Activate Twin Birth Power!

"Boss, where did you get these glasses?"

Xue Jing adjusted GOD-1280 on the bridge of his nose and glanced at the panel.

Held Divinity: 201

"I borrowed them from another containment company," Wu Youqing said, crossing her arms.

Xue Jing paused.

"There are other containment companies?"

Wu Youqing gave him a strange look. "Did I ever say there weren't?"

Xue Jing shook his head. "That's not what I meant... I just thought our company seemed pretty mysterious and high-end. I figured there was only one in the whole country."

"You misunderstood. The God Relic Containment Company is somewhat special, but it's not exactly high-end. If I had to describe it... we're basically no different from street cleaners sweeping the roads."

Wu Youqing swayed her smooth High Ponytail, her faintly violet pupils as gorgeous as amethysts.

"You know this too. All God Relics possess the ability to randomly relocate... That means no matter how good our measures are, we can never contain them completely. We can only keep carrying out containment work without interruption, in an endless cycle."

"There are thousands of known God Relics in the world alone. Think about it carefully—thousands of God Relics could appear anywhere at any time. The workload is enormous. One containment company can't handle it all."

After thinking for a moment, Xue Jing asked:

"Since they'll just relocate after being contained, can't we just give up and ignore them?"

Wu Youqing rejected the idea. "No. Every God Relic possesses an utterly unreasonable ability. They're far too dangerous. If we did that, the whole world would descend into chaos soon enough. Even if containment work is like drawing water with a bamboo basket, we still have to keep doing it. We can't stop."

"I see."

Xue Jing thought for a moment, then asked, "Are we cooperative with the other containment companies?"

"Not necessarily. It depends on the situation."

"Containment work is essentially outsourced to us by the authorities. They allocate funds every year based on each containment company's performance, and some companies resort to cutthroat competition to make money."

"If you encounter people from other companies during containment operations, be careful."

Xue Jing nodded to show he understood.

"And if anything seems wrong, if you run into danger you can't handle, retreat immediately. Safety comes first," Wu Youqing reminded him.

"Got it," Xue Jing answered, then suddenly said:

"By the way, big sis, I want to test the effect."

Wu Youqing blinked. "What effect?"

Before she finished speaking, she saw Xue Jing remove the Ordinary Glasses.

Like an ordinary stone lying anywhere by the roadside, suddenly shaking off its dust and blooming with blazing, dazzling radiance.

At that moment, Xue Jing entered the Innate Soft Rice Holy Body state once more.

"..."

Wu Youqing said nothing. She merely shifted her gaze away so she would not look at him, a barely noticeable flush appearing on her cheeks.

Seeing the notification on the panel—someone had developed a favorable impression of you, Charm Technique experience +19—Xue Jing smiled silently.

It seemed the effect was excellent.

Holding a stack of information on the Villainess's Crown wearer, Xue Jing left the library, planning to go home first and make some preparations.

Wearing rimless glasses, he boarded a bus and looked through the documents in his hands.

'The name is... Lou Huiying.'

'Her usual area of activity is basically the South District...'

'Bars, clubs, host clubs, KTVs... What a textbook mob boss lady's territory.' Xue Jing silently mocked.

The documents showed that Lou Huiying had already used the Villainess's Crown's physical enhancement to carve out her own turf and establish a small gang called the Rose Gang.

Every day, she tyrannized the locals and had her fill of handsome young men.

The malice unleashed by the Villainess's Crown was completely undisguised, already drawing the dissatisfaction of nearby gangs.

But because the personal combat strength she displayed was simply too powerful, no one could do anything to her for the time being.

Xue Jing looked again at GOD-1105's information.

"Villainess's Crown... In theory, the stronger the wearer's malice, the greater the enhancement to their physical abilities... The upper limit is currently unknown. The highest recorded case was an internationally wanted female criminal who, with the Villainess's Crown's enhancement, received a danger rating of 4.2..."

"But as long as it is removed, the wearer's physical abilities will gradually return to normal..."

"I see..."

Xue Jing studied the documents and silently considered his options.

Before he knew it, the bus stopped. After getting off, Xue Jing walked home.

The moment he entered, Xue Jing casually called out, "Wan Teacher?"

There was no response.

He searched all around the house but could not find Maomao.

"Out again?"

Xue Jing asked in confusion.

Lately, Maomao seemed to be leaving the house all the time. He had no idea what she was doing.

He did not dwell on it. He entered the "gym" and opened the panel.

Divinity extraction complete

Held Divinity: 311

"Hm?" Xue Jing raised an eyebrow.

Compared to the nearly five hundred points of Divinity provided by GOD-1391 Cat Tail Ring and GOD-1567 Sweet Water Kettle, the Ordinary Glasses had only provided a little over three hundred.

"Looks like the amount of Divinity each God Relic can provide varies quite a lot."

After remarking on it, Xue Jing switched the panel to the Divinity Skill page and selected Twin Life.

Twin Life Lv.1 (Divinity required for upgrade: 311/100, upgrade available)

Xue Jing tapped upgrade.

Twin Life Lv.2 (Divinity required for upgrade: 211/300)

Passive: Possess two lives. After death, freely choose the time of resurrection within seven days. Cooldown: eighty days.

Active: For every Lv.1, designate one physical ability related to your body. When used, it produces double the effect.

Currently activated: Movement Speed

Currently selectable: Physical Strength, Physical Defense, Reaction Speed, Calculation Ability, Concentration, Memory...

"The passive cooldown decreased by ten days... If every Lv.1 reduces it by ten days... then wouldn't Lv.10 mean Infinite Resurrection?"

Xue Jing looked at the updated passive effect, somewhat pleasantly surprised.

That was one hell of an increase for a single level!

He then looked at the active effect, his gaze turning thoughtful.

"Hmm... Physical Strength, then."

Xue Jing made his decision.

This choice should provide the greatest increase to his current combat ability. Whether in close combat or using stones to probe the way ahead, it would offer a huge boost.

He was about to deal with a Villainess's Crown wearer with powerful physical abilities. Choosing Physical Strength had to be the right call.

Xue Jing pressed Physical Strength on the panel.

Currently activated: Physical Strength, Movement Speed

After completing the activation, Xue Jing forcibly suppressed the urge to test it on the spot and stepped out of the house.

On the small garden track where he often ran, Xue Jing picked up a thumb-sized pebble from the ground.

He then looked around and set his sights on a camphor tree twenty meters away.

He raised the arm holding the pebble, circulated the Breathing Method, and let force surge into it. Xue Jing narrowed his eyes.

Twin Birth Power, activate!

Whoosh!!

The pebble shot through the air like a cannonball. The friction made the air wail as it flew straight toward the camphor tree.

Bang!!

The explosive sound startled the nearby pedestrians. A young man standing close by was so frightened that he fell to the ground.

"Did someone fire a gun?" he said as he got to his feet, still shaken.

The surrounding people also came over curiously to see what had happened.

"Whoa, is this some kind of stunt?"

"Could that be a meteorite?"

"No, it looks like... a pebble?"

"How did they do that? Was it fired from a sniper rifle?"

On the camphor tree, which was over fifty centimeters in diameter, a ring of bark had exploded outward in a radial pattern, exposing the white heartwood beneath.

At its center was a pebble split into several pieces, deeply embedded in the trunk.

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