Chapter 107
As soon as Lu Sheng finished speaking, the six identical bionic robots opened their eyes. Their pupils were cold blue and their movements were very smooth.
"What are they going to do?" Faced with such a strange scene, Lin Yaoxin couldn't help but ask in a low voice.
No one dared to act rashly.
The six robots moved at breakneck speed to the weapon racks surrounding the hall, taking down alloy swords, pistols, and other weapons. Instead of charging forward all at once, they dispersed and occupied different positions in the hall, surrounding the crowd like a pack of hunting wolves, their gaze fixed on them.
Soon, the battle began.
Having lost their extraordinary abilities, the five of them fell into a very passive position. They had to rely on the most basic combat skills and physical fitness, and make good use of the sparse pillars and objects in the hall as cover to deal with these robots.
But how can mortals compete with these tireless machines?
"No, we have to get those weapons," said Xisen.
The others soon discovered this as well. They rolled, jumped, and scattered to the weapon racks.
Another gunshot rang out! The bullet grazed Ace's scalp and flew past, hitting the alloy wall and sending sparks flying.
Another robot rushed to Lin Yaoxin at an astonishing speed, and swung its sword with a sharp sound of wind.
Lin Yaoxin barely used the metal pole he picked up to block the attack, but his knuckles cracked and he retreated repeatedly.
Tang Yu tried to dodge with her body skills, but the other mechanical Lu Sheng's prediction was extremely accurate, and the dagger almost cut her throat.
Xi Sen relied on his killer instinct to fight against a mechanical Lu Sheng, but the opponent's strength and defense far exceeded that of humans!
This is obviously an extremely unfair duel. Using mortal bodies to fight against the tireless body of steel is like trying to stop a chariot with a mantis arm. Their defeat seems to be only a matter of time. Their current counterattack is nothing more than a struggle with all their strength. Even if they have overdrawn all their strength, they cannot prevent the ultimate defeat.
Ango hid behind a pillar, his brain working rapidly.
She saw her companions in such a state of disarray and knew that time was running out. On the one hand, competing with the robots for endurance was wishful thinking, but on the other hand, as time slowly ticked by, they had to end the battle before sunrise.
In fact, it is not difficult to shut down these robots. The key is to defeat their leaders. However, the life support module is now surrounded by two robots, and it is obviously unrealistic to attack them directly.
Thinking of this, Ango took a deep breath, picked up a metal pipe that had fallen on the ground, walked out of his hiding place, and went straight to the life support cabin.
The machine Lu Sheng's movements were in perfect unison, staring straight at Ango.
"Lu Sheng Thor." Ango's voice echoed in the hall. "Hiding in this life support pod, manipulating ghosts and robots as your puppets, is this the most fundamental confrontation you want?"
The robot Lu Sheng's footsteps were in unison, and they took a step forward, approaching Ango.
But at this moment, a voice from the life support cabin sounded with a hint of amusement: "Stop. Let her come over. I'm curious, now that she's lost the 'candidate for godhood' that she relied on, what else can she do?"
Mechanical Lu Sheng retracted his gun, but continued to watch intently. The other mechanical bodies also intensified their attack on Ace and the others, preventing them from receiving any support.
Ango walked to the front of the life support cabin and looked into the eyes of the brain.
"Ango, you're a genius, but you were born too late, too late to grow up. You're unworthy of being my true rival." Lu Sheng's voice carried the pride of a creator. "Look at this world. Convenient energy, extended lifespans... even your combat capabilities. How much of this is due to my achievements? The achievements of Intelheid? And even you, Sangria, how much of your accomplishments were achieved by stepping on the back of a 'pioneer' like me?"
His tone was full of sarcasm: "You shouldn't be against me, you should be grateful to me. Without me, you are nothing. You judge me based on what I give you. Don't you think it's ironic?"
Ango's expression was unusually calm, without anger or shame.
"I admit that I'm able to get to where I am today thanks to you. I've stood on the shoulders of countless people, including you," Ango said slowly, her eyes clear. "Perhaps I used to feel pain about this, but now I understand that whether it's a human or a god, the perspective is limited."
"Back then, in my limited perspective, the ultimate pursuit of knowledge and science was truth... I could ignore the process to achieve it. I firmly believed in the rationality of this logic." She paused, gesturing at the cold steel and her companions fighting around her. "But now, in my equally limited perspective, I see that this 'any means necessary' ultimately leads to... the tragedy of countless Irenes, the lamentation of souls, and the world heading towards an inhuman end like yours. I believe this must be corrected."
"If the end of my research is chaos and bloodshed, then it is up to me to rectify it."
Ango closed her eyes and remembered her original intention - she insisted on her own path for the sake of fairness. If this kind of research hindered fairness, she would burn the samples with her own hands, stop moving forward, and reflect on everything in the past.
However, Lu Sheng found it incredibly absurd and even laughed out loud: "Just because... you think it's wrong 'now'? Will your future self overthrow your present self? Can people be so fickle? Truth should be eternal! No wonder you're doomed to fail. After all, you rebelled because of your parents' death. If it weren't for that incident, you'd just be a smaller version of me."
In the darkness, Ango felt that Lu Sheng's real body's eyes were looking at him.
"Maybe. Maybe I'm one of those people who doesn't feel pain until I'm hit." Ango's voice was firm. "But Lu Sheng, I'm glad I had the opportunity to see all this clearly and didn't become like you. Truth may be eternal, but people's understanding and application of truth are always changing and growing. Maybe a hundred years from now, someone will stand in my position and judge whether I was right or wrong today. But that doesn't matter, because I made this decision after careful consideration."
She clenched the metal tube, her eyes sharp as a knife. "What's important is that I have the courage to face the limitations of my past knowledge, and the courage to correct what I believe is the mistake happening now... Humans are not gods, and they make mistakes, but they also possess something that gods may not have—the courage to reflect and grow over time, and to correct their mistakes personally."
"Childish and ridiculous." Lu Sheng's voice was filled with cold anger. "If that's the case, you and your □□ will be annihilated together."
All the mechanical Lu Sheng instantly gave up other targets and locked onto Ango with murderous intent!
At this critical moment, Ace rushed towards a mechanical Lu Sheng with all his strength, knocked over his gun with his body, and then tripped another one with his legs, fighting with them.
Lin Yaoxin and Tang Yu also seized the opportunity and tried their best to entangle two of them.
Although he no longer had extraordinary abilities, Xisen relied on the killer skills he had trained so hard to become a ghost. He appeared in front of the life support cabin like a ghost, and accurately stabbed Lu Sheng, the machine closest to Ango, with his dagger. Sparks immediately flew from the joints.
They created the only chance for Ango.
Ango, who had no extraordinary abilities, but had hidden them for years, regained a long-lost sense of familiarity. She focused all her energy on the brain in the life support capsule, using all her years of willpower, concentration, and survival instincts to dodge the ballistic attack of a mechanical Lu Sheng. The metal tube in her hand was like a spear, piercing the connection of the life support capsule with all her determination and strength!
The metal tube pierced the pipeline, the life support capsule shook violently, liquid splashed, and the brain's beating became disordered in an instant.
"No--!!!"
A scream mixed with electronic noise echoed through the hall.
All of Lu Sheng's mechanical movements froze at the same time, the blue light in his eyes flickered violently, and then completely went out, and he collapsed to the ground like a puppet with its strings cut.
For a moment, it was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.
His heart was beating violently in his chest. Tang Yu swallowed his saliva and asked slowly, "Is it over..."
No!
At this moment, the green nutrient solution in the life support capsule leaked out crazily, electricity ran wildly, sparks flew everywhere, and the brain twitched violently and shrank...
Suddenly, a dazzling red light burst out from the brain!
Then, the shadow of a heavy book with a cover inlaid with shadows and pale bones emerged from the broken life-support capsule. The pages moved without wind, and countless wailing ghost runes flowed on them - it was the book that Lu Sheng relied on to control the ghost army!
Ango recognized it at a glance. This was the book that Ye Hou had given to Lu Sheng!
Almost at the same time, her body began to tremble violently involuntarily!
She lowered her head and looked at her wrist. Black words emerged from under her skin and surrounded her whole body, as if she was awakened by Lu Sheng's "Book of Ghosts". The shadow of the book, which emitted a light golden light but was mixed with chaotic stripes, emerged uncontrollably from her chest.
"Stupid... Do you think... destruction is so easy?" Lu Sheng's voice was no longer transmitted through the loudspeaker, but turned into a voice of thought, echoing in everyone's mind.
Everyone else stared at Ango in amazement, not knowing what was going on.
In the air, the shadows of two books with different powers suddenly met. The shadow of the "Book of Ghosts" wrapped around Lu Sheng's consciousness and forcibly entangled it, climbing up like a tentacle, blending with the golden light and becoming one.
For a moment, countless broken pieces of knowledge, cold laws, crazy whispers, and Lu Sheng's soul consciousness were madly poured into another book, forcibly binding to Ango's soul.
"No——" Ango roared in pain, feeling as if he was about to be torn apart and occupied by another cold and huge will!
Her eyes sometimes flashed with their own golden light, and sometimes her pupils dilated, filled with bottomless darkness and countless ghostly reflections.
"Ango!" Xi Sen and others wanted to rush forward, but they were strongly bounced back by the invisible force field generated when the two books merged, and they could not get close at all!
The fusion process was painful but short. After just a few breaths, the shadows in the hall disappeared, the light dimmed, and all the strange phenomena subsided. Only the scrapped life support capsule and the unconscious machine Lu Sheng collapsed on the ground were left.
Ango was breathing heavily and his face was as pale as paper.
She touched her chest with her hand and felt that Lu Sheng's consciousness had subsided, but it was like a cold poisonous snake lurking in her heart.
"Ange! How are you?" Everyone rushed over.
Ango raised his hand, indicating that he was fine, and said in a hoarse voice, "I... am fine. Lu Sheng... he is not dead, but for some reason, he has parasitized my body through the medium of the book..."
Everyone felt a chill.
They defeated Lu Sheng's mechanical army and destroyed his physical support, but allowed an even stranger and more uncontrollable existence to lurk within their leader's body.
Ango raised her head and looked out the window at the already bright sky. The morning light couldn't completely dispel the gloom between her brows.
"We... have won for now..." she said softly, but this victory brought no joy, only endless heaviness and unknown cost.
She didn't say anything else, but everyone understood what she meant.
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