Even in the world of Kancolle, I want to drive a robot!

Facing the eleventh round of bombardment from Reputation, the tester did not dodge or evade, but stood in place with his hands open to both sides, as if to embrace the shells.

"It's a pity that you were just so close...you were just so close to defeating me."

As tester α laughed crazily, purple lightning flashed around him continuously, and the bombardment of reputation was stopped in the air, and finally fell down weakly, landing in the water with a splash.

Facing the surprised reputation, Tester α spoke slowly.

"That man must be RX-02. He should have been in the Royal Family, but he showed up here and caught me off guard. This is an event that the Natural Algorithm System has not observed."

"The Purifier is really unreliable... But since he came here, the [Host] decided that I should conduct the experiment, and for this reason, gave me new powers when I was about to die."

"Now, I will be the beginning of your nightmare."

As Tester α finished speaking, purple lightning squeaked, and a black fluid emitting an ominous aura flowed out from the torn ship suit and enveloped her.

Suddenly, a hideous steel ship suit emerged, and irregular chains stretched out to the surroundings, forming three roaring mechanical dragon heads. Tester α merged with the gear-shaped ship suit, with his hands bound, looking weird and terrifying.

Seeing Test Subject α's completely changed appearance, Shokaku discovered that his legs were shaking with fear. This was an instinctive fear.

My body is shaking, and I want to run away screaming...

After biting the tip of his tongue to regain control of his body, Shokaku shouted to Zuikaku and the others, "Don't just stand there, get ready for battle!"

After hearing his sister's words, Shokaku drew out Unicorn's already repaired katana and rushed forward alongside Reputation and Noshiro. They were so overwhelmed with fear that they wanted to defeat the darkness in front of them directly. They were already in a state of panic.

"Zuihe, don't go up..." Before he could finish his words, Shokaku's pupils dilated unconsciously, and three figures flew back and fell into the water.

Shokaku had lost all of his carrier-based aircraft in the attempt to break through, so she was preparing to go forward with Noshiro to engage in close combat with Tester α, leaving Zuikaku and Reputation to support them from the rear.

But unexpectedly, Zuikaku and the others rushed forward directly, and were defeated so quickly. In an instant, the three ship girls were severely injured and lost their combat effectiveness.

So now it's just me, the Javelin and the Unicorn that's left... Thinking of this, Shokaku's back was already wet with sweat, and he didn't know what to do for a moment.

Glancing at the RX-02 lying on the side, he found Xia Bai, with blood all over his head, struggling to drag Sirius into the cockpit.

Do you still have the strength to fight? That would delay the time. He took a deep breath and slowly exhaled. The tension was relieved a lot. He asked Tester α tentatively.

"You just mentioned an experiment... What is that, and what does it have to do with the Son of Prometheus?"

"Oh, you asked that? We just gave you the power to choose. Choose to explore the definition of 'evolution' with us - sacrifice the present, save the future, or... choose 'extinction'."

"The Son of Prometheus is a product unique to this world. It is very special. The [Host] has tried many methods but has not been able to replicate it in other worlds."

"As for RX-02...it was originally sent to the royal palace for testing by the Purifier. I don't know how the Purifier let it escape."

Surprised at the frankness of Tester α, who spoke out his purpose without hesitation, Shokaku secretly pondered the connection between all of this, the [Host], the [Natural Algorithm System], and the 'other world'. She seemed to have jumped from one maze to another, even bigger maze.

"What are you thinking about? Waiting for RX-02 to stand up?"

Upon hearing this, Shokaku looked ashen, his purpose had been discovered.

Chapter 14 Awakening

Severely damaged, RX-02 fell helplessly on the water. Xia Bai struggled to drag Sirius into the cockpit with flashing dark red lights, calling the other's name over and over again.

"Sirius...Sirius...wake up!"

Wiping the blood from someone's face on Sirius, Xia Bai kept shaking her, trying to wake her up.

Wouldn't it have killed Sirius directly? This thought flashed through his mind, and Xia Bai quickly shook his head and pinched Sirius's philtrum again. This was done on unconscious people on TV, so it should also work on the ship girl... right?

But no matter how hard Xia Bai tried, Sirius still didn't wake up. Then Xia Bai looked at the other's delicate cherry lips. It seemed that artificial respiration had not been tried yet. Why not try it himself?

'Snapped. '

After slapping himself, Xia Bai cursed himself for being stupid. Artificial respiration is used when people are drowning. Regardless of whether the ship girl will drown or not, Sirius's coma has nothing to do with drowning.

"Well......"

Just when Xia Bai didn't know what to do, Sirius held his head and sat up. Before he could figure out the situation, Xia Bai hugged him with joy.

The warm breath stimulated Sirius' earlobe, and at the same time, Xia Bai's hoarse and crying voice entered his ears.

"It's good that you're not dead... It's good that you're not dead."

He never wanted to see anyone familiar die in front of him again. His eldest brother's death was still vivid in his mind. Sometimes Xia Bai would be awakened by it at night, with pain and loneliness filling his whole body.

He was used to the pain in his body, but when he thought of the deceased, the pain in his heart could not be stopped for some reason. Turning sadness into strength... was not suitable for him at all.

Feeling Xia Bai's mental fluctuations, Sirius hugged him with her arms. She could clearly feel that the other party needed her more than anyone else at this moment.

"I'm fine... sorry to have made you worry."

It felt so good to be needed and recognized. At this moment, Sirius felt extremely happy.

After a moment of tenderness, Xia Bai suddenly felt a little embarrassed. Why did he suddenly hug Sirius, and hug him so tightly, as if he was unwilling to let him go? So he asked softly: "Can you still fight, Sirius?"

Sirius reluctantly released the hug that made her feel slightly warm, his rosy eyes were gentle as water, then he became firm and nodded.

"Yeah, but my foot is badly injured and I can't run like before... Will you hate me?"

Hearing this, Xia Bai looked at the other person's legs. The white silk stockings had been stained red with blood. The left leg was turned irregularly outward, revealing the white bones.

"It's okay, let's continue fighting side by side." Xia Bai said gently, sat in the driver's seat and held Sirius in his arms, tore his clothes into pieces, tied her up with himself, and restarted the RX-02.

With the piercing sound of the engine, the cockpit shook slightly for a moment before it became bright again. The words RX-02 slowly appeared on the screen, then slowly faded away, replaced by 'Fate Sirius'. At the same time, the screen turned crimson and a sharp alarm sounded continuously.

Is this a bug again? Before Xia Bai could start to operate, 'Fate Sirius' slowly disappeared and successfully entered the system.

I'm going to smash this thing to pieces one day. Damn it, there always seem to be some glitches at critical moments. Fortunately, nothing serious happened.

Thinking viciously, Xia Bai opened the cockpit. It didn't matter whether the firepower and strength of the Siren could protect the pilot or not. It would be better to open the cockpit so that Sirius in his arms could open fire.

After observing the battlefield, he found that Tester α seemed to have changed his form. Xia Bai really didn't know whether he was the bad guy or the other side was the bad guy. How could he explode when his life was in danger?

Moreover, the size of the new tester α plus the ship equipment is almost as big as the RX-02, and those three roaring metal dragon heads look like they are not easy to deal with.

However, Xia Bai will not back down because if he drives Sirius away from the battlefield quickly in the RX-02, the opponent will not be able to catch up.

But he had already made up his mind that the word escape was not in his dictionary from the beginning, even if there was no future for victory.

"Are you ready?" The blood blurred Xia Bai's vision, but he ignored it and asked Sirius in his arms.

Sirius deployed its ship armor and responded by aiming the guns from both sides at Tester Alpha.

"Let's go!"

As Xia Bai roared, RX-02's green eyes kept flashing and turned scarlet, emitting blood-colored mist around it, spewing out scarlet flames, and rushing towards Tester α madly.

Just when Shokaku's plan to delay time was exposed and he was speechless when asked, the roar of the engine was heard.

With unrivaled momentum, RX-02 arrived in front of Tester α and knocked her back with one punch. Then a bloody mist began to spread, and RX-02 punched its tester's ship equipment again and again.

Sirius in the cockpit aimed at the body of Tester α exposed on the ship's equipment and kept firing.

After suffering a frenzied attack from RX-02 and Sirius, Tester α controlled a steel dragon head to bite the remaining left arm of the mecha, trying to stop the opponent's attack.

"You only have this one hand. What else can you do with RX-02? Are you going to give it up?" Tester α showed a sadistic smile on his face.

Unexpectedly, RX-02 broke the left arm directly, knocked the dragon head back with a headbutt, and then kicked the test subject α into the air with a knee kick.

"Even though I lost my arms, I still have my legs. Even without my legs, I struggled to get up and attack. Don't confuse me with you who are fragile!"

It flew upwards quickly and landed above Tester α in mid-air. It spun around and kicked her back to the surface of the sea with its legs, carrying with it the shattered metal of RX-02's legs.

The Javelin below had already prepared torpedoes. When the tester α fell into the water, more than a dozen torpedoes and bombs dropped by bombers all hit her, creating a huge fireworks display.

But this series of attacks only made the new test subject α look a little embarrassed. Soon she floated up from the water and laughed, "That's all. Don't you need your zergling tactics? I thought the changes you made, RX-02, were so powerful. It's just that you put in more effort."

She was responded by Sirius's artillery fire. Although it was not painful, this action completely angered Tester Alpha. Her three metal dragon heads opened their mouths full of sharp teeth at the same time, emitting an orange-red light, like a flame that devoured everything.

"The test should be over. Take it, your nightmare!"

Three orange-red beams shot towards RX-02, Javelin, Unicorn, and Shokaku beside her.

"How could I let you succeed!"

In an emergency, Xia Bai gritted his teeth and overloaded the engine again. The RX-02 quickly kicked several people on the water and was hit by one of the rays of light.

The twisted and powerful beam of light took away his legs, sank into the sea, and created huge waves, submerging the island not far away.

"Try to get up and attack now? Don't let me underestimate you, RX-02."

Only the torso of RX-02 was left, emitting black smoke all over its body. It was about to make some movement, but the next second, a violent explosion occurred on its body, and its scarlet eye strips slowly went out and sank to the bottom of the sea.

The Javelin not far away struggled to get up, stared at everything blankly, and covered his lips.

"don't want..."

The voice became shrill.

"Xia Bai!"

The mournful cries echoed throughout the battlefield.

Chapter 15 Falling into the Deep Sea

Watching the RX-02 sink completely into the sea, Javelin couldn't help but cry out. Even a creature like a ship girl couldn't accept the death of her companions in front of her eyes.

Like a little child, Javelin sat on the sea and cried, then she stood up, clenching the spear in her hand. She wanted revenge.

"Unicorn, Xia Bai died to save us. Now is not the time to cry." Javelin said in a cold voice to the Unicorn who was secretly crying beside him.

"Defeat this guy, and then take everyone back. This is the last thing Xia Bai entrusted to us."

Hearing Javelin's encouragement, Unicorn wiped his tears and stood up, holding up 'Yu-chan' in his hand, staring at the tester α who was laughing wildly not far away.

Javelin was right, now was not the time to cry...there were more important things waiting for them to do.

Tester α asked curiously as he watched the Javelin and Unicorn struggle to stand up, showing an attitude of continuing the fight.

"You still want to struggle fearlessly, because the sinking of RX-02 gave you strength? It's ridiculous, holding on to useless emotions and wanting to continue fighting."

"These feelings are all fake. Why don't you just lie on the water and pretend to be dead? Maybe I'll let you go once I feel better."

Ignoring the tester α's monologue, the unicorn threw Yu-chan into the sky. With a dazzling light, Yu-chan, whom Xia Bai had always thought was a doll, became huge, just like the pure and flawless unicorn in the myth.

Then Javelin and Unicorn flipped over and sat on Yu-chan, rushing towards Tester Alpha.

"What is this... The Natural Algorithm System didn't mention that Unicorn has such a ship equipment?"

Yu-chan's sudden change surprised tester α. She quickly checked her mental computer but got nothing. She was not good at dealing with opponents without intelligence.

With the flapping of its wings, You-chan carried the two of them quickly to the front of Tester α. With a cry, You-chan stomped its hooves heavily.

Faced with a pair of hooves, Tester Alpha immediately deployed an energy shield vigilantly. When the attack came into contact with the energy shield, a scornful smile appeared on her face.

"I thought it was so powerful, but it turns out to be similar to the RX-02..." He was interrupted by the close-range torpedo of the Javelin before he could finish his words.

'boom--'

When the smoke cleared, the angry tester α tried to control the steel dragon head to bite Yu-chan, but the dragon head was blocked by a sword in mid-air.

"It's not like the Sakura Empire to do this. Why don't you take advantage of the javelin and unicorn to get away while I'm distracted?"

Barely supporting his body, Shokaku said sarcastically to the tester α who mocked him: "Haha~ Seeing your tattered ship suit that looks like a deformed rat in a gutter makes me sick. I won't be able to sleep at night if I don't cut you off."

"you!"

"If you have time to get angry, why not look behind you?"

After hearing what Shokaku said, Tester α suddenly felt the sharp wind of a sword behind him. When he was about to turn around, he was directly chopped on the neck by two swords from both sides, splashing sparks.

"Zuikaku, Noshiro..." After discovering who was attacking him, Tester Alpha immediately shouted angrily. These guys were like cockroaches and could not be killed no matter what.

Wait, there's one more. Just as Tester Alpha was thinking this, Reputation swung a long sword and chopped it down on her head, making a loud noise.

"Let me tell you one more thing... You haven't achieved any results yet, and the mental fluctuations of Xia Bai and Sirius are still clearly emerging." With a faint smile, Shokaku continued to provoke Tester Alpha.

Upon hearing this, tester α's eyes flashed with purple light, and she shook away all the ship girls around her, and three mechanical dragon heads surrounded her.

"Are you sure you're feeling right?"

Just as Shokaku was about to answer something, he realized that Xia Bai and Sirius's mental fluctuations had completely dissipated, and his face turned pale.

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The body slowly fell into the dark seabed, and the cold, biting tide submerged Xia Bai, and memories emerged like a revolving lantern...

His short life was full of shadows, betrayal, suspicion, abandonment... But he did not back down. After RX-01 died in battle, he took up the responsibility of the Son of Prometheus and fought in pursuit of the deceased - fighting non-stop, with silent faith, for this was the only thing he could do.

In the pursuit of the future, Xia Bai was once confused and hesitated, but after meeting Guanghui and Kewei and coming to the royal family, everything changed, as unreal as a fairy tale.

With a goal to move forward, Xia Bai worked hard for this hard-won opportunity, but everything will end here.

"I...lost again."