Chapter 64

The broken pieces of the gambling table were scattered all over the floor, and the crystal dice rolled on the expensive velvet carpet, reflecting the cold light of the chandelier.

Otto's mechanical body trembled slightly due to extreme anger, emitting a discordant hum.

His cold, metallic face twisted in a simulated expression filled with the fury of being thoroughly exposed and humiliated.

Lin Yao was still sitting steadily on the surviving chair, his posture could even be described as elegant.

He ignored the mess on the ground, his blue eyes calmly looking at the furious mentor, the corners of his mouth raised in an arc filled with endless sarcasm.

"You once taught me," Lin Yao's voice was as clear as the dripping of an icy spring, remarkably clear in the deadly silence of the hall. "Emotions can affect judgment and even influence outcomes and life and death. A truly outstanding person shouldn't be bothered by these useless things."

He paused slightly, his eyes sweeping over Otto's out-of-control mechanical body, the mockery in his eyes almost becoming tangible.

"But look at you now..." Lin Yao shook his head slightly, as if admiring a failed work of art. "You're just like... a punctured, deflated doll. You're waving your broken limbs in vain, performing a ridiculous one-man show."

"A clown!"

Lin Yao spoke these four words very lightly, but they were like the sharpest needle, piercing deeply into the core of Otto's remaining human consciousness.

He was so blatantly mocked as a "clown" by his most perfect "work" and the "superpower" he despised the most.

Otto's only remaining core of human consciousness erupted in unprecedented fury! The cold mechanical voice became sharp and piercing due to the emotional overload.

"Shut up! A god from the old world whom I murdered! What right do you have to mock me here?!"

He pointed his metallic finger at Lin Yao, with a look of destruction in his eyes. "Are you trying to prove to me that you, someone who can be killed by a 'clown' like me... are even more useless?! Huh?!"

He laughed a metallic laugh, a mixture of anger and madness, but the rage in it remained undiminished.

Lin Yao did not get angry. He even raised his hand slightly and tapped the armrest of the chair rhythmically and slowly with his knuckles.

Da...da...da...

The crisp knocking sounds formed an extremely strong and suffocating contrast with the violent anger on Otto's side.

"You seem to have never seriously considered," Lin Yao's voice was a little playful, like a cat playing with a mouse, "what happened to me, a 'god' of the old world, when I was besieged and 'killed' by those 'actors' you sent?"

Otto's mechanical body suddenly stiffened! His human eyes instantly widened, his pupils shrinking sharply! An image that he had deliberately ignored, or perhaps subconsciously refused to delve into, suddenly rushed into his mind.

Self-destruct!

At the final moment of the siege, Lin Yao chose to self-destruct! That earth-shattering explosion not only destroyed all the top psychics besieging him, but also...completely destroyed the Sword of Damocles, which he had personally crafted, suspended in the sky of "Eden" and symbolizing absolute order and the end of psychics!

Everything he had done in the "Garden of Eden" for many years and invested countless efforts in, in that moment... vanished into thin air.

"But..." Otto's voice trembled with disbelief, "How can you be so sure...that you won't die?!"

Lin Yao finally revealed a genuinely happy smile, one that seemed to pierce through the ice like sunlight. That smile was filled with the pride of being in control and a sense of pity for his opponent's foolishness.

"Of course it's because... I discovered a secret passage between the old world and the new world."

His tone was as casual as if he was talking about the weather:

"An SSS-level psychic, meticulously staged a tragic drama in which he was cornered and forced to self-destruct to end his life..."

Lin Yao tilted his head slightly, his azure eyes glittering with cunning. "While the 'audience' is still immersed in this wonderful 'curtain call performance', quietly 'exiting'... This shouldn't be difficult to do, right?"

This didn't sound like a question, but more like a show-off! He was showing off his perfect script, showing off his superb acting skills that fooled everyone, and it was also the most biting mockery of the "audience" who were immersed in his performance without realizing it - especially the mentor who claimed to be a director in front of him.

"Shut up! You shut up right there--!!!"

Otto lost all composure. The immense humiliation and fury of being fooled devoured his remaining sanity.

He needed to shut this damn guy up right now! Right now!

A red light flashed in his eyes, and a silent command was issued.

Buzz——!!!

The entire lobby of the Ark of Bliss suddenly twisted and shifted. The luxurious decorations faded and dissolved like paint thrown into a whirlpool.

Instead, there was a desolate and dead scene filled with huge purple crystal clusters and twisted space cracks - the star remains returned to the ruins!

This is one of the most dangerous A-level copies in City A, and it was once the only passage connecting the new and old worlds.

Of course, ever since Lin Yao self-destructed and destroyed the Sword of Damocles and the channel anchor, this place has long been reduced to ruins, with only violent space turbulence remaining.

"Feel honored, Lin Yao!" Otto's voice was like the friction of metal, filled with the madness of destruction. "You will become the last stepping stone for the God of the new world to ascend to the altar."

As he spoke, a figure slowly condensed and appeared from the violent space turbulence.

That's not human.

It is three meters tall and is made entirely of an unknown alloy that sparkles with dark starlight. Its lines are smooth and full of power.

It has no head, and in the center of its torso is embedded a huge energy core that emits a dark red light like a furnace.

The limbs are long and slender, and the joints are covered with sharp energy blades.

It hovered there quietly, without any breath of life, without any emotional fluctuations, only pure, cold, destructive energy that was enough to tear apart space flowing around it.

Daedalus - Otto spent three hundred years of hard work and exhausted all his life's knowledge to create the "perfect god" with his own hands in an attempt to surpass supernatural powers.

Otto wants to use the "God of Machinery" he created, which represents the pinnacle of technology, to personally crush the "God of Flesh and Blood" of the old era who relied on his innate supernatural powers!

This is his ultimate denial and transcendence of his inability to awaken his superpowers!

"The God of the New World?" Lin Yao looked at the mechanical creature that exuded terrifying pressure, and an extremely ironic smile appeared on his face.

Then, the smile instantly disappeared, turning into a cold and resolute expression that froze everything.

"The new world... doesn't need gods!"

The moment the words fell, two figures appeared on Lin Yao's left and right as if tearing through space.

On the left, with silver hair and red eyes, destructive energy boils and roars in the palm of his hand—Jin!

On the right, a man with cold black hair and purple thunder crackling around him - Lu Cheng!

Lin Yao's spiritual threads instantly exploded, no longer attacking, but transforming into the most resilient bridge and amplifier! The dark blue spiritual network precisely linked Jin and Lu Cheng's consciousness.

"Amplification: Destruction Focus!"

"Amplification: Thunderous Judgment!"

Two instructions exploded in Jin and Lu Cheng's minds like oracles!

Jin only felt that the violent SS-level destructive energy in his body was instantly guided, compressed, and condensed by a gentle yet extremely powerful force.

The destructive beam that had previously required a tremendous effort of his mind to control now condensed into a gentle arm within his palm, barely thick, yet emitting a dark red beam of energy that distorted space. Unprecedented precision and control!

Lu Cheng also felt a surge of spiritual power surge into his body, perfectly merging with his own lightning abilities. The lightning in his hand was no longer scattered arcs of electricity, but condensed into a spear composed purely of destructive purple lightning. The lightning flashing from the spear tip seemed to be able to penetrate all defenses in the world.

Daedalus moved! It possessed no emotions, only a cold, icy battle routine! Its massive energy core flashed, and several dark energy blades, powerful enough to rip apart space, slashed towards the three like a storm.

The battle broke out instantly!

The violent spatial turbulence of "Astral Ruins Returning to the Ruins" became the most dangerous backdrop. The roar of energy collision was deafening. Dark red beams of destruction intertwined with purple spears of thunder, fiercely bombarding the solid alloy body of "Daedalus", erupting with dazzling light and terrifying shock waves.

Lin Yao's figure drifted around like a ghost. His spiritual threads no longer attempted to penetrate that emotionless, cold core, but instead transformed into the most precise battlefield command system.

He predicted the attack trajectory of "Daedalus", creating a perfect attack window for Jin and Lu Cheng, and used a mental barrier to resist the escaped space turbulence and deadly energy aftermath.

"Left energy node! Jhin!"

"The right lower limb joint is weak! Acheng!"

"Dodge! Space rift!"

His instructions were concise and precise, and they were clearly transmitted to the minds of the two men during the fierce battle.

Jin and Lu Cheng were like Lin Yao's outstretched arms, exerting their powerful strength to the extreme under Lin Yao's amplification and guidance.

The destructive beam precisely struck the key node of Daedalus's energy transmission, triggering a violent energy disturbance! The thunder spear pierced the protective gaps in its joints like a venomous snake, erupting with destructive arcs of electricity.

Daedalus was powerful! Incredibly powerful! Its alloy body withstood countless attacks capable of destroying mountains. Its energy blades tore through space, forcing the three into peril.

The battle was extremely brutal, all three of them were injured, and Lin Yao's mental strength was rapidly depleted.

But Lin Yao's support was incredible. Like a supreme chess player with a complete understanding of the entire chess game, he perfectly combined Jin's Destruction and Lu Cheng's Thunder, forming a deadly restraint chain against the mechanical creation. The Destruction energy destroyed the structure, while the Thunder energy interfered with the core and joints.

finally!

In a superb coordination, Jhin's destructive beam hit the energy core in Daedalus' chest with all its strength. Although it failed to break its super strong defense, it caused a huge energy shock and a brief overload stiffness.

"Now!" Lin Yao's order was like thunder.

Lu Cheng poured all his strength, all his anger, and all his determination to protect into the Thunder Spear in his hand! Under the extreme amplification of Lin Yao's spiritual thread, the purple Thunder Spear turned into a world-destroying lightning that pierced the void.

Puff——!!!

The lightning bolt pierced Daedalus with incredible precision, piercing through the weak point of the energy shockwaves released by Jin! The violent lightning energy, like billions of venomous snakes, instantly poured into the complex energy circuits and control systems within it.

Boom——!!!

The huge mechanical body of "Daedalus" suddenly stiffened, and its furnace-like core burst out with a blinding light, and then suddenly dimmed.

Countless fine arcs of electricity danced wildly across its surface, exploding. Spiderweb-like cracks began to appear on its sturdy alloy shell, and from within came the teeth-grinding sound of metal twisting and the explosion of energy overload.

Finally, after a violent convulsion, like a dying struggle, this "perfect creation" that condensed Otto's three hundred years of hard work and intended to kill gods suddenly disintegrated! It turned into countless metal fragments burning with sparks, and was instantly swallowed by the violent spatial turbulence.

Win!

Although the victory was extremely difficult and bruised, they won.

“No… Impossible!!!”

Otto let out a shrill, inhuman scream. He collapsed to the ground, his cold, mechanical body trembling violently from the immense blow. His human eyes stared fixedly at the spot where Daedalus had vanished, filled with endless despair and disbelief.

"This is impossible! My Daedalus! My God!!"

He pounded the ground frantically, his metal fists making a harsh sound as they collided. "Everything... everything should have gone according to my script! The God of the New World defeated the God of the Old World! And then... then I should be at the 'top of the clouds'... with the finest red wine... admiring the fruits of victory... Why... why did it have to be like this!!!"

Three hundred years of his obsession! Three hundred years of painstaking effort! The ultimate creation he'd used to prove his transcendence of superpowers and disprove their worth... had been destroyed by three "superpowers" working together! Furthermore, the commander was none other than the very old god he'd personally deified and then betrayed!

How ironic! He hated mutants, yet used the energy from their corpses to power the dome to protect the survivors; he longed to become a mutant but was unable to do so, and was ultimately completely defeated by the very god of mutants he had created.

Lin Yao slowly walked over to the completely collapsed Otto. He was covered in scars and fatigue from the battle, but his azure eyes were clear and cold.

He squatted down and looked at the pitiful soul on the ground, which was made of metal and obsession.

"Actually," Lin Yao's voice unexpectedly held a hint of... pity? A gentleness, like looking down at a lost lamb, "you don't really hate people with special abilities, right?"

Otto's struggle suddenly stopped, and the mechanical head raised up with difficulty and looked at Lin Yao.

Lin Yao's gaze seemed to penetrate the cold metal, piercing the most hidden corners of his soul. "You're just... envious. Or rather, it's a deep-seated inferiority complex. You're self-conscious about why... you weren't the one chosen to awaken your superpowers."

"Although you possess talents far superior to those of ordinary people, talents that surpass all others—designing the dome's core, opening a passage between the two worlds, and crafting the Sword of Damocles in the Garden of Eden... all of this proves your greatness."

Lin Yao's voice was soft, but every word pierced his heart. "But you're still unwilling to give up. Deep down, perhaps what you desire most is just to become an ordinary "F"-class psychic... even if it's just a tiny bit of insignificant power."

These words were filled with all-seeing compassion, as if sympathizing with a poor man who had spent three hundred years on the wrong path and ended up with nothing.

Otto was completely stunned. He stared at Lin Yao, who was so close. His silver hair shone like flowing moonlight under the turbulent light and shadow of space. His azure eyes were filled with compassion, and his delicate face, exhausted after the battle, had a breathtaking, inhuman beauty.

At this moment, in Otto's blurred vision, Lin Yao seemed to really overlap with the image deep in his memory that he called "God".

He was so fascinated by the scene that his consciousness became hazy. His dry lips moved as he murmured a word.

"……god……"

However, the next second.

The compassionate expression on Lin Yao's face, as if a god was taking pity on all living things, disappeared without a trace in an instant! Instead, it was replaced by extreme coldness, ridicule, and a kind of disdain as if looking at a dirty insect under his feet.

He leaned slightly closer, and only cruel judgment was reflected in his blue eyes.

"But..."

"No matter how hard you try, no matter how many three hundred years you spend..."

Lin Yao's lips curled up into a devilish, malicious smile, and he pronounced the verdict word by word with incredible clarity.

"You will never be able to become the 'superpower' you desire to be in your entire life."

This sentence!

Like a guillotine cutting the ropes of a guillotine!

Like a bullet shot at the eyebrows of a death row prisoner!

Like the last straw that broke the camel's back!

It precisely and mercilessly shattered Otto's most core, humblest, and most twisted obsession that had sustained him for three hundred years.

"Uh...ah...ho ho..."

A meaningless roar like a broken bellows emanated from Otto's throat. His human eyes instantly lost all their luster, becoming empty and hopeless.

The cold, mechanical body stopped trembling, frozen in place like a completely frozen machine. Only those empty eyes stared intently at Lin Yao. There was nothing left in them, only... a dead, silent nothingness.

He lost.

It's not a defeat in strength.

Instead, his soul was completely destroyed by the "God" he created with his own hands, using the cruelest truth.

The spatial turbulence of the star's remains was still roaring, sweeping up the wreckage of the mechanical "Daedalus".

The gods of the old world have fallen.

And the future of the new world...

It will be written by their own hands.