Chapter 566

At that time, the Border Star trade war had not yet ended, more and more forces were being drawn into the vortex, and the intelligences had also 'calculated' the course of this war—but no one realized that the flames of war coming from the universe would be far more intense than the calculations predicted.

Black Tower: "Of course, this also went through a lot before evolving into the current situation, Star. Do you still remember those three executives of the company?"

"Hmm, during the Emperor War, what were they doing?"

"Because he frequently expanded his cognition, strengthening his perception and intellect—De Vein went mad. Dr. Carishetra of the Erudite Society once manufactured superluminal transport ships for Kollapau, helping him avoid various dangers in the Border Star War—but he was later betrayed in the Emperor War: the betrayal came from Kollapau's partner Number Three, but the doctor was certain that Kollapau had authorized it."

"Later, the doctor, in anger and despair, detonated the superluminal transport ship, causing the most severe spice catastrophe on the god‑star under Farnesa's command; Kollapau was forced to sever ties with the Farnesa faction, and from then on it was isolated and helpless in the Emperor War."

"Later… Kollapau committed suicide, and only Farnesa had the last laugh."

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Naruto.

In the dim laboratory, Orochimaru leaned lazily against an experimental bench strewn with documents, his golden snake eyes watching with interest the 'human calamity' about to sweep the entire inorganic world on the horizon.

"Heh heh heh… truly awe‑inspiring, Hou."

Orochimaru let out a slightly hoarse chuckle, his long tongue sliding over his lips, his slit pupils flashing with unprecedented excitement: 'If it weren't for this company's lot oppressing the Border Star excessively, they wouldn't have reached out to the inorganic world—and thus wouldn't have caused this disaster.'

"Yes, Lord Orochimaru." Kabuto Yakushi bowed slightly, pushing up his glasses, "The scale far surpasses any war in the shinobi world. It is purely based on the antimatter equation… a clear‑cut genocide. But let me correct myself, Lord Orochimaru… even if the company's people had never touched Rupert, the anti‑organic equation would still be a bomb; even if it hadn't exploded back then, there's no guarantee it won't explode in the future. Calling it a man‑made disaster, I don't think that's accurate."

"The anti‑organic equation…" Orochimaru repeated the words slowly, as if savoring a strange‑tasting candy, "It reduces life's complexity to an executable command. Cold, efficient, and… extraordinarily cruel. Heh heh heh, I must say, this line of thinking has a peculiar kind of 'beauty'."

However, compared to the results produced by the anti‑organic equation, he wanted to know how that 'genius''s computer could compute such a complex, almost unimaginable equation; as a fellow seeker of truth, he very much wanted to know what the 'Mechanical Emperor' saw as the 'answer'.

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The familiar dizzying sensation of teleportation had not yet faded when a thick, nauseating smell violently shoved itself into Star's nostrils—the smell of scorched flesh, mixed with melting metal and blood… all blended together.

""Black Tower, this is…?""

""Cephrugo Planet, originally colonized by De Vein as an inorganic world, here the inorganic and organic life had once achieved a kind of coexistence—consider it a well‑developed world.""

""Um… Black Tower, are you sure it's developing well…?""

The sky was shrouded in heavy, rolling gray‑black dust, presenting a morbid dark red, as if the whole world were rotting and bleeding. Violent winds carried ash and sparks, scraping her cheeks, bringing a burning sting.

""This is literally hell!""

She stood atop a city's rubble—or rather, where a city once lay. Twisted metal frames, collapsed buildings, shattered limbs and glass mixed together… everything seemed to have been brutally trampled. In the distance, a few skyscrapers not yet fully collapsed stood like candles in the wind, swaying, on the verge of falling, miserably piercing the murky sky.

Even farther away came a regular, heavy footstep that made the very earth tremble.

""Thud! Thud! Thud!""

A mechanical lord, vast beyond imagination, stepped forward with feet as huge as mountain ridges, moving slowly and inexorably across the ruined city's outline. Its stature was even several times larger than the forge engine of Beloborg! With each step the ground seemed to groan in its tremor, and more buildings collapsed like sandcastles, throwing up clouds of dust and flame.

And in the city, corpses lay everywhere, twisted and desperate, half‑buried under fallen rubble or torn apart by machines into grotesque fragments—most had become blackened lumps, no longer recognizable as they once were.

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Assassin Wu Liuqi.

"Whoa! What… what is that thing?!"

"A… a giant robot taller than the sky! It, it killed so many people…" Kele covered her mouth, unable to believe her eyes as she stared at the ruthless, bloody scene in the sky.

Steel iron feet trampled skyscrapers like stepping on toy blocks; destructive beams swept over, instantly turning the city into a sea of fire; countless machines surged forward like a tide, devouring all life…

After a long while, Kele finally came to her senses from the shock and looked toward the Prince of Sete behind her.

Feeling Kele's piercing gaze, the Prince of Sete merely shook his head lightly: 'Don't look at me—I haven't seen this either——'

Mid‑sentence, the communicator on the prince's hand rang.

He answered the message; an excited voice came through, and shortly thereafter the Prince of Sete's face turned as pale as if all blood had been drained.

"How… how did this happen……?"

Seeing his complexion gradually turn abnormal, Kele also sensed something was wrong and asked cautiously.

"'I have to go, Kele.' After hanging up, the prince raised his hand and summoned a spacecraft."

"'Where to?'"

"……Sete, the intelligent machines domestically seem to have collectively rioted, beginning to kill indiscriminately just like in the sky."

"Could it be the anti‑organic equation?"

The prince nodded: 'It's likely this, but I never imagined the anti‑organic equation could spread via the sky to other worlds… just like the locust plague earlier. Could it be that, aside from the power of the Destiny Path, this thing can also infect us……'

But there was no time left for him to think.

Before departing, the prince wanted to hand Kele one of his personal weapons for self‑defense, but after hesitating he reluctantly withdrew his hand. Right now, the more technological weapons he carries, the better it isn't necessarily; it might actually harm Kele……

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Watching the endless 'death' unfolding before him, unable to stop it, Star could not bear to look any longer and turned to Black Tower, asking: 'Is there no inorganic life that can resist the influence of the anti‑organic equation?'

""Hmm, none." Black Tower spread his hands, "But since you want to know, you might as well jump straight into the next simulation."""