Chapter 58 A New Plan

"Hmm? Judging by your tone, are you somewhat regretful about my departure?"

Under the afternoon sun, Angel Yan's beautiful figure seemed to shimmer with a charming radiance. Hearing Ge Xiaolun's words, the corners of her lips curled up slightly.

In the blink of an eye, she had appeared right in front of Ge Xiaolun.

Naturally, she was still clad in her signature angelic silver armor, her long, flawless legs exposed beneath an ultra-short skirt.

Her peerless, breathtaking face looked at him with a soft, bright smile.

Ge Xiaolun had already put away his tablet. Dressed in a dark green leather tactical suit, he stood up.

"Regret? I wouldn't call it regret," he replied calmly, shaking his head. "It's just that I didn't expect you aliens to travel such a great distance to Earth and then leave after staying for just a few days. I'm a bit surprised, that's all."

Regret?

He had wasted several days here acting out this repetitive, boring daily routine, just waiting for this creature to come and say goodbye to him...

Regret?

He could guarantee that simply managing not to burst out laughing was already an achievement!

"Oh... Heh," Angel Yan chuckled softly upon hearing this. "That is probably a difference in perception. To gods who can traverse the universe from morning till night, hundreds of millions of light-years are nothing more than a stone's throw away. We don't easily develop a special attachment to any particular planet.

You're still young. You'll understand in the future."

In truth, if Queen Keisha hadn't originally sent her to investigate the Power of the Galaxy, she would have left the very day she arrived on Earth.

As for staying here for so many days, she had initially been captivated by the Power of the Galaxy's continuous and stunning displays of ability, and afterwards, she had wanted to see when he would take the initiative to contact her.

As a result, for three whole days, the guy seemed to have completely forgotten about her!

"Hey, speaking of which, didn't your nation of Great Xia authorize you with the power to conduct diplomacy with the Angel Civilization?"

Thinking of this, Angel Yan couldn't help but continue, "You even went out of your way to ask me for my contact information before, saying something about having a chance to discuss cooperation... Yet after all these days, how come I haven't seen you reach out to me even once?"

She was truly speechless.

She had given credit to the Heavenly King Hexi that night, who had sworn that if the Power of the Galaxy didn't contact her that very night, he would definitely contact her the next day.

As a result, she had waited from dark until daylight, from daylight until dark, from dark until daylight again, and from daylight until dark...

She felt like she was turning into a literal waiting-wife stone!

Yet there was still no sign of Ge Xiaolun contacting her.

The guy just trained by the book and studied peacefully... Although she never grew tired of watching his daily life, she didn't have that much time to play the role of a infatuated stalker here, did she?

As the Left Wing Guard, she still had a lot of work to do, after all.

"You even know about the authorization Great Xia gave me..." Ge Xiaolun gave her a deep look upon hearing this, thought for a moment, and then looked somewhat unconcerned. "As for cooperation? Reaching out to you? To be honest, right now I really don't feel like I have the need or the conditions to seek cooperation with you.

What? Judging by your tone, are you in a hurry?"

With that, he gave Angel Yan a half-smile, wearing a meaningful expression.

"Tsk..." Angel Yan paused at his words, then uttered a somewhat indignant tsk. "You mischievous brat, don't be too full of yourself!"

Although she was indeed somewhat anticipating Ge Xiaolun coming to her for help, and was curious as to why he hadn't sought her out, she had only come to ask while bidding her farewell.

But seeing him now, this kid seemed to have grown a bit too arrogant.

"We angels are indeed not stingy about helping you, because you are the Power of the Galaxy, and also because of the ordinary mortals of this Earth."

She reached out a slender finger and tapped Ge Xiaolun's chest, looking directly into his eyes. "But don't assume that just because you are the Power of the Galaxy, others need to rush to help you ingratiate themselves. There is no logic in this world where someone helps you while you still act like you're doing them a favor!

Could you please speak more politely?"

This logic really needed to be made clear to this kid.

Although over the past three days, when she, Queen Keisha, and the others were surprised that Ge Xiaolun hadn't contacted her, they had also guessed that this kid might be a bit overly confident.

Now it seemed that was indeed the case.

It appeared she really had to follow Heavenly King Hexi's advice: if this kid was too proud, she couldn't be too proactive either; she needed to keep him hanging a bit in the future.

Listening to the indignation and reprimand in her tone, Ge Xiaolun silently nodded to himself.

He knew this trick would definitely work.

"I don't think I'm full of myself, and I agree with what you said about how people who help don't need to beg," he replied, giving a slight nod. "However, I really don't feel like asking for your help right now, nor do I have the conditions to seek cooperation with you."

Of course, he could understand Angel Yan's good intentions, as well as how she viewed him at the moment.

However, for him, the most important thing right now was to make her lose interest in keeping tabs on him as soon as possible...

He just wanted to say to her: Go home, child, go home.

"Cooperation... Fine, let's call it cooperation."

Angel Yan smiled wryly and nodded upon hearing this, then continued, "Even if it's cooperation, shouldn't you at least try to get in touch with me beforehand? Aren't you afraid that the people from Liyang might suddenly withdraw their funding one day, leaving you without any other foreign aid?

Are you just counting on clutching Buddha's feet only when disaster strikes at your doorstep?"

Cooperation—she couldn't help but laugh at that.

This kid's backbone was truly stubborn enough to be endearing.

Yet how could he possibly know what kind of cooperation could ever exist between him and the angels?

As the rulers of the universe, why would the angels ever need to cooperate with anyone else? Let alone on this beleaguered Earth surrounded on all sides?

Hearing this, Ge Xiaolun lowered his gaze to look at Angel Yan's silver combat boots, deep in thought. "Are these feet easy to clutch?"

"Very easy, and they smell quite fragrant too!"

Angel Yan let out a hum, but a split second later, she indignantly kicked him in the shin. "Forget it, I won't waste words with a kid like you... Before I leave, if you beg me just a little bit, I'll add a buff for you."

Hearing this, Ge Xiaolun's gaze flickered slightly, but he offered a faint smile. "If you beg me, then I'll beg you."

Though he had already guessed what Angel Yan was referring to, as long as it was something he could accomplish on his own, he didn't have the habit of begging others.

Angel Yan: "..."

"Don't regret this."

The next second, she silently pointed at Ge Xiaolun, then beat her wings and soared into the sky.

"Have a safe trip," Ge Xiaolun said with a smile, waving farewell.

"I'll be waiting for the day you come begging me!" Angel Yan's soft, huffing voice echoed in his mind as her figure quickly vanished into the horizon.

Ge Xiaolun smiled as he watched the sky. He would be waiting too.

However, he didn't gaze at the sky for long. Seeing that dusk was approaching, he walked unhurriedly toward the distant warriors of the Super Company.

"Well... based on calculations, she should truly be gone."

"And judging by this timeline, Angel Yan probably hasn't yet considered the possibility of Morgana coming to Earth... Leaving Yunyan behind to monitor Earth should be something that happens after Angel Yan's second visit to Earth."

"Even so, with Yunyan around, I can't wait any longer. I'll make a few minor preparations over the next two days; I must initiate the new plan."

As he walked, Ge Xiaolun calculated the situation in his mind.

In reality, the third-generation divine body and the two sets of second-generation genes that Suoton had traded him, while representing a considerable harvest for him, did not bring any strategic value upgrade to him or to Earth.

Next up, Suumaru... and a series of large- and small-scale resource extraction plans, along with the resource integration plans waiting to be launched, would truly mark the beginning of the rise for him and Earth.

Suumaru was a relatively crucial link in this series of plans.

To achieve this, he had wasted three days going through repetitive, uninspired, completely predictable daily training routines, all just to make Angel Yan grow bored enough that she would have no choice but to leave.

If Angel Yan truly left no angelic surveillance behind, then the roughly three months of the original plotline—or perhaps a slightly shorter duration in reality—would become the absolute best window of development for him and the Super Company.

Before long, he gathered with the warriors of the Super Company and returned together with them to the Super Academy to enjoy dinner.

It wasn't until the warriors of the Super Company finished dinner and headed back out for training that Ge Xiaolun went alone to the office of the Dean of the Super Academy.

A knock on the door, entering, and greeting.

The office still retained its classical interior arrangement.

"Heh, Xiaolun is here. What brings you to see the teacher this time?"

Old Ryze sat behind his desk, unhurriedly putting away a magnifying glass, and looked at Ge Xiaolun with a warm smile. "Is there some knowledge or technology you couldn't quite grasp? Tell me, and the teacher will explain it to you."

Naturally, he was stationed right here.

Even if he weren't, as long as Ge Xiaolun made an appointment in advance, he would hurry back promptly.

Hearing this, Ge Xiaolun smiled and shook his head, then spoke in a gentle tone, "Teacher Ryze, I want the brain of a God-tier civilization."

Ryze's expression instantly changed.