Chapter 79

Because Belobog is precisely such a pre-light-speed civilization that has not yet been able to leave its own planet,

If the civilization Bronya encountered had not been the Calamity Empire,

but rather the Starfish Civilization...

Bronya shuddered; they would likely have already been slaughtered to extinction and their homeland usurped,

for they would not be as benevolent, kind, and sincerely watchful over a young civilization as the Emperor of the Calamity Empire,

but would only declare that this planet belongs to them and seize it.

Bronya had never felt so grateful to that Your Majesty,

nor had she ever understood the values of the Calamity Empire so deeply,

for such despicable aliens are indeed fit only for purification.

Bronya looked into the light screen, curious about what method Huifengge would use to purify them.

Within the light screen, the unbearable broadcast of the starfish, propagating a twisted history, still echoed loudly,

so much so that even the sound of the waves nearby was drowned out by this piercing broadcast,

and as the scene within the light screen shifted,

all living beings across the universe widened their eyes,

for on the coastlines of this ocean planet, the seawater was soaked with massive amounts of corpses and white bones,

these remains displaying a half-humanoid, half-aquatic appearance, resembling both fish and humans,

and all living beings across the universe immediately understood that these were the indigenous people slaughtered to extinction by the starfish,

their corpses covering the entire planet's coastline, a horrifying sight,

yet these were merely a young civilization with no power to resist, one that had not even stepped foot off their planet.

In an instant, no life form across the universe felt pity for the starfish anymore,

for their plight was entirely self-inflicted; it was precisely their slaughter of the humans on Europa VII that ignited humanity's racial purity obsession against other species,

and the starfish happened to be the first punished by this racial purity obsession.

The living beings of the universe even began to anticipate Huifengge destroying this group of starfish,

yet on this ocean planet, there remained only the unbearable broadcast, the ceaseless sound of surging waves, and the crisp ringing of wind chimes,

the starfish were still frolicking, fighting, and cursing humanity within their cities,

nothing had happened, nothing had changed,

it was only at this moment that Huifengge's harmonious, music-like voice slowly rang out in every corner of the planet,

【"The self is a prison, always breeding sin."】

【"Compared to a magnificent chorus, what worth does a solitary moan hold?"】

【"Our collective consciousness is a warm and harmonious island standing amidst the chaotic star sea."】

【"Facing the profound deep space alone, how cold and lonely it is, and how many mistakes and crimes will be committed?"】

【"We are one in heart and mind; we are everything."】

【"I am we, and we are I."】

Huifengge's voice echoed above the ocean planet, gentle as a goddess's tender judgment.

"Is this... Harmony?"

"Ten thousand becoming one, abandoning loneliness..."

"The self is a prison; only the grand chorus of unified wills..."

All living beings across the universe could not help but widen their eyes watching this scene,

for Huifengge's words subtly aligned with the Path of Harmony in the universe,

replacing sorrowful moans with a magnificent chorus,

transforming collective consciousness into a warm island across the universe; these precisely matched the expectations of Harmony.

It was at this moment that the living beings of the universe suddenly realized,

that Huifengge, as the unity of nanobot consciousness, was precisely one of the most Harmonious existences in the universe.

"Not just Huifengge," said Herta, looking at the scene in the light screen with her arms crossed.

Ruan Mei and Screwllum beside her also nodded gently,

"The Calamity Empire is the same; in a certain sense, They are more Harmonious and more united than the Family."

Screwllum looked at the scene in the light screen and said:

"The will of all humans in the entire Calamity Empire is concentrated through faith onto the single person of the Calamity Empire's Emperor."

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"Every subject of the Calamity Empire believes in Their Emperor and forever follows Their Emperor's commands."

"And the Emperor of the Calamity Empire will never make a wrong decision, forever standing sacred and lofty before all subjects of the Calamity Empire."

"And the subjects of the Calamity Empire need only follow behind Them, advancing without hesitation," Herta said with a slight nod.

"He is the Empire's sole leader, the ruler of the Empire's spirit and matter, the eternal and unchanging sacred monarch."

Screwllum nodded gently and said:

"His will is the will of the Calamity Empire; His everything is the everything of the Calamity Empire."

"He is the Empire, and the Empire is He."

"Just as He said while chatting with Huifengge: 'I am the state'... He has truly achieved this."

"He achieved the Way of Harmony through another method... it is just that the vast majority of people did not realize this, regarding Him merely as a dictator."

Watching Huifengge's murmurs in the light screen, Robin's heart trembled slightly.

"Harmony... abandoning the self, joining the magnificent chorus, becoming one?"

Robin's heart trembled incessantly,

She had witnessed countless wars across the universe, seen races as cruel as the Starfish, and observed conflicts brimming with sorrow,

Could personal acts of kindness truly halt these wars?

Robin had pondered this and reached the conclusion that they could not,

Precisely because of this, she adhered to the path of Harmony,

Wishing to use her song to make the souls of all beings in the universe embrace one another...

Yet, compared to Huifengge's unification of an entire civilization, or the Calamity Empire's convergence of all wills into a single person, it fell far short,

Robin knew her song could not achieve such a degree,

Nor did she know if Harmony ought to go this far... to truly become a collective consciousness?

Robin felt she needed much, much more time to contemplate this question.

Compared to the movement of Harmony or a collective will, the beings of the universe were far more curious about how exactly Huifengge intended to extinguish the star,

When clearly, on the entire planet, there was only a gentle sea breeze, only endlessly spinning wind chimes, and only the piercing, shrill sound of broadcasts,

There were no bursting flames, surging neutrons, falling poisonous gases, or blissful barriers...

There was only wind carrying fine powder, blowing across the entire planet, across the whole earth,

Just then, the Starfish suddenly halted their steps; they ceased frolicking, stopped playing, and no longer cursed humanity,

Similar expressions appeared on the faces of all the Starfish, calm and serene as if they were one person,

They walked toward nearby broadcast stations and shut off those piercing broadcasts,

Just as the beings of the universe blinked in bewilderment,

The voice of the Calamity Empire's Research Array suddenly rang out on the light screen,

【"Lady Huifengge has released nanite assimilation robots onto this ocean planet."】

【"Their quantity, as calculated, is sufficient to cybernetically dominate all intelligent life on the ocean planet and has been handed over to the control of the Research Array."】

【"Our Research Array has not released any sensors to prove Lady Huifengge's success."】

【"But we know we have succeeded."】

【"When we cast our gaze upon this ocean planet, we saw ourselves, and saw through ourselves."】

【"On the surface of this ocean planet, there is only ourselves."】

【"Now, we need only shut off those annoying broadcasts."】

81. 【Silver Wolf: Seventeen fleets, and you think you can instant-kill me?】

The scene within the light screen left the beings of the universe feeling bewildered,