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The next morning, sunlight streamed through the huge floor-to-ceiling windows, illuminating the polished floors of the Cloud Top Villa.

Su Wan had dark circles under her eyes and was tightly gripping the TV remote control in her hand.

On the screen, the morning news is being broadcast on a loop.

"Breaking news from this station: Late last night, a massive gas explosion occurred at an abandoned dock in the eastern part of the city. The fire was extinguished in the early hours of the morning. During the cleanup operation, police unexpectedly dismantled a long-established transnational smuggling ring and seized a large quantity of contraband..."

The female anchor spoke clearly and articulately, with a smile on her face.

The scene shifts to the devastated ruins of the dock.

In front of the camera, Qin Yue, the leader of the Seventh Operations Group of the Dragon Shield Bureau, is being interviewed by reporters.

She was wearing a black combat uniform, her hair was simply tied back, and her face was ashen.

The reporter handed over the microphone.

"Captain Qin, is this operation related to the recent spate of supernatural events?"

Qin Yue didn't even lift her eyelids when facing the camera.

"This is a simple criminal case and has nothing to do with any supernatural events."

"Please do not believe or spread rumors."

After she finished speaking, she pushed the microphone away, turned around and left.

But in the instant she turned around, her eyes swept across the camera, and the resentment and murderous intent in her gaze almost pierced through the screen.

Su Wan was startled and turned off the TV.

"call……"

She let out a long sigh and slumped onto the sofa.

"Finally... we managed to get away with it."

Just then, the sound of chopping meat came from the kitchen.

Li Haotian, wearing shorts and shirtless, was wielding a cleaver, preparing several sea fish on the cutting board.

He was skilled, scraping off the scales and removing the dirt in one go.

What should we have for breakfast?

Su Wan asked weakly.

"Fish head tofu soup, steamed fish body, braised fish tail."

Li Haotian answered without looking up.

Su Wan held her forehead, feeling a wave of dizziness.

"Aren't you...aren't you worried at all?"

"What are you worried about?"

Li Haotian threw the prepared fish pieces into the basin and rinsed his hands.

"Are you worried the fish isn't fresh? Don't worry, I put ice on it last night when I brought it home, it's very fresh."

Su Wan: "..."

Looking at Li Haotian's focused expression as he studied the recipe, she felt like she had punched a cotton ball.

He turned the entire Donghai City upside down; this guy was actually concerned about three ways to cook a fish.

That's not what I meant!

Su Wan jumped up from the sofa and walked over to him.

"Dragon Shield! And that woman named Qin Yue! She definitely suspects you now!"

"oh."

Li Haotian took a piece of tofu out of the refrigerator.

"So what?"

"how?"

Su Wan is being driven crazy by him.

"They'll investigate you! With all the commotion you caused last night, how could you possibly leave no trace!"

"rest assured."

Li Haotian placed the tofu on the cutting board and cut it into small pieces.

"Can you call a fisherman's actions 'leaving traces'? That's called 'baiting'."

"Professional anglers usually change their baiting spots, right? She can't find me."

Su Wan was completely speechless.

She watched as Li Haotian hummed a little tune and started heating the oil in the wok. His posture didn't seem like he had just pulled off a big heist; he looked more like a househusband preparing lunch.

After enjoying a sumptuous whole fish feast, Li Haotian let out a burp and wiped his mouth.

I'm going to work.

He swayed and staggered toward the room on the second floor that housed the top-of-the-line gaming pod.

Su Wan stared blankly at his retreating figure.

"work?"

"yes."

Li Haotian pushed open the door, turned around and smiled at her.

"There are still a bunch of miners in the game waiting for me to pay them their wages."

After saying that, he closed the door.

Su Wan sat alone in the empty living room, staring at the leftover fish bones on the table, and fell into deep self-doubt.

Inside the gaming pod.

Li Haotian closed his eyes, and his consciousness instantly connected.

[Neural connectivity synchronization rate 99%... Welcome back, Overlord.]

A cold, impersonal system notification sounded in my ear.

He opened his eyes and found himself in that dark and damp cave nest.

[Hint: The item "Divinity Stripper (Prototype)" has been reverse engineered.]

[Acquiring key technological nodes: High-dimensional energy constraint technology, divine gene chain anchoring technology, soul imprint forced stripping matrix...]

[WARNING: The analysis technology has significant flaws; forcibly using it may cause the target's deity to collapse or suffer an energy backlash.]

Li Haotian completely ignored the warning.

He walked to the heart of the nest, where the enormous, heart-like [Queen's Egg] was emitting an eerie purple light.

Incubation progress: 99%.

Only one last step remains.

"System, package all the analyzed technologies and feed them to it."

Li Haotian pointed at the giant egg and gave the order.

[WARNING! This action is extremely dangerous! Integrating unknown technology into the genetic chain of a mythical-level unit has a success rate of less than 0.1%! It could very likely cause the egg body to collapse and its divine essence to dissipate!]

"You talk too much nonsense."

Li Haotian picked at his ear impatiently.

"Just feed it if I tell you to."

[...obey the will of the Sovereign.]

The system remained silent for a moment, then ultimately chose to comply.

The next second, torrents of pure data surged out of the void and poured into the [Empress's Egg].

hum-

The giant egg shuddered violently, and the purple patterns on its surface instantly lit up, emitting a dazzling light.

The entire nest was shaking violently, as if it might collapse at any moment.

Fine cracks began to appear on the surface of the egg.

[Warning! Energy conflict! Signs of a break in the genetic chain!]

[Incubation progress: 97%...95%...90%...]

The progress bar is rapidly regressing.

"Tsk, she's pretty stubborn."

Li Haotian narrowed his eyes, showing no signs of nervousness but rather interest.

He reached out and pressed his hand directly onto the violently trembling giant egg.

"In the name of the Sovereign, I command you to devour it!"

boom!

An even larger and more tyrannical will flowed through his palm and forcefully injected into the egg.

The giant egg, on the verge of collapse, seemed to have been injected with a powerful stimulant and abruptly stopped trembling.

The progress bars that were rewinding also froze instantly.

Immediately afterwards, the cracks on its surface began to expand at an even more frantic rate.

But this time, it was no longer a sign of collapse.

Rather, it is a yearning for breaking free from the cocoon and being reborn.

[Warning...Warning...Fuse successful...]

[The genetic recombination of the mythical unit "Alien Queen" is complete.]

[Successfully acquired the mutated attribute: Divine Devouring.]

[Divine Devouring: Can actively devour divine fragments from S-rank or higher talent holders to strengthen itself or alien units. Note: This process is irreversible and extremely bloody.]

[Incubation progress: 100%!]

Click!

A crisp cracking sound.

A huge crack appeared on the giant egg.

A long, menacing claw, covered in slime, suddenly emerged from the gaping wound.

Li Haotian nodded in satisfaction and ignored it.

He knew that the birth of the empress would still take some time.

He casually opened the game's world chat channel.

Sure enough, the entire channel was in an uproar.

【狂龙丶霸刀】: "@Alien! You little brat! Come out if you dare! Don't be a coward!"

【狂龙丶阿虎】: "You dog who sells coordinates! You just wait! Next time we meet, I'll chop you up and feed you to the dogs!"

[Passerby A]: "Has the Mad Dragon Guild gone mad? They're spamming the world chat with insults?"

[Onlooker]: "You didn't know? Yesterday, during the World Boss battle, the Mad Dragon Guild got tricked. They spent a fortune to buy the final blow from the boss, but ended up getting nothing! Hahahaha!"

Li Haotian looked at the clamoring comments with a mocking smile on his face.

He tapped his fingers a few times on the virtual keyboard.

A line of golden, incredibly eye-catching global bullet comments slowly floated across the screens of all players on the entire server.

[Alien]: "What's the rush? I'll come back and take you back to the starting village after I finish this hot pot."

Upon hearing this, the world chat channel fell silent instantly.

A few seconds later, an even more frenzied barrage of insults erupted.

Li Haotian didn't even bother to look at it again and simply turned off the channel.

Just then.

In the real world, in the bedroom of that villa.

The screen of his old phone, which he had casually tossed onto the bed, lit up briefly.

hum.

A slight vibration.

An anonymous text message appeared on the screen.

The bishop has his eye on you; watch out for the water.

The text message was unsigned, and the sender's code was a string of gibberish.

Inside the gaming pod, Li Haotian seemed to sense something, and his eyelids twitched.

He didn't log off, and he didn't even change his posture.

He simply issued a command in his mind.

"System, send me a text message."

Please enter your reply, Master.

Li Haotian curled his lip.

Just five words in reply.

"Tell him to drink more hot water."