Chapter 489

"Liang Bing, returning here again—what do you feel?" They arrived at the empty garden outside.

Kashe did not ask Jiang Hao any question; instead, she turned to Liang Bing and asked.

"No sense of nostalgia. Aside from familiarity, it's just the feeling that time has passed so quickly—in the blink of an eye, the last time I saw this place was twenty thousand years ago."

"That flower tree over there—I remember planting it myself twenty thousand years ago," Liang Bing smiled.

As for nostalgia, excitement, or anything like that—

Liang Bing felt none of it; as for emotion, it was even less present.

What's there to be moved by?

But happiness—yes, she was truly happy.

People always feel happy when they see familiar things; Liang Bing was no exception.

Kashe smiled, and said nothing more.

Instead, she turned to look at Jiang Hao.

"Jiang Hao."

"What does your sister-in-law want to ask?"

"You knew I was going to ask you something?"

"Otherwise why would you suddenly call my name?"

"Alright, I do have a question for you—who exactly are you? You're too mysterious. Before, I always suspected you were a survivor from a civilization predating Shenhe."

"Though the possibility was low, it wasn't impossible."

"Until He Xi said the Spirit Fruit might not even belong to this world—I began to suspect you aren't from this world at all," Kashe said.

Some questions don't need answers.

But clearly, this isn't one of them.

Kashe wanted to hear the answer from Jiang Hao's own mouth.

Only then could she make proper arrangements for the future of the Angels.

Jiang Hao was slightly surprised.

But then he relaxed—Kashe was an exceptionally intelligent woman, and so was He Xi; when these two women met,

it was double the brilliance. It wasn't impossible for them to notice something.

As for Kashe's death in the original story, Jiang Hao saw it as more of a plot device.

He Xi's death also seemed forced—just to elevate Yan to prominence in Chapter 260.

After all, the later plot of Xiongbing Xiongbing Lian had gone downhill.

Originally, Ge Ge Xiaolun was the protagonist, but later it became Yan; Ge Ge Xiaolun, the original lead, barely had any presence.

So Kashe's death in the original could also be understood as paving the way for Angel Yan—a forced plot kill.

The Angel civilization, at its beginning, was just an ordinary one; its rapid development began only during the Shenxue Academy era.

It became the strongest known civilization in the universe only after Shenxue Academy was expelled from the Angel civilization.

Kashe herself had ruled the entire Angel civilization for over twenty thousand years.

She waged war not only against Liang Bing, but also against so-called evil civilizations across the universe.

And the Angels always won.

Such a powerful and intelligent leader being casually outmaneuvered and eliminated—

Jiang Hao simply couldn't believe it wasn't a plot kill.

But the real Kashe—since the first moment he met her—Jiang Hao had confirmed her intelligence.

A temporary retreat doesn't mean permanent defeat.

The first time he pressured Kashe into compromise—

she didn't yield immediately; only after Jiang Hao brought them into his personal space-universe and demonstrated his power, giving her a "reason,"

did Kashe choose to compromise.

It seemed she had been forced into submission by Jiang Hao's overwhelming strength.

But in truth, this choice revealed Kashe's rational, intelligent nature.

Because at that moment, going to war with Jiang Hao was completely unnecessary.

Moreover, Kashe's insistence on judging Liang Bing was solely to prevent Liang Bing from unleashing the demons of Kun Sa civilization across the universe.

Once Liang Bing planned to send the demons back to Kun Sa civilization, her goal had actually already been achieved.