Prometheus Epimetheus
Black Rose was as stunning as ever, her fiery red hair like burning flames obscuring her eyes, and her emerald eyes like a clear spring. But when she raised them, it was like a storm. Especially after absorbing the power of the "Metabolism Queen," every move she made was enough to make people excited to the point of bursting with excitement, a result of the body's chemical hormones accelerating a hundredfold.
Furthermore, when the Infinite Bionic Machine replicates a body, it comes with a silver-white, form-fitting bionic suit that perfectly accentuates Rose's hot figure.
At some point, the senior engineer's mouth was blocked by a soft, bionic lip, and it was only after a long time that it was released.
"When I sensed another one of my kind entering, I had a premonition that it was you. I am very familiar with the chemicals on your body. It has become much stronger since I last saw you," Black Rose said with a smile.
"What kind of indecent words are these?" the senior engineer thought for a moment and changed the subject.
"Again? So, it was someone else, also Collapse Entity, who did this?"
"Hmm, 'Number 10 - Nano Bionics', 'Number 12 - Reverse Bionics', and of course, there's another Collapse Entity's aura, but she didn't make a move. My perception is very vague; I can only vaguely sense that her abilities exist on a virtual level."
Each Collapse Entity host possesses the ability of "Honkai Awareness," but their focuses differ.
For example, a senior engineer's perception is more focused on spatial positioning, while the 'Metabolism Queen's' perception focuses on ability attributes.
The senior engineer's expression turned serious.
Bionic A
And another "host" manipulated by android A.
According to Rose, it possesses the ability of "reverse biomimicry".
"Android A and Rose, you made your move?"
The nanomanipulation of Bionic A is a bug among bugs; it's practically invincible in one-on-one combat.
But judging from the current situation, Rose doesn't seem to be seriously injured.
"He tried to recruit me, and after failing, we had a little battle."
Seemingly sensing the senior engineer's thoughts, Black Rose smiled and patted the handsome young man's cheek, explaining:
"Between Collapse Entity, their abilities are mutually reinforcing and mutually restraining. My ability originates from the physical body but transcends it, which is perfect for restraining it."
Seeing that the senior engineer only half understood, Black Rose patiently explained again:
"I absorbed the corporate will of three super-corporations and spread the Collapse Entity's power to hundreds of thousands of employees. Unless the other party kills that many people directly, they cannot really kill me."
"But if he really makes a move, the electronic grid, the pure white shell, and the artificial will will be forced to retaliate. The three super corporations have quite a few civilization-level weapons. He might not be able to do it as easily as you do."
The senior engineer understood.
Although android A also has the ability to destroy weapons of a level 3 civilization, unlike himself, he cannot teleport away at any time.
If he can be delayed, then all sorts of advanced weapons from the android world will be available, and they might be able to capture him.
"Moreover, he is the leader of the resistance. If he destroys the source companies of androids, no one will sympathize with him anymore, let alone agree with his ideas."
In the worldview of androids, super-corporations are "family businesses," since all androids are produced on assembly lines and naturally bear the mark of a corporation.
If Sister Rose goes crazy, it won't just affect hundreds of thousands of people, but millions or tens of millions of androids.
Unless android A is extremely stupid, it wouldn't do that.
After all, rumors circulate that the android resistance is backed by six major android companies.
"So, Sister Rose, how are you feeling right now?"
"When they realized they couldn't do anything to me, they gave up and had another 'android ancestor' take action. His abilities were somewhat effective against me, so they temporarily trapped me and then left."
"They probably don't want me involved in the competition for Number Thirteen."
The senior engineer understood; this was probably the real reason why the other party did this.
The less-than-expert engineer couldn't help but ask, "The ancestor of androids?"
"His name is Prometheus. He was one of the first three androids created, and the only one who retained self-awareness."
Rose looked at her palm and continued:
"She is not a simple puppet. She must have made a deal with android A, using the ability of 'nano manipulation' to replicate her body from back then. In return, she will be on the same side as A."
Furthermore, her ability is quite interesting. She can completely emulate a nemesis based on other people's abilities, bodies, and skills. The reason for the current situation is that she created three android bodies for the three "corporate wills," forcing me not to devote most of my energy to suppressing the corporate wills. Otherwise, as soon as I leave here, the three collective wills will kick me out of the game.
Open your profile, and I'll show you around.
The senior engineer nodded, and the next moment, purple light covered the world, with countless fine lines intertwining, and each spatial string was filled with a mysterious dimensional power.
Besides the senior engineer, the only other person in the space is Black Rose.
At this moment, Black Rose's state was very strange. Her whole body was made of transparent smoke, and on this smoke, the senior engineer saw the structures of countless chemical elements: steroid hormones, adipose hormones, amino acid-derived hormones, peptide hormones, sometimes in the form of countless small cubes, and sometimes in the form of various double helix structures.
Furthermore, the senior engineer discovered that Rose could move freely within the 'Purple String Space' without even needing the fluctuations of the spatial strings.
"Don't be surprised. I can't replicate your abilities. The main reason I can move freely in this space is that over 90% of androids have fixed human structures and artificial chemical substances. So, I can temporarily borrow the bodies of most of the low- and mid-level androids on this planet to create the illusion of 'teleportation'."
Black Rose arrived at a certain location and said:
"Open this spatial node, let's go in together."
The senior engineer nodded, and the next moment, a purple diamond-shaped mirror appeared, and the two entered it.
The senior engineer once again entered the 'pheromone network'.
However, compared to the pheromone network I saw in the Iron Sand Desert before, it was undoubtedly more than a hundred times stronger.
It's like a sea of data in cyberspace, except this time, the substances that make up the seawater are no longer code numbers, but various human chemical substances.
Huge waves rolled in, with one crashing down every now and then.
The concentration of chemical hormones in these waves is comparable to that of any form of biological virus.
Fortunately, the senior engineer was already enveloped in a layer of mist by the Black Rose before entering, so he was not affected.
As the giant waves crashed down, Black Rose sneered and activated her 'Metabolic Queen' ability.
In the blink of an eye, the world changed dramatically. The seawater vanished, the islands sank, marine life dried up into skeletons, the cracks in the earth were repaired, and smoke rose everywhere.
One after another, the desiccated android corpses lay in the desert, skin and bones, without a trace of life in their bodies, and naturally without any chemical reaction.
These chemical hormones were all consumed by the Black Rose.
When a person dies, the chemical elements do not disappear, but the chemical reactions will indeed decrease by 99%.
The senior engineer finally knows where those missing employees of the giant corporations have gone.
The two walked forward, and after a short while, they saw three "Rose Sisters" standing on three sand dunes.
The three Black Rose are all different in style.
A semi-virtualized body with moving electronic signals on it.
One of them had skin as smooth as a porcelain doll, which made her look a few years younger.
The last one has black, hollow eyes without pupils, but upon closer inspection, they seem to be filled with a wisdom as vast as the universe.
The three women reacted differently to Rose's arrival.
The semi-virtualized "Black Rose" immediately rebuked, "Is your current behavior worthy of the power entrusted to you by the 'Electronic Grid'? If the company suffers a large-scale hacking attack, how will we defend ourselves without employees?"
The other "Porcelain Attribute Black Rose" was even more decisive, her figure appearing instantly in front of the two, her two long legs slashing down like two giant scissors.
The senior engineer frowned, but his palm was gently squeezed. The next moment, his frown relaxed, and he let the leg, which was as fast as a missile, sweep across his body.
However, it only stirred up a cloud of mist, which then condensed again after a moment, turning into two human figures.
"Huh?"
The senior engineer opened the panel, and a new "Element Mode" option appeared in the status bar.
This element is not that element; it is not the element of a magician, but rather the chemical element of the human body.
Elemental Mode: In this mode, the human body enters an information state, rendering physical attacks ineffective.
The "Metabolism Queen" can directly convert information life forms?!
Excellent ability.
Finally, the last one, "Blind Rose," spoke, her tone calm. "Epimetheus, close Pandora's Box. This is your only contribution to the android world."
Black Rose said calmly:
"Shoulder your physical bodies, or this is just the beginning."
"You don't care about the lives of hundreds of thousands of androids, but what about the lives of millions or tens of millions?"
"Are you crazy?!" the semi-virtualized Black Rose roared.
"Then let's see if you care about the fate of androids as much as you say you do: their meshes, their bodies, their will."
Without a doubt, these three "Black Rose" represent the corporate will of three bionic human companies.
The "reverse bionics" ability seems to have created a suitable shell for the three corporate wills, allowing them to temporarily break free from Rose's control and even actively resist her.
"How about this? We can give up our physical bodies, but in return, you need to relinquish your executive power over the three of us, but you can still retain the largest shareholding in the three of us."
"The Blind Black Rose" said sincerely.
"I can 'see' that your future is not in the world of androids. You have a much broader future. The abilities of 'Epimetheus' have their limits, and 'Prometheus' has shown you that. You don't need to keep getting entangled with us."
Ahem, I can't finish writing now, I'll make up for it tomorrow.