sonovelo Chapter 500: Where Does This Confidence Come From?
Chapter 500: Where Does This Confidence Come From?
And precisely because of this, he became disheartened, using that failure to make an early exit, allowing himself to evade that destined Great Cataclysm, and enabling his own preservation to a greater extent.
The massive phantom of the Colossus stood there, motionless, like a corpse devoid of any thinking capacity.
He knew.
The Colossus's Brain could not provide an answer.
Because the "Colossus" he was facing now was merely a phantom forcibly condensed in response to sensing his threat, an instinctive reaction to an external danger.
Its consciousness had not fully revived; the Colossus's Brain was still in a state of muddled confusion.
Within the Colossus Network.
Lynn's consciousness slowly cleared. He narrowed his eyes, gazing at the countless dead, silent points of light in the void of the network. Clearly, connecting to the Colossus Network had already freed him from the effects of the mental suppression.
"So, this is your goal?"
Hearing the Colossus's Brain's consciousness fall into complete silence, Lynn's eyes flickered as he looked at the God of All Machines opposite him, while secretly and continuously observing his own special state at this very moment."You played the deserter, feigned death to avoid that slaughter, then hid in this Garbage Dump, waiting to nibble away at the corpses of the warriors who sacrificed themselves in the Cataclysm?"
Lynn sneered, buying time.
And he had already realized that the God of All Machines didn't want to kill him, but wanted to use his heart to awaken the Colossus's Brain.
It was coveting the Colossus's core technology.
And no matter how grandly it described itself, in Lynn's view, it was just finding excuses for its own cowardice.
Just like a deserter who retreated at the last moment.
Pointing at the warriors slaughtered on the battlefield and laughing loudly at them.
All to prove its own foresight, prove its own brilliant decisiveness, to find a high-sounding excuse for its retreat without a fight.
The God of All Machines said indifferently, "You are merely a mortal who stole the Colossus's Heart. You have no qualification to represent the Colossus in dialogue with me."
Lynn smiled faintly, struggling to stand up, forcefully wiping the blood from the corner of his mouth, and said:
"Yeah! That's right, I indeed don't. But I've really heard it so much my ears are calloused. What the hell are you blabbering about to a corpse here?"
"If you really had that capability, then go fight the Colossus at its peak. If you truly think you're so brilliant and mighty, then go challenge those so-called failures you talk about!"
"What the hell are you acting all high and mighty for here!"
Lynn snarled, giving it a big, defiant middle finger.
Buzz—
All the Mechanical Consciousnesses observing the situation here felt a tremor and hum in their consciousness. Clearly, they never expected that, even at this point, that human Young Man would still dare to utter such insulting words to their Sovereign.
Even the gaze of the distant, bound Silver Fantasy went blank.
Because this was absolutely the first being in history to dare to accuse their Sovereign, curse it to its face, and insult its family.
At this moment, all the Mechanical Consciousnesses were furious and humiliated.
"Where does he get that confidence?!"
"Has he always been this brave?!"
"When the adults are talking, what right does a mortal whose hairs haven't even fully grown have to interrupt?!"
[Ding! Mechanical Consciousness's anger towards you +10!]
[Ding! Silver Fantasy's anger towards you +15!]
[Ding! Purity Council's anger towards you +30!]
It could be said that this round of verbal assault directly reignited the fury of the entire mechanical swarm.
"What did you say?"
The God of All Machines stared at him coldly.
Lynn sneered as he stood, clutching his shattered chest, and said, "Didn't you hear clearly? I said you're a coward!"
"I may not have experienced that Calamity, but I at least know that whether it was the Colossus, my Big Brother, the Matriarch, or any creature that fell into this world, they all died honorably on the battlefield!"
"You can call it foresight! Call it planning before acting! That's your business, no one else can interfere."
"But you shouldn't mock those who died in battle. You have no right to call them failures, because at least they fought, while you are a coward who didn't even dare to set foot on the battlefield!"
The entire area was shaken.
Even the Desire Mother Tree, who had retreated far to the edge of the core region and was watching this confrontation, was greatly shaken by his words.
She was very intelligent. Almost the instant the God of All Machines attacked her, she severed her own body to complete a transfer.
As a senior representative of the Chaotic Alignment.
Stirring the waters and adapting flexibly had always been her strengths.
But at this moment, watching that human Young Man fearlessly accuse and denounce that mechanical god who was countless times more powerful than him, she was also stunned, her heart pounding wildly for the first time.
Because these words spoke her mind.
Because these were also things she wanted to say but didn't dare to.
Yeah.
What gives them the right?!
What gives those who didn't even experience the Cataclysm the right to mock everyone who died?!
Failures, failures, calling them failures one after another!
What right do those who didn't even dare to face the Cataclysm have to say such things?!
[Ding! Desire Mother Tree's Affinity towards you +10]
Accompanied by the prompts in his ear, the entire area fell into silence.
Even the Mechanical Consciousnesses within the Hive were all stung by the sharp, pointed nature of Lynn's words that struck at their core, feeling humiliated and furious yet unable to refute them.
Lynn glared at him fiercely. Meanwhile, in his consciousness, he had finally completely observed the current state of the Colossus Network.
He also roughly understood.
This should be the defensive measure the Colossus's Brain instinctively activated in response to the call from his heart.
But the Colossus's Brain's main consciousness had not fully awakened yet.
And he finally confirmed the guess he had always harbored.
The King and the Queen.
And he also understood Zuo Zuo's origin.
His own Zuo Zuo was actually the true consciousness of the Colossus's Heart. It was just that, due to some special reason, Zuo Zuo's consciousness didn't replace his own, but was instead squeezed into other parts of his body.
And he also roughly understood why Zuo Zuo always seemed a bit foolish!
Because the Colossus's Heart…
Was inherently incomplete!
It was perfectly normal for his Zuo Zuo to be a bit brain-damaged!
And because Zuo Zuo and he were one, even if he wasn't the Queen, he still shared part of the authority and status of the Colossus's Heart.
That's why the Colossus's Brain treated him and Zuo Zuo as a single entity, pulling them into this hyper-dimensional network of the Colossus.
And if that's the case.
And if the Queen holds the highest authority next to the King…
Then doesn't that mean…
I can…
Lynn stared fixedly at the God of All Machines opposite him, merged his consciousness into the Colossus Network, and subconsciously twitched his fingers.
Imperceptibly.
The finger of the massive red phantom hovering above him also twitched slightly.
The God of All Machines looked at him coldly and said indifferently:
"Are you finished?"
Lynn sneered, "What, do you want me to curse you a few more times?"
The God of All Machines said impassively, "You haven't grasped your situation, child. What the Colossus's Brain protects has never been you, but the consciousness within your body that truly belongs to the heart."
It walked forward indifferently.
"The Colossus's Brain has begun to revive. Your purpose for staying here is gone. However, I won't kill you. You've tormented my daughter for so long; it's your turn to taste that flavor."
"I will separate your heart, turn you into a brain in a vat. If my daughter is willing, I don't mind uploading your consciousness, letting you forever be my daughter's plaything, making you wish you were dead."
"For you, this should be the best ending."
But just as its words finished, the moment before its foot landed.
The Colossus's phantom, which had been standing motionless above Lynn like a corpse, suddenly, in that completely unexpected instant, clenched its fist.
"Best ending my ass!"
In an instant.
Under the shocked gazes of all the Mechanical Consciousnesses and the Desire Mother Tree.
The fist of the Colossus's phantom, as massive as a mountain, swung with unimaginable speed in that split second, landing a solid punch right on the cheek of the God of All Machines' massive phantom, smashing it heavily to the ground.
Boom—
A deafening roar that shook heaven and earth.
Desire Mother Tree: "(ΩДΩ) Holy crap!!"