Under Helen's control, the "Dawn Light" initiated its warp engine once again, racing at maximum speed towards the "Ancient Clock" satellite inside the Aisera Star System.

The surface of the satellite was a silent grey, where at the center of the massive crater, the ancient artifact known as the "Hammer of Morning Star" stood quietly.

It was made from an unknown material, neither metal nor stone, with a surface flowing with dark golden runes, forming an irregular geometric polyhedron, with parts deeply embedded in the rock layers, as if it had grown there since ancient times.

A team from the World Forging Union was busy around the perimeter of the relic, with their engineering mechas and various detection devices surrounding it, attempting to establish a more stable connection.

Bai E piloted the "Star Emperor" mecha, which had been simply repaired and had most of its energy restored, ejecting from the "Dawn Light" and landing in front of the relic.

The mecha's feet touched the cold surface of the satellite without kicking up a speck of dust.

"Commander Bai E."

The captain of the "Echo" squad approached, with a complex tone, "We've tried every method. The relic is responding, but it's limited to energy fluctuations around the periphery. The core drive module... it seems to be asleep, waiting for the right sound to awaken it."

Bai E did not answer.

He slowly walked towards the enormous artifact.

The closer he got, the more he felt a strange "call."

It wasn't a voice, but a subtle resonance from deep within the Spiritual Energy.

It was as if this ancient weapon, silent for unknown millennia, sensed an existence matching its birth mission.

He extended the mecha's arm, gently pressing it against the cold, smooth surface of the relic.

In an instant!

The dark golden runes lit up suddenly like ignited circuits!

The light was not blinding but carried a penetrating quality through matter and soul, swiftly spreading along the relic's surface patterns!

The entire "Hammer of Morning Star" began to emit a deep, distant hum, as if from the ends of time and space!

That wasn't the vibration of machinery, but more like some form of orderly resonance!

Bai E's consciousness was suddenly pulled into an indescribable "space."

There was no up or down, left or right here, only endless streams of data, flashing star maps, and a series of cold, precise commands as refined as the laws of the universe.

He "saw" the Jade Stone Star, saw the ugly main nest entrenched deep within the planet, saw it greedily absorbing geothermal energy, polluting the ocean, nurturing destruction in every detail.

He also "saw" the design blueprint of the "Hammer of Morning Star"——

It wasn't meant to "destroy" but to "define" and "decouple."

It regarded the target as a "pollution" to the balance of the universe, its function was to precisely conduct a "conceptual separation" of the "source of pollution" from its attached "carrier" on a rule level.

A cold, non-human stream of consciousness directly interfaced with Bai E's thoughts:

[Detecting a spirit energy mark meeting the "Void Threat Purification Protocol - Type VII" certification standard...]

[Target locked: Jade Stone Star (Aisera III), planetary level biological pollution source, fusion depth: 7.3 level (critical).]

[Requesting execution of "conceptual separation" operation... Authorization confirming...]

[Authorization granted. Energy guidance... Establishing stellar gravity well interface...]

Outside, the satellite began to shake violently!

It wasn't an explosion; rather, the entire celestial body seemed to become a massive resonance chamber.

Centered around the "Hammer of Morning Star," an invisible force field distorted space, seemingly drawing and gathering the distant light of the Aisera star!

"Oh my god... Is it extracting energy from the star?!" a technician from the World Forging Union screamed.

Alarms blared simultaneously at the Alliance Fleet headquarters and on all orbiting ships!

"Detected energy convergence beyond comprehension! Intensity... surpassing all measurement limits!"

"Space-time curvature is warping! The 'Ancient Clock' satellite is... becoming a gravitational lens?!"

...

Bai E's "Star Emperor" mecha was enveloped in a soft dark golden radiance, making him the sole "operator" and "focus of will" of the entire vast system.

He didn't need to understand the complex principles; he needed only a single thought—lock on the target, execute the purification.

He "lifted" the mecha's arm, not as a real action, but as an extension of his will.

Across the distant orbit of Jade Stone Star, all observers witnessed an unforgettable scene:

From the direction of the "Ancient Clock" satellite, a beam of indescribable color, seemingly composed of pure "Order" itself, traversed hundreds of thousands of kilometers of cosmic space, silently and invisibly striking the northern hemisphere ocean of Jade Stone Star.

There was no explosion, no flames.

Only a silver-blue, stardust-like glow rapidly spread globally from the point of impact!

Everywhere brushed by the light, the ugly purple fungal mats, the ferocious Bug Race units, and the terrifying main nest pulsing in the ocean trench... all vanished silently, like pencil marks erased by a rubber eraser, dissipating into the air and sea as a stream of elementary particles.

The energy conduit network of the main nest, embedded deep within the planet's crust, evaporated as quickly as ice crystals exposed to sunlight when swept by the silver-blue glow, yet without causing any additional damage to the planetary geological structure.

The feeling was akin to precisely stripping the wrong colors from a painting without damaging the canvas itself.

The entire process lasted less than ten seconds.

When the silver-blue glow completely dissipated, Jade Stone Star... remained Jade Stone Star.

The ocean was still blue, the continents still present.

However, all traces of the Bug Race, including the despair-inducing deep-sea main nest, had disappeared without a trace, as if they never existed.

The surface of the planet retained only the scars left by the human civilization and the wars with the Bug Race, along with the fragile vitality that belonged to the planet itself, now exposed anew.

Silence.

Whether it was Bai E and the World Forging Union team on the "Ancient Clock" satellite, the Alliance Fleet in Jade Stone Star's orbit, or everyone watching this scene through observational equipment, they all fell into absolute silence.

This had transcended the scope of war, approaching something akin to... a miracle.

After a long while, the trembling voice of the Alliance's Supreme Commander came over the communication channel, carrying unprecedented awe and a touch of bewilderment: "Report... Jade Stone Star Bug Race biological signals... cleared. Planetary geological structure stable, no detected large-scale anomalies. Repeat, Bug Race threat... has been eliminated."

He paused for a moment, his gaze seemingly penetrating layers of screens, looking towards the blue and white mecha standing on the grey satellite, and asked the question everyone wanted to know the answer to:

"Commander Bai E... what exactly did you activate?"