Someone Arrives

China, South China Sea Fleet, Giant Gorge

"Black Great Wall" Top-Secret Project Command Headquarters.

After concluding the meeting with Uncle Huang, the central representative, and Di Leina, the Sunlight of the Liesun Star Main God, concerning the Taotie attack and the mysterious man incident, Du Kao did not immediately return to rest. Instead, he brought A Jie and Qiang Wei straight back to headquarters. He sensed the urgency of the situation and knew that time seemed to be running out.

The Super Soldier Company needed to be formed immediately and be capable of entering combat quickly, because alien civilizations like the Taotie would not give them much time to prepare. He wanted to know the exact circumstances of those children on Earth whose Super Genes had already been activated and who possessed the potential to become Earth's future guardians.

Standing before the monitors, A Jie gave Du Kao a detailed report through the surveillance feeds:

"Chief, look. Xiao Lun is still drinking beer and bragging;

Liu Chuang is still sitting in detention,

Zhao Xin is still wandering around outside, looking for chances to protect the weak,

Rui Mengmeng is still working as a waitress at a restaurant, trying to earn money for college,

Prince Cheng Yaowen is currently farming in the fields."

Qiang Wei looked at the monitors and suddenly said mockingly, "These people? What a bunch of misfits."

Du Kao looked at his daughter and replied irritably, "You're not much better yourself."

Du Kao knew that Qiang Wei looked down on these people, ever since she had seen Ge Xiaolun, that loser, at the police station. But Du Kao still patiently explained to her, hoping she would take them seriously. Earth currently needed the Super Soldier Company. It needed these warriors with Super Genes who could fight the Taotie.

"The universe has existed for 13.7 billion years. God River has long since spread a stellar network to protect every hard-won life...

And the most urgent matter now is to challenge death for life...

Perhaps they came too early, but all we can do is face them bravely. Everyone, go make your preparations."

Late at night, Qiang Wei rode her motorcycle alone through the fields, perhaps thinking, perhaps still lost in confusion.

Liu Chuang gazed through the small window of the detention center into the night, still pondering what had happened in his dream last night, seemingly beginning to understand something.

Zhao Xin leaned against the railing by the city river, feeling the night wind and saying nothing.

Rui Mengmeng was still working hard, wanting to learn computers and change her fate.

Ge Xiaolun sat on a bench on campus, drinking beer and staring up at the Starry Sky, muttering something under his breath...

None of them knew that everything in their futures had already veered from its original path. Fate had begun to turn.

The next day,

Giant Gorge City, in the hospital where Qi Lin had fallen unconscious after being shot.

Jiang Ming had long since awakened. He merely stared blankly at Qi Lin, who was still unconscious.

"I... wasn't I... shot?" Qi Lin suddenly woke up. She widened her eyes and looked at her raised hands, finding it unbelievable.

"You're awake, Qi Lin." Jiang Ming spoke to the still-dazed Qi Lin.

"Jiang Ming, why are you here... Where am I?... I clearly remember..." Qi Lin was full of confusion and questions.

"Lie back down first. Don't aggravate your wound. I'll explain it to you slowly!"

"Do you remember the attack on Fei Liu District Airport last night? You rushed over to provide support. When I arrived, you were lying there so quietly on the ground. It looked like something had pierced through your chest, and the ground was covered in blood."

"I rushed over, picked you up, and desperately called to you... called to you... but you just wouldn't respond. Do you know that? Your eyes were tightly shut, and you didn't move at all. I picked you up and kept shouting for a doctor. I shouted as I ran. In the end, the doctors who arrived took you here for emergency treatment."

"I thought you wouldn't wake up." Jiang Ming patiently described what had happened to Qi Lin, but he grew agitated as he spoke, and his voice began to tremble involuntarily. Whether his acting was simply too realistic, or feelings buried for years had erupted after the events of last night, no one knew. After all, Jiang Ming had personally checked Qi Lin and only left after discovering that vitality had returned to her body after she was shot.

"Click."

Just as Qi Lin was processing the enormous amount of information Jiang Ming had given her, the door was suddenly pushed open. Jiang Ming and Qi Lin both looked toward it as a woman with long flowing hair, dressed in a military uniform and wearing a military cap, walked in.

Jiang Ming recognized the woman as Yu Qin. She seemed to be a medic, responsible for healing and other things.

Yu Qin walked to the bedside, glanced at Jiang Ming first, then sat beside the bed and looked at Qi Lin. "We found that you had been shot through, leaving a huge hole... but... you were still struggling.

We thought you might be different from the others."

"Jiang Ming just told me some of it, but..." Qi Lin suddenly glanced at Jiang Ming, then turned back to Yu Qin.

Yu Qin understood that the relationship between the two was unusual. They were both police officers as well. If she wanted to persuade Qi Lin to join the Super God Academy, it seemed impossible to avoid Jiang Ming, so she turned back to Qi Lin and continued.

"You don't need to find it unbelievable. A laser did indeed pierce through your chest. The hole in your chest is proof, and everything you saw yesterday was real. After all, you saw the aliens, didn't you?"

"You are an inheritor of the Divine River Generation Super Gene. It's a little complicated to explain," Yu Qin said, seeing the confusion and doubt on Qi Lin and Jiang Ming's faces.

So she continued explaining:

"You... are not on our system's list. So, although you are not a descendant of the De Nuo civilization, you are still an inheritor of the God River Gene."

"Ah... ah?" Qi Lin was startled. So I've become a descendant of God River now? Aren't I a proper, patriotic Chinese citizen? Genetic grafting?

"You encountered alien warriors, and your body's capabilities are even better than theirs. So I think you should be interested in continuing to serve a higher-level security department." Yu Qin did not think much of Qi Lin's shock.

Qi Lin was not thinking about serving any higher-level department at the moment. She merely turned to Yu Qin and asked, "I'm more concerned about my colleagues..."

With regret in her voice, Yu Qin glanced at Jiang Ming. "Other than the man beside you, who arrived later, the rest have all died heroically..."

"Ah..."