Preparing to Ambush Morgana

Angel Yan and Angel Chase watched as Wang Lei suddenly changed from a worldly old hand who could hold his own in conversation with them into a shy, innocent boy. They could tell he had not done it on purpose.

As Angels, naturally, they could not hold it against a little boy whose age was not even a fraction of their own.

So, after laughing her fill, Angel Yan began teasing him outright.

"So, little brother Wang Lei, now that you've calculated our measurements, aren't you going to give us a review? Do you prefer my type, or Ah Chase's?"

Wang Lei really wanted to say, "I want them both," but he feared he would actually get beaten if he said it. He could only answer awkwardly.

"Both are beautiful. Both are beautiful. No, that's not it. I didn't do it on purpose. I just wanted to show you my abilities, and I unconsciously picked the most wonderful things around me."

The moment Angel Yan heard that, she burst into laughter, her body shaking like a flower in the wind. Angel Chase was no longer blushing either, and proudly puffed out her chest.

"Hahaha, well said. We Angels are the most wonderful. But that still doesn't excuse the fact that you teased us."

Wang Lei was in the wrong, so he could not argue back. He did not even dare look too much at Angel Yan and Angel Chase. He was, after all, a hot-blooded young man. Before, when he had not been thinking in that direction, he had been able to keep himself under control. Now, he feared that if he looked at them a couple more times, his mind would automatically construct models of them.

Do not think that was impossible. Aether Encoding did not even need a second to construct a model. Just like when Ge Xiaolun had created a dummy Angel Zhi Xin and fooled Hua Ye, who had already installed the Black Hole Engine.

Wang Lei could make such a dummy now as well. He could even make one more lifelike.

So Wang Lei hurriedly found something else to distract himself. The two sides had just completed another relatively "friendly" transaction, so naturally he had to keep them for a meal.

Thus, Wang Lei began preparing the seafood and proactively changed the subject.

"Um, how about I make the two of you a good meal as an apology? Please believe me. I really don't have the guts to tease you. Dying beneath peony flowers and being a romantic ghost isn't my style."

Angel Yan had finally caught something she could use against Wang Lei, and she teased him again.

"Oh? So you only don't dare tease us because you aren't strong enough? Then what level of strength do you think you need before you can tease us?"

Wang Lei was instantly speechless. He thought that if he had a Fourth Generation God Body right now, he would not be teasing them—he would have grabbed them and made them bed-warming maids tonight. So he stopped backing down, or Angel Yan would never let it go, and put on a vicious expression.

"Hmph. We'll talk once I can beat you. Then I'll capture you, Angel Yan, and make you my bed-warming maid."

Naturally, Angel Yan did not take him seriously. In her eyes, Wang Lei had cracked under her teasing and was lashing out in desperation. Having achieved her goal of teasing him, she saw that he was still cooking and suddenly thought of something. She took the initiative to ask.

"Little brother Wang Lei, do you want to make another deal with me?"

Without stopping what he was doing or even raising his head, Wang Lei replied.

"Hm? What deal?"

"Tell me what is going on with that food of yours that can increase attack power."

Wang Lei thought, Is that all? He had long prepared an excuse for this, though making a deal out of it was not a bad thing.

"Sure, but I'll only tell you the general idea. As for the terms of this deal... later, help me submit a request to Queen Keisha. There's a Heaven Dregs who was exiled to Earth a long time ago. He has a Dark Iron Silver Dagger, which your Celestial Foundation King gave him back then for self-defense. Ask whether I can take it from him."

The moment Angel Chase heard that, she became excited.

"What? There really is a Heaven Dregs on Earth? Wang Lei, tell me where he is. I'll burn him to ashes. Don't refuse. Sheltering Heaven Dregs is a serious crime. And Queen Keisha forbids private ownership of Dark Iron Silver weapons."

Wang Lei looked at Angel Chase with an expression that said, "Do I look stupid to you?"

"I say, Miss Angel Chase, isn't that why I'm asking you to submit a request to Queen Keisha? And if you want to talk about sheltering someone, go find your Celestial Foundation King, Hexi. Don't bully the weak little me with double standards."

Angel Yan saw through the situation clearly and said with displeasure.

"Tch, Wang Lei, even if Queen Keisha disagrees, you'll still find an opportunity to take that Dark Iron Silver weapon from the Heaven Dregs, won't you? You just want me to test the Celestial Foundation King's attitude. Once I report this to Queen Keisha, she'll definitely consider the Celestial Foundation King's feelings. Based on the answer, you'll decide whether to spare that Heaven Dregs or blast him to death outright."

Wang Lei nodded without the slightest hesitation. This was an Open Conspiracy. In any case, he had not secretly kept a Dark Iron Silver weapon yet. Angel Yan and Angel Chase would not punish him over something that had not happened. At most, they would give him a verbal warning.

Besides, whether this deal went through or not would not actually affect Wang Lei. Angel Yan would definitely report the matter to Queen Keisha in private. At worst, Hexi would directly reveal Su Mary's information and prevent Wang Lei from obtaining the Dark Iron Silver Dagger. Either way, Wang Lei had nothing to lose.

The Angels could not monitor him now anyway. Wang Lei figured that as long as he quietly took out Su Mary without making too much noise, the Angels would not know he had a Dark Iron Silver Dagger.

Angel Yan and Angel Chase were not fools. Seeing Wang Lei nod without hesitation gave them both a headache, along with the urge to punch him in the face a couple of times.

But they were Angels, after all. In the end, they merely gave him a few warnings and did not ask about the food anymore. They had clearly given up on learning the secret behind Wang Lei's cooking.

Wang Lei thought, This was really thrilling. If Morgana had been on the other side, he absolutely would not have dared play it like this. He would have been tied up and whipped.

However, the three of them tacitly avoided discussing the matter any further, because it involved the Celestial Foundation King. Angel Yan and Angel Chase felt that even if Wang Lei gave them the Heaven Dregs' information now, it would still be rather troublesome. In the end, they would probably still need to submit a request to Queen Keisha.

As for why Wang Lei knew about the Celestial Foundation King, whom young Angels had barely ever met, and even knew her true name, Angel Yan felt she had grown used to it. Wang Lei's source of intelligence was a mystery. To uncover that source would be to uncover the organization—or patron—behind him.

But for now, Wang Lei had mainly shown goodwill toward the Angels. He was not some troublemaker, either. Therefore, under the Justice Order, they could not insist on digging out his secrets just because he had them. This was something she would have to investigate slowly.

Furthermore, investigating Wang Lei was a relatively low priority in Angel Yan and Angel Chase's mission on Earth.

Thus, after Angel Yan and Angel Chase enjoyed a lovely dinner at Wang Lei's place, the three bid one another farewell like ordinary friends.

After saying goodbye to Wang Lei, Angel Yan and Angel Chase flew straight out of the atmosphere and immediately reported Wang Lei's words to Queen Keisha.

Far away in the Angel Nebula, Queen Keisha rarely showed a curious expression upon her throne. In fact, when Angel Yan had met Wang Lei this time, Keisha had granted her access to the Sacred Knowledge Treasure. Yet even her Sacred Knowledge Treasure had gotten nothing from Wang Lei. The entire display was filled with records marked unable to analyze.

Moreover, Wang Lei knew far too much about ancient matters. She knew that Su Mary had been exiled to Earth, but even she had not known that Hexi had given him a Dark Iron Silver Dagger.

Yet this child named Wang Lei, not even twenty-five years old, knew everything about events from nearly thirty thousand years ago. How did he know about something that happened so long ago? Could there be a civilization from her own era behind him?

Queen Keisha could not make sense of it, so she decided to speak with her close friend Hexi. As for whether Su Mary should be dealt with, it was better to ask this sister of hers as well.

Thus, Queen Keisha issued orders to continue observing Wang Lei and not act rashly. Their priorities were to search for Demons and to discuss with the Super God Academy whether Angels needed to intervene in this war of civilization invasion.

Meanwhile, in the main command room of the Super God Academy, Du Kao, Leina, and Huang Lao, the military's person in charge, were watching a massive screen in the center of the room with rapt attention. It was showing footage of Wang Lei's battle with Soton earlier that day.

However, the footage had clearly been shot from an extremely high altitude, and it was full of moiré patterns. The actual scene could not be seen clearly at all.

They could only vaguely make out a black figure fighting a yellow crocodile, along with several dozen Taotie soldiers around them, blurred so badly they looked like flies.

After the footage ended, Lianfeng explained it to everyone present.

"This footage was captured today at 15:42 by Deno No. 3, the global detection and counter-detection military satellite. The subject is the black-armored individual codenamed Black Flame, who previously appeared at Feiliu District Airport. The abilities currently displayed by the subject include flight, invisibility, powerful interference, Micro Wormholes, and fire manipulation."

Seeing that no one had any questions, Lianfeng continued.

"Flight, invisibility, and fire manipulation had already been displayed at Feiliu District Airport. Even with Deno No. 3's capabilities, we were unable to break through his invisibility. The powerful interference ability and Micro Wormhole combat capability were revealed in this battle. When the target appeared, all electronic devices within a two-kilometer radius failed. He could even directly interfere with light itself; the footage captured by Deno No. 3 was as blurry as you all saw. As for the Micro Wormholes, one Taotie soldier was killed by his own ally's gunfire. Judging from the positioning, it should not have been friendly fire, but bullets transported through a Micro Wormhole. Furthermore, a large number of civilians at the scene were relocated to other neighborhoods. His proficiency with wormholes is no worse than Rose's at present. Based on our overall analysis, the target's combat power should fall somewhere between that of a Second Generation Super Soldier and a Third Generation Super Soldier. The possibility of a divine body is very low."

Du Kao nodded and continued the assessment.

"Although we don't know who is inside that armor, it is obvious that the armor was not created on Earth. However, on both occasions, he acted to save Earth's people. Our preliminary judgment is that he bears no hostility toward Earth. The problem is that we have no way to track this Good Samaritan at all. A super soldier whose identity is completely unknown is hiding on Earth. That is always unsettling."

Upon hearing that, Leina immediately replied with an unconcerned expression.

"Oh, I think that's a good thing. Isn't it better for Earth to have hidden dragons and crouching tigers? That way, when the Taotie invade, we'll have another helper. Besides, this person didn't use my energy to activate his genes. I checked my connection logs. Every record can be matched to a person. This, this... Black Flame probably isn't a super soldier from your Super God Academy."

At that point, Huang Lao was the one who settled the matter.

"Still, as long as he is helping us right now, he is a friend. But Old Du, we still need to search for this super soldier's true identity. Do not resort to force, however. He has shown us goodwill, and we must not forget proper hospitality. If possible, I hope we can cooperate with the civilization behind him."

Du Kao directly stated that there would be no problem. He would mobilize some of his own contacts to search for this super soldier. If possible, he would bring him into the Super Soldier Company as well.

Wang Lei had no idea that Angel Chase had given him a small jab in the back. Fortunately, the Stellaron truly deserved its reputation as something that even the many Emanator Level figures of the Star Rail World had spent years researching, only to conclude that it could be sealed but not eradicated. Even the Sacred Knowledge Treasure could not read anything from it without even the slightest data foundation.

As for Super God Academy's search, Wang Lei did not care in the slightest. It would be best if they could not find him. That would give him more time to develop. In any case, for the Tianhe Battle in October, unless Wang Lei gained a way to wipe out the Taotie in one go, cooperation with Super God Academy would be necessary.

If they found him early, then he would just cooperate with them early. He had already managed to bluff the angels—why would he be afraid of Super God Academy uncovering his background?

And if that did not work, he could always offer up some benefits. As long as his trump card of traveling between worlds was not exposed before he had fully developed, everything was negotiable.

For now, however, Wang Lei's primary task was to lie in wait for Morgana.

The Spacetime Fluctuation Detector he had obtained from Angel Chase was naturally meant for Morgana. When she descended upon Earth in the original plot, she had wreaked havoc on an entire village.

But the animation had never specified exactly when Morgana descended upon Earth. All he could do was place the Spacetime Fluctuation Detector in Huang Village, on the outskirts of Tianhe City.

That way, he would know the moment Morgana arrived. When the time came, he would save as many innocent villagers as he could.

It was not that Wang Lei was some saint. He simply felt that, now that he was in the world of Super God Academy, if he had the ability, he should alter some of the original tragedies—naturally, only within the limits of what he could do.

If he discovered that Morgana could kill him with a single glance, Wang Lei would turn and run without the slightest hesitation.

After all, rifts and Micro Wormholes were entirely different methods of teleportation. Presumably, Morgana would be unable to locate him just like the angels. If he saved people and ran afterward, there should not be much of a problem.

If that did not work, he still had the option of summoning Raiden Ei over. Since she trusted him already, surely she would not slash him first thing upon arriving, right?

And if even that failed, he still had a way out through world travel. He could go to the Star Rail World and develop for several hundred years, then return once he had reached Emanator Level. In his current state, he should already have enough ability to protect himself in the Star Rail World.

Thus, Wang Lei used a rift to move directly to the outskirts of Juxia City. Since he had never been to Huang Village and had no coordinates for it, he could only put on his exoskeleton, activate invisibility, and fly all the way toward Tianhe City while following a map. Once he went there once, he would be able to use rifts next time.

Then, under the cover of night, Wang Lei used Aether Encoding to install the Spacetime Fluctuation Detector on the roof of the tallest building in the village.

He remembered that Morgana's descent and Soton's awakening should have happened almost back-to-back. There should only be a few days between them, and no one would climb onto such a high roof within that time and discover the strange disk.