As Ye Yang left.
Ato's torment finally ended. His limbs went limp, and he collapsed in the field.
He looked as though he'd been drained of all strength.
His lifeless eyes stared up at the sky.
"My heart... feels so empty."
Somewhere high above Earth.
Inside the command room of the invisible Demon One Battleship.
A group of Demon communication soldiers had witnessed the entire humiliating defeat of Sword Demon Ato.
As they reeled in shock,
one of the soldiers hurriedly reported the news to their Queen, Morgana.
Morgana was wearing a tight black qipao.
She had removed her heavy makeup, and her long black hair fell over her shoulders, resting against her ample chest.
Her pale, long legs were crossed as she sat on the sofa.
In front of her,
a Black man in a suit was working at his desk.
"You're the ruler of this world?"
"I'd like to spend the whole night talking with you about your understanding of divine authority."
Morgana spoke in a sultry voice, her gaze smoldering.
The Black president, who had been working, heard her voice.
Only then did he realize someone else was in the office.
He immediately put down his pen and looked at her.
"How did you get in here? Do you have an appointment?"
"Sorry, I'm loyal to my family. Is there anything else you need?"
"Then you can bring your family along, and we'll talk all night."
Morgana replied calmly, as if she were the one in charge.
"You! Please leave."
The Black president was furious.
Morgana hadn't expected him to react so strongly, either.
She was a little stunned.
Suddenly,
Morgana received a transmission from Demon One in her mind:
"Queen, Sergeant Major Ato's heart was taken in Huang Village, Huaxia, by an unknown Super Soldier. Please go assist him as soon as possible."
"How is Ato?"
Morgana regained her composure almost instantly.
She asked in a low voice.
Ye Yang's appearance involuntarily surfaced in her mind.
She couldn't believe that a little place like Huang Village had a Super Soldier capable of defeating Sword Demon Ato, the strongest warrior under her command.
Super Seminary had done pretty well developing on Earth all these years.
"Reporting to the Queen, Sergeant Major Ato is still alive. That man took Sergeant Major Ato's Demon Heart back to Huang Village. He also... told you and Sergeant Major Ato to go surrender to the local police."
"Fuck! How dare he!"
In the Black president's office, Morgana sprang up from the sofa and cursed.
The president's pen rolled off the desk in fright.
As the Black president watched,
Morgana walked straight into a Micro Wormhole and disappeared.
The sight of a grown person suddenly vanishing
shook the president's entire worldview.
He immediately pressed the emergency button under his desk and shouted:
"Get the Avengers stationed here, now!!!"
"Aliens are invading!!!"
Huaxia, the outskirts of Tianhe City, a farm field.
Morgana stepped out of a Micro Wormhole.
As soon as she emerged, she stepped into a muddy puddle.
The heavy, earthy stench made her very uncomfortable. She hurriedly floated into the air and kicked off her high heels, leaving her pink-white bare feet exposed.
"Damn, what kind of place is this?"
"Ato, if you're not dead, get up."
Morgana looked down at Ato, who lay on his back in the mud.
His blank eyes stared at the sky, and he looked like an old man on the verge of death.
"Sorry, Queen. My heart was taken. I can't move around," Ato said in a low voice.
Morgana glanced at the empty space in his chest.
She seemed to be calculating something in secret.
Her face darkened with anger.
"I don't know what kind of technology he used, but you won't die. Go back to Demon One and stay there for now. The Queen will get your heart back for you."
At her words,
Ato stood up.
He tested his body and found that he really seemed to be fine.
Then he reported some details about Ye Yang to Morgana.
After he left,
Morgana turned her gaze toward Huang Village and muttered angrily:
"You brat. You dare mess with demons?"
Meanwhile,
since Huang Village was right next to Tianhe City,
a large force of urban special police and nearby military anti-terrorism units had arrived.
They had surrounded the entire village.
At that moment,
a black car was undergoing an inspection at a military checkpoint.
"What unit are you with? This area has been designated a military zone. Without orders from above, no one is allowed in."
A young soldier in camouflage, holding a submachine gun, stood beside the car window.
"We're from the National Security Bureau. This is Corporal Du Qiangwei. Here are our credentials."
The window rolled down.
A middle-aged man in a black suit came into view.
He handed two credentials to the soldier and waited while they were checked.
Once the checks were complete,
the car was allowed through and entered Huang Village.
In the passenger seat, Du Qiangwei, with her red hair, wore a cold expression.
She was like a wild rose on a mountaintop, radiating an icy air.
She held a tablet on her lap.
It displayed Ye Yang's personal information and footage of the battle in Huang Village, filmed by the villagers.
"Ye Yang just kicked an alien flying in the city. Then, back in his hometown of Huang Village, he fought another alien. The two incidents were only an hour apart. It looks like these aliens are trying to get revenge on him."
"We need to get him under our protection as soon as possible."
Du Qiangwei said.
"Compared with the other idiots who've activated Super Genes, Ye Yang's done much better. By the way, what does his file say about his personality?"
A Jie asked as he drove.
Qiangwei calmly summarized:
"He's a local of Tianhe City. When he was eight, his parents were working at a construction site nearby. Because of some unsafe practices there, they both died at work. His relatives live in other provinces, but he's barely in touch with them. In short, he's an orphan."
"With help from government policies and the people of Huang Village, he completed nine years of compulsory education. His grades were average, and he attended a vocational school for e-commerce. Then he spent the next six years looking for work and getting fired."
"All those companies gave him similar reviews: no sense of responsibility, no ambition, and a lazy attitude toward work. Overall, he's the laid-back type. If he joined us, just reshaping his personality would be a major undertaking."
At that moment,
at Yu Baosheng's house in Huang Village.
Inside the wooden-fenced courtyard,
a Major and a full squad of twelve special forces soldiers rushed in through the gate.
Ye Yang, wearing a white T-shirt,
stood with his back to them.
He held a huge, beating heart in one hand.
He stood in front of a farming couple whose faces were stricken with fear and whose tears had dried.
He said calmly:
"Baosheng's parents, Baosheng is gone.
Those two aliens used him as a host and assimilated him.
This is the heart of the big alien.
You could say it was part of Baosheng's body, too.
I took it back for you.
You can bury it."
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