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

She continued to speak in a mechanical voice, but this time, it was no longer cold.

"Welcome home, Master."

After finishing all this, Zero stood up. Five hundred years ago, as the mechanical maid by Lord Ash's side, she had another responsibility in addition to taking care of Lord Ash's daily life.

Protect Ash's safety.

And, to eliminate all enemies for the master.

Zero turned his body.

Then the woman turned her gaze to the opposite side of the youth projection sculpture, the targets of Liao Ji's [Ertz Pulse] attack: those Kaleva gangsters.

The virtual projection, which had been emitting a soft, fluorescent blue light, suddenly turned red, flashing a striking red exclamation mark alarm on the goggles covering the eyes, as if triggered in an emergency.

Her hands transformed into gun barrels, mechanical light wings unfurled behind her, and floating cannons were constructed all around her, their terrifying, black hole-like barrels aimed directly at the Kaleva gang projections.

The electronic display screen on the blindfold showed lines of text.

[Enemy information has been retrieved. It has been discovered that they had purchasing records with the "Mechanical Alliance." We are currently retrieving the organization's registration information.]

Organization Name: Kaleva

[Headquarters Coordinates: Holy Kingdom, Michel, Black Hole Gathering Place]

[Combat Strength Assessment. D. Influence Assessment. E. Defensive Capability Assessment. E]

[Anti-annihilation plan calculation in progress]

[Calculation complete. Five optional plans have been generated.]

[The "preferred" option is currently being determined.]

[Proposal Details]

[Weapon: TS-283 Medium Tactical Nuclear Bomb]

[Strike method: Long-range precision guidance]

[Deployment Destination:]

[A cluster of black holes]

There will be another chapter tonight.

Chapter 30 The Perfect Master

The solution has already been simulated and calculated on the display screen inside the blindfold.

The TS-283 nuclear bomb is a military-grade secret weapon from "Kel Technology," the leading company within the [Mechanical Alliance].

A small TS-283 nuclear bomb has the destructive power to collapse a 100-meter-tall building, while a "medium" TS-283 is enough to destroy half a city. As for a large TS-283...

There has never been such a report, but Kyle Technology claims it can make an island disappear.

In the simulation, a meteor-shaped point of light appeared in the pitch-black night sky above the Black Hole settlement, and it grew larger and larger at an extremely rapid speed. Just a few minutes later, this meteor turned into a blazing fireball, which crashed into the southeast corner of the Black Hole settlement. A fraction of a second later, the powerful shockwave from the explosion destroyed all the buildings in the Black Hole settlement. Beneath the hellish sea of ​​fire, a huge mushroom cloud rose and expanded.

[Simulation complete.]

[Time taken: 29 minutes and 17 seconds]

Destruction rate against enemy organizations: 99.9%

[Combat Rating: Perfect]

Not only these data, but also the zero simulation report also presents a series of figures such as civilian casualty rate, destruction rate of black hole settlements, radiation pollution, etc.

The emotional circuits began to flicker at this moment, but while all the other parts of Zero's body were brand new, the emotional circuits located at Zero's "heart" seemed to have aged severely. After supporting itself for less than a few seconds, they went out completely and dimmed.

Instead, there are increasingly more "code red" symbols on the zero-monitor display.

These red codes are different from the ordinary ones. They are crooked and irregular, sometimes blurry and sometimes clear, exuding an eerie aura. Each one seems to be speeding up Zero's "review" process of this plan, and each one seems to be "urging" Zero to quickly execute the nuclear bomb program.

As normal, standard code became increasingly scarce, and it seemed that Zero's entire perspective was about to be filled with red code...

[Error. Error!]

[Anomaly detected in the data source: Emperor Biosignal; reassessment requested]

[Request to begin corrective measurements approved.]

The red wave of code came to an abrupt halt, and the review progress of the nuclear missile program was forever stuck at 98%.

If there's anything that can supersede these "red codes," perhaps only [the following is missing from the original text]

Zero returned to the projection sculpture of the youth.

Two beams of light shot out from her goggles, scanning the young man from top to bottom.

Soon after.

[Physical Strength. D. Cell Activity. D. Turbidity Concentration 0%. Ability Strength D]

Survival rate against nuclear weapons: 0.1%

[Measurement complete. Emperor's status has been successfully corrected. Current owner's status: Severely injured!]

The Emperor, who was once in the Zero Database, had reached the highest S-level measurement standard in every aspect. Now, however, he has regressed to D-, which is only slightly stronger than that of an ordinary person. Therefore, Zero directly judged him to be seriously injured.

[Plan changed.]

[Emergency protocol being activated.]

The primary objective has been changed to: Healing the Great Emperor.

[Identity information successfully entered.]

[Successfully enrolled the owner in the "Emergency Rescue Team" Premium Membership; successfully sent a distress signal; estimated time remaining until the fastest "Emergency Rescue Team" arrives is 9 minutes and 54 seconds.]

[All prerequisites for the action have been successfully set: stealth]

On Zero's goggles screen, messages flashed by rapidly, clearly showing that Liao Ji's change in strength had a significant impact on Zero.

According to the "emergency protocol," if the Emperor is in mortal danger, Zero should use her communication skills to send a distress signal to the other four guards via the network, so that everyone can come to her aid.

But Zero obviously didn't do that. Instead, she began to erase her tracks and completely wiped out the record of her "awakening".

According to Zero's judgment, if the Emperor is in a state of "serious injury" with no power for some unknown reason, it would be more dangerous for him to tell the other "four" guards about the Emperor's information.

Five hundred years have changed a lot, including the four of them.

and so.

at the moment

Only "she" is trustworthy, only "she" can help the Emperor, and only "she" is most loyal to her master.

Therefore.

Zero wanted to enhance her master's strength so that the Emperor could regain his peak power in the shortest possible time, and so that "they" would not dare to have any other thoughts about her master.

So obviously, the fastest way right now is...

Zero raised one of his hands, and the prosthetic arm swiftly transformed into a sharp blade. He then aimed the blade at the arm of the projected sculpture of the young man before him, and...

brush!

With a flash of light, Liao Ji's arm was severed by Zero in the projection.

"The body is fragile," Zero murmured.

The subsequent zero-manipulation data began to construct a new arm, a new mechanical prosthetic body, at the severed arm of the youth's projection.

Because these are all just "models", the process is very quick.

Looking at the mechanical prosthetic arm that he had given to his master, which was thicker and more explosively powerful than before, covered with various circuit lines, this prosthetic arm could not only switch and transform between more than a dozen weapons, but also had multiple chip slots in its normal arm form. By installing advanced chips, it could achieve master-level proficiency in various scenarios that required the use of the arm.

perfect

Absolutely perfect

For Zero, this was like opening Pandora's box. She was no longer satisfied with just modifying one arm; she wanted to at least complete the modification of the other one as well.

brush!

With a swift stroke, he severed the left arm of the projection of the youth, and then repeated the process above.

With both arms already modified into powerful A-grade prosthetics, greatly enhancing the owner's strength, Zero quickly turned his attention to the projection on the youth's legs.

brush!brush!

Liao Ji on the model has lost both legs, which have been replaced by the same mechanical prosthetic body as in the previous scene.

Compared to human bodies, they are lighter, faster, and more robust. Equipped with advanced jumping systems and rocket vents under their feet, they can take off at any time. They can autonomously adjust their movement speed, and their maximum acceleration can even rival that of a top-of-the-line supercar.

But this creates new problems.

Can the master's other organs withstand such a powerful Class A military prosthetic body?

The answer doesn't need analysis; it's obviously no.

then.

Zero's arms seemed to transform into two scalpels; she was like a top-notch prosthetic surgeon, an artist sculpting her most beloved sculpture.

She gouged out Liao Ji's eyeballs and replaced them with the most advanced eagle-eye prosthetic eyes.

She dissected Liao Ji's back and replaced the young man's spine with a prosthetic that provided more sensitive nerve conduction and faster reaction speed.

She cut open Liao Ji's chest, initially replacing his lungs with more powerful prosthetics, but then things got out of control, such as replacing his heart with a controlled fusion reactor.

The original organs in the youth projection model are becoming fewer and fewer; instead, from top to bottom, the body is filled with intricate and ornate parts and prosthetics.

The whole process lasted about ten minutes.

The original Liao Ji projection sculpture has long since disappeared.

Standing before Zero now is a mechanical giant over two meters tall, whose entire body has been modified with cybernetic implants. Perhaps the only thing that still connects Liao Ji to the present is the face of the young man, which Zero has preserved.

Although the youth has been completely transformed from a human perspective, for Zero...

"Master. The perfect master."

She successfully protected her master and helped him regain his lost power.