"You’re the one with the weird taste!" Fang Tangtang retorted, annoyed. But then, her expression turned exceptionally odd. "How do you still have so much energy?"

"Because I’m a genius!" Gao Neng would never tell Fang Tangtang that he had a second magnetic core, but he couldn’t think of any other excuse at the moment.

The Middle-tier Woman was already taken down.

And there was no longer any need to keep this snake-skinned man around.

As for the other Tier Three aliens, they were basically all wiped out. The ones who weren’t dead were incapacitated.

’A pity, one got away.’ Gao Neng glanced at the shattered window. In the end, Ye Ying had managed to escape with the snake-skinned man’s help.

’I wonder if the authorities will be able to capture Ye Ying out there?’

It was a shame.

But on second thought, just surviving a situation like this was no small feat.

’As the Buddha said: There’s no such thing as perfection in this world. Perhaps imperfection is its own kind of ultimate beauty. That must be what it means, right?’

’Yes, that must be it. In order to give perfection a chance to shine, I intentionally let Ye Ying go, creating a beautifully flawed outcome.’ Gao Neng tilted his head up slightly.

"Gao Neng, I’ll kill you!"

Seeing Gao Neng tilt his head up, the snake-skinned man attacked again.

He charged forward.

But Gao Neng paid him no mind. He kicked the snake-skinned man to the ground, pinned his head down, and began stomping on it furiously.

With the second magnetic core, his energy was instantly replenished.

He was now at full strength.

But the snake-skinned man and his allies were already a spent force. What threat could they possibly pose?

"Gao Neng, watch out!"

"I’m always careful!" Even as he was stomping on the snake-skinned man, Gao Neng knew the Middle-tier Woman might try to attack him again. After all, she wasn’t dead yet.

Just as he said, he was always on guard and would never let it down. Having grown up in the Forgotten Land, he knew that the only outcome of underestimating an enemy was death.

And the most naive thing about the Middle-tier Woman...

...was that she actually tried to copy him?

’This kind of convincing acting... can a mere alien like you even learn it?’

CRACK!

Strands of Iron Thorns shot out, instantly entangling the Middle-tier Woman as she struggled to her feet.

The Middle-tier Woman struggled with all her might. She opened her mouth and gnawed at the vines, as if she still had enough strength left to try and bite through the Iron Thorns that bound her.

But the Iron Thorns only multiplied, wrapping around her even tighter.

In the end, the Middle-tier Woman was completely encased in an iron cocoon.

And it wasn’t just the Middle-tier Woman.

The other aliens who were still breathing were similarly encased by the Iron Thorns.

One by one, iron cocoons now hung from the thorny vines.

Gao Neng wasn’t about to give these aliens another chance to launch a sneak attack or try any other foolish tricks. He tied them all up first.

The moment he finished...

...a commotion erupted outside.

Then, Gao Neng saw several figures crash through the window.

’The authorities?’

Huh?

’It’s not the authorities... It’s Bald Shark?!’

The first person to crash through the window was Bald Shark Gui Zian—his bald head was unmistakable. The second was the current top student of the Eastern Capital Military Academy, Lin Ying.

Kong Kun and Feng Qingqing were there too.

This surprised Gao Neng. He remembered Fang Tangtang saying she was coming to catch him cheating. So how did Bald Shark, Lin Ying, and the others end up here?

"Didn’t she say Gao Neng was fooling around? How did it turn into... Huh? These people... they’re aliens!" Gui Zian was just as surprised.

"They’re alien spies who’ve infiltrated the City of Hope!" Lin Ying’s gaze was cold as ice.

"Huh? ’Catching a cheater’ turned into ’catching a spy’?" Kong Kun scratched his head, unable to process the situation for a moment.

"Was it because Gao Neng was seduced by an alien spy, and then got hit with an Immortal Leap, and that’s how it ended up like this?" Feng Qingqing guessed as she rushed to Fang Tangtang’s side.

"..." Gao Neng was speechless.

’What the hell is this?’

’These guys aren’t here to help, are they? They’re here to catch me cheating?’

’No, wait!’

"Gao Neng, what exactly is going on?" Gui Zian looked around, his brow furrowed, his gaze finally settling on Gao Neng.

"I was catching spies. I took down one of their strongholds. Killed eight in total. How... did you guys get here?" Gao Neng asked in return.

"Catching spies? But didn’t Tangtang say you were cheating on someone? She told us to hurry over and get photos for proof. She was afraid that after you were caught, you’d kill the person to silence them, and then Shen Ning’Er would deny it ever happened," Gui Zian asked again.

’Photographic proof?’ Gao Neng was finally starting to understand. That girl Fang Tangtang really had come to catch him cheating, but she hadn’t come alone.

She had brought a posse...

’And she even said she was afraid I’d kill someone to silence them?’

’Damn, she really knows how to stir up trouble, huh?!’

"Gao Neng, what do you think you’re doing?!" Fang Tangtang watched him advance on her, sweat pouring down her face. "Hey, let’s talk about this, wait... Would you believe me if I said they misheard? I said ’catching spies,’ but it came out as ’catching a cheater’... Really, they just misheard me!"

"Ouch!"

"Stop hitting my butt!"

"..."

...

Five minutes later, the authorities arrived.

However, they didn’t enter the building, nor did they see what had happened inside.

Because Gui Zian had already sealed off the scene in the name of the Military Department.

"A total of eight aliens. Three middle-tier, five low-tier... but even the low-tier ones were basically at the Tier Three Late Stage. Gao Neng, Fang Tangtang, you two..." Gui Zian’s expression finally shifted as he inspected the alien bodies.

"It was all me!" Fang Tangtang yelled.

SMACK! Gao Neng raised his hand and slapped Fang Tangtang right on the butt.

"You hit me again?! I, Death God Fang Tangtang, will fight you to the death!"

"Oh yeah? Bring it on."

"..." Fang Tangtang’s threat was fierce, but she just pouted and scampered off to the side.

"We discovered an alien spy stronghold, successfully killed six spies, and captured two alive. How many Merit Points is that worth?" Gao Neng asked, looking at Gui Zian.

"Normally, discovering a single alien spy gets you a reward of 300 Merit Points. If it’s a middle-tier leader, the reward doubles to 600. There are five Tier Threes and three middle-tiers here, so that’s a total of 3,300 points. But since you uncovered an entire spy stronghold, the Military Department will give you an additional 500-point bonus!"

Gui Zian answered offhandedly before adding, exasperated, "Are Merit Points the only thing you two care about? Shouldn’t you be explaining what happened first?"

"We can talk about what happened later. Besides wiping out a spy stronghold, I also discovered a very important piece of intelligence."

"What intelligence?"

"I discovered that a Dark Night Elf has been resurrected!"

"A Dark Night Elf resurrected? You... What do you mean by that?"

"I mean that this is the same Dark Night Elf I killed in the Forgotten Land. She’s been resurrected, and now she’s here in the City of Hope."

"A Dark Night Elf you killed in the Forgotten Land was resurrected... Wait, when did you kill her?!" Gui Zian’s expression changed abruptly when he heard this.

"Duh, it was before the entrance exams. Barely three months ago!"

"Resurrected in less than three months?! Are you sure?" Gui Zian’s eyes went wide, his face a mask of pure shock as he stared at Gao Neng.

"How is that possible? Isn’t the reincarnation cycle supposed to be twenty years?" Kong Kun muttered from the side, disbelieving.

"Resurrected in three months? Gao Neng, you’re not joking, are you?" Lin Ying’s expression also changed.

"Of course I’m not joking. I killed that Dark Night Elf with my own hands. Ning’Er saw it too. In fact, Ning’Er even took the body for research! Wait a second... Don’t you guys know they can be resurrected in three months?" Seeing the looks on Gui Zian’s and Lin Ying’s faces, Gao Neng suddenly realized this matter might be a bit more serious than he’d thought.

"Shen Ning’Er saw it too?" Gui Zian’s brow furrowed deeply, and his fist clenched. "Quickly, to the Military Department, now! Gao Neng, you’re with me!"