Akashi gave the anti-air radar a routine glance. The radar showed that there really were things flying in the distant sky—and there was more than one.
Judging by their movements, they... seemed to have discovered her and Su Luo!
"Commander, stand behind me! Enemies are coming, nya!"
Having more or less confirmed that these ugly creatures heading toward her and the Commander meant them harm, Akashi decisively stepped in front of Su Luo and deployed her rigging. She gave them no chance to approach as her anti-aircraft guns opened fire in rapid succession.
Very quickly, the radar showed that the aerial targets had disappeared! Those ugly creatures had just been shot down by her!
"Commander, what should we do next, nya?"
Akashi asked her Commander for his opinion.
"Hmm... let's go take a look over there. See if anyone survived. We need to learn about this world!"
"Okay, nya, Commander. Remember to stay behind me, nya!"
Having received Su Luo's order, Akashi led him toward the direction from which those monsters had flown.
After walking several hundred steps, Akashi found the first ugly creature she had shot down at the edge of the increasingly open woods.
To be safe, Akashi kept her distance, adjusted the angle of the anti-aircraft gun mounted on her deployed rigging, and fired a shot.
Mm, very good. The ugly creature, already battered beyond recognition by the anti-aircraft fire, was now completely reduced to a pile of scraps.
Knowing that Akashi was concerned for his safety, Su Luo said nothing. He merely followed behind her silently, keeping a close watch on their surroundings.
Before they had gone much farther, they found the second ugly creature that had been shot down. Akashi repeated the same procedure and fired another round at it.
Then came the third, the fourth... There had been eight ugly creatures in total. Akashi gave every one of them the same treatment, leaving not even scraps behind.
Akashi and Su Luo had already left the patch of woods where they had been earlier. Now, they could see thick smoke billowing in the distance.
It was a village. A... burning village.
From far away, Su Luo could smell the choking scent of burning wood drifting over on the wind. Mixed within it was even the faint smell of roasted meat.
Realizing where that roasted-meat smell came from, Su Luo's face went a little pale. Suppressing his nausea, he gestured for Akashi to go over and take a look with him.
Outside the atmosphere, several beautiful figures holding longswords and bearing pure white wings slowly came to a stop.
The leading figure's pupils glowed white as she scanned the planet below.
A moment later, her brows rose, and surprise appeared on her face.
Seeing that something was off about her expression, the companions beside her also let their pupils glow white and looked downward. A moment later, strange looks appeared on all their faces as well.
Several companions discussed the matter through the squad's Dark Plane communication channel, while the leading figure did not join their discussion. Instead, she contacted the Queen at their home base.
"Queen Keisha, I have arrived outside the planet where the target civilization is located!"
"Yan, have you found any traces of demons?"
The leading figure—or rather, Angel Yan—fell silent for a moment upon hearing her Queen's question.
"Queen, traces of demons have been found. Eight demons in total. They should be a demon squad that wandered here!"
"Exterminate them!"
Queen Keisha's voice in the Dark Plane communication channel was calm and natural, effortlessly deciding the fate of the eight demons Angel Yan had mentioned.
"Queen... those eight demons... have already been exterminated! Before we arrived."
"They were exterminated?"
"Yes, Queen!"
"The civilization on that planet should not have the ability to deal with those demons on its own. Did another civilization interfere?"
Interest finally entered Queen Keisha's tone. Though that planet was remotely located, it was still a civilization under the rule of justice. Other than angels, what civilization would interfere with a civilization beneath the angels?
"Queen, someone did indeed interfere, but... we have no way to confirm their identities."
Hearing Angel Yan's words, Queen Keisha became even more interested!
"Oh, the Eye of Insight cannot see their Dark Plane information?"
"It can see it, Queen! It is precisely because I can see it that I find it even stranger!"
Angel Yan's pupils glowed white as she stared directly at Su Luo, who was heading toward the burning village. The longer she looked, the stranger her expression became.
"Why?"
"Queen, his Dark Plane information only shows the less than one hour since he arrived on this planet. Nothing else is displayed in his Dark Plane! Or rather... everything before that is blank."
"Blank? Concealed by another supercomputer? Upload his information. Let me see!"
"Yes!"
Angel Yan followed the order and uploaded Su Luo's Dark Plane information to the Sacred Knowledge Repository.
Within the royal hall of the Merlot Heavenly Court, Queen Keisha reclined sideways upon her throne, her pupils glowing white as she read the information Angel Yan had uploaded. A moment later, she gave a soft sound of surprise.
Leaving aside the weapon wielded by the green cat-headed girl named Akashi in that information—a weapon that seemed to shrink naval guns into portable equipment—Su Luo and Akashi's Dark Plane information truly contained only the less than one hour since they had arrived on that planet.
The information from before then had not been concealed by a supercomputer. There truly was nothing there... She had used the Sacred Knowledge Repository to calculate it.
Moreover... even if someone used a supercomputer to conceal information, they should primarily conceal the genetic information within the Dark Plane data itself. Yet this person's genetic information was openly displayed without the slightest concealment. That completely defied common sense.
Could it be that he had some incredibly shameful past, to the point that he disregarded even the security of his own genes and used a celestial-level supercomputer stronger than the Sacred Knowledge Repository to conceal all his past Dark Plane information? Then just how embarrassing could his past have been? Had he been watching certain unhealthy things ever since puberty? Even so, for a super soldier, that would not count as anything shameful...
Queen Keisha did not believe anyone would be that foolish.
So... combined with the things Su Luo and Akashi had said in their Dark Plane information—things like returning to the port area and games... Queen Keisha made a bold guess. Su Luo and Akashi... perhaps were not people of this universe! That would explain why these two had only such a short stretch of information in their Dark Planes.
But... if that was the case...
"Void creatures? Did Carl bring them here? Or..."
Queen Keisha narrowed her eyes. With a casual gesture, she sent the information to her close friend Hexi.
Then, before Hexi could reply, Queen Keisha contacted Angel Yan, who was still watching Su Luo and the others.
"Yan, the plan has changed. Stay there and observe and record the actions of those two! The other angels will be led by Azhui to continue patrolling the surrounding star systems in search of other demon traces. Once demons are found, exterminate them immediately."
"Yes, Queen!"
Yan replied through the Dark Plane communication channel. She was about to turn around and relay the Queen's orders to her angel sisters when Queen Keisha's voice sounded beside her ear again.
"Yan, completely block the Dark Plane information of those two. Also, fabricate false Dark Plane information for them as cover. The Sacred Knowledge Repository will provide you with computational support!"
"Understood, Queen!"
With that, Queen Keisha ended the communication.
Angel Yan looked at Su Luo and Akashi below, a glint flashing through her eyes. From her Queen's words, it was not difficult to see that the Queen placed great importance on these two!
Angel Yan steadied herself, turned around, stopped the angel warriors from discussing things wildly in the squad's Dark Plane communication channel, and relayed Queen Keisha's orders. Watching Angel Zhui lead the other angel warriors away into the distance, Angel Yan turned back once more and looked at Su Luo and Akashi on the planet below. Her pupils turned white again.
"Requesting computational power from the Sacred Knowledge Repository..."
"Request approved..."
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