My Identity Is Becoming More and More Astonishing

"Oh," Chen Yu realized. "Then your blood pressure must be quite high, huh."

"Bang!"

The chubby middle-aged man slammed his hand on the desk, seething with murderous intent, "Don't seek death."

"I truly didn't know," Chen Yu said, spreading his hands. "If I had known the meaning of 'Progenitor,' I wouldn't have been pondering it in the room."

"What I'm asking you is, who did you hear the term 'Progenitor' from?"

"Someone told me."

"Who."

"I don't know them, I really don't," Chen Yu said with a sincere look in his eyes.

"Chen Yu, my first impression of you is very poor. Later, you'll realize how foolish your current actions are."

After giving Chen Yu a deep look, the chubby middle-aged man did not continue to press the question. Instead, he continued to lounge with his leg crossed, leisurely drawing a cigar from his drawer and lighting it with an air of nonchalance.

He took a deep breath.

Allowing the spicy smoke to fill his lungs.

"Kid," he said, exhaling smoke, "Let's get down to business. I have a task for you. Do well and you'll live a life of glory and wealth, and your three family members will have good days ahead. At the very least, they won't need to work at my 'Eden' to make money."

Chen Yu heard the threat in his words, "And if I don't do well?"

"Then, including you, all of your family will disappear," the chubby middle-aged man said, taking puffs of his cigar unconcernedly.

A glint of murderous intent flashed in Chen Yu's eyes.

But it quickly faded. He nodded, "OK, deal. Tell me, what's the task."

"It's simple," the chubby middle-aged man flicked ash from his cigar. "The human Transcendent realm is about to perish, right? You, give it a push."

Chen Yu, "I don't quite understand."

"Alright, let me explain in detail," standing up, the middle-aged man began to walk around Chen Yu. "Where to begin? Hmm, let's start with the myriad races. Such secrets are something someone of your previous clearance wouldn't understand. Don't interrupt me as I explain."

"Like this kind of interruption?" Chen Yu raised his hand. Experience tales at My Virtual Library Empire

"Yes," the chubby middle-aged man nodded. "If you dare interrupt again, I'll tear your mouth apart."

"Hmm," Chen Yu nodded.

Snuffing out his cigar, the chubby middle-aged man mentally organized his words and began to speak freely.

"The myriad races, what are they?"

"They are the tens of thousands of intelligent species that exist in this world."

"But though they are said to be in the tens of thousands, the ones that are truly established, with some degree of independence, are only over three thousand species. Like humans, they are scattered everywhere, with their own cultures, consciousness, religious beliefs, and levels of technology.

And because their numbers are vast, crowded into a few continents and some oceans, their conflicts with each other are very sharp."

"It can be said that without supervision, battles could break out daily over trivial matters."

"Oh," the chubby middle-aged man suddenly exclaimed, "Right, a few thousand years back, the 'myriad races' did just that, fighting until they created the Hundred Clans List."

"As the name suggests."

"It's the list of the top hundred strongest clans among the 'myriad races.' Each with the largest territories, the most resources, and the largest populations."

"After all, war is the greatest act of natural selection. There will always be some species, originally weak, but the more they fight, the more their potential bursts forth."

"But once the Hundred Clans List was established, to avoid the world being engulfed in warfare every day and to prevent other species from rising, the top hundred clans formed a coalition to establish an institution. Its name is—Law Enforcement."

The middle-aged man paused, then looked at Chen Yu, "This term, have you heard of it before?"

"..." Chen Yu's face was expressionless.

Chubby man, "Now you can 'interrupt.' It should be give and take, after all."

Chen Yu, "I've never heard of it."

Chubby man, "Alright, no more interruptions."

The chubby middle-aged man continued, "Ever since its inception, the Law Enforcement institution had tremendous power. Its staff consists entirely of elite individuals from the Hundred Clans."

"The duties are: to stabilize world regions, allocate the interests of all races, mediate racial wars, and control the balance of power among the races."

"In short, all intelligent species outside the Hundred Clans Leaderboard are under the jurisdiction of law enforcement."

"Alright," the fat middle-aged man relit his cigar, exhaling clouds of smoke, "That's the basic background for you. Now we come to the crux of the matter."

"For thousands of years, due to the existence of us 'Evils', the strength of the human Transcendent world has increased rapidly even in non-war times."

"It has even reached a level where it almost disregards the physical frailty of individual humans, and is close to rivaling the 'Hundred Clans' in combined might."

"The Hundred Clans are angry."

"The myriad races are angry."

"All over the world, humans are not allowed to be so badass," the fat middle-aged man laughed, "Understand?"

Chen Yu appeared thoughtful.

Many puzzling aspects of previous human civilization suddenly became clear.

"Therefore, under the influence of many vast powers, the 'Evils' who are fighting 'life-and-death' battles against the human Transcendent world have been selected."

"Decades of planning, just to roll humanity back to the bottom within a 'legal' framework."

"We know. We 'Evils' are the ones being used."

"But we are happy about this."

"Compared to those 'powers' that want to weaken the Transcendent world, we prefer that the Transcendent realm be thoroughly and forever eradicated, extinct."

"Well."

Exhaling a puff of thick smoke, the fat middle-aged man's tone grew somber, "The great war thousands of years ago saw humans not taking the lead, which doomed them to forever lose the chance. So why bother fighting? It only brings divine wrath and universal misery, making everyone's life wretched."

"With the 'law enforcement' institution in place, even without a single Transcendent, the human race can still ensure its survival as a whole."

"So why not embrace a little happiness?"

Chen Yu felt a chill, "I understand your thinking. Eradicate the Transcendent realm so society no longer has oppression. And the 'Evil' group can't reproduce."

"Exactly!" The fat middle-aged man laughed, "When all of us 'Evils' die of old age, and no Transcendent takes it upon himself to 'create' Evils, human civilization will step into a true Eden. Life will then be blissful, peace will arrive. Look, before you became a Transcendent, wasn't ordinary human society quite loving?"

"So the Transcendent, is the root of all evil."

"Human nature, ah. With the power to transcend ordinary humans, oppression is inevitable."

Flicking the ash, the fat middle-aged man settled back into his executive chair, "You know what happened next. The sudden riot at today's arena, many foreign dignitaries dead. The coalition forces of over a dozen races, already stationed at the border."

"Now, just waiting for the 'law enforcement' authorization, the myriad races can 'legally' launch a war against the human Transcendent world. To completely make those buggers disappear."

"Enough, no need to say more." Chen Yu suppressed the turmoil in his heart and nodded, "I've heard everything. Tell me what I need to do."

"Given the current situation, even though the Transcendent realm has seen good development, it ultimately can't withstand the myriad races' coalition forces.

So they are still struggling to survive." Flicking away the cigar butt, the fat middle-aged man squinted, "According to the latest intelligence, the Transcendent realm has assembled a team to head to the 'law enforcement' center to meet with the Chief Enforcer. They intend to delay or even wildly imagine stopping the issuance of the 'war authorization'."

"And your mission is to infiltrate that team."

"To stop their stoppage."

"Snap!"

Slamming the table forcefully, the fat middle-aged man mouthed a ferocious smile, "Within ten days, I want to see the 'war authorization' promulgated. I want to witness the myriad races' coalition forces blood-washing the Transcendent world! I want to see the birth of a new human era!"

"If you succeed, you will forever be a hero of human civilization, living a carefree life, protected from being held accountable for your Transcendent status. Your family will also become a family of merit, positioned at the very top of the human hierarchy."

"If you fail... you, and your relatives, will accompany the Transcendent realm in death. Believe me, whether it's you or me, we're both inconsequential in this grand scheme. The demise of the human Transcendent realm is inevitable."

Standing up, gazing out the window, the fat middle-aged man waved him away, "You have only ten days."

Chen Yu was silent.

Combining all recent events, including the appearance of the "strange old lady", the mysterious actions of the "queen" of the temple, Chen's inexplicable 'Evil' transformation... and so on.

He felt as if he was the core of a vast vortex, a maelstrom of power, fate, secret strife, and conspiracies, crazily swirling around him.

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