And just as he finished speaking...
In the standby area of the inner factory, Lynn's Repair Robot had already followed the long internal corridor to the terminal section that controlled the entire factory's automated operations.
Drip-
The drop of blood-red potion in its hand landed on the floor beneath its feet.
In an instant.
Like a fallen leaf taking root.
The moment the blood-red plague potion touched the steel floor, it spread rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye. On the microscopic level, its swift consumption and corruption of the metal resembled an immense catastrophe, spreading in dense waves to engulf the entire terminal.
Almost at that very instant, the Intelligent Brain confronting Lynn suddenly paled.
Within her consciousness network, a vast swath of red alerts appeared inside the three-dimensional projection of the Hive's interior, and her connection to that area was instantly severed.
[You hid the Flesh Plague inside my Hive?!]
At that moment, she realized how serious the situation was.
As alarms sounded in the neighboring areas, the surveillance feeds covering every angle of that location instantly opened.
She immediately saw that flashy Repair Robot he had used to earn points by working inside the Hive some time ago. Yes! It was one of the vessels he had used before!
But how was that possible?!
If part of his soul had remained inside the Hive, there was no way she could have failed to notice, given her control over the entire structure!
[What did you do?!]
With his eyes closed, Lynn raised a finger and said:
"Details, Intelligent Brain. When you're up against me, how can you possibly beat me if you don't make an effort to think of every place I might have tampered with?"
"You didn't really think I worked so diligently back then