Ye Chen was looking at the enormous world map, thinking about the empire's future development.
Outer space above Blue Star.
A-Zhui's figure appeared silently. A hundred years had passed, and she had come again to check on the development of Blue Star's civilization.
Looking at the blue planet before her, A-Zhui thought of the man in her memories. "I wonder how that guy is doing now. He should still be alive, right?
"Although the unknown gene in his body may only be inclined toward extending his lifespan and not be particularly adept at combat."
A hundred years ago, after discovering that Ye Chen's lifespan had broken past the limits of mortals, A-Zhui had assumed that he might possess a super gene from the Shenhe Civilization that had once drifted through the universe, only to have it activated by chance.
This was not the first time A-Zhui had encountered such a situation.
After all, before the Shenhe Civilization fell, its peak influence had spanned the entire Known Universe. During that period, it had manufactured countless mass-produced super genes.
After the Shenhe Civilization was destroyed, many weak genes whose names were not even recorded drifted through the universe. It was perfectly normal for some lucky individuals to activate the genes hidden within their bodies by sheer coincidence.
For a specific example, one could look at Qi Lin. She possessed a mass-produced super gene created by the Shenhe Civilization.
Blue Star, the Yanhuang Empire, Xuanhuang City, the central imperial palace.
A-Zhui's figure appeared above the imperial palace. The darkness of night made her silhouette difficult to see.
Standing in the air, A-Zhui's gaze passed through the walls of Qiankun Hall and saw Ye Chen inside. He was wearing a well-fitted black Star Robe, his hands clasped behind his back as he looked at the enormous world map before him.
"Hehe, after a hundred years, this little man has become even more composed. He's already a mature emperor now."
A-Zhui's feelings toward Ye Chen, the man who had suddenly barged into her simple life, were extremely complicated.
Although she was already several thousand years old, angels had incredibly long lifespans. Moreover, she was a battle angel. Throughout her thousands of years of life, she had either been accepting missions or on her way to carry them out.
Her life had been far too simple. She could see its end at a glance.
When she first discovered that Ye Chen had not only kissed her and stolen her first kiss, but had also treated her like a hot-water bottle and held her while sleeping for an entire night, A-Zhui had truly wanted to cut him down with a single sword.
But in the end, her heart softened. Besides, the angelic education in justice she had received did not allow her to casually kill a mortal.
At first, she had thought that mortals' lives were too short. They withered away after a mere hundred years. Perhaps, when the next century arrived, Ye Chen would have already died of old age. In that case, he would be nothing more than a hurried passerby in her long life.
But what she had not expected was that when she returned to Blue Star a century later, Ye Chen had not only survived—he had also built a massive empire from nothing with his bare hands.
After learning about this, a trace of curiosity rose in A-Zhui's heart.
That tiny spark of curiosity caused ripples in the heart that had long since become calm.
Standing in the air, A-Zhui looked at Ye Chen inside Qiankun Hall. A joy she herself had not noticed rose in her heart.
"A-Zhui, I knew you were hiding something from me. You rushed all the way to the Chiwu Star System, and it turns out you came to see your little boyfriend."
A teasing voice suddenly sounded beside her ear. A-Zhui, who had been staring at Ye Chen in a daze, was startled. Her face immediately flushed.
Turning to look behind her, she saw a beautiful angel with a mischievous smile at the corner of her lips and another angel with a composed bearing.
These two angels were Angel Yan, who had secretly followed A-Zhui here, and Angel Moi.
Some time ago, Angel Yan had noticed that something was off about A-Zhui. She was paying an unusual amount of attention to this otherwise ordinary Chiwu Star System.
This aroused Angel Yan's curiosity, so she brought Moi and secretly followed A-Zhui here.
Then they saw that after arriving at this blue planet, A-Zhui had not scanned Blue Star's civilization's dark data from space as usual. Instead, she had headed straight for the sky above a country within Blue Star.
Seeing this, how could Angel Yan not realize that A-Zhui had rushed here for someone?
Looking at Angel Yan's mischievous expression, A-Zhui's face flushed, as though she had been caught doing something bad by her parents.
"Sis Yan, don't make things up. I... I only came to take a look at the development of civilization in the Chiwu Star System and prevent demonic forces from infiltrating it."
"Oh, so that's how it is? Hahaha, A-Zhui, has anyone ever told you that you really can't lie? Your face is so red right now.
"Enough, stop hiding it. Tell me what's going on. I refuse to believe that a mortal from an ordinary planet could make you worry about him this much."
As she spoke, Angel Yan came to A-Zhui's side and wore an utterly gossipy expression.
Beside her, Angel Moi also widened her eyes and stared at A-Zhui, blinking rapidly.
Facing the gossipy gazes of her two close friends, A-Zhui felt utterly humiliated. It was unbearably awkward.
She could hardly say that an ordinary man had once forcibly kissed her, then held her like a hot-water bottle while sleeping for an entire night.
"Sis Yan, I really only came to check on things and see how the civilization here was developing. I had no other purpose."
Seeing A-Zhui like this, Angel Yan could not help shaking her head with amusement.
Then she activated her white eyes and began examining Blue Star's dark data from the past few centuries.
Seeing this, A-Zhui opened her mouth, wanting to stop her. But then she felt that doing so would not simply be protesting too much.
"Tsk, tsk. This mortal emperor is interesting. Not only did he steal my A-Zhui's first kiss, he even stole her heart. Does this count as love at first kiss? Hehe."
In this setting, Ye Chen's complete dark data had been filled in by the system. In the eyes of outsiders, Ye Chen was a native of Blue Star.
After examining the dark data from two hundred years ago, Angel Yan could not help clicking her tongue in amazement.
She also could not help sighing at the wonders of fate. A-Zhui had happened to pick up Ye Chen after he was knocked unconscious by an unknown attack.
In a daze, he had treated A-Zhui like a hot-water bottle and held her while sleeping for an entire night. In the end, he had even stolen her first kiss, leaving a deep imprint on her otherwise uneventful life.
If he had truly been nothing more than an ordinary mortal, that would have been fine. After all, in just a hundred years, once Ye Chen died, the imprint he had left in A-Zhui's heart would gradually fade.
But Ye Chen was not only capable of living a long time—he was also capable of stirring things up. He had actually gone and built a massive empire.
That had only deepened the imprint A-Zhui carried in her heart.
He had successfully aroused a trace of curiosity in A-Zhui, and she had slowly become ensnared.
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