Chapter 671: Origin of the Mother Goddess

On the other side, Mother Goddess Qi Yu was leading countless mimics, surging in mighty numbers into various regions; clashes with the Chief were inevitable, but Qi Yu was no longer the Qi Yu of before.

Why does that taboo group never make a move?

Qi Yu now possesses all this strength but has nowhere to use it, feeling extremely vexed inside.

It's obvious—their hearts aren't on this land.

Outside the star system, there's a membrane—what's it called, the system's skin? It's very tough.

Qi Yu raised an eyebrow, never expecting her own mother to still be illiterate.

That's called the system's sclera, not the system's skin.

Ah, they're all the same.

She idly waved her hand in Qi Yu's mind.

In short, those old fogies don't want to lose their lives over anything.

As soon as that membrane breaks, they'll immediately take their interstellar ships and leave.

Like that...

Qi Yu instantly felt her sins lessen considerably; she always thought doing this would make Zhang Jie dislike her, but now it seems those people are even more hateful than she is.

Master... don't blame me.

Qi Yu....

Not far away, a sudden murmur came; Qi Yu snapped back to attention, and as she looked up, her pupils contracted sharply.

Only to see Zhang Jie standing before her at some unknown time; she didn't even know when he had arrived.

Qi Yu instinctively wanted to lunge at him, but the Mother Goddess fiercely rebuked her in her mind.

Wake up! Does his mere presence bewitch you? Don't forget what you promised me!

Qi Yu halted, took a few deep breaths, closed her eyes, and when she opened them again, all her emotions were hidden away.

Human, who gave you the guts to come before me alone?

Who said I'm alone!

Lei Na stepped forward with a fierce aura; as the Chief, she was now extremely confident and openly followed Zhang Jie, going wherever he went.

You dead thing! Return Qi Yu's body!!!

Lei Na shouted loudly; Qi Yu almost had her Dao heart shattered, suddenly feeling her eye sockets a bit damp, as if her eyes were about to tear up.

But just thinking that if she left, Lei Na would seize the opportunity to meddle, she felt angry.

Only to see Qi Yu lift her head with a haughty expression, like an empress seated on a throne; her merciless gaze at Lei Na was utterly genuine.

Get them! What are you scared for!

The Mother Goddess shouted in Qi Yu's mind; she only felt everything around her in chaos, annoyed to death.

Shut up, Master—one punch and you'll beat me into minced meat!

What are you scared for! We can't die again!

Unable to bear it any longer, the Mother Goddess directly took control of Qi Yu's body, pointed fiercely at Zhang Jie, and a thread shot straight at him.

Zhang Jie's pupils contracted; his arm was actually pierced straight through by that insignificant thing!

Then... just as the Mother Goddess said, Zhang Jie's one punch directly turned Qi Yu into minced meat.

I told you not to move!

Qi Yu cried out in grievance; right now, the pain in her body pales compared to the pain in her heart.

Master's punch is so heavy... but, I kind of like it—what should I do?

Qi Yu's head went buzz buzz buzz, and Zhang Jie just watched, not continuing the pursuit.

Zhang Jie didn't intend to outright kill the opponent; Qi Yu hasn't been rescued yet—if she died, that would directly be a bad ending.

Perfect ending....

What exactly counts as perfect?

Zhang Jie was certain that somewhere else, another version of himself was observing this timeline.

He was actively, consciously correcting every major decision in his life.

So, does that mean his being smeared by the Anomaly Bureau back then was also him correcting things?

No, that's not right—if he's correcting things, he should know I never went to the outer districts back then and met Lei Na.

And Lei Na's name came from someone else's mouth.

But if....

Zhang Jie recalled what his older brother said: that squad dedicated to hunting the Mother Goddess, entirely composed of his own making.

Could it be... that other him, just beginning his timeline travels, came over and did this?

Putting it this way, everything makes sense—whether it was the problematic sample that suddenly appeared back then, or the impulsive act of adopting watermelon rinds.

Everything can now be fully traced back to its source.

But the problem is, to know what other perfect endings are, I first need to know the situation in other timelines.

Zhang Jie took a tactical sip of water, his mind racing.

How about going to the Final Containment Facility to look for clues?

Lei Na, come with me.

Hmm!

Final Containment Facility—this place holds things that can easily destroy a city, even half a planet.

For example, this microscopic black hole—once it contacts contamination, it starts up and can suck in half a mother planet in an instant.

But this isn't what Zhang Jie wants to see.

What he wants to find are reports about Qi Yu, about the Mother Goddess's previous form of existence.

Zhang Jie remembered that his father had carried out a top-secret mission back then, and this matter he remembered very deeply.

Following this lead, he quickly grasped the true clue.

The prototype, or rather the initial form, of the Mother Goddess was an unconscious mass of flesh.

That was something a death‑fearing Chief Investigator brought back, and it seemed he even uttered a last word?

Anyway, this thing drew the attention of those Forbidden Permits, and they even spared no expense in using a costly analytic containment object to analyze it.

The result turned out to be love, redemption, and rebirth.

It was a vague answer, yet it still attracted considerable attention from them, and it was then that his father was dispatched to carry out this dangerous mission.

"Damn, crazy? Did the Anomaly Bureau always handle things like this before?"

Zhang Jie saw the record of this group abusing that little thing, and only felt his blood surge.

Damn! You hire people to get things done—make sure you find someone capable!

What kind of divine persons did you find?

Forced to swallow a scorching iron ball, fed broken worm limbs, and roasted over a fire—all just to hear her screams.

It was simply... insane.

Because they found this thing useless, the Anomaly Bureau lifted supervision directly, which led to the disaster.

The little thing finally chose to escape; the person in charge, fearing blame, directly ordered a hunt, repeatedly driving it into desperate straits.

Then, after contacting the anomaly, she began to grow rapidly, soon reaching a point that group could no longer contain.

Thus... the poor little thing was sent to annihilate her, Ceng Tian.... and was beaten into fragments.

But she didn't die; each of her cells became a separate entity lurking in the dark sewers for nearly a year before they all surged forth together.

Qi Yu... was the first little watermelon worm to crawl out at that time.

"Ah, truly... sinful."