I'd already become a god, and only now you're telling me there are monsters in the world?

"In the past, after a Transcendent awakened, evolving from scratch into an advanced creature took about three years on average."

"Now, I think one year might be enough."

"And as the Spiritual Energy Revival intensifies, evolving will only get easier."

"I reckon that in just a few years, advanced creatures will be everywhere on Earth."

Zhao Chuan's remarks stirred a faint excitement in everyone present.

The transcendent golden age had arrived.

As pioneers of transcendence, they were destined to stay ahead at every turn once they had taken the lead.

The future looked promising.

"All right, that concludes our three-day mission debrief. You have the next three days off. You can stay at Headquarters to train or go home to see your families. It's your choice."

With that, Zhao Chuan turned and left the Training Ground.

Wu Jiahao looked at the other three. "Are you staying at Headquarters or going home?"

Gu Qing said calmly, "Going home."

Xia Shuran said, "Me too."

Liu Yue said, "If you don't go home on your days off, isn't that the same as not having any?"

Wu Jiahao grinned, tugged at his black hood, and said in a deliberately deep voice, "Sorry, but 'days off' isn't in my vocabulary."

"For the next three days, I'll be staying at Headquarters alone for special training."

"And sooner or later, I'll leave you slackers far behind."

"..."

Liu Yue said, "Ha-ha."

Gu Qing merely smiled without speaking.

Wu Jiahao's words sounded ridiculously theatrical, even downright grandiose.

But to be fair, his dedication to training deserved recognition.

If he really could match his actions to his words and stay at Headquarters to train hard whenever he had time off, his future achievements would certainly be considerable.

After all, as the saying went, hard work paid off.

As long