I created the myth of the Great Old Ones.

Du Danping had actually been here before.

He looked directly at the Great Old Ones and even left a melody here.

Could the seal here be...?

Lu Ban thought it was unlikely. Du Danping was at most a powerful chosen one, not capable of influencing the Old Ones.

Perhaps he came here through the wasteland and left behind a melody to suppress the awakening of the Old Ones.

"Ok?"

Lu Ban thought of something.

If his side quest is to find fragments of Du Danping's melody, then it means he must come here to obtain one of them.

In the face of this ancient ruler, Lu Ban's head would definitely explode.

Is this side quest a little too difficult?

He absorbed those fragments of melody into his soul and felt much better.

However, his soul continued to fall toward the Great Old Ones without any doubt, and the whispers in his ears became increasingly dense and loud, tormenting his consciousness.

"Degeneration..."

"Slaughter..."

"Hungry……"

"Indulgence, enjoyment, celebration..."

"Go to sleep..."

Some words entered Lu Ban's mind, causing his soul to swell several times over, filled to the brim with this pollution, and transforming him into the image of that Great Old One.

At this time.

In the distance, the melody emanating from distant, alien stars resonated with the melody fragments that Lu Ban had obtained.

Although the two are completely different, one represents the tenderest human emotions, while the other represents the coldest rules of the universe.

The interplay of these two factors calmed Lu Ban's mind.

The next moment, Lu Ban's soul was pulled by something, and in an instant, it was pulled away from the bound deity, transcending the light and entering a state of high-speed movement.

He saw a bizarre and wonderful sight: a bright green light streaked across the sky, crimson stars were huge and quiet, and a sea of ​​mud and a torrent of lava spread out.

He seemed to see a towering palace, towering above countless galaxies, with even the Milky Way being nothing more than a brick in that palace.

Within that palace, an unseen voice played a flute, its melody echoing throughout the universe.

At a higher position...

Lu Ban lost consciousness.

Chapter 510 The Robot Has No Sad Expression

Lu Ban's house.

Feng Yu, who was watching TV, suddenly stopped what he was doing.

"Ok?"

In her field of vision, the surrounding scenery changed, and the television, sofa, and coffee table were all connected by lines.

These lines extend infinitely in one direction, like afterimages caused by excessive speed.

If you look closely at this point, you will find that the lines of the television form overlapping televisions, and the images present a continuous scene, just like taking pictures of television over a period of time and placing them on top of each other.

This is time.

Feng Yu's race can see the flow of time.

"What went wrong with him, what caused the disturbance?"

Feng Yu muttered to himself.

"Impossible, it's already a closed loop, his future shouldn't change anymore... unless..."

She thought of something—an existence capable of disrupting the spatial and temporal relationships of other realms and the entire cycle of fate, an existence that transcends time and space, laws and chaos.

A little blood trickled from her nose.

Just being aware of this is enough to have a physical impact.

Leica came closer and rubbed against Feng Yu's feet, looking very uneasy.

"It's nothing, he just left my sight for a moment."

Feng Yu patted Leica's head.

Immediately, Feng Yu's eyes turned completely red.

She took a step forward, as if she had crossed time itself.

whoosh-

Feng Yu's figure disappeared.

"Ow—"

Only Leica barked twice, the sound echoing in the empty living room.

……

Am I already dead?

Thinking of this, Shuangxin suddenly sat up.

She took deep breaths, and the humid air made Shuangxin's nasal cavity feel a sensation she didn't realize.

She found herself in a torrential downpour.

The future city has been reduced to ruins. The dilapidated dome of the ecological park is exposed, and the vegetation inside has been eaten away and is uneven. The street cleaning robots have stopped moving and are drooping to the side, lifeless.

More robots lay sprawled on the ground, and in the distance, solar panels collected rainwater, forming a small waterfall.

The desert ground, soaked black by the rain, stuck to Frostheart's hands, and she found it hard to believe.

Looking outwards, she saw endless dark clouds and flashing lightning—a sight Shuangxin had never seen before.

The storm seemed to stretch for hundreds of kilometers, and the sky was shrouded in gloom as far as the eye could see.

Shuangxin stood up.

She felt like her body was about to fall apart.

She found Setsuna and the singer, whose two companions were still unconscious, breathing evenly.

Shuangxin was momentarily confused as to how she had become like this.

As she reminisced, she walked out of Future City.

They went to the industrial park to look for information, then discovered a wormhole connecting to another world. After that, a swarm of insects attacked, followed by the robot defenses. Later, the swarm broke through all the defenses and blotted out the sky.

Thinking of this, Shuangxin's head began to ache.

All she remembered was a deafening explosion, followed by a shockwave that sent them flying and knocked them unconscious.

Before she completely lost sight of them, Frostheart only remembered that the swarm of insects seemed to be attracted by something and quickly moved away.

Shuangxin supported herself as she moved forward. The heavy rain replenished her moisture, and her bare feet sank into the damp sand, the cool sensation refreshing her.

Soon, Shuangxin saw the robot girl lying on the ground.

Her body was already mutilated, and as the commander on the front line, the swarm did not spare Lin.

The beautiful dress was shattered; hands, feet, and most of the body were nowhere to be found; wires and chips were exposed, cooling in the rain.

Lin's face was half bare, revealing a metallic appearance.

"Lin."

Shuangxin knelt down and helped the robot up.

She had never known before that this robot girl could be so heavy.

sizzle-

A chilling crackling sound rang out, and Shuangxin saw that Lin's once lively eyes regained some of their luster.

The mechanical structure's pupil turned toward the frost center, but did not focus.

"I'm sorry, my monitor seems to be malfunctioning, and I can't see you right now."

Lin's voice was no longer as crisp as before, but had become more mechanical, flat, and stiff.

"Miss Shuangxin, are you alright? Are your companions safe?"

Upon hearing Lin's words, Shuangxin felt a tightness in her heart.

She hadn't expected that, at this moment, Lin, upon waking up, would first and foremost be concerned about the safety of the group.

"We're all safe. The swarm has left. We're safe now. We can go home."

Shuangxin said.

"Is that so? That's wonderful. We have successfully protected humanity and kept our oath."

Lin's voice became somewhat intermittent, like a radio that had run out of power.

“That’s enough. Let’s go home. The saints will surely heal you. You can continue to help us and stay with us.”

Shuangxin sniffed.

The rain was pouring down, and the raindrops fell into Lin's eyes, like tears constantly overflowing, wetting her entire cheeks.

"I'm sorry, because I'm a robot, I don't have a sad expression."

"Shuangxin, Miss, I already know."

Lin's voice remained gentle, and even with the added static, it still felt warm and comforting.

"The person we're waiting for is no longer here."

“I’ve always said that we can’t leave Future City and that we have to wait here for humanity to return, but I know very well that I have the most advanced logic processing unit here, and I know that humanity will not come back.”