Joseph heaved a sigh of relief. "You scared me to death."
Chen Gu said weakly, "Get me... something to eat..."
Joseph was astonished. Where am I supposed to find you something to eat at a time and in a situation ?
Chen Gu directed him, "Go, go... check at the Silver Eagle..."
After this, I must learn from Charles and prepare some expensive but effective emergency supplies on my person.
Joseph quickly went and indeed found a bunch of small items. Chen Gu spotted a red and blue capsule among them and said with sudden relief, "Odorol Supplement! Quick, give it to me..."
It was a very famous stamina recovery medicine. After Chen Gu took it, his body was quickly replenished, and he finally felt a bit better, no longer feeling as weak as if on the verge of death.
He gasped a few times and said to Joseph, "Go outside and meet the Action Team. Tell them to prepare medical equipment immediately."
"Okay," Joseph agreed and quickly ran out.
The Action Team had already arrived tens of meters away. They were divided into two groups: one carefully searching through the collapsed building, and the other heading straight for Joseph.
Joseph waved his arms and yelled a few times. Before the Action Team could respond, a sudden change occurred!
A thick black claw shot out from the ruins of the building with a BANG, grabbing three members of the Action Team. It squeezed hard, and amidst screams of agony, the three Action Team members were turned into mush!
Joseph was stupefied. "That thing... it’s not dead?"
The Action Team was thrown into disarray. Members quickly retreated, and the ruins of the building heaved as thick black arms emerged, wildly waving in the rubble like apocalyptic giant pythons!
The Action Team members opened fire, barrages of ammunition striking the monster, but it was too massive; these wounds were nothing to it.
Then the ground cracked open with loud BANGS. Sharp black claws, much finer than the giant ones but as quick as lightning, shot out from under the feet of the Action Team members who had stopped to shoot. The claws pierced their bodies, hoisting them into the sky and shaking them madly, as if the creature was enjoying this act.
"Retreat, retreat, retreat!"
The team leader yelled fiercely, "We need support! Damn it, only Special Services can deal with this thing! Or give me a Close Range Attack Ship, and I’ll blast this bastard to pieces with one shot!"
Joseph was also stunned, the arm he had been waving at the Action Team frozen in midair.
He turned and shouted, "Brother Chen, Brother Chen, that demonic thing isn’t dead! It’s still alive..."
In the sky, a figure traced a beautiful, rainbow-like arc, landing with a THUD in front of the monster. This quickly drew attacks from numerous black claws, but he dodged nimbly, his hands continuously sending out football-sized orbs of light toward the monster.
After him, four more people arrived; the second Special Services team was here to provide support.
After taking the Odorol Supplement, as his condition improved, Chen Gu’s consciousness suddenly plunged into darkness.
He wasn’t fainting; rather, he found himself in front of that book, "The Past of Four Hundred People."
The pages flipped. The title page still bore the phrase: ’The end of science.’
On the first page was Milna Katerina; on the second was Griffin Wester.
Previously, when Chen Gu had tried to turn to the third page, this mysterious space had indicated "Insufficient Energy Level." After Chen Gu had acquired his profession, he tried again but was still unable to turn to the third page. The mysterious space now indicated "Insufficient experience."
He hadn’t understood what "Insufficient experience" meant at the time. But now, as his mind willed it, Griffin Wester’s page turned, revealing the third page. After such a fierce battle and the continuous use of his skills, his experience was finally sufficient.
This was a handsome, "uncle-style" older man, dressed in an exquisitely tailored three-piece suit with a gold pocket watch chain hanging from a button on his vest.
The wrinkles on his face were just right, not too many and not too few. They didn’t make him look old. Instead, they accentuated the look of someone who had weathered many storms over the years.
His eyes were deep, and he had a head of salt-and-pepper hair, combed without a strand out of place. His beard was trimmed with equal neatness.
One of his hands held a thick hardcover book in front of him, while the other rested on a cane.
His presence exuded a charm born from years of experience and wisdom.
Like the previous two pages, alongside the portrait, in the blank spaces of the paper, there were lines of text providing explanations.
On the left side was:
Name: Derek Kun Shen Ken
Profession: Quantum Wizard
Origin: Great Cross Star Alliance
Abilities: Entanglement Control
Quantum Teleportation
Matter-Energy Conversion
On the right side was:
In the history of the Great Cross Star Alliance, Derek Kun Shen Ken wasn’t the most famous Quantum Wizard, but he was undoubtedly one of the greatest contributors. He made a significant contribution to the establishment of the Quantum Wizard professional system!
His academic research was marked by an obsessive-compulsive persistence. This dedication allowed him to reach the Fifth Energy Level of his profession.
He was an excellent scientist and a powerful warrior, yet he never rested on his laurels. After participating in battles that could alter the fate of the Star Sea, he would leave the honors to others and silently return to his lab.
His love life was full of hardship, leading to his somewhat reclusive personality. Despite his charm, he ended his days in loneliness, passing away in solitude.
He was the pride of the Great Cross Star Alliance and held an important historical position in the Alliance’s history. It was only because of his personality that he wasn’t well-regarded by the younger generation. Those who had received his guidance later described him as: harsh, narrow-minded, arrogant, authoritarian...
Chen Gu suddenly remembered that the chief of Zhaojieze City’s branch was a Quantum Wizard with very powerful abilities but old-fashioned combat methods.
At the time, Chen Gu had coveted his array of skills. To think that in his copy of "The Past of Four Hundred People," the third page would be that of a Quantum Wizard!
Subconsciously, he allowed Derek Kun Shen Ken’s memories to merge with his own. Suddenly, a vast and ancient trove of memories flowed into him, filling his brain with knowledge about quantum mechanics. His ideas for using the Quantum Wizard’s skills multiplied, becoming far more flexible and sophisticated than those of the branch chief.
However, when Chen Gu opened his eyes and saw the chaos around him, an uncontrollable urge to organize surged within him!
"What is all this mess?"
"Everything in the universe should be orderly, placed and operating according to its own rules!"
"Chaos is the original sin of everything!"
"The highest aesthetic standard is: central symmetry."