A flash of white brilliance flashed.

The next moment, Duanmu Huai and Mary only felt a flower in front of them, and then the two appeared in a strange space.

There was nothing to be seen here, at least to Duanmuhuai, and there were all kinds of walls and stairs made up of strange characters and numbers, which frankly seemed a bit dazzling.

At this moment, the voice of Rumie El was also heard in his ears.

[You've successfully entered the Reaper Network, how do you feel?] 】

"It feels bad, I really want you to see what the hell this is, the earth and the sky are full of characters full of messy and ghostly characters."

[That's a smooth entry, oh, yes, this is for you]

With the sound of Lumier's voice, Duanmu Huai saw a dagger appear out of thin air and fall into his hand.

"What is this?"

[Destroying the virus, it's basically an evolved version of dealing with Skynet and the Terminator, since these Reapers are similar to the Terminators, I think they should be just as useful]

"Infection, overload, self-detonation triple hit? I love it. ”

Duanmu Huai played with the virus dagger, then turned his head to look around, and everywhere he could see was all kinds of buildings and roads composed of these characters.

"So, where do we go next?"

[Sorry, I don't have a way to fully understand the Reaper's system at this time......... To put it simply, now that you're at the center of the Reaper network port, what's next...... Maybe I have to analyze it first]

"How long?"

[It takes at least an hour]

"It's too much trouble."

Hearing Lumiel's answer, Duanmu Huai frowned and turned to look at Mary.

"Mary, I'll leave it to you."

"Huh? But I'm not a hacker, and I don't know anything about it........."

"None of this matters, what matters is the ......... of your right eye"

As he spoke, Duanmu Huai pointed to Mary's golden eyes.

"Did you see anything special?"

"Uh-huh..............."

Mary blinked at Duanmuhuai's inquiry, then glanced around, then raised her hand with a slight hesitation and pointed to one of the paths.

"I saw golden light coming out of here.........

"Golden light? Where is it? ”

Duanmu Huai looked down Mary's fingers, but couldn't see anything but the tadpole-like characters.

"Huh? This is it......... Walk down this side from the ground, and keep going that way........."

"You can tell the difference."

"Uh......... I don't know? When I saw that light, I naturally thought so........."

It is worthy of the golden pupils, and it is really awesome.

"Then let's go, you lead the way."

"Huh? But if it's not........."

"If not, it's a gamble, don't worry, I'll be optimistic about you."

"Ah, okay........."

Hearing Duanmu Huai's words, Mary had no choice but to nod, and then she raised her head and walked forward along the road.

Duanmuhuai didn't know what Mary saw, he just followed behind Mary, watching Mary turn left and right, left and right, up and down, left and right......... But then again, although Mary's route was chosen awkwardly, I don't know why it went so smoothly, and the weirdest thing was that where there was no road, the road would automatically appear when Mary walked over.

For example, Mary just walked over what looked like a cliff, and suddenly a bunch of characters appeared from all around her, forming a bridge, and a wall that looked towering, and when Mary walked to the wall, a passage suddenly opened up in front of her.........

[I can't believe it.........]

Although Duanmu Huai didn't know what kind of situation Lumi'er was seeing, her voice was very shaken.

"What's wrong?"

How did you do that? Without triggering the alarm, it passed through several firewalls, and even directly entered the back door of the opponent's central control system......... This is usually only possible for system administrators or hackers who have obtained the system key! 】

"Even if you say so..............."

Hearing Lumiel's inquiry, Duanmu Huai just smiled, and then looked at Mary who was looking left and right in front of him.

"I can only say that someone has found the right way."

Indeed, as Lumiel said, it is not a simple matter to search deep into the system, after all, which is the safe route, I am afraid that only the user himself knows. For others, there is no way to find the right path, so naturally they can only use hacking into the system or forcibly cracking it.

But, Mary knew.

Although she doesn't know anything about programming, and she's not a hacker, there are no secrets in this world for Golden Hitomi. It is able to see everything as it really is, so that the road that cannot be seen in the eyes of others is unusually clear in front of Mary's eyes, as clear as a road sign on the highway.

To put it bluntly, Duanmu Huai is getting lost in front of him, but Mary's golden pupil already has its own navigation.

"Boom, Lah, La—————!"

The characters surged again and spread out to both sides, revealing the passage inside, and Mary and Duanmu Huai walked in. Then they came to a large, temple-like structure. Unlike before, it was pure white, except for a strange multi-faceted sphere suspended on the altar in front of it, emitting a dazzling golden glow, reaching into the sky.

"That's where it came from."

Mary reached out, pointing to the multi-faceted sphere in front of her, and Duanmu Huai nodded.

"Okay, look at me."

As he spoke, Duanmu Huai stepped forward——— but the next moment, he suddenly raised his hands and blocked in front of him.

Almost at the same moment, a beam of light burst out and hit Duanmu Huai's arm, knocking him back.

"Mr. Duanmu?!"

Seeing this scene, Mary suddenly screamed, and Duanmu Huai also put down her hand and stared coldly ahead.

"To be honest, it's like this according to the game flow, but I really don't like it."

"Huh?"

Hearing Duanmu Huai's words, Mary was stunned for a moment, and then she looked forward, only to see that in front of Duanmu Huai, in the originally empty space, there was a child who looked seven or eight years old standing at this moment, he just raised his head, stared at Duanmu Huai, and said lightly.

"I really didn't expect you to be here, it's really beyond my expectations. It seems that the organic races of this era do possess some peculiar skills. ”

"You, who are you?"

Looking at the little child in front of her, Mary looked confused, because the message her eyes gave her at the moment was completely contradictory. On the one hand, Mary could clearly see the child in her left eye, but on the other hand, her golden eyes told her that there was no one in front of her.

"I am the catalyst and I control the reaper."

Hearing Mary's inquiry, the child spoke again, and when he heard the child's answer, Duanmu Huai raised his eyebrows, and Mary was also surprised.

"You're the one who controls the Reaper? Why are you doing this? ”

"For the sake of balance."

The child turned his head to look at the golden beam of light flying behind him, then withdrew his gaze.

"Creations will always rebel against their creators, which will bring disaster, but we have found a way to stop this from happening, a way to restore order. We harvest advanced civilizations and leave behind those that are still evolving, so that the tragedy will not be repeated. ”

"Uh......... I don't understand........."

Mary frowned at the child's answer, and Duanmu Locust shrugged her shoulders.

"It's very simple, so you can understand that when civilization develops to a certain stage, it will begin to create inorganic bodies, you see, isn't it written like this in a lot of science fiction? Human beings will create robots to serve themselves in the future society, and it's that simple. But as robots become more and more advanced, they will develop a sense of self and kindred, and then they will begin to doubt the value of their own existence, and they will have contradictions and even wars with their creators......... You've probably seen something like that. ”

"Ah, of course I've seen it, but isn't that just science fiction?"

"This is also the way most advanced civilizations must go, and this guy ........."

As he spoke, Duanmu Huai pointed to the child in front of him.

"It's its creator who created it in the hope of solving this problem once and for all."

“……………… So, what do you mean ..............."

Hearing this, Mary came back to her senses.

“……… Because every civilization will come to this point, in order to prevent this from happening, the Reaper will wipe out those civilizations that have developed robots? ”

"That's right, look, isn't it very in line with the logic of artificial retardation? Leeks that grow too old will stink and rot, so cut them while they are fresh and grow a new one. ”

Duanmu Huai crossed his arms and looked coldly at the catalyst in front of him.

"So, artificial retardation will always be artificial retardation, and they can't do much other than this stupid approach."

"I don't think it's a stupid act."

The catalyst spoke again. ，

"We help them develop so that they make way for new life, and the old ones will be preserved in the form of reapers, and we must do so, and without us stopping them, the synths will destroy all living organisms. The cycle we create never goes wrong, and that's the solution. ”

"But ..................!"

Hearing this, Mary wanted to say something, but was stopped by Duanmu Huai.

"Don't talk nonsense with it, Mary, it's just an artificial retard, it will only do things according to established logic, and you try to convince it as much as you try to convince a rock to swim. Okay, let's do what we have to do. ”

"I'm not going to let you stop the cycle."

However, at this moment, the catalyst took a step back, and at the same time, I saw several tall monsters that looked like alien creatures coming out in all directions, blocking Duanmu Huai and Mary.

"It's a surprise to me that you're here, but that's all there is to it. The cycle must continue in order to preserve the regeneration of civilization for the next generation. ”

"Hehe, what's the matter with us."

Duanmu Huai clenched his fists and sneered.

"The only thing we want to do is for humanity to survive, and it doesn't matter what we sacrifice for it......... Mary, leave these idiots to me, you go and destroy the center! ”

As he spoke, Duanmu Huai handed the virus dagger to Mary.

"Huh? Me, me? ”

Hearing Duanmu Huai's order, Mary was startled.

"That's right, you can see the location of the central core, who are you going to if you don't go? I'll block these guys, then......... Do it! Drink, ah, ah!! ”

After saying this, Duanmu Huai roared angrily, and then he rushed directly to the human wall in front of him like an angry bull, and those alien aliens also raised their hands, trying to block Duanmu Huai's way. But the next moment, they were directly hit head-on by Duanmu Huai and flew out directly!

"It's now!"

"Ah, yes!!"

Hearing Duanmu Huai's roar, Mary also jumped suddenly, and then she gritted her teeth, suddenly took a step, passed through the gap knocked out by Duanmu Huai, and ran in the direction of the central core.

"Roaring —————!!"

"Die! The undead of the old times! ”

Facing the alien alien who rushed towards him, Duanmu Huai also clenched his fist and slammed a hammer into the opponent's head, then turned around and kicked out, directly kicking the other alien in the chest. Knock it directly away, and at the same time, another alien roared angrily and spread its four arms, hugging Duanmu Huai to death.

", I'm not interested in men!"

Captured in the arms of the alien, Duanmu Huai shouted again, and at the same time, the muscles of his body suddenly swelled, and directly severed the four arms of the alien alive!

"Whew———!"

With a scream, the alien with only the stump and severed arm collapsed to the ground, and in the blink of an eye, it turned into a point of light and disappeared.

“—————！”

However, at the same time, suddenly, several beams of light struck again, directly hitting Duanmu Huai's body, and soon, Duanmu Huai saw several more aliens wearing armor and holding spears and short cannons coming out of the air, and then I saw these aliens raise their guns and aim at Duanmu Huai——— next moment, the black shadow flashed suddenly, and countless tentacles suddenly appeared, penetrating the bodies of these aliens, turning them into points of light and disappearing again.

At this moment, Duanmu Huai raised his arms high——— which should have been the position of his palm, but at this moment, dozens of tentacles were squirming.

"Looks like this thing is pretty useful."

While looking at his hands transformed into tentacles with satisfaction, Duanmu Huai looked ahead again. In front of him, dozens of alien aliens quietly appeared.

"So, let's have enough fun!"

"Dada............!"

The sound of crisp footsteps echoed through the hall, and Mary held the dagger in one hand as she ran forward desperately, and although the hall did not look large, it was very spacious when she ran, almost the size of a square. Luckily for Mary, though, she was used to similar situations.

"Roaring —————!!"

Suddenly, a beam of light rushed from the side, but Mary dodged as if she had not yet predicted, dodging the attack. At the same time, she lifted the hem of her skirt and shook it to the side.

"Whoosh —————!"

Another beam of light flew almost past Mary's shoulder, hitting the ground.

But even so, Mary didn't stop, because ——— she could see.

Obviously there was no space, but Mary could clearly see the appearance of those monsters——— originally in the empty space, countless characters suddenly appeared, and then these characters gathered together to form monsters, and even she could see the trajectory and end of the opponent's attack.

Although Duanmu Huai blocked the attack of those monsters, they still held guns and tried to attack themselves from all directions, but for Mary, there was no need to worry about this level of attack. By the time they aimed their guns at Mary, Mary had a clear idea of what they were aiming at——— and the end of the attack that was coming.

In other words, for the other party, they may still think that they are a surprise attack, but in fact, Mary has clearly "seen" them long before they appear.

Is this the power of the Golden Pupil?

For Mary, this may have been the first time she had clearly realized the power of her golden pupils, countless beams, countless attacks, but it was not a problem, because she could see everything——— find the gaps, and then burrow through them.

"Whew!!"

Mary, who had been running forward, suddenly rolled on the spot, dodging the giant hand caught from behind, and she didn't even look behind her, but continued to run forward. While Mary wasn't sure what the monsters looked like to others, to her eyes, they looked like they were just models made up of characters.

It's coming soon!

Mary had now reached the bottom of the altar, and in the dazzling golden light, she could clearly see a polyhedral sphere in it.

That's it!

The moment she saw this sphere, Mary's heart had already received the answer, which was not the result of thinking, but the answer of the golden pupil.

Mary almost galloped up to the altar, clenched the dagger in her hand, stabbed hard at the faceted orb in front of her, and then ...............

"Click."

With a soft sound, the dagger in Mary's hand shattered completely, and in the blink of an eye, it disappeared without a trace.

"Huh? Oops?! ”

Seeing this scene, Mary was stunned.

Wait, what's going on? Didn't Miss Rumielle say that it would be nice to just insert the core? Did I mess up? What now? Could it be that because of their own mistakes, humanity is going to perish?

"Ryu, Miss Ryumielle?"

[Don't worry, Mary, you're doing a good job......... It worked! 】

At the moment when the voice of Lumiel began to speak, suddenly, the entire space began to tremble violently as if it were an earthquake.

The next moment, the golden beam of light was instantly dyed black.

(End of chapter)