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"Mmm~" Angel Jade let out a comfortable groan.
Angel Zhixin had just finished talking with the three kings when she heard this strange sound. She looked at Angel Yu, whose whole body was radiating a glowing light, and then at Li Dao sitting next to her. She knew that the other party must have done something to cause this commotion.
So she walked over, and Li Dao noticed her arrival and asked, "So? Did they agree?"
"Yes, they've agreed. I'll contact the Heavenly Court of Merlo immediately to bring over some resources, and then we'll begin developing the celestial bodies." Angel Zhixin nodded and looked at Angel Yu, asking, "What... happened to her?"
"It's nothing, I just purified her genes, she'll recover in a bit," Li Dao replied.
Chapter 176 Checks and Balances?
Just as Li Dao and the angel Zhixin were preparing to develop the Heavenly Dao Project, Morgana, who had escaped a calamity, arrived in the Styx Galaxy overnight with the remaining demons, Ato and Soton.
"Damn bitch!" Morgana cursed, hands on her hips, as she led the demons Ator and Thorton out of the wormhole and landed on a planet that seemed to have life and was covered in lush vegetation.
That battle nearly wiped out all of her elite warriors, and even destroyed Demon One and most of its resources, making her already impoverished situation even worse.
Now, she can only ask Karl for more resources, not only to revive her new demon army, but also to rebuild Demon One, which will take a long time.
"Holy crap, that was terrifying! I'll never fight her again!" Soton collapsed to the ground as soon as he emerged from the wormhole, staring at the crescent moon scimitar, which was covered in scratches and almost broken. Thinking of the brilliance of that sword strike, his heart sank.
That meat bun was terrifying, even more terrifying than the meat bun that killed me more than a thousand years ago... no, a thousand times more terrifying!
"Look at you, can't you be a little more ambitious?" Morgana was furious when she heard Soton's demoralized words and kicked him twice.
This idiot is really boosting the morale of others while diminishing his own!
The demon Ator stood silently to the side, looking at the half of the Command Sword in his hand. Recalling the terrifying scene of the flashing silver wings earlier, his heart was also stirred.
"Sister, I was wrong! I was wrong!" Thornton begged for forgiveness repeatedly.
"Ato, where are we now?" Morgana asked Ato beside her after scolding Soton.
The demon Ator regained his senses, activated the Dark Database probing function, and said, "Queen, we are currently on a planet called Death Pluto. There are no signs of life here, and we are still separated from the Death Song Academy, which we are heading to, by a nebula."
"Still separated by a nebula? It'll be quick." Morgana nodded in satisfaction. Without the computing power of Demon One, how could it possibly cross from the central region to the edge of the known universe in less than a month or two?
"Your Majesty, should we continue our journey? Or should we have Death God Karl meet you? He holds the Great Clock; he probably sensed our arrival as soon as we stepped into the Styx Galaxy," said the demon Ator.
At this moment, Thorton, who had been scolded by Morgana, finally got up from the ground, dusted himself off, picked up the Moonscythe from the ground, and chimed in, "I think this suggestion is good."
“I didn’t ask you.” Morgana glared at Soton, and after seeing his sullen and honest expression, she nodded: “That’s fine, Your Majesty, I’ll contact that guy first.”
"Is Karl there?" Morgana immediately contacted Karl, and soon she heard his long-lost gentle voice on the other end: "Yes, Liangbing, what's up?"
"Keep pretending, keep pretending. I've come all the way to your Styx Galaxy, and this is how you play dead?" Morgana said, somewhat amused and annoyed.
If she didn't need the other party's help right now, she would have loved to yell at them, "I've come all the way to your Styx Galaxy, and you're just playing cowardly with me?"
The demons Atto and Soton stood to the side, looking at each other; one had a helpless look in his eyes, while the other had a simple and honest look.
Your Majesty, we've come to ask for resources and assistance. Isn't this a bit inappropriate? After all, we're currently dependent on them. If we anger them, where will we get the resources we need?
“Liang Bing, as you know, I’ve been very busy with my research lately. As a scholar, I’ve focused all my energy on research and rarely use the Great Clock to check the outside world, so I really didn’t know you had come to the Styx Galaxy,” Karl said unhurriedly.
"What are you doing with that Void thing again?" Morgana said.
“Yes, after all, this was my firm belief from the beginning, Liang Bing. Don’t you want to know what the Void really is?” Karl’s voice replied.
"I don't know, and I don't want to know. You'll drag the known universe down with you sooner or later. And do you even have a way to resist them? Don't end up killing yourself too. Even though you've become an illusion, who knows if they have any tricks up their sleeves?"
"Although the Space Principal has launched some kind of three major god-making projects, which one of them has actually grown up? One is a loser, one is a rogue, and the other is a lunatic. Do you think they can withstand the void?"
Morgana said.
"..." Karl fell silent for a moment, then let out a silent sigh. He communicated with the Great Clock, and a wormhole appeared in front of him. He took two or three steps into it, and the wormhole closed up like a zipper. His figure disappeared from Deathsong Academy.
"Queen, isn't it a bit inappropriate for you to provoke Him like this? After all, we are asking for His help..." the demon Ator asked hesitantly.
Soton scratched its head. It felt that there was no problem with the two communicating. Last time, it even let it fuck Karl's anus. Isn't this kind of communication normal?
Clearly, its brain wouldn't allow it to ponder such complex and profound questions, so it simply kept silent to avoid giving its sister another reason to beat it up.
"Don't worry, He will come. As long as I don't affect His beliefs, He has no reason to kill me." Having been friends for tens of thousands of years, Morgana knew Karl very well and knew which one was justified in choosing death and which one could maintain the relationship.
When the demon Ator heard his queen say this, he had no choice but to put aside his worries. Of course, if there was any danger, he would still choose to stand in front of the queen and fight for her, because it was his faith!
Swish!
As soon as Morgana finished speaking, a spatial wormhole suddenly appeared about two feet away from them. A young man dressed in a dark blue robe similar to that of a Western mage walked out of it. His eyes were as bright as a galaxy and as deep as a black hole.
“Liang Bing, I just learned the basics of what happened from the Big Clock, and I also know why you've come.” Karl stood on the vast, lush grassland, his eyes fixed on Morgana.
Morgana, hands on her hips, paced back and forth and asked, "How many resources do you have left?"
She had previously taken a lot of resources from the other party, including more than a dozen sets of resources for the third-generation divine body, which was comparable to the accumulation of a god-creating civilization over ten thousand years.
It should be noted that the resources of the third-generation divine body are partially the same as those of the fourth-generation divine body; the only difference is the powerful computing and integration capabilities of the Dark Dimension Engine.
Morgana didn't know if Karl had any extra resources. If he didn't, she might have to plunder other star systems. After all, she was a demon, so it was reasonable for her to do what demons do, wasn't it?
“There’s still some left, which should be enough for you to rebuild Demon One and revive your demon legion,” Karl replied without hesitation.
He did not hide anything from Morgana, nor did he want to. Helping Hua Ye upgrade his divine body did not require many resources, but it did take a lot of time.
The most crucial reason for this is that Li Dao's strength is too great, the angelic forces have become too powerful, and the suspected resurrection of Holy Keisha has disrupted Her preparations over the years.
Therefore, He chose to continue supporting Morgana, and even increased the level of support. After all, as a force that, like Hua Ye, is in the foreground to restrain the angels, its strength certainly cannot be too weak, otherwise how can it restrain the angels?
He even planned to bring in the blazing sun to form a unified front, in order to counterbalance the angels and maintain a delicate balance.
Otherwise, he wouldn't be able to conduct research quietly behind the scenes. The progress of the Void would not only not stop, but would also be slowed down due to the turbulence.
Otherwise, if the angels do not support the void, and He studies the void, He is very likely to be attacked by the angelic forces.
Li Dao might even show up and kill him!
Chapter 177 Formation!
Morgana breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing Karl's words, and exclaimed, "You've accumulated so many resources over ten thousand years!"
“These are the resources I recently collected from the Great Clock. As for the collection from ten thousand years ago, all the resources below the fourth-generation divine body have been given to you,” Karl said.
Although He was very rational, He was extremely puzzled as to why Morgana did not store the resources in the wormhole space. Otherwise, even if Demon One was destroyed, He could at least ensure that the resources were enough to rebuild Demon One and the Demon Legion.
He was really puzzled by this, but after a little deduction, it wasn't too hard to understand. After all, the other party had almost been beaten to death by Li Dao last time. If he hadn't escaped through some tricks, he probably would have really been in trouble.
The main reason was that Morgana underestimated the intelligence of the two, resulting in the loss of not only Demon One but also the destruction of its resources.
“Uh…” Morgana was speechless, not knowing what to say.
She did want to ask for some resources to nurture her demons, but she never thought she would empty their millennia-old collection.
Moreover, the other party hadn't said a single word, so she assumed it was only a portion of the resources and accepted it without hesitation. Then she realized, "Was that all the resources you had accumulated over millennia?!"
The demon Ator standing to the side was speechless. Only Soton, not thinking straight, could only sit on the ground and play with the blooming flowers in front of him with his sharp fingers.
“Come back to Deathsong Academy with me first. I’ll have Snow arrange accommodations for you. You can leave once your Demon One is rebuilt.” With that, Karl turned around.
The spatial wormhole behind him did not disappear as he walked out; on the contrary, it was maintained by the powerful computing power of the Great Clock. Even while chatting with Morgana, he was still able to maintain his level, which was enough to prove the strength of his mental power.
Moreover, this is only a small portion of the capabilities that have been demonstrated.
Morgana did not hesitate and chose to follow Karl. Behind her, the demons Ator and Soton followed her into the wormhole and disappeared on the dead planet.
In an instant, Morgana and the other two followed Karl through the wormhole back to the quiet Deathsong Academy. At this moment, a person wearing a skull mask was waiting in the main hall. This person was none other than His servant, Snow!
“My God.” Snow stepped forward respectfully.
Karl nodded: "Prepare three rooms. The Demon Queen Morgana and her minions will be staying here for a while."
"Yes!" Snow nodded and then left.
Morgana and the demon Ator behind her, Soton looked at the four walls, at this familiar yet unfamiliar environment. It seemed that apart from that meeting ten thousand years ago, and before she was about to advance to the fourth generation of godhood, she had hardly ever been here.
The demons Atto and Soton felt completely unfamiliar with this place, finding it even more like a demon's habitat than the interior of Demon One. It was eerily cold, and although there were living beings, it seemed to be surrounded by a chilling sense of death.
"Why does this place feel even more eerie than Devil One? And why do you look so familiar? It's like I've seen you somewhere before." Thorton looked around at the things around him, then at Karl, who had his back to them, and suddenly felt a strange sense of familiarity.
"Liang Bing, I have a feeling that your sister, Holy Keisha, may have been resurrected." Karl's first words upon returning to Deathsong Academy were like a thunderclap, startling Morgana, who was sitting on the sofa, her eyes filled with disbelief and incredulity.
"Ha, she was blown to bits, and didn't you use the Great Clock to scatter her sacred atoms throughout the universe? How could she suddenly come back to life? Unless..."
Morgana was speaking when she suddenly remembered Li Dao, who had appeared in the skies above Earth, and a look of disbelief appeared on her face: "Could it be that Li Dao resurrected him? But how could he possibly withstand the instantaneous explosion of Emerald Star?"
A string of question marks appeared in her mind, reflected on her face, and showed the astonishment in her expression.
“I have a general understanding of this, but if Holy Keisha is resurrected, then the people we need to be most careful of are us. Besides Holy Keisha, there are also Angel Yan, who is suspected to be a fifth-generation divine body, Tianji King, who is a fourth-generation divine body, and that Li Dao,” Karl said.
Even so, His voice remained gentle and unwavering, like that of a true scholar who would remain calm even if Mount Tai collapsed before him.
Morgana nodded thoughtfully, her eyes flashing with an uncertain light.
During the time the two were talking, Earth had turned from day to night, the sky was dotted with stars, the Milky Way was dazzling, and the stars were shining brightly.
Li Dao sat on the roof of the villa, looking at the magnificent starry sky, at the countless stars that shone and adorned the sky.
“Arrangement, sequence, like an array... Array, if we look at it according to the rules, isn’t the arrangement of the stars in the sky an innate array?” Li Dao’s eyes flickered. Recently, he had been thinking about how to strengthen the spatial medium from day to night.
The methods for reinforcing spatial media are rare. If you want to reinforce it, you probably have to solve it at the spatial level. If you want to create a triangular stability similar to what he did before, you would have to redo it every two weeks.
This not only wastes time and effort, but also makes it easy to suffer losses due to unforeseen events.
So, increasingly confused, Li Dao looked at the starry sky from the roof of the villa. This helped clear his mind of all his random thoughts and also helped him to recall some helpful knowledge, but unfortunately, it was no use.
It wasn't until he looked at the constantly twinkling stars that Li Dao finally caught a glimpse of inspiration, which wasn't exactly inspiration.
Formations are an indispensable element in fantasy novels. They can be used to arrange flags and banners, and can also be made into array plates. Both their functionality and portability prove that formations have their merits.
Moreover, and most importantly, the formation has the function of circulating external energy, which can be similar to a solar panel, allowing for internal circulation and stabilizing the space.
Of course, these effects require Li Dao to conduct continuous experiments personally. The energy cycle issue is easy to solve; he can find Zhi Xin to obtain some materials with excellent energy conductivity and use those materials to create a whole set of array flags.
However, stabilizing the spatial medium is very difficult, since it is a spatial attribute, and time and space are the most difficult attributes to understand. However, he can experiment with some emerging spatial ideas.
At the same time, it also facilitates his understanding of space and enriches his own methods, such as spatial cutting, spatial exile, spatial barriers, etc., which are all methods he wants to experiment with.
Among these, a spatial barrier is most suitable for stabilizing spatial media, and it can be created using array flags. Even if it's not the complete version, a simplified or basic version can be made, as long as the spatial media is stabilized.
These thoughts lingered in Li Dao's mind. In his memory palace, there was also knowledge of similar formations, which was found in a book called "Complete Book of Taoist Techniques".
However, the above description is very limited, and from his perspective, it can even be described as rough, with many errors and omissions.
"Although this is a science fiction world, now that I am here, martial arts can certainly be promoted. Although formations are a Taoist art, they can certainly be integrated into martial arts. I will call myself a member of that lineage."
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