Demon Warrior

"Lianfeng..." Si Yao murmured the name, his fingers unconsciously tapping against the armrest of the sofa.

Most of the information on Deno Three was practically transparent to him. However, its core sections—especially the detailed technology behind the Three Great God-Making Projects, such as the Core Algorithm of the Nuoxing War God's "God-Slaying Power," the principles behind Galaxy Power's "Anti-Void," and the "Stellar Drive" technology of Light of the Sun—were encrypted layer upon layer. They might even have been physically isolated. Not even Morgana could break through those defenses, let alone him with his current abilities.

The construction of the "Blood Spear," especially its most crucial ability, "Law-level Gene Collapse," happened to require an in-depth understanding of "God-Slaying Power," a fundamental algorithm capable of breaking through god-body defenses.

He already understood the basic principles behind God-Slaying Armor-Piercing Bullets, but that was only the surface.

To truly break through the defenses of a Third Generation God Body that even nuclear weapons would struggle to damage, he needed a more powerful and fundamental God-Slaying Algorithm.

The true core of a God-Slaying Weapon lay in research on Anti-Dark Matter. By triggering an Anti-Dark Singularity effect, it produced destructive power surpassing nuclear fusion, accompanied by energy devouring and lethal Delta Radiation. All of this exceeded the defensive limits of ordinary Super Genes.

He knew these principles, but not how to implement them—the specific energy structures, Singularity Stabilization Technology, Radiation Directional Release... These were all core secrets of the Deno Civilization and Super Seminary. He had no way of learning them.

And Lianfeng, Dukao's right-hand woman and the Deno Civilization's top technical officer, inevitably had knowledge far deeper than what was stored in the Database—or rather, her permissions granted her access to it. In particular, she surely knew the principles behind the God-Slaying Algorithm.

Should he force his way in and demand answers? That would be the most foolish course of action. It would immediately make him the target of everyone's hostility, running counter to his current strategy of "maintaining an air of mystery while cooperating within limits."

He needed a more ingenious approach.

With that thought, Si Yao rose from the sofa.

If he stayed in the villa all the time, opportunities would not come knocking on their own.

He needed to step outside and create a "natural" opportunity for contact.

At present, the only people from Super Seminary who had both reason and the courage to approach him were Qiangwei and Lianfeng.

Qiangwei was relatively straightforward, mostly carrying out orders with a touch of personal concern.

Lianfeng, on the other hand, was purely a technical specialist. At least on the surface, she had not displayed any strong political leanings, making her the more ideal person for a Technical Exchange.

If he simply wandered around outside without purpose, Super Seminary would most likely keep watching him instead of approaching him rashly.

He needed an opportunity—a reason that would let the other side appear and approach him "naturally."

For example... he could go and contact a Potential Super Soldier who possessed a Super Gene but had not yet activated it.

Such an action would undoubtedly touch Super Seminary's most sensitive nerves and force them to send someone to investigate his intentions.

With that thought, Si Yao once again sank his consciousness into the network. He easily bypassed Deno Three's Firewall and infiltrated Super Seminary's Internal Monitoring and Personnel Archive System.

His gaze rapidly swept across the list of "seedlings" whose Super Genes had either not yet been activated or had only just been activated.

Soon, one name and its corresponding information caught his attention.

Su Xiao Li.

She possessed a peculiar Primal Gene related to Mental Charm. Her potential rating was quite high, but because of her complicated family background and upbringing, her personality was difficult to predict. She had not yet officially been assigned to Xiong Bing Lian and was currently in the observation and preliminary-contact stage.

"Mental Charm... an interesting genetic trait."

An ability oriented toward the mental realm might resonate with his [Kongshi Realm Divine Power] to some degree, making her a worthwhile research subject.

Besides, contacting such a "marginal figure" would seem more natural and be less likely to provoke an excessive reaction from Super Seminary than directly seeking out someone under close protection, such as Ge Xiaolun.

An Ancient Old God becoming curious about a special, not-yet-fully-developed Primal Gene and wanting to observe it up close... That sounded like a perfectly reasonable excuse, didn't it?

Having chosen his target, Si Yao no longer hesitated.

He straightened his clothes, glanced at Suo Dun, who was still wrestling with his food in the Backyard, told him to "guard the house," and left the villa.

Juxia City, in a somewhat run-down residential district.

Compared with Si Yao's Luxury Villa in the outskirts, the buildings here were full of the warmth of everyday life, though they could not hide the marks of time. Following the address he had obtained from Deno Three, he easily found an apartment building with a mottled exterior.

Su Xiao Li lived here, in a cramped single room on the top floor.

Si Yao did not hurry upstairs. He stood across the street, his calm gaze sweeping over the tightly shut window.

Through his senses, he detected a faint yet unique Energy Fluctuation coming from that direction. It carried a natural, unrefined aura of allure, completely different from the Super Genes of the Shenhe System—more primitive, and more... wild.

Su Xiao Li.

Her file in Super Seminary's records was rather unusual.

She did not belong to the orthodox Shenhe-system Super Soldiers. The source of her genes could be traced back to a civilization that had long since vanished into the river of history: the Fairy Civilization.

According to scattered records, a Scholar from Super Seminary had accidentally obtained the Fairy Civilization Gene a thousand years ago. He then fused it with part of the Shenhe Gene, attempting to create a new type of Super Soldier with powerful Mental Charm abilities.

Su Xiao Li was a descendant of this experimental Gene Chain.

However, that was also where the problem lay.

The underlying genetic logic of the Fairy Civilization differed fundamentally from that of mainstream Shenhe Lifeforms. Its thought patterns leaned more toward those of the ancient Beast Civilization, following behavioral principles based on instinct, desire, and a unique philosophy of survival.

This code, deeply embedded in the Gene Bottom Layer, made their values and moral judgments incompatible with mainstream society, which had been deeply influenced by the Shenhe Civilization. They could even appear shocking and outrageous.

The brief description of Su Xiao Li's family history in the file made even Si Yao feel somewhat... peculiar.

Her ancestors had all been professional mistresses for generations. Stranger still, only girls had ever been born into the family.

This seemingly absurd phenomenon was actually caused by that unique Fairy Gene. It drove its host to seek out powerful, exceptional genes for mating and to perpetuate itself in an almost instinctive manner. The moral standards of mainstream society regarding marriage were simply outside its considerations.

One could imagine what kind of life a family with such genes must have led over the past thousand years—especially during the feudal eras, when ritual and propriety had been so strict. They would have been ostracized, despised, and forced to struggle on the fringes of society.

By Shenhe moral standards, their behavior was deviant and rebellious.

But within their own genetic logic, it might have been nothing more than the most natural strategy for survival and reproduction.

Just as beasts could never understand the human institution of marriage.

At the same time, this Super Gene had a great deal to do with Fighting Buddha Sun Wukong. Both were Super Soldiers created by fusing a Shenhe Body with a beast body. However, Sun Wukong had combined the powerful combat ability of a beast body with the intelligence of a Shenhe Body, becoming a "perfect Shenhe Beast Body"—a battle myth with almost no weaknesses.

Su Xiao Li's Super Gene, on the other hand, had been created by imitating the Super Gene of Fighting Buddha—a... "test subject" forcibly grafted together from the logic of two different civilizations.

One was a carefully refined, nearly perfect "work of art."

The other was a "failure" riddled with flaws, struggling desperately to survive...

Si Yao did not remain downstairs for long.

He went straight up the stairs and arrived outside the top-floor single room where Su Xiao Li lived.

Through the door, he could sense the unique Life Magnetic Field inside even more clearly. It was like a silent, seductive melody, plucking at the heartstrings of anyone who perceived it.

Faint music and a girl's coquettish humming drifted from inside.

Si Yao raised his hand and knocked on the door.

The music inside stopped abruptly, and the humming turned into a startled intake of breath.

A few seconds later, the door opened a crack. One large eye, framed by exquisitely drawn eyeliner and filled with wariness and confusion, peered through the gap.

Su Xiao Li stood behind the door in somewhat revealing livestream clothes, traces of her performance still lingering on her face.

When she saw Si Yao standing outside, she clearly froze.

Si Yao's appearance was far too striking: silver hair, blue eyes, and a cold, austere air utterly unlike the viewers she usually interacted with.

But then, her wariness overpowered her amazement.

She instinctively narrowed the gap in the door a little more and asked guardedly, "Who are you? What do you want?"

Countless thoughts flashed through her mind: the property manager? Someone checking the water meter? Or... the police?

Her livestreams were a little risqué. Had someone reported her?

That couldn't be, right?!