Chapter 1111: Chapter 749: Four Divine Infusions (2)
He looked towards the figure of Bai E in the sky, his gaze filled with an incomparable complexity—there was the excitement of finally finding the true monarch, the reflection on the long years of disguise, and even more so, the weight of the brutal truth about to be unveiled.
Xu Ruoguang didn’t hesitate for a moment and immediately sent the highest priority communication request to Bai E through an internal encrypted channel.
"Sire... no, Your Majesty." Xu Ruoguang’s voice came through the channel, carrying a barely noticeable tremor, but more notably, a resolute firmness.
"Subordinate, Black Light Spirit Legion Commander, last Commander of the Imperial Seventh Army, code name ’Light Descendant’, reporting to you. The memory seal has been lifted, the truth... is urgent to report. ’Seven Sons of the Empire’... what they did back then..."
The Bai E in the sky seemed unsurprised by this.
He slowly turned his head, his gaze seemingly penetrating the armor of the warship, landing on Xu Ruoguang standing erect on the ground, whose demeanor had changed utterly.
His eyes were calm, as if he had long known part of the truth, merely waiting for this moment of confirmation.
"I understand." Bai E’s voice came through the channel, calm and steady, with little emotional fluctuation, "Appease the legion, restore order, and treat the wounded. Leave this place to me."
After speaking, Bai E’s battle-scarred yet vast warship changed direction, no longer looking at the reviving Mine Star and the Seventh Legion below, but gazed into the deep expanse of space—
There, a massive fleet composed of the Star Alliance and Peak Alliance coalition aimed to conduct a "purification strike" on Mine Star. Although the cosmic-level upheaval of the "Human Emperor’s return" had thrown them into extreme shock and chaos, they had not retreated, and countless cannons still faintly aimed at this empty region.
Confronted with the majestic and grandiose Bai E coming towards them, this huge joint fleet had already internally fragmented after the "declaration" of the Human Emperor’s reinstatement.
The invisible storm swept across the allied fleet, where all commanders, spiritual ability users, and even ordinary soldiers with spiritual energy reaching a certain height, or closely connected with the collective will of human civilization, deeply felt that supreme, yet intrinsically "human" majesty and call within their souls.
It was not oppression, but a resonance and... sense of belonging stemming from bloodline and civilization roots.
Many fleet commanders from non-"Seven Sons of the Empire" member states or those already disgruntled with the sons’ hegemony, upon sensing the Human Emperor’s will, almost without hesitation ordered their fleets to turn the cannons, break away from the original formation, and publicly declared:
"We... we felt it! That is the true aura of the ’Emperor’! Consistent with historical records!"
"The Star Alliance’s announcement is a lie! The ’Seven Sons of the Empire’ are hiding the truth!"
"We refuse to continue this unjust siege! The real enemies are the High-dimensional Evil God and Bug Race, not our own human hopes!"
"Golden Federation, Steel Alliance... you know what you did back then!"
Even within the "Seven Sons of the Empire," it was not a monolith.
The resonance of the "Human Emperor’s return," like a demon-revealing mirror, reflected the secrets and guilt deeply buried beneath the dust of history.
Besides the Golden Federation and Steel Alliance, the two "core leaders" of past betrayal actions, and their most staunch vassals, three nations out of the remaining five switched sides or at least maintained neutrality and withdrew from the battlefield amidst a brief chaos and fierce internal debate.
Only the main fleets of the Golden Federation and Steel Alliance stubbornly maintained their attack formation, yet there was noticeable wavering and low morale within their ranks.
On board the flagship "Glorious Destiny" of the Golden Federation where Astra was, the atmosphere plummeted to freezing point.
Astra himself was pale, he too felt the soul-stirring resonance, fiercely clashing with the "Human Emperor’s betrayal theory" instilled in him since childhood and some peculiar power recently emerging within him.
What’s more terrifying, that strange power emerging within him recently was now bubbling with unprecedented activity, as if it were most intensely stimulated and... summoned.
Amidst the division of the allied forces, and the isolation and internal wavering of the Golden Federation and Steel Alliance fleets, a cold, viscous will brimming with endless calculation and malice, as if breaking through some limitation, suddenly erupted from within Astra!
That was the power of "conspiracy." It sensed the true return of the "Human Emperor" Bai E and the terrifying potential exhibited; aware that relying on humans’ internal division and betrayal of long-standing plans might soon fall apart.
Driven by the crisis of "plan failing," it decided not to be content with manipulating from behind the scenes anymore, and chose to take an unprecedented risk, launching a direct, all-out strike while Bai E had just endured a tough battle and had not yet fully solidified his newly acquired position during this period of "weakness"!
"He must not... cannot be allowed to grow any further!" Astra’s mouth uttered a voice not belonging to himself, overlaid with twisted evil whispers, his eyes filled with pure darkness and constantly shifting runes of treachery, "Rally! Destroy him!"
As if in response to this call, three other terrifying wills in high-dimensional space—"war," "fear," and "plague," also temporarily set aside their mutual estrangement under the conspiracy’s enigma and common apprehension towards the "Human Emperor," channeling part of their origin power across dimensions into the chosen "vessel" of Astra!
