The creatures... It looked like the staff who had originally been here
had all evacuated, right?
"Waiting for me? You say that as if you knew I'd come here all along."
Yuxuan kept walking as she replied. Just then, the electronic voice sounded again.
"That's right. From the moment you first made a name for yourself, I knew this day would come."
Yuxuan reached a crossroads. She looked up at an indicator on a screen mounted on the wall, then followed the arrow and continued onward.
"If you knew, why didn't you kill me in the cradle? The organization had the ability to do that right from the start of the apocalypse, didn't it?"
The electronic voice said, "No. I wouldn't kill you."
Yuxuan frowned and continued following the arrow. The area around her was empty. Only the electronic voice echoed through the corridor.
"Why? Because I inherited your bloodline?"
As soon as Yuxuan finished speaking, the electronic voice fell silent. A huge... Iron Gate appeared before her.
"Creeeak..."
As the Iron Gate slowly opened on its own, an immaculate computer room came into view.
At the same time, a clear electronic voice echoed through the room.
"No. Because I need you to be here."
Yuxuan paused, then stepped into the computer room. At a glance, she spotted something in the very center of the room: a huge cylindrical glass tank that reached from floor to ceiling.
Inside the tank floated a human brain, with dozens of differently colored metal
wires inserted into it.
"You need me here? Why?"
Yuxuan looked at the brain. Without a doubt, this had to be Fang Yinglong. If she destroyed it here...
Just as Yuxuan thought this, the electronic voice suddenly echoed through the computer room.
"Don't think about destroying me. My brainwave activity