Sometimes, the terror people felt in the face of certain abnormal events crept up on them gradually. That was exactly what was happening to the Morgan Family.
The old man saw the Living Copper Puppet turn around at Han Su's command, and at first, he was merely astonished.
It was as if the sun had suddenly risen in the west. He thought it was absurd and wondered if he had gotten his bearings wrong, or if he had seen some other bizarre phenomenon.
But then he thought of more possibilities, and his entire worldview and understanding began to crumble.
The sun rising in the west meant that all the laws of physics had changed. It meant the world was collapsing, the universe was in chaos, and everything was open to question. Then came a wave of overwhelming despair:
This shouldn't be happening!
"No one can change the Living Copper Puppet's base code!"
"In this world, no one but recognized members of the Morgan Family can activate the Mechanical Factor..."
"This is a unique authority belonging to the Morgan Family!"
"..."
For a moment, he would rather suspect that this man, who so clearly had the face of someone from the Eastern Continent, was an illegitimate son of the Morgan Family than accept what he was seeing.
Then, gripped by intense fear, he suddenly threw caution to the wind and leaped from the top of the building. As he plummeted, countless cables across the city surged into the air like a wave.
At their ends, endless arcs of electricity and molten plasma gathered, as if they were one and the same, then crushed down toward Han Su from above.
By now, he had long forgotten his order not to kill Han Su.
He had only one thought: erase this mistake.
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