Does it matter if she's showing off, as long as I can get the information I want from her? Flattering her a bit won't cost me anything. Thinking this, Pei Yan showed a naive and sunny smile and praised, "Sister, you're truly amazing! I've never seen this ability from anyone else!"

"You're willing to call me sister?" The girl's eyebrows lifted as she smiled and asked.

"That's because you're so awesome, Sister! What were we talking about again! Oh, right! About your physical condition! You said you're the original entity? And that this body is only three years old, what does that mean?" Pei Yan spoke as he sat back on the bed, sipping his drink while asking.

"This requires starting from the beginning. As I said, the world maintains a balanced and orderly operation, and I didn't exist in this world at that time, until over a thousand years ago when other planes, which had developed their civilizations earlier than ours, gradually discovered that when they reached their highest realm, their power would uncontrollably dissipate and disappear, never able to break through the bottleneck to reach a higher realm. After long exploration, they discovered the Plane Barrier, and repeatedly attempted to break through, eventually..."

"Eventually leading to the first large-scale invasion from alternate dimensions!" Pei Yan recalled what Hu Wenjun had told him and interjected.

"Yes, what followed, as you know, was a prolonged infiltration that disrupted the balance between several planes. This world absorbed too much energy from other planes at once and couldn't fully digest or consume it. The sturdy Plane Barrier became fragile due to the over-expansion of energy. When those fools realized something was wrong, it was too late. Attempts to mend the collapse were like closing the stable door after the horse has bolted, and thus I was born!"

The girl paused here and casually waved her hand, automatically forming a model of Earth in her palm: "I was an emergency measure created by this world in response to this situation. Initially, I just mechanically accelerated the absorption of excessive leaky energy from alternate dimensions to transform and dissipate them, repairing the Plane Barrier. However, over the long years, I gradually developed self-awareness. I stopped dissipating those energies, instead starting to convert them into my own power! The origin of this world was thus born!"

"And then?" After a moment, Pei Yan cautiously asked the girl who fell silent at this point.

"And then, over a hundred years ago, as my consciousness matured, I began to attempt contact with this world, to interact with you humans, learn about the civilization you created, witness your foolish wars and mutual killings for one absurd reason after another, and feel the love and hate among you, which gave me my emotions. That was a beautiful and joyful time."

The girl paused again and fell into silence, seemingly recalling fond memories, her expression shifting from time to time between sadness and excitement, finally turning into resentment and hatred as she said, "However, just as your species often summarizes, joyful times are always fleeting. The more intimately connected I became with human society, the greater the influence exerted. This world saw more and more individuals awakening their inner sources, and my presence was exposed, drawing those people to besiege and tear apart my body! They wanted to control and absorb me, to become the rulers of this world!"

Watching the fierce-eyed, raging girl with her long hair floating up, Pei Yan hesitantly asked, "Was it Mu Fanchen, oh no! Mu Haoran?"

"Mu Haoran? What is he? He doesn't deserve it! Even Divine Desire is nothing but a tail-wagging dog following others! Besieging me was..." The girl stopped mid-sentence, seeing the sparkle of interest in Pei Yan's eyes, swallowed her words, and smiled wryly, "Forget it, telling you this is useless now."

Pei Yan then repeatedly pleaded a few times but found the girl unwilling to pick up his questions, asking again in disappointment, "What about after that?"

"After that, I was caught by Divine Desire. Given their current power, trying to subdue my true body is nothing but dreaming. To make me yield and prevent me from siphoning energy from the world to restore strength, Divine Desire can only trap me within a human body and seal my power. But adults have too much rejection, so they found newborn babies, yet such young children couldn't bear my energy."

"Ultimately, as you saw, my body was soaked in a liquid formed by multi-dimensional technology to barely be sustained. Even so, this body is rapidly growing influenced by my energy. The actual age of the girl you saw in the glass jar is only three."

"How many bodies have you switched?"

The girl turned her head to face the expressionless Pei Yan who was peeling the plastic label off his drink bottle, and said with a smile, "Seven. Counting the initial experiments that killed four children, I've had three bodies swapped over the years!"

As the number left her lips, Pei Yan's grip on the drink bottle deformed it, his face showing disappointment as the girl's smile intensified.

"Even if what you say is true, why come to me for help? To rescue you? You've got to be kidding! Even the Mu Haoran you disdain has me wrapped around his fingers! Facing him, I struggle just to protect myself!" Pei Yan tossed the drink bottle into the trash can with a bitter smile.

"That's why I'm here to boost your strength first!"

"Oh! How do you boost it?"

Half an hour later

Feeling the new powers he had mastered, Pei Yan looked solemnly for the first time at the girl, "Why are you enhancing my abilities now? Aren't you afraid I'll renege afterwards?"

"This is merely guiding you on the proper use of your origin, which is trivial compared to the power I will grant you in the future!" The girl looked satisfied with Pei Yan's current state, confirming that men are indeed more obsessed with power than women. It's exactly this expression! Just like Su Xiang, who was step by step manipulated into my hand."

"How do you want me to save you, then? You should know that even with the power I now possess, I'm still no match for Mu Fanchen."

"Don't worry, you won't encounter him. The conditions aren't ripe yet; once the time comes, I'll notify you!"

Watching the girl gradually disappear from his sight, the room returned to silence once more, as if everything that just happened was a sleepwalking dream after a headache. But when Pei Yan lowered his head to see the marks appearing on his palms, he knew everything was real.

He rose quietly, pushing open the door of the room, finding everything still and silent around him indicating that no one in the entire villa had noticed the girl's arrival, Pei Yan tiptoed to his roommate's bedroom, where the door was wide open and he saw Wang Wenze sprawled on the large bed, snoring loudly without taking off his clothes.

"Wake up, wake up!" Pei Yan whispered, repeatedly shoving Wang Wenze for a while, until he heard him let out a long breath of alcoholic air, turning over irritably to say, "What? Why are you acting crazy!"

"Sober up! I have something urgent to tell you!" Pei Yan muttered softly.

Seeing Pei Yan's serious expression, Wang Wenze knew there was cause, rubbing his aching head as he accepted the chilled mineral water Pei Yan handed him. With his ability, he repeatedly suppressed his drunkenness to clear his mind slightly, then asked while drinking, "Okay, what's up?"

"Among the Investigation Bureau, you're the one I trust the most. What I'm going to tell you, can you promise not to disclose it to anyone?" Pei Yan asked with a serious face.

"Not even Captain Hu, Superintendent?"

Seeing Wang Wenze's bewildered expression, Pei Yan shook his head, "No. Both Captain Hu and Superintendent are good people, but they are captains, after all. If I speak out, they will be caught in a difficult position due to their status, and may report to the higher-ups with the intent of protecting me, so I can't speak."

Wang Wenze, hearing this, knew the matter was not trivial. After rubbing his temples for a while, he clenched his teeth and said solemnly, "You tell me, I'll promise you with my life, whatever you say won't leak from my mouth without your consent, provided I'm not subjected to techniques, I can't guarantee I can withstand the Bureau's mental interrogation."

"Good! If they do dare to treat you like that, this Investigation Bureau, in my eyes, will be no different from Divine Desire!"