Chapter 1929 - 992: The Final Journey (Part 4)_3
Chapter 1929 - 992: The Final Journey (Part 4)_3
In the shattered corridor, he continued towards the core of Scepter No.
Qing Yu arrived in front of the reactor, where everything was ready. He only needed to lightly press a red button to shut down the original reactor cooling system. A massive amount of graphite would backfill, instantly turning this reactor into a nuclear bomb, code name Rage.
Qing’s Family, based on Federation treaty, abandoned nuclear weapon development, but they never gave up on this blade, instead hiding it away.
The Seven Deadly Sins: Pride, Greed, Gluttony, Wrath, Lust, Envy, Sloth.
Greed was carried by Qing Yi, Gluttony was transported to Prison No. 18, Pride was at Ginkgo Mountain, Wrath was on Scepter No., leaving three unknown whereabouts.
Now Rage was about to be activated.
Qing Yu stood in front of the control panel in the power room, gently stroking the clean surface.
He was once turned away by Tinder Military Academy, but it was the old gentleman on Ginkgo Mountain who secured him a spot.
At that time, he told the old gentleman, if the clan wanted to exchange a military academy slot for his lifelong freedom, he would not agree.
But the old gentleman told him that Qing Yu only needed to always stand on the side of Qing’s Family interests.
For over twenty years, this sentence became Qing Yu’s sole life principle.
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On Storm, Duke of Storm City stood in front of the dark room, two War Robots guarding it.
He finally chose to walk in, with Zero standing on the Withered Grassland in the hologram, a fine horse beside her, chewing on dry grass.
Zero faced away from Duke of Storm City, gazing towards the end of the grassland in the Virtual World.
A breeze blew, pressing down the yellowing dry grass in waves, like ocean waves.
Duke of Storm City said, "Everything here is about to be destroyed. If you want, I can take your original server with me."
Zero smiled, "My original server was destroyed by Luo Lan and Zhou Qi in the wasteland fortress thousands of years ago. You may think I was born in the West Continent, but I was actually born in the Eastern Continent. You mistakenly thought I was accidentally born in the West Continent, but actually, I was exiled there by Eastern Continent God, Ren Xiaosu. Being exiled by someone you like is truly tragic."
Duke of Storm City was startled, "You were born in the Eastern Continent?"
"That’s right," Zero replied with a smile.
"Is this why you’re in the Qing’s Family camp, opposing me?" Duke of Storm City asked.
"No, no, no," Zero shook her head, "I’m opposing you simply because my daughter Yi wants me to. Her pursuit is my pursuit as I have none left in this life. Remember that Kingslander in the past? It was her who fought against the Storm City fleet onboard."
Duke of Storm City fell silent, realizing today he didn’t understand the woman before him at all.
"What am I to you?" Duke of Storm City asked.
Zero pondered for two seconds, "You really don’t understand artificial intelligent life. I am entirely superior to your life form, like you viewing cats and dogs; I see you the same way. I thought you were adorable when you were little, cute and endearing, but growing up, not so much."
Duke of Storm City said no more, the room filled only with Zero’s clear laughter.
Zero said, "Qing Clan Fleet wants to replace Storm to preserve the Parents’ Meeting’s ground combat capability. You aim to replace all Eastern Continent air forces with Storm to sustain the Orcs Army’s ground combat capability. Both sides think they hold the upper hand, yet it’s precisely this situation that will decide life and death. I eagerly await the devastated ending, yet none of it should concern me anymore."
Duke of Storm City focused, suddenly noticing Zero’s image in the hologram beginning to blur, her hair dissipating like stars.
This was peculiar, as the other party was clearly in the Virtual World, yet showed signs of merging with world consciousness!
The next moment, someone among the Orcs Army smashed the Key of Gate, and Duke of Storm City instantly vanished from the room, ultimately leaving Zero behind on this Storm.
In the broken Scepter No., Qing Yu solemnly pressed the button. On the screen before him, reactor temperature and coolant flow rate temperature parameters vanished, leaving only a countdown.
Qing Yu looked up at the countdown ticking away.
10.
9.
8.
7.
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5.
4.
3.
2.
1.
Zero, standing inside the empty Storm, smiled, "How many more nuclear explosions must I experience in this lifetime?"
No one answered her, just like throughout her thousand-year existence; people liked to seek answers from her but never truly responded to her real queries.
The intense glow enveloped the broken Scepter No., bursting outward like a star.
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One minute earlier.
Knight Reserves watched as Qing Clan’s floating airships descended smoking onto the wasteland, war’s cruelest facet displayed before them.
They thought they were here to complete their life-and-death challenge, but Uncle Li brought them trekking 140 kilometers just to witness a destined-to-fail war.
Uncle Li silently watched this scene; he intended for the Knight Reserves to witness it.
This was the opportunity he spoke of.
All Knight Reserves suddenly remembered Uncle Li’s words, "Be patient to observe everything that follows; it is destined within fate, but I need you to remember it, engrave it in your hearts, and then understand the kind of people this world, this moment, needs."