War and Stakes! Earth vs. Demons!

In the gazebo of the courtyard house, Chu Yang sat across from Du Kao. After finishing dinner, Su Xiaoli returned to her room on her own.

The girl was a gaming shut-in. Only in the virtual world did she not have to worry about her irresistible charm.

Su Xiaoli was also a very smart woman. Whenever there were guests, she never disturbed Chu Yang.

Watching Chu Yang wolf down his food, Du Kao asked softly, "Sun Wukong left Earth. That was your arrangement, wasn’t it?"

Chu Yang nodded. "There are some things I can’t conveniently handle in person."

"Many people in the universe are unhappy with you now. They don’t dare take it out on Earth, but outside Earth, they’ll certainly try every possible way to cause trouble." Du Kao frowned.

Chu Yang smiled. "You should know very well that in the Known Universe, very few people can threaten Sun Wukong."

Du Kao drew a deep breath. "Hua Ye has gone to the Dark Nebula."

Chu Yang shrugged. "As expected. He wants to return to the Angel Nebula and seize power, but a Third Generation God Body isn’t enough anymore."

"What exactly are you planning?" Du Kao finally voiced the question that had been weighing most heavily on his mind.

Logically speaking, Earth had already stabilized. Why did Chu Yang still need to interfere in the affairs of the major civilizations?

"Carl is a hidden danger. She possesses the Big Clock and has always been researching the Hollow. She won’t be content with the status quo."

Chu Yang set down his chopsticks. "With me protecting it, Earth will naturally remain safe."

"But once Carl gains the power to threaten me, or even destroy me, do you think the major civilizations will spare Earth?"

"The Void Battlefield is only drinking poison to quench thirst. If we want to solve this once and for all, we have to address the problem at its root."

Du Kao thought for a moment, then asked, "With your strength, can’t you kill Carl?"

Chu Yang smiled. "Old Du, the problem isn’t Carl. It’s the Hollow."

"Even if we kill her, the threat of the Hollow will still remain."

Du Kao fell silent. He knew Chu Yang was right. To completely solve the problem, they had to start with the Hollow.

Because the theory of Ultimate Fear already existed, even without Carl, sooner or later another scholar would begin researching the Hollow.

At the same time, he vaguely guessed Chu Yang’s objective!

This guy actually wanted to destroy the Hollow, perhaps even control it!

Because only then could the source of all calamity truly be dealt with at its root.

But in his view, this was simply madness!

Everything rested on the premise that Ultimate Fear was real. But if Ultimate Fear truly existed, then the destruction of those ancient civilizations a hundred thousand years ago must have been inextricably linked to the Hollow.

No one knew just how advanced those ancient civilizations had been, or what kind of strength and resources they possessed. But without question, the Hollow was an unknown and powerful existence.

Chu Yang was playing with fire. Once it burned him, the entire Earth would be dragged down with him!

Du Kao took a deep breath and asked softly, "What do you need me to do?"

Chu Yang said calmly, "Send the Super Soldier Company into the Void Battlefield. On behalf of Earth, declare war on the demons!"

Du Kao’s eyes widened. "The demons? Didn’t Rose join the demons?"

"Morgana has a Fourth Generation God Body. With Sun Wukong gone, unless you personally take action, what can the Super Soldier Company use to fight them?"

Chu Yang waved a hand. "Don’t worry! Morgana won’t intervene. You can treat this war as training!"

"The Super Soldier Company needs tempering, and so do the new forces of Demon Civilization!"

"But this war needs some stakes. Otherwise, neither side will have enough motivation."

Du Kao pondered his words repeatedly and found them reasonable, so he asked again, "What stakes?"

Chu Yang said directly, "Limit Substance! It can break genetic limits and give any super gene a chance to become a god!"

"It’s a temptation Morgana cannot refuse. I’ll discuss it with her."

"Go back and arrange for the Super Soldier Company to expand its ranks. Recruit directly from the military and let them volunteer."

"I’ll provide a batch of super genes to equip them."

Du Kao’s eyes lit up. Earth’s high-end combat power was not actually weak. What it lacked was overall strength.

Looking across the universe’s major civilizations, which one did not possess its own legion?

Either technologically armed forces or super soldiers!

But looking at Earth, aside from the Super Soldier Company, there were only ordinary people using pre-nuclear weapons. Once war broke out, they could only use human lives to build a Great Wall of flesh and blood.

If Chu Yang could provide enough super genes and give Earth a legion composed of super soldiers, Earth’s overall strength would rise dramatically.

Even if its technology lagged behind, it would fear no civilization!

Chu Yang continued, "Also, I had New World Group gather some scientists from around the world. Hand them over to Zhixin and have her form a research team."

"Earth’s technology is far too backward. With Zhixin’s help now, this is a good opportunity to rapidly advance our technological level!"

"Even if we can’t catch up to higher civilizations, we must at least enter the age of cosmic technology!"

Du Kao looked invigorated. The more he listened, the more excited he became. He stood up directly and said, "I’ll make the arrangements right away!"

Chu Yang smiled. "You haven’t even finished eating!"

Du Kao curled his lip. "Do you really think I flew here by helicopter just to have dinner with you?"

Chu Yang was speechless. "No wonder you don’t have any friends…"

Suddenly remembering something, Chu Yang added, "Oh, right. Help me make five sets of black armor, along with some Dark Alloy Weapons!"

Du Kao’s gaze sharpened. "Those five beast bodies are still alive?"

Back in Luoyang, the "black curtain" had blotted out the sky and sun. Even Luoyang’s residents had not known what happened.

After that incident, the five Beast Gods under Chu Yang’s command had never appeared again, nor had Du Kao been able to detect their dark energy fluctuations on Earth.

For that very reason, Du Kao had concluded that the five Beast Gods had all fallen in that battle.

Now that Chu Yang suddenly asked for five sets of black armor and Dark Alloy Weapons, no matter how Du Kao thought about it, they could only be meant for those five Beast Gods.

Chu Yang raised an eyebrow. "Who told you they were dead?"

"But you can treat them as though they don’t exist. Don’t count them among Earth’s combat power. I have other arrangements for them."

Du Kao nodded and did not ask further.

The origins of these five Beast Gods were too mysterious. It was as though they had appeared out of nowhere.

All signs indicated that they had most likely been created by Chu Yang.

But Chu Yang’s background was far too clean. He was a native-born Earthling and had never had any contact with alien civilizations before.

Under such circumstances, how could he possibly possess the technology to create Third Generation Peak Beast Bodies?

It was a mystery, just like Limit Substance and the powers Chu Yang possessed that no one could understand.

Du Kao had grown used to it. It seemed that anything involving Chu Yang could not be understood through the knowledge of the Known Universe.

It had to be said that Du Kao was highly efficient. After hearing that Chu Yang urgently needed them, he created five sets of black armor and Dark Alloy Weapons in only half a month.

Tianhe City, in the villa courtyard.

Looking at the full set of equipment Qi Lin brought out, Chu Yang said in surprise, "These weapons… seem a little different…"

Qi Lin nodded. "These are the latest research results. They possess part of the power of God-Slaying Class Weapons. You can think of them as downgraded God-Slaying Weapons."

Chu Yang smiled. "Looks like Zhixin has been a great help to the Super Soldier Company!"

Qi Lin agreed deeply. "Indeed. Aside from these downgraded God-Slaying Weapons, Zhixin also helped every Super Soldier Company fighter acquire their own independent computing system."

"The computational efficiency exceeds that of the old Deno No. 3, though the specific algorithms need to be developed independently."

"Deno No. 3 has also undergone a comprehensive upgrade. The bullets I use have been upgraded from the former God-Slaying No. 1 to God-Slaying No. 3."

God-Slaying No. 1 was a God-Slaying Class bullet capable of threatening a god body, but its power was limited.

When used against demons or angels, it could inflict severe injuries upon hitting a vital spot, or even kill with one shot.

But against experts at Leina or Sun Wukong’s level, God-Slaying No. 1 could not cause even the slightest harm.

God-Slaying No. 3, meanwhile, was the product of a full upgrade, designed to match Third Generation God Bodies.

Of course, that was only in theory.

Unless the target offered no defense and no resistance, it would be difficult for a single bullet to inflict effective damage on a Third Generation God Body.

But against anything below the third generation, it was practically unstoppable!

The problem was…

With Qi Lin’s current strength, she was fully capable of confronting a Third Generation God Body head-on, which made God-Slaying No. 3 seem somewhat useless.

Chu Yang thought for a moment, then asked with a smile, "Old Du wants to hide your strength on the surface and keep you as a trump card, doesn’t he?"

Qi Lin spread her hands. "Not just him. Everyone in the Super Soldier Company thinks so. They’ve made me seem like some big sister!"

"Especially Liu Chuang. Every time I talk to him, I feel like a female gang boss!"

Chu Yang shook his head with a laugh. He took out a genetic serum and handed it to her. "This is the sixth sequence of the gene chain. It’s highly stable and will minimize the burden on your body."

"However, your super gene has been continuously evolving and has already reached an extremely powerful level. The process of opening your Gene Lock will be somewhat painful."

"But once you open the Gene Lock, you’ll be able to advance to a Third Generation God Body in one leap."

At this point, Chu Yang paused before adding, "In theory, you could actually advance directly to a Fourth Generation God Body."

"But to advance to a Fourth Generation God Body, you need not only an outstanding super gene, but also a certain degree of technical support."

"With the technology Old Du and I currently possess, we still can’t create a Fourth Generation God Body."

"This is Earth’s upper limit."

Qi Lin nodded. "General Du Kao told us. He gave the Super Soldier Company a prewar mobilization speech and told everyone the purpose of this war."

Chu Yang asked with interest, "Oh? What did he say?"

Qi Lin cleared her throat, put on a serious expression, and imitated Du Kao’s tone.

"Soldiers, I know you must have questions in your hearts. You don’t understand why, after driving away the invaders, we still have to go to war with aliens!"

"This war is not for us. It is for our descendants for generations to come!"

"You have all read the War Edicts. The spoils put forth by both sides will belong to the final victor."

"Instructor Chu has contributed some of his precious resources as Earth’s spoils of war. The equal spoils Morgana has contributed are the complete technology of the Fourth Generation God Body!"

"Perhaps many of you do not fully understand what this means. But you only need to know that once Earth possesses this technology, no cosmic civilization will dare invade us!"

"This is a matter that will benefit generations to come, and it is also Earth’s first war against an alien civilization!"

Hearing this, Chu Yang’s expression became somewhat strange, and he felt rather sentimental.

He had not expected Du Kao, that war maniac, to learn how to boost morale and rally the troops.

But Du Kao was right. With Fourth Generation God Body technology, Chu Yang could raise Earth’s high-end combat power across the board.

Even the Super God Academy’s greatest achievement had only been the Three Major God-Making Projects.

But with Limit Substance and gene fusion, as long as Chu Yang mastered Fourth Generation God Body technology, he could mass-produce gods!

With Carl, that unstable factor, set aside, Earth would not merely be capable of self-preservation. It could even aspire to dominate the universe!

"You’ve already mastered all the martial arts I taught you. I told Old Du that we’re preparing to make you the Super Soldier Company’s deputy instructor."

Chu Yang pinched Qi Lin’s cheek. "The other deputy instructor will be Ge Xiaolun. You’ll teach the recruits martial arts, while Ge Xiaolun teaches them how to use algorithms."

"The training will last three months. After three months, every member of the Super Soldier Company will enter the Void Battlefield!"

Qi Lin frowned. "Isn’t that too rushed?"

Chu Yang smiled. "Your special training period back then was even shorter. War never gives people time to prepare."

After finalizing the Super Soldier Company’s expansion, Chu Yang contacted Morgana.

After learning of Limit Substance and its effects, Morgana showed immense interest.

Although she knew this might be a trap set by Chu Yang, she was unwilling to let this opportunity slip away. She also found a way to obtain the complete Fourth Generation God Body technology from Carl, placing it in the War Council as spoils of war.

Of course, Morgana was no fool. She could not possibly give Earth too much time to prepare, so she refused to yield even an inch on the timing of the war.

In her view, as long as the pace of war was accelerated and neither she nor Chu Yang entered the battlefield personally, the demons had an excellent chance of victory.

After all, when she had been on Earth, Morgana had learned about the Super Soldier Company. During the outbreak of the Luoyang battle, she had even fought them.

She did not believe that a group of rookies who had not even known how to fight back then could grow enough in such a short time to contend with her elite forces.

After Qi Lin left, Chu Yang summoned the five Beast Gods, distributed the black armor and Dark Alloy Weapons, then gave the order.

"Bear, go to the Life Nebula. Take control of the entire Life Civilization as quickly as possible. Be cautious of their Atomic Aggregation Technology."

"Tiger, go to Woma Civilization and cause them some trouble. It would be best if you can make the royal family lose its prestige."

"Panther, go to the Angel Nebula and report the situation there to me in real time. As long as you do not show hostility, even if the angels discover you, they will not cause you trouble."

"Snake, go to the Styx Galaxy. You can gather some of the local natives by claiming a mountain and ruling it as king."

"The Taotie’s forces are less than a tenth of what they were, and Shi Hao is dead. The Styx is now a scattered mess."

"Before Carl can spare the time to manage it, I need you to become the new king of the Styx!"