Regarding Man Suling's last question, Chen Gu was also somewhat puzzled: Evil God?

He recalled carefully. Although he had been in a dazed state throughout the latter half of the process, he was certain that, let alone an Evil God, no being from the Endless Realm had appeared at all.

Chen Gu shook his head. "It shouldn't be possible; there were no signs of contamination or temptation."

Man Suling trusted him greatly and immediately let out a cheer.

Chen Jixian's eyelids drooped again. After a moment of silence, he said, "We can't let you out yet. We still need to perform a thorough check on you."

Chen Gu understood. "I get it." Then he reached out his hand. "But, could I get something to eat first? I'm so hungry."

He felt even hungrier than when he had been severely depleted of energy from the previous intense battles.

"No problem."

Chen Jixian had Gao Mengjiu and Man Suling stay behind with Chen Gu while he and Mei Lixue left first.

Upon exiting, Chen Jixian ordered, "Prepare a report. Explain this matter to Headquarters."

"Yes!" Without needing further directions from Chen Jixian, Mei Lixue would prepare a flawless report. What Headquarters would see was that the Wuzhaoyin City branch had dispatched two special operations teams—one overt and one covert—into the Underground World. The covert team ultimately succeeded in retrieving the remains.

However, an accident occurred during the handling of the remains: Chen Gu inadvertently came into contact with them and bizarrely absorbed them.

The four people on site, Chen Jixian among them, exhausted all their efforts to stop the absorption. Chen Gu also resisted with all his might, but in the end, they were powerless to prevent it.

In this operation, they had wiped out a gang, killed two Professionals from the "Wuyue Association," and slain an Angel Envoy from the True Knowledge Sin, achieving a significant victory.

Although the remains were absorbed, it was an accident, not a deliberate mistake; at the very least, it could be considered a balance of merits and demerits.

As for beings from the Underground World like Juglans and the Night Demon King, they didn't even bother to count them as part of their victory; such was the current state of the Underground World.

As to why the covert team didn't use members from the Special Operations Team, but instead paired Gao Mengjiu and Man Suling with Chen Gu, Mei Lixue could provide ample reasons. First, of course, was for misdirection; the special agents might be under surveillance, so most of them were resting. Gao Mengjiu and Man Suling were new recruits and needed an experienced team member to guide them and prevent any "accidents." Therefore, this pairing was the optimal choice after careful consideration.

The second reason was that the covert team needed Man Suling's "Mountain Wolf Man" abilities to track the target, an advantage other special agents did not possess.

Mei Lixue, having navigated the Bureau of Mystic Security for decades, was intimately familiar with all sorts of official and unofficial protocols and knew exactly how to make a report flawless.

For instance, regarding Gao Mengjiu and Man Suling's defection, some details could be mentioned, while others needed to be kept secret.

Once the report was complete, it would still need to be discussed in detail with Chen Gu and the other two. The matter of the remains was of great importance, and Headquarters wouldn't be satisfied with just a report—they would definitely send someone to investigate.

In short, it was about getting their stories straight ahead of time.

Not long after Chen Jixian and Mei Lixue had left, a large amount of nutritious food was sent down. Chen Gu sat cross-legged inside the energy cage and began to eat heartily.

Man Suling watched from outside, her mouth watering, but she could only repeatedly suppress her instincts, constantly reminding herself, I can't snatch the Prince's food—that would be very unladylike...

Gao Mengjiu noticed that Chen Gu seemed to be alright and let out a long sigh of relief. "If anything had really happened to you, I would live in guilt for the rest of my life."

Chen Gu was indifferent. "Guilty my ass. Why think so much? It was my own choice. If I had died, it would only be because I was being foolish, trying to play the hero. You just live your life well, be her Music Godfather. My Qing Yu still needs your help for her debut."

Speaking of this, Gao Mengjiu perked up. "I've just written two songs recently. One was intended for Man Suling from the start. For the other... a few female singers' agents have contacted me. The price they offered was good, but I don't like those people. I might as well give it to our granddaughter—that makes three or four songs for her. We might as well compile an album and go big..."

Chen Gu knew he was trying to "compensate" him. Gao Mengjiu's songs were of varying quality, and this particular one, which several female singers were bidding for, must be a hit.

Chen Gu wouldn't stand on ceremony with his best friend; that would only create awkwardness.

"Sure," Chen Gu quickly agreed. "I don't know anything about these things anyway, so I'll leave it all to you."

Gascolin had been sitting quietly in his office for nearly two hours.

He, Mei Lixue, and Marcel were all Chiefs, with offices on the second floor of the branch's main hall. Through the glass windows, he could see the entire hall.

Suddenly, Bureau Chief Chen Jixian and Mei Lixue returned to the main hall from the basement via the elevator, then hurriedly transferred to the elevator leading to the top floor, where the Bureau Chief's office was located.

A trace of contempt and mockery flickered across Gascolin's face, growing more intense by the moment. He couldn't help but mutter to himself, "Incompetent fools..."

Two hours ago, a series of intermittent images had suddenly appeared before him.

In the images, the three individuals he had been covertly monitoring—Gao Mengjiu, Man Suling, and Chen Gu—were either falling into traps, getting injured and sent flying, or engaged in battle.

Chen Gu was the one fighting, but the intermittent images startled Gascolin, for the combat skills Chen Gu employed belonged to a "Quantum Wizard"!

Yet everyone in the branch knew that Chen Gu was a "Radiation Missionary"!

Whether Chen Gu was hiding the truth or possessed a "Quantum Wizard" artifact, it's all highly suspicious! How could a junior special agent like him possess such a powerful artifact?

He knew as soon as he saw these images that Juglans, the operative he had dispatched, was already dead. In his final moments, Juglans had pushed his limits, using his "Telecommunications Operator" ability to send some of the images he saw directly to Gascolin's retina.

However, due to the great distance, the images were somewhat blurry and fragmented.

Even so, it was enough. Juglans had achieved his goal: to alert Gascolin to the suspicious points about Chen Gu!

To be frank, for someone like Juglans, his death was insignificant to Gascolin; it merely meant one less card in his hand for the future.

But Gascolin was a veteran agent and couldn't fully trust even Juglans.

That guy was a "Telecommunications Operator," after all. Could those transmitted images be a deception?

A dying man's words are said to be true, but Juglans came from the Underground World—a place inhabited by demons, not men.

Gascolin conducted his own analysis and concluded that even with some knowledge of Chen Gu's "little secrets," he could do nothing for now but continue to monitor him covertly.

Because if such matters were raised, no one would believe them...

Besides, both the Branch Chief and Mei Lixue were protecting that kid.

"But..." He chuckled, a sinister and triumphant sound. "You don't know that, in my eyes, you're already riddled with flaws!"

He immediately approved a special budget for purchasing equipment and hiring more experienced personnel to intensify the surveillance on these three individuals.

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