Mars, the crimson planet that had lain silent in the universe for hundreds of millions of years, welcomed a special "visitor" today.
Above the dead and silent Red Wasteland, space twisted violently like water disturbed by a stone. A huge wormhole radiating a deep blue glow suddenly opened.
Under the precise calculations of Carl's omnipotent Great Clock, a massive building, pitch-black and hideous in design like a Floating Fortress, slowly emerged from the wormhole.
Demon One!
As it descended, the crimson dust was pushed aside by an invisible force field. Once it had completely stabilized on the Martian surface, the dust slowly settled again, coating its black metal hull with a thin layer of Red Frost.
"Bitch!"
The curse sounded particularly abrupt in Mars's thin atmosphere.
Morgana looked at the barren, deathly silent Red World before her, and her mood was utterly terrible!
She had painstakingly planted Demon Seeds on Earth, waited until the time was ripe, and personally descended to revive them. She had been on the verge of gaining a brand-new Demon Legion. But what happened?
They had barely sprouted before someone uprooted them together with the soil! Almost the entire army had been wiped out!
And now, she could not even take revenge.
First of all, that man named Si Yao was far too bizarrely powerful.
Even now, Morgana still had not figured out the principles behind that man's "Colorless Realm" and "Dizang Realm" divine powers. Without understanding their principles, she could not formulate a countermeasure.
Not to mention that last night, she had watched the battle at Liangshan through Super Seminary's perspective.
The combat power Si Yao had displayed, along with those unheard-of technologies he possessed, was clearly superior to hers—at least where Space Technology was concerned.
She was not even certain how many trump cards that man had yet to reveal, or where the upper limit of his strength lay.
Most importantly, that man had now joined forces with those little Angel bitches! If she acted rashly, she would be forcing Si Yao and the Angels to unite. By then, forget about taking revenge—whether she could retreat from Earth in one piece would be a problem!
Moreover, according to the information she had stolen from Super Seminary's Database, that man truly seemed to have countless connections with the so-called "Pangu Civilization" that Carl had been researching.
That left her with no choice but to be even more cautious.
If Si Yao really was a revivalist of the Pangu Civilization from hundreds of millions of years ago, then the technology he possessed had definitely surpassed that of their current era.
When facing an enemy who might possess a technological advantage spanning entire generations, any rash move could amount to suicide.
At the same time, she could not help wondering whether this was all Karl that pervert's doing behind the scenes. Had he deliberately created such an "Old God" to disrupt the situation and achieve some unspeakable objective?
But she could not exactly go straight to Carl and confront him.
After all, what if he really was an Old Fossil from the Pangu Civilization? Wouldn't asking such a question expose her ignorance and trump cards?
Although she and Carl were allies, the two of them held completely different views on the matter of the Void.
That bastard Carl was single-mindedly waiting to welcome the so-called "Ultimate Fear" and bring Void Descends into the world.
As for her, she only wanted to live freely, indulge in depravity and freedom, and beat the hell out of Kaisha that bitch while she was at it.
She rejected and feared that unknown thing filled with an aura of destruction from the bottom of her heart.
Who knew what that damn Void Descends would do after arriving? Maybe even the Demon Queen herself would be dragged down with it!
At that thought, Morgana irritably grabbed her hair, ruining her originally exquisite hairstyle.
"Damn it, what a hassle!"
Just as Morgana was growing increasingly irritated, a completely black Demon emerged from behind her. It was A Tai, one of her most powerful warriors.
"Queen, I believe... perhaps we should change our approach and find a way to make contact with that Si Yao."
Morgana whipped around, flames nearly spitting from her eyes. "Make contact? A Tai! Are you fucking asleep? He just wiped out the Legion we worked so hard to revive! You want me to go contact him now?!"
"That's right, they can be revived! But it takes time! It takes energy! Do you know what that means? It means that our forces will remain in a vacuum for a long time to come!"
Faced with the Queen's fury, A Tai did not retreat. He remained calm as ever. "Queen, precisely because of that, we can no longer provoke such a powerful unknown enemy."
He paused, then raised a crucial point. "Besides, Queen... don't you find it strange? Since the other side possessed the ability to erase an entire legion in an instant, why did he only kill them on the physical level instead of completely destroying their Dark Data? With the technology he has displayed, that would not have been difficult."
"This may indicate..." A Tai raised his head, his gaze sincere. "That the other side does not truly harbor an irreconcilable enmity toward our Demons."
Morgana fell silent.
Of course, she had thought of that too. That was precisely what left her conflicted and frustrated.
If Si Yao had truly destroyed all the Demons' Dark Data, she would not have said another word. Even if it meant suffering severe losses, she would have gone to Earth and fought that man to the death.
But the other side had deliberately spared them.
Combined with the information she had obtained from Super Seminary, Si Yao's personality was indeed extremely self-centered. He seemed not to care about so-called factions or order at all, making him completely different from those angelic bitches who had "justice on the brain."
That man was no warmhearted soul.
Under normal circumstances, she definitely would not have minded spending some time making contact with, or even recruiting, such a powerful and neutral God.
The problem was that the timing was wrong!
Si Yao had just wiped out her Demon Legion, and she was supposed to shamelessly go knocking on his door right afterward, bringing gifts and putting on a smiling face?
Did Morgana have no dignity?!
Apparently seeing through the Queen's concerns, A Tai spoke again, his tone even more earnest. "Queen, I know this makes you feel humiliated. But at this critical juncture, face... perhaps it truly can be set aside for now."
"Those angelic bitches are definitely doing everything they can to contact and win over Si Yao! Have you thought about what will happen if they really recruit him? Then our Demons... will truly be finished!"
A Tai's voice grew heavier. "Based on the strength Si Yao has displayed and those bizarre technologies he possesses, he may very well be a Main God on the same level as Holy Keisha! Our Demons are already suffering this badly just fighting the Angel Civilization. If we provoke another unfathomably powerful Old God like this... Queen, our Demons... may really be finished for good!"
As A Tai's voice faded, the few Demons still present all dropped to one knee and echoed him in unison.
"A Tai is right, Queen!"
"Queen, our Legion has not suffered true, complete death. The grudge between us and Si Yao is not yet one of life and death!"
"Recruiting him is the best policy! At the very least, we absolutely cannot let him unite with the Angels against us!"
Morgana looked around at the few loyal subordinates she had left. As she listened to their heartfelt advice, the anger in her heart was gradually replaced by cold reason.
She knew they were all right.
The future of the Demons was far more important than her personal pride.
After hesitating again and again, she slowly relaxed her clenched fist and waved irritably.
"All right, all right! Get up, all of you!"
Morgana took a deep breath and looked toward the Azure Planet deep in space, her expression complicated and unreadable.
"Contact... there's no hurry. I'll go observe him personally first and see what kind of person that man really is."
Inside Heavenly Base Four, on the Moon Back.
After Zhi Xin brought back the reply, "Whether to attack depends on her, not me," He Xi remained silent in the Main Control Room for a long time.
In the end, she still took a deep breath and rose from the comfortable command chair, a trace of determination flashing through her eyes.
"I'll go myself."
She set off alone. After all, what followed might involve sensitive topics concerning the Pangu Civilization, Void Technology, and even matters within the Angel Civilization. None of those were suitable for a junior like Zhi Xin to participate in.
An almost imperceptible streak of light tore through the silent universe and quietly descended on the outskirts of Earth.
He Xi arrived alone outside that Luxury Villa, which looked completely out of place in its surroundings. She gathered her thoughts, raised her hand, and gently knocked on the door.
"Come in."
A calm voice rang directly in her mind, and the villa's door soundlessly slid open.
He Xi stepped into the Living Room and immediately saw the silver-haired man sitting on the sofa, as though he had been waiting for her for quite some time.
The Heavenly Base King, who had lived for tens of thousands of years, witnessed the rise and fall of countless civilizations, and personally created the glory of angelic technology, now found her emotions exceptionally complicated.
She did not know which forgotten corner of time this man, who looked absurdly young, had crawled out from, or how long this Old Fossil had lived.
An invisible pressure filled the air. Neither of them spoke. They merely scrutinized each other.
After a long silence, He Xi was the first to break it. She gave a slight nod and calmly introduced herself. "Heavenly Base King, He Xi."
Then she looked straight into Si Yao's ice-blue eyes and asked one of the most crucial questions behind her visit. "What exactly is your purpose in coming here?"
Si Yao lifted the teacup before him and gently blew across the steam. His answer was utterly casual. "I had no particular purpose. I woke up and came to look at this world."
He paused, then added a sentence that made He Xi's heart jump. "If that doesn't work, I'll start over."
He Xi's pupils contracted slightly. She keenly caught the chilling meaning hidden behind those words. "Start over? What do you mean?"
Si Yao did not answer her question. Instead, he threw the question back at her. "Why did you come?"
Seeing that he was unwilling to say more, He Xi did not press him. She got straight to the point. "The Silver Blade."
"The Silver Blade you took from Sumali. I need to retrieve it."
Of course, she knew that directly asking for it back was unlikely to work. With a casual wave, the space beside her rippled faintly, and a long sword of ancient, elegant design appeared from thin air, its entire body flowing with the unique sheen of Dark Silver.
"Ordinary Quicksilver Weapons contain no additional Dark Iron Element and possess only powerful destructive force," He Xi explained. "But this is a Dark Silver Weapon. Adding Dark Iron Element to the Silver Material gives it extremely strong controllability, and it can also store energy."
"In terms of value," she said as she looked at Si Yao, "it far surpasses that broken throwing knife in your possession."
However, faced with this sincere "trade," Si Yao directly refused.
"No need. That throwing knife is already gone."
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