"Your Highness, you're back! What a relief. The pressure on us has been enormous. Xiong Bing Lian is still growing, and Lena's not very stable. She's also been having conflicts with Yao Wen lately, and we haven't found a good solution." When Ducao saw Su Xinghe, his gloomy expression instantly broke into a smile. Elder Huang and Li Yunfei beside him were no different. Ducao had told them long ago that Su Xinghe was currently Earth's strongest fighter, and that with him around, Huaxia would be much safer.
"Oh, a few Taotie have got General Ducao looking so worried? That's not like you at all. I've brought some resources to upgrade Qilin, Zhao Xin, and Rui Mengmeng to Third Generation Super Soldiers. That should ease the pressure on you a little."
"After all, the Taotie are only an Aerospace-Class civilization. With some improvements, Xiong Bing Lian can handle the Taotie Civilization. Between the Three Great God-Making Projects and Victorious Fighting Buddha Sun Wukong, Xiong Bing Lian's already among the top ten fighting forces in the universe."
"Ah, that's good news. But the Shenhe Sniper is based on a first-generation Shenhe gene, so upgrading it would be a hassle. I suggest upgrading Qiangwei first. She's the tactical core of Xiong Bing Lian's Space-Time sequence, and she's not much inferior to the Three Great God-Making Projects."
Su Xinghe shot Ducao a sidelong glance. He was blatantly trying to use Su Xinghe's resources to raise his daughter.
"The Shenhe Sniper's genes can be upgraded by the academy. Surely you have enough resources of your own to upgrade one person to a Third Generation Super Soldier. You don't need my help at all, do you?"
"Comrade Xiao Su, may I call you that? Would you mind if an old man said a few words?" Elder Huang, who had been sitting quietly to the side, finally spoke. Since the war began, Huaxia's conventional forces had suffered enormous losses. In the Taotie's latest invasion alone, casualties had nearly reached sixty thousand. It pained him to see it, but there was nothing he could do.
Now Earth's strongest fighter, Su Xinghe, had returned—and he was supposedly a prince of the Angels. If he was willing to help Huaxia a little, as he had the first time, that would be a great help.
"Of course, Elder Huang. Say whatever you like, ask whatever you want." Su Xinghe had a good idea what Elder Huang wanted to ask. He wanted Su Xinghe to help Earth more, of course. Anyone could see that Earth's current technology was no match for an alien invasion.
"Well, I heard from Xiao Du that warriors from the Angel Civilization, the foremost civilization in the universe, are on Earth. You're their queen's Male God—in other words, what we on Earth would call her husband. Could you ask them to help Earth a little? Of course, Xiong Bing Lian would still need to do most of the work. But if we had the foremost civilization in the universe helping us with technology, we could work hard to develop our own future technology and protect our people with our own strength when the next alien invasion comes."
"It's impossible for the Angels to intervene directly. They have very few forces for ordinary defense. But when it comes to technology, the Angel Civilization has a few subordinate Aerospace Civilizations. I can try to get you some technological support from them. For now, though, Xiong Bing Lian can try to capture some Taotie warships."
"These things can be powered up and launched with Stellar Energy. Since Lena is on Earth, that won't be a problem. Ducao knows how to handle this sort of thing. After all, he used to be a marshal of a God-level Civilization. He can even have them modify the ships later."
"Alternatively, you could put together a group of senior engineers and physicists. I can take them to other Aerospace Civilizations to study, then bring them back afterward. Elder Huang and the people in charge can discuss the details and let me know."
"Woo-woo! Woo-woo!"
Suddenly, the alarm blared aboard the Juxia. Ducao immediately stood and rushed outside. The Taotie had been invading so often these past few days that he'd grown jumpy. But when he ran out, he saw not the Taotie, but the King of Gods, Holy Keisha.
She was the strongest being in the universe. Ducao was afraid of her, and for good reason: even ten of him together wouldn't survive a single blow from Holy Keisha.
"You're the warmonger Ka... Ducao, as you're called now. Seeing you has finally helped me understand a few things. Give me a minute to read Earth... What a beautiful world. Too bad it's full of war... war... death... death... No wonder Death God Karl likes it here."
"You're Holy Keisha. Why have you come here? Did you come because of the war too?" In the end, Ducao steeled himself and faced Holy Keisha. He knew she wouldn't attack Earth while Su Xinghe was there.
"You think too highly of yourself if you believe I came for the war. Ask Su Xinghe—does what Ducao said make any sense?"
"As for you, Ducao, our conversation is over. We came here for Morgana. You're a god from ten thousand years ago; you should know that Morgana is the greatest evil in the Known Universe. Wherever she goes, she turns the place into a demon's paradise. Huangshan Village is a perfect example."
"We're here to help you." As she spoke, she had Angel Yan fly into outer space. They already knew Morgana had a Fourth Generation God Body, but they still had to try. Even if they couldn't take Morgana down, all her underlings would be wiped out.
"Holy Keisha, what are you doing? Stop at once! No matter what Morgana's like, if you start a war here, Earth's people will be caught up in it!"
"Oh? I never thought Ducao—the man who once killed without mercy and even destroyed his own home—would try to prevent a war."
"But hearing words against war coming from your mouth is truly ironic."
"Xinghe, your position in this matter is unusual. You don't need to get involved. Galaxy Power, Ge Xiaolun, you may one day grow into a god on my level. You should make the decision a god would make." Holy Keisha turned her gaze to Ge Xiaolun.
In a sense, Su Xinghe was more qualified than she was to represent Earth in negotiations. After all, the Super Seminary still held the greatest influence on Earth.
But considering Su Xinghe's relationship with the Angels, she chose Ge Xiaolun instead. She didn't want others accusing her of being a dictator or a tyrant. Otherwise, she could simply have used the Great Judgment to strike Morgana, then explained everything to Su Xinghe afterward. There would have been no problem at all, and she wouldn't have to go through the trouble of asking a young man in his twenties for his opinion.
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