Chapter 100: 251 Seconds!
That single sentence, and the sudden image that appeared inside the programmed subspace, not only caused Schwi's eyes to widen violently—
it also made countless viewers outside the screen feel their hearts skip a beat, cold sweat breaking out across their backs!
Naruto World.
Uchiha Madara looked at the screen with an incredulous expression.
That Flügel girl had not only remained completely unharmed, she could even enter someone else's space!
Dragon Ball World.
The young Vegeta clenched his teeth.
If he were struck by an explosion of that power, there was a high chance even he would die!
He suddenly felt that he had completely underestimated this world.
Because clearly—
No Game No Life World.
The surviving higher-ranked races all revealed shocked gazes!
As expected of an artifact created by the God of War, Artosh.
With this kind of combat power, she could fight any high-ranked race beneath the Old Deus!
For the first time as an Ex-Machina, Schwi experienced the concept of despair.
That strike just now was a technique the Dragonia King could only use at the cost of self-destruction!
Although it possessed only half of the original power—
it was still terrifying beyond imagination!
At that moment, along with a flash of pure white light, Jibril moved!
Schwi crashed into the earth like a meteor. Her armaments had already become broken and battered, and electric sparks continuously flickered from her joints.
With a single strike, Jibril crushed the mechanical girl!
Many viewers outside the screen sighed.
Clearly, the gap between the two was far too large.
Unfortunately, the plan had already reached this point.
Yet they still could not see whether the final strike would succeed.
And Riku, who was waiting in the cave, would likely freeze and starve to death in the cold.
This couple was truly too tragic.
Standing beneath the sky where the smoke had yet to disperse, Jibril looked at Schwi, who had fallen to the ground, and asked curiously:
"At the beginning, you clearly aimed at my head. Did your hand slip?"
As she spoke, she seemed to think of something, and a delighted look appeared in her eyes.
"Wonderful. Who would have thought a machine could possess instinct?"
"But I only need your head."
As her voice fell, she gathered pure white spirit energy in her hand.
Then she casually threw it toward Schwi's body!
Many viewers outside the screen revealed looks of reluctance, as if they had already seen the girl's body being dissolved.
But at that moment, the girl's voice rang out!
"Entry prohibited!!"
A pale-blue barrier formed in front of Schwi!
Under the impact, the girl was blasted away a second time and fell deep into the underground ruins!
At this moment, Schwi understood that her death was already inevitable.
But as she looked at the ruby ring on her ring finger, tears flashed in the mechanical girl's eyes!
"I can't..."
"Riku... all those Ghosts who left and never returned..."
"But what can Schwi do now?"
The plan had clearly reached its final step.
Yet because of her mistake, everything had gone wrong.
And the current Schwi looked as if she could do nothing except wait for death.
Everyone had gambled everything.
This absolutely could not fail because of Schwi's mistake today!
At this moment, everyone felt the girl's self-blame and helplessness.
Everything seemed beyond saving.
Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid World.
Tohru wailed in tears.
A machine had obtained a heart and found love, yet this was her ending.
It was simply too cruel.
At this moment, she wished she could tear open space again, reach that other world, and spit dragon breath on behalf of that young mechanical girl.
But Tohru also knew that even if she went there, she might not necessarily be able to change anything.
The desperate situation had arrived. Schwi kept shedding tears.
She was reluctant, unwilling, and afraid.
However—
"For Riku..."
At this moment, the mechanical girl finally made up her mind and chose to do the one thing she least wanted to do!
She sent her own signal into the void!
She actively connected to a certain frequency!
Crying, she shouted:
"Unit identification code UC207Pr4f57t9! Analysis unit!"
"Requesting reconnection to the Cluster and request analysis of the heart!"
"Synchronize: request reconnection!"
The scene suddenly changed. In the place where the invisible signal had not yet reached, a powerful but cold half-humanoid machine lit up!
The next second, an icy system voice sounded.
"This unit has permanently lost connection. Judged as a severe error factor. Rejected."
In the darkness, Schwi knew the answer.
"Rejection denied. Please reconnect!"
"Even if it is Einzig, the full-link command body, no matter what kind of report it is, analysis is necessary!"
"Requesting connection! Requesting reconnection!"
However, no response came.
The countless viewers who had just seen hope rise fell silent again.
One-Punch Man World.
Although Genos could not understand why Schwi did not want to reconnect...
there was no doubt.
This final path had also been sealed.
In theory, the probability of victory was infinitely close to zero.
But in reality, the ending had already been decided!
"Correct it... someone, please correct this ridiculous answer..."
Boom!
Rocks exploded, and earth scattered!
The Flügel girl launched another attack from above!
The mechanical girl no longer had the strength to resist. She could only condense a shield in front of her body.
She allowed the enemy's explosion to blast her away again.
But even so, Schwi still did not give up. She continued crying alone into the channel:
"I originally didn't want to give this to anyone!"
"My Riku..."
"All the hearts I received from Riku belong to Schwi alone."
"But now, I must hand this feeling over to you."
"Don't you understand, Einzig!?"
"Stop saying these useless things and inherit this feeling!"
Re:Zero World.
Subaru's eyes reddened, and tears fell from them.
Everything the mechanical girl had said before had used "Schwi" as her self-reference.
But now, it had become "I."
At this moment, this girl was already a living person!
Marvel World.
Tony Stark froze completely.
Could this truly still be considered a machine?
He had never imagined that the reason the mechanical girl had not been willing to reconnect was this.
The judgment of a heart...
was it truly something that should be measured by flesh and blood?
In the sky, Jibril no longer intended to continue playing.
In both her hands, a spear-like mass of spirit energy condensed!
The next moment, as the girl gently threw it, the ground rose in a terrifying mushroom cloud amid an earth-shaking roar!
And in some unknown place, the signal connected to the Cluster was gradually fading.
At that moment, the dust dispersed.
A crater appeared in the earth as if a meteorite had struck.
The broken Schwi lay on the ground, electric sparks flickering across her body from time to time, as if she might cease functioning at any moment.
In the distance, the Flügel girl walked over step by step.
But at that moment, the voice of the Cluster unexpectedly rang out once more in Schwi's heart.
"As I expected, this unit is indeed broken!"
Schwi answered:
"I know."
The Cluster questioned her again:
"Contradictions, defects, and yet still operating despite them. That is abnormal."
"That, I also know."
"Impossible. This is unreasonable."
"But this is reality. This is the heart I obtained."
The Cluster fell silent and began analyzing rapidly!
At the same time, Jibril had already walked to ten meters away and raised her palm again.
There was no doubt that this strike would completely erase Schwi's body!
Watching this scene, the mechanical girl's body trembled. Unprecedented despair appeared in her heart, and tears fell heavily from her eyes!
Countless viewers could not bear to watch the scene that was about to appear.
But at that moment, Einzig's voice rang out again!
"Therefore..."
"Judged as an extremely valuable full-perspective data sample."
The emotionless voice finally sounded!
In an instant, the connection signal became stronger than ever before, and every connected unit lit up at the same time!
"Data synchronization activated!"
"Time remaining until completion: 251 seconds."
"During this period, all interference with the damaged unit is completely prohibited. Unlimited use of armaments is authorized."
No Game No Life World.
Countless higher-ranked races felt their scalps go numb!
Because as a mechanical race, the Ex-Machina had never taken more than three seconds to transmit data between units.
But now, it actually required 251 seconds.
Just how enormous was the data contained within this so-called "heart"?
It was simply unbelievable!
But 251 seconds...
Could a single Ex-Machina truly endure that long against a Flügel?
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