Collapse, Horror Rabbit Development Program

Suddenly, everything in his sight turned green, as if he had been severely disturbed, and Otto felt that his control was gradually being taken back by the will in his body.

"Even the self-destruct program can't work?"

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"...You really did a great thing, my Otto-sama."

A familiar female voice sounded.

"How did you get out?!" Otto's face was dark and he felt his body gradually losing control. "It stands to reason that it wasn't that fast."

The Mimic Soul Steel skin changed again, reverting to Riana's appearance.

"Then you underestimate people's free will too much." Leanna opened her eyes hard, gritted her teeth, and competed with Otto for the remaining control authority.

"Do you think there's nothing I can do?" Otto said blankly.

At the same time, Leanna felt that the part of the body under Otto's control began to execute the destruction process, starting with each nano-unit and dying one by one, turning into a pile of scrap iron.

Leanna knew that if Otto was allowed to do this, even if her body was a robot, she would not be able to escape the fate of death, because the most critical energy source and place to preserve consciousness were still in Otto's hands.

Can't make me work for you, so destroy me?

Leanna thought with a serious expression.

But she didn't worry too much, because since Otto made such a choice, he had already failed by default, and he couldn't kill Walter.

As long as the execution key of the self-destruction program is locked, he will not be able to use his body to harm Walter...Whether it will self-destruct or something, this is a secondary matter.

Rhianna frowned.

Her most critical core began to disintegrate, turning into liquid, and Walter couldn't even hold her arm.

"How could this be?"

Walter tried desperately to think what else he could do.

"By the way, when you first used the Void and Ten Thousand Zang to transform my body, you should have thought about today's release."

Rhianna's vague consciousness is still talking to Otto.

"...The Ship of Theseus for 100 years, Lord Otto, you are really patient."

"But... you know what?"

"The ship of Theseus is called that name because of Theseus."

"I am still me and will not change because of the composition of my body. My will is still firm. This is a fact that cannot be changed."

The final signal was cut, and Otto's voice disappeared completely inside Riana's body.

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"Hello? Hello! Are you still there?"

Looking at Rhianna who was about to die, Walter anxiously shouted in his mind the female voice who gave him knowledge at the critical moment of the battle.

"I am still here."

"Is there any way I can save her?" Walter was overjoyed, and then asked in his mind.

"Yes, but I don't recommend you to do this. Suppress Otto with high intensity for a long time, so reckless, your body has reached its limit, and it is much more serious than physical injuries. Using your ability again If Leanna, who self-destructs at the nanometer level, repairs it, your life will be in danger.”

Walter opened his mouth.

"Am I going to die?"

"meeting."

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"However, there is no way to save it, if you can accept that you can only stay in the core of the Herrscher forever." Said another Herrscher of Reason who used the mental space to communicate.

"What..." Walter was surprised.

"The basic principle is the sea of ​​consciousness hidden in the core of your Herrscher. You have deeply engraved them in your soul. I can't make your consciousness continue to exist after it dissipates, but I can make your consciousness Transform into one of these many souls."

"The price is that your consciousness completely dissipates in the body, and you can only survive in the core with those 30 souls in the future, and you can no longer return to our world as the core master."

"If you can take it, do as I tell you."

"Of course, I will let you fully understand the principles, and practice all of this with your own will. With the comprehension of the Lawer of Reason, after mastering the knowledge, it will be difficult to be deceived by others."

"You don't need to worry about that."

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"I accept, if this can keep everyone alive." Walter said firmly.

He can clearly perceive the other party's kindness.

"Then repair Rhianna's body according to the knowledge I passed on to you, and then hurry up and find an heir."

"Your consciousness has been reduced to 30/[-]th of the core, but the core itself is intact, and it is enough for another qualified person to exert the power of the Herrscher of Reason."

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【Is that all right? 】

"Yeah." Brownie nodded and whispered at the same time, "You don't blame me for these actions, do you?"

[Why should I blame you? 】

[You are just trying to redeem some tragedies as much as possible, this is human nature. 】

"I thought it would affect your plan." Brownie spoke in a low voice.

【You should understand me. When I hand over the method of salvation to you and let you pass it on to Walter, you should realize that everything I do next has been incorporated into the possibility by me. 】

"Hey...it really is your style."

Brownie felt relieved and said happily.

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On the other side, at the headquarters of Destiny, a level-[-] alert suddenly sounded at a certain moment.

After a few seconds...

The vigilance ceased.

Before the Honkai fission bomb could even be pre-activated, it received an order to stop firing.

Everything was safe and sound, of course not including Mr. Otto who was pointed at the neck by Delta with the Dream of Sleeping Beauty.

Otto clearly saw Delta's warning expression.

——If you dare to fire a Honkai fission bomb at the city, I will kill you, and then destroy the launch base. Do you want to bet on who is faster between me and the missile launch preparation?

Although she didn't speak, the girl clearly conveyed this belief to Otto.

"Don't do that, my ally."

Otto raised his hand and made a gesture of surrender. Although he didn't show much fear, he also fully demonstrated his helplessness towards Delta's high-end combat power.

"You know, it's impossible for me to do this under your surveillance."

Otto made a strong promise, as if he wasn't the one who just notified the missile launch system to pre-activate.

"Firing a weapon of mass destruction at a prosperous city is a humanitarian catastrophe, and I am the bishop of the Worldwide Salvation Organization - Destiny."

"How could I do that?"

"Hmph!" Delta snorted coldly, and put away the knife in his hand.

Ugh......

Otto underestimated Delta's strength, and overestimated the fastest reaction time of Destiny to execute orders.

Although under his leadership, the missile only needs 5 minutes from warm-up to launch, but this time is quite enough for Delta and her power behind it.

Because Tianming does not have the same level of combat power.

However, the purpose has been achieved.

Otto thought gracefully in his heart.

He had a hunch from the beginning that the Honkai fission bomb might not even be able to get out of the silo under Delta's surveillance, so he didn't fully rely on this hole card.

That's why he had to destroy Rhianna's body before disconnecting completely, putting her in a near-death state.

He knew Walter would save her.

Just because Otto believes in the existence of sincere feelings, he knows that there will be people who will be desperate, even if they give up their own lives, to achieve the ending where everyone is alive.

As long as he does this, Walter will definitely exceed the limit.

Will die.

Chapter 52 Aftermath of the War

United States, Manhattan, New York.

On a news program on a certain TV station, the host is reporting an event that most New Yorkers will never forget.

News commentator:

Today is a special day. For 53-year-old architectural designer John Smith, this is the first Thanksgiving he has celebrated in 22 years.

John Smith:

As a native Brooklynite... I can proudly tell the world that we've built this building again.

From the former Empire State Building to the current World Tower, at this moment, we have accomplished all of this.

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The news commentator on the side added the background:

The World Tower is a skyscraper invested and reconstructed by ME Architecture Company. Its basic design fully inherits the structure of the Empire State Building in the 1930s.

General Motors, which suffered a brief trough after the Thanksgiving disaster, quickly underwent a transformation under the guidance of Miss Edison. Now, as a brand new ME Group, it has regained the top spot in the world's top [-] companies.

For John Smith, who is also a New Yorker and an employee of ME Group, the ups and downs are far from being summed up by slogans such as being strong again.

John Smith:

Back then I was an electrical engineer in charge of building safety.

At about three or four o'clock, the security guard on duty that day began to knock on the iron door of the apartment. I was still in my pajamas in a daze, and I was dragged and dragged to the street by him.

At that time, I realized that the entire city's power grid was down, and we followed the existing disaster management procedures to deal with the problem-in fact, that was all I could do.

Following the rules was the only thing I could think of and do at the time.

According to the official explanation, the electromagnetic pulse crisis that affected the entire New York City was caused by a technical accident in a high-tech research and development center.

Anyway, I don't understand it, but it did cause such a serious accident.

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News commentator:

To explain, the chaos caused by the widespread blackout caused by the electromagnetic pulse is one of the indirect causes of the collapse of the Empire State Building.

Several terrorists entered the building with the intention of carrying out terrorist acts, and the chaos of the power outage provided them with an excellent opportunity.

Also at the most critical moment, the country's rapid response force arrived, pulled up a long blockade around the building, and launched a fierce struggle with the terrorists.

The firepower of the terrorists was extremely terrifying. They even forced the troops to use heavy facilities such as tanks and helicopters, but the result was not ideal, and the building still collapsed.

Fortunately, most of the people in the building had already evacuated before that, and the terrorists didn't know why they were not attached to the hostages, and it seemed that they only had sabotage in their eyes.

It was precisely because of the strange nature of the other party that when the incident ended, the casualties of ordinary people were controlled within double digits.

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John Smith:

This was the truth told to us by the counter-terrorism personnel at that time, and I am extremely glad to think about it now, I did not expect that someone would take advantage of the opportunity of the blackout to do such a thing.

Speaking of which, the blackout may have something to do with them, and according to anecdotes, similar riots seemed to have occurred across New York on the day of the blackout.

Individuals were even so frightened that they saw monsters.

....... Haha, how is it possible?