The days in the laboratory were not hard at the beginning. As a soldier, she knew too well the threat the Zerg posed to humanity. If they could find a way to suppress the Zerg from her, it was worth it. The researchers didn't call her by her number directly either; they called her He An. Time passed bit by bit. Hearts changed little by little. Countless blood draws, drug tests, and monitoring failed to bring hope to soldiers with Spiritual Power Destruction, but instead brought hope to those high-born children with low talent who desperately needed to go to the battlefield to earn military merits. The Spiritual Power Accelerant was the first successful product she produced after entering the laboratory. She didn't know if the initial goal was too difficult or if the researchers also needed to survive. After her, a steady stream of people was sent into the laboratory. She watched as sheets of white cloth were carried out—criminals, the elderly, disabled soldiers... Until one day, there were children. Professor Hu clasped her hands together, the lotus beneath her feet closed and bloomed again, countless golden powder scattering, illusory as a dream. Like her days in the laboratory later. The physical pain and mental torment blurred day and night, blurring human and Zerg. Eventually, she broke down. When she attacked everything around her, she heard a researcher shout, "Subject 001 is showing abnormal signs!" At that moment, she remembered everything. It was the Zerg Queen's molt that had restored her Spiritual Power. She had seen traces of the Zerg Queen in the Divine Tomb. What exactly was the Divine Tomb? What exactly was divine power? Were humans truly worshiping gods?! She roared out everything in a frenzy, only to be met with a flood of sedatives and a muzzle. At that moment, the world collapsed, and there was no more He An. "I always wondered why the SS-class Zerg invaded Central Star," Professor Hu said, looking at the New Zerg Queen, her voice so calm it held no warmth. "It turns out it sensed your existence." "The potions injected into my body day and night awakened you, who should not have existed." To kill that SS-class Zerg, the Federation Marshal sacrificed himself and the lives of over ten thousand soldiers. And she gained her freedom. The God Summoning Society took her away in the chaos, but they didn't expect a mantis stalking the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind. She hadn't even seen who the oriole was. Using Chang He's illness as a pretext, she lived on the Seventh Sub-Star for a long time. The awakened Zerg Queen's consciousness used her body to select a host. The mystery of the Seventh Sub-Star Spiritist Association Vice President's betrayal finally had an answer. No matter how strong a Spiritist, they couldn't withstand the residual consciousness of the Zerg Queen. "If you wanted a body, you needed countless Zerg and human corpses." Hearing this, the New Zerg Queen stopped struggling and laughed sharply. "Yes, I manipulated low-level humans without Spiritual Power to launch attacks, destroyed the shield to lure Zerg in, but every time..." It glared at Chu Ran. "I was just a little short!" "Then No. 3 self-destructed to make up for all the energy deficiencies," Professor Hu said without turning around, her eyes lowered. "All of us together worked to create the apocalypse." The New Zerg Queen stared at Professor Hu. "You brought me into this world. I didn't want to devour you, so I waited for you to leave before starting all this." "Now, you've come back." "You could even use your own great-granddaughter as a test subject, so why did you have to come back?!" The New Zerg Queen's face showed unwillingness. It was born from He An's Spiritual Power, so it had no ability to counter He An's divine attacks. As it weakened, Wang Wu's Spiritual Power, which had been devoured, became active. "Wouldn't it be better for humanity if I were born?! I would fight and kill the real Queen, giving you humans time to struggle!" Professor Hu felt her life force ebbing away. Fortunately, she could take most of the New Zerg Queen's life force with her before she died. She had no intention of responding to the New Zerg Queen's howls. It was a Zerg. So it would rather leave its body to Wang Wu, to the real Zerg Queen's evolution, than self-destruct. This was the instinct the Zerg genes could not break free from. Professor Hu closed her eyes. Her skin gradually turned to jade. Countless apsaras soared up from her sides; auspicious clouds descended from the sky, and countless illusory lotuses appeared. "Deliver all beings." Instantly, golden light blazed around her. Vast amounts of life force were pulled from the New Zerg Queen's body and channeled into Chu Ran and He Qishen. With a crack, Professor Hu's entire body turned to jade and then shattered into pieces. I have felt human warmth, and I have fallen into human hell. I have brought warmth to humans, and I have pushed humans into hell. But I never found humanity's true hope. May I have no next life. "In Star Era 3097, the last trace of the Lord of Rebirth appeared." —Excerpt from A Brief History of the Old Century