Honkai Summoning.

"Wait a minute, does 'leaving' mean 'going back'? Can we go back too?" The guy with glasses truly lived up to his reputation as the team's strategist. Even under Su Mo's training, he maintained a considerable amount of mental capacity and could still think and analyze.

“Once the contract is complete, you can return to Hell.” After Sebastian finished speaking, she and the sleeping Ciel in her arms disappeared from this world, just like Su Mo.

However, the difference is that Su Mo should have returned to Earth, while Sebastian and Ciel returned to Hell.

"So that's how it is! I didn't expect we could actually go back!" The man with glasses showed a look of surprise on his face.

As a modern person, suddenly being transported back to an "ancient" world where nothing existed is truly a difficult thing, unless everyone is well-read and believes that they, as time travelers, are at least part of the main characters. Accepting the fact that they have traveled back in time and have been bound by a contract as demons is no easy task.

Regardless of what the bespectacled brothers' contract was or whether they eventually returned to their own world, Su Mo is now in a rather complicated situation.

"If I said it was a misunderstanding, would you believe me?"

After thinking for a while, Su Mo said with a serious expression.

However, perhaps it was Su Mo's sincerity that worked, because the wet woman in front of him actually nodded: "I believe you, but before that, could you please take your hand away from me?"

"Okay." Su Mo calmly withdrew his An Lushan Claw, stood up from the bathtub, and took the towel hanging next to him to wrap around his lower body.

"Very good." Su Mo nodded in satisfaction after looking in the mirror.

"Can you get out first?" The woman in the bathtub finally couldn't hold back any longer, her voice revealing barely suppressed anger.

"Oh." Su Mo readily accepted the advice and walked out.

Regarding the incident of falling into someone else's bathtub as soon as he got back, and the fact that a girl was taking a bath inside, all Su Mo could say was—it's so great that the girl is so beautiful!

I looked around the apartment; it was a rather exquisitely decorated studio apartment, with a cell phone on the coffee table.

Su Mo picked it up—don't misunderstand, he's not a peeping tom, he just wants to know what time it is.

"It's 2054 already. Time seems to be flowing at about the same rate." Looking at the time displayed on the screen, Su Mo put down his phone.

He was now certain that the contract had not erred and had sent him back to Earth; there were no issues with the time, the room's decor, or even the language used in their conversation.

This is actually a good thing. Su Mo still has a strong attachment to Earth, where he has lived for many years. He doesn't want to become someone who wanders from world to world—even though that would offer a considerable opportunity to improve his strength.

After what happened in that world, Su Mo has now figured out what kind of power the piece of paper needs to absorb to be completed—a power that Su Mo will temporarily call "the power of the world".

It sounds incredibly sophisticated, but to put it simply, it's more like a kind of interfering force. In other words, when Su Mo has a significant impact on another world, this piece of paper will automatically absorb the world's power and begin to repair itself.

Of course, this kind of repair is very slow and almost negligible.

Back then, when Su Mo caused such a huge incident in the capital of the British Empire, the center of that world, the paper self-repair was less than a fingernail in size.

To directly repair on a large scale, or even create entirely new pieces of paper, it would require more than just interfering with another world; it would require devouring the "world's will."

The will of this world is not something as terrifying as Gaia's consciousness, at least not at present.

The things the paper is now devouring are more like unique, representative products of a certain world—like Noah's Ark from the previous world.

Su Mo pondered this: if he were to arrive in some kind of fantasy world, the paper would need to devour magical artifacts that are close to the "Dao" (the Way) to replenish itself.

Although Noah's Ark is insignificant compared to the Jade Disc of Creation, their status is roughly the same in their respective worlds.

"I just named it 'Broken Pages of the Heavenly Dao,' and two pages came out. Looks like it was originally a book?" Two pieces of paper stuck together do indeed easily remind one of a book. "Should I come up with another cool name?"

Su Mo was pondering the question of naming his "natal magic weapon".

Gao Qing, inside the bathroom, was extremely conflicted.

Just minutes before, she was happily soaking in the bathtub when a very handsome man fell right into it.

This bizarre and illogical thing happened right in front of me, yet I was still able to calmly talk to the man and explain that it was indeed a misunderstanding.

Gao Qing felt that she was too calm and had the demeanor of an ice queen.

Chapter Fifty-Seven: All in the Late Stages

"No, no, that's not right."

Gao Qing, who had been secretly pleased, realized that now was not the time to be happy and came to her senses. The most important problem now was...

Who exactly is this man who suddenly appeared?

"Could it really be some kind of alien?" After tilting her head and thinking for a while, Gao Qing felt that this was the only conclusion she could come to.

The doors and windows of the house were all closed securely. Although she lived alone, Gao Qing still had the habit of locking the door when she took a shower. In the brief five seconds that she closed her eyes, someone would break through all the defenses, appear directly above the bathtub, and knock her down.

Compared to the possibility mentioned above, Gao Qing felt that the man was more likely to be an alien.

The strange situation reminded Gao Qing of a TV drama plot that was popular decades ago and is now making a comeback.

"But this way of making an entrance is too abrupt and direct. The other person wasn't prepared at all..." Gao Qing covered her cheeks with her hands, her face flushed as she thought about something.

He was clearly engrossed in his own internal monologue.

It was only because Su Mo had a very handsome face that Gao Qing, who had just stepped out of the ivory tower, fell into a series of wonderful fantasies typical of young girls.

If Su Mo looked like Sha Qiang, the police cars would probably be on their way by now.

It wasn't until the water in the bathtub cooled down a little that Gao Qing suddenly woke up as if from a dream. Realizing that this was not the time to fantasize, she hurriedly stood up and then stood there dumbfounded.

Since she lived alone and the room was well-heated, Gao Qing brought a bath towel to the bathroom. But that bath towel—cough cough—had already been taken away by Su Mo.

"He just took the bath towel, that's right! As expected, this handsome alien has designs on me. No, no, Gao Qing, you're still a virgin, you need to calm down, you can't just give in like this!"

"I want to reject him in a gentle way, after all, he is someone who loves me."

"As expected, beauty can cause trouble for others. I was absolutely right to stay at home!"

Good-looking people often have a hidden tendency towards narcissism.

Su Mo hid it very well, but the one in the bathroom was already in the late stage of narcissism—hopeless.

"Ahem, that alien outside, are you still there?" After planning out 108 gentle ways to refuse within a few minutes, Gao Qing carefully walked to the door, didn't open it even a crack, and asked directly.

She was well aware of the serious consequences of opening a crack in a TV series—it could easily lead to misunderstandings and fantasies.

"The clothes are already placed at the door."

Su Mo's voice reached Gao Qing's ears directly.

"Eeeeeeee!"

Gao Qing's eyes widened; she hadn't said anything at all.

"I was right, my charm is indeed irresistible even to aliens," Gao Qing thought happily. "Otherwise, why would he leave the clothes at the door? He must be trying to win my favor."

If Su Mo knew what this narcissistic beauty was thinking, he might just vomit blood.

The reason he had already put his clothes away was simple: he had observed carefully—there were no clothes in the bathroom except for a bath towel.

"Wait a minute, what kind of clothes did he bring over? It's not one of those thin, see-through short-sleeved shirts or anything like that. Maybe he only has one piece of clothing! This alien is definitely a bad guy!"

"Can you come out quickly?" Su Mo's voice interrupted Gao Qing's fantasy. "I'm in the kitchen, don't worry about me peeking... Actually, just now, never mind."

After a brief internal struggle, Gao Qing cautiously opened the bathroom door and quickly grabbed all her clothes from outside and brought them inside.

"Huh, why are there so many?" Gao Qing stared blankly at the small mountain of clothes that had fallen over.

That grab just now clearly didn't just yield a thin white short-sleeved shirt as I had imagined; it was a whole bunch of clothes, from winter to summer, from pants to skirts—everything except underwear.

"Ha, so he wanted to win my heart. He knows how to play the gentleman. This alien is quite clever." Gao Qing immediately understood the "intentions" of the person outside. "It seems that I will have to be gentler in my rejection later."

Five minutes later, Gao Qing, dressed like a ball, staggered out after putting on all the clothes she could find. She saw the alien sitting on the sofa in the small living room, looking exactly like the Thinker – only with a towel added to his appearance compared to the famous sculpture.

This is a studio apartment, and they only have women's clothes. Su Mo couldn't find anything suitable to wear, otherwise he would have left long ago.

"That—alien?"

Gao Qing was far away from Su Mo. She planned to use her distant attitude to tell this alien—although you are very good-looking and I am grateful that you like me, we cannot be together.

"No." Su Mo shook his head.

"Not aliens?" Gao Qing was taken aback.

“Yes, I come from the future…” Su Mo looked up at the ceiling and said in a distant tone, “It’s a very brutal battlefield.”

"Huh?" Gao Qing felt like her thoughts were a little slow to catch up.

"In the future... artificial intelligence develops self-awareness and begins to exterminate humanity. After the nuclear war, only a few million humans remain, struggling to survive under the leadership of the resistance leader, Connor, against the robots."

"You're Connor?" Gao Qing asked. Although he wasn't an alien, the concept of an alien warrior was still quite appealing.

Moreover, such warriors are usually quite resilient, so when rejecting his confession later, you can be a little more direct.

"I'm such a good person," Gao Qing thought happily.

"No, I'm just a member of the resistance. That artificial intelligence called AlphaGo sent the Terminator to the modern era in order to completely wipe out humanity, intending to kill Connor's ancestors directly. I was sent to stop the Terminator." Su Mo said with a heavy expression.

"I feel like I've heard this story somewhere before." Gao Qing reached out and scratched her head with difficulty, looking completely bewildered.

"so."

Su Mo stood up, looking at the seemingly gullible little girl with a serious expression. "Could you help me buy some clothes? I need to find Chief Connor's ancestor as soon as possible to protect him from the Terminators, but I don't have any suitable clothes to wear. If I go out like this, the police will definitely arrest me as a pervert. If that happens, I won't be able to protect Chief Connor's ancestor, and humanity will perish!"

"You're not lying to me, are you?" Gao Qing looked at Su Mo with some strangeness. After all, he was a college student, and she felt that something was not right.

"of course not."

Su Mo shook his head sincerely, "Otherwise, why do you think I would suddenly appear here? Can you think of any other reason besides this?"

“Aliens…” Gao Qing said with difficulty, raising one hand.

"..."

Su Mo was speechless. If it were nighttime, he could simply use his illusion to leave, find a clothing store, and become a handsome man in five minutes. Why would he need to waste words with this clueless little girl?

"That's not important. Just help me buy some clothes. Money is no problem. Even though I'm from the future, I'm still very rich," Su Mo said helplessly.

"Then I'll buy it for you online?" Gao Qing said.

"...Do you shop online?"

"Yeah, I rarely go out to buy clothes. Online shopping is really fast, it arrives in a flash, in the last two days." Gao Qing nodded.

“...I said.”

After a brief silence, Su Mo felt he had been saddled with a woman who was completely out of her mind. "Whether you believe me or not, aren't you worried at all if a man shows up in your room? Right now, you should be buying me some clothes so I can leave as soon as possible, or at least slip me a penny or run away and call the police. That's what a normal person should do!"

"Humph!"

Gao Qing looked up, her beautiful face beaming with pride, "I'm a martial arts master."

"...A martial arts master dressed like a ball?" Su Mo walked up to Gao Qing, and under her questioning gaze, he pushed her, causing her to fall to the ground, unable to get up for a long time.