"Good"

However, unlike before, her silver-gray outfit had been replaced by black and red armor, and several floating cannons appeared behind Bronya.

"Target locked, Raiden Mei —fire!"

Secondary Silverwing? Metastatic Black Nucleus!

Chapter 299 "Good Boy"

Boom--!

With a loud explosion, Elysia jumped off the building with Liu Bai in her arms.

"Hello--!"

Liu Bai let out a cry in Elysia's arms, a sound that was hard to tell whether it was one of surprise or terror.

Even though this is a dream, it's still a 50-story building! At least 140 or 150 meters above the ground!

Although Liu Bai doesn't have a fear of heights, he's not the kind of person who gets excited the higher he goes! He's just an ordinary person in that respect!

"Don't worry, Liu Bai, watch me!"

Elysia looked at the handsome man in her arms and a happy smile appeared on her face.

"Let's fly!"

Holding Liu Bai, Elysia not only didn't fall, but instead flew into the sky.

"Wow... I just realized that my sister's dream is a big city that looks really high-tech~ all silvery white."

"... I think it might be more like SilverAsh or something."

"While Liu Bai's statement is realistic, isn't it a little unromantic?"

"Aili, the romance you're talking about is actually that 'twinkling' feeling, right?" Liu Bai immediately understood what Elysia meant.

"Of course, even Liu Bai can't deny that she's a radiant and dazzling beauty, like a flower in full bloom, right?"

Although it's a bit incongruous for someone wearing Raiden Mei's appearance to say this, Liu Bai couldn't really find fault with this slightly narcissistic statement.

After all, aside from the personal opinion that she's too lively, Elysia is basically flawless.

"It's undeniable... but for Bronya, romance might be something more high-tech and profound."

Liu Bai looked down at the silver-gray city from Elysia's arms.

"Ah..."

Liu Bai suddenly realized that something was wrong.

"Aili, are we relaxing too soon?"

"Huh? Really? This is already thousands of meters in the air~ No matter what, there wouldn't be fighter jets or missiles in this dream, right?"

"... Who said it couldn't be done?"

As if to confirm Liu Bai's rhetorical question, the silver-gray city instantly flipped over in the next moment.

Like a collapsing domino, with the ETStudio building at its center, every inch of the city's land and rooftops turned into a heavy, somber black as if flipped over.

"..." Elysia remained silent; this slap in the face came a little too quickly.

"How about it? Doesn't it look more high-tech?"

Liu Bai forced a smile and asked softly.

The art style of Iron Anti-Entropy looks much more approachable.

Of course, it also feels much more dangerous.

The next moment, a huge projection was projected into the sky, Bronya's cold and beautiful face reappeared in front of the two of them.

Bronya stared at Elysia with a cold gaze.

"Wanted criminal, Raiden Mei, stop resisting right now, put down your brother, and squat down with your hands behind your head."

"Mei? Oh, so this is what I look like now."

Elysia nodded, a teasing expression on her face.

"Although you sound very authoritative, little sister, I'm not going to let them go!"

"...sister in law?"

This word seemed to trigger some forbidden vocabulary; Bronya's silver-gray pupils turned black and red again, and the city below kept emitting red alerts accompanied by piercing sounds.

"... Stubborn fool—come forth! Project Bunny 19c-x-Strike!"

Bronya's projection shouted loudly towards the sky.

"Project Bunny? That's a pretty cute name?"

Elysia tilted her head slightly, showing no sign of nervousness, while Liu Bai in her arms was already distorting his expression.

Project Bunny 19c-x-Strike?

Why does the name sound like something terrifying?

The very next second after Elysia finished her reflection, a huge, terrifying black figure descended from the sky.

"... It really is a larger version of the Project Bunny."

Liu Bai's expression twisted again as he looked at the Project Bunny, thousands of meters tall and covered in black and red, in front of him.

Although their current altitude and the height of the Project Bunny are both over a thousand meters, they are currently at the chest level of the Project Bunny.

"—Is that the Project Bunny?"

Elysia's eyelids twitched incessantly as she looked at the thing in front of her that could be called a "giant god" in some fantasy works.

"I know what you're going to say—what a waste of such a lovely name, right?" Liu Bai said first.

"It's a bit of a shame—but they should run away now!"

Without any hesitation, Elysia hugged Liu Bai tightly and ran away.

Just kidding, who would fight that thing?

Whether or not you can defeat the thing in your dream is another matter, but I just feel like rushing in like that is incredibly stupid!

"What on earth is your sister thinking about all day? Why would she dream such outrageous things?"

"That child was born to be a scientist! It's just that I didn't specifically guide her in that direction—or rather, she herself wasn't very interested."

Liu Bai pondered that Bronya never had a cheat code for the Herrscher of Reason in her life, and even with her natural talent, she could only barely reach the level of a first-rate scientist by the end.

Of course, the real reason was that Bronya wasn't interested in these things back then, and the path of hacking was actually more suitable for Bronya than being a scientist.

Well, hacking is something Bronya could learn with her feet.

So, considering both factors, why bother teaching mechanics? Wouldn't it be better to just blindly pursue the path of hacking?

However, Liu Bai had no idea that the reason Bronya wasn't interested at the time was because she was with Seele Mei, and her mind was full of doujinshi.

The hacking skills were initially something I picked up while playing games, but later I developed them myself so I could use Project Bunny to view my doujinshi.

To be honest, with Bronya's brain, would it be a problem for her to learn some basics along the way?

Not at all, right? In fact, Mei is even more talented in this area. If she's interested in learning, Liu Bai can try to guide her. After five or six years, she might not be able to stand on her own, but she can definitely be Mei's assistant right now.

Of course, this is different from Jackal, or Clio. Although Mei nominally uses Clio as her assistant, she actually uses him as her second-in-command. In Mei's current research, Jackal is the second person to handle her work, and sometimes he is even the first person to handle it.

If Liu Bai had taken care of Mei since she was a child, for twelve or thirteen years, Mei would now be able to discuss philosophy with Mei.

Then there's Seele. Seele is a rather mediocre genius. She doesn't have any special characteristics, but she's still a genius. She's versatile and can learn anything. Liu Bai teaches her, she can become a versatile tool.

However, at that age, these three girls were all feeling awkward and uncomfortable together...

So when Liu Bai saw that none of the three were interested in teaching, he stopped mentioning it.

It's just that Liu Bai doesn't know what those girls were doing behind his back back then, otherwise his blood pressure would explode...

After all, of the three, one was exceptionally talented, one was semi-exceptional, and one was an ordinary genius. Because of their lack of talent, none of them learned anything. In fact, apart from Bronya, Seele and Mei's highest intellectual skill was mech command...

This situation was already enough to give Liu Bai a major headache.

"On the other hand, maybe it's because she doesn't have much exposure to this kind of thing that she fantasizes about it?"

Not everyone can be like Tesla, who, even in his eighties, named his welding torch "The Blazing Sword".

Well... in a sense, Tesla was the youngest in terms of mental age among that group of scientists.

"Hey, Aili, you can't beat this thing?" Liu Bai asked, acting as a rearview mirror in Elysia's arms.

"Um... maybe we can win?"

"What kind of answer is that?!"

"Because fighting this thing feels so stupid, doesn't it?"

Elysia complained.

"I really don't want to fight this big guy—and this is a dream, so it might have some really shameless traits."

"Then how did you manage to beat Rita before?!"

Liu Bai also started to complain, "You know that the master of the dream has some very overpowered permissions! Then why did you beat up Rita!"

"Ah, well... how should I put it? That maid seems quite bold, but she might actually be surprisingly honest..."

Elysia scratched her face.

She really beat Rita up effortlessly the whole time, without any of that power spikes, second or third phases, or anything like that.

The beating was so simple and straightforward... she was quite surprised!

"So, coming to that point, I have a pretty good impression of that maid, you could say she's a 'not-so-serious but still decent person'?"

"Nobody's asking you that kind of question! Get out of here!"

"Land first!"

Elysia, carrying Liu Bai, began to dive, dodging five or six missiles that came from behind.

"This aerial chase will never end! We might really have to go back to the amusement park with a game over!"

"How about we take a small gamble that my little sister won't destroy her own city?"

"... Maybe we can give it a try?"

After calming down, Liu Bai thought about it and realized that what Elysia said made a lot of sense.

It's precisely because this is Bronya 'Shibao dream that Liu Bai has to consider Shibao would excitedly transform into a little monster and kick a building while breathing fire from its mouth.

"Anyway, we've landed—run this way!"

Elysia swooped down quickly, and then, just like in a scene common in novels, Elysia grabbed Liu Bai and pulled him into the alley.

"Hmph, do you think I can't do anything to you just because you're hiding in an alley? Foolish rebels, I'll show you what happens when you dare to defy Queen Mei."

"...?"

Hearing the cold voice from the air, Liu Bai and Elysia were stunned once again.

Liu Bai glanced at Elysia, stroked his chin, and nodded. "You've changed back."

Elysia no longer has the "Mei shell" on her body.

"So the plot has changed again?" Elysia gave a somewhat stiff smile. "This didn't happen before."

"This is what they call a rampage—after all, this place can still be considered a child's dream world full of fantasy."

Bronya is 17 this year, but... this age is actually the middle school stage, right?

Liu Bai had already put it very tactfully.

And it's not like being old means you can't have dreams—yes, I'm talking about you, Tesla!

"... Does your child harass their older brother at work?"

Perhaps because there was no immediate danger, Elysia started complaining about Liu Bai.

Well, although the best option now is to keep running, this is just a dream amusement park, and the tension between these two people is more like the tension of playing a horror game.

"And Liu Bai definitely gave in back then, didn't he? He was completely unfit to be an older brother!"

"... mainly because I've never seen one that big before."