A Civilization Like a Madman

Inside the alien research facility on United Star, seven angels including Angel Leng were shocked to see Angel Yan and Angel Zhui, stripped of their gear and locked in restraining devices like animals.

At this, they felt immense shame and fury, but were utterly helpless.

The federal official who had arrested and imprisoned them, however, declared to them with righteous indignation in a blatant verdict:

"From the moment you set foot on United Star, you have violated thirty-seven provisions of the Federal Espionage Act."

"Your actions include, but are not limited to, attempting to covertly infiltrate federal information network channels to steal federal secrets; privately establishing communication channels for unauthorized exchanges without federal approval..."

"For all of the above, the Federation has the authority to enforce control and punishment upon you, stripping you of all rights to life and liberty, and imposing permanent imprisonment."

"Furthermore, you will be demoted to federal slaves, becoming public assets of the Federation. If you attempt to escape, any federal citizen has the right to impose any form of punishment upon you."

"If you object to this, the Federation may, on your behalf, submit an application to the civilization behind you."

"Should your civilization be willing to pay a certain price to redeem you, you may regain your freedom thereafter..."

"However, the punishments enforced during this period will not be revoked."

Upon hearing this verdict, Angel Leng and the other Angel Warriors were dumbfounded, nearly losing their composure and cursing:

"Bastards!"

The dignified aloofness angels were supposed to maintain before mortals was completely cast aside.

They had merely attempted to use the Eye of Insight to scan and read some dark data after entering United Star.

After all, this planet and the civilization of the Human Federation were so novel that they instinctively wanted to understand them.

Yet unexpectedly, for this reason, they were arrested as spies.

Not only were they imprisoned in such a humiliating manner.

But they were also demoted to slaves, subject to arbitrary disposal?

And they had to be redeemed by Angel Civilization before being released?

What did these people take the sacred angels for?

It was nothing short of blasphemy against their divinity and the justice in their hearts!

Angels had always been proud, claiming to be gods, embodiments of justice, accustomed to standing above all.

Even in the eyes of Angel Leng, the Human Federation officials before her were merely mortals.

Mortals capable of controlling powerful warships, nothing more.

Because under the Federation's information technology control, she could read nothing special from these officials beyond what ordinary beings possessed compared to angels with Super Genes.

No Super Gene meant they were mortals!

Faced with this situation, Angel Leng's gaze turned icy cold. She gritted her teeth, fury rising.

Angels had roamed the known universe unchecked for thousands of years, visiting any low-level civilization's planet to either receive welcome or worship.

Only some low-intelligence civilizations brainwashed by demons would speak ill of them and reject angelic justice.

This Human Federation's actions were even more detestable than those demon-brainwashed civilizations—utterly outrageous.

Queen Keisha had sent them to investigate the anomalies in the Milky Way and the disappearance of Angel Yan and Angel Zhui, to see if demons were involved.

In the Milky Way, they had observed a shocking scene through the Silver Star System, an angelic outpost in the galaxy.

The Chiwu Star System, which should have been under invasion by the Taotie Fleet, had already been occupied by the Human Federation.

At the same time, hundreds of massive fleets under the Human Federation were striking out in all directions, engaging in frenzied expansion across the entire Milky Way.

Beneath the iron heel of the Human Federation, countless planets and civilizations cried out in anguish.

Among them were civilizations that believed in angels, and their suffering pained the angels deeply.

But the power of the fleets under the Human Federation was too terrifying, so Angel Leng and her team did not act rashly at first.

After reporting the situation in the Milky Way back to the Angel Nebula, Queen Keisha ordered them to negotiate with the Human Federation as much as possible.

Their specific mission was to quickly ascertain the details of this Human Federation that had suddenly appeared in the Milky Way and gather sufficient intelligence about this civilization.

Thus, in a sense, the federal officials had not wronged Angel Leng and her team.

Because their actions, from the Human Federation's perspective, were indeed espionage.

Every Angel Warrior's Dark Plane Gene System was connected to the Sacred Knowledge Treasury.

All information they obtained externally would be instantly transmitted back to the Angel Nebula.

If not for the Federation's robust information technology, these angels would have secretly stolen countless secrets the moment they set foot on United Star.

"I advise you to release us immediately and apologize, or else Queen Keisha..."

In response to Angel Leng's warning, the federal official couldn't be bothered to glance at her and simply turned and walked away.

These angels were indeed beautiful, but so-called beauty was as worthless as scrap paper in the current moral values of the Human Federation.

To put it bluntly, in the federal official's eyes, these alien scum guilty of espionage ranked lower than dogs.

Hearing them bark even once more was an insult to his neural pathways.

It wasn't that the federal officials were so xenophobic for no reason; in another universe, they had suffered greatly in this regard.

Therefore, when dealing with alien civilizations, they were always extremely harsh, even if the other party was a diplomatic envoy from some civilization.

As for whether their xenophobic actions were too extreme, well, that could only be "specific circumstances dictate specific morality."

After all, in another universe, they had no other choice.

No matter what ideology they upheld, if they weren't extreme, they would easily fall into mediocrity, and mediocre races had little room to survive.

"Leng, I didn't expect you'd get caught too..." Inside another restraint device, Angel Yan struggled to open her eyes, looking dispirited.

"Yan? You..."

Angel Yan and Angel Leng had never gotten along, but seeing her in such a state, Angel Leng was taken aback and couldn't help softening her tone:

"What did they do to you?"

"Yan, you're the Queen's left-wing guardian, how dare they..."

Beside Angel Yan, Angel Zhui's fate was no better.

Angel Yan's beautiful, tragic face twitched, and she actually showed a rare look of despair, saying dejectedly:

"Zhui and I—our angel genes have all been decoded by them."

"And our Dark Plane Gene System—all the data was forcibly stolen too. We simply... couldn't stop it..."

Angel Leng and the other seven newly captured Angel Warriors were all utterly incredulous.

Super genes decoded, Dark Plane Gene System data leaked.

This meant they truly had no secrets left, and moreover, no value left either.

What awaited them next?

Death?

That might be the best outcome.

Angel Yan thought in despair.

In experiment after experiment, she felt as if her entire soul had been ripped from her body. The dual torment of physical and mental agony was unbearable even for her, a warrior with over seven thousand years of experience.

The Federation researchers involved in studying them had casually mentioned that they once genetically modified an entire alien race and served them up on the dinner table.

They had even de-evolved an entire species into primitive animals, locking them up in a massive building called the "Alien Zoo" for display.

These people from the Human Federation were all madmen. Their attitude toward alien civilizations and species was so cold it sent chills down one's spine.

The Human Federation behind them, in Angel Yan's view, was also a civilization of madmen.

Yet they took it all in stride and openly explained to them:

In another universe, countless of their compatriots had suffered even crueler treatment.

What kind of cosmic environment bred what kind of civilization.

All their cruelty they had learned from their enemies, and they had successfully turned it back on those enemies.

Federation citizens never needed to bother with so-called morality to argue about worthless "right and wrong."

Their civilization only needed "an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth."

Who could blame them? In another universe, humans had to be a hundred times more vicious than their enemies just to secure enough living space for their own race.

Only a civilization that survived could blithely claim to be "righteous" to reap more benefits.

A dead race was nothing but a pile of rotting flesh, utterly worthless.

In the eyes of the strong, there was no seat for the weak.

In their view, these angels' plight was entirely their own fault—after all, these wretches weren't part of the Human Federation, and they were so pathetically weak.

Angel Yan felt a wave of helplessness.

The Order of Justice they had upheld, in the face of such a civilization...

Indeed, as that Federation Grand Marshal had said, it was hollow and naive, like a pitiful child's joke.