The mechanical lifeform did not answer Zhou Heng. Instead, it projected a huge screen for him in the distance. On it, the Howler of the Gale hovered high in the air with a massive azure bow, firing at the Longevity Family Players below before seizing them and delivering them into the cockpit, one by one, to be devoured by the old woman, Zhou Qing'er.
"This is a pitiful girl. She offended the Lord of Lifespan. At level 7,821, she should have had a lifespan of 15,642 years, but she had only 3,000 years left, and even those 3,000 years are about to run out."
"Her goal is simple: seize Karenna's Soul Factor from the Life-Slaying Blood-Drinking Sword in your hands, then combine it with the gene pool of three hundred thousand Longevity Family Players to perform a special technological and magical procedure called 'reincarnation.' Such a procedure was explicitly forbidden in our era, because no living being was permitted to combine technology and magic to make the leap from Epic Divine Ability to Divine Truth. Those... would not agree."
"She is destined to find out, but that will happen some years from now. For you, the holder of the Life-Slaying Blood-Drinking Sword, this is an obstacle you cannot avoid."
Zhou Heng did not respond. He silently watched the old woman, Zhou Qing'er, continuously devouring Longevity Family Players on the screen, waiting for the mechanical lifeform before him to continue.
"You're quite good. You didn't keep pressing me with questions about certain things. Those three hundred years of simulated time truly helped you grow a great deal. What a pity, though..." The mechanical lifeform chuckled and said no more. It put away the screen, then hunched over and struggled to rise from the mechanical throne. It staggered up to Zhou Heng.