‘Sigh…’
Renji took a deep breath, feeling enlightened by the flood of consciousnesses from the mechanical servants. Perhaps a small action in your eyes could change the life of another person or even a group of people.
For him, it was just completing a game, ending a segment of entertainment, or abandoning a story.
But for the people within that game world, it represented decades, centuries, and eventually, perhaps millennia of vigilance and waiting.
Fortunately, when faced with the game’s final choice, he didn’t close the interface out of boredom or weariness, leaving this world forever in some corner folder on his computer. Instead, he pressed the “New Playthrough” button.
He indeed was an “irresponsible” Ashen Emperor, but now, he’s also a “returning” commander.
‘It’s time to end this’
With Renji’s thought, the blue World Tree in front of him trembled as if blown by the wind. Leaves of mechanical servant consciousness rustled, as if responding to Renji.
Eventually, the light from the World Tree expanded infinitely, enveloping Renji. The next moment, Renji returned to Dream Zero.
Unlike before, after absorbing the Consciousness Cube and obtaining the highest authority of the mechanical servant network, Dream Zero for Renji now seemed like he had activated a god mode.
It felt like in a game when all friendly units’ vision is suddenly illuminated. Renji could clearly perceive the positions and movements of thousands of mechanical servants within the Dream.
Initially worried about Renji, the Serial Killer and 86 were concerned that he hadn’t woken from the Consciousness Cube for so long, fearing an accident. After all, not just anyone could be the administrator of such a mechanical servant network; it required tremendous mental strength.
Fortunately, from the moment Renji took over the World Tree, the Serial Killer and 86, as members of the mechanical servants and leaves on the World Tree, connected with Renji. They finally breathed a sigh of relief and felt happy because, at that moment, Renji was not just a commander in name but truly became one.
They initially said they wanted to assist Renji from the side on how to operate, but for Renji, this was something he could do easily, even with his eyes closed.
Just like how he controlled allied units in “Fallen Chronicles”. Renji, who could once manage multiple operations simultaneously, found managing just over ten thousand mechanical servants on a single map to be a breeze.
After selecting all the mechanical servants in Dream Zero on the big map, with a single thought from Renji, the Consciousness Cube began to spin rapidly, turning into a crystal-like teleportation point.
Then, below Renji, in the vast wilderness of the dream, light beams began to flicker around the Consciousness Cube, one after another.
These beams emitted the mechanical servants called by Renji, previously scattered across various locations within Zero’s Dream, all being teleported via the Consciousness Cube.
In a moment, the wilderness was filled with a vast army of mechanical servants, tens of thousands of mechanical servants assembled and gathered before Renji.
If Dream Zero were likened to a game, then according to the normal progression, one would have to go through the “Witch Zone” and the “Fairy Zone” again to reach the base, or the “final level.”
However, now, with the Consciousness Cube and the mechanical servants, Renji, like someone who activated internal cheats, no longer needed to go through such trouble. Renji decided to use the simplest method.
Doing all this was to awaken Zero, and the best way to wake someone from a dream is to give them a big shock.
Renji prepared to “pierce” through Zero’s dream.
As for how to do it, as the name suggests — to pierce.
Utilizing the tens of thousands of mechanical servants now, forming a mechanical servant formation, the strength of the mechanical species is demonstrated here, allowing the power of each individual to be stacked layer upon layer, achieving a qualitative change.
The fifty squads of Control One could emit the “Sacred Canon” skill, capable of damaging the “Witch.”
If Renji couldn’t do it with a hundred, a thousand, then tens of thousands should suffice to activate the “True Canon” skill once possessed by Zero. Renji planned to use this “True Canon” shot, gathering the strength of tens of thousands of mechanical servants, to pierce through the entire old world of Dream Zero in one blow!
In this way, by piercing the dream, the dreamer naturally wakes up.
[Command received, form up!]
[Form up!][Form up][Form up!]
[Overclock protocol released] [Area block chain loaded] [Construction mode power limit released] [Neural thought synchronization in progress] [Dendritic guidance program loaded]
[Number 14233 connected, entering standby mode!]
[Number 1876 connected, entering standby mode!]
[Number 8752 connected, entering standby mode!]
[Number 6526]
[Control One connected!], [Number 001 connected!], [86 connected!]
The tens of thousands of mechanical servants on the ground soared into the sky, spontaneously using their bodies as various parts and gears, like building blocks and puzzles, ultimately transforming into a space battleship thousands of kilometers long in the sky, following Renji’s will.
Indeed, for Renji, a human from Earth, a cosmic battleship represents the ultimate romantic dream of a man.
Initially, this battleship was inanimate.
It seemed to be missing something.
But after the three mechanical servants by Renji’s side also successfully connected, the battleship seemed to “come to life” from that moment, truly becoming controllable and starting to shimmer.
The reason, as Renji could see from the skill description, was no longer the “True Canon” he had imagined.
Instead, it was the [Heart Canon Annihilation Dream]
The space battleship was suspended vertically in the sky by Renji, with its main cannon aimed directly at the land of Zero’s dream below, like a sword hanging over the old era.
Majestic energy began to gather at the muzzle. The power of one mechanical servant might not be strong enough, but the combined force of thousands of mechanical servants was enough to pierce through stars.
In the instant before the final cannon fired, Renji felt a bit of regret and hesitation, after all, “skipping” two battle zones meant he wouldn’t be able to see the stored memories of “Lena” and “Anno” within those zones.
But then he thought, as long as he brings Zero back, with Zero, the GM (game master), around, browsing those internal files whenever he wanted would just be a matter of asking Zero.
*Boom—*
As if a giant thunderclap had struck the entire world, the descending blue beam of light, like a torrent, hit the ground. The world’s hard surface, under the bombardment, was penetrated as easily as tofu.
The azure fire continued to tear through the surface, reaching deep into the core of the earth, and finally straight to the heart of the entire dream.
Renji watched the old world of the dream being “pierced” by his cannon fire, shook his head, and finally, amidst the roar of the explosion, he whispered softly.
“Wake up, Zero.”
This content is taken from 𝑖𝘦.𝒸𝘰𝑚