On my second playthrough, they were full of malice towards me.

The mecha's armor gives the impression of a monastery at first glance, with many religious patterns and designs from the goddess of the Holy Kingdom, making it look like a devout nun.

However, unlike the nuns who usually only hold Bibles, the mecha has a church shield on each hand, matching its massive size, and a holy cross sword that looks like a mechanically modified version of a mechanical version.

The Fading Light

Type: Brand

[Quantity of Sets: Three]

[Position: Top, Middle, Bottom]

[Rank: Calamity]

[Single Item Effect: +1% Maximum Health (Top), +1% Health Regeneration Speed ​​(Medium), +1% Resilience (Bottom)]

Set Bonus 1: "Different Possibilities" - When equipped by a "Mechanical" character, it can summon the Light Maiden (fake)

[Effect 2: In "Dream Zero", replace Effect 1 with "True Light Saintess"]

[Effect 3: After triggering Effect 3, the brand mark will be automatically destroyed]

(This is the story you shouldn't have seen. Here, the light vanished into nothingness, but perhaps before that faint light disappeared completely, another possibility existed.)

After splitting up with Irene and retrieving the brand from the gang, Liao Ji saw the true nature of the brand. It was a very typical special effect brand, with each piece providing very few attributes. Only when all three were used together and correctly could it unleash its full power.

The power of the brand comes from the experiences and stories behind it. Each brand ends with a sentence related to its experience. The witch in the Zero Dream represents the ending of Styutia in a world without "Ashes", and this brand is her yearning for another possibility.

After being equipped with the No. 86, Liao Ji, now inside the Bright Maiden mech, experiences a completely different feeling compared to when she was in the No. 86 mech. Her whole body seems to be enveloped in light, bathed in holy light, and the size of the mech has also increased many times.

In Liao Jiyuan's original plan, there was no step of summoning the mecha. After he secretly took the brand mark in the chaos, Kyle Technology and the gangsters would only assume that the brand mark was still in the other's hands, and he could perfectly stay out of it.

However, after talking with Mrs. Grand, I saw that the gangsters in Kel Plaza were using any means necessary and were even using the Chaos Bomb. Innocent people were constantly inhaling the Chaos Mist and began to kneel down and cough. Some had even been mentally corrupted and were shaking their heads in pain.

In just a few minutes, the Kyle Square, which had just hosted a grand press conference, had been transformed into a living hell. This was the terrifying power of the Turbid Calamity.

Liao Jineng could sense that the power of the brand was already impatient, after all, for Styutia's will, the last thing she could bear to see was others suffering.

Piloting the mecha, the Bright Maiden followed Liao Ji's movements, raising the cross sword in her hand high towards the sky.

A more radiant holy light shone from the tip of the cross-shaped sword, and then, as if summoned, a holy light appeared in the sky, which had been shrouded in dark clouds and dimmed by the calamity.

The radiance tore through the thick clouds, revealing a holy light like a small sun hanging high in front of the mech.

In the blink of an eye, the boundless holy light transformed into a torrent, pouring down from the sky. Guided by the mecha's cross sword, it swept across the entire Kyle Square like a waterfall.

The murky red mist that permeated the square melted rapidly under the holy light, like snow melting under the blazing sun. Not only that, but the people in the square who had suffered spiritual pollution from inhaling the murky mist were also cleansed by the holy light.

The pained expressions on people's faces quickly subsided, and violent coughing erupted in succession, a sign that the turbid evil that had seeped into their bodies was being forcibly expelled.

The entire process lasted about five seconds. Liao Jicai piloted the mecha, lowered the cross sword he had raised high, and the torrent of holy light corresponding to the sky above him slowly disappeared.

By this time, most of the red fog in the square had dissipated, and the mental pollution level had dropped to an acceptable range. Many people finally regained their mobility and began to run towards the outside of the square for refuge.

"Oh my Emperor! Saya, slap me right now and see if I'm dreaming!"

Snapped!

"Damn! You're really something! Never mind, viewers, I just tested it myself, this isn't a dream! A super mech appeared out of thin air, and the calamity crisis in Kyle Square seems to have been purified and resolved? What is this, Kyle Technology's backup plan?"

The host of Night Love Radio was incredibly excited, covering his face as he reported at breakneck speed.

"It shouldn't be Kyle Technology, look at their reaction."

After Saya finished speaking, the camera focused on the scene. In addition to the crowd running out of the square, many security personnel wearing Kyle Technology uniforms were now looking blankly at the giant mecha in the square, seemingly at a loss.

On the contrary, the gang members reacted more strongly. After discovering that the murky red mist that had been helping to cover them had disappeared, they were like sewer rats in a gutter suddenly exposed to the sunlight, and began to scramble around in a panic.

The scenes from the scene were broadcast by major radio stations, and the terrorist attack at Kyle Square was almost always the headline news on major news media outlets in Dream City.

Meanwhile, in the Kyle Building, on the 49th floor, was the office of the head of the administration department.

William stared at the screen with a furrowed brow. Everything had gone according to plan. He had successfully used the Blackfire Gang to disrupt the press conference and eliminate Director Ellen. Next, the gang should have successfully stolen the brand, then made a deal with him in private, so that he could retrieve it for the company and take the opportunity to rise to power and fill the vacant director position on the board.

but now

Soon, the cameras of major radio and media outlets shifted again, this time not to the chaotic crowd in the square, but to an empty black box on the grand stage of the press conference.

"Where's the branding mark? The branding mark on the last three items in Kyle Technology's major new product launch is gone! Did the gang take advantage of the chaos? Or..."

"The brand comes from the old world, from ancient and mysterious powers. It seems acceptable that it could summon a mecha out of thin air?"

"Wait a minute, Saya, since it's a mecha, there must be a pilot, right? If it's not someone from Kyle Technology, is it some kind of nobody who couldn't stand by and watch the crisis unfold, so they suddenly stepped in to help?"

"Martha, you've been reading too many novels."

"No, no, no, Saya, look! It seems we can't find that handsome young professor from the Demon City I mentioned before! See? I told you so! My sense of humor is never wrong; we should have focused the camera on him just now!"

"Fool Martha, there's no such coincidence. He probably just got shot and fell to the ground in the chaos."

Many people have now realized that the brand has disappeared, which has led them to connect the brand with the mecha. This has sparked a flurry of comments on various platforms and media outlets, with countless people speculating.

With the appearance of the mechs, the murky red mist was dispelled, and the gangsters fled in disarray. It seemed that the situation in the square had been brought under control, but no one expected that the next moment would bring another sudden change.

"Uh ah ah!"

"What? What the hell?"

"A mask? What is this?!"

"I can't get it off. Damn it! Ughhhhh!"

Because the press conference was attacked with a murky red mist, the gangsters themselves certainly couldn't be affected, so they all wore protective measures similar to gas masks.

This would have allowed them to remain uncontaminated in the murky red mist and continue their operations. However, even though the mist had clearly dissipated, every gang member, just about to escape, was forced to stop as a similar red mist reappeared in their masks.

The red mist didn't spread; it was released in small amounts from inside the masks. Although the amount was small, the concentration seemed unusually high. The gang members sensed something was wrong and immediately tried to remove the masks, but the masks seemed to be welded to their heads and they couldn't remove them no matter what they did.

In just a few seconds, the gangsters who had been writhing and struggling on the ground got up one by one. Instead of running away, they immediately turned their weapons on the mech.

"Die! Die, all of you!!"

"Damn company, go to hell!"

"Bomb! Bomb them all into the sky! Ahahaha!"

Hundreds of gang members, each seemingly insane, launched an indiscriminate attack on Kyle Square, instantly escalating the already tense situation once again.

In his office at Kyle Tower, William couldn't hold back any longer and picked up the phone to call the Blackfire Gang leader. He wanted to question him about what he was doing, since the leader had said the operation could be over.

But to everyone's surprise, no one answered the Blackfire Gang's call. Clearly, something had gone wrong. If William remembered correctly, the Blackfire Gang leader had mentioned that they had made a deal with the Old Alliance to ensure the success of the operation. This included the Turbid Bombs and the masks that were supposed to protect against Turbidity, which had now turned into Contamination Masks.

There were many people in front of the TV who were just as heartbroken as William. David, a little boy who was pressed against the TV, kept switching channels until he finally saw his mother's image on the screen on one of the channels.

David had just breathed a sigh of relief because his mother had a lot of abrasions and her clothes were disheveled from running. But thankfully she was alright. Then, a few moments later, several gangsters in the square pulled out handheld rocket launchers and started bombarding everything in their path.

Even worse, the drones that were previously paralyzed in the sky now seem to have gone berserk. One by one, dark gun barrels emerged from under the fuselage, and they began to turn their heads and roar toward the mechs, causing a series of explosions.

"No! Get out of the way! Get out of the way!" David shouted anxiously, but to no avail. He could only watch helplessly as his mother was engulfed by the gunfire of the gangsters and drones.

Boom!

The ground trembled slightly, not from an explosion, but from the thick shield of the nun's mech, which blocked everyone's path.

The rockets, missiles, and drones from the gangsters swept across the massive shield, but it was all like a tickle. Then, a radiant glow rose from the mech, and an orange-yellow holy light field shield instantly enveloped everyone who hadn't had a chance to escape.

Immediately afterwards, the size of the nun mech began to shrink, from the original height of more than ten stories to about two or three meters. The shield was still in front of it, but the sword in the mech's hand pointed shakily towards the sky.

Then, a holy light mark immediately appeared on the rampaging drones pointed at by the cross sword. The next moment, the mech instantly teleported to the top of the drones and then stabbed the sword down hard.

Thud! Bang! Thud!

Boom—

Liao Ji, piloting the Bright Leftover Woman, has transformed into a killing machine, targeting not only the drones in the sky but also the gangsters below who have been corrupted by the Chaos.

Liao Ji showed no mercy to these gangsters, because he discovered the shadow of the machine servant weapons in Zero Dream from the weapons in the hands of many of them.

Clearly, the gang was able to cause such devastation by stealing the servant's equipment from the Zero Dream.

In less than ten minutes, Liao Ji could see that only a few gangsters were still breathing, and there was only one drone swaying precariously in the sky.

This was one that Liao Ji had deliberately left behind. Then, the voice of 86 came from inside the mech, indicating that she had successfully hacked the drone.

About fifteen minutes have passed since the attack, and a dense mass of Kyle Technology reinforcements can now be seen from outside the square. Moreover, some field nurses from the emergency medical team have already arrived at the scene and begun to protect the insured.

With the situation completely stabilized and having received a reply from 86, Liao Ji took advantage of the fact that these gangsters, who were already terrified by the mecha and had returned to their state of panic, were about to fire a rocket at him again. Amidst the smoke and the flames of the explosion, he deactivated his mecha form.

Of course, to outsiders, it would look as if the mech had run out of energy and, at the last moment, was hit by a shell in order to protect the people behind it.

Then, taking advantage of the dust, Liao Ji flashed in front of the gangsters. The drone controlled by 86 quickly landed, and Liao Ji pulled the remaining gangsters onto the drone. The drone quickly took off, its engine at full power, and in the blink of an eye, it carried the remaining gangsters away into the distance, disappearing from sight.

On the plane, Liao Jizheng is now pointing a gun at several trembling gangsters.

"Alright, now that you've successfully kidnapped me and taken the brand, where's your next step according to your plan? District 13?"

Chapter 234 The Unexpected Attacker

Boss, great news! After a lot of hard work, we finally managed to bring back the brand from the press conference!

Boss, bad news, we brought the cops back with us.

The Black Fire Gang members on the plane could already imagine the look of utter hatred on their leader's face when the time came.

However, once the plane arrived in District 13 and landed at the Blackfire Gang's stronghold, the situation took an unexpected turn.

When the remnants of the Blackfire Gang were forced by Liao Ji to open the door to the underground base, the scene behind the door left the gang members stunned.

Liao Ji followed him inside, his brows furrowing slightly. The underground base appeared to have been the site of a fierce battle, with numerous bullet holes visible on the walls and doors. Even the electrical wires inside were ripped out, sparks flying everywhere.

Needless to say, the corpses of Blackfire Gang members on the ground lay scattered about, almost all riddled with bullets, demonstrating the ferocity of the enemy's firepower and their absolute dominance in the battle. However, the problem was that this was the Blackfire Gang's stronghold. Even if some forces were diverted to attack the press conference, the base's defenses should not be too weak.

Were we double-crossed, or what?

The most likely explanation Liao Jineng could think of was that other gangs had learned of the Black Fire Gang's actions in advance and deliberately took advantage of the situation, launching a surprise attack on the Black Fire Gang's headquarters while the gang attacked the press conference.

Just in case, Liao Ji deactivated 86 from its terminal form. After clearing out the remaining gang members who were leading the way outside, 86, in her maid form, stood guard beside Liao Ji as they continued to penetrate deeper into the Black Fire Gang's territory.

Not long after continuing further in, in a relatively narrow corridor leading to the core area, Liao Ji saw many more gang corpses. Judging from their attire, these corpses were likely core members of the Black Fire Gang, who seemed to have been ordered to delay the enemy and buy time for their leader to escape before dying.

It's worth noting that the bullet holes on the walls are much fewer here, suggesting they were mostly from the Blackfire Gang itself, and the attackers...

Liao Ji squatted down to examine the bodies again. Almost all the gang members in these corridors had been killed by blunt force, and their wounds looked extremely gruesome and terrifying.

There's something off about Liao Ji here.