With the roar that resounded through the sky, the two armored giants, one orange and one green, maintained their posture at that moment and froze in mid-air. The illusory prismatic light wings behind them continued to tremble, radiating outwards in circles after circles, covering the entire country.
They are all dyed into colorful haloes of corresponding colors, giving off a strange but solemn atmosphere.
In this atmosphere, there is unclear but very grand "background music". Sherlock roughly distinguishes it. It seems to be... "Ode to Joy"?
"(Uh, what's going on now?)" Sherlock, who had simple lines, asked Illya, who was in extreme colors.
"[To put it simply, Stark's ascension from 'Iron Man' to 'Machine God' was interrupted by Luna," Illya looked at the sky from the display screen: "[This is not theoretically possible]
It may happen, but...】"
"(But Luna and Mr. Stark have a father-daughter relationship, and Luna is originally an 'NPC' in the game, so she can naturally intervene in this 'ascension' process," Sherlock continued: "(If it is really
What will happen if it is blocked?)”
"[Even if you ask me...]" Illya scratched her head: "[Kirito was about to obtain administrator rights to defeat Heathcliff, but was stopped by Yui. This development is really real.
It’s too outrageous and I don’t know what will happen next.】”
The vice-principal lady started to say some weird words again that others could not understand, but judging from the general context, Luna seemed to have ruined a good thing? And the key point is...
"(Too many things have happened before, and I have always forgotten to ask, if Mr. Stark ascends to the 'Mechanical Demon God', how will his 'self-awareness' change?)" Sherlock asked.
If it disappears, Luna's behavior cannot be wrong, after all, it means that her "father" will no longer exist.
"[As for this question...]" Illya tilted her head: "[If you pour a glass of milk into the sea, how do you get it back?]"
"(Put all the molecules that make up that glass of milk back into the glass.)" Sherlock, who is a "molecular influence", replied without hesitation.
Six dots appeared on Illya's head, then she turned around and started beating the broom she was sitting on.
"(...But Mr. Stark doesn't have this ability, right?)" Sherlock added to avoid the vice-principal's embarrassment.
"[After excluding supernatural forces and all preparations in advance - such as freezing into ice - the direct way to get it back is to immediately collect all the seawater within the diffusion range after pouring the milk, but it will not happen anyway.
It's the original state, and the same is true for the consciousness after 'ascension'," Illya replied: "[After becoming the universe demon, the increased knowledge and abilities will have a huge impact on the 'self' that is limited to the human identity.
, Unless you protect it from the beginning, it will definitely be 'diluted'. You can't say it's not the person you are, nor can you say it's still the person you are, just like me...well...】"
Sherlock saw Illya start to feel dazed in the middle of her words, seemingly lost in thought.
Okay, he roughly understood the consequences of "ascension". As for the vice-principal, she obviously adopted the method of "encapsulating" her past experiences and herself in advance, and what was "encapsulated" was the overall spherical "
The sea in the center of the earth”.
Further inference shows that before she became the "Universe Demon God", the Vice-Principal was once a mermaid princess named "White Star", and her hometown is probably, no, definitely not "Atlantis" in this world, but
It is an undersea country similar to the inner sea.
Before she became the "Lord of the Dimension", she might have used the image of "Ilia" to make many friends in different world lines or timelines, that is, those people in the "Clock Tower" who took special care of her. As for
Why does Ms. Irisviel, who is obviously not a mermaid, call her "daughter"... It is not difficult to understand with reference to the current situation of the Fisk family.
In the end, she became the "Lord of the Dimension" with "uniqueness". In order to achieve some unknown purpose - turning all humans into water is pure nonsense - she chose to monopolize this timeline and made it the former Time Administration.
The “Sacred Timeline” in the mouth.
The development is reasonable, the logic is smooth, and even if there are any minor differences from the facts, they should not be too big, so the next step is...
Creak, bang, snap, snap.
At this moment, the "killing machine" that was originally motionless, as if it was rusted on the floor, started to move. He or it struggled to support the body, tearing off the restraints on the body and the cables connected to the many interfaces, and staggered.
He walked towards the exit of the underground space.
It seems that this robot bat has been completely deprived of the qualification to "ascend", but it still wants to do something unwillingly... Should I "take advantage of his illness and kill him" now?
Zhi-zi-buzz!
When Sherlock was contemplating what kind of body he would use "molecular influence" to condense into a body to beat it with, the screen where the two giants were located suddenly lit up with an extremely dazzling white light that illuminated the entire world. When he subconsciously looked at it, he realized
The place there has been replaced by a giant cross beam of light that stretches all over the sky and the earth, and the "Ode to Joy" that was originally just a subtle hum has become extremely grand.
Is this...the birth of the Universe Demon God?
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Sherlock was still sighing, but he heard a violent impact. The huge metal door in the underground space gradually dented, twisted, and finally collapsed with the bombardment.
Appearing in front of the extremely weak "killing machine" was the "ancient Green Lantern" [Old Argon] who had been embedded in the giant's chest as a power source not long ago.
...maybe it's him?
The body that was originally no different from an ordinary human being had now expanded to be even bigger than the "Hulk", looking down at the killing machine with a very oppressive attitude.
"[Your mechanical tricks have all failed, Bat Freak,]" [Old Argon] said viciously, word for word: "[Now, let you have a taste of the power of Mr. Argon!]"
"[Alfred Protocol activates at full power, annihilation begins.]" The killing machine responded without hesitation.
Wait, this "ancient Green Lantern" is just a "summon" that borrows a human body, right? Why...
Sherlock paused mid-thought and looked at the severely exposed cross beam in the outdoor scene.
I see.
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Amidst the fierce mechanical collision, Illya finally stopped thinking.
"[Speaking of which, how are you doing with your Occlumency practice?]" She casually looked at the battlefield over there, and then looked at Sherlock.
"(It's okay, will it be useful next time?)" Sherlock replied doubtfully.
"[It's nothing big, it's just that the 'Lord of the Dream Dimension' thinks that what happened in this country is consistent with her concept of origin, and plans to move it all to her garden.]"
