Blue Star, Vatican City area.

The nuns' changing room at the Holy Light Monastery.

At this moment, the once bustling nun's dressing room, filled with endless black and white silk stockings, was now filled with a soft green light.

At the entrance to the changing room.

A tall figure, clad in a white robe with red trim and wearing a magnificent gold helmet adorned with jewels, whose face was completely obscured, stood silently waiting for something.

Suddenly, the green light at the locker room entrance began to ripple slowly.

Immediately afterwards, a warrior clad in pure gold full-body armor, whose face was also obscured, stepped out from the green light.

After stepping out, the golden-armored warrior bowed to the white-robed figure before him, patting his chest in respect.

"Your Holiness, the location after entering this secret realm should, without any surprise, be the original site of the Fairy Civilization. And..." The golden-armored warrior paused, then said with some astonishment, "...the god of the Fairy Civilization is actually near this entrance..."

"god...."

Pope Saga, the current head of the Vatican, paused for a moment before walking toward the nuns' changing room in front of him.

"Then let me see what God really looks like..."

"Wait! Wait!!"

The golden-armored warrior quickly spoke up to stop Pope Saga from advancing.

"Hmm? What's wrong? What are you waiting for?" Pope Saga asked, turning to look at the golden-armored warrior with some confusion.

"You can't go in yet, Your Holiness!"

As he spoke, the golden-armored warrior pulled a white, square-shaped device from his armor pocket. Pointing to the numbers on the device's screen, he said helplessly, "The radiation inside is too high... Your Holiness..."

"Heh... It's just radiation. With my mere presence..." Pope Saga stood with his hands behind his back, speaking calmly.

"Holy crap! Radiation!!!"

Suddenly, Pope Saga realized what was happening.

With a whoosh, they retreated to the doorway of the nuns' bathroom, which was far away from the nuns' changing room.

"Charlotte, you're fucking over-radiation... how dare you come up here and talk to me?!" Pope Saga was furious, his golden helmet trembling slightly.

"Ah..." Charlotte, the golden-armored warrior, said somewhat awkwardly, "I already purified the surface of my armor with holy light when I came out, so Your Holiness doesn't need to worry so much."

"Don't worry my ass! Get out of here, get out of here!! Your holy light isn't even as effective as a dishwasher's sterilizer, yet you think you can eliminate radiation?" Pope Saga was furious.

...

There was a lot of chaos and confusion for a while.

Peace was restored outside the nuns' changing room.

Not long after, Pope Sahar and Warrior Charlotte returned to the area, having donned their full-body yellow biohazard suits and biohazard masks, and together headed towards the green light inside the nun's changing room.

As they walked, Charlotte asked curiously, "Your Holiness, those wizards from the Kingdom of Undying whose experiments failed and were wiped out have sent representatives to the Civilization War Tournament, and they've even received a wonder reward. Why don't we choose a representative to enter?"

"When they were choosing wonders in the preparation space, I was really envious of that seven-colored robe." Even the thick bio-mask couldn't hide the envy and longing in Charlotte's eyes.

"What would a foot soldier like you need a cassock for? Do you want to become a monk?" Pope Saga asked curiously.

“As a cape!” Charlotte said matter-of-factly. “It’s because our Saint Cloths didn’t come with capes when they were made. I’ve been envious of them for ages.”

Pope Saga's eye twitched. "Are you stupid...? That's a wonder, not equipment. Even if you had the choice, they wouldn't make you a cloak."

“But it’s not about the cloak, Your Holiness. It’s about why we don’t choose a spokesperson and enter the Civilization Competition. There are rewards for every round!” Charlotte said regretfully, shrugging her bio-suit.

"You think I don't want to?!" Pope Saga shrugged his bio-suit even more helplessly. "I wanted to choose Mythic Revival, but did I even have a choice?"

"Then you..." Charlotte was even more puzzled.

"You think you can just pick a spokesperson whenever you want? We're such a small place, we don't even have a single random candidate. We can't exactly go across borders to arrest someone, can we? The UN won't allow it..."

"So we're just going to sit idly by and watch them collect all those rewards?"

"It's alright...we have a spokesperson now..." Pope Saga said confidently.

"Is there?"

"have!"

As their voices faded away, the green light pulsating at the entrance to the nun's changing room gradually subsided.

...........

Li Qingyu was strolling alone along the neon-lit banks of the Qinhuai River.

His pace was slow and his expression relaxed.

Now that he was back on Earth and within China, Li Qingyu didn't need to rush like he had been during the Civilization Contest.

The reason Li Qingyu came to the entrance to the secret realm in Jianye City this time was because, while he was having dinner, Boss Hao from the Special Security Bureau suddenly called him and told him that if he had nothing to do, he should come and take a look at the entrance to the secret realm.

It seems that the entrance to this secret realm is a bit strange, but since it was Sunday, Boss Hao was too embarrassed to call Chu You over. However, Boss Hao happened to know that Li Qingyu was interested in exploring the secret realm.

So, after finishing his meal, Li Qingyu went to Jianye City.

Li Qingyu also wanted to see what was strange about what Boss Hao was talking about; it was just something to do after dinner.

Li Qingyu didn't care which entrance he used to enter the secret realm. He had personally dealt with the top contenders from both the demon and fairy races. Did he really think he was afraid of the planetary resources rewarded by the system? That was a joke...

As for why Li Qingyu came out alone this time, it's because his two eldest daughters were at home getting some water... Of course, if needed, Li Qingyu could use the Dimensional Claws to grab them at any time.

After walking for a while...

Li Qingyu finally saw it: an area on the Qinhuai River that was cordoned off.

Outside the police cordon, a group of middle-aged women, carrying large megaphones used for collecting recyclables and wearing red armbands embroidered with yellow special characters, were using their loud voices to block out the crowds that were trying to gather.

Of course, it's more accurate to say that the women were chatting with the onlookers, explaining the cause, process, and outcome of the river being blocked off.

Their exhilarating, animated manner made Li Qingyu wonder if these middle-aged women were actually sweeping floors at Deyun Club.

Inside the cordon, Li Qingyu saw the Qinhuai River bubbling with dark purple bubbles.

Li Qingyu couldn't help but raise an eyebrow.

This is... the demonic energy of the Abyss Demons?