"These are..." Jiang Xiao pointed to the materials and the stack of extremely tall books in front of the old man.

"These are the notes left by Old Yang before he passed away and the books he consulted."

A silver-haired elder looked up, his eyes behind the glasses reflecting a trace of respect.

His fingers gently brushed over the yellowed pages, as if touching a precious treasure.

"We've transferred all of Old Yang's materials here, hoping to find more information about the 'God'."

Another elder held a heavy book in his hands, his voice carrying a slight, barely noticeable tremor, as if he had captured something.

Jiang Xiao walked over, with Shi Shi curiously following behind him, her small hand tightly clutching the hem of Jiang Xiao's clothes.

The elders' busy figures were shuttling back and forth in the room, flipping through every book, every note, every corner that might hide clues.

Their brows were sometimes furrowed, sometimes whispering, sometimes lost in thought.

Jiang Xiao and others stood quietly to the side, not planning to disturb the experts' work.

Shi Shi's gaze, however, kept scanning over the materials, trying to find something that could catch her attention.

Wang Dayong and Niu Jieshi stood at the door, their expressions differing, but both revealing a hint of tension.

When it comes to the depth of scientific research and history, they still have to rely on human methods.

The bizarre thing they can do is to step forward when facing danger, but using their brains isn't their strong suit.

Suddenly, the voice of one of the elders broke the quiet of the room.

"There's a record here about ancient mythology, which seems somewhat similar to our current situation."

Everyone's gaze focused on the worn book in his hand.

Jiang Xiao stepped forward, looking curiously at the densely packed text.

"It mentions an ancient legend of a god who fell into a deep sleep, whose breath is an unbearable force for the world. If someone awakens it from its slumber, the entire world will face immense disaster."

The elder's voice was a bit hoarse, but every word reached the ears of everyone present clearly.

Jiang Xiao frowned slightly, but it was just a myth, after all.

Even if the god in the myth was the current instigator, it wouldn't help; they needed more information about this 'God'.

"Does the god in this legend have a name? Any particular mark?"

The elder shook his head and handed a hasty note to Jiang Xiao.

A tattered fragment was tucked inside the note, containing only the passage, with the rest of the information already gone.

"Initially, we can ascertain that this god isn't a benevolent being, any movement it makes could destroy the world, right?"

"That's right."

"Then it's simple, we just look at the mythology books, exclude the good and benevolent gods, and only focus on the evil ones, right?"

"No, that's not right!"

An elder who had been in a corner browsing through materials suddenly exclaimed and then mumbled.

"Missing, they're missing..."

Wang Dayong, who was closest to him, moved over and inquired.

"What's missing?"

"Books, we're missing books here!"

Missing books?

"If they're missing, just go and buy them, isn't it easy to mobilize resources in today's world?"

"No, not resources, it's the books we brought that are missing..."

The old man's expression was dejected, as if all his energy had been drained.

The books we brought?

Is he saying that the books were stolen?

Insane?

Who on earth steals books?

Jiang Xiao and his group couldn't understand, but the other elders immediately grasped what the old man meant.

"Missing!"

"Seven or eight books are gone!"

"Parts of Old Yang's notes have vanished as well..."

"It's Him playing tricks again from behind!"

Jiang Xiao understood; what they meant was that the god's power had caused the books and notes Old Yang consulted to disappear...

Wang Dayong touched his chin, staring unblinkingly at the books stacked on the table.

God?

Evil god?

He felt like he knew what this was about, but on second thought, he realized he was clueless about anything related to gods?

Just as the group of elders were sighing in distress, a girl in a protective suit walked in.

"Jiang Shen, the biology doctor would like you to come to the laboratory."

Jiang Shen?

How abrupt?

"Ahem."

One of the foremost elders cleared his throat.

Feeling it's somewhat impolite to casually call out those names, just calling the name doesn't seem appropriate either.

After some thought, they decided to have people here call Jiang Xiao, Jiang Shen.

Jiang Xiao: .....

This is not the time to get caught up in names, what does this biologist want from him when he's a total academic slacker?

Later Jiang Xiao, Shi Shi, Wang Dayong, and Niu Jieshi together arrived at a large underground laboratory.

Though it couldn't compare to b2's Weird Research Institute in scale, it was impressive for a temporary setup.

"Hello, Jiang Shen."

Seeing the elegant man in front of him extending his hand, Jiang Xiao was a bit surprised.

He didn't expect the so-called doctor to be so young, seemingly not much older than Jiang Xiao, almost a peer.

"I called you here to discuss something, to see if you can eliminate the virus inside the infected."

The doctor was a straightforward person, diving right into the point without any pleasantries.

Jiang Xiao shook his head helplessly; if he had that skill, it would be great~

"I'm an academic slacker, asking me these questions is really challenging me."

Jiang Xiao just thought the doctor viewed him as an "almighty god," just like the historians at the start, asking him to end this disaster without any ado.

How could he end anything as insignificant as a bubble teapot?

Now someone's asking him to cure a disease, that's quite something...

"What if I said the viruses parasitizing the patients are alive?"

"Alive? Nonsense, virus cells must remain active; if the virus were dead, the patient would recover, wouldn't they?"

Jiang Xiao looked at the doctor with an expression like Wu Yu; could this be a fake expert when the simple truth even an outsider like him understands?

"No, what if I said the characteristics shown by these viral cells are no longer cellular?"

"So?"

Jiang Xiao and the others were speechless; did he call them over just to discuss these trivial cells?

Seeing everyone's impatience, the doctor smiled slightly and spoke.

"Let's not rush, listen to me explain what exactly a cell is."

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