I'm not just human!

This place is a huge library, containing a vast collection of books, including those for ordinary people and those for the mystical.

At this moment, the Apostle of Knowledge was sitting on a pile of books, fiddling with them, even though there was nothing in front of him.

"It's done!"

Suddenly, the [Apostle of Knowledge] shouted and pulled out several shards of glass from the void. On one of the shards, a colossal elephant, hundreds of meters tall and ancient and imposing, stood on the street, its image faintly visible.

"Hey, this is..."

As wisps of time mist dissipated in the air—or rather, returned to time mist itself—the [Apostle of Knowledge] held the glass shards like precious treasures, his eyes gleaming with even more delight.

Because, at that moment, the glass shards were faintly emitting a golden light.

The Knowledge Apostle, who frequently searches through the gray fog of time to capture "fragments of reality" related to the era of mutants, knows all too well what this means.

"This is... a fragment of reality involving a major shift in the era of mutants?!"

The Apostle of Knowledge was so happy that his beard trembled, as if he had found a priceless treasure.

In fact, the fragment of reality He lent to the Lord of the Superdimensional last time was also the rarest and most scarce fragment of reality. However, the Apostle of Knowledge did not say so at the time, not wanting his old friend to feel indebted to him.

However, He had only lent it out for a few days, and was already eager to get it back...

This time, after trying tens of thousands of times, they finally obtained a real-world fragment involving a major shift in the era of mutants!

This will be of great academic value to His research on mutants!

"Now, even the First History might have to swallow his pride and have a talk with me, haha, for all the time He looked down on me..."

The Apostle of Knowledge was so happy that his white beard almost stood on end. Without hesitation, he immediately stuck the glass shards to his forehead.

The fragments of reality contained within the glass shards transformed into a vast ocean of information and images, flooding into His mind.

"In the year 60,362 of the Elemental Calendar, the eagle-level flame mutant 'Blazing Jack' attacked the Mutant Crystal Source and Mutant Meatball specialty store in Worm City to avenge himself and his teammates, and took the store owner hostage."

"At that time, the mutants had not yet spread throughout the universe, but had only developed on Caligia. Worm City, as the origin city of the mutants, was the most prosperous and flourishing place on the entire Caligia."

"Although there is more than one specialty store for mutated crystal sources and mutated flesh balls in Worm City, each specialty store has a considerable number of mutated crystal sources and mutated flesh balls from the Animal Mutation Association and the Element Mutation Association."

"It is said that, apart from the lack of top-tier mutated crystal sources and top-tier mutated flesh balls, it has all other grades, including high-level mutated crystal sources and mutated flesh balls."

"At that time, Blazing Jack was emotionally agitated while holding the shop owner hostage and threatened to self-destruct. If he really did self-destruct, it would cause incalculable losses to the store."

"Just when things were about to spiral out of control, a Zoan-type insect-level elephant mutant named 'Benir' appeared out of nowhere like a savior!"

"Originally, animal-type mutants could only acquire mutant abilities related to the characteristics of the animal they mutated into—for example, those with wings could fly, those that looked like cheetahs could run faster, and those that could use claws, etc. This caused animal-type mutants to always be overshadowed by element-type mutants."

"In particular, once elemental mutants use their elemental bodies, animal mutants can't even hit them. Instead, their arms, claws, and other parts of their bodies will be burned, electrocuted, or frozen."

"However, the appearance of Beniel completely and thoroughly changed this situation."

"With astonishing talent, Benir pioneered the 'Complete Mutation Form' mutation technology. The giant elephant he transformed from, with only the insect-level rank, not only easily suppressed the Blazing Jack who was about to self-destruct, but also withstood the terrifying high temperature of his self-destruction!"

"The catastrophic event subsided, and Blazing Jack and the store owner were put on trial. However, the discussion about Beniel on the streets could no longer be stopped."

"With the strength displayed by Benier's fully mutated form, in terms of defense alone, it can block most of the attacks from eagle-level elemental mutants and animal-type mutants at the same time."

"As for his attack methods, in his fully mutated state, he not only possesses the ability to suppress medical treatment, but he can even directly strike elemental mutants whose bodies have been transformed into elements!"

"This immediately gave Benier unparalleled strength. In less than a few months, he became the president of the Animal Mutation Association, and no one dared to challenge him."

"In the years that followed, under Benier's leadership, the Animal Mutation Association even began to subtly surpass the Elemental Mutation Association!"

"Especially after Benir successfully advanced to the Eagle level, he even had the terrifying feat of fighting a hundred opponents single-handedly in his fully mutated form without being at a disadvantage!"

"However, the 'completely mutated form' technology developed by Benier has extremely high thresholds and requirements."

"It is said that at that time, tens of thousands of animal-type mutants received Benier's complete and unreserved teachings, but none of them succeeded, and some even suffered lifelong disabilities as a result."

"Benir also felt increasingly lonely as a master, as he could not find even half a match in the entire world."

"Until, a 'white wolf' appeared."

"To be precise, this is a Zoan-type Eagle-level White Wolf mutant named Volu. He was born with white wolf fur all over his body and possesses sharp teeth and claws with extremely strong biting power."

"He was originally just a registered Eagle-level expert in the Animal Mutation Association, but he happened to master the technique of creating a completely mutated form, which is one in ten thousand!"

"This directly resulted in Volu becoming the second mutant after Benier to be able to undergo complete transformation into a Zoan-type mutant!"

"From that day on, Volu began his struggle with Beniel."

"The two were both enemies and friends, and they respected each other. On the one hand, they led the Animal Mutation Association to completely overwhelm the Elemental Mutation Association. On the other hand, neither of them ever gave in to the other. Whenever they had time, they would go to a deserted island to have a life-or-death duel."

"Finally, one day, after a long and arduous battle between Beniel and Volu in a mountain forest that lasted for half a month, Beniel emerged victorious."

"From that day on, Volu willingly became Beniel's deputy."

"But this good fortune didn't last long. Just two years after Volu mastered the fully mutated form, a third astonishing genius emerged!"

"That was a whale-tailed mutant, and his fully mutated form was a killer whale that was ten thousand meters long!"

"Faced with the unparalleled combat power of this extraordinary genius, even if Beniel and Volu joined forces, they could only suffer a regrettable defeat."

"Due to the vast difference in strength between the three, they were far stronger than any other mutant of the same era. Finally, after discussing it together, the three came up with a new division of strength."

"That is, after fungi, insects, and eagles, there are three more ranks: wolves, elephants, and whales."

"That extraordinary genius is not only unparalleled in strength, but also possesses astonishing talent. After becoming the president of the Animal Mutation Association, he devoted himself to seclusion for decades, and finally developed a simplified process for 'complete mutation forms'."

"From then on, animal-type mutants completely overwhelmed element-type mutants, and dominated for hundreds of millions of years."

"Until... a groundbreaking genius was born, who simultaneously consumed a mutated crystal source and a mutated flesh ball. Unlike others, his body did not explode, and he actually adapted to it."

"That unparalleled genius was also the first person in the history of mutants to be called a 'demigod'."

"Under His command, the mutants truly embarked on an epic cosmic journey..."

The Apostle of Knowledge, looking somewhat unsatisfied, could only reluctantly remove the shards of glass from his forehead.

His face was full of emotion, as if he had truly witnessed a period of history of mutants.

“Benir, Volu… so that’s how the Wolf Elephant Whale came to be after the division of power among the Fungus Insect Eagles…”

Although these doubts were answered, even more doubts inevitably arose in the mind of the [Knowledge Apostle].

For example, after demigods, how did the power division between angels and rulers come about?

For example, in the era of mutants, how exactly did the first mutant to truly become a "god," that is, possess the power of a god, manage to do so?

And, besides the animal and elemental systems, will new mutation systems emerge?

Thinking of this, He became even more curious about the deeds of that groundbreaking genius who possessed both animal and elemental abilities.

That was the first demigod of the mutant era!

Studying Him might reveal how these mutated humans gradually became the ancient gods!

Unfortunately, obtaining relevant real-world fragments can take hundreds of years if you're unlucky.

Of course, if we're lucky, we might find it in the fog of time tomorrow.

"Okay, let's go find the [Lord of the Superdimensional] now and watch it again together. Ever since He watched the reality fragments related to Loret last time, He's been pestering me for new ones every day..."

As the Apostle of Knowledge got up, he couldn't help but ponder the biggest, deepest, and most complex mystery.

That is... why did the mutant crystal source and mutant flesh ball that the mutant people rely on appear?

……

In this little world.

Soaked in sweat, Xia Fa had just emerged from the Time Mist and collapsed to the ground, utterly exhausted.

He was breathing heavily, his chest heaving violently, as if he had just run dozens of kilometers.

In reality, Xia Fa knew that he had only run 100 meters.

"Anyway, I've now completed 100 meters of the 1,000-meter race. As the saying goes, everything is difficult at the beginning. Once I figure out the various rules of this time-space travel, it will be simple from now on..."

Xia Fa encouraged himself in this way, and at the same time, he opened his right palm.

In his palm was a ball of flesh the size of a steamed bun.

The fleshy ball was quite peculiar; its surface was covered with a network of interconnected blood vessels, beneath which lay an extremely thin membrane that emitted a faint, shimmering light.

An indescribable, extremely vigorous life force emanated from this fleshy ball, giving Xia Fa a feeling that was no less powerful than the seed that had enabled him to master the divine battle technique [Tree World]!

You should know that seed is a treasure equivalent to the twelve-colored light inside the belly of a traveling whale!

It's almost on par with a top-tier secret agreement!

"This must be a top-tier mutated flesh ball..."

Recalling his previous experience, Xia Fa hardly hesitated. He took out the flesh of the Wall of Flesh from the copper box and swallowed it in large mouthfuls. At the same time, he regulated his mind and breath, preparing to immediately consume this top-tier mutated flesh ball.

Because he knew that if there was any delay, this top-tier mutated flesh ball would be worn down by the omnipresent supernatural power, just like the previous top-tier mutated crystal source!

Until it's completely worn away!

After quickly devouring a large chunk of flesh from the Wall of Blood and Flesh, and feeling that his divine power had recovered by about half, Xia Fa was about to stand up, ignoring the soreness in his leaden legs.

But suddenly, he exclaimed "Huh?" and realized something.

At that time, I had run out of the gray fog of time, but because I had just run out and then lay down, I didn't notice it for a moment.

There, they found bags upon bags of gold coins! All of them were packed in brown leather bags, the openings of which were tied tightly with beef tendons!

Not only that, but among these bags of gold coins, there lies a diamond-shaped crystal that shines as brightly as a star!

That is……

"Top-tier mutated crystal source?"

Xia Fa suddenly remembered that the "Beniel" he had transformed into during his time travel, at the moment before he returned, was likely the old president of the Animal Mutation Association, who had made a promise to him.

"This time, the SSS bounty mission doesn't require you to choose one of three. The six million gold coins, a top-tier mutated crystal source, and a top-tier mutated flesh ball are all yours!"

Xia Fa's spiritual intuition swept across the area, and after confirming that the gold coins and the top-tier mutated crystal source were indeed genuine, he was somewhat stunned.

"So, every time I travel back in time by exercising, whatever I obtain, I can bring it back directly?"

A full six million gold coins, though made of ordinary gold, would be a huge fortune in any place where ordinary people live.

Of course, he wouldn't need them himself. As the head of the Gilgamesh family and a god, he was already rich. What he lacked were all sorts of rare treasures that money couldn't buy, such as sacred metals, ancient fruits, ancient treasures, and so on...

However, this top-tier mutated crystal source...

"Hmm, shall we eat it together?"