I created the Bureau of Anomaly Control

Boom!

Lightning tore through the air, crashing heavily onto the man, sending him flying. He traced a beautiful arc through the sky before slamming into the ground, rolling several times in a clumsy heap.

But as soon as he stopped rolling, the man stood up as if nothing had happened.

The one struck by lightning was none other than Mann.

He was testing his resistance to attacks without any defenses. This heavy blow did leave a scorched mark on his chest, so it wasn't entirely without damage, but based on Mann's experiences these past few days…

…he could fully recover after a two-hour nap.

And this was already a powerful blow under normal thunderstorm conditions. In the past, Mann had to be careful not to get hit by lightning of this intensity when fighting Lei Yu, but now, even if he was ambushed, he would only suffer minor injuries that wouldn't affect the fight.

"That's enough," he said to Lei Yu, who had returned to human form. "Let's stop here for today."

After a comprehensive assessment of his speed, strength, and resistance to attacks, Mann had only one thought in his mind.

The Divine Firmament was too strong.

Now he deeply understood the mentality of those Rank Ⅴ ability users when they joined forces to deal with the Divine Firmament. Facing such a guy, their cooperation could be considered justified.

The Divine Body had improved him far beyond any other ability, but this was only one-third of a complete ability.

Combined with the abilities he had previously mastered, and considering that the Federation, the strongest force on the surface, would no longer attack him, Mann could now go anywhere.

If he wanted to, he could even become a low-profile, wealthy superhuman like he originally planned.

But now, that idea wasn't as appealing to him as it once was. After being caught up in the conflict between the Federation and the Salvation Alliance, and being tossed around in it, his heart couldn't simply calm down.

During this time, he had killed a Rank Ⅴ deity, eliminated a reality warper, disrupted the gods' plans, and helped the Divine Firmament achieve a truce between the Salvation Alliance and the Federation, but he still wasn't safe in the current world.

This might be because he was involved in a major event, but Mann had faced the risk of death several times. Needless to say, during the battle with the Moon God, if he hadn't called on the Shadow in the ceasefire agreement, something might have gone wrong.

These experiences made him deeply realize that he still couldn't control his own destiny. If he lived in a peaceful world without any turmoil, he might have been able to leave the center of the vortex and live in seclusion.

But he lived in a world where the end could come at any time. Even aside from that, the struggles between powerful ability users existed around him, and he was indeed involved in them to some extent.

Now was actually a turbulent era.

In such a world, Mann felt that the purest pursuit was no longer living a comfortable life.

What he wanted now was to live freely.

In other words, he wanted the power to avoid being dragged into other problems.

And there were two obvious paths in front of him. The first was the prophecy guided by the Divine Firmament's blood. If he could complete all the known prophecies and obtain the "Divine Will" within them, he might be able to step into Rank Ⅴ.

The good thing about this choice was that the Divine Firmament wouldn't lie to him, but the bad thing was that it might drag him into other troubles.

But Mann couldn't really say whether he disliked such situations or not.

And the second was his spoils of war—the Moon God's power.

If he could find an anomalous entity that could deal with its negative effects, then he could become a Rank Ⅴ mental entity. This was also a very feasible path. He had already obtained the main part of the project, and all that was missing was the last piece of the puzzle.

The problem with this choice was that finding a suitable anomalous entity might require enough manpower and resources, and Selene might also have potential problems.

In addition to these two paths to improvement, there was also something very important for Mann to do.

That was to retrieve his memories.

Directly recalling his memories now seemed very difficult, so Mann planned to use a relatively simple method, which was to go back and ask the closest person he knew—Chen Yun.

Moreover, direct contact with her might also promote the recovery of his memories. This was also a simple method for his memory recovery. Mann had tried all the other methods he could, but none of them had been effective.

And this would also help to obtain the Moon God's power. If the opportunity was right, he might be able to introduce Selene to Chen Yun.

Moreover, Chen Yun's current special status seemed to have some troubles, and he should also see if he could handle it for her. This idea naturally appeared in Mann's mind, as if there was no other choice for him.

Thinking of this, Mann opened the door.

Qin Lan was waiting for him.

She said with emotion:

"I still haven't quite reacted. It feels a bit like a dream to me."

"We really have a truce with the Federation."

Mann nodded:

"At least on the surface, that's how it is."

Qin Lan said:

"That's also why I'm a little confused. This war seems to have come to an end for the time being, but it doesn't seem to have stopped at all. But that's how my sister does things."

"She always stands in a different position from ordinary people to look at things."

Mann told her:

"I saw your sister."

Qin Lan was stunned for a few seconds, then asked with surprise:

"You saw her?"

Mann replied:

"It's hard for me to describe that as seeing each other, but I did have some conversations with her. The Divine Firmament asked me about your situation, and she was relieved to know that you are safe now."

"Moreover, she also pointed out a few prophecies to me. I understood some of them relatively smoothly, but there may be some problems with one of them."

"She said that we will rebuild the Salvation Secret Alliance in the shadows, but I don't think it will start now. We have just signed a ceasefire agreement with the Federation, and I am still restricted."

Qin Lan nodded:

"I don't have any ideas about this, but maybe we can gather them under other names first, accumulate strength first, and then find a way when the opportunity arises."

"And we can also try to contact Salvation Alliance members in other regions."

Mann nodded:

"Then you can start preparing. We may have to rebuild the Salvation Secret Alliance at any time."

He didn't plan to make a choice.

Since there were two paths, he would step on them at the same time to see which one was more stable and faster.