In the new world led by the gods, 25-year-old Zhou Jinze has merged with another version of himself. They no longer face constant crises and panic, but instead move towards a bright future.

There was no pollution, no monsters, everything was peaceful and tranquil. Zhou Jinze no longer became a researcher at the base, but truly became a soldier.

Xie Mian remained his deputy, while Bo Yuchuan was engrossed in his research at the institute and hadn't seen him for a long time.

Lin Jue, on the other hand, was completely forced to be associated with Zhou Jinze and Xie Mian.

He thought he could finally study medicine properly and become a respected doctor, but the next second, Xie Mian appeared behind him like a ghost, forcing him to fill in military doctor as his college application.

Lin Jue: By what right?!

The reason was that Xie Mian and the others discovered that Lin Jue, in addition to his talent in medicine, also had a very strong ability to withstand pressure, excellent physical fitness, could run and jump, and even had a certain command ability.

This is true talent!

Therefore, Xie Mian did not hesitate to submit an application to continue having Lin Jue join them as fellow sufferers.

Lin Jue's wailing was really annoying.

Lin Jue: "Does Zai Zai know how you've treated me?! If Zai Zai knew how his beloved doctor was treated, he would be so heartbroken and devastated!!!"

Xie Mian was startled. She secretly glanced at Zhou Jinze's face to make sure he didn't show any unusual expression or seem sad before turning back to Lin Jue and pinching his mouth shut.

"If my son knew how amazing you are now, he would be very proud of you. Also, don't cry anymore, it sounds awful when you cry."

Lin Jue had only intended to vent his emotions by howling, but upon hearing Xie Mian's words, he was genuinely moved and couldn't suppress his feelings of gratitude.

"Waaaaah, my baby..."

Xie Mian's mouth was grabbed again.

Xie Mian: "Don't cry. You're a military doctor now. If you cry again, you'll be court-martialed."

Lin Jue then forced back his tears. Afraid that Xie Mian might still be dissatisfied with him, he quickly spoke:

Another year has passed. When will we go see our baby again?

Lin Jue was referring to the annual ritual of offering sacrifices to the carved stone sculpture of the baby.

However, strictly speaking, it is not called a memorial service.

After all, everyone still held onto a sliver of hope.

As long as they don't forget their child, there's still a chance that the child might wake up and be reborn.

Xie Mian glanced at Zhou Jinze again before answering:

"We're going on a mission tomorrow. You'll come with us. Once the mission is done, we'll go see Zai Zai."

Lin Jue: "??? A mission so soon? And it's me again???"

But no matter how much he refused, the documents had already been issued, and Xie Mian turned around, grabbed him by the collar, and dragged him away.

When they arrived at the scene the next day, Zhou Jinze told them that this operation was another raid on a cult den.

Xie Mian could tell that Zhou Jinze was in a bad mood, so they both kept a low profile.

It wasn't until Zhou Jinze led his team into the room, pointed his gun at the group of people performing the self-sacrifice ceremony, and subdued them all that Zhou Jinze slowly stepped forward.

He walked up to the great octopus statue and gently lifted it into his arms.

"No!"

The fanatics nearby shouted, “How dare you touch our all-knowing and all-powerful Lord with your filthy hands!! You must not disrespect Him, you must not destroy Him, or you will be punished by God!”

Xie Mian almost burst out laughing.

He looked at the blood everywhere, and the unconscious men lying on the ground, having dissected themselves, and said coldly:

"He will not harm us, and let me tell you something else: your Lord will never like this disgusting summoning ritual."

Looking at the screen full of flying organs, Xie Mian rubbed her temples and manually blurred them out using her imagination.

They sighed, tied up the people one by one, and took them away. Zhou Jinze was about to clean up the magic circle on the scene that could corrupt anyone with a single glance when he discovered that the blood drawn on the magic circle seemed to have come to life, slowly flowing in another direction and gathering into a circle.

The atmosphere in the entire space immediately became strange.

Zhou Jinze could even sense the distortion of space.

The lines in the space are being folded, and everything is becoming hazy, as if trapped in a pixelated color block, where red becomes redder and white becomes whiter.

An alien space is invading this place!

The residual, contaminated knowledge immediately put Zhou Jinze on alert. He told everyone to quickly retreat, then drew his gun and stood guard.

Until he saw those constantly writhing blood vessels begin to recombine, accumulate, and successfully break through the space, allowing chaos to descend upon this place.

Chaos spat out a small gadget.

The little thing looked very fleshy and bouncy. It bounced a few times after hitting the ground, covered in blood, and opened its mouth due to the smell of blood.

“yue——”

When Zhou Jinze saw the little thing clearly, his heart skipped a beat. He immediately picked it up and carefully wiped it clean with a handkerchief.

The little octopus seedling didn't seem as clever as the original one, but it seemed to still remember Zhou Jinze's scent. It obediently rubbed against Zhou Jinze's wrist and then shrunk into Zhou Jinze's pocket and stayed still.

Zhou Jinze didn't even sense any pollution emanating from him.

It seems he really is just an ordinary, living octopus doll.

Zhou Jinze reached out and tapped his bouncy body before turning and walking back.

"Mission accomplished, retreat."

However, after they returned, Zhou Jinze declined Xie Mian's invitation and went back to his room alone to take out the baby octopus.

He wasn't sure if this was Qian Yuan, and hiding such a thing was risky; he didn't want to involve others. So he decided to check it out himself first.

The little octopus seedling seemed to be sleeping with its beady eyes closed, but Zhou Jinze poked it twice, causing it to roll over. The little guy woke up, then rolled back over on its own, glaring at Zhou Jinze with its angry, triangular eyes.

Zhou Jinze looked at him and said, "You're angry because I woke you up? Then turn into a human and beat me up."

Octopus Seedling sat primly, with an expression that said, "I don't care about bad things."

Zhou Jinze had no choice but to continue provoking him, reaching out to grab the tentacles hidden under the little octopus larva.

The octopus seedlings grew increasingly angry, frantically moving around, steeping themselves in the teacup, and then spraying tea all over Zhou Jinze's face with a "pfft".

But Zhou Jinze wasn't angry at all. He just washed his face expressionlessly, then came back, bent down, and kissed Zhang Yu Miao's little forehead.

The blue octopus larva quickly changed color to pink, and it curled its tentacles even tighter in embarrassment.