On the computer screen was a half-body "ID photo," showing a handsome and refined man with a high nose bridge, eyes like cold stars, and slightly thin lips pressed into a straight line.
His eyes held a hint of coldness, but his medium-length black hair, tied back, possessed a touch of androgynous softness.
Those narrow, downturned phoenix eyes were an eerie dark green.
Ruan Qing'an stood frozen in place, trying her best to suppress her emotions as she stood behind Zhou Ziqi. Her rounded nails almost dug into her palms, causing a slight pain.
037: [What's wrong, ancestor?]
"...Is it Xie Huainan, no, is it the Supreme God?"
Ruan Qing'an's voice trembled slightly. She didn't actually like calling him Xie Huainan because it was a human name, but... after he became a god, he was no longer the "human" she remembered.
037 didn't actually know what the main god looked like. The entire Three Thousand Dimensions Administration's system didn't have a name; it only had program settings.
But the main god is different; he is not just a program.
037 couldn't help but exclaim, "So this is what the Supreme God looks like!"
"No, this isn't him either. This appearance was created when we were doing a mission in this small world. It's just a tool to keep me company."
He can be anyone, but no one is enough to be him;
He is omnipotent and omnipresent—not only the chief god of the Three Thousand Planes Administration Bureau, but also the supreme god of countless small worlds.
Ruan Qing'an closed his eyes and denied it, saying, "It might just be a similar appearance. I didn't sense the power of the main god."
【That……】
"I will go outside the base to look for him and confirm if it is him."
Ruan Qing'an half-closed her eyes and stopped speaking. If it was just a passerby who looked similar, everyone would be happy. But if it really was him—thinking of this, she couldn't help but tighten her grip on the hilt of her knife.
Just like outside this small world—
She would still draw her sword against him.
037: [Ancestor, what happened between you...]
Ruan Qing'an chuckled: "When I find this person, I will tell you, little system, that should be something that happened before you were manufactured."
Just as 037 was about to answer, a deep voice appeared in Ruan Qingan's ear, like the calm sea before a storm, but with dark clouds that vaguely revealed flashes of lightning.
It seemed as if it could sweep across the entire sea area at any moment.
"Are you stunned, Xiao Ruan?"
"boss."
When Ruan Qing'an came to her senses, she met Zhou Ziqi's cold and piercing gaze. The dim glow of the computer screen made him appear even more gloomy, as if he were scrutinizing Ruan Qing'an.
In a daze, Ruan Qing'an suddenly realized that when Zhou Ziqi wasn't smiling, he looked about 60% similar to the face on the screen.
Or rather, when that person laughed, he resembled Zhou Ziqi.
Ruan Qing'an suppressed his doubts, shook his head, and changed the subject, saying, "No, it's just that I feel a bit like you, boss."
"...Is that so?"
A smile finally appeared on Zhou Ziqi's lips again, but it was hard to tell whether he believed it or not. Only his narrow phoenix eyes carried a hint of hidden danger.
Fortunately, his bodyguard remained obediently and quietly behind him, which prompted Zhou Ziqi to look back at the screen.
He moved the photo away, saying, "It does have some similarities."
"Boss, did you just say he's not human?"
"It doesn't look like it."
Zhou Ziqi nodded slightly: "Although the processing on his neck in the photo is very good, you can still see traces of machinery. However, such technical methods... tsk, something's not right."
Ruan Qing'an was slightly taken aback: "Really?"
He glanced at her sideways, a half-smile on his face, and said, "Really? Little Ruan was looking so intently just now, she didn't even notice."
"Didn't notice—"
"Oh, it seems you really are looking at it very carefully."
"..."
Ruan Qing'an paused, and Zhou Ziqi's hidden anger, concealed behind a smile, only began to surface now.
Zhou Ziqi then continued reading the document: "His code name is Eleven. He was discovered three years ago by a secret laboratory in S City. He possesses a lot of technology that is beyond the level of the present era. The secret laboratory then began research on him at the highest level of secrecy."
"It seems that the zombie virus was indeed man-made, and the initial outbreak originated in S City. Could it be related to this secret experiment?"
Zhou Ziqi tapped his fingertips on the table, his eyes lowered in thought: "Interesting. Whether he is a robot or an android, the technological level he represents is indeed beyond this era."
"Although the zombie virus is highly infectious, destructive, and has a very high failure rate, its genetic sequence is very powerful."
As Zhou Ziqi spoke, Ruan Qing'an could clearly hear the humor in his words, indicating that the biological technology had sparked his research interest.
Cutting-edge technology?
Far beyond the level of our time, and even the world?
Ruan Qing'an thought to himself, "That's right, this is technology from the Three Thousand Dimensions Administration Bureau."
It was created by her to provide Xie Huainan with a body to carry his consciousness in this small world. She used all the materials and techniques she obtained from the Administration Bureau. Other mission takers could have bought an entire small world with these resources...
Meanwhile, Zhou Ziqi was also reviewing the decrypted documents, which contained research on "Code Name: Eleven". Unfortunately, due to technical reasons, the secret laboratory in S City made no progress.
As for Eleven, even the researchers in the secret laboratory could not define what his existence was.
The research room was completely silent. After reviewing all the contents, Zhou Ziqi returned to the front of the laboratory. He was already a genius in biological research, and this time he had been given a new direction.
As he processed the gene arrangement of the mutated plant, he said, "I'll probably be quite busy for the next while—"
"boss."
Ruan Qingan suddenly interrupted Zhou Ziqi.
The man paused, holding the test tube, and turned to look at her. His bodyguard was still wearing the little black dress he had personally chosen; from the person to the scabbard, everything was arranged by him.
Zhou Ziqi disliked being disobeyed, and he disliked troublesome and boring things. He wouldn't even give a glance to anything that didn't suit his taste.
However... he has always indulged his little Ruan.
Zhou Ziqi wasn't annoyed and stopped his research: "Xiao Ruan, are you bored? While I'm doing my experiments, you can go to the base and take a look. The crystal cores are over there; feel free to take them."
"No, boss."
Ruan Qing'an lowered his eyes, his leaden gray pupils flickering slightly: "What I meant to say is that our employment has expired, boss."
"……What?"
The man leaning against the lab bench looked at her, his eyes smiling with affection. He spoke slowly and deliberately, his voice pleasant to the ear, yet it inexplicably filled the entire research room with a chill.
Seeing that Ruan Qing'an didn't speak, he chuckled and asked, "I didn't hear you clearly just now, Ruan, say it again, okay?"
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