[Sherry...]
"He" stared blankly ahead, his left eye lifeless, his right eye flickering, his throat emitting a trembling mechanical sound.
One voice wanted him to remain calm.
Another wanted to burst with sorrow.
Both in physical appearance and mentality, he isn't prim and proper.
Suddenly, "he" grabbed a data cable connected to the computer and inserted the other end into his mechanized left brain.
A mini keyboard popped out from his mechanical chest, and his fingertips furiously tapped on it.
The remnants of human breath became increasingly rapid, a testament to "his" continued existence.
Each keystroke deleted a segment of memory related to Sherry, until finally...
"He" completely forgot her.
"Fwooosh———-"
An electrical current passed through his brain.
Thereupon, "he" raised his eyes again, now cold and emotionless, with no trace of sorrow.
"He" quickly walked towards the soul-transference machine, his expression indifferent.
He casually tore off the soul-draining threads, and, with no regard, flung the girl's body onto the ground like trash.
"What are you doing!?" Luo Bai, in soul form, shouted loudly.
He rushed forward, but his hands passed through the girl's body, intangible, unable to lift her.
He could only tightly clench his fists helplessly.
He didn't know their relationship or what had happened; he only felt that "he's" doing wasn't right.
It was hard to pinpoint what exactly wasn't right, but this was definitely wrong.
"He", still preoccupied, seemed to sense something and suddenly turned around.
Two identical faces were mere inches apart, their eyes locked in mutual gaze.
"He" had half of his body devoid of human features, replaced by cold electronic machinery.
While Luo Bai was just a soul, from either the past or the future.
The two bodies froze instantly, their eyes wide with shock, their minds in chaos.
"You are..."
[You are...]
In a strange twist of fate, they both reached out towards each other.
Just as their fingertips were about to touch, the earth trembled, and an unexpected event occurred.
"ROOOOAAAAAAHHHHHRRRR———-!"
The fully charged
Its mechanical tail fins went completely out of control, sweeping across the laboratory, instantly smashing the research robots.
"Crash———– Boom Boom Boom!"
The chaos intensified, with sparks flying, arcs of electricity dancing wildly, and high-voltage sparks exploding in the air, accompanied by sharp crackling sounds.
With another roar from
A massive sphere of destructive lightning gathered in the sky.
[So I failed again...]
"He" stared vacantly at the sphere of lightning in the sky, his voice filled with unwillingness and despair.
His teeth clenched tighter, his right eye bursting with bloodshot veins, his fists clenched, producing mechanical clicking sounds.
Just as the sphere of lightning was about to explode...
"He" suddenly turned his head and gripped Luo Bai's shoulder tightly.
His voice was drowned out by the white light and the explosive destruction around them.
[I've made a mistake, everything turned out wrong.]
[But absolutely...]
[Absolutely...]
[Never give up on evolution!]
............…..
[Don't...]
[Become like me...]
............…..
"Boom!"
The explosion, mixed with the sound of shattering glass and collapsing metal, echoed through the air.
As the shockwave gradually dissipated, thick black smoke filled the air. The electronics laboratory had been reduced to rubble, with lingering flames casting a harsh, relentless shadow over the ruins, creating a scene of dead silence and desolation.
At that moment, a massive Sacred Stele rose from the ground.
Its inscription read————
.....................…..
"Bang———"
The illusion shattered like glass.
Luo Bai's consciousness returned to the dueling field, his breathing still ragged.
[COUNTDOWN 8... 7... 6...]
The AI referee is currently displaying a prompt.
15 seconds of inactivity will be judged as purposely stalling for time, forcibly ending their turn.
His fingers trembled slightly over the Extra Deck, the explosion still vivid in his mind.
"Mistakes..."
"Can't just be taken back..."
"As fleeting as impermanence..."
"Even so..."
Luo Bai's gaze hardened as a mechanical voice echoed in his mind.
"The Evolution of the Cyber Stream..."
"———will never end!"
[———will never end!]
"Xyz Change!"
[Xyz Summon!]
"
"Boom!"
A pair of enormous mechanical wings unfurled high above his back, with a howling gale.
"Have you finally arrived?" Melonica said in a lowered voice.
"I activate my set card
"With his Special Summon,
Luo Bai expressionlessly looked through his Deck list and sent an
"At this moment, I activate the effect of
"You know it can't be destroyed." Luo Bai's hands fell limply at his sides, his voice somewhat subdued, lost in thought.
"Remove one Xyz Material and activate the effect of
With a loud bang, the Field Spell:
Melonica clenched her fists and said, "So how are you going to deal with the 6 monsters on my field?"
"
"You only have one card left in hand. There's no need to struggle."
As she said,
All the monsters on the opponent's field are in Attack Position with ATK above 2400, and
Seconds ticked by.
In the silent wilderness, Luo Bai's calm voice echoed:
"I activate Continuous Spell:
"All face-up monsters on the field become Machine-type."
Hearing this, Melonica's eyes widened in shock, and she roared in complete rage, "You turned... you turned my monsters into Machine-types..."
"What's the point!?"
"What are you even trying to achieve!?"
Luo Bai responded indifferently, "My Machine-type monsters gain 500 ATK and DEF, while your Machine-type monsters lose 500 ATK and DEF."
"To increase just that little bit of attack!?" Melonica's face turned red with agitation, clearly displeased with his dismissive answer.
"You changed everything to Machine-type, just for this...?"
"No." Luo Bai said softly.
He placed a card from his extra deck onto the field.
"I'm aiming for the purest victory."
In an instant...
The six monsters on Melonica's field and the
A dazzling beam of light soared into the sky.
"Special Summon." Luo Bai's voice was as cold as a corpse.
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