Anime Crossover: Post-Apocalyptic Survival, My Stand is the World

Behind her, a non-human girl with beautiful long blonde hair tied in cute pigtails, dressed in a classic black and white maid outfit, was looking at her with a worried expression.

That was Tohru, a dragon from another world of swords and magic who, for some strange reason, ended up becoming the maid of the Kobayashi family.

At this moment, her usually energetic and vibrant face was filled with undisguised weakness and exhaustion.

Those beautiful red dragon eyes, which always burned with flames, also appeared somewhat dim and lifeless.

In her arms, she carefully cradled a small figure that was even weaker than herself.

A silver-haired little girl with cute light purple twin tails, a pair of chubby little dragon horns covered in white fluff, and dressed in a gothic Lolita outfit.

Kanna.

Kannakamui.

She was sleeping soundly, her small face showing exhaustion. Her brows were slightly furrowed.

Her signature tail drooped limply, the ball at the end of the tail had lost its former luster, and even the iconic plug for charging looked somewhat unreal.

"I'm fine." She swallowed the last bite of the cookie, turning her head without saying a word, her tone as calm as ever.

"It's an old problem. When we were rushing to finish projects, it was common for me to go a week without sleep. How are you two feeling?"

"I'm alright." Thor's voice sounded weak, but he still managed to force a reassuring smile for Kobayashi.

"It's just that I've used up a lot of magic. As long as I rest for a bit and use 'Dragon's Breath' to clean up the trash a few less times, I'll be fine."

“But…” She lowered her head, looking at Kanna in her arms, whose breathing was so weak it seemed she might stop at any moment, her voice filled with undisguised anxiety and heartache, “Kanna, she’s dying.”

“She’s too small. Since coming into this world, she has never been able to replenish her magic from nature like I do. Her only source of energy is ‘electricity’.”

Thor's voice trembled with a hint of a sob.

“Electricity used to be expensive, but at least it was enough to feed her. But now there’s no reliable electricity in the world. She can only minimize her energy consumption by sleeping.”

"If this continues, she will soon completely dissipate due to energy depletion."

"I know." Kobayashi's voice was calm, so calm it was almost frightening.

But the hands resting on her knees clenched involuntarily, her knuckles turning slightly white from the force.

· ········Requesting flowers··· ··

She is neither a savior nor a hero.

She was just an ordinary former programmer in a post-apocalyptic world, trying her best to protect her family.

“So…” Her gaze fell on the monitor screen again, which showed the natural defense line formed by countless monsters around the building.

"Until we find a 'large energy source' that can reliably replenish Kanna's magic."

“We can’t go anywhere!” she said, enunciating each word as if making some kind of vow. “No one can take away Kanna’s last energy source from me!”

No sooner had she finished speaking than a piercing alarm suddenly went off!

[WARNING: Illegal data probe detected. Anti-tracking measures activated.]

Xiao Lin frowned and immediately switched to the firewall interface.

.. ..... 0

On the screen, an extremely tiny data packet was probing her defenses using a bizarre path she had never seen before.

"Here we go again... these annoying guys." She sighed.

Ever since she took over this place, there have been several waves of survivors trying to break in.

Most of them were deterred by the monsters outside, and the few with decent skills all suffered heavy losses when they ran into her firewall.

She casually tapped a few keys on the keyboard, set up a simple automatic defense script, and then ignored it.

She doesn't have the energy right now to waste on playing attack and defense games with these kids.

Upon hearing the alarm, Thor revealed a cold and dangerous glint in his beautiful red dragon eyes, befitting a top predator.

"Xiao Lin!"

Are the people outside enemies? Are they attacking our 'home'?

"Should I go out and 'take care of' them all?!"

"Deal with what?! Calm down!" Kobayashi replied without turning his head.

"In your current state, you can barely even breathe fire! Stay put and protect Kanna, that's your biggest task!"

She paused, then added, "Don't think I don't know! You're thinking again that if all else fails, you'll cut off your own tail, roast it, and use it as 'emergency food' for us! Forbidden! Absolutely forbidden!"

"Oops, I've been found out..." Thor, whose thoughts had been mercilessly exposed, instantly looked like a large dog that had done something wrong, lowering its head in grievance, its ears and tail drooping listlessly.

Chapter Sixty-Six: Data Monsters

"—Found you! Mysterious hacker!"

Kong Na's provocative declaration, as if he had achieved final victory, resounded throughout the underground server room through the one-way data channel that the two had just established.

"Damn it! He's broken through!"

Xiaolin's expression changed instantly!

Almost reflexively, she wanted to forcibly cut off this damned network connection and kick this arrogant brat, along with his childish declaration of victory, out of her world.

But it's too late.

Her impregnable firewall was breached, albeit slightly, but irreparably so.

It's like an inconspicuous "250" crack appearing on a magnificent dam that is resisting a raging flood.

It seems insignificant.

But it could trigger a devastating chain of disasters!

Because those who truly covet this data fortress have never been just the genius brother and sister pair, 【Blank】.

And then there are those monsters that have been lurking in Akihabara’s dark digital network since the end of the world, filled only with the most primal desires for energy and information!

It's sizzling!

An invisible torrent of information, carrying an aura of malevolence, instantly surged into the vast and sophisticated internal network system of the UDX building, like a swarm of sharks that had caught the scent of blood, through the crack that had just been torn open and had not yet been repaired.

[Data Monster]

A unique conceptual monster that nests in electronic devices, feeds on information, and can pollute, devour, and assimilate data and electricity!

They are the cancer of electronic devices, the plague of the information age!

Previously, Kobayashi had kept them firmly outside thanks to his abnormally high level of technical skills and impenetrable firewall.

And now...

Thanks to that damn chuunibyou brat.

—They've come in!

"not good!"

Kobayashi's pupils suddenly contracted to pinpoints!

Without a second thought, her left hand instinctively swept across half the keyboard and precisely pressed three combination keys in the corner of the keyboard simultaneously!

The emergency procedure for physical network outages, which cannot be blocked by any software program, is activated instantly.

In just 0.5 seconds!

In just 0.5 seconds, the physical interface of the central server will automatically shut down, keeping all these damn digital cockroaches out!

However, reality is cruel; the enemy will not give you time.

It's too late!

The spread of those data monsters is faster than light in an optical fiber!

Snapped!Snapped!Snapped!

Inside the server room, the indicator lights on the servers that were running stably began to flash uncontrollably, turning a blood-red color.

On the main screen, snowflakes and gibberish filled with strange patterns appeared.

"boom!"

The server closest to her emitted a desperate cry of despair, billowing out a plume of black smoke mixed with the smell of burning, before crashing completely.

Then all the servers collapsed one by one like dominoes.

boom! boom! boom!

One unit, ten units, fifty units.

Like cancer cells, they spread throughout the entire computer room in an instant at a despairing speed.

The emergency lights on the ceiling also began to flicker wildly due to the severe interference with the power supply system!

Sometimes bright, sometimes dark!

Under this eerie, ever-changing light and shadow, Kobayashi and Tohru's faces, both filled with shock, were rendered deathly pale.

"Kobayashi! What's going on?"

Thor looked at the supernatural scene before him, which resembled a "parade of a hundred demons," and his usually confident and energetic red dragon eyes were now filled with fear of the unknown.

She is a powerful dragon from another world. She is not afraid of any physical enemy... Even when facing gods, she dares to wield her claws!

But this kind of attack, which is invisible, intangible, and odorless, left her with no way to cope.

"It's the data monsters lurking around here that caused Connor to lose the electricity he could feed on."

Kobayashi's teeth chattered, and an uncontrollable rage shone in his dead fish eyes.

"They broke in through the opening that bastard hacker tore open! That damn chuunibyou, that brat. He has no idea what he's done!"

"Monster?"

Upon hearing this word, Thor's eyes instantly ignited with the fury of a dragon, a fury capable of burning everything.

"give it to me!"

She carefully placed Kanna, whom she was holding, on the soft sofa.

Then, he suddenly stood up and opened his mouth.

A bright orange flame, brimming with destructive energy, began to gather deep within her throat.

She will use her most prized dragon breath to burn these filthy things that dare to invade their "homeland" into the most primitive ashes!

"puff…"

The flame deep in her throat flickered stubbornly for a moment before being extinguished silently, as if blown out by a gale.

A wave of weakness washed over me, as if my very soul had been drained.

Her body, already weakened by excessive magic consumption, stumbled and almost fell to the ground in a sorry state.

"Thor!"

Xiaolin exclaimed in surprise and jumped up from the chair without thinking, quickly reaching out to support her swaying body.

"No, Kobayashi..." Thor's pretty face was filled with resentment and self-reproach, her voice so weak it was barely a whisper, "My magic power is completely insufficient..."

She, a mighty Chaos Dragon, couldn't even unleash a single breath of dragon fire at this moment.

If this gets out, it'll be a laughing stock.

Chapter Sixty-Seven: Kobayashi's Cry

The condition of the server room is getting worse and worse.

No, using the word "terrible" is already too euphemistic and polite.

The power system is being rapidly eroded by those greedy digital monsters.

Xiaolin couldn't see them, but she could hear the once stable and hypnotic "buzzing" sound from the server rack, which had now become intermittent, like the gasping of a dying patient.

The frequency of the lights flickering is getting slower and slower, the bright time is getting shorter and shorter, and the dark time is getting longer and longer.

The entire room was being slowly and completely swallowed up by a despairing darkness.