"Aunt Lianfeng, he's just like that when he talks. Don't take it to heart."
After an unpleasant conversation, Lianfeng and Qiangwei turned and left.
"Every word spoken by a god from the Ancient Era is worth careful thought." Lianfeng shook her head gravely. "His thinking is far too rational and cold. By our moral standards, he leans toward the Order faction, but he's clearly no benevolent god."
Si Yao's attitude had been clear. He didn't care in the slightest whether Earth Civilization lived or died. He had no interest in helping them, and as for destroying them, at least for now, he had no such intention.
But it was that "for now" that gave her a very bad feeling.
She didn't know much about the Void, but according to the Database of Super Seminary, Carl had once theorized that civilizations born in countless past eras of the universe had all perished after attempting to break through the Ultimate Fear, due to the interference of the Void Civilization.
The Angel Civilization, on the other hand, rejected the Ultimate Fear. Holy Keisha defined everything under Primary Biological Technology as correct.
In short, Death God Karl pursued absolute, cold truth, even if that truth would overturn everything that currently existed.
Holy Keisha, meanwhile, firmly stood on the side of life. She believed that any form of "truth" that denied the value of life was, by its very nature, false.
With her powerful will, she defended the order of the Primary Biological World. Even if the Void truly existed, she would never acknowledge its "correctness" as superior to life.
If death represented what was right, should All Beings simply accept it and go to their deaths?
Death God Karl might answer yes, but Holy Keisha's answer would always be no. If death were some kind of "truth," then she would define survival as the new truth!
Demon King Morgana thought that Holy Keisha's ideas were far too arrogant. If the Primary Biological Universe continued under her way of thinking, it would inevitably head toward ruin. And so the war between demons and angels began.
In the Known Universe, going back two hundred thousand years before the Shenhe Civilization, they couldn't find a single intact civilization ruin on par with the Shenhe Civilization!
It was as if they vanished into thin air as soon as they reached a certain level!
The Pangu Civilization, that Ancient Civilization from hundreds of millions of years ago—was its downfall connected to the Void?
If so, how had Si Yao survived? And why had he awakened in this era?
Time flew by. Nearly half a month had passed since their last meeting had ended on bad terms.
During that time, Si Yao had been unusually quiet. He barely left the villa in the suburbs, spending nearly all his time there.
Meanwhile, Xiong Bing Lian's training had gradually gotten on track, with its members enduring rigorous drills day after day.
[ Ding! ] [ Your lie convinced Angel Yan, Angel Chase, Angel Mo Yi, Lena, and others. You have gained 10,000 True Points. ] [ Yongzhen Realm Divine Power is being manifested. Progress: 80%... ]
"???"
Si Yao had been browsing information on Deno Three when the notification in his mind suddenly interrupted him.
10,000 True Points, and the Yongzhen Realm was already at 80%?
"As expected of the angels." Si Yao's expression turned a little awkward.
He'd thought the angels hadn't seen what he'd done before, but he hadn't expected them to believe it only after half a month.
But on second thought, it made sense. Angels weren't easy to fool.
They must have used their powerful Insight Eye to carefully compare records and investigate his background, and only accepted the information as true after its credibility reached a certain threshold.
It was hard to fool them with fabrications unsupported by enough facts.
"How many more True Points do I need to fully manifest the Yongzhen Realm Divine Power?"
[10000 True Points required.]
"Manifest it."
At Si Yao's command, his True Points were rapidly consumed. He clearly sensed a Yongzhen Gene Chain, containing the mysteries of Natural Law, quickly taking shape and fusing perfectly with his Super Gene.
He closed his eyes, and his Mental Perception spread outward like ripples.
The wind, fire, water, earth, lightning, and other Heaven and Earth Elements within a radius of over a hundred kilometers all became crystal clear to him, as if they were extensions of his own body.
If he wished, he could unleash a devastating storm, summon raging thunder, or create a monstrous tsunami at any moment.
This power might pose little threat to gods of the same level, but against an Astronaut Level Civilization that had yet to break free of its home planet's constraints—especially a Pre-Nuclear Era Civilization like Earth—it already had the power to serve as a strategic deterrent and strike force.
"I've got a new ability. Time to start the next stage of the game."
Si Yao rose from his chair.
"Suo Dun, quit eating. I'm taking you out to stretch your legs."
Now that the angels had turned their attention his way, he needed to show them a few "divine miracles" and deepen their impression of him.
With the Angel Civilization's vast and refined understanding of Dark Energy, the manifestation process for the other Primal Divine Powers he had in mind would surely speed up considerably.
"Boss, I got a question," Suo Dun said, leaning over the edge of the pickup's bed as he chewed on a chicken leg. "Why do you always gotta drive this metal box whenever you go out?"
"To experience how a Primitive Civilization gets around." Si Yao answered without changing his expression as he started the car.
Truthfully, he wanted to travel in a more impressive way, but unfortunately, he couldn't fly.
Flying either required a dedicated Super Gene or Driver Code for Wings of Time like the angels had. For now, he had neither.
Although his newly acquired Yongzhen Realm Divine Power let him Ride the Wind, the speed was nothing to brag about.
For an "Ancient Old God" who needed to maintain an air of grandeur, drifting slowly through the sky was beneath his dignity.
He hadn't spent the past half month idle, either. He'd carefully searched the Deno Three Database, but unfortunately, he hadn't found any ready-made high-level flight or space-time technology.
There was plenty of relevant Space-Time Theory, but manifesting a high-level Space-Time Gene from scratch would cost an astronomical number of True Points. Naturally, he wasn't going to consider those low-end options.
The pickup's engine roared as it sped down the highway, the scenery flying past the windows.
Before long, the vehicle had left Juxia City behind.
"Boss, where exactly are we going?" Suo Dun shouted from the truck bed, kicking his short legs in the wind.
"Where?" Si Yao's lips curled into a faint smile as he floored the gas pedal.
At the same time, invisible Wind Divine Power gathered and surged beneath the vehicle, forming a powerful updraft.
In the next instant, the entire pickup was lifted by the gale. It rose off the ground and shot toward the clouds!
"General, Si Yao has left Juxia City."
Super Seminary, Command Center.
"General, Si Yao has left Juxia City." Lianfeng, who had been closely monitoring Si Yao's movements, reported to Dukao at once.
"Where is he headed?" Dukao asked gravely.
"We don't know... He chose a means of transportation we never would have expected." Lianfeng looked helpless as she projected the last image captured by Deno Three onto the Main Screen.
The image showed the pickup Si Yao had been driving suddenly engulfed by a violent whirlwind. It was lifted into the sky as if seized by an invisible giant hand, then shot straight upward and quickly vanished into the clouds ten thousand meters above. After that, the signal was lost.
As the old poem said: "The great roc rises with the wind one day, soaring ninety thousand miles."
Now even a pickup could ride the wind, rise into the heavens, and reveal its marvels!
Dukao stared at the screen, its signal already gone, and furrowed his brows. After a long silence, he made a decision. "It seems we'll have to ask Sun Wukong to make contact."
At present, they truly had no effective way to monitor this "Ancient Old God." Or rather, they had a number of technical methods, but his unfathomable Mental Power and ability to control the elements of nature made them reluctant to use them.
But allowing an ancient god with such immense power and an unknown attitude to roam freely—especially with a dangerous Peak Beast Body like Suo Dun alongside him—was simply too risky.
He'd originally planned to observe Si Yao for much longer, but the situation had clearly changed. They could no longer afford to wait and proceed step by step.
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