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Chapter 166 Takeover
It's like the suffocating feeling of suddenly sinking into dark, eerie seawater. The deep sea at night is incredibly cold, and so is your body. You can't feel the initial chill when you fall into the seawater.
Suddenly, I felt suffocated, suddenly my eyes were blinded by darkness, and suddenly my ears were covered by the whispers of the past.
where am I?
Rosa slowly propped herself up, the river water crashing against her body, bringing waves of coolness, gradually merging with the past. The sun had completely set, and even the last ray of light had disappeared.
All systems that perceive the outside world are in chaos; the fear caused by the screams during the night raid has long since vanished, but the memories remain.
The threads of memory, once buried by psychological self-protection mechanisms, are pulled back up, and then, like a tree diagram, one thread is pulled up, leading to two more... then four... then eight...
Overwhelmed by hallucinations, she could see nothing but the shadows of the past—the fear of being dismembered countless times because of her weakness when fighting other killers.
[The host consciousness has been detected as being out of control.]
[Life detected approaching the host]
[Initiating underlying logic takeover]
[take over]
After Iron Fist tried calling her from behind to no avail, he tried to get closer, but the moment his fingers touched her shoulder, Rosa swung a huge hook supported by metal bones, hooked her around the waist, and flung her away in an instant.
"Boom—!" The iron fist slammed heavily onto the bridge pier leading to the statue plaza, instantly cracking and denting the pier, sending dust flying...
Bumblebee and Optimus Prime were leading the way on the bridge when they suddenly felt a vibration. They immediately transformed and jumped off the bridge, where they saw Ironfist already unconscious.
"Iron Fist!" Windblade shouted as she saw Iron Fist fly out. She had just witnessed Rosa suddenly using a giant hook or scythe-like weapon to throw Iron Fist away...
What happened? What just occurred...?
Before I could say or do anything, I heard another loud shout.
"Windblade! Take cover!" Bumblebee's voice rang out, and he immediately jumped off the bridge. After Sideswipe nodded to Iron Fist that he was alright for the time being, he continued running towards Rosa.
Wind Blade reacted quickly. Upon hearing the word "lie down," it instinctively lowered its body and lay down. Rosa behind it missed and flew over Wind Blade's head. She then controlled her body to change shape, gripping the riverbed with her claws and landing steadily facing Wind Blade.
Steel Pliers must have noticed the commotion here, especially that huge explosion just now. He was quite surprised to see that the female cop was still alive and even able to fight with the cops.
But then he immediately called the attention of the other Decepticons back, urging them to speed up while they were fighting amongst themselves.
The armor mask had been completely shattered by the fall, revealing the female character's screen inside, which was now closed.
"Thud..." The last piece of armor that had been covering half the screen fell off with a thud.
Fragments of the precariously fastened armor fell into the water, creating a white splash. Through the broken armor, a large blue X could be seen on her screen.
She slowly stood up from the water, but judging from her posture, her demeanor, and her earlier action of slapping away the iron wrist, something seemed off about her...
They had just jumped off the bridge to check on Iron Fist's condition, and so far they could only tell that he was unconscious. They would have to go back and have Blackface examine him for further details.
"Rosa?" Windblade hesitated as he got up, seemingly thinking that Rosa's actions must have been a misunderstanding, while Bumblebee and Optimus Prime were aware of Rosa's loss of control.
There's definitely something wrong with how you looked just now.
"Rosa, are you... alright?" Bumblebee was the first to run to Rosa's side and shout, while Optimus Prime went to Grimlock to stop them from summoning Megatron and prevent bigger trouble from happening later.
"Rosa isn't here..." she began, her voice becoming incredibly strange, like a broken, mechanical AI female voice, tuned to resemble Rosa's own.
Like Cyn, their use of that voice created a strange sense of oppression...
“Rosa… your voice…” Windblade had a bad feeling when he saw Rosa’s appearance. Rosa looked only eerie.
She didn't stand up straight; the claws she had just used to attack the wind blades were still hanging down, their tips touching the riverbed. Her wings were still not folded up, drooping so that part of them remained on the riverbed, allowing the water to continue flowing through the gaps between the steel blades.
(P.S.: There are illustrations drawn by the author himself here.)
"Rosa, what's wrong with your voice?" Bumblebee came up to ask, finishing what Windblade hadn't finished saying, while Rosa just continued to tilt her head in that somewhat strange posture.
Rosa did not respond to her AI-like mechanical voice, which had become like Cyn's, but simply continued to repeat it.
“Rosa isn’t here. We’re just a part of Rosa’s program, her underlying logic…” she continued speaking in that strange voice. Upon hearing this, Bumblebee immediately grabbed Windblade, turned around, and ran towards the other Autobots while shouting.
"Run! Get away from Rosa!" Bumblebee shouted the instant he heard Rosa speak the underlying logic in a strange voice.
After transforming into vehicle mode, he released the wind blades. Of course, he wasn't stupid; he knew that the wind blade aircraft could fly even faster.
No one knew what was going on with Rosa, and Windblade didn't understand why Bumblebee was so nervous after hearing Rosa's words, but still obeyed the order and transformed to escape.
"To protect the host and overcome the current predicament... the command to 'kill all living beings present' will be executed shortly."
"Sizzle—" Rosa moved her claws, the two claws rubbing together gently, producing a vibration and a sound. Her wings, which had been drooping at the bottom of the river, also lifted up and opened.
"Splash—" The wings had just been taken out of the water, still dripping water droplets. Rosa tilted her head, watching the bumblebee and wind blade trying to escape, and lightly tapped her chin with a blade-like claw.
"Oh, haven't I said too much?"
Immediately afterwards, the anti-gravity device on her wings activated, and she flew straight toward Bumblebee and Wind Blade, while simultaneously forming "Null" in her hand.
On Optimus Prime's side, he had just shaken off the other Decepticons who came to obstruct him and was heading towards the portal that Grimlock was building, but it was too late. He used the Decepticon Hunting Device to simulate the appearance of the Starsword and slashed directly at the portal, but was bounced away by a figure that came out from inside.
It's Zhen Tianzun...
"This is impossible!" Optimus Prime shouted, looking at the teleportation device still activated behind Megatron. Megatron was about to say something.
"Unfortunately, things didn't go as planned, and finally..." "Whoosh—" Just as the wind blade was about to be pierced by "Null," she suddenly turned and dodged the attack, narrowly avoiding it.
Before Zhen Tianzun could finish speaking, something flew towards him at incredible speed, grazing his neck and striking the teleportation device on his back, destroying it, before continuing its straight flight.
"Boom—" The teleportation portal exploded, unleashing a massive shockwave. Everyone nearby was thrown away by the blast, except for Zhen Tianzun, who was unharmed.
Immediately afterwards, they suddenly felt an incredibly strong wind. It turned out that the "Null" had pierced through the portal frame and then through the statue of Crown City, and the blue light was flying straight into the sky.
As the speed increased, the enormous energy directly stirred up the nearby clouds, creating a huge, clearly visible circle that could even be seen from a satellite.
What the heck is this...?
Zhen Tianzun stared in shock at the flying figure rushing towards him from the sky.