Chapter 238: What if the great rebellion never happened?

Deep within the Terra Imperial Palace.

Tula Zhen, Kiriman, and even Luojia each took a slight half-step back.

Only Xisi remained standing at the front, staring blankly at the Emperor.

Although he was still as gaunt, still as weak.

But unlike Xisi's first arrival on Terra, this time the Emperor before Xisi actually moved!

Know that the Emperor, after his great battle with Helusu, was placed in a state of stasis, trapped in eternal neither-life-nor-death.

He had truly become a statue—unable to move his body, and even his gaze could not shift the slightest.

And now, Xisi stared blankly at the Divine Emperor.

The Divine Emperor also lowered his head and silently gazed at Xisi.

Their gazes collided in midair just like that.

"You......"

"Feigned corpse?"

Xisi held back for a long time before speaking; his first sentence instantly made the solemn scene freeze.

Tula Zhen's originally bowed, respectful gesture also stiffened instantly; he wanted to lift his head to give Xisi a speechless glance, but remembering the nine moons above his head, he simply couldn't raise it.

Meanwhile, Kiriman and Luojia also glanced over, somewhat speechless.

On the contrary, the Divine Emperor above spoke calmly, even with a touch of nonchalance:

"To be precise, it's not as thorough a death as before."

"Of course!"

"Those two words of yours mean about the same."

No longer a mere echo transmitted to the soul level; although the Divine Emperor on the raised Golden Throne did not speak, his voice, amplified by the device on his throat, traveled through the oldest air conduction and directly reverberated in the Dadian.

In other words...

The Divine Emperor not only lowered his head to look at Xisi, but could also speak!

"Who...... a......"

With the Dadian's earlier freeze, Xisi finally refrained from blurting out anything outrageous.

Tula Zhen, who had braced himself to keep his head down and hear nothing, hearing Xisi merely mutter that one sentence, felt a great inner relief.

Kiriman pretended not to have heard, while Luojia was completely indifferent.

The Divine Emperor was even more nonchalant, looking at Xisi, who could now move slightly, and his fondness grew deeper.

On the contrary, only Tula Zhen wished he could bury himself entirely in the ground!

No, if this kind of exchange got out, how many heads would roll?!

Tula Zhen felt relieved in his heart, thanking Xisi for merely saying "whoa".

But he had just lifted his head, continuing his listening pose, when Xisi promptly followed up with:

"Whoa."

"And he even anthropomorphized it!"

Tula Zhen: "???"

This time, even Kiriman and Luojia had black lines on their foreheads, pursed their lips, and glanced at Xisi.

Finally, the Divine Emperor above still wore a calm expression:

"Right!"

"The poison of faith upon me has also lessened considerably."

The Divine Emperor seemed utterly unaware of Xisi's blasphemous words, and didn't grasp the deeper meaning behind "anthropomorphized".

"Anthropomorphized?"

"Does it mean the Divine Emperor used not to do human things?"

Although that's the fact, but...

In the Human Empire, not even idle boasting—just thinking twice in your heart is impossible.

"First Saint Xisi, you could say that and it'd be fine, but could you refrain from saying it in front of us?"

Tula Zhen now only hated himself for having grown two ears, while the Divine Emperor above continued calmly.

While listening to the Divine Emperor's calm voice and the lingering emotional fluctuations within, Xisi, on one hand, understood the timeline changes after bringing Huaiyan Zhe over, and on the other, observed the speaking Divine Emperor.

As the Divine Emperor's words came true, with less poison of faith, his divinity lessened and his humanity increased.

And at this moment, toward Xisi, the Divine Emperor showed the most affection.

There's no helping it—just watching Xisi's projection in the Subspace grow larger, while his own faith waned, the Divine Emperor simply found himself liking Xisi more and more.

After all, he must protect humanity, resist extreme faith, and avoid becoming an extreme form like the Four Gods.

The Divine Emperor truly lives a life worse than death each day!

The faith of 40K is, for all existence, no less than a poison.

This poison actually includes Xisi as well, but Xisi, relying on a hundredfold feedback, amplifies the positive gains, suppressing the negative flaws so they're not noticeable.

Thus Xisi opens with "feigned corpse", closes with "anthropomorphized", and often has "Huangpizi" on his lips.

All of those are outrageous, yet the Divine Emperor loves them the more he sees.

Only after the Divine Emperor finished his thorough explanation did Xisi snap back from his contemplation of the Emperor's improved state.

"So now I sit here, not only able to move, but also able to tell you the whole change in person."

The Divine Emperor finally finished speaking; even hearing that conclusion, Xisi inexplicably felt as if, after holding back for so many years, the Emperor might have a bit of a speech impediment.

"So Helusu's power was greatly weakened; although you still suffered mutual defeat, your wounds aren't that severe, so you can occasionally break free of the stasis stance?"

Xisi made a summary; the Divine Emperor took no action, but simply continued choosing to speak.

Yes, it's just because Helusu's power was greatly weakened; although I still ended up both sides wounded in the end, my injuries weren't that serious, so I can occasionally break free from the stagnant stance.

Xisi: "???"

Frowning at the Divine Emperor who had repeated his own words, Xisi felt a hint of helplessness in his eyes.

Oh no, Huangpizi really turned into a chatterbox!

But it also makes sense; anyone locked on the Golden Throne for ten thousand years, with such long years and few words spoken, would inevitably develop some illness.

After learning the full story, the scene fell into silence once again.

And this time, not only the Divine Emperor and Xisi, but even Kiriman and Luojia beside them finally showed some change in expression.

Although neither spoke, the posture of these two, while looking at Xisi and the Divine Emperor, unconsciously stood straight.

And Tulazhen on the other side, his expression became solemn to the extreme.

Because under this seemingly small change, a fact emerged that even the Divine Emperor could not suppress his excitement over.

Finally, the silence was broken by Xisi.

Xisi swallowed dryly, then slowly raised his head to look at the Divine Emperor.

"Well..."

"If I go again, even several more times."

"You..."

"Could it be that you can stand up?"

Xisi's words were all hesitant, but the Divine Emperor opposite, upon hearing them, fell slightly silent, then not only spoke but also shook his head with difficulty.

"Magenusi's call has destined me to sit upon the throne."

Xisi sighed, just about to feel helpless, but the Divine Emperor's words that followed immediately made the whole hall suddenly stir.

"But the Great Expedition will continue, and not only will it continue, the Human Empire's bright heavenly mandate, the Human Empire's supreme glory, will also shine upon the galaxy, shine......"

"Beyond the galaxy!"