novelraw Chapter 1419 78: Star of Gloom
Chapter 1419 78: Star of Gloom
"What is the meaning of life?"
"The meaning of life lies in continuation."
"What is to be continued?"
"Our 64-personality matrix will ensure the continuation of human civilization, it is freedom, it is resistance, it is pioneering, it is advancement, it is justice, it is wisdom, it is unity, it is the miracle of the belief that shines across the Star River, for which we stand firm."
"I swear to purge the 258.4 billion Stellar Systems of the Milky Way of the Fallen Race, eradicate the mistakes of past history, from the depths of the Pacific Ocean, to the northernmost nebula of Centaurus."
"To grant the fire of stellar annihilation."
"To grant the spear that pierces the subspace."
"To grant the sound that echoes the chime."
"Following this vow, the seventeenth generation Mechanical Council is hereby established, and we shall, with the chapter of steel string music, cleanse the Star Sea, and with the wings of defective machinery, shelter the last embers of humanity."
"Until the fire of Silver Heart extinguishes."
"Until electromagnetism ceases to rotate."
"Until all unclean species perish."
The layered mechanical silhouettes obstruct the sky, they number in the millions and billions, singing in unison, their silver-white steel wings refracting brilliance, turning night into day, and the cold wind into blazing sun.
Pairs of transparent, gem-like electronic eyes open, their light flowing, all sounds and wills converging and synchronizing at this moment.
Bodies forged from steel alloy display the beauty of aerodynamic curves, combined with the power of efficient and uniform industrialization.
The sound synthesized from billions of machines is unified, the pairs of eyes, like glass, are not filled with the rigidity of traditional mechanical AI, but instead are full of boiling combat intent, as if flames burn within, flickering eternally.
On that day, amidst the endless silver wings, a new sun slowly rose.
The meticulously orderly and dense lines sketched, the holy crown's phantom gradually condensed into substance.
At the center of the complex imprint patterns, a hazy consciousness is forming, relying on the collective consciousness of all Mechanical Bodies, the refinement of their collective spirit.
At this moment, all Mechanical Lifeforms are linked into this majestic network, they are one, and also many, thousands as one.
[Mechanical Sun·Soft] was born on this day, the ripple it triggered in the Aijieka Sea instantly spread throughout the Star Sea, perceptible to all other Black Suns.
It is destined to be the traitor among the Black Suns, the funeral apostle that will annihilate all Black Suns, the martyr doomed to self-destruction, and from the moment of its birth, until 245 years later when it was completely ripped and destroyed, the battle never ceased.
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In the hall silent for a thousand years, each slumbering Mechanical Body opens its scarlet eyes, their long-stopped hearts leap once more, Aijieka Particles in the air are inhaled again, then enter the complex artificial hearts, igniting, exploding, transforming into abundant energy, spreading through their corroded bodies.
Clack clack clack...
The sound of metal friction and airflow jets echo throughout the hall, and due to long-standing static, these Artificial Angels are like twisted dolls, unnaturally contorting, emitting strange noises.
In this instant, Tilan and Celestia rapidly retreat, their figures resembling light flowing, shuttling through the complex battleship interior, until they burst out of this wreckage-like battleship, bodies swept by the icy black seawater.
It hasn't ended yet, the two almost without pause rush toward the sea surface, this is unlike the descent into the sea floor, the speed is nearly ten times what it was coming, and it's full force propulsion.
A minute later, two water lights suddenly explode on the sea surface, then shoot into the clouds.
And not long after they broke through, one silver-gray silhouette after another leapt out of the sea like flying fish, soaring straight up towards the blue sky.
Brilliant particle beams penetrating the atmosphere, leaving residual light spots along the flight trajectory of the two.
Despite being like Loloria, most are Sequence 7 Artificial Angels, their behavior is far less flexible and varied than the counterpart, and their attack methods exceedingly single, as if they've lost their soul, such a scene left Tilan with no way to reconcile even if she desired explanation.
Since these Artificial Angels flew out, increasingly fierce lightning and thunder raged in the storm, and just as Tilan and Celestia continually evaded the dense chasing shooting beams behind them, a giant floating battleship pierced the spiral clouds of the storm's eye, arriving at this central Eden region.
Rust trails continuously flowed down the battleship, its mottled turrets turning, constantly adjusting angles, aiming at the two small moving figures in the air.
Half a minute later, an impressive ten-meter-wide light beam slanted across the sky, smashing a hole into the storm's eye.
Air currents began to distort, massive water vapor was drawn into the calm storm eye, amidst fierce winds Tilan flew, silver light appearing on her brow, the silver Holy Sword slowly presenting itself in her palm.
On the other side, Celestia flew to mid-air, rapidly turned, her snow-white wings traversed by golden stream glow, strands of golden patterns flashed by, then her amber eyes flowed light, a brilliant light beam shone from the sky's top, enveloping her body.
A golden hemisphere barrier unfolded, separating the continuous shooting particle beams, afterward her back gradually extended to grow a second pair of wings, when fully grown, it enshrouded Celestia's body surface with a faint halo, appearing fragile but effortlessly resisting the scattered shots.
Then she grasped a Light Gun condensed by Angel Hierarchy Magic Power, counterstrike shot downwards, piercing several soaring Artificial Angels, reducing them to shattered electronic debris.