"Now that's a coincidence." Mercer raised an eyebrow.
Lieyang Star was Leina's home planet, also known as the Lieyang Heavenly Dao.
Mercer hadn't known that when he chose the name.
"Come to think of it, Lieyang had a conflict with Earth before," Liang Bing suddenly said.
"Hmm?" Mercer looked at her.
"Thousands of years ago, Lieyang took a fancy to your Earth and wanted to colonize it. But your Sun Wukong was pretty impressive. He single-handedly wiped the floor with dozens of that old Pan Zhen's guards and wasn't afraid of taking him on either. After that, he became your Great Sage Equal to Heaven."
Liang Bing explained with a smile.
"Mercer, don't get any ideas. That did happen, but Lieyang is our friend now," Rose hurriedly said.
After Liang Bing mentioned it, Mercer had looked thoughtful. It didn't look like ordinary contemplation, either. He seemed more like he was weighing whether to do something.
Remembering how casually Mercer had just said he'd broken a star while playing around and destroyed the Taotie main fleet, Rose genuinely feared he would go looking for trouble with the Lieyang Civilization.
"Relax. I'm not going to cause them trouble."
Mercer saw right through Rose's thoughts and reassured her.
While Rose was speaking, Mercer had easily used Cloud Heaven to read the information about the Lieyang Civilization in her mind.
Its style resembled Great Xia's High Tang period. The clothing and architecture all looked like something from that era, a little like... a fantasy novel?
That wasn't strange. Having advanced technology didn't mean they had to adopt some futuristic punk aesthetic, with spacecraft and aircraft flying everywhere.
Every civilization developed in its own way, and this High Tang style of dress was the direction they had taken.
Their technology was advanced, but this was