That night.
Aboard the Giant Gorge.
Du Ka'ao held a video conference with top officials from North Star and leaders from around the world.
They discussed forming an Earth-wide alliance against extraterrestrial threats.
Meanwhile,
military bases across the country went on full alert.
As for Super Seminary,
under Du Qiangwei and A Jie's direction,
Lena had begun training Ge Xiaolun, Liu Chuang, Zhao Xin, Rui Mengmeng, and the others.
The embryonic Xiong Bing Lian had officially taken shape.
The next morning.
Despite having spent the entire night in a video conference, Du Ka'ao stood in the command room, still full of energy.
His uniform was immaculate, and his keen eyes fixed on the messages displayed across the many screens before him.
Suddenly,
the command room's automatic doors slid open.
Lian Feng, also in uniform, hurried in with a folder in her hands.
"Director Du! NASA in the United States, which is monitoring the Taotie Fleet near Pluto, just sent us an email! I've only just printed it out. It's shocking!"
"Is the Taotie Fleet heading toward Earth? I expected as much."
Du Ka'ao stood calmly where he was.
Yesterday, Demon Queen Morgana had caused such a huge commotion in Tianhe City.
She had also abducted Ye Yang, a Shenhe warrior with a "mutated Super Gene."
On top of that, the Taotie foot soldiers had caused a panic in Tianhe City some time ago.
All these signs pointed to the same thing.
The Demons and the Taotie were about to attack Earth.
Every country was now busily preparing for war.
He believed Earth's military forces were strong enough
to repel the first wave of attacks from both factions.
"No, Director Du! Look. The Taotie Fleet was attacked by an unknown force near Pluto. In less than a minute, every warship broke apart in space."
Lian Feng handed the folder to Du Ka'ao.
At the news,
Du Ka'ao's calm expression vanished.
He hurriedly opened the folder and pulled out the photographs.
"This—when did this happen?"
The photos showed the Taotie Fleet being pierced and blown apart by a streak of golden light.
Even he, a veteran of countless wars,
felt his scalp go numb.
"Such a massive fleet... What was that golden beam?" Du Ka'ao asked.
"It happened at 1:30 a.m. and was captured by the United States' Harper Telescope."
"The Deno Three system can analyze the golden streak, but based on my experience, it was moving faster than light. The Harper Telescope's images are too low-resolution. It'll take some time to compensate with the Deno Three system."
Lian Feng reported.
Du Ka'ao furrowed his brow.
That streak of light had moved faster than light.
Since when had a civilization of that level existed in the Milky Way?
"Analyze it immediately. It helped Earth destroy the Taotie Fleet. If we can persuade whoever's behind it to join our side, then with Xiong Bing Lian and Goku, Morgana's faction will be the only extraterrestrial force left on Earth—and no longer a threat!"
Du Ka'ao ordered.
"Yes."
Lian Feng hurried back to the supercomputer assigned to her.
Text appeared on its screen:
Entering Deno Three command password. Uploading target sample. Analyzing target and filling in pixels. Estimated time: thirty minutes.
Ten minutes later.
Du Ka'ao was still standing in place, waiting for the system to finish its analysis.
"Good morning, Director Du."
Yu Qin entered the command room.
Seeing Du Ka'ao standing behind Lian Feng, waiting for something, she asked what was going on.
As one of the Super Soldiers who had served under Du Ka'ao for many years,
Yu Qin was just as stunned when she heard that the Taotie Fleet had been wiped out.
"Earth's in much less danger now. We only need to fend off Morgana's Demon army. But Morgana is an ancient deity, and we have no idea how long she's been hiding on Earth. She must know our technology well. We're in the open, and she's in the shadows. Take charge of satellite surveillance and locate the Demons as soon as possible."
Du Ka'ao ordered Yu Qin, having recovered from his shock.
Yu Qin then powered up her Shenhe-class supercomputer.
As soon as it connected to the satellites,
one sent an alert.
Yu Qin stared at the screen.
A look of surprise crossed her lovely face once more.
She quickly reported:
"Director Du, the satellites have detected a female Angel Warrior breaking through the atmosphere at high speed. She's moving incredibly fast and has already entered the airspace over Tianhe City."
"An Angel?"
Du Ka'ao and Lian Feng both exclaimed in surprise.
They hurried over to Yu Qin's computer to view the satellite feed.
The footage showed
the female Angel landing at the Angel International Building in Tianhe City.
"Why is Earth suddenly so lively? Now the Angel Civilization is joining the fray. Are they friend or foe?" Du Ka'ao asked, his expression grave.
"Director Du, according to Super Seminary's records, they call themselves the Angel Civilization and refer to themselves as Angels. Their entire race has consisted of beautiful women for thirty thousand years. The last recorded visit to Earth was 1,392 years ago," Lian Feng said.
"Our knowledge of the Angel Civilization is limited. Based solely on their scriptures, they consider themselves the King of the Gods. I remember there have been many wars between the Demons and the Angels across the universe. They may have come to destroy Morgana's forces."
Du Ka'ao shared his assessment.
Lian Feng and Yu Qin both nodded.
"Director Du, should we contact her?" Lian Feng asked.
"With Earth's current technology, even with Deno Three, we're no match for the Angels. Their technology is far more advanced. Let Lena get in touch with her," Du Ka'ao said.
"Yes. Should we still analyze these photos?" Lian Feng asked.
Du Ka'ao shook his head.
"No need. It was definitely that Angel Warrior. Oh, and have Lena do her best to bring the Angels over to our side.
"To thank her for destroying the Taotie warships,
"and to deter Morgana, who's still lurking in the shadows,
"the military has decided to host a banquet for the Angel Warrior.
"Tell Lena to put it that way."
"Yes."
Meanwhile.
Atop a hill near Huang Village.
"Big bro, I'm hungry. Can I find something to eat?"
A simple-minded voice asked.
Ye Yang had returned to his original human form.
Crocodile God Soton sat slumped on the ground,
gazing down at Huang Village with a deeply aggrieved expression.
"You can eat whatever you want in the mountains,
"but don't eat people, and don't touch the livestock either.
"I need to go into town and buy a few things.
"Stay right here and behave yourself.
"If you run off and cause a panic,
"I'll cripple you."
"I wanna go into town too! Big bro, take me with you! There's lots of food in town! I didn't mean people!"
Hearing that Ye Yang was leaving,
Soton clung to him, eager to please.
After taking Soton back to Earth last night,
Ye Yang had first taken him to the North Pole
and given him a thorough interrogation.
He later learned that Soton was a native monster of this planet, not an alien, so he took him on as a subordinate.
He had tough skin and could even serve as a mount when needed.
But when Ye Yang had just brought Soton back to Huang Village,
he discovered that his self-built house had collapsed!
The surrounding woods and mountains had been devastated.
The villagers of Huang Village were in the middle of moving away with their families.
"You can come along, but you're too ugly. You might cause trouble."
Ye Yang frowned, stroking his chin as he thought it over.
Hearing his big brother call him ugly,
Soton's mood plummeted.
He looked as dejected and aggrieved as Zhu Bajie after Sun Wukong had given him a dressing-down in Journey to the West.
"Got it!"
A flash of inspiration struck Ye Yang.
He silently thought:
"Complete Simulation: Doraemon!"
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