Chapter 1434: Chapter 1432 Sudden Incident
The program world created by the Matrix completely transformed into streams of green code flowing into Little Yellow’s body.
The consciousness forcibly drawn into the program world, including that of Han Dong and the others, detached from it one by one, returning to their physical bodies.
Even Death God Alex woke up from a nutrient pod filled with viscous liquid. Tons of cables connected the pod on one end and converged to a central hub on the other.
Little Yellow’s former guise as a trash robot had entirely disappeared.
Only a metal sphere emblazoned with the Hyperion logo remained, spinning mid-air, symbolizing that the world node of “The Matrix” had been inscribed onto Little Yellow’s chip.
The information technology of the two worlds clashed and merged.
The metal sphere was undergoing its final evolution, heralding the imminent birth of a fully ascended mechanical life form.
“Ta-da! I’ve been reborn!”
Contrary to expectations of an ascended mechanical figure, Little Yellow hadn’t changed at all.
Despite the appearance of advanced metal evolution, the result was still a rectangular trash robot.
An old-fashioned camera served as its eye,
Rusty tires connected to its lower half,
Two flimsy-looking metal arms flailed about enthusiastically,
“Even though I now possess the ‘Atomic Rearrangement’ ability and can freely alter my physical form… I still prefer my original body! Boss, I can’t thank you enough!”
The first thing Little Yellow did after its rebirth was to offer gratitude to Han Dong.
Immediately afterward, Little Yellow, using an inconceivable creation method, formed four metal doors in the core area, seemingly through ordinary welding.
Not long after, footsteps could be heard on the other side of the doors.
The Element Squad, who were supposed to patrol Makoms City’s outskirts, had somehow gathered within the room through the doors Little Yellow had created.
Little Yellow then pushed open the last door, revealing a direct pathway leading out of the city.
“Everyone, leave here immediately. The Yittrium Ore Effect will completely invade this metal city in 27 minutes and 31 seconds… Other than the boss, everyone here is at risk of being compromised by the ore’s erosion.”
Sally the Black Goat and the others, still clueless about the situation, departed the enemy stronghold in bizarre fashion.
“Nicholas, is the Matrix dead?”
“Yeah…”
“So quickly? And you all don’t seem to have gone through any significant battles… What on earth happened?”
“The Matrix erased its own consciousness and fused with Little Yellow. That was the optimal solution it calculated.”
“What! Exactly…”
“I’ll explain the details later; the battle isn’t over yet. Now that Makoms City’s situation is resolved, we face two choices ahead.”
First, head to the station system and travel to Hyperion Corporation to assist Pope in establishing a dimensional transfer device.
Second, return to London City to aid in clearing out the remaining enemy forces.”
Death God Alex didn’t need further persuasion—with two King-level entities still active in the city, he naturally needed to go back and lend support. As for what had just transpired with the Matrix, he refrained from asking more, tacitly trusting Han Dong’s decisions.
As everyone was about to make their choice,
Ding!
A clear and sharp metal striking sound resonated from the direction of London, causing minor tinnitus for Han Dong despite being separated by several thousand meters.
Simultaneously, a tsunami-like “sand wave” swept toward them.
Death God shifted into a spectral form, unaffected by the sand wave, his gaze grimly fixed on London City.
Han Dong manipulated the swirling sand grains, forming a safe zone to shield the group from the sandstorm… but he himself froze entirely, as his Demon Eye unveiled an exaggerated, unbelievable scene.
Collapse, disintegration!
Due to London’s location following the “World Separation,” it had been placed directly above the surface layer of Pandora’s largest historic mining core. Despite the mine’s robust construction and the kilometers-thick layer separating it from the city,
Now.
An incomprehensible striking force shattered the kilometer-deep crust entirely.
More precisely, an exquisitely skillful “Artisan Power” connected the cumulative damage London had suffered from the start of the war:
The Beheading King’s strike splitting the city in two,
The large-scale battles erupting across various districts,
Kite’s foundation corrosion,
And the thousands of mechanical bombardments occurring every second.
The war consistently undermined London’s geological structure, damaging the crust’s integrity. That single strike consolidated all this damage, triggering the complete collapse of the kilometer-deep crust.
London was split into four sections, plummeting into the mine below, thousands of meters deep.
Death God instinctively mounted his Skeleton Warhorse and sped toward the site.
Green, by contrast, displayed unabashed excitement, clapping his hands incessantly in approval:
“Wow! Looks like there’s a pretty powerful King down there in the city… Perfect! I still haven’t had my fun. Let’s go back and have a blast! Nicholas, you coming?”
“You go ahead, I’ll be there shortly.”
An immediate solution was urgent; separating from Green for the time being was the wisest option.
Han Dong needed to undertake a massive engineering endeavor for the “evacuation operation.”
“I’m heading back as well…”
Ice Flame Aslan adjusted his attire, realizing the necessity of following Han Dong’s arrangements here. Besides, he still had critical matters in the city to attend to.
As Green and Aslan departed,
Han Dong turned to the remaining Element Squad members, offering his analysis of the current situation:
“The enemy’s remaining two Kings have anticipated their inevitable defeat and likely demise… Faced with such circumstances, they’ve determined their ‘optimal solution.’
The mining core’s depth touches the planetary nucleus.
The previous bombardment that brought down Makoms City has reduced the global collapse timeline to less than [one week].
The two trapped Kings in London have orchestrated its collapse to destroy the city serving as the hub for dimensional transfer.
From here, they’ll likely exert everything to attack the planetary core and drastically accelerate its collapse.
As long as they take us down with them, their mission will be deemed successful…”
Sally stared in shock at the massive abyss-like crater left behind by London’s fall:
“I can’t believe they had another trick up their sleeve! Such immense power… With London destroyed, even the support provided by a Land Deed won’t be enough to carry us back to the original world as a whole.
Most people would be torn apart by the extreme distance during dimensional traversal or trapped in spatial fissures.
Is there any way left to save us?”
“I trust Pope has planned for such contingencies.
After all, our strategy focused on centering the battlefield in London City, with full awareness of the likelihood of intense combat tearing apart the city’s structural foundation… Dimensional transmission issues must already be accounted for by Pope.
What we need to do now is operate under the assumption of the worst-case scenario and construct a lifeline.
Follow me!”