"Have your emotions stabilized?"
Watching Celestial Base King He Xi question him, Ximen Lang could only nod numbly.
The moment Queen Keisha saw him nod, she immediately took over the conversation.
"Now, we should have a proper talk. What should I call you? Little Ximen Lang, the Power of the Galaxy who crossed over here?"
Ximen Lang had just wanted to shake his head and deny it when Queen Keisha spoke.
"Just nod."
She pointed at He Xi.
"Celestial Base King He Xi—you've seen her too. She has no humanity. If you keep shaking your head, I'll have no choice but to hand you over to her. You don't want that, do you?"
"You old man-hater!"
"What did you call me?!"
"Hmph!"
He Xi showed that she was magnanimous and would not stoop to argue with that old man-hater.
She turned to Ximen Lang with a smile and said kindly,
"Don't worry. At most, I'll do a little research. It won't be life-threatening."
The moment he heard the word "research," Ximen Lang shuddered.
He wanted to keep a safe distance and give himself a sense of security, but Little Zhi Xin's merciless iron grip on his shoulder left him unable to move.
Queen Keisha waved her hand, and Ximen Lang finally regained his "freedom."
"Bring him a chair and let him sit down. Let him think carefully about how he can deceive me."
She then crossed her legs, brushed at nonexistent dust on her long johns, and said abruptly,
"Let me remind you: From the look in your eyes at the very beginning, I determined that you knew me. I also can't understand why you recognized me the moment you saw me when we're clearly not from the same universe! And there's Celestial Base King He Xi beside me, and even... Little Zhi Xin."
Those few sentences made Ximen Lang shudder again. After a long moment of unease, he was just about to speak when he suddenly felt his mouth go dry, as though his throat had been burned by fire. He rasped, "This was probably psychological."
"Could I have a cup of water?"
Queen Keisha raised her chin, and Zhi Xin retrieved a cup of water from the Dark Plane and handed it to him.
After taking the water, Ximen Lang instinctively nodded and said,
"Thank you."
Seeing this, the corners of Queen Keisha's lips lifted slightly, as though she had thought of something else.
After taking half a day to finish the cup of water, Ximen Lang still had not finished preparing himself mentally. He could not help asking again,
"Could I have something to eat?"
"Don't push it, kid. You just used at least a ton of my Advanced Nutrient Solution! That would've been enough to upgrade a God Body! Why are you still hungry?!" He Xi said through gritted teeth.
Clearly, that ton of Advanced Nutrient Solution was precious even to Celestial Base King He Xi. Otherwise, she would not have been so distressed.
It made sense, too. After all, something capable of upgrading a God Body certainly would not be cheap. Hadn't the entire Merlot Heavenly Court only had a few God Bodies?
"Forget it. There's no rush. It's fine to let our little friend rest for a while. Zhi Xin, make the arrangements."
"Yes, Queen."
With that, Queen Keisha walked straight out. She sensed that Celestial Base King He Xi was still lingering reluctantly beside her.
Queen Keisha immediately grabbed her arm and pulled her away.
Before leaving, Queen Keisha seemed to remember something and instructed Zhi Xin,
"Oh, right. Find him a quiet place, and don't let Leng and the others disturb him. Also, keep an eye on him. Make absolutely sure our little friend doesn't get hurt by accident."
"Yes, Queen!"
That left only the twitching Ximen Lang and the curious angel Zhi Xin. After staring wide-eyed at each other for a long while, Zhi Xin led him toward the resting quarters.
"Come on. I'll take you to rest."
"Sorry for the trouble. Thank you."
"No need to be so polite. By the way, do you still want something to eat?"
Looking at the straightforward angel Zhi Xin, Ximen Lang was still somewhat tempted.
"Is there anything? If so, I'll have a little. It's been such a long time without eating that I feel uncomfortable."
"Hey, why are you pulling me?! Let go!" Pi Pi Xi unwillingly pulled her arm free, then turned back toward Ximen Lang with a look of longing.
"That's enough. Stop looking! He's right there. He can't run away. Come on, pour me a cup of tea."
Pi Pi Xi glared resentfully at that old man-hater and stomped her foot in anger.
"Hmph! Pour it yourself!"
Queen Keisha did not argue with her. She poured herself a cup of tea, then poured one for Pi Pi Xi as well.
"Want some?"
Pi Pi Xi glanced at the offered teacup, raised her little head, and showed exceptional backbone.
"No! I'm full of anger!"
Queen Keisha took a leisurely sip of He Xi's treasured tea and asked,
"By the way, aside from not being from our universe, what else did you discover?"
At the mention of this, Pi Pi Xi stopped being angry, her eyes shining.
"Everything about him!!!"
Then she continued on her own,
"Their universe, their planet, their Guo Jia, and the man himself!"
Queen Keisha raised an eyebrow.
"Oh? You can learn that much from a little card?"
"So stupid!" Pi Pi Xi rolled her eyes at Queen Keisha in front of her, making the corner of Keisha's eye twitch.
Then He Xi pulled Ximen Lang's two-year-old phone out of the Dark Plane and continued,
"A little card can only prove his identity and the level of technology in the world he comes from. But this!"
He Xi waved the phone in her hand around like she was showing off and said,
"This can reveal all his information!!!"
"Come on, send it to me." Queen Keisha became interested as well.
A moment later, after receiving the information He Xi had sent over,
Queen Keisha lightly tapped her fingers on the table. With her other hand, she lifted the teacup, which was trembling slightly.
Crack.
A crack appeared across the surface of the teacup. Tea slowly trickled down along it, and He Xi's heart ached at the sight.
"Careful! This is my treasured collection! Great, now you've ruined another set!"
How many secrets could really be obtained from a phone that had been used for two years?
If the person who got it were an ordinary person, he might simply replace a few pots, bowls, and other household items.
If the person who got it were a hacker, he could obtain all the information on the phone, including even the traces of the inappropriate websites you had browsed and then deleted.
But if the person who got it were Celestial Base King He Xi of the Merlot Heavenly Court...
Then you were doomed.
She could use a Celestial Computer to reverse-engineer the entire world, or even the entire universe!
Two years of usage records! This was no small matter.
To put it this way, He Xi could now be said to understand Ximen Lang better than he understood himself!
She even knew when Ximen Lang had been weaned and when he had wet the bed better than he did himself.
Oh, right. Now there was also Queen Keisha...
After a long while, Queen Keisha exhaled a breath of stale air.
"So, our universe is merely a fairly successful animated work?"
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