Psychics don't die from gunfire

Chapter 225 Yaoxing Three

The air was still for a moment.

Song Shi's eyes gradually brightened.

"——Quantity, number of rings, time?"

Yaoxing San seemed to be stunned for a moment, and then quickly replied: "One person, at the peak of the second ring, the same as you."

"Like us?"

Song Shi understood it in an instant. He looked around the square and frowned slightly: "Has the original network domain 'Duel Arena' affected your shelter to this extent?"

The "same time" undoubtedly refers to the thirteen-day limit, which is obviously not a rule of the asylum.

As for a theoretically very important point, whether the other party is a [devil], "Yao Xing San" did not say, and Song Shi did not ask.

Because there is no need.

——Zero Degree Network, Manifestation in the Abyss, Psychic. When these three words appear together, there is only one answer to this question.

But from this point of view, the state of the shelter is worse than I expected. After all, it has been sinking here for more than 20 years.
Song Shixin thought.

Upon hearing the young man's words, a look of astonishment appeared on Yaoxing San's face.

Only this time, it is no longer “seemingly” but truly “obviously”.

Its gaze lingered on the young man, then moved to Lapis Lazuli, and then moved back to the young man.

Yaoxing San's tone sounded a little hesitant, and it chose its words carefully: "I thought you knew it from the beginning."

Song Shi was confused for a moment: "At the beginning? Why?"

".The network architecture here has obvious traces of inlay. As long as we bypass the surface imaging and use the probe to jump into the inside, we can determine the approximate status."

Lapis Lazuli suddenly spoke, calming its "breath" and whispering, "Sorry, this kind of situation where the network domains collide and become embedded is not uncommon in the abyss, so I ignored it at the time."

Yaoxing San seemed to have just realized something. It stared at the young man, its empty pupils brightening up: "You are not a demon."

"Actually, I can say that." Song Shi corrected him, "I still have the level of Depth 1."

"It's not a demon, but it can show this level at Depth 4."

"I originally thought that you had this power because of the Divine Protection you and Attar wove together."

"……It is my fault."

This was the first time that Yaoxing San's expression had become sentimental, and he seemed to be feeling lonely: "The Enlightened One actually has both you and Chakoro at the same time. I really envy him."

"Wait... I asked Chakoro and he said he had never seen you."

Hearing this, Song Shi raised his eyebrows and said in surprise: "I believe he didn't lie to me, but it sounds like you are quite familiar with him?"

"He certainly hasn't seen me."

Yaoxing San shook his head. “But when I was alive, he had already done a lot of things and started to make a name for himself. He was quite famous. I wanted to cooperate with the Enlightened One at that time, so I paid attention to your seeds. My judgment is that he has great potential.”

"And you are not inferior to him at all."

Song Shi nodded thoughtfully: "I understand."

"How long can you possibly last?" he asked.

Under the formation of the virtual network's cognition, the other party's tattered appearance means that it is close to collapse. The heavy damage it suffered in the past, the oppression of sinking in depth 4 for more than years, and the burden of maintaining the shelter.
Rather, it could be said that the other party was able to maintain his self-awareness and hold on until the day he met himself and Lapis Lazuli, which made him worthy of the name "Yao Xing San"!

"If I have to linger on, I probably only have a few days left."

Yaoxing III raised his head and glanced at the sky above the square. The iron-gray sky enveloped the world, bringing a strong sense of oppression: "At the beginning, I and the intelligent machines here tried to maintain the shelter, hoping to wait for our compatriots to rescue us, but we failed."

It was only later, from the fragmented information that floated by here, that it learned about the outcome of the "Freedom Revolution".

Under siege from all sides, the Omnics fell apart and had no time to take care of this place - what's more, as a highly confidential shelter, only a few Omnics knew its location.

"We have been holding on for a long time, but this is Depth 4. Even the second-level psychic energy is difficult to bear. First it was FR8, then Red and T-La, and finally F052..." It pulled its eyelids, was silent for a while, and suddenly regained its composure: "Sorry, I lost my composure."

"Anyway, I integrated myself into it in order to maintain the shelter."

A giant tree wrapped in iron thorns stood tall, its crown spreading out from the center of the square.

“I can’t leave here anymore.”

"Yao Xing San" stretched out his hands, and amidst the increasingly tightening iron thorns, he revealed his shattered body to the young man in front of him.

"I no longer have any power to stop that company man - twelve days ago, I had two wishes." "Now, one has been realized, but I still have two, and you can definitely do it."

As if sensing the vibration, one, two - all the iron spines began to tremble, sliding along the tree trunk, twisting around like snakes, trying to tightly bind the prey.

But it's of no use.

Amid the ear-piercing and sharp friction sounds, "Yaoxing III" was still stretching. It slowly opened its arms, and its iron thorns suddenly tightened, making a sharp scream, but it could not stop the former in the slightest.

Until finally, they began to break apart piece by piece.

"Song Shi, Atar, thank you for freeing my compatriots."

The "first hope" twelve days ago was to liberate the intelligent machines that had been gradually degenerating and falling into madness before its eyes over the years.

The "second hope" twelve days ago was to ask Song Shi and Attar to repel the company's invaders.

For some reason, the tone of "Yao Xing San" suddenly became more powerful?
It was no longer the previous calmness that was almost indifferent, nor was there the deep fatigue hidden beneath the calmness.

Unable to withstand the increasingly terrifying force any longer, all the thorns collapsed and turned into iron filings flying all over the sky. From the iron rain curtain, "Yaoxing San" walked down the giant tree step by step, revealing his complete body for the first time.

"Yao Xing San" has an appearance similar to that of a human, but his left arm is broken at the joint, and his right arm, which barely maintains its outline, has countless winding cracks on its surface.

Starting from the left eye, and moving along the bridge of the nose to the jaw, the head at this dividing line is no longer there. There are two huge holes in its abdomen and chest, allowing one to glimpse the collapsed mechanical structure inside.

The once gleaming dark gold paintwork, along with the mostly shattered body, has long since completely faded.

But there is no "terror".

Nor is it “ugly”.

At this moment, anyone who sees the existence of "Yaoxing San" will only have one feeling, that is pure "power" and "tolerance".

Twelve days later, four minutes ago, the "Third Hope" was born.

"Leader?!" Lapis Lazuli was stunned for a moment, extremely panicked: "Stop! If you use your power now! Your state will--"

"--lapis lazuli."

The moment "Yao Xing San" opened his hands and made the iron thorns tense, Song Shi had already stood up.

He took three steps back, stood firm, raised his hand, and drew out the heavy knife.

"You are also 'transcendent'." The young man looked at Lapis Lazuli who wanted to step forward and said word by word: "Don't you really understand?"

"Attar Attar, be a witness here."

"Yao Xing San" also looked at the intelligent machine and said softly.

Lapis Lazuli's voice stopped abruptly. It paused for a moment, floating stubbornly in the air, as if it still wanted to move forward, but slowly, under the former's gaze, it silently retreated to the side.

So, "Yao Xing San" withdrew his gaze and stared at the young man in front of him.

All words come to an end here.

Even though it is not the real leader of the past, but just a projection of him.
He can bear the name of "Yaoxing San" and is a practitioner of the way of "transcendence".

How can we choose to end up with a "lingering existence"?

The omnic raised its head.

Psychic energy began to surge, and under the exquisite control and psychic skills, it evolved into concrete power.

The first thing to appear on the scene is a steel tank. FR8 raised its gun barrel and let out an exciting roar.

Next came two humanoid mechas, without the rusty bodies seen a day ago. They rode side by side, with new and high-spirited paint. Then came the flapping-wing drones flying all over the sky, surrounding the leader affectionately and dancing to their heart's content.

there are more.

In the duel arena these days, Song Shi has seen opponents and killed intelligent machines. In addition to these days, in the past, Song Shi has never seen intelligent machines.
Until finally, as Lapis Lazuli trembled violently, the outline of "Lapis Lazuli" also appeared among the group of intelligent machines.

"Yao Xing San". Behind Yao Xing San, one projection after another emerged, and countless intelligent machines occupied every corner. They were either smiling, angry, or yearning. The only thing that had not changed was that they were still standing behind the leader they followed.

In a trance, it seemed as if countless completely different voices were heard, and in the next moment, all the voices merged into one line.

"My name is——"

The cluster of biological weapons that defeated the "Nest Master" head-on in the past shook the universe and integrated all intelligent machines into one, intending to create the power of the "Heaven of Equality". After a lapse of twenty-three years, it reappeared in the world at this moment.

"——【Legion】· Yaoxing Three!"

(End of this chapter)