That protagonist is trash; I could do better!

Klonie reached out to feel Rick's forehead and asked with concern, "Are you running a fever? Don't talk nonsense."

"Hey~ hey, isn't the most compelling evidence right in front of you right now?"

Even so, no one would believe you if you suddenly said that!

That's why I told you to go out and take a look!

Hughie stared at Chronie with suspicion: "[Question] Rick, cheating?"

“No, that’s not true!” Rick shouted back.

"Huh?" Chronie was taken aback. She looked at Rick and then at Shubi, her smile gradually turning sinister. "So that's what you two are like, Rick. I didn't know you had this kind of fetish."

"That's why I'm saying no!" Rick felt like he couldn't get clean even if he jumped into the sea.

Klonie chuckled: "No need to argue, the current state of humanity is twofold: survival and reproduction. However, if we were a few years older, it would be the best time to have children."

"Can't you even understand human language? Besides, she's a machine race. Look at her body. Why are you using human standards to judge the existence of machine races?"

Klonie crouched down, patted Schwie's head affectionately, and said, "Nice to meet you. Don't worry, I'm Rick's older sister. My silly little brother is in your care."

"【Understanding】, the engagement is confirmed with the parents' approval."

"Shubi, what are you confirming without my permission! Besides, didn't you just call yourself my wife?"

Rick and Shubi are one of the few couples I don't want to break up.

Their relationship is the true theme of the No Game No Life the Movie.

The keyword is really frustrating.

Chapter 245 The Strongest

The adventurers have risked their lives alongside Rick, and they would do anything for him, even if it meant their own death.

Ivan and Arey were the first to emerge from the cave, and were immediately stunned by what they saw. They stood there dumbfounded, trembling.

Before them stood thousands upon thousands of mechanical beings kneeling on the ground, unmoving.

The race hailed as the strongest knelt before the weakest humans.

From the legends passed down by word of mouth, Ivan and Arei knew how terrifying the Machine Race was, and that even the God Race dared not easily attack them.

The direction in which the semi-circular formation of the mech army faced Hall naturally attracted their attention.

Suppressing their shock and confusion, Ivan and Arei exchanged a glance and mustered their courage to speak to Hall: "Hall, what happened? Why are the Machines here?"

Hall, who was communicating with the overall commander of the Connector, smiled and said, "You've come at the right time. After the residents of the settlement come out, guide them to that small hill. Rick will come out and explain later."

"Ok."

After calming themselves down, the two nodded heavily. Although they didn't understand what had happened yet, they had a vague feeling that humanity was about to face the biggest turning point in its history.

One after another, residents of the settlement emerged from the cave, their faces almost all bearing the same expression of shock and bewilderment.

"These... are all machine-type?"

"Why are you kneeling here?"

"Look at the direction they're facing, isn't that Hall, the human traveler who came back with Rick a while ago?"

"That's right, he also cured Charlie's family's patients with grease disease."

"Not only that, they also helped the R&D department build something called a telescope."

"Ah, I know him too. Isn't he a doctor? He cured Rita when she was sick a few days ago."

"Rick really brought back a very important person."

"Could it be that these mechs...?"

"If organic Kai species help, humans will no longer have to live in fear. No wonder Rick was so excited."

"Let's wait for Rick to come out and explain."

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More than two thousand residents of the settlement arrived one after another and gathered at the foot of a small hill.

The machine race used magic to alter the terrain, creating a temporary platform and directly constructing a microphone-like machine. The humans below the platform discussed it endlessly, like boiling water, with everyone's faces showing a subtle excitement.

Not long after, Rick went on stage, and all eyes were on him, bringing the wave of discussion to an abrupt halt.

Rick declared in a deep voice: "Humanity has gone through a rather long and arduous journey."

"Those of you gathered here must have all experienced the hardships of survival. We humans are not the servants created by the gods, we are not protected, and we do not have the ability to control spirits. We humans are the weakest intelligent life in the world. Even the gods and other races only see us as beasts and food."

"Humans must find ways to survive in this world."

"But even so, the world has no intention of letting humanity go; war has destroyed everything we have."

"This kind of history is about to end today!"

"As you can see, we now have a powerful and formidable ally—the Machine Race."

"Hall persuaded the machine race to form an alliance with humans."

"From today, from this moment on, humanity will no longer need to hide. Humanity will be able to loudly proclaim its identity, and humanity will be able to have dignity in this world!"

"We will rebuild a new city on this land!"

"Then, we will no longer have to worry about being caught up in the threat of war."

“Our allies will clear all obstacles for us.”

"To be honest, even I'm not entirely sure what happened, why the strongest race was willing to ally with us, the weakest. It was all Hall's doing, and I have a lot of questions to ask him."

"But I am very clear about one thing: humanity is about to enter a completely new era."

"Now, on behalf of myself and on behalf of Hall, I hereby declare that humanity will rebuild a city on this earth, and its name will be Zion."

After she finished speaking, the audience fell silent. Then, as Chloe clapped her hands, the applause and cheers erupted like a tidal wave.

"real or fake?"

"Hey, am I dreaming?!"

"it is as expected!"

"Great! We'll never have to worry about food again!"

"For the sake of his legacy!"

Zion, a name with profound religious significance, is the city where Jehovah dwells in the Bible, the place where Jehovah appointed David as king.

The name was naturally chosen by Hall, but its source was not the Bible, but the name of the human-controlled organization in a movie called The Matrix.

As for why he chose this name, besides Hall's whim, it was more of a summary of the city's future functions.

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In the Sky City of Abant Heim, on the highest Void Throne, a burly man lay deep in thought with his eyes closed. His face was stern, and he had a long beard. His body was at least three meters tall, and his muscles were like exposed rock. Most striking of all were the eighteen wings behind him, and even the power of just one of them could destroy a mountain range.

Artes, the creator of the Winged Race and the God of War.

At this moment, he sensed the destiny in the darkness. He opened his eyes, and the faint golden light pierced the sky like the rising sun. The overwhelming battle intent he released in an instant caused countless Skywing creatures in the void below the throne to tremble. After it stopped, countless Skywing creatures fell from the void, exhausted.

This is an extremely rare occurrence, or perhaps even in the countless years since the Skywing race was created, they have never felt such a strong fighting spirit from their monarch.

The organization that rules the Skywing race is the Council of Eighteen Wings, symbolizing the power possessed by the God of War, Artesius. Above them is a plenipotentiary representative—Azriel.

She flew to the foot of the throne, knelt on one knee, folded her wings and halo to pay homage to her creator, and respectfully asked, "Your Majesty, what has happened?"

The God of War, Artesius, said meaningfully, "It was worth the hundreds of millions of years of waiting; my opponent has finally appeared."

Azriel's wings trembled slightly, her heart churning with turmoil, and she couldn't help but ask, "An opponent? There is no one in this world who can defeat you!"

Yes, she was so certain, because even as the plenipotentiary representative of the Skywing race, she was but one of the monarch's insignificant forces, like a drop of rain in the ocean.

Even so, Azriel was confident that she could defeat even a god-like opponent.

Her monarch, Artes, is the strongest being, not by claim, nor by the recognition of others, but by the definition of the strongest being in this world.

The so-called strongest is the embodiment of power, reigning supreme over this world. Apart from the monarch, all other things in this world are weak.

For this reason, she has accompanied the monarch for tens of millions of years and has heard his dull and boring sighs more than once.

The God of War, Artesius, laughed loudly: "What's the point of being the strongest without a challenger?"

"I have been thinking about this question for tens of millions, hundreds of millions of years. The strong should be challenged and should fight. The fate of the strong is to be defeated by the weak."

"Then what about me, the strongest one?"

Chapter 246 Human Utopia

"Is this enough, Master?" the short-haired girl asked expressionlessly.

Standing in front of Hall was a short-haired girl in a blue and black sailor uniform. She was petite and slender with a delicate and cute face, but she showed no emotion. Her brown eyes were also devoid of warmth. Every move she made revealed an unusual indifference and intellect.

Hall crossed his arms, smiled, and nodded: "From now on, your name will be YUKI."

"Yes, Master."

The aloof girl in front of him was a character created by Hall based on one of his favorite anime characters. Her true identity was the Commander-in-Chief of the Machine Connector.

Hall looked around. The pitch-black space was filled with all sorts of strange machines, crisscrossing and connecting with each other, as if he had stumbled into some bizarre science fiction world.

This is the imaginary space created by the Machine Race, the world where the Connector resides.

Hall was able to get here thanks to the help of the machine guns.

"Now, let's move on to the second topic. YUKI, give orders to one-third of the observation and analysis objects."

"Command content".

"No."

"Incomprehensible."

"This is something your machine race must do to understand the mind: sever their connection with the connector."

"During the operation, the connection between 304 observation units and 535 analysis units was severed."

Yuki stared at Hall and asked, "Master, please answer my question."