That is a story from a world far away.

In that world, several powerful races fight each other to seize the throne of the only God. Magic, technology, and various forces are intertwined, just to obtain the strongest and highest honor.

No one knows how long the war lasted. All we know is that the earth was turned into scorched earth and the sky was covered with endless ashes.

But even so, they still did not stop in order to gain the throne of world domination. Everything was for war, everything was for victory.

However, no one knew that amid the flames of war, there was still a race struggling to survive on the ruined land.

That's human.

Without great power, long lifespan, or qualification to compete for the throne of God, humans still managed to survive in the midst of the gunfire. No one knew what kind of life humans had led before. They only knew that the world was now a world of war, with races they could not understand or imagine fighting each other for something they could not control.

Why do humans still live?

What do they live for?

This scene was seen by a mechanical girl.

It is incomprehensible. This destroyed world has lost the power to support the survival of all living things, so why can humans survive in it?

It is hard to imagine why, even in this situation, humans still do not choose to give up, but continue to insist on living?

It was obvious that they could not obtain the Star Cup and had nothing to do with this war.

The mechanical girl, who had doubts about this, became curious, conflicted, and her logical thinking was in conflict, so the connector abandoned her. To the defective product, she had lost the value of continuing to connect.

But the mechanical girl did not give up. She followed the human figure and found an ideal "observation target".

Rick.

A human male.

What follows is a relatively sweet story. In the end, the two get together. Rick names the mechanical girl "Hubby", and the two live in an underground human settlement for a year. After learning the cause and purpose of the war from Hubby, Rick hopes to end the war.

At the same time, he proposed to Hubie.

Afterwards, the two became husband and wife and fought for a common goal.

The two of them fight hard to create a world where no one dies anymore. While on her way to fulfill Riku's plan, Hubie encounters a Flügel, and a fierce battle ensues before Hubie is defeated - and when she regains consciousness, she appears here.

“The story is very touching.”

Fang Zheng sat on the chair, staring at the mechanical girl in front of him and took a sip of black tea.

"So, what do you want to do?"

“Hubby…”

Hearing Fang Zheng's question, the mechanical girl named Hubie was silent for a moment, then raised her head and looked at Fang Zheng.

"Hubby... wants to go back and help Rick... Rick is alone now, and his body has been corroded by the spirit bones, so he is weak. Hubby asks... to let Hubby return to his original world... Hubby only wants to be with Rick..."

"Just help her, Mr. Fang Zheng."

Hearing this, Kasugabe Yao couldn't help but pull at Fang Zheng's sleeve, while Hisaon Asuka next to him had red eyes - well, for this young lady who was born in the post-war period and hadn't even watched a few science fiction movies, the love story between humans and robots is indeed easy to move her.

"I can help her, but... before that, there is one thing I want to make clear to you."

Fang Zheng was looking at Hubie—or to be exact, he was staring at her chest.

"You should have discovered that the energy source you are using now is the 'third type perpetual motion machine' that I replaced."

“…”

Hubie nodded silently.

"Although I'm not sure what your abilities were before, you must know now that due to the energy of the third-type perpetual motion machine, your body structure has actually changed to be similar to that of humans. To put it simply, you will feel pain when attacked, not just on a physical level, but on a spiritual level."

As he spoke, Fang Zheng pointed to his head.

"Soul-level pain—do you know what I mean?"

"Mr. Fang Zheng, you are not going to ask this child to do anything dangerous, are you?"

Hearing this, Kuroyukihime asked uneasily, and Fang Zheng shook his head.

"I just want to explain to her that it's not difficult to send her back to her own world. As long as I go back in time and transfer her to the time zone when she was damaged by the attack and transported to the small garden, I can open the time channel and send her back to her original world... But there is a problem."

Having said that, Fang Zheng raised a finger.

"During this process, everything that happened to Hubie's body will replay itself. To put it simply, her repaired body will begin to become damaged again. Not only that, during this process, because the third perpetual motion machine is connected to her body, she will feel extreme pain. Just imagine the feeling of your body being torn apart alive, and you will understand. Moreover, during the whole process, Hubie cannot even faint. She can only feel the pain of her body being torn apart, her limbs being cut off, and her body being blown apart while she is conscious."

"……hiss."

Hearing this, the girls watching nearby couldn't help but gasp.

"...and in this process, your ego may collapse because you can't bear the pain...Do you understand what I mean?"

"Wait, wait, can't you turn it off first, and then turn it on again over there?"

At this moment, Sally also spoke hurriedly, and Fang Zheng glanced at her unhappily.

"Do you think the third perpetual motion machine is a battery? You can dismantle it if you want? Now the third perpetual motion machine has merged with Hubie's soul. If you want me to shut it down, it's basically the same as killing her."

"Then why not send her back before repairing it?"

"How do I know she has experienced this?"

Fang Zheng said that he was also helpless. He picked up a mechanical girl but ended up losing a lot of money, and also gave away a third perpetual motion machine. He had no choice.

"Is there no other way?"

"You can explore through the center of the box garden, but as you know, the center of the box garden contains countless parallel worlds. Even if you find it, you can't be sure whether it is the one where Hubby is, so time travel is the safest. This is not the same as finding something. It requires opening the door of time. Gods also require a price. It's the principle of equivalent exchange."

"Hubby...want to give it a try."

Hearing this, the mechanical girl who had been silent all this time spoke, and Fang Zheng stared at her.

"Are you sure?"

“…”

Hubie didn't say anything but nodded, so Fang Zheng turned his head and looked at Shokuhou Misaki.

"What do you think?"

"What can I do?"

Facing Fang Zheng's question, Shokuhou Misaki was also very depressed. In order to revive this mechanical girl, she abandoned her self-esteem and served Fang Zheng as a maid for a whole day, from "Good morning, Master" in the morning to "Sweet dreams, Master" at night, but now this is the ending...

"If it was a human, I could use my 'psychological mastery' to modify her memory. I just need to transfer her feelings towards the man named Rick. But the other party is a machine, which is the range of that muscular woman. Although I am a little reluctant...but there is nothing I can do."

"Okay, since you said so, then it's settled."

Hearing Shokuhou Misaki's answer, Fang Zheng's lips curled up slightly. He certainly understood that what Shokuhou Misaki said before was completely nonsense. She would never do such a thing. She just said that deliberately to cover up her shyness. From this perspective, Shokuhou Misaki is actually a tsundere - but her tsundere angle is different from Misaka Mikoto's.

"Let's get started."

Without any nonsense, Fang Zheng just stretched out his hand and pointed at Hubie.

The next moment, time began to go back.

The limbs that had been repaired began to break and disappear again, but unlike before, Hubie was awake this time. The third type of perpetual motion machine had merged with her soul, upgrading the mechanical girl "Hubie" to a spiritual being, so even when time went back, she could retain her own soul and break free from the constraints of time.

But her body could not escape the power of time.

The flow of time began to reverse, and the once shining body began to rust again, and the repaired parts became damaged again. And Hubie just frowned - her expression hardly changed, but the moan coming from the gap between her lips made people tremble all over.

Soon, under the gazes of everyone, the mechanical girl that had been completely repaired returned to her original shabby state. At the same time, Fang Zheng suddenly snapped his fingers.

"Got it, open the door!"

“——!!!”

The next moment, the door of time suddenly opened, and Fang Zheng grabbed Hubie and jumped in. The others hurriedly followed and quickly rushed into the light gate.

And just as they rushed out of the light gate, suddenly, a dazzling beam of light fell from the sky and appeared in front of everyone.

"roll!!"

Facing this powerful attack, Fang Zheng roared angrily, then swung his right hand forward. The next moment, the beam of light suddenly turned, pierced through a nearby hill, and quickly disappeared into the sky.

This should be the moment when Hubie was attacked and determined to be destroyed. If she had been hit by this attack, she would probably have been reduced to ashes. However, due to some coincidence or miracle, before this force hit Hubie, she was teleported to the box world.

And now, with Hubie returning to this world, the time that had been stopped began to flow again.

Fang Zheng raised his head and looked towards the sky. There, a winged, angel-like girl was staring at them with eyes wide open in astonishment.

"Who are you?"