This sympathy prompted him to covertly review all of Subject No. 241's data, intensifying this feeling he identified as "sympathy."

He had originally been male, but because his missions had continuously been unsuccessful, the three biological bodies he had previously used were all female.

He then previewed the biological bodies in the culture vessels; those suitable for No. 241 were still all female.

This "sympathy" had now evolved into "pity," but he truly had no way to circumvent those restrictions and disobey the elder's orders to arrange a male body for No. 241.

Soon, he selected a biological body and began the linkage, followed by memory data injection.

Visually, the data-being and the nearly perfect female body lying in the culture vessel slowly overlapped and merged.

The biological body suddenly opened its eyes as electricity crackled around it. The AI robots quickly recorded all data: Subject No. 241's new biological body, a Third Energy Level "Charge Dominator."

He then created a data link, importing all of No. 241's professional data into one of the base's most top-secret databases.

This database contained records of numerous data-beings and their reactions to repeated memory injections for different professions.

This was a grand experiment, hopefully one that would reveal a method to create multi-professional warriors at the memory level!

...

The next day, before preparing to return to Wuzhaoyin City, Chen Gu and the others learned about the previous night's turmoil. Everyone remained silent; they all knew the Wanfulu City branch was doomed.

The memory chaos of the "Dungeon Troll" might have been somewhat explainable, but Wu Minzhe's sudden death also made what happened to the "Dungeon Troll" highly suspicious.

Yet, all of this no longer had anything to do with Chen Gu and his team.

The branch chartered a small aircraft, and during the flight, Chen Gu began reviewing the gains from his trip to Wanfulu City.

First, in the fight against Professionals like Zuo Qianyun, he had gained nothing; worse, he had lost one "Demon Moon."

Charging it also costs money, and energy expenses are incredibly high in this era.

What remained was what he had obtained from Wu Minzhe—which had been his original goal.

At that time, in Wu Minzhe's safe, Chen Gu had found a pile of useless items. However, upon discovering the "Constein II," he had immediately become alert and led his people away.

Later, though, he had gone back once more. From the remaining two boxes, he had found some supermaterial, which he used to accelerate Wu Minzhe's recovery.

Within the last remaining box was an ancient hand crossbow.

Chen Gu toyed with the hand crossbow while flipping through Wu Minzhe's private notes, soon finding information about it within.

The notes read: "'The Creed of Justice' hand crossbow, a precious relic passed down from the Mother Planet's era! Legend has it that it was the personal weapon of a certain demon hunter in ancient times, having slain countless evil creatures, including demons, evil spirits, wraiths, and more. Arranged in a miniature magical array on its frame are sixty-seven ancient gemstones, which are the core of this relic's power. The method for its use has been lost, rendering it impossible to activate its hidden abilities. If you are fated with this relic, perhaps you could be the lucky one to make it shine brightly again! It is speculated that this relic could have a significant restraining effect on beings from the Endless Realm."

Typical exaggerated claims, entirely in Wu Minzhe's usual style, right down to several typos in the text... Chen Gu sneered. A precious relic passed down from the Mother Planet's era? This is clearly just an antique, and quite possibly a fake! In his opinion, Wu Minzhe only acquired this item for the sixty-seven colorful, ancient gemstones on its frame. They were exceptionally attractive, and even more enchanting when illuminated.

That swindler, Wu Minzhe, deserved to lose a fortune on this piece of junk, Chen Gu thought. And he actually expected something like this to have a powerful suppressive effect on beings from the Endless Realm? If that were true, wouldn't the strenuous efforts of powerful Professionals fighting those entities become a complete joke? They might as well just give up and die.

He carelessly tossed it into the bag beside him.

Among his recent gains, what Chen Gu most looked forward to was the metallic egg of an Energy Gathering Mechanical Species.

Although Joseph had already said that this thing would be useless even if it hatched, because Energy Gathering Mechanical Species couldn't be used in the colossal beast battle competitions.

But Chen Gu had previously struck it rich auctioning off a beast egg—maybe this time his luck would hold, and he'd hatch a special kind of Energy Gathering Mechanical Species!

So, he carefully packed the metallic egg into a triple-proofed case to ensure its safety.

Among the remaining items were some jewels, which he divided among Dora, Boluo, and Joseph.

These items were quite valuable, and since they had all come to help Chen Gu with a private job and had been seriously injured in the process, they deserved some compensation.

That broke bastard really cleaned me out, Chen Gu grumbled again as the aircraft began to descend; they were about to return to Wuzhaoyin City.

He said to Marcus, "Boss, when we get back, arrange for me to have a mental checkup."

Marcus was startled. "What's wrong? Do you feel like something's off?"

"No," Chen Gu waved his hand. "I'm ready for promotion. I just want to confirm my current state."

The others immediately felt a wave of unease. It's only been a few days since he was instated, and he's already up for promotion to the Second Energy Level?

Of course, everyone was happy for Chen Gu, but they couldn't help but feel a little disconcerted.

Marcus was stunned for a moment, then said with a wry smile, "I never thought you'd catch up so quickly." He clapped Chen Gu firmly on the back and praised, "Good lad! I knew from the start you were prime material for special ops!"

"When we get back, we'll both get checked. I... I'm due for promotion too."

After the aircraft landed, Marcus immediately took Chen Gu to submit the application. Chen Gu certainly had no issues with merit points; after all, he was the Fifth Special Ops Group's renowned "merit hound."

As for Marcus, that poor devil... he had also managed to save up some resources from recent missions—at least enough for this time.

Lying in the apparatus and following the instructions of the Internal Support Division's experts, they spent over two hours completing a highly complex set of mental assessment procedures.

Afterward, they were both told to wait on the seats outside the room.

About half an hour later, the Internal Support Division's experts emerged, wearing white lab coats and rather serious expressions.

Chen Gu instantly had a bad feeling; he probably wouldn't pass this time. All those frequent encounters with Mutants, repeatedly pushing past his limits when using skills, that time he nearly Fell, the very remains inside his body being suspected of communicating with an Evil God...

Sure enough, the experts merely gave Marcus a slight nod before turning to Chen Gu, their expressions grave. "You need to come with us," one of them said. "We found something during the assessment that we need to discuss with you."

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