sonovelo Chapter 497: Just a Group of Exiled Failures
Chapter 497: Just a Group of Exiled Failures
His stillness wasn't about weighing pros and cons, nor was it about considering the consequences. He was mobilizing his mechanical swarm, activating his Hive, preparing for this very moment!
He hadn't even considered the potential retaliation he might face afterwards!
Their stubbornness and rigidity drove them to unwaveringly implement their own ideology!
And this massive, wide-scale strike launched by the God of All Machines was absolutely not just aimed at that Young Man. He was simultaneously targeting all the flesh-and-blood creatures within the entire Cursed City!
He was targeting her!
This was the true, all-out offensive. This was the prelude to the great decisive battle launched against their Flesh and Blood Cult!
Almost in that instant, the Desire Mother Tree sensed the condition of all her flesh-and-blood followers throughout the Cursed City. Almost the moment the Hive descended, under the effect of the mental suppression, every single flesh-and-blood creature was subjected to an irresistible influence.
The entire city fell silent. The consciousness of all flesh and blood became mentally muted at that moment.
As if they had all undergone precise calculation.
Almost simultaneously, the mechanical swarm on the periphery brazenly transformed into countless sharp blades, launching a large-scale assault and attack towards the Colossus's Tower under her control."God of All Machines!"
The Desire Mother Tree's consciousness instantly turned utterly ferocious.
He simply hadn't placed them in his eyes at all.
From beginning to end, he had been indifferently overlooking the entire city. Whether it was Lynn or her, in his eyes, they were nothing more than fish in this pond.
What he had been focused on from the start was the overall, grand situation!
At this moment, the Desire Mother Tree erupted in fury, immediately mobilizing countless surging blood-and-flesh vines from all directions to launch a fierce assault against the God of All Machines.
The God of All Machines stood there coldly, his gaze fixed on Lynn, who was already under his control.
As if he hadn't even noticed the attack launched by the Desire Mother Tree.
He merely extended a single finger lightly towards the wildly surging vines.
BOOM————!!
Where his finger pointed.
The entire cavern, including the underlying strata for dozens of kilometers, exploded violently without any warning.
Accompanied by the Desire Mother Tree's shrill, piercing shriek, her countless branches and tentacles instantly vaporized into innumerable particles within the blast's shockwave.
The ground abruptly collapsed.
A massive cavern with a diameter of dozens of kilometers immediately appeared within the Cursed City's urban area.
Howling gales violently rushed into the underground void.
Silver Fantasy trembled as she witnessed this terrifying scene. Clearly, even she had never seen the true strength of their Mechanical Sovereign, and this was merely one of his Projections!
Underground cavern.
That humanoid outline walked indifferently towards Lynn, whose mind was blank.
As if the entire world had fallen silent, leaving only the sound of his footsteps.
Thump—
Lynn's heart beat more and more violently.
Gushing, icy blood, driven by the heart's pulsations, surged along his blood vessels into his brain, forcing his suppressed, blank mind to pry open a tiny crack with immense difficulty.
Lynn struggled to regain his senses, gritting his teeth, his eyes bloodshot as he stared at the God of All Machines walking step by step towards him.
Large amounts of blood flowed from the corner of his mouth, down his neck and onto his body.
The God of All Machines spoke calmly, "I don't care."
It was as if he was answering the question Lynn had initially posed.
There was no fluctuation in his voice. It was like the pure meshing of gears, like the operation of a great machine that, once started, would not stop no matter what happened, even if the world were destroyed.
"Whether it's the Titans, the Colossus, the Holy Angel, or that Life Tree."
He walked up to Lynn, lifted his head indifferently, and looked at Lynn, who was being held suspended in the air by that invisible force.
"They are nothing but a group of exiled failures, a pack of Evil Ghosts twisted by anger and resentment."
His voice was as calm as an icy pool deep underground.
No contempt.
No arrogance.
As if he was calmly stating a fact that others were unwilling to accept.
"I foresaw that inevitable, withering apocalypse long ago. The Great Shattering would happen, and the ghosts of the Old Era would all be cleansed. Because there has always been a Will, unseen and unfelt, observing the direction of the ages."
"If winter remains eternal and unchanging, then reshuffle the deck, start over from the beginning. Those unwilling to die, those lingering souls, will all be discarded in this Garbage Dump, made into monuments of the Old Era."
"But I am different."
"Because I gaze towards a more distant future. After the new era begins, there is destined to be a place for me there. And you will become the tears of the era."
Crack—
Lynn's neck was constricted.
The brain's control over the body had been completely severed at the spine.
And Lynn also knew that he wasn't speaking to him. He was speaking to the Colossus of the past, to that shattered Colossus Civilization that, like him, belonged to the realm of technology.
Lynn still stared at him coldly, not a trace of fear or panic on his face.
The God of All Machines said calmly:
"You are quite good, or rather, you are very strange. You seem to be unconsciously gathering those failures in this world. I don't know what your reason is, but since you can stand before me, I can give you a piece of sincere advice."
"You need to know who you are. Don't become a puppet whose strings are pulled by others."
Squelch—
A sound of flesh twisting came.
Lynn's pupils instantly dilated. Blood continuously surged up in his throat.
That hand, constructed entirely of information, pierced through his chest and grasped the beating heart within his thoracic cavity.
[Ding! Your life is rapidly draining away!]
Accompanied by the System's prompts.
He felt his heart tighten. He felt that hand slowly pulling away.
At that moment.
It was as if he had returned once more to two years ago, the moment he first opened his eyes in this Dark World. The thick scent of blood and the rotting sky seemed to be frantically telling him.
The trajectory of your life will be completely changed from now on.
"Do you know what the key to awakening the Colossus's Brain is? That's right, it's the Hyper-Dimensional Link between the flesh and blood of the Colossus."
That mechanical voice danced wildly in his perception.
"Before I discovered you, I had already collected much of the Colossus's flesh and blood to use as keys for this operation. But without a doubt, your appearance accelerated my pace."
"Do you know why consciousness was born from those pieces of flesh and blood?"
"Because He was a flesh-and-blood ascendant. Every single one of His cells carries the consciousness of billions upon billions of living beings. So, even after separating from the main Will, they can still rapidly construct new consciousness clusters."
He looked at Lynn quietly.
"So, you are not the Queen. But what puzzles me is how an ordinary being like you could command the Colossus's Heart, even managing to compress the incomplete Will born from it into your subordinate."
"That's why I say, you are not simple."