Miss Sword Case was very worried.
The imposing presence of Unit Zero was overwhelming, like a mountain pressing down on you.
Qin Ze, on the other hand, remained quite calm.
This time, Unit Zero clearly wasn't looking for a fight.
Qin Ze could not sense any killing intent emanating from him.
If it were truly a fight, the Unit Zero wouldn't have walked up to us so brazenly; instead, it would have launched a shameless sneak attack from the sinkhole first.
Qin Ze crossed his arms. "What's up?"
The Unit Zero reached into its shattered brain, pinched out a rusty part, and threw it on the ground.
The small black dots surrounding him were all Intelligent Brain life forms.
They busied themselves tirelessly repairing the broken body.
"Cooperate..."
The single eye of Unit Zero flashed red light.
The sound seemed to be coming from a poor-quality loudspeaker.
It was piercing and filled with static, making it difficult to hear clearly.
Qin Ze raised his eyebrows. "You want to cooperate with me?"
Unit Zero nodded.
Qin Ze was amused.
He can barely speak properly, and now we're trying to discuss a collaboration with him.
What do you want to collaborate on?
Intermittent sound came from the poor-quality loudspeaker of Unit Zero.
"I... am free... you... are the core..."
Qin Ze asked, "What core?"
The Unit Zero responded, " Goddess of the Earth... Core..."
"I... will help you... you help... get out..."
Qin Ze understood.
When Unit Zero mentioned cooperation, it meant Qin Ze helping him get out.
In exchange, Unit Zero help him obtain the core of the Goddess of the Earth.
However, Qin Ze was still unclear about what this core concept was.
Miss Sword Case transmitted her voice, "Could it be the light the Goddess of the Earth spoke of?"
Qin Ze cut to the chase and asked, "What does the core of the Goddess of the Earth look like?"
Unit Zero replied, "Light..."
Just as I expected.
The light that the Goddess of the Earth spoke of refers to the core.
Why did the goddess give him the core?
Furthermore, shouldn't cores typically be located within the body? Why would they appear alone in the Tomb of the Gods?
The Unit Zero continued, " The Strange God... is also... looking for me. I... will help you, and you'll help... get out..."
The Unit Zero likely suffered an irreversible mental challenge, to the point that it can no longer speak a complete sentence, even when using mental communication.
Fortunately, Qin Ze was patient and let him finish speaking.
Qin Ze asked, "Why should I cooperate with you?"
"The last time we met, we were rivals."
After a long silence, Unit Zero spoke, "I just want... freedom."
The implication is that he's willing to do anything to get out of this hellish place.
Qin Ze thought for a moment, "Why should I believe you?"
The Unit Zero extended its large hand, a black shadow in its palm.
"My... Soul of Machinery, the contract."
Qin Ze touched it and discovered that it was the spirit of the Unit Zero.
The other party wanted to use their own spirit as collateral to establish a contract with Qin Ze.
Therefore, Qin Ze was able to firmly control his spirit.
Whether the spirit is destroyed or not rests in Qin Ze's single thought.
Qin Ze caught the ball of spirit. "You really are willing to pay the price."
By entrusting his lifeline to someone else, Unit Zero was indeed a brave man.
After hearing Qin Ze's words, Unit Zero repeated its previous answer, "I want... to go out."
Miss Sword Case asked, "Are we really going to cooperate with him?"
Qin Ze said, "The cooperation is only temporary."
The Unit Zero is somewhat of a local native.
Even if it can't serve any other purpose, it can at least act as a compass.
Besides, this guy is so big, if we're unlucky enough to run into Niuniu, we can kick him out to draw attention to him.
Qin Ze accepted the spirit of the Unit Zero: "Since you're so sincere, I won't shirk my duty."
"I will definitely take you with me whenever I go out."
The Unit Zero visibly breathed a sigh of relief; it seemed very afraid that Qin Ze would refuse.
Qin Ze asked Thousand Faces, "You said you've been active near the sinkhole, so have you had any interaction with the Unit Zero?"
Thousand Faces replied, "This guy's a silent poppy; I throw stones at him, and he doesn't even acknowledge me."
Qin Ze looked at the big guy. "Now that the cooperation has been reached, take me to find the core."
A crackling sound came from the loudspeaker of Unit Zero: "Wait..."
Qin Ze asked, "When will we have to wait?"
The Unit Zero said, "Goddess... for the last time... transformation..."
Qin Ze pressed further, "Shedding what?"
However, the Unit Zero kept repeating the word "molting".
Qin Ze was speechless. "Could you please replace that broken speaker of yours?"
Unit Zero: "..."
He wanted to change it, but the Tomb of the Gods was so remote that he couldn't change a single thing.
Based on the information from Unit Zero, Qin Ze could easily deduce that the light had not yet appeared.
The core will only surface when the Goddess of the Earth undergoes her final "molt".
Qin Ze couldn't help but think of the golden giant that kept appearing and collapsing.
His intuition told him that the golden giant was related to the so-called "molting".
Looking at the shattered Unit Zero, Qin Ze asked the question that had been on his mind, "What exactly is your relationship with the God of Machinery?"
The Unit Zero made no attempt to conceal anything. "Impurities..."
Like Master Desolate, the God of Machinery also distributed his magazine to others back then.
In retrospect, the Unit Zero, the Sand God, and the God of Machinery worshipped by the Intellect Clan are all impurities.
The true God of Machinery resides in the Tomb of the Gods.
The God of Machinery outside is just an impurity using the guise of God of Machinery to harvest the faith of the Intellect Clan.
Qin Ze pondered for a moment and said, "Are impurities and impurities, impurities and the original substance, necessarily opposed to each other?"
The single eye of Unit Zero flickered faster and faster, and a wisp of white smoke even rose from its shattered head.
Seeing this, Qin Ze quickly said, "Don't even think about it, you'll burn out the CPU in a minute."
This Unit Zero doesn't seem very intelligent at all.
Qin Ze asked curiously, "All the other impurities are outside, why are you here?"
The eyes of Unit Zero stopped flashing. Although the sound quality of the loudspeaker was as bad as ever, Qin Ze could still hear a faint sadness in his voice.
"A promise... to the God of Machinery..."
Qin Ze murmured, "The promise of the God of Machinery?"
He thought of the God of the Underworld on Underworld Mountain.
The God of the Underworld diligently guarded Underworld Mountain for an entire era, seemingly also to fulfill a promise made by Master Desolate.
Among the impurities, there always seems to be one good one.
boom--
The renewed turbulence in the space interrupted Qin Ze's thoughts.
He switched the focus to Brother Devour.
The First Legion is now less than one kilometer away from the Realm of Gray Mist flies.
Deep within the gray fog, the golden giant rose once more.
The Unit Zero then proclaimed in a hoarse voice, "The final... metamorphosis... has begun..."