New Mission

"What the heck?"

Another new mission had appeared, and Yun Zhao was delighted.

He hurriedly summoned the system shop, intending to splurge.

After all, upgrading required resources and energy. Earlier, he had noticed an upgrade resource-energy pod in the system shop.

It was sold as a bundle. Buying the corresponding upgrade resource-energy pod provided all the resources and energy needed for the upgrade, which was quite convenient.

{Second Generation Super Soldier Upgrade Resource-Energy Pod, price: 500,000 Shop Points.} "Good grief, why is it so expensive? It'll use up nearly half of my savings for the month in one go?"

Yun Zhao had originally felt rather confident with 1.1 million Shop Points, but now he realized that he was still a poor little brother after all.

Just as he steeled himself to make the purchase, someone knocked on the villa door.

He stopped the purchase and closed the system shop interface.

"Is that Zhi Xin? Why did you come over today? Is something wrong?"

"God, my master asked me to bring you over to see her."

Yun Zhao froze. For no apparent reason, he suddenly felt a little uneasy.

Why does Pipi Xi want me? She isn't planning to dissect me, is she? I've already given you quite a lot of blood. Wouldn't it be a bit much to dissect me too?

Hexi, who was in her private research institute at the time, heard Yun Zhao's thoughts and rolled her eyes in exasperation.

"What an ungrateful Little God. I clearly saw that you had completely mastered the power of your First Generation Super Soldier form and planned to upgrade you."

"I didn't expect you to think of me like that."

"Pipi Xi, you're not really planning to dissect me, are you?"

Keisha's voice came through the Dark Communication, making Hexi even more displeased.

"Little Kaisa, who allowed you to connect to my Dark Communication? I'm still angry, you know."

A month had passed, but Hexi was still angry with Keisha over what she had done to Zhi Xin.

She had barely paid Keisha any attention.

"When did you become so hot-tempered? I already apologized to you and to Zhi Xin, and I promised not to do it again. What, are you really not going to let it go?"

There was a rare hint of grievance in Keisha's voice.

Only when facing Hexi would she occasionally show this side of herself.

"Ah, forget it, forget it. In any case, the future changed the moment Little God appeared. I'll forgive you this time."

"Don't worry. He's my Little God. I won't dissect him. I just saw that he has completely mastered his current power and wanted to upgrade him."

"I see. Then ask him whether he's willing to join the Angel Faction while you're at it. He's been mentioning Earth frequently in his thoughts lately. It seems he wants to leave."

After observing Yun Zhao for over a month, they had formed a very favorable impression of him. He was serious, hardworking, and disciplined.

Although his thoughts were lively and he occasionally fantasized about them, it was harmless.

After all, he was a virile young man who spent every day in Heavenly City, a place filled with beautiful women. It would actually be abnormal if he had no fantasies at all.

But he only fantasized in his mind. On the surface, he had never done anything inappropriate. Even after becoming familiar with Yan and Zhi Xin, he had never spoken frivolously.

Even when Yan teased him, he only cursed and made threats in his thoughts. On the surface, he never took advantage of the opportunity. Instead, he was rather bashful and would occasionally blush furiously when teased.

It was quite amusing to watch.

"Should I tell him about the compatibility results?"

"Not for now. Just say that after observing him for more than a month, the angels have decided to invest in him."

Hexi indicated that she understood.

Before long, Zhi Xin brought Yun Zhao over.

"Sky Blade King, you're not going to dissect me, right?"

"I'm not."

Seeing the frightened look in his eyes, Hexi smiled. She did not tease him either, worried that she might truly scare Little God.

"How have you felt about your training this past month?"

"It's been great. I've made a lot of progress. I'm very grateful for the angels' help."

During this month, the angels had treated him very well, and he felt quite comfortable staying here.

"Indeed, you've done well. Keisha and I have also checked in on you from time to time this month, and we're both very satisfied with your performance."

"I asked you to come today because I want to upgrade you. At the same time, I want to ask what you've decided about Keisha's invitation from over a month ago."

"Of course, if you refuse or haven't made up your mind yet, that's fine too. I'll still carry out the upgrade as usual. I'm not trying to force you to choose."

Yun Zhao fell silent, a thoughtful expression appearing on his face.

After more than a month, the angels have indeed treated me very well, and I really like life in Heavenly City. But whenever I think about the angels' choice in the future, I feel troubled. How am I supposed to choose?

Hearing Yun Zhao's words, the hearts of the six angels in Heavenly City tightened.

At this moment, Hexi spoke again.

"We're very optimistic about your future, so we've decided to invest in you. Regardless of whether you choose the angels today, we'll invest in you. Even if you ultimately don't join the angels, we still hope to maintain a good relationship with you."

The future could not be mentioned openly, so they would maintain a good relationship and let time prove everything. Once he saw the angels' changes in the future—

once he saw that the angels no longer revolved around Galaxy Strength, he should understand their intentions. Then, if they placed the compatibility results before him, they would have an eighty- or ninety-percent chance of winning him over.

"I'm sorry, Sky Blade King. I'm still very confused about the future. The angels are wonderful, but for now, I still don't want to join."

"As for the angels' investment, perhaps you should forget it too. One shouldn't accept what one hasn't earned. I wouldn't feel comfortable keeping it."

Hearing this, the other angels who were observing from elsewhere all showed a trace of disappointment.

If Queen Keisha had not worried that revealing things too early might make Yun Zhao notice something was wrong, the Little Angels really wanted to spread the compatibility results out before him.

They could even directly recite the Guardian Oath.

"Why wouldn't you feel comfortable? At worst, just remember that you owe us a favor. Besides, you've been in Heavenly City for over a month. We can be considered friends by now. Friends helping each other—how does that have anything to do with accepting what you haven't earned?"

"Enough. If you keep saying that, it'll mean you don't consider us friends."

Well, things had already been said to this point, and Yun Zhao truly did not know what else to say.

Indeed, during his time in Heavenly City, he had gotten along well with quite a few angels. They could genuinely be considered friends.

"All right, then. Thank you, Sky Blade King. If the angels ever need anything in the future, just let me know. I'll do everything in my power to help."

"Good."

Hexi was satisfied. It was good that he had accepted the investment; that would make things easier to arrange in the future.

Afterward, Yun Zhao lay down in the Upgrade Pod. More than an hour later, he successfully advanced to a Second Generation Super Soldier.

A Second Generation Super Soldier already possessed the ability to equip a Gene Engine.

His Super Gene was somewhat different from the Super Genes of the Super God Universe.