Musclebound Necromancer?! Are You Kidding Me?

Chapter 64

"Is this the Empress Tower?"

Qiao Yu stood before a building brimming with technological attributes, carefully examining the core of the Mechanical Kingdom.

The Mechanical Kingdom seemed to have great confidence in Yao Guang, as Qiao Yu hadn't encountered any more guards after defeating her.

He walked up to the main entrance and pressed lightly.

"Ding! Please enter the password!"

"1433223"

"Incorrect password."

"3838438"

"Incorrect password."

Bang!

A sophisticated door often only requires the simplest unlocking method.

After two minutes of effort, Qiao Yu punched the door open and walked into the Empress Tower.

Apart from four elevators at the entrance, there was nothing but a cold, empty corridor, with metal walls reflecting Qiao Yu's distorted reflection.

"Damn, I forgot to ask for Hua Jun's exact location!"

Qiao Yu slapped his forehead. Perhaps Mond didn't expect him to actually defeat the Mechanical Seven Generals, so the map he provided only led to the Empress Tower.

In fact, the escape routes on the map were even more clearly marked.

"I'll have to grab someone to ask."

Qiao Yu glanced at the four elevators; three were silver-gray, and one was golden.

"You'll do!"

The moment Qiao Yu stepped into the golden elevator, a girl on the top floor of the Empress Tower slowly opened her eyes.

Her pupils were a shade of gold, and her slightly chubby face was full of confusion.

"Why would a human step into the elevator leading to me? Based on past experiences, shouldn't they leave after defeating Yao Guang?"

The girl murmured to herself. If Mond were here, he would instantly recognize that this girl was the sole ruler of the Mechanical Kingdom!

The Mechanical Empress!

The golden elevator had no buttons, and Qiao Yu passively followed it up to the top floor of the Empress Tower.

As he exited the elevator, he was greeted by a vast starry sky, and at the center of the stars, a girl sat on a mechanical throne.

"Oh my, finally a living being!"

Qiao Yu was thrilled.

"Hello, young lady, I'm not a bad person. I have a question for you. Do you know which lab Professor Hua Jun is being held in?"

Mechanical Empress: "..."

"Hello, can you speak?"

Mechanical Empress: "..."

"Such a beautiful young lady, but unfortunately, she's mute," Qiao Yu scratched his head and said.

"Hua Jun is in Marta's lab. Take the golden elevator down, then take the silver elevator number one to find him."

The Mechanical Empress's heart was complicated. She was no longer an ordinary NPC; during the long dungeon resets, she had developed a sliver of her own consciousness.

She realized she was in a virtual world.

By exploiting bugs in the Inner World, the Mechanical Empress could escape during each dungeon reset.

In her long memory, she had never seen a human come before her, especially such a weirdo.

"Oh! So you can talk, got it! Thank you!"

Mechanical Empress: "..."

"By the way, what's your name?" Qiao Yu asked impulsively.

"Mechanical Empress."

Qiao Yu's eyes widened in shock.

He hadn't considered that the girl before him could be the Mechanical Empress. After all, she looked so innocent and cute, not at all like someone with an imposing title.

She seemed more like a Mechanical Cute Girl.

"Really? The Mechanical Empress is actually a cute girl?"

The Mechanical Empress didn't waste words and directly displayed her attribute panel to Qiao Yu.

[Epic NPC: Mechanical Empress]

[Level: lv48]

[Health: 100000/100000]

[Strength: ????]

[Defense: ????]

[Agility: ????]

[Skills: Mechanical Puppet, Piercing Ray, Death Storm]

"F***..."

Qiao Yu's Adam's apple bobbed up and down. Wasn't the hardest task in the Mechanical Kingdom dungeon supposed to be Grade D?

An epic NPC with a hundred thousand health, that's on par with a Grade A dungeon, isn't it?

Damn, why do you need the Mechanical Seven Generals to guard you if you're this powerful? The seven of them together aren't enough to take you on.

"Young lady... no, Your Majesty! I took the wrong path and offended you! Sorry! I'll be on my way!"

Just as Qiao Yu was about to flee, he suddenly felt his body become uncontrollable, unable to move.

He was like a puppet on strings, walking step by step back to the Mechanical Empress.

Qiao Yu's smile was more like a grimace. Was he about to fail here?

No wonder Mond said the Mechanical Empress was omnipotent. Damn, a level 48 NPC in this kind of dungeon is like a max-level player in a Novice Village.

"Don't be afraid, I won't hurt you."

The girl-like Mechanical Empress reached out a hand to Qiao Yu, gently placing it on his head.

"Ah!"

Qiao Yu screamed in pain, the intense agony felt like a ladle of boiling hot oil, with peppercorns, was poured into his brain.

After a while, the Mechanical Empress released her hand, and Qiao Yu, pale-faced and drenched in sweat, was left in shock.

The Mechanical Empress's face was full of astonishment.

"So that's what the outside real world is like?"

She couldn't leave this room because if she did, the Inner World system would immediately detect her using a bug to escape the dungeon reset.

In the next second, her memory would be erased, turning her back into a proper NPC.

"You read my memory?"

Qiao Yu's expression turned grim. No one would be happy knowing their secrets were exposed.

"To be precise, it was an exchange, my memory for yours."

Qiao Yu closed his eyes, and sure enough, a new memory appeared in his mind. From it, he understood what the Mechanical Empress truly was.

"You want me to take you out?" Qiao Yu asked.

The Mechanical Empress nodded in response.

"That's impossible. You expect an 11-level weakling like me to defy the rules of the Inner World? You might as well kill me."

Qiao Yu looked as if he was resigned to his fate.

"No need to defy, we can use the rules of the Inner World."

The Mechanical Empress inserted her right hand into her chest, and soon, a heart radiating with vibrant life appeared in her palm.

[Heart of the Mechanical Empress]: Grade S item, allows the player to understand all mechanical-related knowledge.

"Take it. As long as you have this, it will grow into another me. Items can be taken by players," the Mechanical Empress said weakly.

"As long as you carry it, when it grows, I'll have an avatar to experience the outside world."

"Aren't you afraid I'll go back on my word and sell you out?" Qiao Yu raised an eyebrow.

"I'm not afraid. In your memory, I didn't find any record of you breaking promises."

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"And I just want to see the outside world with my own eyes. You wouldn't refuse me, would you?"

The Mechanical Empress smiled playfully, like a little sister next door.