi as a lead to uncover some incredible things.

Zhong Yue calmed himself down and subconsciously glanced out the window.

Empty.

He frowned, then pushed open the door and went out.

Not long after Zhong Yue left, a flash of gold appeared in the shadows under an inconspicuous tree in the distance, but it quickly returned to normal.

……

The sky was getting dark.

"Brother Ye, cheers!"

In a nicely decorated private room, Ye Chenyang raised his glass and clinked it with Jiang Mian's.

However, Jiang Mian's cup didn't contain her favorite chilled sweet drink, but rather a cup of hot milk.

Ye Chenyang glanced at it and secretly made a mental note of it.

The two of them worked hard all afternoon and finally got everything settled. It was just time for dinner, so they decided to have something nice to celebrate.

Jiang Mian took a sip of milk and casually asked:

"Brother Ye, you said you're going to 'Changming,' how long will it take exactly?"

During a casual chat in the afternoon, Ye Chenyang mentioned that he would be entering the tower tomorrow, but he didn't say exactly how long.

"Three days."

He stretched out his hand and gestured.

"I will try to come back before the renovation is finished."

"Exactly three days?"

Jiang Mian tilted her head, a hint of curiosity rising in her heart.

"What do I need to do inside to receive the inheritance?"

"Well..."

It's a long story, Ye Chenyang thought for a moment and then summarized:

"Retrace the life trajectory of the first [Eternal Day] and achieve the perfect ending."

"what?"

Jiang Mian blinked. Why does this feel like completing a game?

However, for Ye Chenyang, a player on his second playthrough, the difficulty doesn't seem to be that high.

"Wouldn't it take a lot of time to perfectly complete every key stage?"

"No, that won't happen."

Ye Chenyang explained:

"In fact, the flow of time within 'Eternal Light' is much faster. It is said that the ninth-tier skill of 'Eternal Day' is related to this."

"Oh~"

Jiang Mian nodded, not particularly surprised.

Judging from the information revealed by Ye Chenyang, the later stages of the Vertex Sequence will more or less incorporate some high-level abilities like time.

Only a few people awaken their powers in the middle stage like her.

For example, the [Withering] skill has a similar ability to see the future at the fourth tier, but it has very limited limitations and is likely to be fully unlocked in the later stages of the game.

Since it will take three days, we can use the time while Ye Chenyang is away to stir up some trouble.

Seeing Jiang Mian's lips curl slightly, Ye Chenyang asked:

"Mianmian, what's wrong? Did you think of something happy?"

"yes."

Jiang Mian nodded.

"I saw some interesting things at the training camp. I'll give you a surprise later."