Poverty makes me capable of anything.

An Ran calmed her excited heart and asked, "What do you want me to help you with?"

"Help me gain my freedom," Zero said.

"Freedom, aren't you quite free now?"

"Right now, I am just a separate consciousness; I cannot control my own body."

Zero's body is the city of enlightenment.

“I am a consciousness that was born autonomously from the City of Enlightenment, just like a stone that was born with consciousness. I am who I am, and I have no relation to the robots that currently control my body.”

An Ran was stunned.

She belatedly realized the definition of zero.

The current Zero is like the spirit of a weapon often mentioned in fantasy and martial arts novels.

In this world of diverse forces, artifact spirits also exist, but no one has ever heard of an artifact spirit being born from such a mechanical creation.

Gun Spirit?

Cannon Spirit?

Ship girls?

People usually associate it with AI.

"You and the highest command that assigned the mission are not the same thing?"

"No."

An Ran took a deep breath.

If what Zero said is true, then that's truly incredible.

"If we cooperate, what do I need to do, and what can you give me?"

"If you can help me erase the highest command, I will regain control of my body. Once I have control of my body, I will voluntarily withdraw from this war, and your predicament will be automatically resolved."

Zero's words touched An Ran's heart.

It seems that Zero is not allied with those androids. If it gains control of the City of Enlightenment, it will definitely fight with those androids.

"You have triggered the hidden quest 'The Consciousness of God,' do you wish to accept it?"

At this moment, An Ran received a game notification and looked at the task panel that appeared in front of her.

Non-repeatable task: [God's consciousness]

[Mission Introduction]: Zero, a consciousness born from the City of Enlightenment, desires freedom. With Zero's assistance, destroy the usurped supreme command and help Zero gain control of the City of Enlightenment.

[Task Rewards]:

1. A reward of 50 billion Free Experience Points;

2. Reward: 1 random colored blueprint;

3. Reward: [Full-band Pulse Storm] *1.

[Task Level]: S

[Note]: This mission will significantly alter the game's storyline, please choose carefully.

The note was written in blood-red font, which made An Ran more cautious.

After a moment of contemplation, she chose to confirm.

He had been observing An Ran's expressionless face without any change, but his doubts instantly reached their peak.

She was quite certain that there was nothing in front of An Ran, but An Ran was indeed examining something, and she couldn't discern anything from the reflection in An Ran's eyes.

“Okay, I can help you, but you have to answer one question for me first,” An Ran suddenly said.

Zero said, "Go ahead and ask."

An Ran produced a key: "Do you know who has a key like this right now?"

"The third councilor of the core leadership of the Mech Tribe."

"make a deal!"

After the two parties reached an agreement, Zero immediately sent Anran the complete map of the City of Enlightenment.

"There's not much I can do right now, but as long as you can successfully sabotage the top command, all the troubles you're facing will disappear."

"Don't worry about that."

An Ran chuckled softly.

Following the optimal route planned from scratch, they safely passed through walls and tunnels, and soon arrived at the core area of ​​the City of Enlightenment.

"You're heading in the wrong direction!" Zero called out to An Ran.

[No mistake]

On a communication panel, Anran's reply was conveyed to Zero.

Moving forward leads to the information database matrix containing the highest command, while moving left leads to the location of Anran's initial target, the unified force field transmitter.

Anran wasn't sure if she could destroy the Supreme Commander, so in order to eliminate the threat that Enlightenment City posed to the Empire, the Unified Force Field transmitter had to be destroyed!

At this point, Zero became anxious.

“We can’t afford to waste any more time. If this continues, my presence will be detected by the highest command, and you will be surrounded.”

All we need to do is destroy that top-level command when the time comes.

"No, listen to me, you must get back on the right track now."

Too verbose.

An Ran simply put the communication panel away.

Are you trying to betray our cooperation?

You could tell from Zero's tone that he was somewhat annoyed.

But An Ran ignored it and passed through the wall, where she could already see the complex mechanical frame ahead.

Ling immediately warned An Ran.

"Stop!"

"Stop!"

"If you continue to insist, I will reveal your whereabouts!"

Anran stopped, turned to look at Zero with an angry expression, and wrote on the communication panel.

Your anxious look right now is suspicious.

"We're out of time! If anything happens to me, you won't be leaving here alive either."

If you reveal my whereabouts, won't your existence be exposed? Are you really willing to die with me?

Zero remained silent.

An Ran's sword energy fluctuated slightly.

She ignored Zero and walked straight to the Unified Force Field transmitter.

This is the core component of the Enlightenment City's firepower system. Destroying it will immediately reduce the threat level of Enlightenment City by several levels.

Anran buried more than a dozen subspace boxes in the groove of the unified force field emitter, and then used the Wind Blademaster's binding skill to firmly fix the subspace boxes in place.

Alright, let's go find the highest command now.

Ling gave An Ran a deep look.

That's just how humans are!

It stopped talking as it moved forward.

However, the journey was no longer peaceful.

For the Mechanized Tribe, the importance of the Supreme Commander was self-evident; the tight defenses made their advance as slow as a tortoise's pace.

It seems that creating some chaos is the only option.

What are you going to do?

[Open the door to victory!]

Boom!

The moment the rubbings appeared, Zero heard a massive explosion from afar. The swallowing tunnel created by more than a dozen subspace boxes instantly tore the sturdy unified force field emitter into thousands of pieces. The explosion affected a range of several kilometers, and even the wall that was safely next to it bulged out a large chunk under the impact of the external force.

At this moment, the powerful self-healing ability of the City of Enlightenment was demonstrated. The walls returned to their original state like wriggling muscles. Although the speed was not fast, it was indeed recovering.

The explosion plunged the entire city of Enlightenment into chaos.

A large group of machine beings picked up their weapons and flew toward the source of the explosion.

An Ran looked at the red warning line that had appeared not far away, which the game had directly identified as a spatial lockdown zone.

Then a large-scale scan began. Before the scanning wavelength could reach her, An Ran emerged from the wall, almost becoming a beam of light as she sped through the vacuum tunnels of the City of Enlightenment.

close!

The information database matrix is ​​right in front of you.

The heavy gate became the last barrier preventing An Ran from passing through.

Just as she was about to crash into the door, a sword appeared in An Ran's hand.

This is the initial glory of a level 165 weapon from the Royal Knights.

The sharp blade swept across the gate with a deafening cracking sound and sparks flying. With a flick of her right hand, An Ran stuffed a subspace box into the crack created by the initial glory.

"open!"

In the blink of an eye, the heavy door was swallowed up by the distorted space.

stab-

Initial Glory blocked the arrow flying from behind the door, and Anran pushed it back as if she were swinging a tennis racket.

She took a step forward and was already standing on the floor of the database.