The next day, Belle sat in front of Fairy. "Brother, I heard we're looking for an industrial pile driver designed for use in Hollows this time."
Wise stretched. "Looks like this commission is almost over. We've earned the commission fee pretty easily."
He turned to look at Lu Yingheng. "Yingheng, do you have anything to do today? If not, sorry for the trouble, but could you come along too?"
Lu Yingheng didn't ask why. "OK, leave it to me."
Belle glanced furtively at Lu Yingheng, averting her eyes. "Eous can handle it. Brother Heng, you don't need to come along."
Wise shook his head. "I don't know why, but I have a bad feeling about this."
Lu Yingheng froze. ?
Where did this prophet come from?
Drag him out and behead him!
Lu Yingheng stood up. "All right, all right. If you really run into danger, I'll step in."
Belle ignored the two of them, only taking one last look at Lu Yingheng before connecting her consciousness to Eous.
[Are you a 'step in' guy too?]
[How did Star Rail from next door get in here?]
[What else is there to say? I don't eat beef!]
Ben looked at the adorable Eous. "Before it disappeared, this pile driver had been working diligently inside the Hollow, just like the other two machines."
"I suppose that emotion module is to blame again?"
Wise sighed.
"But according to Grace, this pile driver moves especially fast."
"Maybe that's why it ran deep into the Hollow, and it took us quite a while to find it. I'm really sorry."
Ben scratched his head and apologized.
"Then let's hurry and find the closest Hollow entrance while it's still there. Fairy, can you do that?"
"Affirmative. Generating a route within the target Hollow... Route planning complete."
"Brother, let's get moving and finish this quickly!"
Belle said confidently.
Inside the Hollow, Anton sensed the Ether concentration around them and frowned slightly:
"Hmm, the Ether concentration here feels a lot stronger."
"The environment here is dangerous, and we're close to the Old Capital. We'd better find the pile driver quickly."
Ben urged them on.
Eous's expression changed slightly after hearing the words "Old Capital."
After quite a bit of searching, Belle finally led them to a massive construction site.
"Found it."
Koleda breathed a sigh of relief. "Is this finally the last one?"
"Friday, I've come to collect you!"
Anton suddenly shouted.
"It's spotted us. I wonder what kind of personality it has now..."
Ben was reminded of the first one, a manly man, and the second, a girl head over heels in love...
[Hahaha! I'm dying! In a way, isn't Grace a real talent?]
[Don't tell me this one's going to be a street thug?]
"What are we afraid of? We've already brought two problem children under control. It's time to hear what this guy has to say!"
Anton said excitedly.
To their surprise, Friday jumped straight over their heads and ran off.
[It's running, bro, it's running!]
[Road roller da!]
[Whoa, how did JoJo get in here too?]
Anton and Koleda's eyes widened. "...Run... I ran away?"
Ben sighed. "Forget it. Let's hurry and chase it."
Sitting in front of her computer, Xia Linxi went through another long chase. "Sigh, my husband hardly ever shows up in the story. Now it feels like the story isn't all that appealing..."
[We can't see Lord Dragon Emperor, but watching this unhinged story is pretty good too!]
[The bigger the game, the more unhinged stories it has. The smaller the game, the more unhinged its stories get.]
"Give up, Friday! You have nowhere left to run!"
Seeing that they had finally cornered the pile driver against a massive wall, Koleda put her hands on her hips and spoke excitedly.
Ben was gasping for breath. "Huff, huff. I'm already bad at running, and you had to run away."
Grace looked with interest at the problem child before her. "Let me take a look at you, good child."
"Come to think of it, this guy hasn't said a word since we got here. Grace, did you break its voice system?"
Anton scratched his head.
"Impossible. It can obviously understand what we're saying."
Koleda retorted.
"All right, stop playing deaf and dumb. Tell us already. Of the two machines that ran away with you, one was a tough guy, and the other was a girl in love. What's your problem?"
"Heh."
Friday spoke with contempt.
"What? Don't tell me it didn't get any strange settings? Strange. Grace should definitely have caused some kind of problem."
"Koleda! Didn't you say the emotion modules wouldn't have any problems?"
Friday finally deigned to speak. "How dare you!"
Koleda: "Huh?"
"Settings? Preposterous! You common mortals dare speak so insolently and insult my great mission!"
"I am the Condemner of Dawn. By order of my mentor, I go to reinforce the seal and protect this place. Leave at once!"
[Kids, don't forget your jianghu dreams!]
[Looks like ancient-style Jiahao.]
[That's clearly Ultra Instinct Hao!]
[Chuunibyou...]
"Pfft... Hahahahahahahaha!" Anton was the first to lose it. "The Condemner of Dawn, here to reinforce the seal and all that..."
Koleda was completely speechless. "I get it. This is what they call chuunibyou, right?"
[Even the official version is poking fun...]
[Officially certified: Friday is a chuunibyou.]
"Knock it off already! Do you have any idea how dangerous Hollows are?"
Once Anton came to his senses, he got a little angry.
Friday: "You are the ones who cannot tell right from wrong! The seal is weakening. If it breaks, every living thing here will suffer!"
Anton: "Words are useless. Then do not blame me for forcing my way through! Behold my Heaven-Shattering Earth-Splitting Drill!"
Koleda: ...
So chuunibyou was contagious?
The next second, Friday ran straight away. "If I can't beat you, I'll run!"
"Damn it, he dodged! Ben, stop him!"
Ben tried to reason with him. "Sigh, if possible, I'd still rather resolve this peacefully."
Ben went straight up and wrapped his massive body around one of Friday's legs. "Grace! Hurry and fix the problem!"
Grace came over with her tablet. "Coming, coming! Leave it to me!"
"Big sis actually likes children with vivid imaginations, but let's talk after we get back."
"Stop! The seal is in imminent danger. Do not interfere with my great plan!"
"Wait! Let's talk this out. Don't come any closer! Aah!"