The player is playing like a god, and has already advanced to Space Marine level at the start.

After reviewing the information, Morgana broke the last gluten skewer.

"Smack."

A crisp sound rang out clearly in the alley.

She stood up, brushed the dust off her leather pants, and the data echoed in her mind: nineteen surgeries, twenty-two enhancements.

"Super soldiers can be created simply by stuffing organs into the body, without needing the dark dimension or a gene engine."

She paced back and forth, her high heels clicking loudly on the ground.

To angels or the blazing sun, this practice of forcibly inserting a spare heart and highly acidic salivary glands is nothing short of barbaric.

But that's exactly what Morgana values—cheap, high-volume, and low barrier to entry.

Creating a second-generation demon warrior requires matching genes, adjusting dark energy, and a long adaptation period. But what about this "Astartes" technology? As long as you have a "gene seed," you can grab a child from the slums, and if they can withstand the surgery, they can be turned into a killing machine.

"This technology is simply tailor-made for me, the Queen."

The demon army has been scattered, and they are now penniless. If they could crack the secret of the gene seed and fuse their own genes into it...

Morgana licked her lips.

By then, what need will there be for the Demon Reincarnation Pool? We can just mass-produce super soldiers on an assembly line.

"Lu Xiao".

She murmured the name, her eyes filled with possessiveness.

"You are my queen now. Your people, including the 'offal' inside you, are all mine."

Morgana snapped her fingers, the space behind her distorted, and a wormhole opened.

"Let's go to Huangcun first."

She stepped into the insect gate.

"Ato is still waiting to be resurrected. Once I, the Queen, have gathered my forces, I'll bring that blue can back and slice it up."

……

Huangcun.

The midday sun was scorching, baking the yellow earth until it seemed to smoke. Villagers returned sporadically from the fields, carrying hoes, while the village dog at the entrance hung listlessly with its tongue lolling out.

Everything was as usual, except for the person under the big locust tree.

The man sat on the millstone; he was enormous and wore blue power armor.

Lu Xiao placed the bomb gun on his lap and wiped the barrel with a cloth.

The villagers who passed by all walked around him, pointing and whispering, and no one dared to get close.

"Who is this person?"

"I don't know, it looks like a movie set."

"Aren't you hot wearing such thick clothes?"

Lu Xiao ignored these comments.

He looked up at the sun; it was almost time.

According to the plot he knew, Morgana would descend here and use demonic genes to transform the entire village in order to resurrect her subordinate Ator.

Lu Xiao put away the gun cleaning cloth and hung the explosive gun on his leg armor.

"Click."

The magnetic lock closes.

He stood up, his three-meter-tall frame resembling an upright tank, casting a huge shadow over half the road.

Space began to fluctuate.

The villagers stopped in their tracks.

A black high heel stepped out, followed by long legs, a black leather trench coat, and a heavily made-up face.

Morgana landed.

"Ah, the taste of decadence."

She opened her arms, preparing to give a speech, but her gaze was fixed on the blue figure under the big locust tree, and all the words she had prepared got stuck in her throat.

Morgana paused for a moment, then smiled.

"Hey, isn't that the blue can?"

She swayed her hips as she walked towards Lu Xiao.

"What? Did you know I was coming, Queen, and came here specifically to greet me?"

Morgana looked Lu Xiao up and down, her eyes filled with the same way she looked at a rare treasure.

"That move you made on the Gobi Desert just now was brilliant. I've disliked that monkey for a long time."

She stopped five meters in front of Lu Xiao and crossed her arms.

"Hey, big guy."

Morgana lifted her chin.

"I've seen your file. A Space Marine, right? Fighting for the Emperor, right?"

She scoffed.

"That so-called emperor sits on the toilet for ten thousand years without moving. What future is there in following him? You might as well follow me, the Queen."

Morgana stretched out one hand, her fingertips adorned with black nail polish.

"Join the Demon Legion. Queen, I'll give you resources and status. We'll develop the gene seed technology together. This universe will be ours in the future."

Lu Xiao looked at her; the red visor of her helmet flickered, obscuring her expression.

Morgana assumed he was considering it and continued to increase her bets.

"Don't hesitate. What's so great about protecting a pre-nuclear civilization like Earth? Look at these mortals."

She pointed to the villagers around her who were trembling with fear.

"Weak, ignorant, and with a lifespan of only a few decades. Is it worth risking your life for mortals? If you nod, Your Majesty, I'll upgrade you to a fourth-generation divine body right now. How about it?"

Lu Xiao raised his hand and placed it on the hilt of the sword at his waist.

Morgana.

The sound coming from the loudspeaker was deep and had a metallic quality.

"What? Have you figured it out?" Morgana raised an eyebrow.

Lu Xiao took a step forward, and the ground shook.

"Damn you, you immortal!"

Morgana's smile froze. The surrounding villagers were also stunned. The stray dogs, terrified, tucked their tails between their legs and ran away.

"What...what did you say?"

Morgana suspected her hearing system was malfunctioning. She was the Demon Queen, the greatest evil god known in the universe. Countless people had cursed her over tens of thousands of years, but no one had ever used such vulgar language on her, let alone in such a serious tone.

Lu Xiao didn't repeat himself and directly drew his power sword.

"Buzz!"

The sword's disintegration force field is activated. With a flick of the left hand, a massive storm shield appears, and the field is activated.

Give me a straight answer.

"To surrender or not to surrender?"

Morgana finally realized what was happening, and a surge of anger rushed to her head.

"Holy crap!"

She laughed in exasperation, her hair moving on its own even without wind.

"You tin can, you're asking for trouble, aren't you? Daring to insult me, the Queen? And even dare to seduce me, an immortal?"

Morgana waved her hand.

"My queen, all my immortals are long dead! Go ahead and dig up their graves if you dare!"

Her eyes turned fierce.

"If you won't listen to reason, you'll have to suffer the consequences. Since you don't want to be my subordinate, then become my experimental subject!"

"Devil Number One!"

Morgana yelled in the dark communication.

"Solve this bastard for me! I want to take him apart!"

[Calculating the target...]

[Solution failed. The target surface is covered by a high-density unknown force field.]

Unable to read target biological information.

[Warning: Target energy response is rising sharply.]

A series of red warnings flashed across Morgana's screen.

"waste!"

Morgana cursed.

On the other side, Lu Xiao had already moved. Without a word, he charged straight in.

"So fast!"

She dared not be careless, and floated backward while making a grasping motion with both hands.

"come out!"

In the void, two enormous black claws appeared—the claws of demons. One reached for Lu Xiao's waist, while the other, clenched into a fist, descended from the sky and smashed towards his head.

"clang!"

The loud noise shattered the windows of the surrounding houses.

Lu Xiao raised his shield to take the hit head-on. The demon's claw slammed into the shield, the energy field flashed, and sparks flew. The ground beneath his feet shattered, his legs sank half a meter into the mud, but his upper body remained completely still.

"What?"

Morgana was shocked. Even a third-generation divine body would be smashed into the ground by that punch, yet this blue-canned creature actually withstood it?

Before she could change her move, Lu Xiao, under the pressure of the demon's claw, suddenly swung her shield upwards.

"open!"

With a roar, the immense force forcefully pushed aside the demonic claws pressing down on his head.

Immediately afterwards, he swept his power sword horizontally, slashing at the demonic claw that was grabbing his waist.

"court death!"

Morgana sneered, "The Demon Claw is made of Dark Silver."

The next second, her cold smile froze on her face.

When the power sword came into contact with the demon's claw, it wasn't the clang of metal against metal, but a teeth-grinding cutting sound, the sound of molecular bonds being forcibly torn apart by a force field.

The sturdy, dark silver fingers were smoothly sliced ​​open by the sword's edge, white smoke rising from the broken end.

"Click."

Half a metal finger fell to the ground, creating a deep crater.

The mental feedback from the damaged weapon caused Morgana's brain to shut down.

"My claws!"

"How is this possible? That's Dark Silver!"

She stared intently at the sword in Lu Xiao's hand; it was a disintegrating force field, and this sword directly destroyed the molecular structure of Dark Silver.

Lu Xiao didn't give her time to be surprised. After severing one finger, he spun half a circle and charged again, aiming straight at Morgana herself.

At a distance of ten meters, the thrusters beneath his feet spewed flames, and his speed increased dramatically.

"Damn it!"

Morgana quickly used the remaining Demon Claws to defend.

"Thump!"

Lu Xiao, shield and all, crashed into the demon's claw. The immense impact propelled the claw backward, collapsing a mud wall at the village entrance.

Amidst the swirling dust, Lu Xiao burst forth from the smoke and grime, his power sword thrusting straight at him.

Morgana instantly appeared on a rooftop dozens of meters away, a hint of fear in her eyes for the first time.

"This power definitely surpasses that of a typical third-generation divine body," Morgana gritted her teeth. "And that sword is too sinister."

Lu Xiao turned around and looked up at Morgana on the roof.

He shook the dust off his sword.

"They run pretty fast."

He strode toward the house, each step making Morgana's heart tighten.

"Ask one more time."

He raised the tip of his sword, pointing it at Morgana.

"Surrender, or die?"

Morgana was so angry she was trembling.

"You son of a bitch!"

She pointed at Lu Xiao and started cursing.

"I'm the Queen, always the one threatening others; no one has ever dared to threaten me!"

"You're just relying on your good gear, aren't you? Go ahead and take off that turtle shell!"

Lu Xiao stopped in her tracks.

"Pah! If you're so capable, then don't use the Demon Claw. Stop spouting nonsense."

He then slung the Storm Shield back over his back and gripped the power sword with both hands. The force field on the sword surged, and blue-white arcs of electricity stretched to more than two meters, crackling and popping.

"Since you won't surrender, then go see your immortals."

Lu Xiao sprang into the air and flew straight towards the roof.

As Morgana watched the blue figure draw closer, a sense of absurdity rose within her.

This script is wrong! I'm supposed to be a demon queen developing my network of subordinates, how come I ran into such a tough opponent as soon as I stepped out the door?

Could it be that he was right?

Morgana roared and clasped her hands together abruptly.

"Give me, Queen, to suppress him!"

A black claw, twice the size of the previous one, tore through the clouds and slammed down towards Lu Xiao in mid-air.