I, holding a long sword in my hand, only know one move

The mechanical eyes flowing with countless golden information flows quickly expanded in front of Cheng Rang, and then——

boom!

The white line instantly separated the upper and lower parts of the Ex-Machina's body. The wind pressure swept by the high-speed movement made an explosive sound, causing ripples on the carpet of unknown yellow flowers.

The second dust mist was raised high, covering everything around it and falling into deathly silence.

Chapter 14 Apocryphal Code·Secret Cutting Style

what is that? what happened? Did Cheng launch an attack on the Ex-Machina? Did the attack work?

Rick stared in a daze at the black-haired girl who was still riding on him and had made no movement. Countless questions popped into his mind.

He once imagined how Cheng Rang used that exquisite weapon to kill monsters. It was nothing more than powerful strength, plus superb skills, to kill monsters with low intelligence and flaws all over the body...

But although that imaginary picture is outrageous, it is still within the scope of what humans can do, so Rick only values ​​his strong combat power.

Now I have witnessed his attack with my own eyes - it exceeded the limit of sight capture speed. The moment he grasped the handle of the knife, Rick lost the ability to capture his figure.

All he could feel was the extremely sharp and terrifying air pressure coming towards him.

The first feeling is that I have transcended light and become light...

The airflow that was squeezed and exploded also confirmed this, which was even more outrageous than the bloody and evil individuals of the orcs...

This is no longer a power beyond the constraints of physical laws, but beyond cognition.

"Like crushing an ant." Rick finally understood why Ivan, who had a complicated expression at the time, would use such a metaphor to describe this guy.

Click!

The sound of sheathing the sword echoed clearly on the empty platform. The strong wind whipped up by the sword blew away the dust and fog behind him that blocked his sight. Cheng Rang slowly turned back, looked at the unharmed Ex-Machina on Rick, and muttered. road:

"It seems like the fucking trouble is a bit big this time..."

【Ding】

[Unable to cause damage to the main mission target of the ongoing main mission "Witness", this target is forced to be marked as a friendly force to the player]

The bright yellow prompt that pops up from the system flashes above the head of the Ex-Machina girl.

【Invincible】

grass! I'm not convinced and I want to appeal! Why is this system so biased?

They also threw themselves into his arms, why am I the only one who died a hundred times, a hundred times!

With a pop, Cheng Rang fell to his knees on the ground, and his whole body turned gray.

"Just because she is the protagonist?"

Although he had vaguely guessed this, Cheng Rang still wanted to try it, and the system's straightforward response told him clearly.

Indeed, these two are the protagonists.

So shouldn’t it be me who has the aura of the protagonist?

Ah - I am so envious...

"[Analysis....Analysis...Analysis....]Analysis...."

However, after this Mecha girl became immune to Cheng Rang's secret slashing move due to system restrictions, she seemed to have fallen into a state similar to a panic, and no longer responded to any external stimulation.

Even when Cheng Rang pulled Rick out from under her, he only hit her stiff body to the ground.

"[Parsing...] Analyzing...Solution..."

Steam erupted from the small disk above the girl's head due to rising heat. Her wide eyes were filled with information flow, and she stared unblinkingly at the high ceiling of the ruins.

"What happened? Did you attack her?" Rick finally came to his senses.

"I'm not, I don't, and I don't know what happened." Cheng Rang crossed his arms and stood in front of Rick, denying everything just now.

"Then just..."

"I just wanted to draw my knife to rescue you, and then I don't know what happened and it turned out like this."

"Can...."

"I'm human, Rick, you've confirmed that many times."

Cheng Rang blocked all Rick's questions with just one sentence.

Yes, Cheng is indeed human....

It is impossible for human beings to behave like that beyond common sense.

But what exactly was it that he saw with his own eyes? That white light...

"Are we going to escape?" Cheng Rang saw that Rick was lost in thought and took the initiative to bring up the topic.

"It's useless." Rick shook his head, "Humanity has been targeted by them, and we can't escape at all. The only way is to figure out what she wants to do."

"So she just understood the code?"

"You knew this and still showed hostility to her?"

Cheng Rang was speechless for a moment, paused, and changed the topic: "What should we do now? Wait for her to wake up and discuss life with her?"

"So you are absolutely sure that you can defeat this Ex-Machina, right?"

There was a terrible heat in Rick's undead black eyes, which stung so hard that his back hurt.

Seen through.

The hand holding the handle of the knife, the movement of the body muscles, the eyes, the expression - in Rick's gaze at that moment, the man holding the long knife not far in front of him had no intention of losing.

Only this, only this.

Cheng Rang doesn't look like a human in this world.

Those are the eyes of the strong, and the human beings here are 10,000 percent weak, the lowest, the most humble, the most unpopular, and the weak that can be broken at the touch of a finger.

"It seems that Yiwang is right, you have a great background."

Rick said in a deep voice: "It seems that the attack you were proud of was invalidated just now due to some restriction?"

Cheng Rang's heart skipped a beat.

As expected of you Rick, you could see it at a glance and be able to analyze it based on the current situation.

"It seems I was right."

Without even needing Cheng Rang to answer, Rick read the information from his body's reaction.

"Good for you."

"Let's not talk about it. The guy stopped."

Following the brief exchange between the two, the Ex-Machina girl indeed stopped repeating the words she had been repeating and spoke another sentence.

"[Analysis completed] The computing power is insufficient, and the power is expected to remain...5%."

"What does she want to do?"

"Who knows..."

"[Reconstruction] Generate...arms...counterattack..."

"I have a bad feeling, Cheng." Rick said, hiding behind Cheng Rang.

"...You don't need to say it."

"Pseudocode·Secret Slashing Style."

The blue information flow created a knife in the girl's hand out of thin air. The pyroxene pointer on the spiritual needle disk in Cheng Rang's pocket even ignored the influence of black gray and pointed directly at the Ex-Machina in front of him as if it had been forcefully bent. And we know how powerful the individual elf reaction of the Mechatronic girl is at this time.

Cheng Rang's expression changed, he protected Rick behind him, and drew his sword out of its sheath.

"Hide!"

The black stream of light came towards the face with a suffocating sharpness, and the blades collided with each other, instantly emitting a dazzling fire that dimmed the surrounding scenery.

clang!

The "pseudo-code-secret slashing move" from the mecha girl in front of him was blocked by Cheng, but the shock wave visible to the naked eye still made Rick's internal organs hurt.

Although it only had 5% power, it seemed to be just a copy of such an attack. White smoke rose up from the joints all over the Ex-Machina's body as if they were violently heated.

Clang....

The weapon disintegrated, and the mecha girl who launched an attack at Cheng Rang then collapsed to the ground as if she had lost all strength.

Seeing the Ex-Machina's eyes staring straight at him even when he fell to the ground, Cheng Rang raised his fingers to scratch his cheeks with some bitterness, and asked Rick behind him.

"Well, do you think we can have a friendly exchange of words like this?"

But Cheng Rang was actually surprised by this.

Individuals of the Ex-Machina species can actually copy all the moves from the system, and even have a hint of power...

But even if you copy it, you still dare to fight me. Who gave you the courage?

Oh, he's an Ex-Machina who doesn't know fear, so that's okay.

But wait...

System, can you explain what the damage record of [HP-1] is?

Chapter 15 Adulteration

【Ding】

[High damage that does not break through the player's defense will force the player to cause a little damage]

He really explained it seriously!

Cheng Rang's mouth twitched: I mean why is she invincible if I hit her? She can cause harm to me. It was agreed that she would be forced to identify her.

What about friendly forces?

【......】

Don't be silent at this time, system! What are you doing, system!

"[Judgment] The current combat power of this aircraft is not enough to fight with it, and continued negotiation is the first condition."

"Are Ex-Machinas still a race that likes to speak out their innermost thoughts like this?" Cheng Rang said as he looked at the Ex-Machina girl slowly getting up from the ground.

"[Correction] This machine has not yet analyzed the word 'heart', so there is no concept of 'heart's words'"

Rick poked his head out from behind him: "As expected, she can't beat you."

"It's just that it can't be beaten one on one. If it's connected with other machines, the result may not be certain."

"[Negative] Even if..."

"Shut up."

Cheng Rang smiled kindly and warned the girl in front of him.

As if she believed that if she didn't follow Cheng Rang's orders, she would be damaged and unable to continue to carry out the purpose of analyzing the heart, she obediently closed her mouth.

"Why were you disconnected?" Rick asked. Although he had an idea, he still needed to confirm.

"..." The Machiavellian girl closed her lips tightly and remained silent, staring directly at Cheng Rang's face.

"Hello."

Rick patted him on the back indicatively.

"...You can answer Rick's question. By the way, this guy is Rick." Cheng Rang pointed to Rick who stuck his head out from behind.

Then she spoke again: "[Answer] I want to analyze whether Ex-Machina has a 'heart', a 'self' and a 'soul'."

"[Result] Due to many contradictions caused by theoretical loopholes, the machine was disconnected and scrapped."

Rick finally confirmed the reason why the Ex-Machina took such an out-of-line action.

——This machine is broken.

That would be perfect. Although I still can't feel at ease, I am already slightly away from the worst possibility, and I also have a very powerful "insurance" around me.

"That is to say, you..."