After witnessing everything God Gray experienced in the livestream, Giles immediately realized he had to step up.

Even if he didn’t reveal his full strength, he had to show some substantial combat power.

Otherwise...

Given the higher-ups’ track record, it wouldn’t be long before Gray would be completely screwed over.

Under a fallen nest, how could the eggs be intact?

With an impeccable understanding of the big picture, Giles kept 99% of his combat power hidden and discreetly joined the official Superhero Association of the United States.

When facing the Superpower Investigation Bureau’s officer, he downplayed his superpower significantly, and exaggerated the phenomenon of Superpower Erosion, only receiving an A+ Level Hero evaluation.

Giles thought it was enough to just do his part, without overly criticizing himself.

The treatment God Gray received also made Giles feel disheartened.

Later, when Gray, completely deified due to severe Superpower Erosion, went on a deadly spree, slaughtering those who had wronged him, Giles only felt schadenfreude and observed silently, without behaving like a Holy Mother and expressing unsolicited opinions.

The fate of those people was encapsulated in two words—deserved it!

Recently, God Gray created an Alliance of Gods with excellent benefits and status, but Giles wasn’t tempted at all.

Luckily, Gray, unlike the Martial God, didn’t possess the quality of a National Guardian and failed to detect anything unusual about Giles.

In retrospect, Giles’ decision not to join the Main God Alliance was a supremely wise choice.

The number of Alliance of Gods members was already limited, and the mortality rate was absurdly high!

Romantic Goddess Shana, in her attempt to ally with Chuankai Seventh Princess Eve, was ultimately smashed into pulp by Ma Ran, her entire being plastered on the Traitor’s Wall. Not only did she die, but her reputation was also tarnished forever, becoming a typical negative example.

The official propaganda claimed that God of Indians Blood Arrow died saving civilians during internal strife, but Giles knew full well it was God Gray who killed him.

The Yi King Megan Lawson met an even more bewildering, silent, and inexplicable death.

The lessons from those who’ve gone before weren’t far behind!

Having read hundreds of Chinese web novels, Giles thoroughly understood the principle of playing dumb to catch the wise.

Unfortunately...

After being used as a hunting dog within the Superhero Association for a while, Giles eventually revealed his true ability—the Zero Kinetic Energy Plane.

The name alone hints at an absurd superpower that defies the laws of physics.

When he uses this ability, Giles can create one or multiple zero kinetic energy planes, reducing the kinetic energy of any matter or energy passing through to zero.

In doing so, he creates a kinetic cross-section.

All sorts of materials—titanium alloys, black technology materials, or Extraordinary Creatures’ materials—would crack instantly upon crossing these planes.

The Superpower Erosion phenomenon is called "sloth". After overusing his ability, Giles would lose interest in everything.

Too lazy to talk, walk, open his eyes, or even live, he might choose to end it all.

According to Earth’s scientific theories, an existence with zero energy would be in an absolute still state, with both atoms and electrons at a standstill.

This kind of matter...

Is practically impossible to exist.

Even if every single atom is at total rest, the substance itself is constantly in relative motion in the cosmos, with its kinetic and potential energy in constant flux.

Which is to say...

An absolutely stationary object doesn’t exist in this world.

Yet the Zero Kinetic Energy Plane remains an outstanding member within the Shengyu Stone Superpower System.

It allows Giles to create a zero kinetic energy plane isolated from the entire cosmos.

After his abilities were exposed, scientists and researchers of supernatural phenomena bombarded Giles with theories, insisting there was still great potential to tap into, claiming using it merely for attack was inefficient and foolish.

But Giles could not care less.

Why develop superpowers?

The greater the ability, the greater the responsibility. Becoming stronger increases the occasions where the ability gets used, thus worsening Superpower Erosion.

Even setting aside the Superpower Erosion phenomenon, the tasks assigned to him would become increasingly difficult, his enemies stronger, and the risk of death higher.

Giles simply refused to do such foolish things!

Having the ability to protect himself suffices.

Giles once loved the United States, but the United States did not love him back.

So...

Let it be!

Though lazy to train, Giles remained a bona fide S-level Ability User. Aside from his lackluster movement speed akin to a normal person, his attack and defense stats in his personal profile were fully capped.

In most cases, Giles could leverage his ability to instantly defeat opponents.

No matter if his rivals were D-level or A-level Outer Star creatures, he could take them down in one blow.

The officers from the Superpower Monitoring Bureau, efficient as they were, could never track down a registered Ability User like him.

Only...

People always have a need to show off.

In front of his celebrity girlfriend, after a few beers, Giles’ head got heated up, and he boasted, "I’m actually on the same level as the Prophet and God. I’m also at the National Guardian level."

And then...

Nothing followed.

His girlfriend later bragged about this detail while chatting with her best friend.

That’s how Giles’ S-level Ability User status got leaked!

Which is why he now found himself in this conference room.

Reflecting on his words made Giles realize how stupid he was. So many Chinese web novels went to his heartless gut.

The main characters endowed with Golden Finger, Cheats and big secrets almost never shared their biggest secrets with their close family and friends.

Initially, Giles felt this somewhat lacking in immersion, thinking those protagonists were too cold and unkind, not sincere enough.

Now...

He suddenly realized that such a version of himself truly lacked the protagonist air.

Before achieving absolute invincibility, guarding the most important secrets is a matter of high discretion. Doing so protects not just oneself but also cherished loved ones.

On the contrary, the ones regarded as potential allies—the Prophet Ma Ran, the Martial God Su Qiangwei, the Observer Agostino, and the one regarded as the darkened BOSS, God Gray...

These individuals had more of a protagonist aura.

Reflecting carefully, Giles realized among the Profound Immortal Zhao Guanlan, Demon Child Zhang Kuang, Sword Master Lin Qiubai, Blazing Rock Funeralist Zhou Yu, Yin Yang Master Ogata Shitou, Judge Wang Shuyin, Soul of Slav Tegnev, and Emotional Tribulation Jin Yina, anyone’s life story could be reviewed and easily considered as destined protagonists.

Only Giles’ past was bland.

The title Mediator sounded nice, but ultimately lacked genuine achievements, missing some weight.

At this point, the sound of mechanical gears turning arose from the walls.

Moments later, an elderly white man with white hair and a stooped posture approached Giles.

Upon his arrival, other politicians stood up one after another.

The old man casually waved his hand, his gaze piercing as he looked at Giles: "Rest assured, you won’t have to contend against God."

"We’ve acquired reliable intelligence from Agostino—that Gray’s residual post-Superpower Erosion divinity mindset had already been cured by Ma Ran before his latest murder."

"The reborn Gray will return to being amiable as before."

"This time, we just want you to restrict Ma Ran."