Inside the police station, Qilin, having just finished processing the cases of Liu and Ge, was preparing to report the anomalies concerning Ian and Zeke to her superiors.
Just then, footsteps echoed in the corridor, and Riven and Ajie walked in quickly.
"Officer Qilin, we are from the National Security Bureau. We will be taking over the cases involving Ge and Liu," Riven stated her purpose, showing her credentials.
Ajie also showed his ID.
Qilin was stunned for a moment, then quickly recovered and handed over the files she was holding to Riven: "These are Ge's testimony, and also..."
She hesitated, looked at Riven and Ajie's credentials, and finally said, "There are files on two suspicious individuals. They... suddenly disappeared."
Riven took the files and quickly flipped through them. Her brow furrowed when she read the description of Ian and Zeke.
"Suddenly disappeared?" Ajie leaned in, looking confused.
"Yes, they disappeared into thin air right in front of me and several colleagues when we arrived at the scene. It was like they had superpowers!" Qilin recalled the scene, still finding it hard to believe.
"We checked the surrounding surveillance footage, but their figures were very blurry in the video. We could only make out a rough outline," she added.
"And..."
"And what?" Riven pressed.
"And, I always felt that the man who smiled at me gave me an indescribable feeling... It was as if he knew me, but I didn't know him. It was very strange." Qilin tried hard to recall, but she couldn't remember any details about Ian.
Riven and Ajie exchanged glances, both seeing surprise in the other's eyes.
"These two could be Super Soldiers... and they're not in our files," Riven said in a low voice.
"It looks like we need to question the parties involved personally," Ajie suggested.
Riven and Ajie then found Liu and Ge and questioned them extensively about Ian and Zeke.
"Those two people... one was tall and handsome, and the other... well, he was handsome too. The kind who's very attractive and has a great presence," Ge scratched his head, trying hard to describe them.
"But now, as soon as I close my eyes, I can't remember exactly what they looked like. I can't describe it."
Liu's description was similar: "They were very arrogant, especially the short one, who was extra arrogant! But... what did they look like again? I can't remember either..."
Riven and Ajie exchanged glances, both showing shock in their eyes.
"It seems one of them may possess a space-time Super Gene similar to mine, or perhaps even stronger," Riven said.
"As for why you can't remember their appearance, it should be the effect of another gene ability."
"This must be reported immediately!" Ajie said, taking out his communicator and contacting Ducao.
"Good, I understand. Hand the phone to Riven." On the Giant Abyss, Ducao's face became serious after hearing Ajie's report.
Ducao was silent for a moment, then slowly spoke into the phone: "Riven, listen carefully. You are the last carrier of the Space-Time Gene on Earth. If these two can be confirmed to also possess similar space-time abilities, then... they must be Super Soldiers from other civilizations."
"Other civilizations?" Riven was very surprised.
After hanging up, Ducao immediately ordered the mobilization of the scientific research team to analyze the surveillance footage of Ian and Zeke.
"Mobilize personnel immediately to find information on these two people. I need to know their purpose!" Ducao ordered.
They even used the Supercomputer on the Giant Abyss to analyze surveillance footage from all over the country.
However, after several hours of searching, they found nothing except for a few similar blurred silhouettes in various surveillance videos.
They only found that Ian and Zeke seemed to have appeared out of thin air on this planet a few days ago, and then appeared in many other places, as if they were... sightseeing.
"These two people..."
"It's like they're tourists."
The technical staff shook their heads helplessly.
"It seems their space-time technology far surpasses ours. We can't detect any Dark Energy fluctuations."
"Where exactly did these two people come from?" Ducao looked at the blurry silhouettes on the screen.
"What is their purpose for coming to Earth?" He couldn't be blamed for being so suspicious, given that many civilizations were currently eyeing the small place that was the Blue Star.
In the end, he sealed the data on Ian and Zeke, then instructed Riven and Ajie to continue monitoring and to report immediately if they were seen again.
Meanwhile, Ian had already sent Zeke to an island nation, letting him experience life on his own.
As for Ian himself, he felt a bit bored.
'I might as well go grind my Adaptation ability,' Ian thought.
He Teleported and arrived near the Sun.
Taking off his Gem Armor, Ian floated on the Sun's surface.
The scorching high temperature immediately enveloped him, but soon, he adapted to the temperature.
"Next, I'll check out the inside of the Sun."
He Teleported again, moving directly into the interior of the Sun.
There, he faced even more intense heat, stronger radiation, and greater pressure.
After adapting, Ian Teleported again toward the center, continuously adapting and continuously Teleporting.
He had plenty of time and was in no rush.
He continued this cycle until he slowly reached the Sun's core. Finally, he completely adapted to the high temperature, luminosity, radiation, shock, and high pressure of the Sun's core.
"Phew... this is awesome!" Having finally finished adapting, he bathed in the Sun's core, yet felt like he was taking a hot bath.
After adapting to the Sun, he still felt unsatisfied. The Adaptation ability had deep potential yet to be tapped.
Ian then injected a large amount of EMC Energy into his Celestial Eye and began scanning the universe.
After a while, he finally discovered a Neutron Star dozens of light-years away.
"Good, finally found it. That's the one!" Ian rubbed his sore Celestial Eye.
He then poured a large amount of EMC Energy into his Void Ring, and with a single Teleport, he arrived at the Neutron Star's surface.
Then, near the Neutron Star, he took off his Gem Armor. As soon as he did, a massive pressure pinned him tightly to the planet's surface.
He felt as if every inch of his body was being pressed down by a great mountain, rendering him immobile.
He knew this was caused by the Neutron Star's powerful gravity, and his body was rapidly adapting.
However, due to his Minecraft special constitution, the Neutron Star's gravity couldn't directly tear Ian's body apart.
It only caused his health to drop at a rate of tens of thousands per second.
'Fortunately, I ate a lot of new things these past few days and boosted my health to over one hundred thousand points,' Ian secretly thought.
His body gradually adapted to the Neutron Star's gravity.
After a while, he could stand up.
After another period, Ian could move freely on the Neutron Star's surface, even singing and dancing as if on Earth...
"Next, I'll approach the Neutron Star's core." Ian moved toward the Neutron Star's core again.
Due to his Minecraft constitution, Ian's body, which was overlapping with the Neutron Star's matter, only suffered a small health deduction per second.
After completely adapting to the pressure and gravity of the Neutron Star's core, Ian wanted to push on and adapt to a Black Hole.
However, just then, he suddenly received a message from the Transmutation Tablet.
The message roughly stated that time on the Black Hole's surface infinitely approaches stillness. Unless he used a near-infinite number of Watches of Flowing Time to accelerate, adapting to a Black Hole would take a very, very long time, and who knows what might happen then.
"Forget it. I'll save it for later," he temporarily gave up on the idea of adapting to a Black Hole.
He could always use the Gacha for mods, so he had plenty of ways to become stronger. Maybe one day he would pull a god-tier mod and be able to wear the universe itself. Why would he fear a mere Black Hole then?