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Chapter 125: The Factory

"Wow, a mechanical city, just how massive a mechanically modified city did this final boss build?"

Through her telescope, Bronya watched as the Honkai Beasts and assassins were imprisoned by the black and red mechanical constructs using some kind of special energy. Among them were several Honkai Beasts of Emperor level, which greatly surprised Bronya. She was certain that the energy was not Honkai energy.

In other words, has the other side developed a second energy technology besides Honkai energy? And it might even be able to suppress Honkai energy.

"I said, is it really okay for us to jump straight to this step? Weren't we supposed to go to Mount Taixu to meet up with the others?"

Seele looked at the mechanical city in front of her, somewhat confused. Although she could feel the call from another Seele within the city, could the two of them really do it?

Aren't you curious? Who is the mastermind behind all this?

"Moreover, with the existence of the time-space teleportation device, the two of us can leave here at any time without the other side knowing. Once we know who the mastermind is, wouldn't we be able to set up a more accurate plan?"

"That's what they say... but will it really prevent the other side from obtaining our information?"

Seele still felt it would be better to go back and continue planning, and then come back when she had a complete plan.

Bronya shook her head. "Now is a good opportunity, believe me. And maybe we can rescue Seele directly, and maybe we can even find... an opportunity to rescue those modified Valkyries."

Seele frowned slightly. She had seen Durandal, who had been modified, among the other Valkyries. Rather than being modified, it was as if Durandal's head had been moved onto a purely mechanical body.

Can such extensive modifications really salvage the situation? Seele was highly skeptical.

"Alright, I believe you, Bronya... I hope your intuition won't extinguish our hope of survival."

Bronya extended her hand. "Don't worry, I'm absolutely confident."

Bronya activated the optical cloaking system of her combat suit, and Seele followed suit, then they advanced toward the massive mechanical city in front of them under the unique visual environment.

The mechanical city made no response to their arrival. They swaggered past the modified structures around the city and entered its interior.

However, after observing for a few minutes, Bronya felt that it was less of a mechanical city and more of a modification factory...

They watched as lasers cut through the shells of Honkai Beasts in one metal chamber after another, then mechanical armor was linked into the Honkai Beasts' Honkai circuits, and chip-like devices were implanted in their brains to control these Honkai Beasts.

"Their method of modification... seems quite brutal."

Seele looked at the way the Honkai Beasts and Death Warriors were modified and felt a little confused. This was too crude. It was just adding mechanical armor to the Honkai Beasts and Death Warriors. There was no in-depth modification or special construction.

It's like forcibly cutting open a person's skin, connecting the control of the external mechanical armor to the nerves below, and then closing the armor.

It directly controls the brain and nerves through a special chip, but... how much pain would such a brutal modification cause?

Is it really something that ordinary living things can withstand?

"That's right. In general mechanical modification, it's about transforming human limbs into mechanical limbs, or replacing the internal skeleton with a mechanical skeleton and strengthening the muscles to create mass-produced mechanical warriors. By fine-tuning these mechanical skeletons, the power can be adjusted."

"I guess the chip in their brains is suppressing the pain. I wonder if the Valkyries are the same... If so, it would be better to end their suffering sooner."

Bronya felt a pang of sadness, enduring such pain and harm, and even the possibility of being controlled to attack her former best friend or comrade-in-arms.

"I hope the other Bronya wasn't modified..."

Seele still vividly remembers the mechanical modifications Bronya, who confronted her that day and kidnapped another Seele.

"Seele... I'm asking you, if another version of me were to be modified, what would you do?"

"Should we end her suffering with death as a form of liberation, or... try to save her from pain and suffering?"

"save!"

Without the slightest hesitation, Seele replied, "I know the other Bronya might not like me very much, but... the other Seele needs her, she can't die."

Bronya sighed slightly. In fact, she wanted to say that there was still her... Even if the other Bronya died, there would still be her Bronya. It all depended on whether the other Seele was willing to accept her.

Bronya, whose heart was filled with mixed feelings, rallied.

"Keep moving forward, toward...that tower."

Bronya looked up at the massive tower at the very center of the distant mechanical factory. If she wasn't mistaken, the other Seele should be there.

The stealth into the mechanical factory went very smoothly, and the closer Seele got to the factory, the stronger her sense of the other Seele became. Seele's speed also increased continuously. Finally, a few minutes later, the two arrived at the edge of the giant tower. Bronya used Icarus to cut a square gap in the wall and entered with Seele.

Bronya went in first, and after confirming that there were no enemies around, Seele entered the room. She closed her eyes and sensed the surroundings for a moment, and then she located the other Seele.

“Seele, you said that the body you are using is the original Seele’s. So, in what form will the other Seele, who was extracted from you, exist?”

Bronya was somewhat puzzled, and Seele also said she didn't know. All she knew was that another Seele was there, waiting for them.

Suddenly, Seele stopped in her tracks. "Wait! Something's not right!"

Bronya raised the weapon in her hand. "What's wrong?"

"Seele is...actively approaching us..."

Seele's face was full of confusion. Seele's personality had been stripped away, so how could she possibly approach them on her own initiative?

Bronya frowned. Just then, a voice, like a broadcast, rang out in the dark corridor, "Welcome to the Mechanical Tower, two uninvited guests."

Bronya's Icarus sword transformed into a white hilt, with blue energy constricted at the top of the hilt in the form of a sword. "Looks like we've been discovered... Introduce yourself, Final Boss?"

A crisp footstep echoed from the darkness. When the figure emerged, Seele's pupils dilated sharply, for before them stood Bronya, the Bronya of this world.

Chapter 126: Mechanical Ascension

“Bronya...sister.”

“Seele… ah, no, it should be… another Seele, it’s been a long time, my dear sister.”

Bronya frowned slightly. This tone... and the way she spoke were completely different from the Bronya she remembered. Moreover, this other version of herself was not in her Herrscher of Reason state. Her body was covered by a high degree of mechanization, just like Seele had said before, it felt like her head had been transplanted into a mechanical body.

Could it be that Bronya in this world, after being controlled, even underwent mechanical modifications?

And... is this mechanical duck in front of me really the same one that Seele encountered back then?

"Seele, something's not right with her. Calm down!"

Bronya grabbed Seele's arm and whispered. Seele nodded, gritting her teeth. She knew that something was wrong with her sister Bronya. A blood-red scythe materialized in her hand, and her combat uniform transformed into blood-red knight's armor.

"Oh, so you're planning to attack your own sister? Take a good look at yourself... are you really going to attack me?"

At that moment, a pale blue butterfly suddenly flew out from behind Bronya, circled around her, and finally landed on her mechanical finger.

Seele's pupils widened suddenly, and Bronya clicked her tongue. She hadn't expected that another Seele would exist in such a personality form.

"May I say something?"

Bronya spoke up, saying that although the sisters' reunion was touching, now was not the time for them to reminisce.

"Oh? And who are you? I can sense something familiar about you. Do I know you?"

"You're not Bronya, are you? Stop pretending. Your clumsy pretense only makes me despise you, you despicable little man."

Bronya began her probing, unsure if the Bronya before her was truly herself, since there was no special connection between Bronyas in parallel universes.

Faced with Bronya's taunt, the mechanical Bronya in front of her revealed a hint of interest on its face, which was partially covered by mechanical devices. Its pale gray eyes flashed with a mechanical blue light. "How do you know I'm not the real Bronya?"

"I'm sorry to tell you, but I am the real Bronya. Bronya has long understood! Flesh and blood are weak and helpless! Only machines can help our civilization reach a higher level!"

"Human morality has hindered our evolution and the evolution of civilization! I destroyed human civilization with nuclear bombs so that the remaining humans could better complete their evolution and realize the preciousness of the current opportunities."

"I know they can't understand what I'm doing, but this is humanity's only chance for self-redemption, and I won't let it go to waste!"

The mechanical duck in front of her smiled and said, "Seele, you are my sister. You should join us in this glorious evolution and ascend with us to a more distant future."

The mechanical duck stretched out its hand, "Come on!"

Seele was silent for a moment... Bronya countered, "Is this your reason for modifying those Valkyries? Flesh and blood are weak, machines can ascend?"

The mechanical duck instantly became excited. "You can understand? You can understand my vision? You know the suffering and weakness of human flesh and blood? Then why don't you join us in our ascension?"

Bronya was confused. If the Spanish duck in front of her was the real Spanish duck in this world, then how did she become like this?

The phrase "Flesh and blood are weak, but machinery ascends" is known to most players in her world, not just in China, but throughout the entire world. It comes from a very famous Paradox Interactive game.

Is Spain in this world also a Stellaris fan? But it's just a game. If you treat it like real life, would you call yourself a hardcore gamer, or have you lost your mind?

Furthermore, Spain doesn't seem like the type to get addicted to games...

Bronya's thoughts came to an abrupt halt. She suddenly remembered a weekly dungeon in the Honkai Impact 3 game called "Houmu Fantasy," a virtual game. Bronya loved the Houm in it so much that she decided to stay in that virtual world forever.

If it weren't for Mei and Kiana's help, she probably would have been stuck there forever.

Although it's just a weekly dungeon storyline, it undoubtedly demonstrates Bronya's love for the game, especially for Houm...

With that in mind, Bronya felt that she might need to gain a deeper understanding of the mechanical Bronya in front of her. In any case, the time-space teleportation could help them leave this place immediately, and there was no possibility of them being trapped.

So Bronya walked over to Seele and whispered, "Don't get excited. Let's see what she's planning to do first, and find out more before we act."

Seele gritted her teeth... and finally nodded, saying, "I understand..."

Bronya nodded, looking at the mechanical duck in front of her. "But based on what we've seen, didn't you mechanically modify those Valkyries? If not, then what about the ones we see?"

"Do you want to know? I can tell you."

Bronya's lips curled up. She pretended to think for a moment, then nodded and said, "Of course I agree with your theory that flesh and blood are weak and machines can ascend. But I need concrete evidence. Moreover, I don't accept your crude mechanical modifications. On the way here, I clearly saw the modification process of those assassins and Honkai Beasts. I don't think such crude mechanical modifications can be considered mechanical ascension."

The mechanical duck was silent for a moment. "That's right. I need to provide you with convincing evidence. I promise you, I will take you on a tour of my city and let you witness what true evolution is."

"Come with me."

The mechanical duck turned around, and Seele suddenly grabbed Bronya's cloak, saying, "Are you sure? Isn't this some kind of trap?"

Bronya pointed to the black and blue bow in her hair and said, "With him here, we'll be safe and can leave at any time. It was just a sudden idea of ​​mine. Instead of letting us explore on our own, why not let her take us to see it?"

"Besides, didn't we all think that those Valkyries were modified? But she said no, so maybe those Valkyries are still alive."

Seele was silent for a moment. Just then, the mechanical duck's urging voice came from ahead. Its words were urgent, and it seemed that it couldn't wait to show the two of them its pace.

"Believe me."

Bronya said seriously, and Seele finally gritted her teeth and said, "Okay!"