"The Extinguishing Flame Sword... has been drawn!"
Light Fire's shockwave swept through the Bronze Great Hall.
Turing forced his eyes open and gazed dazedly toward the depths of that incomparably brilliant blaze.
A blurred golden figure floated behind Gu Shen.
"Chu Ling."
Turing froze. The existence of that golden figure meant that all the "theories" Gu Shen had spoken of were real.
As he murmured instinctively, the figure seemed to turn and look in his direction.
The dust settled.
Gu Shen stood silently in the center of the Bronze Great Hall, holding the Extinguishing Flame Sword.
He weighed it in his hand.
The Extinguishing Flame Sword... had no weight.
This sword possessed only an exceedingly thin "sword-shaped" outline.
It was a phantom sword that existed only as a "concept." If not for the Mental World, Gu Shen could never have drawn it so easily.
"Where did Chu Ling go?"
Turing hurriedly rose to his feet. Once the dust dispersed, the throne in the Bronze Great Hall remained, but the golden figure floating behind Gu Shen had vanished with the dust.
"I'm here."
A light, ethereal voice rang out inside the Initial Ship.
At that moment, rows of corridor lights within the Initial Ship lit up. It was as if an invisible breeze had swept through, linking every corner of the Initial Ship's systems before answering Turing's question in the form of the system AI.
Afu: "???"
As the Initial Ship's steward, he had not sensed anything unusual at all!
As an AI created by the Lord of Molten Iron, he had spent countless years alongside the Initial Ship and had already regarded this place as his own "body."
And now, another AI had appeared aboard the Initial Ship...
By all rights, something like this should have required his consent first!