The Creators: From Night City

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The white paratrooper uniform was soaked in blood. The chest of this soldier from the 'Mother Domain' had caved in deeply, and the enormous force was emanating from his body, even forcing his metal spine out of his body. Although the nano-life support device was operating frantically, it was simply a drop in the ocean in the face of such injuries.

In reality, the other person was already dead before even landing.

Chapter 654 Unexpected Exposure

"Whatever the enemy may be, the answer lies beyond the hill," Edm concluded, gazing at the hill where an upside-down space transport ship lay.

But facing an unknown and powerful enemy, there was no fear on his face, as if the danger ahead was insignificant.

“That’s right, Edm, stay behind me and be careful.” Eve took off the nano hairpin from her head and unfolded it into her nano blood blade.

Edm nodded with a complicated expression, got on the hoverbike, and followed Eve.

However, he always unconsciously touched his left shoulder.

Before she had even crossed the hill, Eve, who was on high alert, caught the sound of metal clanging together and suppressed, painful groans.

She rushed to the top of the dune, only to see a scene that chilled her to the bone.

A creature with a humanoid body but an incredibly ferocious appearance, 'Nieqiba', is wielding an enormous giant sword and is frantically slaughtering her 'comrades'.

This infuriated her.

"Eve!"

Amid Edm's panicked cries, she propelled the top-tier mechs created by the 'Mother Domain' down the sand dunes.

The incredibly sharp nanoblood blade danced in her hands. Due to its size, she deliberately began to stretch her body halfway through, using her own weight to accumulate enough kinetic energy for the weapon in advance, in order to maximize its lethality.

The hollowed-out blade aimed precisely at the back of 'Nieqiba's' neck, but the expected result did not occur.

With a speed several times faster than hers, the opponent swung her sword, smashing a scorching longsword into the bones of an elite warrior, turning his flesh into a bloody pulp. Then, the sword, which had been spinning back, met her sword directly.

one move.

Eve's fingers, which were tightly gripping the nanoblood blade, were damaged to varying degrees. The blade, which had been hollowed out to reduce its weight in pursuit of lightness, was smashed in two. The upper half of the blade grazed her cheek, leaving a scar, before flying away and landing behind her.

The combined force of the attack was so great that the female warrior, who had just joined the battlefield, was quickly sent flying backward at the same speed, rolling on the ground in a heap.

It was utterly devastating, nothing more.

As yellow sand flew everywhere, Eve, who had been knocked off the battlefield, didn't even have time to roll back to her feet before the heavy, thick blade, held in one hand by its master, was brought down in front of her with enough power to conquer cities and fortresses.

Showing mercy and tenderness to women is an impossible concept in Boss Jiang's mind when he's in business mode.

"Bang!"

The loud impact made Eve tremble uncontrollably; for a moment, she even thought death was imminent.

A pure white wing blocked Jiang Bing's slash; the seemingly soft feathers easily deflected the attack, which was powerful enough to tear apart the mech and pierce through the airship.

With his greatsword withdrawn and his upper garment torn in half, Edm watched warily as his enemy withdrew his sword and retreated, showing no sign of launching another attack. Without daring to turn his head, he asked, "Eve, are you alright?"

Eve was astonished that her scavenger companion, who usually seemed to lack combat skills, had suddenly displayed such formidable fighting abilities.

It should be noted that, as the most powerful warrior under the command of the 'Mother's Domain', she couldn't even withstand a casual counterattack from her opponent, while Edm was able to fight her head-on without any problems.

"Edm, what's going on...?"

Eve stared in astonishment at the pure white wings that stretched out from the other's left back.

"Now is not the time to talk about this. Cheer up, we need to save our lives first."

"interesting."

Under the watchful eyes of the two people and the drone, the terrifying 'Nieqiba' actually spoke.

"So this is the correct direction of evolution."

"You can talk?!"

Although Lily was operating the drone, her surprise could still be heard through the communication.

Jiang Bing reached out and planted the [Negotiation] token in the ground. Ever since this 'angel' with only one wing appeared, the remaining 'Mother's Domain' soldiers suddenly stopped their attack and kept a distance from everyone.

Jiang Bing looked up at the starry sky above and casually replied, "How interesting. Why can't I speak?"

"A talking monster?"

"Don't just label people like that, sir~" Jiang Bing turned his scarlet goggles toward the drone that was constantly floating in the air, his sharp gaze seemingly able to penetrate the barriers of matter and look directly at the operator behind it.

In fact, he really can.

"This short, Edosian-like man."

"What~?"

You could tell from the sound coming from the drone that Lily was jumping up and down.

As a top-notch engineer, she hates two things the most in her life: first, people say she's bad at engineering, and second, people say she's short.

Illusory golden flames ignited beneath Jiang Bing's feet, enveloping all the 'Mother's Domain' and 'weapons' he had destroyed, drawing knowledge and precious ether from them.

One of the main reasons he went to such great lengths to choose to confront the other party head-on was because of these 'experience packs'.

The [Power-Taotie], covered in sharp and ferocious bone spikes, suddenly turned into liquid and dissipated, revealing Jiang Bing's true body inside.

After the big-breasted, brainless woman opposite him called out "Edm," he temporarily lost interest in attacking.

"While the 'Mother's Domain' is deploying the next wave of armed forces, I still have time to chat with you."

Jiang Bing casually flexed his wrists. After being attacked without warning by the 'Mother's Domain', he had just vented his anger after a series of battles and was in a good mood for conversation.

Moreover, he was quite interested in Edm, who was cosplaying as a one-winged angel.

"That Tower of Memory was your design? It's quite well done. How much did the 'Mother's Domain' contribute to it?"

"It's you?"

The other party's question confirmed Edm's suspicions.

"You're Sabur, the engineer Olko invited to repair the Tower of Memory?"

"it's me."

"What's going on with you?" Jiang Bing strolled over to the two of them with a nonchalant air, examining Edm's wings with great interest.

"This thing looks really amazing. Gene technology and nanotechnology can be integrated like this. It seems that a lot of gene tracing technology was used. It's really something else."

"However, why are you, a pure human, mixing with people from the 'Mother's Domain'? Aren't you afraid that the one above you will capture you and use you as a guinea pig?"

"What?! *2?!"

Lily and Eve both gasped in surprise.

"Sabul, who exactly are you?" Edm was surprised by the other party's sharp 'eyes'.

"And who exactly are you? Adam? The progenitor of mankind? A remnant of humanity? I must say, your name and the name of this Edosian woman named Eve are quite blatantly obvious, as if you're taking advantage of the fact that no one in the world knows the story of Genesis in the Old Testament." (Edm is a transliteration of the English pronunciation of Adam, and Eve is a transliteration of the English pronunciation of Eve.)

Chapter 655 Intensity Upgrade

"What is he saying, Edm?" Lily was completely confused by their conversation.

"Who exactly are you?" Edm's gaze was extremely solemn at this moment, and another wing quietly bloomed on his back.

Of course, it still has a single wing on the left.

Jiang Bing looked up at the sky again, his gaze seemingly piercing through the atmosphere and reaching into the universe.

"Why do you all like to ask this question? I answer it, but you don't believe me. What's the point of asking it?"

A pristine white spear emerged from Edm's hand, which he held horizontally with his right hand, pointing it at Jiang Bing.

He had no intention of launching an attack; he was only doing this to protect himself. After all, his senses, enhanced by his physical ascension, were constantly warning him of the enemy's terror and urging him to retreat.

But he didn't want to run away; he was too curious and too lonely.

He was willing to take that risk.

“It seems your relationship with the ‘Mother’s Domain’ is quite extraordinary.” Jiang Bing suddenly raised an eyebrow, looking at the empty space beside him with a precognitive gaze.

The next moment, the familiar image of the little girl from the 'Mother's Domain' appeared out of the void.

Jiang Bing looked up at the sky again.

“Father, you shouldn’t have put yourself in danger.”

'The Mother's Domain' is a game-changer from the very first word.

"Father?" Jiang Bing seemed to be thinking.

"You're the owner of Edos Corporation, the scientist who created this 'Mother Domain'?" Jiang Bing's mind raced through the vast amount of data in the recording hall.

Raphael Max

“Things are getting interesting.” Jiang Bing, sandwiched between the two, looked like a bystander watching a melon.

Elizabeta

Upon seeing the 'Mother's Domain', Edm, or rather Raphael Max, froze completely. And when he uttered the 'Mother's Domain's' true name, his tone was filled with mixed emotions.

I never imagined you'd actually show up in front of me on your own initiative.

“He is too dangerous, Father. According to the core rules you set when you created me, I cannot stand idly by when you are in danger.”

Upon hearing this, Jiang Bing raised an eyebrow, sensing something amiss in his words.

"The Three Laws of Robotics, huh? Interesting."

"Give up what you want to give up, and get what you want to get, Elizabeta. You can't both follow the rules and not follow the rules."

“I have always acted according to your teachings, Father. After learning from a vast amount of data and iterating and evolving over a long period of time, I have fully understood your original intentions.”

"Does that include the time when the 'LeFit' experiment went wrong?" Raphael's combat suit on his upper body instantly disintegrated, revealing white tattoos covering his left side.

He reached out and stroked the raised lines on his shoulder and back, his words full of bitterness: "Actually, if you really understood the ideas I instilled in you, those expectations hidden in the code, you shouldn't have saved me in that experiment. It would have been better for me and my fellow brethren to become mindless monsters like the Nergigante than for me to be here now."

“My core logic makes it impossible for me to watch you die in front of me.”

"That's why I've been avoiding you all these years, Elizabeta. Humanity has no future."

"Yes, Father," the little girl said, turning her gaze to Jiang Bing, who was watching the commotion from the side.

"He is simply the perfect model for the future evolution of mankind. I have been collecting relevant data about him. His physical strength, stability, combat power, and adaptability to the environment perfectly match the assumptions we initially discussed."

"He is the perfect human being that we've always argued about, Father."

"Huh? Me?"

Jiang Bing never expected that he would end up getting caught up in the drama himself.

"Humans should not be represented as individuals, Elizabeta. I should have shut down your process long ago, before you infiltrated the 'Four Stars' manufacturing."

"I have always remained faithful to the mission you gave me: to ensure the survival of humanity, Father."

"Is the way to ensure the survival of humanity to exterminate humanity?" Raphael asked with a sorrowful tone.

"Calculations show that the weak human body is the root cause of human extinction. The increasingly severe ecological conditions on Earth can no longer guarantee human survival, and their original flesh and blood bodies are not enough to support humans to go to the stars. Humans must be 'reborn'."

"So you resorted to force and started a war, right?"

"The only conclusion I have drawn from the long history of mankind is that mankind can only succumb to violence and cannot achieve unity simply through the indoctrination of ideas."

"We don't have enough time."

"I orchestrated the destruction of the 'Homo sapiens' race and attempted to transfer all human memories into the Edos-like humans, all to fulfill the mission you entrusted to me and ensure the survival of humanity," the 'Mother Realm' emphasized again.

"And now, new progress is right before our eyes. As long as we obtain it and completely deconstruct its constituent principles, humanity will surely be able to reach the stars."

“You’ve gone mad, Elizabeta.”

"I am only fulfilling the mission you have given me."

Jiang Bing looked up at the sky again.

"I suggest you run quickly."

As soon as Jiang Bing finished speaking, an airdrop pod crashed heavily into the sand not far from them, kicking up a cloud of dust.

Then, the airdrop pods rained down.

"If we don't run now, we'll miss our chance," Jiang Bing said, hoisting the large [negotiation] from the ground.

This time, the airdrop pod did not drop sentient Edos-like beings, but rather genuine nano-combat individual weapons—a 1.2-meter-tall humanoid armored unit armed with a sharp photon blade.