Old Angel King Summons

Reincarnation was a technical skill; so was transmigration.

After ordinary angels came of age, they underwent a genetic examination arranged by the civil officers of Angel City. If defects were found in their genes, they would be expelled from Angel City and sent to live on planets beyond the Main Star. This rule had been established long ago by the Old Angel King, its purpose being to continually optimize the genes of the Angel Civilization and eliminate inferior stock.

So, for ordinary angels, adulthood was not something worth celebrating. On the contrary, it was a moment that decided their fate. Whether they could remain in Angel City and enjoy the benefits bestowed by the Angel King, or be expelled from the Main Star to fend for themselves on some remote planet, was all unknown.

But things were different for the Royal Nobles. Take Hua Zhen, for example. Once he came of age, he would not need to worry about anything that might determine his fate. When he turned twenty, the Old Angel King would directly send someone to take him to the Scientific Research Council, where the finest resources and most advanced scientific technology would be used to upgrade his genes. Breaking through the shackles of lifespan would naturally follow.

Hua Zhen admitted that what he had just done was embarrassingly childish, but honestly, he just wanted to vent properly!

Over the past eight years, in order to grasp Tiangong's theoretical fundamentals as quickly as possible, every day Hua Zhen had either been studying with Xuan Ji or on his way to study. It truly had not been much easier than those two months of "emergency exam preparation."

While it was true that learning brought happiness, how many people could keep it up day after day, year after year?

The dull, tedious studies had driven Hua Zhen to consider giving up, but his faint dream of returning home constantly told him that as long as he persisted, there would be hope!

So he gritted his teeth and turned his longing into motivation, relentlessly pushing himself. He had forcibly endured those eight years, going from originally being "ignorant and clueless" to the point where he could discuss academics with Xuan Ji.

Just as the saying went, if you did not push yourself, you would never fucking know how outstanding you could be!

Over such a long time, Hua Zhen's greatest achievement had been his research into wormholes.

Using Micro Wormhole Transportation technology to construct the Dark Energy Driven Equation and achieve control over the Silver Blade was something he and Xuan Ji had successfully researched as early as two years ago.

That was not all. The derivative technologies of Micro Wormhole Transportation had emerged as well, advancing from transporting stationary objects to transporting moving targets, even including techniques for disassembling targets.

Transporting moving objects meant exactly what it sounded like. For example, if an enemy fired an Energy Bullet, one could use the Gene System within the body to lock onto its energy particles, analyze its composition, flight direction, speed, and other physical quantities, then transport it away to evade damage.

As for disassembling targets, that was easy to understand too. The principles of Wormhole Transportation had been mentioned before. It mainly required three steps, and Hua Zhen's new method was to split apart the atoms, send them into Wormhole Space, then stop the calculation. By omitting the final step of atomic reassembly, he could achieve the effect of disassembling the target.

However, this had certain limitations: first, the object being disassembled had to be analyzable, and the calculation could not be halted for too long; second, it was limited to inorganic matter.

Once the wormhole research experiment succeeded, everyone was ecstatic. Hua Zhen reacted most intensely. In his excitement, he directly lifted Xuan Ji up and spun around three times on the spot. Could you imagine such a spine-chilling scene?

But Hua Zhen quickly came back to his senses. Seeing Xuan Ji's charming smiling face so close by and catching the unique body scent emanating from him, his expression changed dramatically. After roaring, "Oh, fuck you!" he sat down and gave Xuan Ji a waist-lock bridge throw. The scene was not much less bloody than when Andre had slapped him before, but that was beside the point.

Hua Zhen did not research anything more advanced. Leaving aside the limitations caused by their backward technology, he had not truly come to trust Xuan Ji as a person. If anything were leaked, he would not even have a place to cry about it.

Sure enough, things unfolded exactly as he expected. Once Micro Wormhole Transportation technology had been flexibly applied, Xuan Ji, one of the experiment's participants, was the first to suggest handing the results over to the Scientific Research Council for military use. Hua Zhen sternly stopped him.

What kind of joke was that? If everyone knew a life-saving skill, how the hell was he supposed to save his own life?

Fortunately, he had prepared a safeguard for this. Before the experiment even began, he had specifically designed a Restriction Program.

A Restriction Program was essentially a kind of Data Virus. Once implanted into a host's Gene Engine and activated, it would invade and destroy the host's Gene Engine from within, only stopping once the host engine had completely collapsed.

Having seen Xuan Ji's abilities, Hua Zhen had no intention of letting him leave. Without this kid's help, the advanced technologies in Hua Zhen's mind could never be realized. So, in order to prevent similar incidents from happening again, whether Xuan Ji was willing or not, this Restriction Program had to be implanted.

Although Xuan Ji was dissatisfied, he understood Hua Zhen. After all, competition for the Tiangong succession had grown increasingly fierce in recent years. In order to protect himself, His Highness needed some advantages of his own. Thus, Xuan Ji reluctantly agreed.

What surprised Hua Zhen was that Gus and Andre, after learning of the Restriction Program he had designed, actually volunteered to have it implanted. As Gus put it, "We are Your Highness's personal guards. Being loyal and dutiful is our responsibility, but we do not want to put Your Highness in a difficult position either!"

Upon hearing this, Hua Zhen was deeply moved, even as he secretly cursed the two of them for being complete idiots. Everyone else would avoid a Restriction Program at all costs, yet they had actually offered themselves up for it.

With all that, he no longer needed to worry about secrecy. His guards were utterly loyal, and now that he had abilities to rely on, he would not need to fear being plotted against during his upcoming training outside. After nearly three thousand days and nights of miserable studying, the bitterness had finally turned sweet. How could Hua Zhen not vent properly... no, celebrate?

Looking at the people in the distance, each wearing a different expression, Hua Zhen curled his lips. With a flap of the wings behind him, he flew toward them.

After landing at the picnic spot, Hua Zhen folded his wings away. He walked to Lian Xi's side and naturally rubbed her head, asking with a smile, "Lian Xi, is all the food ready? I'm hungry again."

"It is all ready, Your Highness. They're all your favorites." Lian Xi replied, her cheeks slightly red.

She had always been a very shy girl, not good with words. Every time she spoke, a pink blush would gradually spread across her face. Even though she had grown up, she still embarrassed easily, just like a mimosa plant.

Lian Xi gave Hua Zhen a very special feeling, one he could not describe. After spending so much time with her day and night, he felt at ease whenever they were together. No girl, either in his previous life or this one, had ever made him feel so comfortable just being by her side.

Perhaps it was because the girl had grown increasingly beautiful, changing his state of mind whenever he faced her. Or perhaps it was because, after reaching adulthood, many of his future plans could finally be carried out, bringing him closer to his goal of returning home.

Sometimes, he could not help thinking that if he and Lian Xi became a couple and spent their lives together, that would not be an unhappy thing. But it was only a passing thought. Although he admitted that he really liked beautiful women with personalities like Lian Xi's, they were ultimately people from two different worlds, in every sense of the word.

One day, I will leave this place. As he thought this, his mood inexplicably sank.

"Your Highness... what's wrong?" It was the first time Lian Xi had seen him like this. She asked softly, her beautiful eyes full of concern.

"Nothing." Hua Zhen gathered himself and smiled faintly at her. "I was just thinking that Father will soon send me out for training. I don't know how long it will be before I return. I'll definitely miss you to death, girl."

Upon hearing that, Lian Xi could not help clenching her fingers. How had she forgotten? His Highness had already come of age and would soon leave for training. It would surely be dangerous there. Would he eat well? Would his accommodations be uncomfortable? And His Highness always kicked off his blanket when he slept. Although his genes had now been upgraded, what if he caught a cold?

The girl knitted her delicate brows, desperately wanting to say, "I want to go and take care of Your Highness!" But she knew her status, and understood even more clearly that such a thing was absolutely impossible. If training could be as comfortable and carefree as living in the Bedroom Palace, then it would lose all meaning, would it not?

For a moment, worry, anxiety, unease... every emotion was written across her face.

Hua Zhen had not expected that one careless remark would affect her so much. Half amused and half helpless, he took her little hand and gently squeezed it twice. "What's this? It's not like I'm going there never to return."

"But, Your Highness..."

Hua Zhen flicked Lian Xi's little nose and said gently, "Oh, don't worry, girl. Gus will be there, and..." As he said this, his expression immediately soured. He cast a sidelong glance at Andre, who was stuffing skewers into his mouth like mad, and twitched his lips. "And... and Lie Ge will be there too. With them around, I won't be in danger."

The moment Andre was mentioned, Hua Zhen felt his anger rise. He would never forget the scene eight years ago when that hillbilly had smacked him to the ground with one slap. Half his teeth had been knocked out, his skull had cracked, and the internal bleeding had been severe. Fortunately, the medical equipment in the palace city had been advanced. Otherwise, even if he did not die, he would surely have ended up a vegetable.

What fucking cold and aloof temperament? Andre was clearly just missing a screw in his head and did not know how to use facial expressions to convey his emotions.

After waking up, Hua Zhen had pointed at Andre's nose and cursed him out, using every nasty word he knew. But Andre had acted like a shameless deadbeat. If he had shown even a trace of remorse, Hua Zhen would not have been so angry that he threw himself into Little Girl's arms and wailed.

This fool, along with that dead shemale Xuan Ji, not one of them was normal. Hua Zhen had once seriously suspected whether his former self was truly Old Stick's biological son. Was there really a father who screwed over his son like this?

"Lian Xi, you're worrying too much. His Highness isn't as weak as you think." Gus said from nearby, having long since recovered his senses. His own Highness had been fooling around for more than a day or two; Gus was already used to it.

"That's right. Didn't you see the spectacle His Highness made earlier? Especially that final turtle-whatever technique..." Xuan Ji said, holding up his lotus fingers as his hands mimicked the motions.

Hua Zhen twitched his lips and ignored the dead shemale. He comforted Lian Xi instead. "See? Just like Gus said, I'm not as weak as you think."

"But I'm afraid..." Lian Xi stopped halfway through her sentence and cautiously glanced at Andre. They had lived together for eight years, and no one in the Bedroom Palace failed to understand that hillbilly. What she wanted to say next was already obvious. She was not afraid of outsiders; she was afraid Andre, one of their own, would suddenly go berserk. And if that happened, who besides Hua Zhen would be the first to suffer?

"Look, girl..." Hua Zhen said as he reached into empty space. Soon, an exquisite dagger appeared in his hand. After controlling it to circle through the air twice, a trace of pride flashed across his face. "I'm still clumsy at controlling this dagger, but protecting my life won't be a problem!"

Seeing that Lian Xi still wanted to say something, Hua Zhen quickly held her shoulders and turned her around. As he pushed her forward, he urged, "All right, all right. Lian Xi, hurry and get me something to eat. After all that exertion, I'm hungry again."

Hearing him say that, the girl could only sigh helplessly. She walked over to the picnic blanket and knelt down, taking out the meat skewers she had prepared earlier and placing them before him one by one.

Gus and Xuan Ji gathered around as well. Andre shuffled a few steps closer, but stopped when he saw Hua Zhen's warning gaze. With food scraps all over his beard, he hugged his knees beneath the shade of a tree. His deep, slightly cloudy eyes made him look rather pitiful.

Lian Xi was still the considerate one. She selected several foods, brought them to him, and handed them over. Andre gave a foolish grin without offering thanks, then took them and began ravenously stuffing them into his mouth. The others could not help shaking their heads at the sight.

"Your Highness!"

Just as they were eating with great enthusiasm, an angel suddenly flew in from the distant sky. He had capable-looking short hair and wore the standard combat armor of the Angel Civilization. At first glance, he gave off an honest and dependable impression. After landing, he respectfully bowed to Hua Zhen.

"So it's Ase. You came at just the right time, kid. Hurry over and have something to eat!" Hua Zhen said with a smile after recognizing him.

Ase was a newly arrived angel guard in Hua Zhen's Bedroom Palace. During a routine training session, he had displayed exceptional swordsmanship and caught Hua Zhen's eye. He had been promoted to squad leader and made responsible for the palace's security.

"Your Highness..." Ase called again, a trace of anxiety on his face. "The Angel King has sent people from the Construction Department to our Bedroom Palace. They said you are to go to the Tiangong Ship!"

"To the Tiangong Ship?" Hua Zhen paused with a meat skewer halfway to his hand, unable to suppress his confusion. "Did the people from the Construction Department say what it was for?"

"This subordinate is of low status and did not dare ask about such matters!"

Hua Zhen nodded in understanding and stood. "Sigh, a perfectly good picnic has been ruined just like that. Gus, Xuan Ji, you three clean up. I'll take Lian Xi back first!"

"Your Highness, how can you let the three lords do such work? Let Lian Xi clean up instead..."

"You've been busy running around ever since we got here, while the three of them have been eating from beginning to end. Let them digest their food a little!" Hua Zhen walked to Lian Xi's side and scooped her up in a Princess Carry. His white wings spread wide, then beat fiercely twice. Amid her startled cry, he flew into the sky, leaving Gus and the other two grown men staring at one another.