One Wave After Another

Because of the title Thunder War God, Angel Yan began wondering what other title she should take.

Angel Chase suddenly thought of something and ran up to Wang Lei, staring straight into his eyes. Her gaze made Wang Lei's skin crawl, and he asked somewhat guiltily, "Angel Chase, just ask whatever you want to ask. Don't look at me like that. You're creeping me out."

Angel Chase asked with utmost seriousness, "Wang Lei. Why did you know Morgana would descend in Huang Village? You asked me for that Spacetime Fluctuation Detector because you were waiting for Morgana, weren't you?"

The moment Angel Yan heard this, she stopped thinking about her title. Why had Wang Lei known that Morgana would descend there? Although Wang Lei obviously had no way to confirm the time of Morgana's arrival and had needed to use the Spacetime Fluctuation Detector, he had definitely known in advance that Morgana would descend.

So Angel Yan directly hooked her arm around Wang Lei's, pressing close to him again. She softly whispered beside his face, "That's right. If Chase hadn't reminded me, I would've forgotten too. Even we angels can't pinpoint Morgana's location. So why can you?"

Wang Lei had actually prepared for this long ago. When in doubt, blame quantum mechanics. After all, when it came to quantum theory, he was the professional here. He directly told Angel Yan and Angel Chase that, through Quantum Entanglement, he could sometimes see fragments of the future—extremely fragmented ones. That was why he knew where Morgana would descend.

Angel Yan and Angel Chase both said that quantum mechanics was beyond them. This was something Zhi Xin ought to discuss with Wang Lei.

In any case, by the time Wang Lei finished explaining, Angel Yan and Angel Chase were both thoroughly confused. But Wang Lei slipped in a little extra at the end, saying he would demonstrate how Quantum Entanglement could foresee the future.

In reality, he merely expanded the Quantum Domain, drawing Angel Yan and Angel Chase into a state of Quantum Entanglement. Then he deliberately showed them the moments of their deaths.

Naturally, the visions were only brief fragments. Angel Yan was pierced clean through by a massive sword, while Angel Chase lay fallen before someone who appeared to be a Male Angel.

Angel Yan and Angel Chase both fell silent after watching. The scenes Wang Lei had created looked completely real.

Angel Yan already knew she would fall on Fereze. She had been there many times, and a mountain in the background was enough for her to recognize where she had been when she failed.

As for Angel Chase, learning that she would die at the hands of a Male Angel immediately left her deeply displeased. Since her fragment showed only the ground and the lower half of a Male Angel's armor, she did not even know where she would fall.

Wang Lei had deliberately shown them this. They would both activate their Sub-biological Engines and revive later anyway. But with them knowing nothing, it was enough to convince them that he possessed the ability to glimpse fragments of the future. That way, whenever he did something that seemed prescient in the future, he could explain it to the angels as foresight.

Wang Lei even comforted the two women then.

"Alright. From the moment the future is foreseen, the future has already changed. Don't dwell too much on those two scenes just now. They were only fragments. No one knows what happened afterward."

Angel Yan and Angel Chase nodded. As angel warriors, dying in battle had always been the best outcome for them. There was no need to dwell on it too much. As long as they died for Queen Keisha's justice, they would gladly accept it.

In the end, Angel Yan and Angel Chase decided to report today's events to Queen Keisha first. They would simply await Queen Keisha's arrangements afterward.

When they left, Angel Yan and Angel Chase both told Wang Lei that he could call them Yan and Chase from now on. It meant they had acknowledged him as a friend.

After Angel Yan and Angel Chase left, Wang Lei planned to tidy up and close the restaurant. He also needed to review today's battle. A Tuo was manageable. As a Third Generation Super Soldier, he did not have any especially powerful Gene Engine at this point. It was perfectly normal for Wang Lei to crush him.

But Morgana was different. He had to find a way to deal with her—at the very least, a way to keep her occupied. He could not call in reinforcements every time he encountered Morgana.

Besides, the Morgana who would later have Demon One was on a completely different level from the one he had encountered today.

However, just as he was closing up, a young man in a jacket, with a buzz cut, a baseball cap, and black sunglasses suddenly ran out from the side of the street. He braced the door with one hand and asked, "Boss, do you sell beer here?"

Wang Lei had originally wanted to chase him away. Coming to a private restaurant like his to buy beer—was this guy here to cause trouble?

But when he looked up, the attributes displayed by the man's Aether Encoding were somewhat alarming. Wang Lei immediately realized who this guy was. But how had he found his way here? Wang Lei opened the door and said, "No beer. The beer I have is mostly for cooking. I do have wine and liquor, though. Come in and sit down."

The man nodded and casually stepped into Wang Lei's restaurant.

Wang Lei closed the door again, then turned to the man and said, "Great Sage, you can use your true form here. There's no need to change your appearance."

The young man was naturally Sun Wukong in disguise. He grinned, then transformed into the hairy-faced, thunder-mouthed Sun Wukong. He found a place to sit and said, "Young man, this place of yours is pretty nice. Good atmosphere. You're not lacking in ability either. You were behind what happened in Huang Village, weren't you?"

Wang Lei naturally nodded. Sun Wukong was trustworthy, so there was no need to hide anything.

"Yes. An alien demon we currently have absolutely no way of dealing with descended there. I had no choice but to call in reinforcements to handle her."

The moment Sun Wukong heard that, he became somewhat displeased. After what he had experienced during the Flame Invasion, he basically did not trust aliens. He glared at Wang Lei.

"Call in reinforcements? Aliens?"

Wang Lei did not back down under Sun Wukong's glare.

"Yes, but she's already been sent back. Earth is too weak. We need help."

Sun Wukong continued with a cold laugh.

"Help? If aliens help you, you'll have to pay a price. What price did you pay? And you seem to have a pretty good relationship with those two angels. I found them at the scene and secretly followed them here."

"Energy. A great deal of energy. Of course, it wasn't energy taken from Earth. You know Earth has no major energy sources to speak of. Naturally, those angels didn't provide me with energy either. The angels still haven't decided what to do about Earth."

Sun Wukong stared fixedly at Wang Lei. Since his Fiery Eyes of Truth could not see through Wang Lei at all, he was not actually certain whether Wang Lei was good-hearted. But Wang Lei's actions so far had been protecting civilians. So Sun Wukong decided to trust him for the time being and continued asking, "Fine. One last question. Are you an Earthling?"

Wang Lei answered this question without hesitation.

"Yes. Of course I am."

After hearing that, Sun Wukong slapped his thigh, rose to his feet, and walked over to Wang Lei.

"Alright, then. I'll be watching you. If you ever betray Earth's interests, my Golden Cudgel won't care who you are."

As he spoke, he drove the Golden Cudgel directly into the floor tiles of Wang Lei's shop.

Wang Lei's eye twitched as he looked at his cracked tiles. He then took a deep breath, telling himself not to get angry, before forcing out a smile. "Great Sage, each tile costs twenty thousand. That blow shattered one tile and cracked eight more. Nine tiles comes to one hundred and eighty thousand. I can provide a receipt. Will you be paying by card or cash?"

Sun Wukong was speechless. He looked at the staff in his hand, then at the floor tiles. After scratching his head and ears for a while, he said irritably, "Account number. I'll transfer it!"

Naturally, Wang Lei gave him his account number without hesitation. Once he saw the additional one hundred and eighty thousand in his account, he said seriously, "Great Sage, I don't trust Du Kao."

Sun Wukong frowned slightly. He withdrew the Golden Cudgel and sat back down. "Old Du is a good alien. He's done a great deal for Earth over the past thousand years."

Wang Lei immediately countered, "I know. But Great Sage, you have to admit that Earth only drew the attention of the gods of the universe after the De Nuo Remnants came here. Blazing Sun back then was drawn here by them."

Sun Wukong fell silent. What Wang Lei said could not really be considered wrong. Still, Sun Wukong believed that Du Kao had no intention of harming Hua Xia.

There was nothing Wang Lei could do about that. Sun Wukong and Du Kao had known each other for over a thousand years, while he had only known Sun Wukong for a few minutes. It was only natural that Sun Wukong did not trust him.

So Wang Lei settled for the next best thing, asking Sun Wukong to keep his situation secret from Du Kao. However, he could inform the government directly. Wang Lei was willing to speak with government officials.

Sun Wukong thought about it but did not make a decision right away. After adding Wang Lei on WeChat, he took his leave.