“It’s… okay, I guess.”

Li Ang waved his hand with a complicated expression. After this incident, his identity was completely exposed, and the leisurely, relaxed, and joyful daily life of the past was gone forever.

“Tsk, you need to adapt to your identity sooner rather than later,”

Hanba pouted at her proxy, with a hint of disappointment.

She turned her head to look at Su Nisheng, raised her chin, and said impolitely, “The account hasn't been settled yet.

You demolished his house, kidnapped his friend, and even prepared a trial-and-beating show for him. Punishing a few people is nothing.

You have to pay something big.”

“…”

Su Nisheng frowned slightly, thought for a moment, and waved her hand behind her.

A black shadow was swept in by a howling gust of wind, stopping abruptly. It was none other than Chai Cuiqiao, clad in Qing'e armor.

Her condition at the moment was not optimistic. The Qing'e armor was vulnerable in the face of the Vermillion Bird's burning wind.

Parts of her hands, feet, and face had melted and disintegrated like candles, revealing the thin soul that should have been hidden within.

“You’re okay.”

Half of Chai Cuiqiao's face was exposed outside the collapsed face of the Qing'e armor. Seeing Li Ang standing there safe and sound, the corner of her mouth struggled to form a curve.

Her feet, missing their lower legs, failed to stand steady, and she almost fell to the ground.

The muscles in Li Ang's neck twitched, and he silently stepped forward.

“Don't rush, everyone has their specialty.”

Hanba stopped the silent Li Ang with one hand. Su Nisheng took a slender-necked bottle made of mutton-fat jade from the void, with a thin willow branch inserted in the bottle.

Su Nisheng picked up the willow branch, dipped it in the water in the mutton-fat jade bottle, and sprinkled it on the Qing'e armor.

Instantly, the green smoke created by the Vermillion Bird's burning wind on the surface of the Qing'e armor disappeared.

The damaged armor rapidly recovered, and even Chai Cuiqiao's soul became incomparably clear and solid.

“Oh, you even dug this thing out.”

Hanba's eyes lit up. She released Li Ang, letting him go over to see if Chai Cuiqiao was okay.

Huff.

Li Ang checked the Qing'e armor up and down, secretly relieved.

Fortunately, Chai Chai was still a bit far from the city at the time. Otherwise, with her essence as a lonely ghost, facing the Vermillion Bird's burning wind head-on, she probably wouldn't have even had ashes left.

“Didn't I tell you to stay put in the wasteland?”

Li Ang gritted his teeth and asked softly, reaching out to flick Chai Chai's forehead.

The tip of his index finger was actually a little sore.

It seemed that the mutton-fat jade bottle in Su Nisheng's hand had not only repaired the Qing'e armor, but also evolved the essence of the equipment.

“I was just worried about you.”

Chai Chai covered her forehead somewhat aggrievedly. She wanted to complain a few more times, but there were three other beings present,

especially that Hanba girl, whose body constantly emitted an aura that made Chai Chai, this lonely ghost, feel genuinely terrified.

It made her stand obediently, hiding behind Li Ang, not daring to say another word.

“Mmm…”

Hanba smacked her lips, still somewhat dissatisfied, "No, you helped this little ghost replenish her three souls and seven spirits, which at most counts as treating family members of the injured. It was something you should have done in the first place.

My proxy has exhausted all of his demigod power. With the current state of Earth, I don't know how long it will take to replenish it.

This debt hasn't been settled yet.”

“…”

Su Nisheng's action of putting away the mutton-fat jade bottle stiffened. She looked at Hanba and said coldly, "What do you want?"

“Just according to the Special Affairs Bureau’s style—whoever has the bigger fist calls the shots.”

Hanba grinned and said, “With your current strength, even ten of you wouldn’t be a match for me.

So my fist is bigger.

My proxy has suffered such a big loss and even lost his handy weapon.

You should at least compensate him with ten, eight, or a hundred innate magical artifacts to make up for it.”

Are you trying to rob us?

Li Ang watched the slightly twitching muscles on the back of Su Nisheng's hand, subconsciously completing Su Nisheng's thoughts at this moment in his mind.

Su Nisheng said, “He also severely injured the Vermillion Bird…”

Hanba curled her lip, “That’s self-defense.”

Su Nisheng said indifferently, “The urban area was also destroyed by the aftermath of the battle.”

Hanba didn’t care at all, “That’s what you deserve.”

Su Nisheng slowly said, “His previous dozens of cases…”

Hanba crossed her arms in front of her chest, a mocking smile on her face, “Don’t tell me you really care about the lives and deaths of those mortals.”

“…”

Su Nisheng was silent for a moment, sighed softly, and took out five items exuding a gentle, soft light from the void, suspended above her palm.

The five items were:

A long sword that constantly changed shape like purple lightning;

A jet-black, slowly rotating Rubik's Cube;

A faint, pale flame that looked like it could be extinguished at any moment;

A small, exquisite jade seal;

And a broken, rusty falchion with bloodstains;

“Hmm?”

Hanba’s eyes instantly lit up. She didn’t bother with nonsense like “he wants it all,” staring straight at the five items.

Su Nisheng held the five items in one hand, her lips slightly pursed, and slowly said to Li Ang, “Choose one, as our compensation to you.”

“This…”

Li Ang looked at the five items. Even with his current vision, he couldn't see the degree of mystery contained in these items.

He clapped his hands somewhat awkwardly, “Ahem, are there no item descriptions?”

“Relics of the Anomalous Association. No descriptions. They will only appear after you get your hands on them.”

Su Nisheng said lightly, “Choose.”

“…”

Li Ang stepped forward, looking at the five items with flickering light. After hesitating for a moment, he reached out his hand towards the purple lightning sword.

His biggest problem now was a lack of offensive equipment and props.

The demigod Dryad Titan form was very strong, with complete functionality. He could attack or defend,

and even had a chance of fighting the Vermillion Bird apparition.

But the total amount of demigod power was limited.

Without lifting the body restrictions and maintaining his regular human shell, his strength was probably only enough to beat up opponents like Zhong Limeiming.

After all, the level of his mind power wasn't high enough yet to participate in high-level battles.

Attacking all the way with basic attacks… was a bit too reckless.

It didn’t fit Li Ang's positioning as a support player in the rear.

“Ahem!”

Seeing Li Ang reach for the purple lightning sword, Hanba coughed beside him, looking up at the sky as if admiring the clouds.

Li Ang immediately understood, moved his hand away, and reached for the Rubik's Cube.

“Cough.”

Hanba coughed softly, took a deep breath, and turned to look at the dilapidated high-rise building, as if admiring the doomsday-like scene.

Li Ang reached for the pale flame. This time, Hanba didn't say anything.

“I’ll take this one.”

Li Ang reached out and grasped the flame, not feeling any burning temperature.

The moment he took it, he saw the item description of the flame in his vision, “Hmm? This is…”

He was engrossed in reading the item description. Su Nisheng slowly put away the other items and looked at Penguin and Hanba, “The contract has been signed. I will also patrol the alien realm on schedule, as agreed.”

After saying that, she looked at Li Ang, who had come back to his senses, and said calmly, “As for the Anomalous Association of the Special Affairs Bureau, I will take care of the aftermath. No one will make things difficult for you again.

I invite you to be an honorary consultant of the Special Affairs Bureau, with the same authority as a branch minister.

Let this storm pass, okay?”

Still immersed in the item description, Li Ang hesitated and nodded in agreement.

Su Nisheng nodded, "I have things to do. I'll leave first."

With that, she disappeared, leaving only Li Ang, Chai Chai, Penguin, and Hanba behind.