Wow! The item-dropping rate is really high!-Chapter 983 - 684: The Might of the Human Emperor! (Part 2)

The Devouring Star Blade emitted an unbearable hum, its light as intense as if it were transforming into a blue star!

Bai E channeled all the power, all the will, all the rage and protection into this blade.

Then, it fell.

No sound.

Only an indescribable blue-white pillar of light pierced through the field of vision and the soul, extending from the Star Emperor mecha toward the fleeing Bug Race fleet and Traitor Fleet!

Where the light passed, space seemed to warp and shatter.

The slowest escaping Bug Race mothership and a few traitor ships grazed by the edge of the light were vaporized instantly, leaving not even wreckage behind.

And at the core of the light, it struck directly at the largest and most subtly pulsating mothership—likely the Brain Worm's hiding spot!

"Screeeee!"

A piercing shriek, beyond human hearing limits, erupted at the spiritual level from within the hit mothership!

It was the Brain Worm's death wail, filled with pain, unwillingness, and... deep terror!

The mothership did not explode but dimmed instantly, as if drained of all life.

...

In the higher-dimensional space that the beings on the Karian Planet and the material universe's entities on the battlefield could not perceive or observe.

At this moment, because of Bai E's soul-burning, ultimate strike gathered from the survival will of five billion beings, an unprecedented fearful wave arose.

The physical world's bodies and the spiritual bodies in higher-dimensional space are intimately connected.

When Bai E in a life-and-death crisis pushed his spiritual energy to the extreme and resonated deeply with the desperate prayer, unyielding defense, and heroic sacrifice of billions of beings on the planet beneath his feet, his mirrored spiritual body in higher-dimensional space likewise underwent a cataclysmic change.

It was no longer like the "candle" or "torch" of an ordinary spiritual ability user, which could be either dim or relatively bright.

At that moment, Bai E's spiritual body in higher-dimensional space, like a supernova, released a radiant light that made countless roaming demons shudder, even instinctively wanting to flee!

The brilliance, the vast and majestic spiritual energy wave, even briefly illuminated a corner of that eternally dark and conceptually vague dimension!

This light not only contained Bai E's own spiritual characteristics as a human but also fused the collective will erupting from five billion beings on Karian Planet at the edge of life and death.

It was survival, protection, defiance, indomitability... it was the purest and strongest cry of life facing destruction.

This collective thought wave from a massive cluster of intelligent life, in this higher-dimensional space built of the thoughts of intelligent beings, caused ripples that were revolutionary.

This light, this wave, penetrated through the layered, indescribable dimensional barriers of higher-dimensional space, alarming certain ancient and terrifying beings that lurked deep within the dimensions and ruled over tides of endless fear, desire, war, plague, and more.

These beings were once referred to by humans as the four Evil Gods, or Demon Gods, of higher-dimensional space, or by other civilizations with different names as ultimate existences.

When the light of Bai E's spiritual body pierced through the darkness, when that spiritual energy wave containing the planet's will swept across...

In a dimensional realm composed of endless fear emotion and ever-changing terrifying visions, countless screams, whispers, and roars came to a pause.

An "eye" older than the stars, filled with endless dread and voyeuristic desire, opened from the depths of the dimension, gazing toward the direction from which the wave came.

It sensed a faint trace that was both familiar and hateful, and mixed with... a barely perceptible but indelible "tremor." 𝐟𝚛𝕖𝚎𝕨𝗲𝐛𝚗𝐨𝐯𝐞𝕝.𝐜𝗼𝗺

It was a sensation from long ago when a massive Human Galactic Empire was at its peak, its collective thoughts unimaginably concentrated on its ruler, that had caused them trouble and a sense of threat.

Yet, that feeling should have long dissipated with the empire's collapse, and the disappearance and rebirth of that "Human Emperor."

Why... why at this moment, on a battlefield of a remote planet, is a similar flavor felt again?

Although weaker by several times, mixed with Bug Race's aura and the random thoughts of ordinary beings, the core traits of "domination" and "protection" could not be mistaken.

In a dimension where pink, pale purple, and all sorts of extreme joy, love, and desire flowed, yet hid twisted possession and ultimate emptiness at its deepest point, a lazy and surprised "Oh?" resonated.

A mental wave composed like the whispers of billions of lovers spread: "Such a burning flame, so fervently ablaze... truly wishing to treasure him, savoring that sweet intertwining of despair and hope. But this flavor, why does it seem like the mark left by that ill-tempered old friend from back then? Hadn't he long been extinguished?"

In the dimension resonating with eternal battle intentions, echoing with the clash of blades and the roar of warriors, a thunderous shout burst forth: "Combat! Slaughter! Destruction! Hahaha! Such pure battle intent! Such unyielding struggle! This planet, this life form! Deserves a grand war as a sacrifice!"

And in a dimension garden filled with scenes of decay, mutation, rebirth, and the endless cycle of death, a bloated figure let out a hoarse, phlegmy eerie laugh.

On its body, pustules ruptured and renewed, countless plague spirits joyfully danced at its feet: "It's him... he's back again!"

The will of the four deities momentarily converged at a higher level, information passed among them in a way that transcended time.

"The plot has failed, this is indeed the mighty Human Emperor!"

"Hmph~ As expected, when has their plan ever succeeded?"

"Didn't they promise that as long as we remained silent, we could send off this cycle of the Human Emperor's rebirth... and what happened? The Human Emperor is always the Human Emperor, no matter how many times he falls and rises again, he'll always return."

"Why return at all? Why does he want to come back?!"

"His empire has long crumbled, and his sources of power have long been shattered. We orchestrated those rebellions, watched those arrogant 'Children of the Empire' betray their emperor, and divide the empire's legacy. The 'Human Emperor's' path is already severed!"

"But the fact is, he's back again! He's walking the path once traveled by the 'Human Emperor,' even if only at its start."

"We must stop him! Before he truly grows, and regathers the scattered faith of humanity!"

"The plot has failed, we should confront the Human Emperor! I always said that remaining silent was the dumbest idea."

"Hmph! Back then I made them betray their emperor, now I still can. Those who cling to the center of the galaxy, proclaiming themselves the 'true heirs of the Empire,' the 'Children of the Empire,' their current power and status, all built on past betrayal. They fear the Human Emperor's return more than anyone, even its slightest possibility."

"Guide them. Hint to them. Utilize them. Let them deal with Bai E, deal with any forces he might build. Let humans themselves smother their hope of resurgence."

"Meanwhile, continue sowing more seeds. Seek more susceptible and easily tempted human individuals. Lurk, grow, and when the time is right, stab from behind."

"Proceed as planned. Let this Bai E, and his so-called dream of Human resurgence, drown in human internal conspiracies and betrayals! The Human Emperor's road? Ha... destined to be a solitary path filled with thorns, ultimately buried by his own people, a road of no return."

The will of the four deities reached a consensus, like a cold and viscous undercurrent, began surging deep within high-dimensional space.

They moved toward the material universe, especially permeating specific nodes and entities closely linked with higher dimensions.

They intended to scatter new bait, new whispers, new fears and ambitions into the world of humans.

Particularly in the hearts of those with power, ambition, and complex feelings towards the glory of the past or the rise of the new.