am-books Chapter 1029: Been a While
Chapter 1029: Been a While
Chapter 1029: Been a While
With her hearing sealed, Vermilion Bird rushed toward the humanoid weapon, using her superpower and activating the Red Scorpion from the maximal range of twenty meters, digitizing all her consciousness to infiltrate the weapon’s system.
The humanoid weapon shuddered before its head jerked up and its body stiffened, entering standby mode.
Vermilion Bird dropped to her knees with her head drooping, entering sleep.
The digitized Vermilion Bird knew she wouldn’t be able to dominate the humanoid weapon; instead, she wreaked havoc as a virus.
She roamed the cold city of data and brought destruction wherever she went, breaking down skyscrapers into countless chunks of scrambled code and scattering them.
Soon, she stopped and realized something was wrong.
Her head jerked up. Above was an identical, intact data city, hanging upside down like the reflection in a mirror.
Pzzt—
In the real world, Ronnie’s Disorientation persisted. He had to keep interfering with the humanoid weapon’s brain in order to cover for Vermilion Bird’s infiltration.
In three seconds, Vermilion Bird’s face became sheet pale. At the five-second mark, her nose started bleeding. Then ten seconds, blood was trickling down from a corner of her mouth, too.
“Aghh!”
Meanwhile, Gao Yang was still trying to make it to the car under the barrage of Disorientation.
It was less than ten meters, yet it felt like an arduous trek to heaven.
One.
Two.
Three...
Twelve steps.
Finally, Gao Yang reached the car. He yanked the door to the passenger seat open. Thank God, it’s still alive!
The white cat curled up on the seat with its eyes squeezed shut and expression distorted in pain. It was hurt by Disorientation as well.
Don’t be scared. I’ll save you!
It’s okay. It’s going to be okay. We’ll go home together...
Gao Yang reached out to the cat.
“Gah!”
Vermilion Bird suddenly opened her eyes, throwing up a mouthful of blood and collapsing to the ground.
Ring—
A powerful wave of energy exploded, throwing Gao Yang off his feet.
Face pressed against the ground with blood coming out of all her orifices, Vermilion Bird parted her lips and used all her strength to make the final command:
“Run.”
The humanoid weapon’s hologram mask stopped showing scrambled codes, but displayed the violently crimson “S”. It lowered its head slightly, seemingly noticing Gao Yang getting thrown away, and it concluded based on his action that there was something in the car that was important to the target. It was a hidden threat it must eliminate now.
...
Gao Yang shook violently. His last remaining rationality forced him to stand up, stumbling toward Vermilion Bird.
“The cat never existed...”
Gao Yang helped Vermilion Bird up with difficulty, repeating in monotone, “The cat never existed...”
Light flashed behind him, piercing the corner of his eyes like a white needle.
Clack.
Two seconds later, something flew over and rolled to Gao Yang’s feet.
“The cat never existed...”
It was Lithe Snake’s head. His neck had been sliced clean, gushing and pooling blood. His eyes widened in terror, despair mixed with a hint of confusion. That was his expression in his dying moment.
“The cat never existed...”
Gao Yang continued to repeat as he turned around.
The humanoid weapon had landed. The white skeletal wings “melted” into about a dozen soft tentacles glowing a white light.
It had converted highly concentrated energy into stable light it could wield, allowing it to easily slice and slice anything on a molecular level; cutting metal would be as easy as cutting butter.
It proved particularly effective in dealing with an agile, skillful melee fighter.
Such was the S-class weapon made with Cloudland leading the development and Closure and Spiritlife providing the technology. A regular augmented human couldn’t even compare.
There was no running away. None of them would escape.
This was a trap they were never going to get out of.
“The cat never existed...” Gao Yang continued to repeat the words like a lifeline holding his rational mind together.
He slowly laid Vermilion Bird down and looked at the humanoid weapon. “The cat never existed...”
When they were at eye level, Gao Yang suddenly realized that the humanoid weapon was small in frame, like a girl in her teenage years.
It didn’t immediately kill Gao Yang, but instead slowly walked up to him.
“The cat never existed, the cat never existed...” Gao Yang continued to drone where he stood.
The humanoid weapon stopped, speaking in a mechanical yet clear and innocent voice.
“When did you wake up, Brother?”
“The cat never...”
Gao Yang stopped.
The next second, the humanoid weapon’s mask was gone, revealing the fair face of a girl. Its eyes were large and ink-black, and it had a lovely heart-shaped face.
Although it was smiling, the smile looked eerie with nothing signifying its morality, and there was an indifference that seemed to stem from its hatred for everything.
“It” was Gao Yang’s sister, Gao Xinxin.
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