I created the Bureau of Anomaly Control

Troublesome.

While Shadow was talking to Kong Lu, he was walking in the inspection tunnel of the Reality-Warping Prison. As a top-level anomaly with super-powerful avatar abilities, the Federation had countless things for him to handle simultaneously.

This was also an important reason why he was able to become the Minister of the Investigation Department. It wasn't just his strong mental abilities, but more importantly, he could be in multiple places at the same time, processing information beyond human limits.

Although he didn't want to pay attention to the arrogant Kong Lu, he didn't completely agree with his views—Kong Lu seemed to think that he really didn't need to be in awe of him, which might be reasonable from his perspective.

He only had two eyes, and all he could see were the contracts that bound him.

But Shadow had countless eyes. He could vaguely see the outline of the entire Federation, the lake formed by all the councils in the Grand Parliament, and the undercurrents beneath the surface.

He could see all the changes in the Investigation Department, how the Federation controlled the world through this organization, and what the Federation used to connect the Investigation Department with its other parts.

The shape of these bones was obvious to him, because he himself occupied many of the bones' positions.

It might not be obvious now, but as time passed, he would occupy more and more positions within the Federation, shouldering more and more indispensable responsibilities, and by then...

He would become more and more important to the Federation. Once he reached the point where his departure could harm the Federation, the Federation would value him more than others, and the contracts he had signed would no longer matter.

The Federation made him sign them, and the Federation could tear them up.

When he completely became a bone of this behemoth, he would also be able to influence its flesh and blood.

But the time was not yet ripe.

Troublesome, that was how he felt about this task.

Handling this matter would be troublesome. Although at first glance it might not seem like a big deal, just rejecting Ma En's proposed deal, Shadow always felt that things were not that simple.

Ma En's reaction, Tang Xueluan's answer, his intuition...

All pointed to the complexity of this matter.

Although Ma En's repeated urging of the deal conflicted with his speculation, the Federation's insistence on rejecting Ma En's deal made Shadow feel something was amiss.

Something was stirring in the dark, something he couldn't even see.

Runes flickered, mechanical structures operated.

The door opened.

The first thing Shadow saw was not the resident here, but a small lizard wagging its tail and running over. It opened its mouth fiercely at Shadow, flicking its tongue and making a warning hiss.

Although it looked cute, Shadow's gaze at it was extremely serious. Don't look at how small it was now, it and its kind had recently destroyed Atlantis.

In the courtyard not far away, a humanoid figure ran over.

But the newcomer was not the only creature here.

The thing that ran over resembled a human child, but his whole body was made of wood, like a meticulously carved puppet given life by superb craftsmanship.

"I'm sorry," the wooden boy said, picking up the lizard. "It's been a bit grumpy lately. Sister is waiting for you outside the courtyard, you can just go in."

Shadow glanced at the wooden boy and the struggling lizard in his arms, then turned and walked towards the courtyard.

Shén Xiāo, wearing various restraints, was suspended in mid-air in a meditative posture.

Although he couldn't see it, Shadow could imagine that she was using her vast divine power to fight against the ocean, maintaining those monsters trying to destroy the world in a certain state.

"They are not living things," Shadow walked up to Shén Xiāo. "If I remember correctly."

Shén Xiāo opened her eyes, lightly stretched her body, and landed:

"Yes, they are just skin rashes of the ocean."

Shadow turned his head and looked at the wooden boy:

"The last time I saw him, this guy was still a tree, right? That little lizard hasn't changed much, at least not in appearance, but I heard he's been grumpy lately."

Shén Xiāo looked at him with peaceful eyes:

"Maintaining balance is not easy, but if you can remove my restraints, I can guarantee that all these guys will melt into the sea within a few days, and they will no longer be a threat to us."

Shadow smiled:

"I can't make the decision on this matter, you can talk to the Federation yourself, anyway, in my opinion, you two are similar, both are something I can't really communicate with."

Shén Xiāo disagreed with his point of view:

"I am different from the Federation. If you want to say it, the Federation may be similar to them, and the similarity between me and you may be far greater than others."

Shadow didn't continue her words:

"These two things are not dangerous, right? Now I know what the Federation is worried about, you don't want them to fight against the Federation, do you?"

While speaking, he invaded Shén Xiāo's superficial consciousness.

Hot blood flowed down Shadow's eyes, and dazzling light pierced through his skull. Instantly, his brain melted away like a burning candle.

"No," Shén Xiāo replied to Shadow's corpse.

As she finished speaking, the mechanical door not far away opened again, and the second Shadow walked in.

"That's good." Shadow walked to his completely melted corpse and casually wiped the pure black blood with his foot. "The Federation has a lot of concerns about you, after all, your power is too terrifying.

"Some people even suspect that although you haven't done anything, your power may have already caused some kind of impact on the outside world that neither we nor you are aware of."

Shén Xiāo answered very honestly:

"This is possible, but the premise is that there must be some kind of substantial power as a reliance. At least I don't know of any things outside that can be relied on by my power. If there is, it shouldn't be very strong.

"After all, my power output is under your strict calculations."

Shadow nodded:

"Yes, what I want to say this time is not this. You may not know yet, Ma En succeeded. He and the organization behind him successfully sealed the Sun God, completing the agreement with the Federation."

Shén Xiāo sat cross-legged on the grass:

"I'm not surprised."

Shadow also sat down:

"But we are quite surprised. Who would have thought that such a completely new force would suddenly appear out of thin air? But this matter is not over yet. The Federation originally wanted to invite Ma En to help control the gods.

"I know you definitely don't want this to happen. Ma En also refused at first, but recently he came to us for some reason and proposed a deal related to this matter.

"But interestingly, we refused him at this time. Do you know what he wants?"

Shadow didn't really want Shén Xiāo to answer. He directly said to himself:

"He wants to obtain the anti-spiritual medicine by controlling the gods. What do you think about this?"