How long it took members of the Machine Race to exchange intelligence depended on the "bandwidth" of the connection between them.
Thus, just 0.1 femtoseconds after they met again, the Dawn Grand Duke had already received Nie Yun's complete "mission log."
"Eternal Night... it really was him..."
The Dawn Grand Duke's expression was extraordinarily conflicted.
She had never imagined that the truth of what happened back then would be so bizarre and convoluted.
Goth Sixteen had survived to this day through reincarnation, while Eternal Night was actually an avatar of Gaia's dark side.
No wonder Gaia's treatment of Eternal Night had always felt strange, sometimes seeming to favor him, yet at other times being exceptionally harsh.
Perhaps... those were precisely the complicated feelings one had toward another side of oneself...
From the Machine Race's perspective, this was nothing short of "brothers killing each other."
The chief culprit, Goth Sixteen, was dead, and his accomplice, Dusk, had followed him to the grave. Eternal Night was the only enemy left.
Yet Eternal Night might well be the last trace Gaia had left in this world...
Nie Yun seemed to notice the Dawn Grand Duke's inner struggle.
"Are you wavering? I need to remind you that although Eternal Night is Gaia's avatar, Eternal Night is Eternal Night, and Gaia is Gaia. They've long since become independent individuals."
"Of course I understand that."
The Dawn Grand Duke sighed, finally extinguishing the last faint illusion in her mind.
"Then... how do you plan to deal with Eternal Night?" Nie Yun asked.
"I should be asking you that." At his words, the Dawn Grand Duke smiled with an odd expression.
"After hearing your analysis last time, I started keeping an eye on Eternal Night and assigned people to monitor his every move.
"Just now, I received