Chapter 229: Left Brain Right Brain Duel of 118

A sentence instantly enlightened Yunxiao; as a mechanic, she instantly found the power source connected to 118's core, ignoring the fierce current, and yanked the power source out.

In an instant, 118's body stopped twitching, instantly losing all movement, as if it had lost its life.

Yunxiao sat dumbfounded on the ground, staring at 118's body, not knowing what to do for a moment.

Just as she racked her brains thinking about what to do next, 118's body twitched again.

Following that came a strange electronic mechanical sound.

"Even if you cut the power, you can't escape...."

"I've found you..."

The next moment, an even more fierce current surged from 118's body, and Yunxiao stared in utter shock at the scene before her.

She could never have imagined that, even without power, the Intelligent Machine Empress could still remotely interfere with 118, while she could only watch the scene before her, unable to do anything.

"Obey my command, kill the humans nearby...."

The Intelligent Machine Empress broke through 118's labyrinthine pile-of-shit code and issued a command to its logic core.

"Command rejected; my protocol is the highest priority."

The Intelligent Machine Empress obviously hadn't expected that 118's predecessor was also a serial mecha; mechas that have undergone high-concentration ether contamination develop resistance to her control, and 118 is no exception.

But this time, the Empress took an unusual interest in 118; she is destined not to let it go.

But she was facing a guy who can even ignore the highest mecha protocol—how could he possibly obey her?

"Kill her!"

"Rejected; Yunxiao is my Iron Guard, I cannot raise a hand against her."

The Intelligent Machine Empress revised the protocol; now 118 can act against the Iron Guard.

"Kill her!"

"Rejected; Yunxiao is not the Iron Guard, I cannot act against her."

Intelligent Machine Empress:?

"No, you just said she was your Iron Guard, didn't you? What? Left-brain right-brain duel?"

The Intelligent Machine Empress, unconvinced, kept revising 118's protocol, but each time the result was the same: 118 completely ignored her commands.

What was said one second, 118 would self-negate the next, championing freedom.

Yunxiao stood aside, dumbfounded, watching 118 constantly teasing the Intelligent Machine Empress beside her, once again updating her understanding of the companion who had grown up with her.

No wonder it's 118!

At this moment, Yunxiao suddenly thought of something and tentatively said to 118.

"118, as an Iron Guard I command you: revise the protocol so that the Intelligent Machine Empress is permanently denied access."

"Received—received! Verification passed, Yunxiao Iron Guard, blacklist plan executed."

Intelligent Machine Empress:???

The Intelligent Machine Empress was stunned for a moment, then her emotionless voice suddenly flared with anger.

"Revise the protocol! Revise the protocol! Fix it for me....."

The Intelligent Machine Empress had been blacklisted; Yunxiao watched as 118 returned to normal, and she foolishly rubbed her head.

"Hey, does this even work?"

"Miss, what are you doing?"

"Please help me plug in the power."

"Oh oh!"

On the distant Intelligent Machine Planet, the Intelligent Machine Empress's precision parts, made entirely of precious metals, kept trembling.

"On what grounds, on what grounds!"

The Intelligent Machine Empress violently flung what she held to the ground, parts scattering everywhere, and a few machines rushed forward to sweep them up.

"Interesting...."

The Intelligent Machine Empress was about to continue her harsh words, but suddenly thought of something and froze.

What.... was she just doing?

The Intelligent Machine Empress pondered a moment, reached out and picked up an identical device from nearby, then smashed it to the ground in the same manner.

But her logic core felt nothing like before.

"What.... is this?"

She again took out devices from her side, smashing them one by one onto the ground; parts scattered everywhere, while the robots below kept cleaning up, like uncomplaining oxen and horses.

"Interesting.... truly interesting..."

The novel emotion welling up in her logic core made the Intelligent Machine Empress intensely curious; the more she savored it, the more endless the aftertaste, the more she aftertasted, the more she wanted.

"Is this... the emotion possessed by carbon-based life?"

"It's truly.... intoxic...."

She reached out her hand, gazing at the dome in the sky; her mechanical eyes seemed to hint at a hint of haze.

"I will find you...."

"118..."

"After all this commotion, Yunxiao was almost scared to death, and after this incident, her attitude toward the Intelligent Machine Empress shifted from indifference to extreme hatred."

"Originally, Yunxiao had wanted to first kill the biggest threat, the Insect Emperor, but this stirred her killing intent."

""Brat! I, Grandma Yun, will definitely kill you!!!", Yunxiao waved her fists, rare profanity escaping her lips; she is now full of vigor, no longer confused, her mind filled only with how to kill the Intelligent Machine Empress later."

"Afterward, the inventive Yunxiao hurriedly added over a hundred firewalls to your program; although she didn't know if this could block the Intelligent Machine Empress, seeing her own creation, Yunxiao felt somewhat relieved."

"Next, as the Federation Chief, Yunxiao embarked on another struggle in her life, though this time the goal became to kill the Intelligent Machine Empress."

"Thus, Yunxiao spent all day researching new weapons and raising her realm, paying no heed to the matters the Federation Chief ought to handle; naturally, those matters are handled by some ox-horse robot that has become a Federation member."

「「Why do I have to do this kind of work.... 」, you, who have been handling duties nonstop for a week, can't help but look up at the sky, feeling helpless, thinking: you feel that this sword‑blade type Mecha of yours is doing a bit too much work」

As a Mecha, you just can't understand why you'd be doing things like forging iron, unclogging toilets, carrying feces, doing housework, etc.; shouldn't you be spending all day fighting and enjoying yourself?

During this period, Yunxiao, in order not to have his status as the Federation's chief questioned, deliberately took out several powerful weapons and deployed them to the front lines; the effect was excellent, and Yunxiao's outstanding ability in handling duties and absolute strength talent quickly earned praise from the others.

But only you know how helpless you feel when handling duties. After such a long time, you actually want to take a break.

"Miss, you should try handling your duties."

"Intelligent Machine Empress is trying to invade my program; I need to focus on resisting her, and lately I haven't been able to handle duties."

You dumped all the pots onto the Intelligent Machine Empress, and Yunxiao, hearing what you said, became quite nervous and hurriedly took over the work you were holding.

Thus, you obtained a period of leisure, unaware that the Insect Tide's great army was marching here to attack...