As for this scene,
Caroline merely gently covered Chie's eyes, then said in a rare, slightly subdued voice:
"It didn't look like human technology.
Come to think of it, a certain database within the Dragon Descendant Research Association seemed to contain a similar program model.
'Hakoniwa-ka?'
'And Rhodes Chain as well?'"
But she seemed unwilling to recall those painful memories, so she stopped after saying only a few words.
Perhaps the scenes that followed were simply too far ahead of their time. Even Caroline could rarely find a corresponding case, so she remained silent.
Elsewhere,
Su Wen seemed to sense her Data Projection trembling slightly, so he merely took her hand gently.
Then he stepped in front of her.
Only then did this cyberpunk world beneath the Blood Moon atmosphere finally reveal itself. Under the dark night streaked with crimson, countless enormous, faintly glowing skyscrapers enveloped everything.
Countless flying vehicles weaved between the towering buildings.
But that was not the most eye-catching sight. What was truly shocking was the free distribution of prosthetic replacement surgeries, human experiments, mutation drugs, and hallucinogens.
And,
the people hiding along the lowest neon-lit streets, lying there like corpses.
When Su Wen looked at them, he did not even need Appraisal Vision to see rows of identification tags:
Tier 6 Individual · Flesh Quality Rating F- · Genetic Contamination Level 93%. Permitted Survival Countdown: 2 days, 17 hours, 32 minutes. Recommended Modification Direction: Biological Battery Material
Upon seeing those scenes, Su Wen, who had experienced countless extraordinary incidents, felt the absolute terror of a possible future for the first time.
As their gazes extended into the distance, many humans on the street radiated an eerie violet glow—it was the mark of machinery and flesh fused to the extreme.
Although these people were not