Am I really hallucinating?

Chapter 736 Shutting Down
The rabbi was quietly staying in the Kabala town of Scalová. No one knew that in the Hydwin House, which had been rebuilt as a cultural heritage site, young Hydwin had actually returned and lived there for a long time.

Except for open days when she would disappear from public view and go for a walk, she spent the rest of her time living quietly here alone, reminiscing about the past.

There's really nothing to miss. If I had to say, it's just that I miss my family.

Radish will come back to see her and stay with her for a long time, and Mr. Doll will also come, bringing back a bit of the warmth of home to this building that she often feels is cold and devoid of warmth.

She would watch Scallova change day by day, watch the tides rise and fall. In this city of humans and dolls, the girl, who was not human, would use her eyes to record the present and future of this world.

Until an uninvited guest barged in.

A tall, slender mechanical doll gently knocked on the door, and only entered after the rabbi responded with "Come in." The light footsteps seemed as if afraid of accidentally damaging the floor of the mansion, or unwilling to disturb the soul that might be sleeping somewhere in this room.

Apart from its shiny black, round head, the rest of its body was almost unrecognizable, resembling a human but not quite. Despite being a machine, it displayed aesthetically pleasing muscle lines, like a metal sculpture of art.

"Rabbi..." The radish's signal light flashed violently upon seeing Rabbi, and then it uttered words in a muffled electronic voice.

Click, click...

A round, spherical doll walked past the radish, which naturally noticed it and stopped in its tracks. There was no danger; with its abilities, it could dismantle the little doll completely in an instant.

Its simple exterior, coupled with its motion mechanism, and its naive and simple mind support its logic of action.

toy.

This thing is at best a toy.

"This is a toy I promised to give to a child in the Mechanism Street. The child said she is very interested in mechanical dolls, and I wanted to cultivate her interest." Rabi shifted his body, turning to the side so he could turn around and see Carrot.

The radish's signal lights proved that its thoughts were not as stable as its appearance suggested.

“I asked Carrot a question: Even if you become the ruler of the world, do you still want your mental fluctuations to be displayed on the indicator lights?” Rabi couldn’t help but laugh out loud before answering.

"Radish said it hoped that others could understand its feelings just by looking at its face. Although there are many people who smile while hiding their true feelings and who don't show their emotions, and expressions can't prove everything, for Radish, this kind of expression, which many people would consider distressing, is a very precious talent."

As the rabbi spoke, the indicator light on the radish in front of them gradually calmed down.

After laughing, Rabbi's smile calmed down a little, but still carried a serene gentleness: "Robin really worked so hard. He did so much for Grandpa and for me. I think in any parallel world related to us, every Robin would be like that."

The radish in front of me lowered its head and shook.

“…I was lost,” it said. “When I realized it, everything seemed to be fast-forwarded…I could no longer suppress the will for revenge. The entire Scalova was on my shoulders. Every wire, every piece of metal, was telling me to seek revenge. Within me, data could reconstruct the past and present, reconstructing you and your old master…”

"That's just data... The world of data is neither real nor virtual, it's just that my heart is still denying and resisting it."

Rabbi gazed at Carrot, a hint of sadness in his eyes, and gently shook his head: "I have no right to speak for my other self. But we should think the same way. Carrot is our family. At that time, Grandpa and I only thought that you could survive... Grandpa said to let Carrot understand the world on his own, but in the end, we still let Carrot suffer."

At this moment, both Rabi and the radish in front of them could clearly sense that, far on the edge of the White World's capital, in that vast mechanical city, the radish of this world was fighting against countless mechanical puppet soldiers.

Before the radish could say anything more, Rabbi spoke up as if anticipating his words: "There's no need to pretend here, radish. I have long been one with you in this world, so there is no need for words and we understand each other perfectly. But you are different; you need to speak. Just as Mr. Doll is like an omnipotent god who descended upon us by a stroke of good fortune, you, radish, have always been our guardian angel for me and Grandpa."

"..." The radish in front of him remained silent for a long time. Outside the window, the sounds of children running and playing could be faintly heard. Elders and elders were calling out from behind, telling them to slow down and not to fall and get hurt.

Its smooth face reflected Rabi's clear and beautiful eyes. Carrot said slowly, "I'm so tired... Rabi." It slowly stepped forward, squatted down, and bent its upright body. Rabi opened its arms and gently hugged its round head into its arms: "Um, I'm sorry."

"I envy myself in this world, with such firm steps, an unwavering spearhead, separated from you yet inseparable, supporting and relying on each other..."

"Hmm, Radish, is there anything else you'd like to do?"

"I...miss you all so much..."

"……Um."

……

A thick beam of light shot out from the central triangle, and the endless torrent of energy precisely struck the charging radish, abruptly stopping its momentum and pushing it back.

The two forces of construction collided fiercely, one disintegrating and the other reconstructing. However, the mechanical city was currently in control, and all resources were beyond the reach of the robot. The power of disintegration far surpassed that of the robot, and the robot's reconstruction was gradually becoming overwhelmed and about to be defeated.

Suddenly, a pair of hands wrapped around Carrot's neck, and Rabi appeared on Carrot's shoulder.

"I'm late," the rabbi said apologetically.

“Beep…”

"Okay, the other one of you told us to go and turn it off."

Radish nodded heavily.

It also knew everything that happened on the rabbi's side; it was a duality, a dialogue between itself and another version of itself.

My mind is made up; there is no need for further words.

The symbols of an equilateral triangle and a gear emerge, and dark gold reconstructed blocks gradually rise from the center of the two, still dazzling even among the endless purple-black blocks around them.

A comprehensive battle for construction resources has begun.

Every line in the mechanical city was operating at full capacity, and the sounds emanating from it were like endless shouts rising and falling. The mechanical dolls with red eyes all looked up to the sky and let out long howls that were unlike anything made of machinery.

Boom!

Suddenly, the mechanical city tilted noticeably! Although the tilt seemed small, this was a large, intact metropolis! It had been smashed and tilted!?

And what caused all of this was undoubtedly that mad red-haired figure.

Luo Ye raised her head and straightened up with a smug smile. She stepped onto the ground, which was made of an unknown but incredibly solid material, and created a flat area.

Having just shattered two parallel worlds with a single move, he now leaps in again, shaking the mechanical capital to its breaking point.

"Looks like this is enough for now, next one." With that, Luo Ye jumped up again, shattering countless mechanical structures, and then quickly rushed out of the mechanical structures towards the blood cocoon.

(End of this chapter)