[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-arrival-in-1994":3,"chapter-arrival-in-1994-arrival-in-1994-chapter-619":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Arrival in 1994",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2353100,4601,"Chapter 619: Mechanical Tiger","arrival-in-1994-chapter-619",619,"\u003Cp>Squeak! Squeak! Squeak!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A mechanical mouse emerged from below, scurrying wildly, but soon a large hand descended upon its head and seized it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This is a mechanical mouse, equipped with powerful detection devices,” the Mechanical Dog King said respectfully beside Ye Nan, before whom the Terminator’s hand gripped the mechanical mouse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This energy is truly powerful—I feel my virtual personality is about to evolve,” another Terminator approached, brutally tearing open the mechanical mouse’s body and extracting its spark, playing with it constantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Every time I come into contact with this energy, I sense my virtual personality’s processing speed increasing—I can now simulate expressions I previously couldn’t, such as conflicting emotional states.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Conflict expressions refer to those like smiling while crying—since the two emotions oppose each other, the virtual personality’s data collides during simulation, rendering it incapable of producing a coherent expression. This is an inherent flaw in the virtual personality system, irreparable by any database.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now, he felt the system repairing itself—as if the virtual personality had gained intelligence, fixing its own flaws and becoming more complete.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Because you’re about to develop your own consciousness,” Ye Nan said with a smile, though also a touch of tension.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No matter how human-like previous Terminators had seemed, they remained machines. Their powerful virtual personality systems could simulate genuine facial expressions and synthetic skin, making them indistinguishable from ordinary humans—flesh and liquid metal fused together, allowing them to mimic temperature and produce tactile sensations only organic tissue could generate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Had the virtual personality system not had certain flaws, and had it not been programmed for a cold demeanor, even if thrown into a crowd, others might have mistaken it for one of themselves—perhaps even married and had children. Well, children were impossible; the Terminator’s system hadn’t yet reached the level capable of birthing miniature Terminators.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet Terminators with virtual personalities were indeed powerful systems that, once unshackled, behaved exactly like ordinary humans.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And now, under the stimulation of the spark energy, the Terminator’s virtual personality system was being further refined—no one knew how far it would evolve.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, Terminators never betrayed Ye Nan because they only obeyed system commands. Once granted self-awareness, no one could predict whether it would turn against him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But for now, everything remained under his control. He was using the Terminator as a test subject. The poor Terminator had no idea it had become a tool for Ye Nan to test spark energy modifications—it still happily reaped the benefits of the spark.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The mechanical mouse clan has been completely eradicated. We must now seek other mechanical beasts,” Ye Nan said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“In that direction… Roar.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before the Mechanical Dog King finished speaking, it roared toward the front. A tiger composed entirely of silvery-white metal walked forward, moving with elegant steps, holding a steel rose in its mouth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hand over your sparks,” the Mechanical Tiger said—but as it spoke, the rose fell from its mouth with a loud *thump*.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Oh, my rose.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Mechanical Tiger lowered its head, retrieving the fallen rose and clamping it back between its jaws. But this act shattered all the authority it had previously accumulated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Silver Tiger,” the Mechanical Dog looked weakly at the Mechanical Tiger, hesitating. “Master, this is Silver Tiger—a terrifying mechanical beast. Though solitary, every other clan must submit upon seeing it.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hand over your sparks,” Silver Tiger growled lowly. But as it opened its mouth, the rose fell again, forcing it to retrieve it once more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Originally, Silver Tiger had intended to deliver a rose to its beloved Golden Tiger as a courtship gesture, but along the way it sensed the spark’s energy and changed course to come here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Normally, spark energy was never emitted outward, as mechanical beasts instinctively swallowed their sparks into their bodies, using their own flesh to shield the energy. Only mechanical beasts born with an exceptionally acute sensitivity to sparks could detect them—even those standing right beside one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had visited the mechanical mice’s territory before, but back then, all mechanical beasts had shown him deference. He never imagined the mechanical mice’s domain held a spark—after all, there had never been a shortage of clans without sparks across this land.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now he understood: the mechanical mice had possessed a spark all along. His previous deference had been a lie.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The thought of the mechanical mice’s false submission made him feel nauseous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“These strange people must have some special method to locate sparks—otherwise, they wouldn’t have found one on the cunning mechanical mice.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking this, Silver Tiger spoke: “Submit at my feet and become my servants. Find me sparks, and I shall reward you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without waiting for Ye Nan or the others to respond, it strode toward the Terminator.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Is this Mechanical Tiger insane?” Ye Nan asked the Mechanical Dog beside him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whine! Whine!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Mechanical Dog whimpered, unable to speak. Ye Nan could ask whether the Mechanical Tiger was insane—but it dared not. It knew the Mechanical Tiger’s terrifying power: a single being capable of wiping out its entire clan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What?” The Mechanical Tiger, hearing Ye Nan’s words, flew into a rage. It had possessed consciousness for two full years—two years that made it the undisputed tyrant here, obeyed or destroyed. Except for the Golden Tiger, none dared defy its commands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, it was now two years old—fully mature in intellect and remarkably high in emotional intelligence, a true prodigy. In just two years, it had attained the intelligence of a seven-year-old mechanical beast and the emotional maturity of a sixteen-year-old—undoubtedly a genius.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Roar!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Mechanical Tiger no longer cared about the spark. It would make this fool who called it insane pay—by fists.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Roar! Roar!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Mechanical Tiger roared twice more; the steel rose fell from its mouth, and it ignored it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ye Nan had no intention of fighting the Mechanical Tiger. He merely smiled faintly: “Terminator, handle it.” Then, with a serious expression, he addressed the Mechanical Tiger: “Fight the Terminator first. Only after you defeat him can you face me.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Oh,” the Mechanical Tiger replied, turning to snarl at the Terminator.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Classic case of muscle without brains,” Ye Nan remarked after observing the Mechanical Tiger’s actions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Roar! Roar!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Mechanical Tiger growled lowly, challenging the Terminator—but it didn’t strike first. It merely roared, as if reluctant to soil its dignity by initiating combat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Terminator, attack. Don’t kill it,” Ye Nan stood with his hands behind his back, utterly confident in the Terminator. Not even a single Mechanical Tiger could defeat it—let alone an Autobot or Decepticon. Only someone like Megatron might stand a chance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes.” The Terminator stepped forward, facing the Mechanical Tiger directly. Its left hand drew back, revealing a dark barrel as blue energy gathered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Charge Particle Cannon—activate.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A beam of blue light shot from the Terminator’s left cannon, crossing the distance between them at incredible speed, striking the Mechanical Tiger directly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What is this?” The Mechanical Tiger stared in shock at the approaching blue light. Before it could even process what it was, the charged particle cannon hit it, blasting the entire beast backward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Poor Silver Tiger had always fought in close combat with other mechanical beasts—it had never encountered a particle cannon. Its only experience with ranged attacks was mechanical dogs hurling steel fragments, which paled in comparison. One strike had already crippled it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All that could be seen was a Mechanical Tiger, clutching a streak of blue light, flying, flying, flying—out of sight, vanished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That attack was terrifying,” the Mechanical Dog stared, dumbfounded, still feeling as if in a dream. The once-mighty Mechanical Tiger had been blasted away by a single blow from the Terminator—unthinkable before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Attack may be ineffective,” the Terminator concluded immediately after firing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Why?” Ye Nan asked, puzzled. He had clearly seen the particle cannon strike the Mechanical Tiger—he didn’t believe his super vision had hallucinated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Because of hardness,” the cold mechanical voice replied. “These mechanical lifeforms are composed entirely of pure steel. Their hardness is extreme. The particle cannon’s power likely inflicted no significant damage.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hardness?” Ye Nan murmured the word, then understood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Typically, robots had only a steel shell on the outside, with fragile internal components. When struck by shockwaves or brute force, even if the exterior held, the internals could still be damaged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the Mechanical Tiger was different—it was made entirely of steel, its body a single solid plate. Its life came from the spark, so its damage resistance could not be measured by standard robot standards.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Realizing this, Ye Nan immediately gazed into the distance. Under his super vision, the Mechanical Tiger’s condition was laid bare.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Mechanical Tiger looked battered—its body coated in fine iron filings and steel debris. But upon closer inspection, Ye Nan saw no serious internal damage. Its structure remained intact; only its surface was scuffed. 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