"I hope so. Fortunately, he can't play any tricks anymore. The three layers of defense have been broken by our immortal method, and it seems that even with the help of invisible power, the level of strength is also high and low. In this game, we won. ”

There are no enemies on the battlefield, only your own people. Along the way they came, Shang Luo and the others got on the elevator again.

The elevator girl was still standing in place, the dial-like floor hands still spinning.

"By the way, Apollonia, do you think little Pompey's vision is worth looking forward to?"

Just like in the checkout screen of the level, Shangluo began to chat with Apollonia about the gains and experiences of this operation.

[I'm looking forward to the future of the 'Colombian Automata' country.] 】

"Huh? Why? ”

Because every automaton there has the same desire to be truly born, just like me. It's just that their strength level is relatively low, and they can carry it with just a clockwork head. The set of alchemists I am using now can't actually bear to be completed, but at least I can exist as a 'person'. I don't know why, but I actually have some sympathy for them. And, it's also a little funny. 】

"You mean little Pompey's feast?"

[It's him, he tries to be a human being, and it's really fun.] Maybe the clockwork head was too simple for him, so that his cognition was a little biased. But if they do succeed, I don't mind guiding them to the true path – letting them know how to live as human beings. And, this also provides a second option beyond the Lighthouse program. 】

"Oh, I almost forgot, you don't really support the Lighthouse Project?"

[Because that's the plan of the Helios organization.] The Lighthouse Project, led by Helios and the Muse, doesn't really have much to do with me. If I had to decide, I would be more inclined to the future of automata. Isn't it good to live on earth? Sunshine, flowers and dew, only here can be enjoyed. I haven't experienced the world myself, how can anyone want to escape by any means. Although-]

She paused: [Although there is a curtain limited by hardware conditions, it stands between me and the truth. However, I believe that one day, I can truly be born into this world - once I was really anxious. But it's much better now. 】

"Why?"

Because you're here. Apollonia also made a summary speech of the level, "I feel that no matter what I need, you will help me meet it. In that case, I don't have any need to become a human, so I just need to take my time. Just seeing these automata striving for light, I thought I could give them a tiny ray of light so that they could feel at ease. What a metaphor? 】

She pondered again: [This feels very vague and difficult to say, but I can give an example - if Cao Cao and Liu Bei both control the Han family, then what is the biggest difference between them? The biggest difference is that Cao Cao is an outsider after all, and the gap between him and the Han family is almost unbridgeable, even if he marries his daughter to the emperor. But Liu Bei is different, if Liu Bei controls the Han Dynasty, he can easily obtain the 'ultimate comfort' that Cao Cao dreamed of, but couldn't ask for.

[Cao Cao said that when he was young, he wanted to be a general of the expedition to the west, but when he was old, he could only raise a glass and ask the sky in Tongquetai; 'Who can know my heart'. Yes, there are so many relatives of the Han family, there are so many, they are not worth it at all. Zhuojun sells straw sandals can be a member of the Han family, and there are a lot of them around him, but Cao Cao himself is not a member of the Han family. You can understand this feeling, right? 】

"Cao Cao, I can never be at peace with the Han family, I can understand that. After all, in various senses, I believe that Cao Cao did have the pure heart of a general who conquered the west when he was young, leaving Cao Cao with not many choices. ”

[The same is true for automata.] They want to be human, but they are not human after all. They're still a little bit worse after all. But if it were me, I would probably give them aura and give them the status of 'human'. 】

"Can you still do that? Why didn't I see it? ”

[I didn't actually see it myself. But I think I can do it—well, but it doesn't matter now, I'm working for Heaven now. It doesn't matter what future Helios chooses, or what I choose. There can only be one sun in this sky, and this sun is now Aurora. 】

"Ding." The elevator reached the target. Shang Luo stepped out of the elevator.

The sun was shining in from outside. This is the sunshine that has not been seen for a long time, the real sunshine. The train station was crowded, and it was another good morning. The night has passed, and it is already morning, and the wonderful sun is shining from the west, which is really amazing.

"Uh-huh???" Almost at the same time, Shang Luo and Fa Ertong, as well as Fu Yuanshan, who got out of the elevator, also noticed.

"Wait, why is the sun in the west!" Phaedon tightened his grip on the Sun God's spear, "The sun is out, but it's not quite right. According to the time, it should be dawn and the sun should be in the east. And now the sun is in the west and in the west. That's it."

[Dusk.] Twilight. He finally showed up. 】

"It's finally, he's showing up." Phaethon suppressed his voice.

"Who? Who showed up? Shang Luo was surprised.

"Look ahead." Phaethon held his head and twisted his head towards the crowd surging in the train station—

Shang Luo found that everyone had two horns on their heads.

It is a goat-like curved double horn that grows from the top of the head and swirls around the ears. The men and women here don't look abnormal anywhere else, except for this pair of horns.

[The two-horned god Amun Zeus.] Sure enough, this is his home turf. Big fish, really fished out. 】

"Isn't that your brother?"

[My brother I've never met. I was thinking, how could he not come out and intervene in the chaos in Rome. Now, he did. After Helios showed the lighthouse, he finally began to show his future. It's just that hiding in such a deep place does look like his style. He showed the end of Helios, and he showed my fallacy, neither path was taken in New Antioch, and you defeated both paths. Now, I'm afraid he's going to start showing the future he's planning. I don't know, what exactly he wants. 】

The twilight wind blows, carrying the aroma of lavender and wheat.

Outside the subway station, Shang Luo looked south—on the Hudson River, where tall statues of gods stood. There were no shackles under his feet, no seven rays of light on his head, only the two-horned god standing on the earth, staring into the distance.

Everyone around them turned a blind eye to their arrival. No one noticed that they had no horns on their heads.

However, it's not like everyone hasn't noticed -

"I've been waiting for you for a long time, Mr. Shangluo." Little Pompey's motorcade appeared at the door and opened the door for Shang Luo, "On Friday morning, I want to treat you to apple pie. ”

(End of chapter)