Xing Tie: After the simulation, they all wanted to lock me up in a dark room.

After dealing with Huanlong's matter, Chen Yue returned to his room and heard the sound of the simulator cooling down, so he immediately started the simulator.

[Enter simulation?]

--Yes.

[Ding~ Sending an identity token to the host:]

[Self-deceiving person: Your acting is flawless; you can even fool yourself. There's no need for pity, anger, praise, or belittlement. Because you can deceive anyone for the purpose of living, but don't deceive yourself.]

[The Sincere: Sincerity is always a powerful weapon, but often the most sincere people are deceived, and may even lose their lives.]

Seeing this identity tag, Chen Yue was somewhat bewildered. The last identity tag gave him a feeling of Kevin, but what was this one? One was a liar who could even deceive him, and the other was someone who would never lie?

Chen Yue couldn't quite understand what this simulation of herself would be like.

Choose "Self-Deceiving".

Chen Yue believes that good people don't last long, so he'd rather be a bad person, since he doesn't want to suffer losses.

[Simulation begins.]

[Random scene is being generated.]

[The body is being transferred...]

At one year old, you were born in a transparent culture chamber in the Republic of Grammer, an experiment using another weapon. You were immersed in cold artificial amniotic fluid, enveloped in a pure white egg. The container swayed, and you floated, instinctively reaching for the cold, soft edges. You clung tightly to the wall, feeling only the extreme cold within you. You curled up in a corner, as if that would bring you more warmth.

You hear the sound of massive objects falling, metal clashing, and hurried footsteps echoing intermittently, while the incubation chamber begins to shake.

"Soldier, it's time for you to wake up..."

"For Your Majesty the Empress..."

A pair of mechanical hands lifted you up, but as soon as they touched you, they began to freeze rapidly. A blinding light tore the world apart, and you forgot to cry.

"I am proud of my birth..."

"For Your Majesty the Empress..."

You open your eyes, but you can't see the person speaking; you only feel that your body is extremely cold.

You rise, pass through the thick curtains, and head deeper into the palace.

"Accept your glory, accept your destiny..."

"For Your Majesty the Empress..."

Neat footsteps echoed through the empty palace.

You pass through a desolate, vast garden, past enormous insect carcasses, through incubation devices one after another... and finally enter a magnificent council hall, where a woman with an indistinct face sits on a throne, her hands hanging wearily at her sides.

"Don't look up."

Someone walks up to you and speaks softly. That person has a number plate on them, AR568528—what is that?

You look at yourself, 01. Why is my license plate different from hers?

"Come here... my best child..."

A distant voice echoed from the depths of her mind, and a strange fervor overwhelmed her. However, she felt a deep aversion to this feeling, and she had an urge to punch that woman.

A terrifying chill emanated from your body, and a gigantic mech appeared, freezing everyone nearby, except for the Queen, into ice blocks.

Everyone just thinks your strength is too great, and that you couldn't control the reproductive power within you because of excitement.

At two years old, although you have only been born for a year, your appearance and physique have always been that of a teenager. You discover that you are not the same type as the group of people born at the same time. They look exactly the same, but you look different from them.

The armor you are wearing is the Icefire All-Purpose Armor, the only armor in the entire Grammer Republic, and also the cradle of your life.

Every time you pilot a mech, you need a Molten Knight with you, and every time it ends, without exception, they are all judged dead, frozen to death by you. The absolute zero of the Icefire Armor is something that no Firefire Armor's flames can withstand.

"For Her Majesty the Empress..." The cavalryman's face was full of frost, and after saying these last words, his eyes went blank.

And as you watch the girl in front of you, her eyes become empty and lifeless, and no more tears can flow from your eyes. You've seen this scene countless times before.

You don't understand why they would give their lives just because of the words "for Her Majesty the Queen".

"Another tool suffering from entropy loss syndrome. How many times has this happened?"

"Anyway, we have as many of these tools as we need."

The two spoke without any emotional fluctuation, as if the person who died before them was not a living being.

You overhear their conversation and a sense of sorrow washes over you. You realize that in their eyes, these Molten Knights are nothing more than tools. A fear grips you; will you suffer the same fate as them? They are tools, and so are you.

Since they knew they were being used as tools to die, why didn't they resist? Was it all for an empress they'd never even met? How pathetic. Is this how the so-called empress lives?

They are all like me, capable of thinking, yet they live like the living dead.

For the first time, you pondered, what exactly is living? Is this what living is all about?

...Onpharos Campus Chapter...

The once powerful Xi Lian has been reduced to a nobody, looked down upon by her rivals.

Chen Yue: Ah Yue has always believed that Sister Xi Lian will get her turn, and then the once-fallen Xi Yue stock will rise again because of you.

"Hmph!" Xi Lian slapped the table. "You're eyeing my seat because you think I, Xi Lian, am just some nobody on the street and not worthy of being A Yue's deskmate. If it weren't for A Yue, I, Xi Lian, wouldn't even look at you, Tirispius, in the slightest."

"The student council is very strong, but I'm still young and have plenty of time. Fortune changes every thirty years, so don't underestimate a young girl's potential!"

"Beauty is only meant for the strong. Let's have a competition. If you lose, you're not allowed to make a move on A-Yue's deskmate. If I lose, I'll step down from my deskmate position."

"That's right, not just Tirispius, but everyone."

Upon hearing that Xi Lian was challenging all of them alone, Heiseyin and the others couldn't hold back any longer and stood up one by one.

This Xi Lian is getting too cocky, actually trying to challenge everyone!

"Since you want to challenge us, then we accept your challenge."

Tirispius looked around at her companions and found that they all supported her, so she agreed immediately.

At the same time, he thought to himself: I have been isolated these past few days, but this time the advantage is on my side, and everyone is supporting me. What can you, Xi Lian, do to fight me?