Regarding the departure of Paradise Creator, New Century and the three Legendary demons were actually not surprised.
Their triples, or rather quintuple collaboration, from an evidential perspective, was not illegal and was far from offending Ji Tianqi.
One could even say that including the Security Administration Bureau and the New Hope Alliance, the official Superpower User organizations were pleased to see their cooperation take shape — "Just get out of here, as long as you're not on Blue Star, and you don't affect Blue Star, do whatever you want."
However, if Paradise Creator had chosen to join forces with them to target Ji Tianqi, then Paradise Creator would have become a target for the Security Administration Bureau.
From the space station to the far side of the Moon, and back to the space station, and finally deep under the Arctic Glacier, Paradise Creator had finally realized and made a choice that was very disadvantageous for New Century and the others.
