A private chat?!
What could we possibly need to discuss in private?
(.;ﾟ;:益:;ﾟ;.)
Could Xiao Xiao's daddy have misunderstood something?
Heaven be my witness! Sure, I did wonder whether I could invite Xiao Xiao over and ask her to help me get through this crisis.
But I swear, I didn't have even the slightest malicious intent!
Who could possibly harbor any twisted intentions toward such an adorable, friendly guest as Xiao Xiao?
But judging by those unsettling, wicked smiles on her parents' faces, this was definitely a colossal misunderstanding!
"Come on-sweetie-you haven't eaten your fill yet, have you-since we have this opportunity today-eat all you want!"
Xiao Xiao (✪ω✪) said, "Mm-hmm-"
Meanwhile.
Across a vast wasteland, the earth began to rumble and shake.
Zero Crisis Response Protocol-initiated-full activation in progress-
Amid repeated bursts of piercing mechanical friction and the squelching of flesh.
Cracks slowly opened across the earth, and through them, the structure leading down to the underground Inverted Tower could be glimpsed breaking through the ground with a series of sharp cracks.
Had anyone been there, they would have witnessed an astonishing sight.
The structure, dozens of meters tall, was rising inch by inch. The ground broke open and the earth split apart as, accompanied by thunderous crashes, enormous mechanical arms hundreds of meters long burst out of the surrounding soil one after another.
Crash-
Amid the tremendous noise.
A colossal construct composed of flesh and mechanical structures slowly emerged from underground and rose above the surface.
It appeared to be an inverted mechanical tower, and at that moment, its surface was covered in hard lumps of flesh that continually swelled and contracted.
Zero Protocol fully initiated... maximum defense mechanisms activated... Prototype Colossus No. 012 fully activated... entering emergency combat mode-
Inside a sealed