After Su Jiu finished speaking, he left, leaving the Xiong Bing Company staring wide-eyed at one another.
Qi Lin looked at Sun Wukong and said, "Well? Are you satisfied now?"
Zhao Xin patted Qi Lin's shoulder, signaling her to stop, but Qi Lin slapped his hand away and said, "I don't understand what you higher-ups are doing every day. Someone else has done so much—fighting aliens, fighting aliens—and you talk a good game. But what have you actually done?"
Agitated, Qi Lin raised her gun at Sun Wukong and continued, "Did you see this gun in my hand? The bullets I use were given to me by the person you just tested. Look at the spear in Zhao Xin's hand—it was given to him too. And look at the martial arts Ge Xiaolun knows. Those were also given to him by someone else."
When everyone saw Qi Lin pointing her gun at Sun Wukong, they moved to stop her, but Sun Wukong raised a hand to stop them. "What do you know? You don't know anything."
"That's right, I don't know anything. When I was on the verge of death, it wasn't you who saved me. What did I see? Corpses all over the ground. What right do you have to criticize someone else?" Qi Lin holstered her gun, turned, and left.
Ge Xiaolun followed her out. Zhao Xin shook his head and left as well. Qiangwei looked at Sun Wukong and said, "It isn't your fault." Then she left too.
Sun Wukong watched everyone leave and said, "I will protect the world my master left behind, even if I have to do it alone."
Aboard the Hyperion...
After Su Jiu returned, he said, "Rest up, rest up. Everyone's been tired all day."
At those words, everyone scattered at once.
Zhao Yun patted Baili Shouyue on the shoulder and said, "See? Didn't I tell you? The captain wouldn't say anything when he came back."
"Captain, aren't you afraid we'll be exposed?" Baili Shouyue asked after thinking it over.
Liu Chuang clicked his tongue and said, "Xiao Jiu has his own way of doing things. Unless it's something special, he usually doesn't care."
Kiana hugged a bucket of popcorn, her cheeks puffed out as she spoke. "I told you the captain's the best. He won't make a fuss over things. Time to sleep, time to sleep."
Before long, everyone had disappeared from the deck. Su Jiu looked at the harmonious group and smiled faintly.
Looking at the city already asleep and this strangely familiar world, Su Jiu thought, Back where I came from, this land was the most mysterious place. It produced countless outstanding people. I came to this land, and I even share the same name. Now that I have this power, I have to protect this place. If one comes, I'll kill one. If two come, I'll kill them both.
Su Jiu took out the Moon Wheel and gently stroked it. "Will you protect this legendary land with me?"
The Moon Wheel trembled softly.
Mei and Kiana quietly watched Su Jiu from behind. Mei said, "Captain, we're here too. We love this place just as much."
Su Jiu turned and smiled. "When poor, one cultivates oneself; when successful, one helps the world. We have the ability, so we should simply do our best." After saying that, Su Jiu went back to sleep. Too much had happened today, and thinking about it made his head hurt.
When Kiana and Mei saw Su Jiu leave, they did not linger and went to sleep as well.
The next day was another wonderful day. By late afternoon, those with things to do had gone out, while those without anything to do had gone looking for freebies.
Only Su Jiu and Mei remained in the Command Room. Mei sat there with a book in her arms.
Su Jiu glanced sideways and saw the title: "Five Thousand Years of History."
When Mei noticed Su Jiu peeking, she said, "The world the captain likes is truly fascinating."
Su Jiu said nothing and quietly watched Mei.
Mei continued, "Captain, when will we go out for a walk?"
Just as Su Jiu and Mei were taking it easy, Chi Yang reported, "Captain, three angels are about to break through Earth's atmosphere. Shall we fire a shot at them?"
Su Jiu said, "What the hell do you mean, fire a shot at them?"
Su Jiu said, "No need. Let them leave."
Chi Yang said, "Understood, Captain."
Outside the atmosphere, Angel Yan stood in the sky and reported Earth's situation to the Queen.
Angel Yan said, "The Taotie of the Styx Galaxy are about to launch a large-scale invasion of Earth, and Earth seems to have produced an interesting group of people."
Queen Keisha asked, "What does the Super God Academy say?"
Angel Yan said, "The Super God Academy refused our assistance."
Queen Keisha said, "Respect the Super God Academy's decision for now. Tell me, what is going on with that interesting group?"
Angel Yan said, "I can't read their information. I know there are several of them, and they are all very strong, but none of them are gods."
Queen Keisha said, "Oh? You mean those people have the potential to become gods?"
Angel Yan said, "I don't know. From my perspective, they could all become gods. The Nuoxing War God has already joined that faction, and I also saw the Galaxy Strength."
Queen Keisha said, "The Galaxy Strength, the Nuoxing War God, or one of those people who might become gods—see if any of them are worthy of you."
Angel Yan said, "Uh, but they're all too young."
Queen Keisha said, "Isn't it good to find a male god who won't rot into the dirt? After a million years, wouldn't they only be a tiny bit younger?"
Angel Yan said, "How can a warrior merely seek to live for a million years?"
Queen Keisha said, "Hehe, let's see. True love shall be eternal."
Aboard the Hyperion, Su Jiu sat on the deck drinking green tea as he looked at the beautiful city. "Mei, do you think there are people who are truly single-minded? People who devote themselves wholeheartedly to certain things?"
Mei closed "Five Thousand Years of History" and said, "There are. One is right in front of me."
Su Jiu took a sip of steaming green tea and said, "I don't count. I want to do these things simply because I like them. At most, I'm just simple."
Mei looked at Su Jiu and said, "Captain, you are very simple. Everyone knows that."
Su Jiu stopped drinking tea. "When was I exposed?"
Mei brushed back her hair and said, "Everyone knows."
Su Jiu thought, I call that being secretly passionate, okay?
Su Jiu sat down, closed his eyes, and fell silent.
Mei reopened the book she had not finished and continued reading.
In his mind, Su Jiu said to the system, "System, spend 100,000 Energy Coins on a draw."
System: "I am a diligent little system."
Ding-dong: Congratulations, you obtained the Grass Character Swordplay Cultivation Manual. Ding-dong: Congratulations, you obtained Yanhuang Mech Blueprint x8. Ding-dong: Congratulations, you obtained Dimensional Energy Crystal x100. Ding-dong: Congratulations, you obtained Character Card Fragment x25. Ding-dong: Congratulations, you obtained Designated Character Card Fu Hua Fragment x20.
Seeing the results of this draw, Su Jiu asked, "System, how many Character Card Fragments are needed for synthesis?"
System: "One hundred."
Su Jiu said, "Dead fish eyes, stare."
System: "...mmp."
System: "Character Cards can summon characters, so they require more fragments. Mech blueprints can be synthesized with only ten fragments."
Su Jiu said, "Then synthesize the mech blueprint."
Ding-dong: Congratulations, Host. You have synthesized the Yanhuang Mech Blueprint and unlocked the Hyperion's mech hangar.
Su Jiu looked at the newly synthesized mech data in his hands.
Yan Huang Mech
Weight: 8.6 tons
Height: 30 meters
Width: 5 meters
Flight speed: Mach 10
Energy source: Ordinary Energy Crystal
Description: "The Yan Huang Mech is equipped with the Yanhuang Generation 1 Auxiliary Al Control Terminal and a Neural Control System, achieving unity between human and machine."
Mech armory details:
① "Carries one Yanhuang Energy Greatsword."
② "1,000 Small Tracking Energy Bullets."
③ 10 Large Yanhuang Disintegration Bullets
Three weapon slots reserved for modification.
That was roughly the introduction to the mech. Master Xiang wanted to arrange something, but the singing part was a bit bogged down.
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