Chapter 1110: Chapter 749: Four Divine Infusions
When Bai E successfully fused and transformed the cold "Order" trait of the "Electro Demon" with the power of the "Human Emperor," the cosmic-level resonance triggered by his existence swept over, instantly dismantling the absolute control force from the Electro Demon that covered the Mine Star.
Like puppets whose strings were cut, all the controlled units of the New Bauhinia—mechas, warships, automated facilities—ceased their hostile actions. The crimson, chaotic lights that indicated control in their eyes or on their bodies quickly dimmed and extinguished.
The personnel of New Bauhinia trapped in cockpits, life-sustaining pods, and various facilities gradually freed themselves from enforced sedation, system lockdowns, or physical predicaments.
Catherine, Rose, Kuang Xin, Ares, and others struggled out of their confinements, gazing skyward with a mix of confusion and relief.
Helen and her research team also stepped out of their sealed laboratory.
However, among all those regaining consciousness, Xu Ruoguang’s reaction was the most intense.
He looked at the sky at the figure of the "Human Emperor," silently hovering there, emanating an indescribable grand aura and resonating with the stars, and muttered to himself, "He is the Human Emperor... he is the Human Emperor?"
An icy, commanding will emerged violently from the deepest part of his soul, as if triggered by an underlying directive, overwhelming all his emotions and awareness at that moment:
[Activate ultimate command: The Human Emperor must be eliminated! The Human Emperor has betrayed humanity and is the root of cosmic destruction! Execute! Execute! Execute!]
This will was so strong, unquestionable, carrying a sense of "rightness" and "sense of mission" ingrained in his bones, that it instantly made Xu Ruoguang’s eyes redden, his breathing quicken, and his body instinctively search for a weapon to aim at the leader he had followed, trusted, and fought alongside.
"No... this isn’t right..." Xu Ruoguang forcefully pressed down his violently trembling hands, veins popping on his forehead, his consciousness nearly torn apart in the intense conflict, "The Lord... he has always been protecting us, fighting against the Bug Race, against the Demon, he even just resolved the Electro Demon... how could he be the root of destruction? This command... this command is unreasonable!"
He recalled the moments since he first met Bai E: From his initial following on Black Street, to their joint development on the Mine Star, to the battles in the cosmos, Bai E had always displayed guardianship, responsibility, and hope.
This was completely contrary to the "betrayer of humanity" and "root of destruction" depicted in the cold command.
Just as his inner struggle reached its peak, and he was almost completely controlled by the implanted command, a grand, harmonious, ancient rhythmic and determined hymn suddenly filled his ears, echoing over the Mine Star base that had just returned to order!
It was his Seventh Legion—the restructured forces from the original Blood Claw, Rusted Hook, and Night Owl pirate groups, whose pirate memories had been partially erased and new loyalty implanted through the Black Beast’s "memory secret technique," now voluntarily assembling.
They looked at Bai E in the sky and, with all their might, shouted the oath that Xu Ruoguang himself had instinctively proclaimed during their restructuring ceremony, which the Black Beast had later adopted and integrated into the "memory secret technique":
"We are the Black Light Spirit, we are the Imperial Seventh Army! The light of humanity, eternal!"
This voice, this oath, was like a key, harshly stabbing into the deep consciousness of Xu Ruoguang, overtaken by chaotic commands!
"Black Light Spirit... Seventh Legion... the light of humanity... eternal..." Xu Ruoguang repeated unconsciously, his eyes suddenly losing focus.
"Boom——!"
It was as if some solid barrier in his mind had suddenly shattered! Countless intentionally sealed, distorted, and covered "past events" surged forth like a flood breaking a dam!
He remembered!
He remembered everything!
He was no ordinary follower, nor was he just a happenstance pirate recruiter drifting through the universe!
He was the leader of the Black Light Spirit Legion! The last commander of one of humanity’s most loyal, elite Forbidden Guard Corps from the past—the Seventh Legion!
In the distant past, during the earth-shattering event that led to the fragmentation of the Human Empire and the suspected fall of the Human Emperor, he and some of his most core subordinates accepted a top-secret mission—"Cocoon."
They willingly accepted the highest level of memory sealing and personality disguise secret techniques, deeply burying all memories related to the Empire, the Human Emperor, and their true mission, and even implanted reverse "loyalty commands" and "assassination commands" as the perfect disguise.
Then, they were absorbed and used by the betrayers among the Seven Sons of the Empire, positioned throughout the universe as dark pieces under the guise of "remnants of the Empire’s old regime cleansed and now harboring hatred for the Human Emperor."
Their true mission was not to assassinate a potentially returning Human Emperor, but to release the seals, reveal the truth, and regroup under the rightful Human Emperor upon confirming his genuine return and his potential to change the course of events!
Xu Ruoguang was indeed one of the key figures and highest responsible ones in the "Cocoon" plan, positioned as the most probable contact with the Human Emperor!
"So... that’s how it is..." The redness and chaos rapidly faded from Xu Ruoguang’s eyes, replaced by a clarity and gravity borne from enduring vicissitudes and understanding the truth.
He recalled the betrayal of the Human Emperor by the Seven Sons of the Empire, the collapse of the Empire, and his mission to infiltrate as an undercover agent, waiting for the "key."
