It was soon evening.
Thanks to the cooperation of Angel Leng and Angel Lingxi, Zhang Zheng and Zhi Xin enjoyed a long-awaited night together.
Even though Zhang Zheng knew that tonight Sun Wukong would be testing the Xiong Bing Lian, he had no intention of attending in person. After dinner, Zhang Zheng and Zhi Xin returned to their room and lay down on the bed. Nothing happened that readers might expect; Zhang Zheng simply used his abilities to share the Xiong Bing Lian's footage with Zhi Xin.
Super God Academy.
After Liu Chuang and Ge Xiaolun returned to the Super God Academy, Di Leina generously granted them a day's holiday. They enjoyed a rare break after their hellish training. However, with Sun Wukong around, their holiday was destined to be cut short.
Xiong Bing Lian Classroom.
"Sun Wukong, do you know?"
"The super warrior sleeping in your mythology has awakened," Di Leina said to everyone in Xiong Bing Lian.
"What the hell, are you kidding?" Zhao Xin was shocked by Di Leina's news.
"Monkey King, isn't that just a legend? How come, after aliens, now demons and deities from Earth appear too?"
"Exactly, exactly. The Monkey King is a legend; how could he really exist?"
Liu Chuang was even more confused. In China, who hasn't heard of the story of Sun Wukong as a child? But as people grew up, they knew Sun Wukong was just a story from Journey to the West, not real.
Di Leina's words made even the usually calm Du Qiangwei stunned.
"Leina, I remember you've only read Three Kingdoms. When did you also read Journey to the West?"
Du Qiangwei thought Di Leina was joking and teased her.
"Turns out it's just a joke. Leina, you really had me almost believing it."
Ge Xiaolun took Di Leina's words as a joke from a crazy girl, and his expression relaxed a lot.
Di Leina felt a bit upset as she listened to the group treating her words as a joke. If they knew what she was thinking, they might tell her that, in their minds, you're just a delusional goddess.
"This is not a joke. Sun Wukong has really awakened."
"And he has already attacked many ordinary people. The military has given us the first task: to stop Sun Wukong from causing more destruction."
At this point, Di Leina's expression became very serious.
"So there really is the Great Sage Equal to Heaven!"
Ge Xiaolun was a bit confused.
"Sun Wukong, the Stone Monkey, can change shape, know the time and the terrain, and move stars and change the constellations."
"Plus, he has a 13,500-pound golden staff, the 72 transformations, somersault cloud, fire eyes, and an indestructible body."
How are we supposed to fight this?
Ge Xiaolun was a humanities student and had read Journey to the West as a child. The abilities of Sun Wukong were quite familiar to him. The others fell silent.
Unlike those aliens, Sun Wukong was a true deity and war god in the eyes of Chinese people.
Di Leina knew she needed to clear up some misconceptions; otherwise, these people might scare themselves before even facing Sun Wukong.
"Don't scare yourselves. Sun Wukong is not the mythological figure from your stories; he's just a third-generation beast body warrior."
"He has only been asleep for a little over a thousand years."
"Also, Journey to the West is just a story based on his legend, and it exaggerates things a bit."
Of course, Di Leina didn't mention that the so-called havoc in Heaven was actually just the expulsion of their Lieyang civilization from Earth.
"So, the Great Sage's 72 transformations, somersault cloud, and so on are all fake, and there's no golden staff, right?"
Du Qiangwei, being more rational, said.
"Some of it is fake, but Sun Wukong is indeed very powerful."
Di Leina didn't want to belittle Sun Wukong by lying, or it would make the Lieyang Star look even more useless after being severely injured by Sun Wukong.
Hearing Di Leina's words, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. If it were real, it would be impossible to fight him. Just one star-moving ability could mean the end for Earth.
"Alright, enough talking. We are Xiong Bing Lian, the last line of defense for Earth. We cannot avoid it."
"Orders."
Di Leina said. The members of Xiong Bing Lian all stood up, straight and serious.
"Mission objective: Stop Sun Wukong at all costs."
Di Leina said with a serious expression.
"Yes, we will complete the mission."
The members of Xiong Bing Lian answered in unison.
"Gather at the airport in ten minutes."
Di Leina said and left the classroom first. The Xiong Bing Lian members immediately followed, returning to their dorms to prepare their black armor and weapons.
Qilin returned to the dorm and prepared the God-killer Bullet. Knowing Sun Wukong had an indestructible body, she took out an empty magazine and filled it with the Adamantium bullets Zhang Zheng had given her.
Liangshan.
Sun Wukong sat bored on the top of the tower.
Just now, he had watched the Xiong Bing Lian's meeting.
He had already learned about Di Leina, the Lieyang Star's main deity, from the information.
As for Di Leina, Sun Wukong was not ready to make a judgment. He needed to assess her attitude towards Earth. What Pan Zhen and others thought afterward was irrelevant to him.
Previously, when Earth only had him, he could drive Lieyang out. Now, with Zhang Zheng around, Sun Wukong believed that even if Lieyang civilization came again, he would not be intimidated.
Unlike Du Ka'ao, who had only met Zhang Zheng once, Sun Wukong trusted his instincts and believed Zhang Zheng would not watch Earth fall into trouble.
As for Liu Chuang, Sun Wukong thought he was key to this test. He had initially planned to suppress Liu Chuang after learning about his past. However, Zhang Zheng had talked about his views on Xiong Bing Lian, especially Liu Chuang and Ge Xiaolun, after their return.
Zhang Zheng was very optimistic about them, especially Liu Chuang, who had turned over a new leaf. Zhang Zheng's high regard for Liu Chuang even surpassed Ge Xiaolun at this stage.
Sun Wukong decided to give Liu Chuang a chance and see how he performed in this test. If he passed, Sun Wukong would abandon his plan to suppress him.
As Sun Wukong recalled the Xiong Bing Lian soldiers' information, they had already arrived at the foot of Liangshan.
"Sun Wukong is on the tower. We must sneak in quietly; otherwise, if Sun Wukong moves, no one can keep up with him."
Di Leina said to the group.
"You said Sun Wukong's fire eyes are real? Then no matter how we sneak in, he'll spot us."
Ge Xiaolun thought Di Leina was unaware of the fire eyes and reminded her.
"Fire eyes are just dark energy analyzers. They're not as powerful as you think. Our black armor can block their function."
Di Leina said.
She even rolled her eyes at Ge Xiaolun, thinking how could he still not understand that Sun Wukong wasn't a character from myths.
Di Leina continued to introduce Sun Wukong's information while leading the group to sneak into Liangshan.
However, Di Leina forgot that while their black armor could block Sun Wukong's detection, her Lieyang armor, although more advanced, lacked the detection-blocking feature of the black armor. This was forgivable, as she had been with them for too long and had forgotten her own armor's capabilities.
Sun Wukong did not notice Ge Xiaolun and the others, but he saw Di Leina, a Lieyang person, very clearly with his fire eyes.
Seeing Di Leina, who thought she was well-hidden, Sun Wukong had an impulse to cover his face.
This child is indeed as Zhang Zheng described, quite clueless!