The Federation.
The capital's outskirts.
Vegetable Garden.
A military Flying Shuttle dropped Ye Feili off here, then flew away.
Ye Feili looked around. All he could see were machine-grown vegetables, with no sign of anyone as far as the eye could reach.
He shrugged and picked up his communicator.
"Hey, Goddess of Justice, I have a question."
"Go ahead." The Goddess of Justice's distinctive voice rang out.
"I've already mutated... Aren't you afraid of me? Why are you still helping me? And why did you dump me in this godforsaken place?" Ye Feili asked, full of confusion.
The Goddess of Justice said, "Your mind still belongs to you. This is an extremely advanced form of evolution, so we protected you. As for why we brought you here, it's because—"
Before she could finish, a black dot suddenly appeared in the sky.
The dot hurtled closer and closer, then plunged down from the sky and landed with a crash in front of Ye Feili.
A five-meter-tall Mobile Armor!
Two Man-eating Ghosts in a state of madness were locked tightly in the armor's long arms.
"Ye Feili, you need to kill them," the Goddess of Justice said.
"Why?" Ye Feili asked.
"Lord Gu Qingshan said you need to 'level up.'" The Goddess of Justice put heavy emphasis on those two words.
A trace of blood flashed in Ye Feili's eyes.
His arm transformed into a slender Bone Blade. With a light slash, he cut the two Man-eating Ghosts into several pieces.
"Mm-mm-mm-mm—"
Ye Feili suddenly let out a low groan, and a swirling red glow rose around him.
His aura seemed to grow stronger.
"Good. Let's continue."
The Goddess of Justice's voice came from the communicator.
The Mobile Armor quickly flew away. Right after, two more Mobile Armors flew over and landed