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Are they really incapable of providing the necessary protection to their past selves?

Saphir's hands and feet went cold, and her scalp tingled!

Dark!

This is way too damn dark!

...

Main World, Super God Universe!

As soon as Su Ming returned to the shelter, he consciously put away the crimson guard armor.

He had to be conscious of it.

In order to dispel any potential arrogance Su Ming might have had.

With just a single string of code, Zhixin had locked down all the technological functions of the crimson guard. No matter how powerful its extraordinary attributes were, if it couldn't move, it was just an iron coffin!

Even more terrifying was that Zhixin's technological lockdown relied on an absolute generational gap crush!

Any qualified Super Soldier could achieve such a feat!

From then on.

Su Ming's gaze became completely clear.

Seeing Su Ming's methodical rhythm, Moyi breathed a sigh of relief:

"Good. It seems the Bronze Dragon you mentioned didn't make things difficult for you."

Sitting on the sofa organizing data, Zhixin's expression became thoughtful upon hearing this:

"And the reason? As a guardian of the timeline, the Bronze Dragon's response to an extra-universal visitor like you was a bit too lenient."

Lenient?

Heh!

That should be called 'granting every request'!

Su Ming flashed a smile as bright as a blooming chrysanthemum:

"Follow me, let me show you the greatest harvest of this trip!"

With that.

Su Ming led the two Angels over to the table by the fireplace.

He waved his hand to put away a potted plant.

Using sands of time as material, he quickly created a small glass display case.

Immediately following.

A crystal-clear flower of time fell into the glass display case from thin air. Layers of shifting sand phantoms rose and fell like waves, lifting the flower of time as it danced along!

Chapter 41: The Angel's Little Scheme

"What is that? The Eye of Insight can't detect any data at all!"

"The flower of time!"

As he spoke, Su Ming quickly explained the effects of the flower of time and the whole story behind the trade.

Sighing, Zhixin said with a hint of melancholy:

"Sister Moyi, we must increase our level of importance regarding matters related to other worlds! Time... that is a field we have never touched, even with our current development!"

"Agreed!" Moyi nodded in agreement:

"However, since it's a wonder related to the concept of time, it's perfectly reasonable that the Eye of Insight cannot observe it! The question now is, how do we extract the information we want from it?"

"Su Ming, the item is yours. Do you have any ideas?"

Raising an eyebrow slightly, Mr. Su stated as if it were obvious:

"Of course I have a way. I just need to use Gathering!"

Uh...

The two young Angels looked at each other, wondering if they had heard him wrong!

How do you 'gather' information?

And besides.

That was information imprinted on the very concept of time!

Kid, you're definitely using cheats!

"How about you give us a practical demonstration?" Moyi asked tentatively, then quickly added: "I don't mean to doubt your ability, it's just that I'm scratching my head and can't figure out how that would even work."

"I can't do it yet."

"Then what the hell are you talking about!"

Moyi was actually amused by Su Ming's righteous confidence.

"But I have a hunch that once Gathering advances another level, doing something like this won't be hard!" Su Ming smiled meaningfully. "After all, the Bronze Dragon isn't stupid, right?"

Even mortals know that gift-giving is a skill.

If he gave him something that could be seen but not used, one could imagine that Azeroth's future wouldn't be peaceful!

Even though Su Ming's argument had no basis whatsoever... Zhixin and Moyi both believed him!

They had no choice but to believe.

In less than a single month.

They had personally witnessed every moment of Su Ming's growth.

From the beginning, when it only targeted basic materials in standardized units.

To later, when it had flexible definitions regardless of type or form.

And then after that, Su Ming's Gathering even possessed a small degree of primary processing characteristics.

Up until now, Su Ming could already refine elemental substances. While its specificity and utilization rate crushed any technological Creation, it was also damn energy-efficient!

To the point that.

Many little Angels who knew about this were starting to doubt if physics even existed anymore!

"Fine, fine, I believe you... The key is that you need to grow up faster yourself. Without new research topics, Zhixin and I are about to grow moldy."

Su Ming was stunned:

"New research topics? You haven't already completely figured out the extraordinary knowledge I gave you before, have you?"

Nodding slightly, Zhixin explained:

"I wouldn't say we've completely figured it out, but... we've determined that the power system of the world of Azeroth cannot be directly replicated in our world!"

"So, that extraordinary data currently only exists as inspirational reading material."

Su Ming frowned. That's not right!

Didn't they say a few days ago that they had successfully constructed the Angels' own mana system?

Facing Su Ming's face full of questions, Zhixin provided this explanation:

"We don't have things like natural magic energy. If we want to walk this path, we must start from zero."

"Starting from modifying dark energy, and starting from creating our own mana system."

"And as everyone knows, for any technological Creation to achieve long-term development, it must stay close to reality, solve practical problems, and continuously iterate and upgrade in the process!"

"The God-making project is like this, and the extraordinary system is no exception!"

"Therefore, we cannot simply copy the power system of the world of Azeroth. You understand, we are Angels, not mortals!"

Moyi's addition was even more blunt:

"The High Elf mages have played around with basic Fireballs until they're fancy!"

"In an Azeroth where the vision is limited only to intra-planetary affairs, Fireball obviously has its value."

"But it's different for us. No matter how high the temperature of a Fireball is, it can't possibly reach the ultra-high temperatures of a star's surface. Such an attack is just an itch for a Super Soldier!"

Alright.

Su Ming understood the subtext.

The starting points were different!

The application scenarios were also different!

Angels needed extraordinary powers with more firepower, not fancy little tricks.

From this perspective, the extraordinary knowledge he 'painstakingly' collected could indeed only exist as inspirational reading material.

But Su Ming wasn't reconciled. In his view, some skills from the world of Azeroth still had their merits!

"What about the resurrection abilities of the various classes? You guys look down on even that?"

But as soon as the words left his mouth, Su Ming regretted it.

Problems he could see himself, the Angels couldn't possibly have overlooked.

Sure enough, Zhixin shook her head:

"It's not that Angels don't have the technology to resurrect life! Although it's a bit troublesome to use, it at least works! But resurrection in the world of Azeroth is different!"

"That is a miracle that exists based on faith and the worship of certain high-dimensional wills!"

"The Known Universe has no Holy Light, no environment where souls can depend on to ascend into Ancestral Spirits, and no natural will spread throughout the cosmos..."

"Regrettably, that kind of resurrection cannot be replicated in the current universe!"

See, told you the wisdom of Angels shouldn't be ignored.

Emmm...

Except for love-brained Angels.

Speaking to this point, Su Ming was somewhat helpless:

"No, since you know Azeroth's extraordinary system has so many flaws, why do you still insist on me Gathering more extraordinary knowledge?"

"To get inspiration from it, of course!"

Zhixin's eyes lit up:

"You think the extraordinary system is just various classes and skills... but in our eyes, the so-called extraordinary system is Holy Light, Shadow, and Fel! It's the four basic elements! It's the power of Nature and Life! It's the infinite variations of Arcane, and the unpredictable treachery of the Void!"

"Through the corresponding extraordinary classes, we can try to reverse-engineer the core architecture of these types of power!"

"Then replicate and modify them, integrating them into our own extraordinary system!"

Su Ming: "..."

This bunch of Angels is truly impressive!

They weren't pursuing the superficial special effects of Holy Light.

What they pursued was the foundation of the extraordinary—the forbidden research that leads directly to godhood!

Seeing that she had finally awed Su Ming, Moyi smiled with satisfaction. That's more like it!

If they didn't show off the Angels' grand vision and paint a big picture for the young man in front of them, how would the importance of Angels be highlighted?

There were so many flashy harlots out there; it was hard for Angels too, okay!

Chapter 42: Instance Settlement! Advancement Scroll

With Zhixin answering his questions, today's study came to an end.

Stepping out of the virtual pod.

With a sense of satisfaction from having his questions answered, Su Ming bid farewell to Zhixin for now and headed toward the warehouse.

Thanks to the Intelligence +2 attribute from the empresss grudge, Su Ming's intelligence was now as high as 20 points, allowing him to truly touch the realm of genius.

(Note: The basic attribute bonuses of Dark Purple equipment can function normally before the Legendary rank.)

Theoretical knowledge was understood as soon as it was studied!