Chapter 1160: Chapter 595: Forcing Belief Amid Countless Flaws
Adam was ultimately the Holy Emperor of the Empire. Even though he found this matter unbelievable, he quickly suppressed the emotions surging in his heart.
Three questions showed how unbelievable he felt inside.
But since this intelligence was placed before him and came from the Forbidden Life Form Chrono, he had to forcibly suppress his rationality and try to trust this information.
Sparks flew from the ceiling above, and the room was filled with the smell of burning.
Outside the palace, chaos reigned. The suddenly activated defensive measures unnerved many, and many soldiers rushed over to perform their duties, only to be stopped outside the palace by the Imperial Guard Captain.
In Adam’s mind, various thoughts were interwoven. He subconsciously reached out with his fingers, pressing into empty space, only to realize belatedly that the entire room was now a scene of ruin.
His arm froze in mid-air. Adam gave a slightly self-deprecating laugh; he had lost his composure to such an extent.
He left the room straight away, and the moment he pushed open the door, the Guard Captain cast a worried yet vigilant gaze upon him, scanning Adam over before finally focusing on the ring on his right hand and relaxing.
“Holy Emperor!”
The Guard knelt on one knee and shouted in unison.
Adam walked past indifferently, proceeding directly to the backup office. Once again, he waved everyone away, opened the terminal device, and after various verifications, used the highest privilege to start gathering all information about Azure Dragon and Li Ming.
A large number of virtual screens surrounded Adam, some displaying scrolling text and others playing videos.
“If Azure Dragon is Li Ming…” he murmured softly, gently pinching two fingers together, causing Azure Dragon’s data to merge into a horizontal axis.
Floating above and below were various special events, marked by white lines on the data axis, identifying numerous nodes.
Including the Red River Star Flow Ruins… Ryan’s death, the appearance of the Mechanical Holy Spirit… and other landmark events.
And at the very beginning on the left side was a small line of text–
[The first appearance of Azure Dragon was in the Land of Stars–under Collector Ulrich as a Mechanic.]
Within this short line, a large number of external links are hidden for perusal.
Yet, before this line of text, there was nothing.
This is where Azure Dragon first appeared, as if suddenly emerging from some void fissure and intruding abruptly into the universe.
“Then it could explain why no information about Azure Dragon can be found, nor any connection to the universe, because this person simply does not exist.”
Adam murmured softly and pulled out Li Ming’s data line.
This data line was complete. The far left wasn’t Li Ming’s birth time but roughly his parents’ and grandparents’ information.
It wasn’t until nearly the middle that Li Ming’s birth appeared, his mother’s accidental death, his father’s departure, and all the detailed information about his life in the orphanage.
Adam dragged the data axis to the middle-back portion and then enlarged it.
Here lies a period of blank data because of the friction with Princess Asmara when Li Ming left his mother civilization.
And supposedly after assassinating the opposing civilization’s Duke Bai Ye on the way, once he arrived in the Land of Stars, Azure Dragon appeared, and then he vanished, leaving a period of a data void,
Even the Empire couldn’t determine where Li Ming was during this time.
There’s only a small section of speculation, suspecting he was hidden by Azure Dragon.
“If Azure Dragon is Li Ming, then it could explain his disappearance during that time…” Adam’s eyes flickered, his palm slightly enlarging.
Under the two data axes, shadow lines emerged, detailing the deep logic of each event from cause and process to outcome.
“…According to previous analyses, the reason Azure Dragon hid his identity during that time was to cooperate with the Pioneers’ plan…” Adam’s mind conjured more information.
But being a Fallen Blood himself, he naturally knew this was nonsense.
At that time, the Pioneer’s insiders believed that Azure Dragon’s sudden emergence meant he had detected their existence and wanted to join them, hence exhibiting his prowess.
Initially, they only estimated Azure Dragon as a Mechanic, and this conjecture could stand.
However, if applying the current strength Azure Dragon showed to the behavior logic of that time, contradictions arose.
At the very least, he didn’t need to waste time and energy on the Ascender Relics.
“Unless he wasn’t as strong then as he is now…” Adam speculated with a logical line he had never considered before.
Although as this logic line appeared in his mind,
He himself felt it was ludicrous, but now’s deduction was about forcibly believing to try and discover more clues, which required no proof.
“Back then, he was still in a growth phase, thus needing the relic resources…”
“And Azure Dragon’s existence was a perfect scapegoat…” Adam’s eyes sparkled brightly.
It was precisely because of Azure Dragon’s appearance that nearly no one focused on Li Ming.
Even though he held the title of having the greatest development potential in history, in the eyes of all high-level life forms, he was still a “child.”
Also, Azure Dragon’s existence made those with intentions towards Li Ming draw back their ambitions.
Especially in the Deep Dimension World during the Dominion Holy Image event, after Li Ming’s development potential was exposed, Azure Dragon just happened to reveal the ability to rival Ryan.
“Actually, it’s not that he was hiding his strength, but his strength at that time was only so much…” Adam speculated more boldly,
“Why is it always Li Ming acting as Azure Dragon’s substitute, in the Desolate Channel… in the Red River Star Stream…”