Awakening of the Mechanical Heart and Cthulhu Finale
At the first quarter of the evening, Xiaodou's subdimensional stomach suddenly erupted with a fusion of the elemental crystal from the Western Fantasy chapter and the fragments of the Dragon Scale map from the Martial Arts chapter. The crystal hovered in mid-air, projecting a three-dimensional projection of the Lin Family Blood Pact Altar deep within the Dragon Bone Mountains. The rune "001 + 8 = 9" emerged from the mechanical heart at the altar's center (echoing Hook 3 in Chapter 10). The Royal Cat's collar, "L·S·002," resonated with the projection, and the tips of its mechanical ears flashed the red quantum alarm from the Interstellar chapter: "Heartbeat abnormality! Lin Shen's consciousness is being devoured by some force!"
The Campus Prince (No. 005) suddenly tumbled out of a folding portal from the Interstellar arc, clutching the Cyberpunk arc's Quantum Stabilizer. "No. 003 (Snowball) has sent word: Deep Sea Ink from the Cthulhu arc is corroding the altar's core!" Tentacle slime from the Cthulhu arc oozed from the edge of the portal, and upon landing, it sprouted poisonous hidden weapons from the Wuxia arc. Xiaodou gnawed at the slime, and his subspace stomach spewed out the Steampunk arc's gear scraper, forming a rat-shaped mecha drill.
"Hold on tight!" Royal Cat wrapped Xiaodou in talisman paper from the Cultivation of Immortals chapter and leaped into the portal. However, the portal was suddenly shattered by the tentacles and vines of the Cthulhu chapter, and the two were thrown into the zombie horde of the Apocalypse chapter. Xiaodou gnawed at the zombie's mechanical eye, and his subdimensional stomach spewed out beeswax chains from the Ancient Words House Fighting chapter, which automatically coiled into a defensive barrier. Royal Cat swung out the energy whip from the Interstellar chapter, but the end of the whip blossomed into a red spider lily from the Demon Realm chapter, its petals corroding the zombie's metal skeleton.
The third teleport finally reached the altar, and the sight before him made the Royal Cat's fury flare up—the altar was flooded with deep-sea ink from the Cthulhu arc, suspended in the ink were fragments of marriage certificates from various worlds, each one bearing the signature of "Lin Shen" (echoing the portal crisis in Chapter 10). The mechanical heart was locked in shackles fused together by tentacles and gears, surrounded by the Star Spawn of the Cthulhu arc, their tentacles adorned with magical scrolls from the Western Fantasy arc and chips from the Cyberpunk arc.
The leader of the remnants of Grand Tutor Zhao emerged from the ink, holding in his hand the "Concept Rat Annihilation Cannon" that combined Cthulhu tentacles with interstellar technology: "Lin Shen thought that he could seal the sweet energy of Heaven with a mechanical heart? The split of his three souls is precisely the sweet trap set by Heaven!" Black sweet energy (a product of Heaven's furnace) spurted out of the muzzle, and Xiaodou's treasure-stealing rat form suddenly went out of control, and its subspace stomach frantically devoured the surrounding cross-volume items: Bai Yan's fox fur from the Demon World chapter, the energy crystal from the Interstellar chapter, the anti-hair loss spray from the Campus chapter, etc.
"Use my tail diary!" The Royal Cat flung out a beeswax chain from the ancient story of a house fight, strung with the marriage stones of various worlds (a foreshadowing of Volume 7). Xiaodou suddenly realized something, dipped his tail in Snowball's special anti-hair-shedding spray, and wrote in the air:
"Lin Shen's sweetness is the shape of freedom!"
The spray resonated with Bai Yan's fox fur, transforming into a rainbow-colored purifying beam that shattered the sweet energy. The mechanical heart suddenly roared like a metal dragon from a Western fantasy story, mingled with the alarm call of a mechanical cat: "The Concept Rat King's energy is fluctuating abnormally. Activate emergency protocol!"
Xiaodou seizes the opportunity to devour the fusion of the energy crystal and the osmanthus bookmark (foreshadowed in Chapter 11). The subspace stomach spews out bubbles of memories from various worlds: the falling cherry blossoms on the rooftop in the campus arc, the human cub they jointly protected in the apocalypse arc, and the natal flying sword accidentally swallowed in the immortal cultivation arc. The number "001" on the surface of the mechanical heart suddenly lights up, projecting the phantoms of Lin Shen's three souls: the gentle Lin Shen holding the demon world's fox fire, the stern Ling Yuan holding the broken sword of the immortal cultivation world, and the third soul, surprisingly, the metallic dragon form from the Western fantasy arc.
"002, Xiaodou, thank you..." Lin Shen, his three souls fused into a half-machine, half-flesh body, reached out to touch his heart, and the shackles of gears and tentacles instantly disintegrated. From beneath the altar came the whispers of the deep sea of the Cthulhu Arc, and "Cthulhu God Core No. 14-01" emerged from the ink (a foreshadowing of the final volume of the Cyberpunk Arc).
[The final battle where all the Guardians gather]
Ye Li's Guardian Badge (Chapter 10, Hook 1) suddenly popped out of the Royal Cat's collar. The badge resonated with the mechanical heart, revealing a holographic message: "Guardians Assemble!" The Campus Prince activated the quantum stabilizer, and Guardians like Snowball (No. 003), Ye Li (No. 004), and the Mechanical Cat (No. 006) emerged from the portal. Snowball unleashed the anti-hair-shedding spray from the Campus Arc, which combined with the demonic fox fur to form a purifying barrier. Ye Li summoned the Deep Sea Scepter from the Cthulhu Arc, and the Star-Family Eyeball on its tip radiated anti-entropy energy.
【Concept Rat King's Ultimate Form】
The rune on Xiaodou's claw heart glowed with an eighth glimmer, combining with the "001" on the mechanical heart to form "001 + 8 = 9," triggering the Concept Rat King's ultimate form. Xiaodou's body expanded into a giant rat, a fusion of machinery and fur. His tail was entwined with weapons from various worlds: the purple-gold sword from the martial arts arc, the laser cannon from the interstellar arc, and the magic wand from the Western fantasy arc. He opened his mouth and unleashed a rainbow-colored rain of nuts, mingled with the pine spirit rat pups from the fairy tale arc (a hilarious scene from Chapter 10). The pups gnawed at the tentacles of Cthulhu's core, shrinking it with each bite.
Lin Shen's Three Souls in One and the Sweet Truth
"Heaven considers sweetness a shackle," Lin Shen's mechanical heart pulsated with golden energy. "But true sweetness lies in protecting the freedom of those we love." He opened his arms, and the fragments of marriage certificates from various worlds automatically flew toward the mechanical heart, transforming into chains of freedom, sealing the Cthulhu God Core within the fragments of the Dragon Scale Map. Before the God Core collapsed, it uttered a Cthulhu curse: "You haven't sealed me, you've sealed the next sweet trap..."
[End-of-Chapter Hook and Cross-Volume Linkage]
- Hook 1:
The "Guardian Badge No. 001" fell out of the crack in the mechanical heart. The badge merged with the Royal Cat's collar, revealing the words "Lin Shen, First of the Guardian Sequence." At the same time, a map of the Metal Dragon Territory from Volume 9 of the Western Fantasy series appeared.
- Hook 2:
From the depths of the altar rang the cyberpunk female voice: "Divine Core No. 14-01 has been successfully sealed, initiating cross-volume database synchronization." Xiaodou's claw heart rune lit up with a ninth glimmer, combining with "001" to spell out "001+9=10."
- Hook 3:
Deep sea ink seeped out of the fragments of Cthulhu's god core, and the ink wrote on the ground: "The sweet truth is hidden in the memory of the fourteenth life" (a foreshadowing of the final volume).
【Funny scenes】
- Snowball's anti-hair-shedding spray accidentally sprayed on the Cthulhu Star Families, causing all their tentacles to fall off, leaving them with bare tentacles that could square dance;
- The school hunk's quantum stabilizer suddenly malfunctions, sending the leader of Master Zhao's remaining gang to the chicken farm in the game arc. The leader is forced to wear the hen suit from the fairy tale arc to lay eggs;
- The mechanical cat (No. 006) used the repair wrench from the interstellar chapter to hit the stuck mechanical heart, but it triggered the school bell from the campus chapter, and the entire altar echoed with the magical "ding-ling-ling" bell sound.
[Emotional climax of the final chapter of this volume]
Lin Shen's shadow caressed Xiaodou's forehead. "Thank you for trusting me... Perhaps the next time we meet will be in the Metal Dragon Territory in the Western Fantasy arc." The mechanical heart unleashed a rainbow-colored rain of nuts, mingled with sweet memories from various worlds. The Royal Cat wrapped Xiaodou in the martial arts hero's cloak, which suddenly transformed into the quantum banner of the Interstellar arc, fluttering in the Cthulhu ink.
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