Exposure

After killing the invading Taotie on Chang'an Avenue, Jiang Ming knew he had been exposed. Du Kao would definitely come looking for him soon. Although he had changed his appearance, he had not had time to change his clothes. A simple investigation would make it easy to narrow down the scope and trace it back to him. Before that happened, he had to find a way to sell this big crocodile, find him a good owner, and secure some benefits for China while he was at it.

Jiang Ming also felt helpless. Souton had been artificially created, a product of technology. Unlike the Demon Race in Chinese mythology, he could not transform, shrink down, or form a contract. If that were the case, Jiang Ming could have taken Souton under his wing without worry.

But reality was that Souton was a technological crocodile—and a dimwit at that. Jiang Ming still had to travel between other worlds, so he had no energy to look after this glutton who only knew how to eat. Besides, he did not know whether he could even bring Souton along. And with nothing but physical attacks and an extremely limited set of moves, what use would Souton be even if he could be taken over? Comic relief? If he gave Souton to China or the Super God Academy, they might not be able to control him either. But killing him would take effort and simply was not worth it.

Come to think of it, Jiang Ming had always been curious. Since the Angels could implant or alter memories, even twist an opponent's personality, why could they not specifically develop or strengthen such methods of attack? They could target an opponent's soul or mental body. At the very least, every time they fought a war, they could implant memories of obedience and acknowledging a master into their enemies. Would the Angels still need to uphold justice themselves then? Or was Keisha putting on too many airs, too concerned with the Justice Order she had established over tens of thousands of years, to the point that she had trapped herself within the rules she had made?

"Hey! You dumb crocodile, how about I find you a beautiful bun to be your master?" Jiang Ming asked Souton, who followed behind him after Jiang Ming had just beaten him into submission. He still planned to give Souton to Liang Bing. After all, Liang Bing's reputation was fairly reliable, and with Jiang Ming's deterrence, he believed that unless Liang Bing went all out, no one among the demons could defeat him.

"My name is Souton! Not Dumb Crocodile!" Souton immediately retorted. If he could beat this bun, he would absolutely let this bun know Souton's wrath.

"Fine! Dumb Crocodile, what do you think... about finding you a bun who can give you the Nile River as your master?" Jiang Ming tempted Souton behind him.

"The Nile River?? Then add the Rhine River... and the Danube River..." Souton tilted his large head and grinned foolishly. One Nile River would have been enough.

"Sure... then come with me. We're going to Huang Village."

After Jiang Ming left with Souton... a blonde beauty appeared not far away. She was Angel Yan, who had come to Earth.

"It was you!... Hm... Interesting..." Angel Yan stood in the distance, her pale eyes suddenly returning to normal. Watching Jiang Ming's departing figure, she curled her lips slightly and smiled.

After arriving on Earth, Angel Yan had not immediately left. She had been observing the planet all along while completing Queen Keisha's task—searching for Morgana's whereabouts. She had originally thought discovering that the Light of the Sun had arrived on Earth was already a gain. She had not expected that, besides the Power of the Galaxy and the Nuo Star God of War, whose Super Genes had only just awakened, she would find an "ordinary human" she could not decipher. She could only roughly determine from Jiang Ming's body that his strength was astonishing, no weaker than that of a second-generation super soldier.

"Azhui, are you there?"

"I am, Sister Yan!"

"How much longer until you and Mo Yi reach Earth?" Angel Yan asked Azhui through the communicator.

"We'll arrive tonight, Sister Yan."

"Oh!... Azhui, I discovered that Earth actually has an Earthling I can't read."

"Really, Sister Yan? There are humans even you can't decipher? Is he really an Earthling? Don't tell me this is just an excuse you made because you miss us," Angel Chase said teasingly, though she was puzzled by Angel Yan's words.

"You little brat, you dare tease your Sister Yan? When you get to Earth, just wait and see how I deal with you."

"And... I'll be waiting for you," Angel Yan teased Angel Chase through the communicator.

South China Sea Fleet, Giant Gorge.

Black Great Wall top-secret project command center.

"Chief, a battle just occurred on Chang'an Avenue. Three Taotie vanguard troops fought a crocodile. According to our analysis, that crocodile should be a god from Egyptian mythology. He appeared on Earth more than a thousand years ago and was later killed by the Angels, yet now he has somehow been resurrected. But the most shocking thing is...

A young man in a police uniform suddenly appeared. Facing the Taotie vanguard troops, he merely waved his hand, and they were... they were easily killed by that man using methods we cannot comprehend. The crocodile was also subdued and taken away by him. According to our analysis, that man is likely the same person who previously appeared at Feiliu Airport and killed Taotie. The two have extremely similar methods of attack."

"Can you determine which civilization he belongs to?... Can Deno No. 3 currently lock down the target's range?" Du Kao asked the Deno No. 3 staff in quick succession, his face filled with doubt.

China, Super God Academy.

Eight o'clock at night, inside a Super God Academy classroom.

"An unidentified armed force descended from the sky and engaged a humanoid creature resembling a crocodile. Witnesses stated that the entire incident was like something out of a science fiction movie and utterly shocking. At the very end, an unidentified individual in a police uniform appeared. With a casual point of his finger, the attackers fell. The incident remains under investigation. Some civilians were seriously injured in the event. Please follow subsequent reports."

Just then,

the LCD television mounted on the classroom wall began broadcasting tonight's news, and the host's voice rang out.

Hearing the host's words, everyone sat up straight.

"Hey, wh-what's going on here?" Ge Xiaolun walked over to Cheng Yaowen's desk after hearing the host and casually pointed at the television.

"Hey... hey, did you guys see the news? I think those earlier ones were definitely aliens. As for the cop who showed up at the end, he must be from some government department. Who would have thought that, apart from people like us with superpowers, the country has someone this powerful too? It's just like a martial arts novel—whoosh... whoosh... whoosh. That had to be sword qi!" Zhao Xin suddenly walked in from outside, asking everyone with both worry and excitement in his voice.

"No, we weren't gathered here just to do this, were we? I... I heard Qiang Wei say that we're going to fight aliens. Is this what she meant?"

Ge Xiaolun stared at the images on the news, swallowed hard, and asked fearfully.

"Are you kidding me? How the hell are we supposed to fight that? Did you see their weapons? Lasers and sword qi and all that. We're not like that cop, able to stand in midair, and those aircraft are way too fast. We can't catch them at all! Fight my ass! Why not just have the country send that martial arts master who can use sword qi?"

Hearing Ge Xiaolun's words, Zhao Xin's calves trembled uncontrollably. No one had told him before he came that they were here to fight aliens. Hadn't they said they would give them superpowers? But... this was risking their lives!