Chapter 2 Who Took This Damn Photo?

Just as Su Zhou was staring at the meme with a twisted expression, Shao Qiming quickly sent another string of links. Su Zhou clicked on them, his face darkening even further. "Seriously, who are these people? Who photoshopped this? They're so fast!"

The links led to a series of discussions specifically targeting him.

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[Are you Aquaman?]

The accompanying image was from the scene where Su Zhou warned the black sea serpent.

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[Su Zhou: I can talk to fish.]

The accompanying image was from the scene where Su Zhou waved to disperse the seafood.

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[I control lightning in the deep sea, attack my teammates, and protect my enemies!]

The accompanying image showed Su Zhou summoning lightning during the Holy Trial, seamlessly photoshopped into a school of fish with a trident in his hand.

"Didi di."

Su Shuangyue also sent a meme at this moment.

[Su Sea King, Awe-Inspiring!]

The image was of Su Zhou standing in the sea, with various sea creatures gradually dispersing—actually, if you didn't look at the text, these images were quite cool.

"It's over."

In that instant, Su Zhou, who understood internet customs very well, knew his future destiny and his face turned ashen. "The 'talking to fish' meme... it looks like I'll never get rid of it in this lifetime."

At the same time.

Underneath Tian Du, at the Dao Yi Heavenly Calculation Center.

Yan Sheng, who was simultaneously communicating with multiple entities, was calmly recounting his previous exchange with Su Zhou in a virtual conference hall.

[He discovered the Dragon King's corpse—faster than we anticipated.]

"We discovered the Dragon King's corpse half a year ago when we joined forces with the American Federation to scan the world's oceans... but we didn't expect that a Jiao dragon would actually be gestating. This is indeed very important news."

An electronic window flashed, and an old voice replied, with a hint of anxiety, "Without the protection of the Order Array, the development speed of the ocean's demon beasts may be faster than we imagined. And the Jiao dragon that obtained the Dragon King's inheritance is clearly different from the demon kings of the past. It is not a member of 'human civilization,' but a pure spirit monster."

"That's not important. If it causes trouble, kill it." Another electronic window flashed, and a slightly younger voice calmly replied, "More importantly, did Su Zhou show any interest in the Dragon King's inheritance?"

[No. He voluntarily reported it. And during the reporting process, his interest in the origin of 'demon race' was far greater than his interest in the 'Dragon King's inheritance'.]

"I see." A similarly old voice sounded. If Su Zhou could hear it, he would recognize it as Dao Sheng Zhang Qingyun's voice, "It seems that our speculation is correct. He does have another powerful inheritance. Neither the Leize inheritance nor the Dragon King inheritance are necessarily more refined and powerful than his own."

"Perhaps it comes from his bloodline. 'Nidao' (Mimic the Dao) cultivators have a far greater grasp of their bloodline roots than other paths. They are indeed capable of hiding knowledge and inheritance in their genes, allowing them to be revived with the awakening of their bloodline."

Another voice speculated, and this voice expressed undisguised optimism towards Su Zhou, "Compared to this small matter, just judging from this incident, Su Zhou's character is flawless—he may be a little impulsive, but that's a young man's prerogative."

The majority of voices did not deny this, implicitly acknowledging it, while Yan Sheng displayed various data from Su Zhou's past in front of the numerous windows.

Among them, there was a record of Su Zhou, as a young boy, taking Shao Qiming to conquer various haunted houses.

There were also records of Su Zhou exploring seventeen fierce locations alone and returning safely.

Even how many paranormal magazines Su Zhou had bought since childhood, his usual conduct, the evaluations of his school teachers, and his physical examination data and grades from kindergarten onwards were displayed.

Even the records of Su Zhou breaking the limbs of several human traffickers and criminals when he was young, which had been jointly erased by Su's father and the Shao family, were brought back to light.

But clearly, no one cared about this, or thought it was a stain—for transcendents, it could even be considered a virtue.

[Countless pieces of evidence show that he is indeed the most suitable one. Whether it's talent, character, personal disposition, or IQ and EQ, it's all the same. Even though we granted him professor privileges, Su Zhou has not used this authority to do anything sensitive during this period. He's very cautious.]

Yan Sheng summarized, [This temperament is even inconsistent with his usually impulsive personality. There is reason to believe that his impulsiveness may also be a protective shell. He has a more sensitive and cautious inner self than what is apparent.]

"Then, there's no need to continue testing?" The younger voice said, the electronic window flashing.

[No. It's not a test.] Yan Sheng pointed out the error in the term, [We are both in the transcendent stage. We are not in a position to test him. In fact, this is a collaboration. Just now, I have entrusted Professor Su to use his bloodline power to suppress the sea beasts in the South Sea that may become manic during this period of possible spiritual energy outbreak, preventing them from running rampant.]

[He was very willing.]

Su Zhou, who was indeed very willing, had already changed his clothes, put on sunglasses, and was walking on the avenue beside the beach.

On one side stood a forest of reinforced concrete buildings, and on the other side was a golden beach with blue sea and sky. The scenery of nature and civilization harmoniously merged into one.

However, Su Zhou did not appreciate this harmonious beauty. Because he was looking up, staring at the seemingly empty sky.

Beneath the sunglasses, his azure-purple vertical pupils glowed with spiritual light. He stared at the black rifts traversing the universe above the sky, the corners of his mouth slightly raised, as if he was expecting and waiting.

The far sea of the South Sea.

A seemingly ordinary cargo ship.

"According to the prophecy, the second round of spiritual energy eruption will begin within three days."

A Southeast Asian man dressed as a sailor, but without any signs of hard work, said to a special communication device, "Has the medicine mixed with 'Celestial God Factor' not infected enough of the lower limit threshold yet?"

The man's appearance was quite ordinary, with small eyes that looked like two black beans, but his voice carried an extraordinary majesty, not the kind that could be obtained by being in a high position for a long time, but a pressure that came from the essence of the soul.

"Leader, not yet." A tired voice came from the other end of the phone, with the sound of a ship's engine in the background, indicating that the speaker was sailing at sea, "The Zheng (Correct) Country government has realized the chaos in the 'Kai Ling Yao (Aperture Opening Medicine)' market and is strictly suppressing and confiscating all kinds of 'Kai Ling Yao'. Although the organization's drugs are still circulating on the market, the rate of spread is far less than in the initial stage. But the good news is that they have not discovered the organization's secrets. They are simply suppressing it as an ordinary fake medicine. The defenses of the South Sea countries are not strict, and the threshold has been reached."

"Well, that's fine too. As for the Zheng Country side, since the number of infected humans is not enough, pour the remaining stock into the sea to see if it can attract some sea beasts. The more, the better."

The man's voice carried a hint of displeasure, "The plan on the Zheng Country side is always unsuccessful. The same thing happened with the 'Hungry Ghost Path' Celestial God Factor experiment in southern Zheng Country last time... But it's fine. If you count the 'Celestial God Factor' initially stored during the spiritual energy revival, at least I have enough materials to advance."

"May the Celestial God descend upon you." The voice on the other end of the communication flattered immediately, and the man who was flattered softened his tone a little, "May the Celestial God descend upon you too."

The Advent Society.

Full name 'Celestial God Advent Society'.

A mysterious organization that advocates 'Human-God Unification' and 'Leap Evolution'.

It is said that this organization possesses the power of ancient gods, can summon the power of great beings from beyond the void, and unite with this power to become a god in this world, becoming immortal and possessing endless authority.

The existence of this organization can even be traced back thousands of years, and the reason why they have been able to exist to this day is because their propaganda is not entirely a boast, and even a large part of it is true.

"After the spiritual energy recovers, an unpredictable amount of 'Celestial God Kin' will randomly be born all over the world. The 'Celestial God Factor' extracted from the Celestial God Kin's body is the foundation of 'Deification'."

Hanging up the communication device, the man narrowed his eyes slightly. His already small eyes were even less visible. He looked at the distant coastline and muttered to himself, "However, the types of 'Celestial God Kin' that descend each time are random, and the effects of each Celestial God Factor cannot be universally applied."

"To accumulate enough Celestial God Factor to advance, it must be artificially cultivated, artificially guided."

Thinking this way, the Southeast Asian man smiled, but this smile did not have any warmth, instead revealing a gloomy and terrifying, ruthless and cold aura.

"Like planting crops."

Boom, spiritual light flashed, and his body instantly transformed into an invisible phantom. The cold spiritual energy began to spread around, and the flesh faded from the man's body, leaving only a pale skeleton engraved with countless runes, and cold spiritual fire burned behind the skeleton's eye sockets, faintly releasing a halo that was enough to shock the soul.

He looked like a skeletal ghost emerging from the underworld, but he carried a faint hint of holiness.

It could be seen that all the sailors on the entire cargo ship did not react to this change in the man. Their eyes were dull, as if they were being controlled. And from the back of their heads, spiritual threads were spreading out, gathering in the hands of the Southeast Asian man who had turned into a skeletal ghost king, like the puppet strings behind a puppet.

Inside the cargo hold of the cargo ship, there were already many corpses scattered and piled up, and before they died, they had used their blood, mixed with various spiritual secret materials, to draw a huge and complex mysterious magic circle.

Global Transcendent Wanted List, ninth place, one of the seven leaders of the Advent Society, codenamed [Shepherd].

The cargo ship, transformed into a ghost ship, sailed slowly and silently on the high seas.

It was also expecting and waiting for something.