Chapter 505: A Thousand Reunions, Change Occurs

Establish an Empire??

Rus's face was full of astonishment, his beard even seemed about to explode; even as an OriginalBody with extraordinary intelligence, he was at this moment also stuck in a certain degree of stupefaction.

He eased off.

Rus released his hands, ending the embrace, granting his brother freedom, and couldn't help but ask in confusion: "Why did Father suddenly want to establish an Empire?"

Robert shrugged, "To further strengthen cohesion, I guess. The specifics will have to wait until the banquet starts, when Father himself will explain the upcoming plans."

"Banquet…" Hearing the word "banquet," Rus knew the forthcoming discussion would likely not be disclosed to the outside world.

Immediately, the wolf king shifted from his earlier solemn, serious demeanor to a hearty laugh again, "Hahaha, if Leon knew about establishing an Empire, wouldn't he be overjoyed? Anyway, I love banquets the most! Brother, then you'll have to prepare fine wine and delicious barbecue!"

"Don't worry, it'll definitely be everything you like." Robert also smiled.

While the two brothers were chatting idly, more and more transport ships and shuttles docked at the private starport, and then a group of OriginalBodies, along with generals and high officials, rode the lift into the hall where the brothers stood.

Immediately after…

"Whoa! Bookworm, you really haven't changed at all!"

"Little brother! Ever since you grew wings, you've become more and more handsome!"

"Eh? Isn't that a stink can? What's wrong, can't call you that?"

In the hall, Rus's resonant voice instantly "suppressed" everyone's conversation, drawing all attention.

Just then, Magnus, still sporting red short hair and a clean‑shaven face, Motarian, who was neatly dressed with pale skin, and the distinguished Shengjilesi, whose back bore pristine white wings, stepped out of the lift and were immediately subjected to Rus's embraces and teasing as a special welcome.

Having grown up together, Magnus and Shengjilesi were already accustomed to Rus's manner, whereas the newly twenty‑seven‑year‑old Motarian wore a slightly displeased expression.

After all, Motarian knew the past: after his previous life yielded to the evil god Naguo, his body and the entire legion suffered severe rot and mutation, so after rebirth he constantly monitored his appearance, sometimes to the point of obsessive cleanliness.

Now, being "squeezed" face‑to‑face by a brother with whom he wasn't that close and still somewhat unfamiliar, he naturally felt resentful and thought his face was lost.

But…

"Hahaha, don't be angry!"

But Rus could see right through Motarian's petty thoughts, so he raised his right arm and rested it on the shoulder of this younger brother, who was more than ten cycles younger, gave a hearty laugh, and asked:

"I heard your Dusk Raiders excel at infantry crushing, is that right?"

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Although Motarian felt displeased, he allowed Rus's arm around his shoulder, and upon hearing the question, could not hide his pride, replying: "Exactly, we indeed excel at infantry tactics, and we can also handle combat in various extreme environments."

"I see… then how about cooperating with our Space Wild Wolves to launch a campaign against the extragalactic star systems? Moreover, our wolves have an extra batch of iron‑cavalry terminators, consider them a reward for your invitation. What do you think?"

Iron‑cavalry Terminators??

Upon hearing Rus's invitation, Motarian's eyes instantly brightened; clearly, terminators were rare equipment for the newly‑formed Dusk Raiders legion.

And being able to act alongside an established legion also greatly helped boost prestige and achievements.

Having taken in Motarian's subtle expression, Rus continued, "What's your consideration? Little brother."

"Of course, we'd love that," Motarian said sincerely with a smile.

It seems this OriginalBody of the Dusk Raiders legion is finally no longer tangled with the "stink can."

Can't help it, face isn't as important as equipment and achievements.

"Hahaha! Good, let's go! We'll go see Father together." Rus laughed even louder, then left the hall with Motarian.

"Starting to trap newcomers again."

As for Leon, who watched the two OriginalBodies leave while standing beside Robert, he couldn't help but make a snide comment.

"Hehe." The heavily built, short‑cropped‑hair, rough‑looking but actually mechanically skilled, construction‑expert, and in charge of forging everything in the star district, Feilusi gave a slight smile and said:

"That's just Rus's nature; without him, the atmosphere between us brothers might never become lively."

"Mm." John nodded in agreement.

Just as the group of OriginalBodies, who hadn't seen each other for a long time, were chatting together.

Accompanied by two gray knights clad in gray monk robes, and as always, Artemis—who liked wearing a pristine white dress, a golden olive‑branch crown, and whose golden‑white hair fell to her waist—happened to pass this group of OriginalBodies and couldn't help asking:

"Kids, why are you all lingering here? Aren't you rushing to the banquet hall?"

"We'll wait a bit longer for the other brothers, ma'am," John replied.

"." Lai Ang and Feilusi then nodded in agreement.

"Alright."

Artemis didn't continue extensive negotiations with the OriginalBodies, but hurried out of the hall, boarded a convoy dispatched by the Extreme Legion, and rushed to the temple‑like building in the central district of the metropolis.

At the same time, Artemis didn't restrain her emotional fluctuations; it seemed the entire "God" was in a state of wrath.

Flanking them, the two gray knights named Ran Meng and Xijis dared not say much; before boarding the transport shuttle to the airfield their commander's mood had been fairly good, so why did his expression change after landing?

Could it be because they haven't returned to the Solar System for over ten years?

Or because of something else?

In any case, the two elite gray knights, each under two hundred years old, could not guess or fathom what the Huntress Goddess—whose true age far exceeds ten thousand years—was thinking.

Next.

All OriginalBodies undertaking missions or expeditions, as well as Chris Redfield, John Pulaise, Michel Victor (a veteran from the UBCS era), Grim Reaper Hank, Agent X018 NuoWa, Alekxia, Rebecca, the BoKen family, Zigler Kaichi, Celt, Eirnmir, Ivereni, Moor Linmir (the elite captain who first joined human society), and Leon, who should have been tomb‑exploring in the Zero‑Three Universe…

Even Gill, a relative, and Ada both received notices from the Red and White Empresses, and using the Spiritual Energy portal opened by Sui Bian, rushed to Makurag, then boarded ground convoys to Makurag's unique Roman‑style hall.

During this time, both official and civilian news workers, from a distance, filmed the entire scene of the convoys arriving at the hall one after another.

Because this semi‑public gathering of high‑level figures plunged society into a "drastic change" and "turmoil," otherwise the son of Leon and Ada, Claude, and Claude's friend would not have been so attentive.

Inside the hall.

It featured a vast space and a banquet table, prepared long ago by the Extreme Legion with fine wine and delicacies, to welcome the arrivals from afar.

In no time, the hall easily accommodated nearly a thousand people, among them many OriginalBodies of gigantic stature and Astate.

These over a thousand individuals were the backbone of society; each held a key position, ensuring and solidifying humanity's dominant status in the multiverse.

At the same time, these over a thousand were the relatives, friends, and loyal subordinates with whom Sui Bian could speak candidly, and everything discussed here could never spread to society or the internet.

With people like Rus who were overly unrestrained, the hall's atmosphere became lively—some drank freely, some ate heartily, and they chatted about the past two hundred years and recent events.

Not long after.

Sui Bian, dressed all in black, walked slowly to the front platform of the hall.

As everyone saw their top superior and fatherly figure, Sui Bian appear, the hall's lively atmosphere instantly turned pin-drop silent.

Speaking of a hundred years ago, when Sui Bian, OriginalBody, and Astate had not yet entered the public eye, people did not yet feel how aloof their superiors were.

But as Sui Bian's power grew ever stronger and he gradually solidified the title of Master of Humanity, despite his continued friendliness toward staff and subordinates, an intangible distance remained.

It's lonely at the top.

This is an inevitable trend, but Sui Bian didn't dwell on it; as long as he stayed true to his original intent, protected his subordinates, and ensured humanity could remain the supreme ruler for long, that was enough.

Arriving at the platform.

Sui Bian, wearing his signature faint smile, looked over the crowd and said, "I apologize for summoning everyone without prior notice."

But after careful consideration, I believe I must tell you this in person to show respect.

To make a long story short, after the banquet I will give a public address to society, announcing that I will personally lead the guards to the Zero-Five Universe to issue an extermination order against those hypocritical alien races.

After that, I will take this as an opportunity to carry out a comprehensive reform, abolishing the existing joint council system and replacing it with an imperial political system—

Human Empire."

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After hearing Sui Bian's words, aside from the OriginalBody who already knew, everyone else was shocked, with varied expressions.

Some were excited, some confused, and some worried.

After all, compared to the "Human Empire", the "United Government" is easier to criticize, and they cannot determine whether Sui Bian's ambitions have inflated, nor whether he is still that former chairman, council head, and mild boss.

However, as sons, OriginalBody and Astate remained calm on the surface but were eager underneath, because they sincerely wished for their father's status to rise ever higher, and the title of Human Emperor seemed more fitting than that of Master of Humanity.

Sensing everyone's mood, Sui Bian kept his faint smile and continued, "Whether I am chairman or emperor, everything I do is for the sake of humanity as a whole."

The rapid expansion of the past ten years has made me realize that our society's excessive leniency toward foreign forces has led to internal conflicts, harming harmony and unity.

Therefore, eliminating this drawback from society and rallying the people under the imperial name is one of the best options; furthermore, please be assured, I am still me, with no difference at all.

Sui Bian knows that some friends and veteran subordinates fear that, due to so-called ambition, he will pursue illusory titles and power, which is why they chose to establish the Human Empire and appoint him as Human Emperor.

But in practice, whether it's UEG, UNSC, or the Human Empire, from beginning to end it's solely his say-so; essentially there has been no change, except that being inside the situation and people's ingrained thinking make it hard to notice.

If he truly favored autocracy, he would have acted as early as the late twentieth century or early twenty-first; why delay until now?

"Long live the Empire!!" Rus shouted at just the right moment.

"Long live the Empire!!" Robert, John, Rog, and the other OriginalBody brothers, as well as the Astate present, all echoed.

In an instant, the hall's atmosphere surged to a peak as the giants raised it, and the senior staff also joined in.

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Several hours later.

Arcadia, whose straight-line distance from Marukarag is only over a hundred light-years.

As for the Arcadia metropolitan area, it had already shifted from noon to evening, with sunset light spilling onto the buildings.

At this moment.

Inside a fast-food restaurant on the third floor of a mall in the business center of Metropolitan District 01.

Claud and his childhood friend, who is about the same age, has short hair, and is more muscular, sat at a window-side four-person table, enjoying high-calorie fast food.

"Hey, blockhead." His friend swallowed the chicken nuggets and fries in his mouth and asked, "Aren't your parents officials at Umbrella? Don't they know what happened at Marukarag?"

"Come on..." Claud took a sip of soda, "Just because my parents are officials doesn't mean they can tell me everything—that would be a leak. Besides, I don't even know where my dad went, and my mom should still be at the company, not back yet."

As Claud said that, unbeknownst to him, Leon and Ada had already arrived at Marukarag, attending the core high-level banquet.

"Fine." His friend shrugged and stopped pressing for details.

However, after the two finished their meal, cleared the remaining trash, and tossed it into the trash bin preparing to leave, the holographic TV that had been playing the classic old cartoon Tom and Jerry switched to Arcadia's emergency news.

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Seeing this, the two chose an empty table and sat down, then paid attention to the news broadcast.

Not long after, everyone in the restaurant stopped what they were doing and eating, each turning their gaze to the holographic TV.

Because the emergency news broadcast showed Sui Bian, clad in black-gold armor, standing at Marukarag's central square, conducting a live stream and announcing to the public that he would personally go to the Zero-Five Universe to exterminate those aliens with ambiguous attitudes.

At the same time, Sui Bian also publicly stated that he would allow war correspondents to livestream the entire event.

Upon hearing and seeing this announcement, Claud and his friend wished they could jump up and celebrate, hoping Sui Bian would properly discipline the trash of the Zero-Five Universe.

They could even already envision the scene of a 'one-hit starburst'.

Afterwards.

After the announcement ended, the emergency news switched to the image of the invited guest, and the female host asked, "General Zhang, what is your opinion on Chairman Sui personally carrying out this extermination operation?"

"Hmm... hard to say, I personally feel that after the extermination operation, the structure of UEG and UNSC might undergo some changes."

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