In a crossover anime, do you believe that a machine spirit can defeat a fake human?

I'll be home soon, I can't let those things follow me.

Kelukai understood and pressed down on the accelerator, instantly giving Chen Yi a force that pressed him into his seat.

......

"呲-"

That's the sound of a soda can being opened.

Chen Yi didn't continue drinking the extremely bitter black coffee, but instead took a can of soda from the refrigerator.

Sitting on the sofa, letting his stiff body sink into the soft foam, Chen Yi silently reviewed the events of the past few days.

In less than a week, it was as lively as Chinese New Year...

Anyone who didn't know better would think they'd been punished by heaven.

"The flying pseudo-humans weren't attracted like the ones on the ground."

Klukka returned from the balcony, the rifle in her hand gone.

"I see..." came the response, which sounded like a murmur.

Chen Yi's hand unconsciously loosened, but he didn't hear the sound of the can falling to the ground.

A hand caught the falling beverage can.

"Commander, your mental state has reached its limit."

It was Lorelei's voice, but Chen Yi didn't open his eyes.

"What time is it now?"

"Four o'clock, Commander."

"It will be dawn in three hours..."

Three hours later, Chen Yi subconsciously wanted to get up and go to the study to sort out the existing clues.

"Yi Jun, you should get some rest."

It was Mai Sakurajima's voice. She pressed him down with a slightly forceful motion and took a thin blanket from somewhere to cover him with it.

"Now, don't think about anything, just get some rest."

Day 7: Chapter 274 A Long-Awaited Rest (Bonus Chapter for Thunder!)

Chapter 274

"good evening."

Chen Yi had a dream he hadn't had in a long time, and looking at the woman in front of him, he was filled with deep confusion.

"who are you?"

He surveyed his surroundings; it looked like a Euclidean space, where distances and reference points were deliberately blurred.

This is the second time we've met.

Instead of answering Chen Yi's question, she suddenly changed the subject to something unimportant.

"Second meeting...what second meeting?"

Chen Yi searched his memory, but he didn't remember knowing this person.

"It's okay, in your eyes, I'm number five."

Can the riddle teller get out?

"Can't you speak like a normal person?" Chen Yi didn't want to argue with her anymore.

"You will die on the sixth day."

"!"

It struck Chen Yi's heart like a heavy hammer blow.

"Why...who are you?"

Chen Yi felt a surge of irritation, but he patiently suppressed it.

"You will die on the sixth day."

She repeated it.

How can I avoid the arrival of the sixth day?

After asking twice without any response, Chen Yi gave up on investigating the other party's identity and turned to the more important information.

"The arrival of the sixth day is inevitable."

As if answering questions for a believer, the woman spoke slowly and deliberately.

"But do not be afraid, for the sixth day will not bring floods or wild beasts, but rather a gift from the gods."

I laughed in exasperation.

Chen Yi understood. This dream was not an ordinary dream, but a mental anomaly similar to the "boiling phenomenon" left behind by some fake person.

However, this is the first time I've seen a fake person who pretends to be a god and makes a show of mystery.

Chen Yi began to ponder the meaning of the number five she had mentioned earlier. It meant there were four identical cases before her, and she was the fifth, plus the second meeting...

"boom--!"

A loud, long gunshot rang out from the depths of space.

A bullet, trailing an elusive trajectory, pierced through the woman's left shoulder.

"Commander, we've found you."

Luo Leilai approached from afar, then gradually drifted away, and finally returned to Chen Yi's side.

"Commander, this doesn't seem to be an ordinary dream."

"Euclidean space".

Chen Yi was thinking.

If this is something his brain imagined, then what underlying code did he use to construct this Euclidean space?

Never mind, let's leave it for now.

Chen Yi looked up at the woman who had been hit; she seemed to be unharmed.

My message has been delivered. Goodnight.

The woman's body began to disintegrate, her flesh and blood bursting open inch by inch, staining the semi-pure white space with a scarlet color.

"..."

Chen Yi looked at the scene and had no thoughts other than feeling slightly physically uncomfortable.

No, why is the rendering so realistic?

Chen Yi closed his eyes, and the image of his heart being torn into five or six pieces flashed through his mind.

Dream of something nice, like being close to a beautiful girl – that's much better than this.

Chen Yi attempted to wake up, but failed.

"Lorelei".

"I'm here, Commander."

"This is a dream, right?"

"Yes."

"Can you wake me up? I feel like I can't wake up on my own."

Chen Yi said helplessly to Luo Leilai.

"Commander, your body is too fatigued, which is why you are having difficulty waking up on your own."

It's alright, even the Desert Fox only slept for an hour after commanding for several days in a row.

That's nothing; he only slept five hours in three days.

“Fatigue is not just physical, but also mental. You have been suppressing it for too long, Commander.”

"Well, I think we should stop discussing this topic. That fake man just said that I will die on the sixth day."

"..."

"So I need to find a way to deal with it."

As long as it's not an extremely large plane falling from the sky, Chen Yi felt he could still manage to operate it to some extent.

"call......"

Lorelei sighed softly, her eyes turning dangerous.

She suddenly moved closer.

"What are you going to do?" Chen Yi wondered.

......

When he opened his eyes, it was almost three in the afternoon.

I was woken up by hunger.

Chen Yi threw off the blanket and walked around the house.

Why is it so quiet today?

Chen Yi rummaged through the cabinet and took out a bag of snacks to eat.

"Commander, they can go back to school today, so they are still in school."

"...!"

Why didn't you say so sooner!

Chen Yi didn't forget that he was still a high school student.

"No need, Commander, I've already asked for leave for you."

Kelukai was holding Chen Yi's phone, which contained chat logs with Hiratsuka Shizuka.

"Let's get some rest today."

...that's okay too.

So Chen Yi sat down again and opened the bag of snacks he had just received.

"Speaking of which, isn't there an exam when we go back to school?"

He picked up Kroos's phone from the coffee table and casually placed the videotape he always carried with him on the table as well.

I opened the Service Club's group chat and, sure enough, saw Yui Hama discussing the difficulty of today's exam.

It's perfectly normal to assess the results of online classes.

"How about we review today?"

After thinking for a moment, Chen Yi decisively abandoned the idea.

Since I don't need to maintain a "top student" persona, and taking extra humanities subjects would be a waste of time, I might as well just start studying.

Anyway, I don't have any goal of going to university. After I finish my senior year of high school, I'll go manage Fortress Enterprise, sell robots to make some money, and then happily stay in my shell until I die.

As Chen Yi pondered this, he felt as if he had forgotten something.

He looked down at the videotape, fragments of his dream flashing through his mind.

Number 5... Our second meeting.

"Is that the woman the imitator took me to see?"

The fifth person to be found to possess the videotape was the previous three: the ATSS dossier and the body of the deceased with six pencil marks that Naegi had temporarily received.

"In terms of order... it is indeed the fifth one."

We only met once, so in the dream, it was said that we met a second time, which wouldn't be wrong if you had to say it.