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In the image, gravity seems to have lost its rules for a moment.

Adam's massive, mountain-like metal body activated its jet thrusters without warning.

His target wasn't David, whom he was trampling underfoot, but rather he leaped into the air.

Its enormous body blocked out the bright moonlight, casting a suffocating shadow.

Rebecca, who was firing wildly, didn't even have time to look up.

Her eyes remained fixed on David's direction, the gun spitting out angry flames.

That was her last act of defiance in wanting to protect the one she loved.

"David..."

Her lips had just parted, and she hadn't even had a chance to fully utter the name.

boom!

There is no such thing as a heartfelt farewell before death.

That steel monster, weighing hundreds of tons, just crashed down straight down without any regard for reason.

"Smack!"

A chilling thud.

It's like a tomato that's been accidentally smashed in a supermarket.

That hot-tempered little girl who was deeply in love with David and always rushed to the front.

Gone.

The smoke and dust cleared.

Adam Hammer stood in the pool of blood, his red electronic eyes slightly narrowed.

He didn't even look down at his feet.

It was as if I had only stepped on an ant.

That was the ultimate contempt.

"Who are you chatting with so happily here?"

The mocking sound of the heavy hammer, filled with the static of electricity, rang out.

His tone was as relaxed as if he were greeting an old neighbor.

At that moment, the world seemed to have been muted.

......

Right now, in the real world.

Tens of millions of viewers in front of the screen.

Everyone's expression froze.

Their pupils dilated, their mouths gaped open, and their brains experienced a severe malfunction in that instant.

What just happened?

What about Rebecca?

What happened to Rebecca, who said "I'll always protect you"?

What about Rebecca, who remained devoted to David even as he was on the verge of becoming a cybernetic psychopath?

It took about three seconds.

Immediately afterwards, the live streaming platform's servers let out a mournful cry of overload.

The previously subdued comment section, which had been quiet due to David's defeat, suddenly erupted!

【？？？？？？？？】

Holy crap!

[Am I seeing things? What the hell is that puddle on the ground?!]

[Rebecca? Rebecca, where did you go? Don't scare me!]

[Gone? Just like that? Not even a last word?]

[Su Bai! I'll curse your ancestors for eighteen generations!]

【Aaaaaah! My Rebecca! You old scoundrel Su, are you even human?! Are you even human?!】

[I can't take it anymore! I really can't take it anymore! I'm going to stab the author! I'm going to blow up that healing animation company!]

An emotion called rage spread like wildfire along the internet.

If Mann's death was tragic and made people want to cry, then...

So Rebecca's death was purely disgusting to the audience.

It's simply tearing something beautiful apart and showing it to people!

This simple and brutal way of dying completely shattered the audience's psychological defenses.

A well-known anime streamer, Pighead Bro, is watching a live stream.

One second he was shouting, "Rebecca, run!"

The next second, he stared at the pool of blood on the screen, and slumped into his chair as if his soul had been ripped out.

"No, brothers..."

Pighead Bro's voice trembled, and his eyes instantly reddened.

"This isn't right...this script is wrong!"

"Even if she's going to die, at least let her say a word! At least let her die in David's arms! What's with just crushing her? That's so undignified! That's so damn hopeless!"

"Bang!"

Pighead Bro suddenly ripped off his headphones, slammed them on the table, and roared at the camera, spraying saliva all over the screen.

"Su Bai! You have no heart! You're a pervert! You call this healing? This is depressing!"

......

Healing Animation Company, office.

The atmosphere here is equally oppressive.

Shen Qingyue stared intently at the screen in front of her.

Her chest heaved violently, and her once clear and cold eyes were now filled with disbelief and shock, as well as a hint of murderous intent that she could barely suppress.

As the art director, she personally oversaw the production of this scene.

But when the finished product, along with the sound effects and background music, was actually presented, the impact still broke her defenses, even though she was in the know.

"you......"

Shen Qingyue suddenly looked up and stared intently at the man sitting in the boss's chair.

"Do you really have to be so ruthless?"

Her voice trembled slightly, a sign of barely suppressed anger.

"Rebecca is one of the most popular female characters in the entire series. Even if she were to die taking a bullet for David, the audience would accept it. But what have you turned her into?"

"Su Bai, do you really have no human emotions?"

Faced with Shen Qingyue's questioning, and the furious roars from the entire internet that could almost be faintly heard outside the window.

Su Bai's expression was as calm as a stagnant pool, but deep in his eyes, a near-fanatical light flickered.

"Shen, the campus belle, this is Night City."

Su Bai put down his teacup and pointed to the glaring red stain on the screen.

"In that world, there is only the law of the jungle, and the instantaneous transition between life and death."

"If you were to give Rebecca a dramatic sacrifice, that would be Hollywood sentimentality, cheap sentimentality."

"Only such an ending can allow the audience to truly experience the cruelty of that world and feel that deep-seated sense of powerlessness."

The voice just fell.

In Su Bai's mind, the system's notification sounds were exploding wildly.

[Ding! Extreme negative emotional fluctuations detected!]

[Audience member "Pig Head Bro" experiences a dramatic drop in sanity, with his depression level increasing by 500!]

[A viewer who "loves spicy hot pot" erupts in rage, causing 200 points of depression!]

[The entire internet is in an emotional breakdown... The depression level is skyrocketing at a rate of 10 per second!]

[Congratulations, host! Your current depressive level has surpassed its historical peak! The next anime script is about to be unlocked!]

As Su Bai listened to the pleasant notification sound, the corners of his mouth finally couldn't help but turn up in a smile.

Go be furious.

Cry your heart out.

This is the effect I wanted.

Only by tearing your hearts apart and stomping on them will you remember this work forever, and remember this heart-wrenching night.

"and......"

Su Bai looked at Shen Qingyue's angry face and said quietly.

"The worst is yet to come; this is just the beginning."

Shen Qingyue felt a chill run down her spine when she looked at Su Bai's devilish whisper.

She glanced at the screen instinctively.

......

The scene returns to the animation.

Rebecca's death not only shattered the hearts of the audience, but also completely destroyed David's last shred of sanity.

"Rebecca..."

David looked at the pool of blood not far away.

His pupils trembled violently, and his breathing became rapid.

In his mind, the image of that person who always called him an idiot while taking care of him shattered completely at that moment.

"Aaaaaah!"

A piercing roar erupted from deep within David's throat.

The sound didn't seem like a human's; it sounded more like the howl of a trapped beast before a desperate struggle.

He didn't even care about his own wounds; he desperately tried to get up, to rush towards Adam's hammer, and to tear him to pieces!

however.

the reality is cruel.

A giant mechanical hand mercilessly gripped David's throat, lifting him into the air like a marionette.

Adam's hammer, its single eye flashing red, scanned the boy on the verge of collapse in his hand.

"No signs of implantation of the construct?"

Even so, can you still maintain your sanity?

"That's really interesting."

Adam's hammer continued to strike steadily, without any fluctuation.

He felt no remorse for killing Rebecca, nor was he afraid of David's outburst.

In his eyes, it was just a boring game.

"Bang!"

Heavy Hammer raised his other hand, and the large-caliber hand cannon in his hand was pressed directly against David's abdomen.

A shell was fired at point-blank range.

David was sent flying backward like a rag doll, crashing hard into the wall.

[Stop hitting him! Please stop!]

David is going to die! David is really going to die!

Where's Lucy? Has Lucy gone far? If Lucy gets caught too, I really don't want to live anymore!

[Su Bai, I beg you, just give me a quick death, stop torturing me, my heart is really aching.]

The audience was too exhausted to curse anymore.

Looking at that once spirited young man, now he looks like this.

A profound sense of powerlessness enveloped everyone.

They wanted to rush in and help.

But there's nothing they can do.

I could only watch this cruel scene unfold through the screen, tears streaming down my face.

David struggled to lift his head.

My vision is already blurred.

But he still saw the huge full moon in the distant night sky.

So round.

So bright.

Just like the moon that Lucy showed him in Mewtwo.

"Lucy..."

David's consciousness began to fade, but a bleak smile appeared on his lips.

He knew he couldn't leave.

But at least...

Just then, Falco's anxious voice suddenly came through the communication channel.

"David! Lucy's on the bus! We're evacuating!"

"Hurry up too..."

The sound stopped abruptly.

Accompanied by severe tinnitus.

A giant foot stomped on David again, crushing him into the dust.

Adam Hammer didn't rush to deliver the final shot.

He seemed to enjoy the process of crushing the ants.

He lowered his head, his single, scarlet eye almost touching David's face, and the electronic voice sounded like the pronouncement of death.

"It's over, Edge Walker."

"This is the only fate for rats in the gutter like you."

This is not just a verdict against David.

It was also an ultimatum to all the viewers who harbored illusions in front of the screen.

There were no miracles or reversals.

Yes, only absolute suppression.

All the audience members held their breath at that moment, their hearts feeling as if they were being squeezed tightly by an invisible hand.

They knew that David's final moment was approaching.

That dream about the moon.

That promise to the boy.

Is it destined to shatter in the end?