The Professional Rankings, in twelve volumes, each bearing the name of my lord.

Song Gua instructed his clones to get busy collecting all the formations, defensive towers, scrolls, and secret treasures.

When Zhao Wuji self-destructed, only his upper body remained, so the lower half of his body that had been cut off in the previous battle still had remnants.

"Bury him."

Several clones went over, quickly started digging, and then threw Zhao Wuji's remains into the hole.

Not long after, the team tracking the dark pocket watch spoke.

"Old thief! The Dark Pocket Watch has stopped. He concealed his life force, operating in Yatuo City as an old man in a trench coat!"

"Not only the pocket watch, but the Dark Gold Seal is also in Yatuo City; they're together!"

"Your crappy detector is useless now. We're using human surveillance, and we could be discovered at any moment. Decide quickly whether to take action!"

Looking at the Soul Devouring Bead in his hand, which still had a lot of durability left, Song Gua's lips curled up.

"Guys, another job! What a long day!"

……

Yunshan Institute of Life Sciences.

"Crackling... crackling... crackling..."

A broken power line hangs on a damaged wall, and sparks fly everywhere when the wind blows.

The research institute, which had been cleaved in two by Wan Jianyi's powerful attack, was already in complete disarray.

It was late at night, and the official personnel had already left.

Wan Jianyi searched the area himself, but couldn't find Xiao Wei, so he had to give up and guess that Xiao Wei had already left.

Inside a laboratory at the research institute, a formaldehyde jar contained the carcass of a cow.

"Gurgle..."

Bubbles rose from the formaldehyde liquid, and a pair of eyes opened from within them.

"Bang!"

With a muffled thud, a bullet pierced the jar from the inside, a large amount of murky liquid flowed out, the jar shattered, and the cow carcass fell out.

"Sizzle..."

A dagger slit open the cow's belly, and something crawled out.

Strangely, all that could be seen was a moving dagger, nothing else.

Until the dagger began to cut towards that unseen place.

"Hiss..."

Xiao Wei's face appeared out of thin air, followed by her body, legs, and arms.

She was wearing a specially made leather jacket that could change color and reflect light like a chameleon, thus achieving invisibility.

This leather jacket can also block detection of life fluctuations and life reactions.

After cutting open the special leather jacket with a dagger, Xiao Wei took it off and frowned as she prepared to leave.

Suddenly, footsteps could be heard outside the laboratory.

It sounds like there are two people.

"What...didn't they all leave?"

Xiao Wei was terrified and hid behind a shelf, hoping the person coming wouldn't see her.

The newcomers were a man and a woman. The woman wore a tight-fitting blue plastic suit, a metal butterfly mask, and a pair of folded wings on her back.

As for the man, Xiao Wei realized she knew him; he was one of her students.

As Miss Butterfly walked in, she said, "Yin Mi, I'll have RZR-800 take you to the air base later, where you can continue to use your talents."

Yin Mi stopped, bowed, and solemnly said, "I will definitely dedicate all my talents to the return movement!"

Miss Butterfly smiled faintly: "The era when one person could summarize an epoch-making theory with a lifetime, a set of experiments, and a belief is long gone. Modern scientific research is a large-scale, time-spanning team collaboration. You only need to contribute your share to the team; you don't need to have such a big burden."

"Your medicine saved my mother's life and cured my hereditary disease. I should repay you with all my might!"

"You did a great job at the Zhao family research institute, quietly passing on our technology and helping them overcome some key difficulties in cloning technology."

"Yes, it's a shame that Xiao Wei thought she was the one who designed the cloning technology for the mutant beasts."

Hearing this, Xiao Wei came out from behind the shelf.

"Nonsense! This technology took me ten years to develop. How can you claim it was accomplished with the help of you celestial beings!"

Miss Butterfly stood with one hand on her hip, looking down at her with disdain, as if she had known she was there all along.

"Xiao Wei, do you think you can hide from the Federation for ten years just because of the identity the Zhao family gave you?"

Xiao Wei was taken aback.

"I always thought the Federation had given up on finding me. Could it be that you're modifying the data in the Federation's system?"

Miss Butterfly spread one hand.

"What do you think? I can understand how you feel. It's certainly not pleasant to discover that your hard work was actually done under someone else's guidance. But I must point out that on this planet, only you, Xiao Wei, can design the mutant beast cloning technology with our simple guidance."

"Hmph! Who needs your praise! Yin Mi, I never imagined you'd been working for the celestial beings all along!"

Yin Mi said calmly, "The Blue Star Federation is already corrupt and decadent. Joining the Celestials is the right path."

Miss Butterfly then said.

"That's right, Xiao Wei. You're so engrossed in your research that you might not be very clear about the world situation. I'd like to invite you to join our research team and become a member of our Celestial Beings. This will not only ensure your future security but also help you glimpse higher scientific fields."

Xiao Wei dismissed it with disdain.

"Let the world do whatever it wants. This is an incomprehensible era. Various extraordinary phenomena that science cannot explain actually coexist with the material world. What does the corruption of the Federation matter?"

Besides, I don't think you have any projects that are more interesting than cloning mutant beasts right now. I don't want to waste my life researching things that aren't challenging!

Miss Butterfly smiled and turned away.

She reached her hands to the back of her head, pried open her long hair and skull, revealing an internal structure that flickered like crystal, with faintly visible patterns resembling circuitry flashing by.

"Flesh and blood are weak, machinery ascends!"

Xiao Wei trembled as she pulled a pair of glasses from her white coat and put them on. Her slightly protruding eyes widened, and her lips trembled as she tried to say something but didn't know how to begin.

She discovered a new world!

……

It's late at night in Yatuo City.

Two special guests walked into a 24-hour prosthetics store.

One of them was a bald man with a burly build, wearing a tattered monk's robe, and holding a Buddhist scepter in one hand.

The other man was wearing a tattered trench coat. Upon closer inspection, it was clear that he had no arms and only one leg; he had hopped in.

The sales clerk was already half asleep when she saw a customer come in, and she quickly and warmly greeted him.

"Hello, what would you like to order?"

As he spoke, he noticed the elderly man in the trench coat who was disabled but determined.

"It's clear you have a strong need for implants."