Night World Players

Chapter 137: Replace me and accompany them through their lives (two in one)

Above the magnificent soul circuit, a dreamy light is constantly flowing.

Last placed his hand on the crystal, and the breath of his soul seeped into it bit by bit.

At the same time, tiny runes were activated on the surface of the crystal, connecting into a complete band of light...

Just like human breathing, it rose and fell regularly with Last's heartbeat.

"This is the 'cradle' system built into the Forbidden Weapon."

"Once your permissions are entered, the core key of the Zenith Sword will be completely bound to your soul, analyzing your soul fluctuations in real time and sending back signals."

"And once the soul signal originating from you is interrupted for more than 12 hours... or your soul aura fluctuates beyond the preset value or shows signs of tampering, the self-destruct module on the core key will be activated."

"It's like a baby sleeping in a cradle. Once the rocking of the cradle stops due to external force, the baby in the cradle will wake up and cry."

"Then, the self-destruction program will transform the Forbidden Armament Zenith Sword into a pile of pure scrap metal that has no research value within five minutes."

Dean Agatha's explanation followed.

"Although I have full confidence in you, Last, the cradle system and the self-destruct module are essential modules for all mechanical weapons in the Taboo Catalog. I hope you can understand."

"After all, although the probability is very small, we must also guard against the possibility that you, Last, will die in battle, or be captured by hostile forces, and your spirit will be polluted and eroded, and your self-will will be rewritten..."

"If the Zenith Sword is obtained by hostile forces and the corresponding forbidden technology is reverse-engineered, neither the academy nor the empire can bear the consequences."

"I understand, Dean Agatha."

Luster nodded casually.

He could certainly understand the college's concerns.

After all, when it comes to the number of legendary masters and the accumulation of high-level extraordinary masters...

The civilization of today has only developed over a few hundred years or less than a thousand years. How can it be compared with the accumulation of six full eras in the night world?

Those great disasters that had ended the past eras turned into the final echoes of the night world and the dusk disaster that descended upon the present world... If the old civilizations in the night world had followed the routine and only taken the route of cultivating extraordinary people, then perhaps the present civilization would have already been destroyed by the dusk disaster.

The reason why the Seventh Epoch has been able to persist to this day, and even for most of the time, it has kept the Dusk Disaster out of the borders of civilization, has never encountered a devastating catastrophe, and has continued to develop prosperously -

What they rely on are mechanics and magical technology.

Once the strategy to capture the historical echoes in the night world fails, the forbidden armed forces deployed on the periphery of the night world will be the academy's last trump card.

This forbidden mechanical weapon that is capable of threatening legendary lives can be called a national treasure. If it were to be leaked, especially if it were obtained by a hostile country or a secret organization with ulterior motives... then the consequences would be disastrous.

Thinking of this, Last could not help but increase the speed at which his soul anchored to the mechanical crystal.

until--

Click.

Suddenly, a crisp sound came from the depths of Rast's spiritual world.

The next moment.

Using the soul circuit directly connected to his spirit as a bridge... at this moment, countless streams of information poured into his brain.

Like a surging and roaring wave, it washed over Rast's spiritual world like a raging tide.

If it were an ordinary person, under the overwhelming flow of information, his spiritual world would have been blown up long ago, and even his self-will would have been destroyed, reducing him to the state of a stupid and foolish vegetable.

These information flows are the final steps. Only by completely analyzing every detail in the blueprint and truly understanding the operating principles and mechanical structure... can you truly gain control over a forbidden weapon.

However, the forbidden weapon that took the life-long efforts of several generations of top mechanics to complete - its structural principles and drawings are not something that ordinary people can easily understand.

In the mildest case, the spirit is severely traumatized and it takes several years to recover... In the worst case, the soul is washed away by the huge flow of information and the self is annihilated, becoming a walking corpse, an empty shell that still has breathing and heartbeat but no consciousness left.

This is the risk and price that must be paid when attempting to peek into forbidden areas as a mortal.

Although becoming a mechanic does not require the acting and constant training of a superhuman... it does place a greater strain on one's mental strength, and the risk of losing control and running wild that one faces during the growth process is no less than that of the night travelers walking between life and death.

but--

Faced with the huge flow of information that was surging and roaring in his spiritual world, like a collapsing mountain.

Rast's facial expression did not change at all.

If the surging flow of information is compared to a rushing river or sea, then Rast's mental power is like a rock standing in the turbulent river.

No matter how turbulent and fierce the tide is, it remains motionless and stands firm.

As for the solidification of his own spirit, this is almost the strongest link among the five dimensions of Rast as a night traveler.

Not to mention the inherent skill "Heart of Iron" he obtained from the night world, which can greatly improve the soul's resistance.

Even without this passive skill, in Deep Blue Harbor, he could rely on his own willpower to keep his own will clear amidst the Iron Cross Plague and the corruption of the evil god.

No matter how huge the information flow of the Forbidden Arms was, there was never even the slightest risk to Rast's mind.

slowly--

In Rast's spiritual world, the flow of information slowed down.

At the same time, his mental power began to expand outward, absorbing the flowing information stream composed of pure 0s and 1s, and then analyzing and deducing it.

until……

The last stream of 0s and 1s was also completely parsed.

On the operating table, the brilliant silver crystal suddenly burst into an incomparably dazzling brilliance.

In the clear light, the crystals gradually became illusory until they completely faded and disappeared.

At the same time, in Rast's spiritual world, dreamy light particles were flying... In the silver-white light, an illusory object was slowly condensing into a solid entity -

It was a small and delicate key with a hazy luster.

【Key of Heaven】

[Type: Megastructure Armament Component, Mechanical Core]

[Rarity: Orange] [Level: Taboo]

[Item Description: The core component of a giant weapon, with a small secondary dimension folded inside using space folding technology.

After completing the basic deployment of the mechanical structure array, you can use the "Key of Heaven" as the core guidance component to launch the forbidden weapon "Zenith Sword Prototype"]

[Note: This forbidden weapon has been bound to the soul of the Night Traveler "Last". Once the return signal is interrupted or an abnormality exceeding the preset value occurs, the self-destruct module of the Zenith Sword will be automatically activated.]

Staring at the silver key in front of him.

In Last's sight, a blue light curtain quietly emerged.

This is a prompt message from the night world.

Just as Dean Agatha said, although ordinary mechanical weapons will lose their effectiveness in most cases after being brought into the night world, mechanics have studied for so many years and naturally found many ways to bypass this limitation... such as assembling structures based on heraldic costumes.

Of course, this method is extremely expensive, and the success rate is not 100%... Therefore, under normal circumstances, mechanical weapons cannot be used as a conventional means for night travelers to conquer the night world.

But, there is no doubt that—

At this moment, the Key of Heaven in front of him is an item that has been certified by the Night World and can be brought by Last into the remnants of history.

"All right……"

"Then my mission ends here."

Dean Agatha's words came from not far away.

The originally gentle voice now carried a hint of fatigue.

In just one month.

It is naturally impossible to complete the entire process of creating a forbidden weapon from scratch, from conception, design, drawing... to production, debugging... and then to manufacturing a trial work and a prototype.

All she did was to guide and assist Rast to complete the detailed drawings, mechanical structure and principle of the Zenith Sword.

Also, the "Zenith Sword" prototype has been modified specifically for the enemies that Rast will encounter in the Reverberations of the Era... Even though they are both imaginary enemies of the legendary rank, the modifications required will naturally be different for legends of different sequences and types.

However, even so, this is still a considerable expense for Dean Agatha.

Even though she is one of the strongest mechanics on the continent, she has never truly reached the legendary realm... and forbidden weaponry is a way to peek into the legendary realm with external objects, and every step must be taken carefully.

If there is even the slightest deviation in the manufacturing process of forbidden weapons, it is very likely to lead to irreparable consequences.

In the history of mechanic development, there are many precedents where some forbidden weapons ran wild and out of control, causing huge explosions that destroyed entire urban areas.

"By the way, I remember Barbarossa also gave you the holy grenade, right?"

When Rust was about to stand up and say goodbye, he heard Dean Agatha speaking again with her back to him.

"Leave that thing here too. I'll use the last time before you enter the Epoch Reverberation to help you transform it..."

"I heard from the snow ferret that you will face a legend of the Sequence of Plenty in the Echoes of the Era you are about to enter, is that right?"

"The original "holy light" attribute of the holy grenade has a special killing effect on cultists, chaos, pollution, and corruption targets, but for extraordinary people of the abundance sequence, its power will be greatly weakened, and it may even become their nourishment."

"I will modify the original properties and adjust them to target the special attacks of the Abundance Sequence."

Looking at the old man's somewhat hunched back, Last bowed deeply.

"Excuse me, Dean Agatha."

"Haha, you're welcome."

Dean Agatha waved her hand behind her: "Although it's only been a month, I can feel... your character that can endure loneliness, you are simply a natural mechanic."

"As the dean of Ashes Academy, it is my duty to take care of the outstanding and potential students on behalf of the academy."

"Besides, helping you actually has my own selfish motives."

She paused for a moment and looked around the clean and spacious Mechanical Research Institute with her old eyes.

"I have devoted my entire life to the construction of the Ash House and the research of its machinery... I have never been married, so naturally I have never had any children."

"However, at the invitation of His Majesty Aaron, I once served as a tutor for the royal family for a long time... I watched Ophelia and Hiltina grow up."

"Although saying this may be taking advantage of the Granville Empire's royal family, in my heart, Ophelia and Hiltina are indeed no different from my own daughters."

"Although their personalities are completely different, I know very well that both of them are very self-centered and extremely stubborn."

"This obsession can certainly allow them to scale great heights and achieve dazzling achievements that ordinary people cannot reach... but sometimes, this obsession can also become a double-edged sword, causing them to walk into a dead end and find it difficult to break free on their own."

Agatha looked at Luster and smiled: "And now, you are involved with both of them."

"Although they are reluctant to admit it, I can see that... you hold a very important position in their hearts."

"Especially Hiltina, who is usually as proud as a swan and refuses to change herself because of anyone's will. Now she is willing to restrain her stubbornness because of you...even if she herself sometimes doesn't realize it."

"I am old, and His Majesty Aaron is old too—"

"I can't accompany them and complete their lives."

The old man's peaceful words shone along with the pure white halo of Night Blade "Land of Purgation" when it was activated.

When Rast came to his senses, the scenery before his eyes had changed.

He was pushed out of the Mechanical Research Institute of the Ashes Court by a gentle force.

Only Agatha's old voice remained, still echoing in my ears.

"So, if one day, they are once again driven to despair because of their own bigotry..."

"Laster, I hope you can help them get out of that stubborn dead end on my behalf."

"And, in the days ahead—"

"Accompany them throughout their lives."

(End of this chapter)