Area 11. Machine City.
After re-establishing contact with Fang Cheng, Kanzaki Rin's heart settled, and she continued her preparations in an orderly fashion.
Essential supplies and personnel had already been moved onto the spaceship, and those interns had all been injected with vaccines in batches; once they adapted, they would become a formidable force.
As long as no enemies above Disaster-Class appeared, the entire Machine City would remain safe and sound.
Just after sending a batch of supplies into the spaceship, Kanzaki Rin returned to her apartment in the Machine City and saw Asaka Akie in the living room.
"Hmm? Is something the matter?"
Kanzaki Rin asked, puzzled. She was busy preparing an escape route, and since she had left the daily training to Asaka Akie, the woman should have been outside the city at this time.
Asaka Akie didn't rise from the sofa, but said softly, "Rin, I want to talk to you."
Kanzaki Rin frowned slightly, sensing that something was wrong.
Nevertheless, she sat down in front of Asaka Akie. "What do you want to talk to me about?"
Asaka Akie looked at her. "Do you think this world is still worth saving?"
Kanzaki Rin was slightly startled, her gaze fixed on the other woman's eyes. "Why ask that?"
"Because in my view, this world is already finished."
Asaka Akie spoke in a slow, flat tone. "Fang Cheng can handle the situation in Jerusalem, but he cannot solve the Gate on the ocean floor alone. Add the Human Revolutionary Alliance headquarters to that, and even if he could resolve this current danger, there will soon be another, more frequent and more severe, until eventually the entire Earth is destroyed and no one survives."
Kanzaki Rin's expression grew heavy as she listened. "I don't doubt the possibility of what