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

The Celestial Court of Merlo. In the royal garden, beside the white jade round table.

Keisha sat nestled on her throne, her blonde hair slightly disheveled, but she didn't bother to fix it. Her eyes were half-closed, her fingertips gripping the scalding hot teacup.

Across from her, He Xi, dressed in a gray dress, was stirring her cup haphazardly with a silver spoon, the sound of metal clashing against porcelain echoing repeatedly.

Yan stood behind Keisha, her back ramrod straight, but her knuckles unconsciously clenched into her palms. Zhixin held the electronic tablet, staring at the data that popped up.

"Is this tea just delivered by Fraser?"

He Xi took a sip, her brows furrowing. "It's excruciatingly bitter, but the aftertaste is strong. Just like your so-called justice and order, it gets old after a while."

"Even tea can't shut you up."

Keisha laughed and scolded, putting down her cup, "She's tens of thousands of years old, yet she's always nitpicking like a little girl."

"Who's getting old?" He Xi rolled her eyes. "I call it having the secret to staying young. Unlike you, you always have a long face, you'll get a bunch of wrinkles on your forehead sooner or later."

A streak of light crashed into the corridor, and A-Zhui landed on the ground before she could even properly fold her wings. She moved with incredible speed, the clatter of her armor particularly jarring in the silent garden.

"Queen, Heavenly King."

She slammed one knee on the stone bricks, her chest heaving violently.

"Something's happened on Earth..."

"What's the panic?"

Keisha's voice was flat, without the slightest hint of emotion. "Is Morgana unable to hold back anymore? Or is Karl up to his shady dealings again?"

"Neither."

Ah-Zhui looked up, her eyes filled with confusion, "It's Lu Xiao."

Yan's eyelid twitched.

"Lu Xiao?"

He Xi loosened her spoon and leaned forward. "That Earth freak who opens blue cans? What's he up to now? He couldn't have taken care of Morgana all by himself, could he?"

"he……"

Ah-Zhui swallowed hard, her voice trembling slightly.

"Lu Xiao launched a coup. He mobilized an armored division, along with those twenty-five monsters, and directly razed the Super God Academy to the ground."

"What?!"

Yan couldn't help but shout out, "He leveled Super God Academy? That was Earth's last line of defense! Has he gone mad?"

"Yan, calm down."

Keisha gave her a cold glance, then turned to A-Zhui and said, "Continue."

"Lu Xiao labeled them 'traitors' and cleared them out on the spot. Not a single Deno guard who resisted was spared."

Ah-Zhui closed her eyes, her voice dry.

"Cheng Yaowen tried to stop her, but Lu Xiao grabbed his neck and crushed his throat. The body was left in the mud, no different from rotten flesh."

"Dukao was also taken away and imprisoned in the strictest death row cell."

"As for the Super Soldier Company, Ge Xiaolun and Liu Chuang's group were all forcibly recruited by him. The wealth that Super God Academy had accumulated over thousands of years was all taken over by Lu in one morning."

The garden was eerily quiet.

The sound of the wind blowing through the treetops seemed jarring at this moment.

Yan stared, speechless for a long time. Cheng Yaowen was dead? That only son, just like that, was strangled to death by Lu Xiao? And Du Kao, who planned the war that lasted for ten thousand years, was actually in jail?

This sounds utterly absurd.

"puff"

He Xi choked on the tea she had just put in her mouth and scrambled to wipe her face with a tissue, looking like she had seen a ghost.

"Tomboy, that kid's got a real ruthlessness."

She clicked on the projection sent back by A-Zhui, staring at the bloodstains on the ground and Lu Xiao's cold, red-glowing eyes.

"This isn't a war, it's a purge. Cheng Yaowen is at least a prince, and the Deno gene is in him. Lu Xiao hasn't left him any way out, he's wiped out the family line."

He Xi shook his head. "This madness is even more violent than the scum of the heavens. He doesn't seem like an earthling to me; he's more like a demon crawling out of hell."

Keisha stared at the tea leaves in her cup, her expression unreadable.

Is it extreme?

She countered with a question, her tone languid, "He Xi, do you really think Super God Academy is clean?"

He Xi was stunned.

"Tens of thousands of years."

Keisha looked into the depths of the sea of ​​clouds. "From the Deno civil war to the bombing of Lieyang Star, wherever the Super God Academy goes, fire follows. Dukao talks about creating gods, but all he does is push civilization into the fire. Arms race, seeds of destruction, he has never brought peace to the universe."

"My decision to expel the Super God Academy from Angel City was just one aspect of it."

Keisha tapped her fingertips lightly on the table. "They act under the guise of righteousness, never considering the consequences. Although Lu Xiao is ruthless, he is very perceptive."

"To Earth, Denuo is an outsider, a parasite. Lu Xiao is removing the poison from its bones."

"only"

Keisha changed the subject, her expression becoming unfathomable. "This knife is indeed frighteningly fast. Even I didn't expect him to be so ruthless."

Yan was terrified.

Is the Queen supporting Lu Xiao?

"But Your Majesty," Yan couldn't help but interject, "Cheng Yaowen is a crown prince in distress, and according to justice and order, he should be protected. Lu Xiao's actions have crossed the line."

"Yan."

Keisha interrupted her, "Justice is not a rigid dogma. If Cheng Yaowen's life would bring even greater disaster to the earth, then his death would be another form of justice."

"You still have to learn."

Keisha ignored her and turned to look at He Xi.

"What did you discover about that book?"

He Xi stopped smiling, flipped her hand, and the thick book with a double-headed eagle printed on it fell into her hand.

Warhammer 40K.

She turned to a page and pointed to the weapon diagrams. "Warspace travel? That's a complete idealistic nightmare. It has nothing to do with our wormhole technology."

"There are also these whirlwind torpedoes, which can burn up a planet's atmosphere with a single shot."

"A piece of waste paper?" Keisha raised an eyebrow.

"That's not the case."

A glint flashed in He Xi's eyes. She drew a short knife.

The knife is forty centimeters long, with a thick back that feels heavy in the hand, and a ferocious skull is carved on the handle.

"Space Marine's combat dagger."

He Xi twirled the knife, and the air whistled as it was sliced.

"I dismantled its physical structure. I melted down the little bit of Dark Silver in your warehouse and added it in."

"Dark Silver?"

Keisha narrowed her eyes. That was the material used to make the Silverwing, the sharpest metal known in the universe. This old hag was using it to make a dagger?

"luxury."

"That's called practicality."

He Xi handed over the knife, "Lu Xiao and his gang of blue-canned guys are fierce in close combat, relying on this kind of violence. This thing can cut through Taotie like it's cutting vegetables."

"The Flaming Sword is too long; it's too difficult to stab someone in the kidneys at close range. This thing is much more convenient. I plan to equip all my sisters with one."

Keisha took the dagger and ran her fingertips along the blade.

"Alright, equip them."

"There's one more thing."

She turned to the page about "Iron Man".

"The book mentions the 'Iron Man Rebellion.' In that story, the Human Federation created a conscious AI, which resulted in the Iron Man Rebellion."

She stared at Keisha. "Our celestial computer, our treasure trove of knowledge, is essentially AI. Although it's suppressed by coding, this information serves as a wake-up call."

"Computing power can be improved, but consciousness must never be touched. And we must never allow them to develop emotions."

"Otherwise, the Iron Man Rebellion will be repeated here sooner or later."

She glanced at the book, then at the distant city.

"Self-awareness?"

Keisha leaned back in her chair.

"Tens of thousands of years."

She murmured softly, "He Xi, I'm a little tired."

"Justice and order have suppressed evil for so long, making the universe lifeless. Because of my existence, justice has also become extreme."

"Like Lu Xiao. His appearance is a backlash against the existing order."

Keisha rubbed her temples. "As long as I sit here, the future of angels is locked in. The universe needs new possibilities, not to hide under my wings forever."

He Xi was stunned; she understood.

She turned her head and stared at Yan and the others.

"You all step back. Go and test the data on the new dagger. No one is to come in without my orders."

"yes!"

Yan was full of questions, but seeing the expressions of the two kings, she could only bow and retreat with A-Zhui and Zhi-Xin.

Once the corridor was quiet, He Xi raised her hand and set up a soundproof barrier.

"Tomboy, do you want to step down?"

Keisha nodded.

"Are you crazy?"

He Xi frowned. "Morgana is keeping an eye on things on Earth, and Karl is itching to leave in the River Styx. You're going to abandon us now? Who can that little brat Yan keep in check?"

"Yan needs to grow up. I'll stand in front of her; she'll always be a child."

"I want to rest, even the universe has to make way."

A glint flashed in Keisha's eyes.

"But Lu Xiao is a variable. He's not in my calculations."

"I originally wanted to go with the flow, but now I've changed my mind."

"Lu Xiao is too dangerous, and too interesting. If I really die, Yan won't be able to control him."

Keisha turned around, her gaze sharp. "Karl has been too quiet lately. I banned his research into the void; blocking someone's path to wealth is like killing their parents. He can't possibly remain inactive. This silence makes me uneasy."

"so?"

"Do me a favor."

Keisha stared at her old comrade-in-arms. "He Xi, create a clone. One that can really fool Karl and Morgana."

"suspended animation?"

He Xi instantly realized, "You want to slip away unnoticed? Hide in the shadows and watch the monsters and demons jump over the wall?"

Keisha nodded. "Only when I'm 'dead' will all those monstrous things come out. Karl's Void, Morgana's ultimate fear, will all be exposed to the light of day."

"I'll also see how far Yanhe's Super Soldier Company can go without me."

"You're giving me a hard time."

He Xi smiled wryly, twirling a strand of hair. "It's easy to fool Morgana; all she can think about is killing you, and she loses her mind when she gets excited. But Karl and the Great Clock... those things are too good at calculating."

"To fake atomic collapse and then shield the simulation. This undertaking will drain my entire fortune."

"Should I answer or not?" Keisha asked with a half-smile.

"Answer it! Why aren't you answering?"

He Xi slammed his hand on the table, a mad glint in his eyes. "If I can fool the Great Clock and make it cripple, then I won't have been a Heavenly King for nothing."

"But, tomboy, we have a deal."

She held up one finger. "You'll have to pay for the materials. Also, if Yan really messes up, you'll have to come back and save the day."

"rest assured."

Keisha sat back down in her chair and picked up the now-cold tea.

"I just want to take a vacation. It's not like I'm really going to abandon everything."