Having the genes of a demon king, I never intended to be a kept man.

Blood-red plains, to the east.

This is a desolate Gobi desert, repeatedly eroded by wind and sand. As far as the eye can see, there are only jagged rocks and endless sand dunes. The scorching wind whips up the sand and gravel, drawing out streaks of dim yellow curtains in the air.

Gao Shenxue, Yu Li, Leng Yuening, Xiao Yuxi, Yao Yue, and Lin Chishang were leading an elite human force, flying swiftly over the Gobi Desert. The sound of wind cutting through the air was drowned out by the howling sandstorm, leaving only a few blurry streaks of light.

"I really don't understand why Ye Ge ordered a retreat so hastily?" Lin Chishang said as he rode the wind.

Xiao Yuxi said softly, "I suppose Ye Ge must have discovered something..."

Just then, Gao Shenxue, who was flying at the forefront, suddenly stopped in mid-air without warning.

Upon seeing this, the people behind them all stopped abruptly, the resulting airflow stirring up dust beneath their feet.

"What's wrong?" Leng Yuening asked curiously.

Gao Shenxue remained silent. She floated quietly, her eyes, as black as the eternal night, fixed intently on what lay ahead.

On the summit of a massive, heavily weathered rock mountain ahead, two figures stood, seemingly having been waiting for some time.

A man dressed in a white casual suit, his short blond hair flowing gracefully in the wind and sand, wore an impeccable, composed smile.

The other man was exceptionally tall and burly, with short white hair, silver-gray eyes, and a high, hooked nose that added to his chiseled features, giving him a cold and hard look. His gaze, like that of a hawk, conveyed a sense of coldness, arrogance, and a rather dangerous aura.

It was Carl and Adam!

Karl's smile remained as warm as ever, and his voice came clearly through the sandstorm: "Miss Takayuki, we meet again."

Leng Yuening paused, recognizing Karl: "You're from the gene company?"

Could it be an ambush?

"Look over there!" Yu Li suddenly exclaimed, pointing to the distant horizon.

“Buzz buzz buzz——!!!”

A dull, heart-pounding tremor came from afar.

On the horizon, a "black tide" was spreading out at an alarming speed!

That was an army of hundreds of millions of Zerg! They were so dense that they covered every inch of land as far as the eye could see, their grotesque limbs and carapaces scraping against the sand and stones, forming a moving abyss that made one's scalp crawl.

Besides those on the ground, there were also those flying in the air! The enormous swarm of flying insects slowly rolled in like a terrifying black cloud, blotting out the sun, and the sound of their wings combined into a chilling roar!

The sandstorm was stirred up by an even larger air wave, and a magnificent yet eerie seven-colored light pierced through the dim yellow dust, stinging everyone's eyes.

Yu Li and the others couldn't help but raise their arms to shield their eyes and squint to look.

Amidst the swarm of insects, the dreamlike butterfly slowly emerges.

Her signature seven-colored butterfly wings still shimmered with light.

But at this moment, her eyes appeared stiff and lifeless, empty and indifferent, as if they had lost all their lively spirit, just like Ji Cangyuan before.

Yao Yue's face turned deathly pale: "It's an army of Zerg... My God, so many..."

And it was actually the Zerg Empress herself who led the team!

“There’s more on the other side.” Xiao Yuxi bit her lip and looked in the other direction.

On the southwestern horizon, the first sound was the deep, muffled roar of the ocean waves, like the panting of a giant beast.

Immediately afterwards, a dark blue "torrent" surged forth. It was the army of the sea creatures!

Countless sea warriors, wielding tridents and clad in scale armor, marched forward in formation, their steps perfectly synchronized, the sound of their footsteps heavy as the beating of war drums.

The enormous deep-sea behemoth writhed its tentacles covered in suckers, and the fortress-like crustacean war machine slowly advanced.

The shadow rays, flying low in the sky like manta rays, are surrounded by a damp, salty smell and faint arcs of electricity, casting large shadows.

Ji Cangyuan's figure appeared soon after.

He flew at the forefront of the sea tribe's army.

An uncontrollable commotion and gasps of surprise immediately erupted from the human army.

"So many enemies..."

"It looks like we're about to be surrounded!"

Yu Li forced herself to calm down, turned to look at Gao Shenxue who had remained silent, and asked with barely perceptible anxiety in her voice, "Xue'er, what should we do?"

Gao Shenxue's dark eyes, which were always as calm as a deep pool, did not look at the insectoid army or the sea army at this moment.

Her eyes were fixed on Adam, the man with the hooked nose.

Countless fragmented and distorted images flashed and collided wildly in her mind like uncontrolled electricity...

Gao Shenxue's body stiffened almost imperceptibly!

Countless fragmented, distorted images, mixed with piercing electronic noise, exploded wildly in her mind like a flood bursting its banks!

It was still the same familiar scene from my childhood: the pale laboratory lights, the swaying figures, the white coats with the conspicuous "capsule" logo of the gene company embroidered on the chest... And among those blurry faces, a face that was much younger, but equally cold and hard as a rock, with a scrutinizing and evaluative look, was Adam in front of me!

“Ugh…!!”

Gao Shenxue let out a muffled groan, a rare look of pain flashing across her cool and beautiful face. She subconsciously raised her hand to her forehead.

"Xue'er!?" Yu Li exclaimed in surprise, "What's wrong with you?"

Adam's cold, hard face slowly broke into a smile as sharp as a knife:

"Ah......"

"Gaofenxue..."

"So you're number 3?"