Am I really hallucinating?

Chapter 226 "General"

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Like other noble ladies, she studied in the Royal Academy. In the afternoon, she attended tea parties with other rich ladies to discuss interesting things recently, gossip about which talented people are worth paying attention to recently, and how to make the boys she likes actively pursue her. Who seems to have a conflict with whom again, what is the reason, and will they make up...

The boring days are always the same, but Rabbi doesn't hate them. Every boring and annoying daily life should be precious.

Precisely because of its unchanging nature, every change seems so abrupt and unfamiliar.

People gradually stopped playing with her, and she left the tea party and took off her heavy clothes. As her family gradually moved away from the center of political power, her identity seemed to have changed.

What is worth being happy about is that I have more free time now, and I can read some books that are considered inappropriate reading materials by college teachers, and learn some new knowledge.

Change brought relief, and she began to think that change was a good thing.

Until my parents died accidentally while out, when they said goodbye before leaving, no one ever thought that it would be a farewell forever.

Change can also be painful, like a knife cutting into the heart, leaving an irreparable wound.

She was forced to leave the college, and could no longer easily obtain and study the books that interested her. Her home became deserted, and she lived a more unfamiliar life.

It can even be said that it is a completely different level from past life.

She began to pay more attention to the changes around her, the gears that made some things change beyond recognition without her noticing, turning invisibly in the air.

Grandpa's dementia, Radish's aging, the familiar home becoming more dilapidated, Skarloval's turmoil...

She has changed too.

Change is not a good thing.

Every time, every time, every time, the sudden change was always so cruel to her.

Going with the flow, she herself was one of the invisible gears in the sky, a small gear, turning along with the huge gear.

The change is closely related to her, but has nothing to do with her.

She prayed that at least Grandpa and Carrot could close their eyes peacefully, and hoped that the unchanging changes could continue, but the cold gears could not even satisfy this.

So she prepared early.

Since the gears cannot be stopped, she must at least push them with her own hands.

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The strength of the people in white clothes should not be underestimated, but it does not mean that they are strong in all aspects. Rabbi has been studying and understanding them. Most of the things called fantasy factors need to be actively activated to work.

What gives them more physical strength is another kind of hemoglobin factor, but because this hemoglobin factor has side effects, most people use it with restraint.

Not to mention the mechanical weapons reinforced with local special metals, even ordinary firearms can kill them if the opportunity arises. We are all just human beings.

Shooting someone in the head at such a close distance had the expected result.

The man in white had no change in expression, but his body fell to the ground with a loud bang.

There was silence.

Everyone was stunned for a moment. They could not believe that the short man would dare to suddenly shoot at the man in white clothes at such a close distance, and the man in white clothes died just like that.

Something big has happened.

How dare she! ?
While others were stunned, the rabbi used his other hand to light a fire on a simple ornament on his waist, but it was not just an ornament.

boom!
The flames illuminated and ignited the scene, but there was no substantial high temperature or impact, only a large amount of smoke and hurricane force winds.

Just as the rabbi was about to take action, a puppet tore through the smoke screen and kicked her to the ground. She slid a distance away, holding her stomach, coughing and retching.

"You are so bold! Do you know what you have done?" the man in the suit asked loudly with bloodshot eyes.

"Hahaha, hahahaha!" He received a loud, old laugh.

The old man was lying on the ground, tears welling in his eyes, perhaps from the smoke or something else.

"What's so funny, bastard? Even your past achievements can't save you!"

"What a crap achievement." Another man in white clothes walked out with a cold voice, pulled out a gun and fired several shots at the old man on the ground.

There were several bloody holes on the old man's body. The rabbi struggled to stand up, blood oozing from his mouth.

Seeing grandpa looking at me with a smile, seemingly very satisfied, my cloudy eyes became clear at the last moment, and then lost their luster.

"Dingdu...!" Radish struggled violently and one of his arms suddenly deformed. He pressed the old barrel of the gun against the puppet that was holding him and fired directly, but the result was a gun barrel explosion and his arm shattered. However, the explosion still allowed it to break free from its restraints.

It rolled and crawled to the old man, reaching out its hands to grab him, even if it was a corpse...

boom!
The man in white suddenly raised his foot and stepped on the radish from the side, pressing it to the ground again.

"Fuck, someone suddenly died and I have to write a report and maybe even get fired... Why are you putting on a sentimental show for me? You're a bunch of stupid monkeys."

As he spoke, he reached out and picked up the radish on the ground, and punched it hard. The terrifying force fell on the radish's fragile body. As the air wave spread, it was blasted directly towards the mansion, smashing the walls one after another, causing the old mansion to shake violently and the rooms along the way to collapse.

I don't know where the fire started, but the flames ignited the old house and the flames gradually rose.

The rabbi looked at the ruins of his home and his grandfather's body, knelt on the ground, took a breath, and pointed the gun at his mouth...

Tread-

The strange sound of footsteps suddenly echoed, and the rabbi's vision, which was hazy from tears, came back to clarity. He watched a dark figure with a distorted human outline slowly walking in front of him.

Is that... an illusion?
She was here, seeing hallucinations?

The shadow came to her, looked at her quietly, and then...

He walked past her and headed towards the ruins and fire.

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Radish was lying in the ruins, his already aging limbs were all broken, his skeleton was so cracked that he would be shattered to pieces if he exerted even a little force.

“Beep…”

"It's really strange. I failed before, but it seems to be okay this time. It must be because of your little master. The setting of your world is quite interesting. As expected, in the end, it still cannot be separated from the world centered on humans."

These days, the voice that had always said this to it appeared again.

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At first, it was lying in the studio. When Rabbi went out to prepare lunch, it saw the figure standing at the door. A strange man with beautiful gray eyes put his hands in his pockets and looked at it curiously. He smiled and said, "Oh? You can actually see me?"

It seemed that no one else could see the man, and it couldn't be sure whether its power core really had unknown problems due to aging.

To be on the safe side, it followed the wandering man out of caution after Grandpa fell asleep.

The man seemed to be trying to get close to the young master Rabbi, but Rabbi couldn't see him either... No, Rabbi seemed to be able to vaguely hear some of the man's voices, and occasionally seemed to be able to glimpse a little, but he couldn't make contact with him specifically. After finding that he didn't seem to be any harm, Carrot still made contact with him.

He was an amazing man, and if he was really a human being, at least he subverted Radish's impression of humans.

It can communicate with itself without a receiver, as if it can directly feel the flow of information in its power core.

Possessing many strange abilities, just like those of most people, or perhaps even more powerful than most people.

The man proposed a deal to Luobo: "How about giving me your body for a try? A non-human, even inorganic being can actually see and touch me. I'm curious if you can become my body."

Luobo felt that by giving his body to this person, he had the illusion that he was the key to release the devil.

However, the conditions proposed by the other party were too tempting.

"I can fix you, really fix you, and even do some things for you. I'm very easy to talk to, and there's no illusion more loving than me. Do you know what an illusion is? Anyway, those white clothes you saw on the road outside before were just a piece of clothing on the side of the road to me. As a puppet, you love that girl and the old man, but now you can't even do household chores." The man turned into a giant tarantula and lay on the wall, and Carrot could only communicate with him through the wall.

So Radish agreed.

But the attempt failed.

The man could touch himself but could not perform the possession he talked about.

Luobo felt a little disappointed. After all, he was just a useless puppet and couldn't even catch such an opportunity.

The man was puzzled, so Radish could only follow his instructions and try to let the little master Rabbi touch him. This would also bring him wonderful power.

Radish knew very well what Rabbi was thinking. It had been watching humans since it was born, and had also watched Rabbi from birth to adulthood.

It is much more aware of the changes in the external situation than the rabbi and the old and confused fellow. In fact, it has its own old radio function, but the old fellow has long forgotten it, and the rabbi doesn't even know it.

When it is alone at home, it quietly listens to the broadcast inside its body.

Sooner or later, my existence will become a burden to my little master.

The old man wanted to fix himself, but the work progress could not move forward in his current state. It was the last bit of his strength that he had to debug several mechanical prostheses, and it was difficult to complete the final pairing.

The man was curious about its beliefs.

He said he wanted to test himself and maybe make some progress.

The man could directly inject wonderful emotions into its power core. Even though it could feel and understand these emotions early on, it still lacked a lot in terms of expression. However, what the man gave it directly was extremely strong and clear.

Joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness…real emotions, novel, yet torturous.

It felt as if it had further broken through some shackles, its thinking was clearer, and the sluggishness caused by the aging of the power core was gone.

The word to describe this feeling is... freedom.

It’s a pity that I still can’t achieve the final step with the man.

And now...

“Beep…”

"Yes, I think I know the reason. Don't you know this yourself? Forget it, you are just a robot after all."

“Beep…”

"Don't be so anxious. I know the current situation is very bad. Your sadness is pouring down on me like rain." Zheng Fan squatted down beside Luobo.

"But this is a very serious matter. You have to use your complete power core, or of course we prefer to call it 'brain', and think carefully with your brain."

"Your body will completely belong to me from now on. I will provide you with strength. You can do whatever you want when I'm not around, but you can't refuse me when I need you."

“Beep…”

"And rather than doing something as reasonable as protecting your loved ones, I think you should propose something more independent-minded, which will make our cooperation more motivated. Although possessing robots is novel, this novelty alone will not keep me."

"..."

Radish's face flickered.

After a moment, it responded softly: "Beep...beep..."

Then, it will break the "gear" hanging high in the sky.

"Haha, you look so honest, but you are quite arrogant. Not bad, then let's work hard together next." Zheng Fan stretched out his hand.

The flashing red signal light on the black boiled egg head of Radish suddenly went out.

sizzle-

The power core suddenly chimed, and a grayish-white light replaced it, making it look like a beacon. The shadow outlined by the flame split in two, and the dark liquid seeped out from every crack in the carrot's body, repairing its worn-out and collapsing body at a rapid speed.

The fluid extended outward and touched the mechanical prosthetic limbs placed on the workbench, dragging them over and directly splicing them onto the broken limbs.

With crackling sounds, Radish's body changed drastically, and the mechanical prosthesis that was originally intended for human use was forcibly matched.

The legs were completed first, bent, and it stood up on one knee, straightening its back.

With the extension of his right shoulder, the fluid attracted all the weapons and equipment in the studio, and all of them were integrated into the right arm that was being spliced, finally completing the splicing.

The robot turned its right hand, gently grasped the left arm, and twisted it slightly in line with the progress of the splicing, completing the final pairing.

Click!

In the flames, "Carrot" turned around and saw an old military uniform on the hanger in the corner of the studio.

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"Put out the fire first and take everyone away! This matter is going to be difficult to end. What are you all standing there for? Come on!" the man in the suit shouted anxiously, directing the puppets around him.

Several mechanical puppets approached the fire, preparing to put it out.

Swish!
boom!
There were continuous loud noises, and the nearest puppets were either smashed to pieces or cut in half.

A puppet that was smashed into the air narrowly missed the man in the suit, scaring him so much that he stood there in a daze.

The rabbi, who was about to commit suicide by shooting himself, suddenly opened his eyes and felt his heart beating violently.

In my ears, the sound of gears creaked softly.

In the sea of fire, a tall and strong figure stepped out, his military boots crushing the flames. The tattered black military uniform was just right for him, and the hem of his loose coat fluttered in the wind and fire. Several strange silver-gray medals adorned this abnormal military puppet.

呲——

The body dissipates heat by emitting white mist from all parts, and the roar of the power core is like the roar of a steel beast.

At this moment, it is like a mechanical general walking out of hell.

(End of this chapter)