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Lena stood there blankly, watching Zhou Ye and Feng Shayan act as if nothing had happened, turning around and walking out of the park, preparing to... go eat hot pot?
Xuan Tianji, a guardian who could shake the entire Sun Goddess with a stomp of his foot, and a top-tier warrior who represented General Pan Zhen's will, was just... taken in? Taken into a banner? And became one of his "brothers"?
This is even more outrageous than a fairy tale!
She opened her mouth, wanting to say something, but found her throat so dry she couldn't utter a single word. Stop her? Question her? What could she use to stop her? Her sunlight, now "on holiday," or the name of the Blazing Sun Star? Compared to that banner, the name of the Blazing Sun Star was probably worthless.
"gentlemen,"
Feng Shayan followed Zhou Ye closely, finally recovering from her shock. Her large eyes sparkled with boundless curiosity.
"Was that the Human Emperor Banner you mentioned just now? What happens to that Xuan Tian thing after he's been taken inside?"
"Hmm," Zhou Ye replied casually.
"Consider it a form of ideological reform. The banner records the sins and punishments, good and evil of countless beings on this planet since its birth. Let him go in and experience what true reverence is. It will benefit his future life. If he can be reincarnated, he should be able to see, he should."
Feng Shayan seemed to understand only a little, but nodded vigorously nonetheless, inwardly mourning for the handsome man in golden armor. Being subjected to "ideological reform" by the master, his fate was sure to be quite dramatic.
[Experience the sins and punishments of this planet? Isn't this just... being locked in a dark room watching a collection of R-rated gory horror movies, in VR immersion, on an endless loop? That's too horrible, too horrible...]
The two chatted as if no one else was around, and walked out of the park, leaving behind a mess and a group of gods and warriors whose worldviews were being reshaped.
……
The Juxia, underground command center.
Dead silence.
A deathly silence that lasted for three minutes.
All the technicians remained frozen in their seats. The crash alarm on Deno III was still blaring mournfully, but no one paid it any attention. All eyes were fixed on Dukao.
The veteran commander of the Black Wall, a man of countless battles, had a face even more somber than the sky outside. He slowly released his grip on the command platform, where deep finger marks were now visible.
"Lianfeng," he said, his voice hoarse as if sandpaper was being rubbed.
"...Yes, General."
Lianfeng's eyes were filled with exhaustion and helplessness. The collapse of Deno III was a huge blow to her as the chief scientist. It meant that their proudest, most advanced technology was not even qualified to be analyzed in the face of the enemy.
"Loss report".
"Physical loss... is almost zero."
Lianfeng pulled up a copy of data that had been painstakingly compiled by the backup system.
"Aside from a small patch of lawn in the center of People's Park being damaged by the celestial pole's descent, no other buildings in the city were damaged. However... according to preliminary statistics, more than 300,000 citizens in the city, no, the entire Eastern and Northern Hemispheres, have suffered varying degrees of psychological trauma and require psychological intervention. The medical system is already operating beyond its capacity."
Dukao nodded silently. The physical damage was zero, but the psychological damage… was immeasurable. This was far worse than dropping a nuclear bomb. It was a blow that struck at the very soul of civilization.
"Where is the Super Soldier Company?"
"Communications have been restored. They...they're all alive. But...their mental state is very unstable," Yuqin added from the side, her voice trembling slightly.
“Lena…she begged…she begged us not to take any more action.”
"ask?"
Dukao chuckled self-deprecatingly.
"Are we still capable of taking action?"
He glanced around the command center, looking at the elite soldiers and scientists whose faces were etched with fear and confusion. The answer was self-evident.
Just then, a jarring, unencrypted communication request forcibly entered the command center's public channel.
On the screen appeared a majestic yet furious face. It was a middle-aged man clad in heavy crimson-gold armor, his hair and beard bristling, with a palace backdrop of raging flames behind him.
"Dukao!" The middle-aged man's voice boomed like thunder, filled with accusation and rage. "I am Pan Zhen, the Guardian of the Blazing Sun! My disciple, Xuan Tianji, went missing on Earth, and the last place he was seen was Juxia City! What have you done to our God of War of the Blazing Sun?!"
coming.
Dukao's heart skipped a beat. His worst fears had come true...
He took a deep breath, straightened his uniform, and tried to appear as calm as possible.
"General Pan Zhen, please calm down. The matter... is very complicated."
"Complex?!" Pan Zhen roared.
"All I know is that the guardian of my blazing sun has vanished on your Earth's territory! Dukao, I'm giving Earth one hour! Hand over the Xuan Tian Ji and provide a reasonable explanation! Otherwise, the judgment of Heaven will immediately descend upon your barbaric planet!"
After that, the communication was unilaterally cut off.
The atmosphere in the command center instantly plummeted to freezing point.
The Judgment of Heaven is the ultimate strategic weapon of the Fiery Sun Star, capable of directly detonating a star and destroying an entire galaxy.
"General, we..." Lianfeng's face turned deathly pale.
An incomprehensible and terrifying entity is still roaming the Earth, and now we have to face the wrath of the entire Lieyang civilization. This is simply... a natural and man-made disaster.
Dukahn closed his eyes, a deep weariness on his face. He waved his hand.
"Have the Super Soldier Company withdraw. Completely shrink the defensive line and appease the public."
He paused, his voice carrying a resolute tone.
"Also, connect me to... Demon Queen Morgana."
"what?!"
Everyone present was stunned.
"Why would we need to pick up Morgana? She'd love for us to die!"
Yuqin said urgently.
Dukao opened his eyes, a complex light flashing in them.
"She might wish we were dead. But right now, she's more afraid of that man than we are. And..."
He looked out the window at the sky, which had returned to calm.
"The only one capable of dealing with a god is perhaps... another god. No, the only one capable of dealing with a monster is another monster. We need information. Morgana is currently the only god who has survived after making direct contact with that man."
3.4 He needed to know what that man really was. Even if it was a desperate measure, he had to try. Because Pan Zhen's anger only gave them an hour.
At this moment, in a quaintly decorated hot pot restaurant.
Zhou Ye picked up a slice of freshly cooked tripe, rolled it in a sauce of minced garlic and sesame oil, and then put it in his mouth with satisfaction.
"Hmm, this tastes pretty good, better than ice cream."
The sand swallow, struggling against a slippery piece of brain, looked up at the sound and asked with greasy lips:
"Sir, won't what we're doing cause a lot of trouble for the world?"
Zhou Ye picked up another piece of beef tripe, and without looking up, said:
"Trouble? He started the trouble. I just taught him what manners are."
He paused, looked out the window, his gaze seemingly piercing through time and space, landing on the distant depths of a galaxy, on a planet called "Lieyang".
"Besides, don't you think this is more interesting? Let these idiots know what divine power is. They really think that manipulating genes makes them gods and demons. When the cat's away, the mice will play!"
Chapter 414 A Terrifying Chain Reaction
Demon Wings, a menacing warship hovering near Pluto's orbit.
Inside the main hall, Morgana leaned back lazily on her throne, legs crossed, but a lingering fear flickered in her large eyes beneath her smoky makeup. On the virtual screen in front of her, a processed surveillance video from Earth was playing repeatedly.
The scene depicted is the moment when the Emperor's Banner descended upon Juxia City.
Although Earth's monitoring equipment couldn't capture even a fraction of the divine essence of the Emperor's Banner, only a distorted, light-devouring darkness, that darkness alone, and the global data storm triggered by the instantaneous collapse of Deno III upon its appearance, were enough to send chills down Morgana's spine.
"Your Majesty... what... what is this?"
Atto, the loyal demon general standing beside him, watched the scene on the screen, his voice hoarse. He could sense that the level of energy contained within that darkness far exceeded his comprehension.
"What is it?" Morgana scoffed, but her laughter carried a tremor she herself didn't even realize.
"This is the most outrageous thing I've ever seen in my life! Compared to this, Karl's so-called ultimate fear is just child's play!"
She was so grateful. Grateful that she had run fast.
She had initially thought that the man was merely overwhelming her on a higher level of power, a more advanced manipulation of space and information. Now it seemed she was terribly wrong. It wasn't even on the same level. He was playing with "rules" that she couldn't even conceptually comprehend.
"Formatting...he said he was going to format it for me..."
Morgana muttered to herself, a chill running down her spine. She now had no doubt that if she had lingered even a second longer, her Demon One, along with her divine body, might have truly been treated as a program with a bug 23 and wiped out at will.
Just then, a demon warrior rushed in.
"Reporting to the Queen! We...we have received a communication request from Earth, from Dukao!"
"Ducao?"
Morgana paused for a moment, then burst into laughter as if she had heard the funniest joke. "Hahahaha! That old bastard Dukao actually contacted me? Has he lost his mind? Or was he scared out of his wits by that man?"
"He...he said he has something extremely urgent to discuss with you...a deal."
"trade?"
Morgana's smile vanished, and her eyes became playful. She lightly tapped the armrest of the throne with her fingers, which were painted with black nail polish.
"Interesting. Take it, I want to hear what kind of ivory this old man can spit out of his dog mouth."
The call was quickly connected, and Dukao's tired and serious face appeared on the screen.
Morgana.
"Hey, isn't this the warmongering General Dukao? What, Earth can't be defended anymore, so you want to bring your Super Soldier Company to surrender to my Demon Civilization?"
Morgana spoke with a mocking tone.
"I'm short a few people to serve tea and water. If you're willing to come, Your Majesty, I'll give you the position of head of security."
Dukao ignored her sarcasm and went straight to the point: "Pan Zhen is going to launch a divine judgment against Earth. I only have one hour."
Morgana's smile froze.
"Pan Zhen? Heavenly Judgment? Why?"
"The Fiery Sun's Xuan Tianji was dealt with by that man in Juxia City."