Can We Scrounge Some Equipment? (4,000 Words, Please Recommend, Please Vote, Please Follow)

Wang Lei's words left the Super God Academy and Hua Xia's military and government officials, who were monitoring the meeting from the rear, thoroughly embarrassed.

The people at the Super God Academy felt that Wang Lei had truly gone for the kill. Did they think they wanted someone from Blazing Sun to represent Earth? It was only because the entire Super Soldier Company could not produce a single person capable of representing Earth on equal footing with the angels.

Their greatest hope, Galaxy Power, was still a loser who chased after girls all day. He was such a coward that he did not even dare confess. As for combat strength, he only had Void Suppression, which worked unpredictably, and a particularly tough body. If he faced the angels, Earth would be humiliated all the way to the Angel Nebula.

As for the Nuoxing War God, who was said to be capable of shattering planets alone, all that could be said was that after joining the military, his behavior and conduct had become somewhat less like that of a thug. But for the time being, he was still not fit for major responsibilities. On top of that, his education level was too low. People would see him as nothing more than a reckless brute.

As for the rest, even if their genes had recovered to their peak condition, the angels probably would not think much of them. Unless they became gods.

If the warriors would not do, then there was the leadership. Among the current leadership of the Super God Academy, Du Kao was the only one with any real reputation. Unfortunately, it was a notorious one.

If he represented Earth at the meeting, the angels would probably assume Earth was preparing to go to war with them. They would not listen to the explanations of a war fanatic like Du Kao. After all, Du Kao's dark history of starting the De Nuo War was enough for anyone familiar with that history to forever associate him with war.

That left Lianfeng, an obscure researcher; Yu Qin, a medical worker; and Jess, an external operations officer. In short, hardly anyone in the universe had ever heard their names.

Then there was the Hua Xia government. Their reasoning was much simpler. As a civilization native to Earth, how could they possibly understand all the twists and turns of the universe? It could be said that everything Earth currently knew about the forces of the universe came from information provided by the De Nuo Remnants of the Super God Academy.

Leave professional matters to professionals. The Hua Xia government understood that principle well. Besides, after Leina came to Earth, the government had interacted with her so many times that they had long concluded she was merely a young girl who understood nothing. Not knowledge—she simply did not understand the sinister nature of people's hearts.

Simply put, she was easy to fool. So they were not worried that she would say anything out of line. As long as she was placed at the forefront to intimidate other aliens by borrowing the tiger's might, the Hua Xia government had no objections whatsoever.

But Wang Lei's appearance had made everything uncontrollable. Neither the Super God Academy nor the Hua Xia government had determined who stood behind Wang Lei. They only knew that, at the very least, his top-tier combat strength was no weaker than Demon Queen Morgana's. Furthermore, Wang Lei could call people over and send them away again. There had been no situation where he invited someone in only for them to take over the place.

The Super God Academy could not investigate him, while the Hua Xia government wanted to let the bullet fly a little longer. In short, both sides wanted to see what Wang Lei intended to do before reacting.

But now, everyone had heard that Wang Lei had already become a god, and the angels had acknowledged that he was qualified to represent Earth in the meeting.

Du Kao suddenly did not know whether he should be happy or have a headache.

Naturally, he was happy that Earth had gained a god of its own, one who seemed fairly reliable. Earth would be able to speak with more confidence in the future. As for the headache, Wang Lei had made his disgust toward the De Nuo Remnants abundantly clear. He had to find a way to change Wang Lei's impression of them.

As for the Hua Xia government, they had only reason to be happy. They now knew that the De Nuo Remnants had arrived on Earth during the Tang Dynasty. They had distributed the Super Genes they had collected from the De Nuo Star System among the insightful and righteous people of that time, then guarded the descendants of those people generation after generation so that the inheritance would not be severed.

It had been more than a thousand years. These bloodlines had passed through thirty or forty generations. It could be said that most people in Hua Xia now carried at least a trace of De Nuo genes in their bodies. However, ninety-nine percent of those genes had been diluted to the point of utter uselessness—so little remained that they were barely enough to serve as genetic targets.

Only the genes of the main bloodlines of the families the De Nuo Remnants had focused on had been passed down intact. Moreover, throughout that time, they had followed the rules closely, providing only the most basic protection and avoiding excessive interference in their lives.

That was why the members of the Super Soldier Company came from all kinds of family backgrounds. Those worse off, like Liu Chuang and Rui Mengmeng, had long since fallen on hard times and struggled to survive around the poverty line.

Those better off were like Ge Xiaolun, whose family was middle class and had no great difficulty supporting a child through university.

The best off were people like Qi Lin. Her family's genetic inheritance had already been overlooked by the Super God Academy. Their family had most likely declined somewhere along the way, to the point that they were believed to have been wiped out. That was also why, despite having First Generation Super Soldier genes, De Nuo had not paid much attention to them.

After all, Hua Xia here had also gone through that era of raging war. But after Hua Xia was founded, the survivors who had once been believed exterminated rose again. That was why she had not been monitored by De Nuo from the beginning.

As for Wang Lei, the Hua Xia government was now one hundred percent certain. There were absolutely no De Nuo genes in his body. Under the pretext of investigating Wang Lei, the government had used De Nuo laboratories to trace every one of Wang Lei's medical examination records from childhood to adulthood. They had even secretly obtained some of his hair for genetic testing.

According to the results, even now Wang Lei still registered as an ordinary person, with not a trace of Super Gene in his body. Of course, the Super God Academy merely assumed that the Super Gene within Wang Lei was too well concealed for the laboratories they had cobbled together on Earth to detect.

But the Hua Xia government only needed to confirm that Wang Lei was not one of De Nuo's people. Eggs could not all be placed in one basket. Now that they knew Wang Lei had become a god, further contact with him had become essential.

Neither Wang Lei nor Leina knew about the thoughts of those watching from behind. After Wang Lei mocked Leina, she immediately shot back without any courtesy.

"Heh, Wang Lei, don't spout nonsense. I'm not here representing Blazing Sun. I'm sitting here as the captain of the Super Soldier Company of the Super God Academy. Hua Xia authorized that."

Wang Lei looked at Leina's appearance of helping someone count their money after being sold by them, then shook his head helplessly and patiently explained.

"Honestly. No matter how many identities you have, Leina, one fundamental fact remains unchanged. You are Leina, the Light of the Sun. That identity means that wherever you go, people will naturally assume you speak on behalf of Blazing Sun civilization. Or has ownership of the Light of the Sun's Super Gene already been transferred to Earth? If that's the case, then you truly are qualified to represent Earth—and more qualified than I am."

Leina was immediately rendered speechless by Wang Lei's reply. All she could do was force out an unhappy, "You!" from her throat.

However, Wang Lei raised a hand to stop Leina from saying anything further. He turned toward Angel Yan and continued.

"Alright, let's discuss the main issue first. Yan, Zhui, and this one..."

"Angel Moyi. You can just call me Moyi."

"Alright, and Moyi. Are the three of you here to announce the angels' judgment regarding Earth's current situation?"

Yan snorted and answered directly.

"Hmph. Wang Lei, don't speak so sarcastically. Angels do not forcibly interfere with the development of a civilization. It's just that Earth is currently a chaotic mix of all kinds of forces, so we came to understand Earth's—or rather, the Super God Academy's—views on Earth's future. To be honest, we're somewhat disappointed. There are many warriors here with limitless potential, but they are all too immature. They can't even deal with a monkey."

Wang Lei rolled his eyes at Angel Yan, indicating that Sun Wukong was no ordinary monkey. The monkey here was merely an avatar of the true Great Sage Equal to Heaven. Moreover, it was an avatar that had been scientifically weakened after being localized. That was why he instinctively protected Hua Xia.

For the sake of old sentiments, Wang Lei still said, "Don't underestimate Sun Wukong too much. Who do you think drove back Blazing Sun a thousand years ago? In a one-on-one fight, Yan, Zhui, Moyi, and even Leina, with most of her abilities locked away, would all lose to him. Even if I fought him, I wouldn't be certain of victory."

Wang Lei's words offended every lady present at once. The three angels all frowned, and Leina looked no better.

Yan lightly tapped the table, drawing Wang Lei's attention. She leaned forward slightly and spoke seriously.

"Wang Lei, it seems your understanding of us angels is still not deep enough."

At the same time, Leina stared at Wang Lei and said, "Yes. Your understanding of me isn't deep enough either."

However, Yan did not press the matter. Instead, she directly stated her ultimate purpose.

"Enough. Let's put the monkey aside for now. Wang Lei, Queen Keisha will personally pass judgment on your matter later. Now, back to Earth's issue. Earth is standing exposed in the sight of the entire universe. We angels believe that no matter how Earth develops in the future, it must remain within the bounds of justice."

Leina dismissed that with disdain and immediately challenged her.

"Sorry, but Blazing Sun doesn't have the word 'justice.' Care to explain it?"

To the angels, Queen Keisha's justice was faith itself. Seeing Leina deliberately argue for the sake of arguing, Zhui did not hold back either. Taking advantage of Leina's question, she prepared to properly explain to this twenty-something young girl what justice was.

But Yan silenced Zhui with a single look. Leina didn't understand the angels' definition of justice? That was a joke—then the teachers on Blazing Sun Star who had taught Leina the basics of interstellar civilization might as well commit suicide.

Besides, with Wang Lei here, Yan felt no need to explain the Justice Order all over again for the ordinary Earthlings listening in from behind. Within the Justice Order, Wang Lei had already been tacitly recognized as Earth's representative. Because he was Earth's first native-born god.

So Yan turned her gaze toward Wang Lei and asked, "Wang Lei, what do you think? In your view, is there no such thing as justice either?"

Wang Lei raised a hand and cracked a joke.

"Me? I'm watching while sitting down. The angels' justice is pretty good within known space. After all, you don't interfere with the free development of civilizations. But Yan, there's one thing you must understand. Every civilization needs to develop, including Angel Civilization. The Justice Order Queen Keisha proposed seventeen thousand years ago, along with the efforts angels have made across the galaxy while upholding it, has indeed protected countless weak civilizations from being plundered by more advanced ones. But advanced civilizations are already approaching the upper limit of what the Justice Order can maintain. I sincerely suggest that Angel Civilization reconsider the parts of the Justice Order that affect the development of higher civilizations. Of course, Earth isn't involved with those issues at this stage."

As Yan listened to Wang Lei, her head began to ache. Wang Lei had not completely questioned Queen Keisha's Justice Order. He was merely offering suggestions. No angel, no matter how displeased, would respond with harsh words to that. That was why neither Zhui nor Moyi had gotten too worked up.

But Yan could sense that Wang Lei was already convinced that there were flaws in Queen Keisha's Justice Order.

That was not good news. Yan felt that she had interacted with Wang Lei quite a bit, and overall, she was fairly satisfied with him. It was not easy for angels to find a friend who wasn't an angel. Both Yan and Zhui cherished that connection. Otherwise, they would not have let Wang Lei pluck their feathers so easily.

But there was no room for negotiation when it came to the Justice Order. Wang Lei had already shown that he did not fully approve of it. If he did anything out of line in the future, the two sides could only meet blade to blade.

But ever since Wang Lei had brought Ei over and driven away Morgana, Queen Keisha had made it clear that she would personally handle any future exchanges with Wang Lei. Yan no longer had the authority to communicate with Wang Lei in the name of the angels.

So Yan could only sigh inwardly before saying, "In that case, Wang Lei, do you think Earth currently needs angel intervention?"

Wang Lei looked amused. He shook his head and said helplessly, "Forget it, Yan. You angels can't intervene in the war between Earth and the Taotie. Your Justice Order only guarantees protection when an advanced spacefaring civilization invades a civilization that hasn't reached the spacefaring level. But because of certain remnants on Earth, from the perspective of other civilizations in the universe, Earth is actually the advanced civilization."

Wang Lei had been ready for Leina to interrupt him, but she merely glanced aside and said nothing. So he continued, "Since the Taotie can't use Dark Energy, their strongest fighters only reach the level of First Generation Super Soldiers. They don't even qualify as second generation, and they're super soldiers who can't use Dark Energy. Meanwhile, Earth has gods. Even if they're currently just a bunch of useless trash, Earth still looks like the technologically superior side to civilizations that don't know the real situation. That's why you angels have always used the excuse of hunting Demons whenever you operate on Earth."

Once Wang Lei said that, everyone at both the front end and the back end fell silent. Right—after all, not every civilization knew Earth's situation. Compare the Combat Strength of both sides a little, and they would see that Earth had Galaxy Power, Nuoxing War God, and Light of the Sun—three third-generation gods—plus a whole host of renowned super soldiers. The Taotie, meanwhile, only had more spacecraft. Everything else was completely unimpressive. If angels told other civilizations that Earth was actually the weaker side, who would believe them?

Du Kao instantly became the focus of everyone in the base, their stares making his scalp go numb. Could this really be blamed on him? Was this how Wang Lei had seen things all along? No wonder Wang Lei disliked him...

After a moment of silence, Yan summed it up helplessly.

"Wang Lei, may I take this as you preparing to reject the angels' goodwill?"

Wang Lei shook his head and said with a smile, "No, I've never rejected angels coming to Earth. You're welcome to visit my little shop in the future. As for helping Earth fight the Taotie... well, if the angels are willing to provide some equipment like spacecraft you've phased out, I'd actually be quite happy to take it off your hands. Earth can't use anything too advanced anyway. As for the price, how about this?"

After saying that, Wang Lei exchanged for an extinguished God's Eye and tossed it to Yan.

After catching the God's Eye, Yan looked at the dim bead with a puzzled expression. She lifted it before her eyes to inspect it. Then the God's Eye lit up. It was still an Electro God's Eye, though—overlapping with Yan's genetic abilities.

When Sun Wukong went all out and had enough energy, he could hammer Hua Ye, a quasi-Fifth Generation Phantom Body with a Black Hole Engine, head-on for several rounds. At this stage, unless a Fourth Generation God stepped in, no one could even compare to his Combat Strength.

That was why the monkey in Blazing Sun Heavenly Dao 1 had it far too rough. He didn't use his ultimate move and was actually defeated by a bunch of minor soldiers and small-time leaders.

Oh, right—have you watched the "Honkai 5" PV yet? The author wanted to play it, but their phone, hands, and time all told them at once: No, you don't.