novelraw Chapter 570: She Threw a Nuclear Bomb at Me
Chapter 570: She Threw a Nuclear Bomb at Me
Silver Fantasy suddenly turned her head, her gaze growing icier, and the System notifications in Lynn’s ear started popping up at a furious rate, like explosions.
[Ping! Silver Fantasy’s Hatred toward you +10, Killing Intent toward you +20]
[Ping! Silver Fantasy’s Hatred toward you +20, Killing Intent toward you +25]
But in the end, she forcibly suppressed the impulse to kill him right then, squeezed her eyes shut, though the extreme restraint made the joints in her hair emit crackling electric sparks.
It was obvious how deep her hatred for Lynn had already become.
Sir Aiwen rubbed his temple and said, “Intelligence Machine, can’t you pick someone else? If you send those two, I think we should just concede defeat now.”
The God of All Machines also agreed with conceding early, but replied indifferently:
“We of the Mechanical Units are different from your chaotic organic forms. Our collective interests always come first. Do you think we care about old grievances? Ha, if it’s cooperation, achieving the objective is our top priority. Do you think we are like you disorderly flesh-and-blood creatures?”
Lynn nodded, finding the argument reasonable.
Then he turned seriously, reached out to Silver Fantasy who was calmly staring forward, and adjusted her mask, saying:“In that case, Miss Intelligence Machine, I hope we can cooperate smoothly this time. As for me training you in the underworld...”
Clang—
A monomolecular blade glowing crimson sliced coldly toward Lynn. He reacted with lightning speed, drawing his own azure monomolecular blade and heavily parried the unexpected strike.
Sssssss—
Sparks and light flickered continuously from the two monomolecular blades, and the killing intent in that cold gaze almost took on substance.
[Ping! Silver Fantasy’s Killing Intent toward you +30!]
Lynn gritted his teeth to hold the defense and said, “Bullshit! She’s obviously been trying every way possible to kill me!”
The God of All Machines: “...”
Sir Aiwen: “...”
Clang—clang—
The red and blue monomolecular blades clashed back and forth in their hands, an actual exchange of blows for a moment.
Watching these two who’d started fighting before any mission began, the God of All Machines and Sir Aiwen fell silent.
There was no doubt.
If they acted alone, there might still be some chance of success.
But if they acted together, the chance of success would be astronomically close to zero, maybe even negative.
Sir Aiwen: “You switch the candidate?”
God of All Machines: “Why don’t you switch the candidate?”
Sir Aiwen said calmly, “He is my brother.”
God of All Machines said coldly, “She is my daughter!”
Sir Aiwen said evenly, “Can you bear to send your daughter to die?”
God of All Machines sneered, “Can you bear to let your brother be killed?”
Both sank into silence.
Because Sir Aiwen would never admit that he wasn’t changing his choice for any other reason than this operation absolutely had to include Lynn, and the God of All Machines would never admit that he had no other choice left.
A brief stand-off lasted a few seconds.
Unusually, the two reached their first tacit understanding in seven thousand years.
“Stop!”
Both the God of All Machines and Sir Aiwen simultaneously slammed down and suppressed the two who were fighting on the ground.
Boom—
After the tremendous pressure descended, and with the heavy clang of the two monomolecular blades colliding, Silver Fantasy flipped backward, landed on the ground, and froze with a cold stare, though her whole body still sputtered with brutal electric sparks.
Lynn, too, halted from the impact, gripping his monomolecular blade and staring fixedly at the mechanical girl across from him.
Sir Aiwen inhaled deeply and said to Lynn with a complicated expression:
“Lynn, we can’t waste time like this. If you two can’t reach an agreement, then this plan can’t proceed. Are you really willing to let all previous efforts go to waste?”
The God of All Machines looked at his daughter just as coldly and said gravely:
“Have you forgotten your previous promise? If you can’t even control yourself this much, what are you going to rely on to safeguard civilization’s future?! If you don’t want to participate, then don’t agree to it!”
Silver Fantasy glared at Lynn and said tightly, “He insulted me!”
Lynn stared back at the mechanical girl and said, “She threw a nuclear bomb at me!”
“...”
At that moment, both the God of All Machines and Sir Aiwen had the same unspoken four-letter expletive running through their heads.
Damn it!
(╯‵皿′)╯︵┻━┻
“I fought with that pretty-boy so hard back then that heaven and earth shook. Seven thousand years of enmity still led to cooperation once, and now you two throw tantrums over some tiny grudge? Useless! A bunch of useless trash! Go ahead, don’t go if you don’t want to!”
Sir Aiwen’s tone grew darker than ever as well, saying:
“I think scrapping it is for the best. Let there be no cooperation. You two can fight to the death here, see who kills whom first, or wait until the Flesh and Blood Cult’s three Roots arrive and then try to take them on. Do as you please.”
“...”
Silver Fantasy and Lynn both fell silent.
Finally, Silver Fantasy knelt on one knee, pounded her chest with one hand, bowed her head and said:
“I was wrong, Father.”
Lynn rubbed his temples with his dead-fish eyes and finally sheathed his monomolecular blade. He took a deep breath and said:
“Sorry, Big Brother.”
There was no doubt.
This wouldn’t solve anything.
He still needed to avenge Miaomiao and tip the balance of this war. He absolutely couldn’t abandon the plan.
The God of All Machines and Sir Aiwen silently gave each other an approving mental nod.
The God of All Machines said coldly, “Both of you, get up. Shake hands, apologize, understood?”
Sir Aiwen’s consciousness quietly focused on Lynn as well and said, “Make peace.”
Lynn: “...”
Silver Fantasy clenched her fist tightly, bowed her head, but forced herself to stand. She turned, shot Lynn an icy, cutting stare, highly unwillingly extended her fist toward him, then highly unwillingly relaxed her fingers.
Lynn, dead-fish-eyed, secretly concentrated his M-level energy and also extended his hand toward Silver Fantasy.
A weird silence spread wildly around them.
The God of All Machines and Sir Aiwen said, “Both step forward!”
Finally.
Under the pressure from both elders, Lynn with his dead-fish eyes and the cold Silver Fantasy both shuffled forward.
Then.
They grasped each other’s hands.
Silver Fantasy said coldly, “Sorry.”
Lynn, dead-fish-eyed, said, “Sor—ry!” (drawn out long)