They all call me an Outer God.

This may be the beginning of everything, the source of everything.

"2348... It has been more than three hundred years since I lived before. A lot has changed in these three hundred years. Humans have also discovered intelligent alien creatures."

It’s just that these alien creatures are different from ordinary animals and plants on Earth. No matter how you look at them, they look like those indescribable extraordinary creatures in Riya’s cognition.

They dare to bring anything back, and the consequences of bringing this thing back are far more serious than those invasive alien species.

However, looking at the astronauts' state, it is not difficult to guess why they did this.

Humans often feel complacent because they think they have discovered something among the stars, but they don't realize that they are being watched by millions of eyes and are being eaten away bit by bit by their own greed.

"Wait a minute. According to what Shab said before... the Great Old Ones should not exist at this point in time."

Riya withdrew her eyes from the screen and looked to the side, where there was a completely transparent jar containing specimens of alien creatures brought back from the news.

It just sleeps quietly in the solution, as peaceful as if it is having a sweet dream.

Riya took a step and tried to get closer to it. The next second, it suddenly opened its eyes, and black ink burst out from its shell, dyeing the entire jar black.

And Ria also saw his current appearance from the surface of the smooth black container. He still looked the same as he did in the dream last time, but this time he was able to touch real objects. It was obvious that he had arrived as a physical entity.

"But I need to be careful to use my supernatural powers with restraint. The people here cannot bear even a little bit of my pollution."

Riya carefully observed the container and saw through the turbid solution that the creatures inside were staring at her.

"It's not high-risk unless it's at Memetic Nine."

"It looks similar to a thousand-handed snail, with its eyes located on the top of the many tentacles extending from the inside, which it uses to observe the enemy... It has very good eyesight, and two hook-like tissues extend from the internal snail meat, which it uses for hunting."

And - the way it stared at him was wrong, as if it had known him for a long time, and at this moment, the excitement and crazy emotions it felt after seeing Leah were unable to vent.

Just when Leah was about to test the creature's abilities again, it suddenly extended its two hidden hooks and waved them on the surface of the container along with its tentacles, making a loud "clang clang" sound.

It was this sound that triggered the alarm in the laboratory. The entire laboratory was shrouded in scarlet and flashing lights. The footsteps approaching from afar reminded Ria that someone was about to find this place.

And if he can't explain it clearly at that time, it will be a trouble.

"Tsk."

Riya approached the door and pressed the button next to it, but the button did not respond and did not move no matter how hard he pressed it.

The button even made a “beep” sound when he stood in front of him—

"Age test successful: three hundred and forty-seven years old."

"?"

Riya was very confused, but before he could react, the door in front of him was opened from the outside, and a large group of scientists including Mu Wen appeared in Riya's sight.

They swarmed in and began to observe the snail whose internal solution was stained turbid by ink.

This is the tentative scientific name given by scientists to this alien snail. It currently has its own code: Ame-CO-50369, which means this is the 50369th snail discovered in the Americas.

At present, the Thousand-whiskered Snail is staying quietly inside the container, exactly the same as its previous sleeping state, with no sign of the ferocity it showed when facing Ria not long ago.

But the relevant scientific researchers frowned deeply. Mu Wen pursed his lips and stared at the container of the Thousand-whiskered Snail.

He didn't know if it was his illusion, but he seemed to see a fleeting shadow in the reflection from above, rushing out the door.

And why would the alarm sound, if it wasn’t for someone without a badge breaking in, that thing wouldn’t have moved at all.

It is even less likely that the alarm was triggered by the thousand-whiskered snail.

"Someone has been here."

Mu Wen looked at his companions: "Open the container, we have to check this thing."

"Now? Didn't you say before that this thing is likely to contain alien germs and radiation, and told us not to open it?"

"I know, but it has to be opened now."

Mu Wen's face turned cold: "I suspect it was replaced by someone."

Having said that, he smashed the jar containing the thousand-whiskered snails to the ground without waiting for anyone to react. With a loud bang, the thousand-whiskered snails inside bounced violently on the ground like a rubber toy.

Then, as if a switch had been triggered, a cheerful tune began to emanate from its body: "Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you~Happy birthday to you!"

People were stunned.

Now, everyone believed what Mu Wen said. Someone had sneaked into the laboratory, replaced the Thousand-whiskered Snails, and somehow managed to slip away.

Everyone hurriedly left the laboratory to inform the guards to search for that person. Mu Wen was the last one to leave. When he left, he pressed the disinfection and cleaning button on the wall. Suddenly, white harmless smoke covered the entire laboratory from all directions.

Just as Mu Wen was about to turn around, he suddenly caught a glimpse of some text information on the screen from a close distance.

"Age test successful: three hundred and forty-seven years old."

Professor Mu opened his eyes slightly. The Happy Birthday song that still refused to stop made him more and more irritated, as if something was about to burst out of his mind.

For some unknown reason, Mu Wen shouted in the direction of the Thousand Whiskered Snail: "Can't you change the song?!"

The Happy Birthday song stopped abruptly, and then the voices started again, but the lyrics had changed drastically: "I wish you an unlucky birthday, I wish your cake is moldy, I wish you lose arms and legs, I wish you become more and more useless as you grow older..."

"Happy birthday to you, nobody likes you, you look like an animal, go back to the zoo."

"..."

"no quality."

Mu Wen was so angry that he left. He had heard that there was a kind of lotus-shaped birthday candle in history, which could ring for at least a year as long as it was lit.

Although this statement may be exaggerated, Mu Wen doesn't want to listen to a toy that makes noise for a year singing bad luck birthday songs to him for a year.

At that moment, Mu Wen labeled the thieves who dared to go to the research institute to steal alien biological samples as people with no quality, bad character, disregard for rules, and having ideological and moral problems.

He once studied psychology and worked as a psychology lecturer for a period of time, so he was naturally good at reasoning about how people with this kind of personality would react next.

"I know where you ran to."

Mu Wen sneered and turned to leave, and the door gradually closed behind him.

However, just as the two doors made of special metal were about to be completely closed, Mu Wen suddenly raised his hand, and with a "dong" sound, he placed his right hand across the middle of the door.

"Woo——" At that moment, the human body sensing device sensed his body temperature and opened the door again, and Mu Wen also raised the corner of his mouth at this time.

He walked back into the laboratory, and through layers of misty white fog he looked at a figure half-leaning on the laboratory table with a playful look in his eyes.

You—found—me—

The young man mouthed these words to the person who successfully discovered him, and there was no fear in Mu Wen's eyes, as if the living person who appeared out of nowhere was not scary at all to him.

"Professor Mu, nice to meet you... I'm curious how you found me? And why didn't you tell other scientists?"

Riya applauded softly, and Mu Wen blocked the door, as if afraid that the other party would run away again.

"Would you believe me if I said I didn't have a good relationship with them?"

"what do you think?"

"Okay, okay, you're more difficult than I thought."

Mu Wen walked into the white mist and stared at Liya's face.

"Sir, you are over 300 years old. I don't know how you hacked into our institute, nor do I know how you replaced the snail. But I advise you to hand it over immediately, otherwise you will go to jail."

"I don't want to go to jail." Riya shook her head.

He saw that the other party thought he was a hacker with some skills, and Ria didn't want to explain any more for the time being.

"Then hand it over. You know how dangerous it is to take it out rashly. There are germs from outer space on its surface. Once you are infected, no one can save you!"

"You care about me so much."

Leah narrowed her eyes, then opened her mouth and pointed to her throat: "But I can't give you what you want, because I've already eaten it."

"What did you say...eat it!?"

"Yes, like this."

Riya picked up the toy snail that was still playing the Happy Birthday song from the ground, crushed it with a "crunch" in front of Mu Wen, and then chewed it like a snack.

This was the only way he could think of to deal with foreign organisms in the most gentle way possible. Rather than leaving them to emit pollution, it would be better for him to deal with them in a pollution-free manner.

The thing on the ground was replaced by Riya using magician's method. Compared with some unconventional abilities, the pollution of spatial ability is close to zero.

Coincidentally, there is a grocery store not far from here.

Ever since the Thousand-whiskered Snail was reported in the news, its image has been quickly registered as an IP trademark by major companies. The news was broadcast yesterday, and people were selling its toys the next day. This speed is truly frightening.

And its sales are pretty good, maybe young people just like this kind of messy-looking things...

So Riya only did a few things in a short period of time. First, he took out the real thousand-whiskered snail from the container and ate it, and then took out its toy from the space as a substitute. After doing all this, he allowed himself to change into a grain of dust.

When Professor Mu discovered that he had not actually escaped, this was the scene that Liya deliberately created for her to have a private conversation with Professor Mu.

"Professor, you are a smart person. You should understand the dangers of astronauts bringing extraterrestrial life back to Earth. Such things should not be brought back in the first place, and even if they are brought back, they should be destroyed as soon as possible.

But you researchers seem reluctant to give up this achievement. But it doesn’t matter. I will do what you can’t do.”

Riya narrowed her eyes slightly and licked the corner of her mouth with the tip of her tongue, as if giving a warning: "I will eat up these viruses like the most loyal antivirus program."

"Are you crazy? Even if you are the world's top hacker, you can't break into so many research institutes."

"But I'm not a hacker, I'm just a prophet."

Leah's fingers tapped lightly on the tabletop beneath her: "I predicted the destruction of the world, I predicted the replacement of the old and new civilizations..."

At this point, Liya paused and looked at Mu Wen with complicated eyes: "I predicted your death."

Hearing this, Mu Wen also showed an expression of disbelief.

"Before everything starts, someone has to do something. Even if we can't change too much, we can still have a few more ways to go."

"Professor, do you believe that someone can travel through time and space?"

Riya raised his hand and pointed to the screen that showed his age. Three hundred and forty-seven years old, exactly the time since this body was born.

But because this body did not die normally, it did not age normally. The moment Ria crossed over, it was sealed into a certain void, waiting to be activated next time.

"I come from a place that is about to be destroyed. The only revelation I can give is——"

"Don't explore the stars."

This was his last warning.

After saying this, the young man's figure was suddenly swallowed up by the white mist until he completely disappeared in front of Mu Wen.

Although the greatest lesson humans have learned from history is that they learn nothing at all, Riya still left this sentence as per custom.

He had to go to various research institutes to eat... to destroy the factors that could lead to destruction.

Ria had never tried to eat extraordinary creatures in the past. They looked so unpalatable, and it was hard to imagine that they tasted so amazing.

Even the most luxurious seafood in the world cannot compare to the bite I just had.

"Why didn't anyone tell me this before..."

Riya's saliva began to water just thinking about it. He really needed to try the next thousand-whiskered snail to see if it tasted as good as before.

"The astronaut was right, they do taste impressive."

While thinking, Riya used her spatial ability to find the location of the next Thousand Whiskered Snail.

Mu Wen was still staring at the empty laboratory. He rubbed his eyes, but Ria didn't appear. He rubbed his eyes again, but Ria still didn't appear.

"This isn't right...are you really gone?"

After checking for half a day, the extremely rigorous Professor Mu finally had to accept the fact that Ria disappeared out of thin air. He began to think about what Ria said, and then unknowingly walked out of the laboratory door.

When he got to the door, he instinctively wanted to find his colleagues and tell them that they didn't need to look for anyone anymore. However, the next second, he saw the person who had just disappeared appear in front of him again with a gloomy expression.

"Why are you back again?"

(End of this chapter)