He Wei thought she was hallucinating before she died, otherwise why would she see a human with weak genes with black, surging wings growing from his back?

She even held a longsword wrapped in a red ribbon in her hand. She watched as the girl twirled the sword in her hand, and then the low-level creature that had trapped her beneath her crashed into the tip of the sword.

The dark-skinned porters surrounding them seemed to freeze for a moment. Their instinctive minds couldn't comprehend the scene before them, but the oppressive aura emanating from this weak fellow caused them to scatter and flee.

Gu Li shook the sword in her hand, and the bright red blood that was wrapped around the blade was caught in the plastic bottle of the nutrient solution she had left over from that morning.

She looked at the bottle, which was gradually filling more than halfway with scarlet liquid, and shook it suspiciously. She wondered if she would become anemic if this continued, and it would be a waste to throw it on the ground after use.

Gu Li's gaze lingered on the bottle, then swept back and forth between the "Nutritional Family" sign and the face of the girl sitting on the ground. He stroked his chin, lost in thought, and hissed before hesitantly asking, "Do you know someone named He Wei?"

After a moment of silence in the rustling warehouse, Gu Li suddenly withdrew her gaze from the girl on the ground, turned her head to look at the door, and her eyes lit up: "Eric! Why are you here now? Weren't you supposed to be on duty today?"

"Maintaining order in the city is also part of my job."

He Wei, who was secretly on guard on the ground, paused for a moment. On duty?

She quietly shifted her gaze from the girl with weak genes and looked impatiently towards the door. Could this be a place she had imagined, given the socialized terminology used here?

Even faster than her gaze was the inhumanly deep male voice, a bewitching voice like a groan from hell. The next moment, her breath caught in her throat.

Overwhelmed by immense fear and despair, she was shocked to find a sentient alien creature emerging from the doorway. At that moment, the legend of the alien city suddenly came to mind. It was said that there was a dark city isolated from the world, separated from the Federation by a vast wall.

Forgotten there, where time stands still, is inhabited by a special group of advanced species. If these advanced species were to appear on the Federation's border, those monsters driven only by a desire to corrupt and devour would wipe out at least an army.

The higher-level species in the alien city... voluntarily isolated themselves.

The reason for this remains unknown.

Most people scoff at this legend. He Wei heard the story by chance from her grandmother when she was living at her grandmother's house. At that time, her grandmother's wrinkled face had an expression that He Wei could not understand.

Now He Wei understood that the shackles that bound a gradually aging soul actually existed.

Dressed in aristocratic attire popular in the Federation decades ago, this standing, walking goat-hoofed man holds a silver cane on his strangely textured hooves, and his steps on the ground have an elegant rhythm. On his huge, bare head above his neck are dozens of rectangular eyes.

He Wei stared at them, and before she could even process what was happening, her body was already frozen in place, her eyes unfocused for a moment. But because of the cruel nature of the Child of Light's constitution, she retained a sliver of reason. She heard in horror the sound of her internal organs writhing and squeezing in her abdominal cavity.

Her out-of-control body began to undergo some unknown, irreversible, and terrifying changes.

He heard heavy, hoarse breathing in her ear, and a tear slowly slid down He Wei's soft skin. Her eyes were wide open, and her strength was gradually being exhausted.

She was corrupted just by glancing at the man with the goat's hoof?

He Wei's vision suddenly blurred, and the scene in front of her abruptly shifted from the goat-hoofed man in a formal dress at the door to the ground where suspicious marks were dripping. She belatedly felt the hand pressing on the back of her head.

Like a drowning person suddenly grabbing onto a piece of driftwood, she kept her head down, her hands trembling as she instinctively grabbed the arm of the mysterious girl.

All of this happened in just a few seconds. Gu Li, who noticed something was wrong in time and quickly pressed He Wei's head down, looked towards the door and shrugged in the face of Eric's questioning gaze.

“I don’t know how she got here either,” Gu Li said, pressing down hard on He Wei, who was almost contaminated, and gestured with her chin toward the cargo ship outside. “She was taken off from there.”

Seeing him frown, Gu Li smiled and took out the bottle from earlier, pointing the advertisement at Eric: "But it's not a complete loss. I think this guy might know this He Wei?"

The head that was being held down moved slightly. He Wei was very certain that the image on the bottle was of herself. A strange sense of pride welled up in her heart. The nutritional supplement she was endorsing was actually being exported to the alien city.

Something's not right! She's definitely not normal. How did she manage to distinguish the eyebrows and tell their movement from a head that was almost completely filled with eyes?

Even with just one glance, Eric remembered He Wei's face. He walked in slowly, holding his cane, his tone elegant, but He Wei couldn't help but want to cover her ears.

"I think this young lady's name is He Wei?"

Gu Li's eyes widened: "They're big stars who can endorse export products, why would they smuggle themselves here? What's wrong with them?"

Her subordinate paused for a moment, then nodded reluctantly.

Eric nodded and began asking questions: "Where did you board the ship from?"

Eric was about to question the woman who had illegally entered the country, but Gu Li consciously withdrew her hand and prepared to continue working. If she didn't finish her work soon, when would she ever pass Eric's test and be able to go to the underground shopping mall?

He Wei, sensing Gu Li's intention, hurriedly grabbed Gu Li's hand as she slightly pulled away, and gave her a flattering smile.

"I came from the first exile zone. I just randomly boarded the ship while hiding from people, who knew my destination would be here..."

"What a fine way to not blame yourself but only drain others' resources." Gu Li nodded thoughtfully.

Eric: "And why has Miss He Wei come to Exile District One?"

He Wei: "It's a school internship. As the number one ranked student in this year's Chosen of Light, I took the opportunity."

Eric nodded, then asked one last question: "Are you aware that this ship is designed to block the view of unauthorized personnel? Does Miss He have the authority to make a single transaction for the high-grade nutritional supplement?"

He Wei's eyes widened in shock upon hearing this. Her getting on this ship wasn't a coincidence?!

She suppressed her emotions and subconsciously replied to Eric, "It's just a nutrient solution. This company and my family gave it to me as a coming-of-age gift when I turned 18. I'll give you this little thing if you want, as long as you can let me leave safely."

"How narcissistic!" Gu Li exclaimed in amazement, "He actually took the stage to be the spokesperson for his own brand."