Great Sage Equaling Heaven? Does He Deserve It?

Chapter 31: Great Sage Equaling Heaven? Does He Deserve It?

That was right. Dukao simply didn't care.

After all, what did the lives of Earth's people have to do with him?

If they couldn't wipe them out and occupy Earth without inviting the angels' retribution—and their current strength was nowhere near enough to fight the angels head-on—

would Dukao have bothered talking about "cooperation" with these "natives"?

Otherwise, why do you think Earth's technology had advanced so slowly, even though Dukao and the others had been on the planet for over a thousand years?

Don't give me that "the angels forbid interfering with undeveloped civilizations" nonsense. That rule was mostly for civilizations that had willingly accepted angelic protection.

Wasn't Carl's influence on the Underworld and the Giant Wolves substantial?

And, of course, that was exactly what made Liu Chuang easier to "control."

[Hey, someone's going to say: Dukao didn't know something unexpected would happen, so he had to activate Liu Chuang and the others' genes in a hurry~]

[Ha. You knew he was a gene carrier and had been monitoring him all along. You didn't guide him or help him develop a proper worldview.]

[Fine, I won't blame you. Strictly speaking, you weren't obligated to.]

[But why did you, Dukao, bail him out every time he got into trouble?]

[Were you telling him, "Kid, you've got someone backing you. Don't worry. So what if you beat up a few 'lowly people'? I can handle it for you"?]

Reading Su Bai—or rather, Xiao Xue's—merciless criticism in the diary, all the women fell silent.

"Tch. Liu Chuang and Dukao are both scum," Angel Leng snorted.

She despised people like them most of all.

Liu Chuang was probably just a coward who bullied the weak and feared the strong. As for Dukao, who knew how black his heart was?

Beside Leng, Lingxi's cheeks puffed up with anger.

"That's awful...! How can people like that exist?"

"How did someone like that become a major character?"

Azhui and Yan shared her thoughts.

"Scum." Azhui pursed her lips, then added, "That warmonger isn't any better."

Yan's expression beside her was just as grim.

As angels who believed in the Justice Order, they found such behavior especially despicable and infuriating.

And what about the fact that he later "turned over a new leaf" and became a "warrior who protected Earth"?

Angel Yan didn't want to comment on that.

After all, the evil someone had done didn't disappear just because they came to their senses.

As for whether Liu Chuang had ever compensated the people he'd hurt...

I can only borrow a line from "Lucky Brother": Compensation! You old dog only know how to compensate!

What, I beat you up, humiliate you, then some time later become a famous star,

and then, whether because I'm afraid my dirty laundry will come out or because I've truly repented, I find you, give you some money, and apologize—

and that's the end of it?

You've really let it go?

Do you think that's possible?

All I can say is that those victims... had no choice but to "forgive" him.

[Wow, Xiao Xue is fierce... Liu Chuang and Dukao really do sound like awful people.]

[Xiao Xue says business comes first. She'll keep ranting next time~]

The corners of the women's mouths twitched, their expressions caught between laughter and tears.

But... they weren't in a hurry. The ranting was entertaining, too.

[After a whole lot of sweet-talking from the pyramid-scheme boss A Jie, the first team of the "Xiong Bing Lian" was finally formed.]

[The one in charge of training them was the Light of the Sun—the goddess Leina.]

[They couldn't understand why, despite being technological warriors, they still had to run and swim, or why the mighty Galaxy Power only practiced taking a beating...]

[The important thing was, no one taught them how to handle their emotions. After all... aside from Qilin, who was a police officer, and Qiangwei, who had served in the military, the others were...]

[Zhao Xin, a street kid who valued loyalty; Liu Chuang, a street thug who bullied the weak, feared the strong, and assaulted police officers; Rui Mengmeng, a waitress working hard to save up for tuition...]

[And last— the most pathetic god in the Known Universe, the most godlike pathetic loser, a completely brainless, lovesick college student: Ge Xiaolun.]

Just reading those descriptions made Qilin feel that her prospects in the original "future" were utterly bleak.

Merlo Heavenly Court.

Hexi looked at Keisha, her expression complicated.

"Man-po... this Galaxy Power..."

For a moment, she didn't know what to say.

After all, in Keisha's predictions, Galaxy Power was supposed to be "the future of the angels"!

And now you're telling me this was the future of the angels...?

At this rate, Merlo Heavenly Court might as well fall apart early.

Xiao Xue had mentioned long ago that, in their world, Galaxy Power was the "protagonist"—which did fit the idea of "the future of the angels."

In the usual logic of stories, the side that followed the protagonist generally got a pretty good ending.

But...

Looking at that long, downright "shocking" list of titles, Hexi really didn't know what to say.

If this thing was truly the future of the angels...

Hexi might as well find an opportunity to "log off."

And Hexi wasn't the only one—

Keisha beside her was having a hard time keeping it together, too.

She just felt... that something was very wrong.

According to the calculations of the Sacred Knowledge Treasury, Galaxy Power already had tremendous potential for growth. After incorporating some of the angels' genetic traits, its sole shortcoming had been filled in as well.

A Super Gene this close to "perfect"...

Even if you gave it to a dog and awakened it, it should be able to lead the angels toward a bright future, right?

But looking at it now...

Something... seemed a little off?

[After a period of training, though it was hard to see what they'd actually accomplished...]

[They still got their first mission.]

[The suddenly awakened Great Sage Equaling Heaven, Sun... huh? Xiao Xue! There really is a Great Sage Equaling Heaven named Sun Wukong!?]

Seeing the diary's tone suddenly change, some of the dungeon holders grew curious.

Why had Su Bai suddenly sounded so surprised?

Wasn't it just a monkey?

Qilin, Rui Mengmeng, and the other Earthlings understood the significance immediately.

After all, they knew perfectly well what Sun Wukong meant in Chinese culture.

[Huh? A technological monkey? So he's a fake? He's not the same Great Sage Equaling Heaven I know?]

[Oh, I see. He's just an impostor. He's not even as good as the Six-Eared Macaque...]

The women could all clearly sense the shift in Su Bai's emotions through the text.

His excitement had plunged into disappointment and gloom in an instant.

[What! That technological monkey is pretending to be the Great Sage, too!? And he even says, "There's only the Victorious Fighting Buddha, not the Great Sage Equaling Heaven"?]

[Whew, I'm so mad. Where is that monkey—]

Um... did he really need to react that strongly?

Keisha looked at Hexi, unable to help smiling wryly.

Hexi, however, seemed thoughtful.

That reaction... why did it remind her so much of those Little Angels down below whenever someone questioned Keisha, that "man-po"?

Hexi knew a fair bit about Sun Wukong.

Some of the inspiration for her clone ability had come from him.

But... aside from a few unusual abilities that were difficult to analyze, Hexi didn't think there was anything particularly special about the monkey.

Put simply, if either she or Keisha really fought him—

even if they couldn't kill him, they could still beat him.