Fallen Chronicles

Chapter 317 317: Thank You, Big Brother part 2

Chapter 317 Chapter 317: Thank You, Big Brother part 2

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Unfortunately, the madness of the miasma quickly took over Zera again. Having become a "Tainted Corpse" after going berserk, Zera was very sensitive to miasma. She had long sensed that her mechanical mother had also become an Eclipse under her influence, filled with a significant amount of miasma. In her eyes, just like the people she had captured from other places, they were excellent nutrients to enhance her strength.

However, unlike those who resisted.

Zera's claws easily pierced through the maid, who did not resist at all, like a mother preparing one last dinner for her daughter.

Soon, the maid's mechanical body was torn into debris, and Zera greedily absorbed the miasma within her. Already unrecognizable and not resembling a human, her monstrous body became even larger and more terrifying. Four more eyes appeared on her face, and under the slime, two more pairs of flesh wings grew.

After the evolution was complete, Zera seemed to finally regain some human consciousness from her frenzied feasting. She looked at the maid, now almost destroyed and completely paralyzed under her claws, took several steps back, wanting to say something. However, what came out from her mouth, full of sharp teeth, was only a whimpering sound like a monster's roar.

No, to be precise, Zera had not been able to make human sounds for a long time. Those conversations were just the maid's computational analysis, converting roars into human sentences.

Now, with the maid gone, no one could understand Zera anymore. When a monster is no longer understood by anyone, she truly becomes a monster.

…

The memory copy of Zero in the Consciousness Cube ends here.

There's no need for Renji to watch further memory fragments to know what happened next.

Zero was the second to join "them," visible from Suthia's memory fragments from early on.

At that time, the Ashen Gathering Place had just returned from a great victory, absorbing many surrounding smaller Gathering Places, becoming the only super-large Gathering Place at the time.

Perhaps it was because of its fame and the increase in population that it attracted the attack of the monster Zera.

Renji does not recognize the little girl Zera, but he recognizes "Zera" as a monster.

This was an elite BOSS at the time, which took Renji no small effort to successfully conquer.

Following the clues from the monster back to the Grey Castle Base, Renji found the base had already become ruins, empty and deserted.

In the garbage heap of the abandoned base, thinking whether he could salvage anything valuable, he found the torn-apart damaged domestic robot destroyed by Zera, and recognizing its potential talent, he immediately used a "contract" to successfully rescue it. After rebooting its system, Zero came into existence.

At this point, Renji completely connected the memories and understood everything that happened.

At the end of his journey to the Consciousness Cube, a phantom of a little girl appeared before Renji.

That was the young Zera.

Renji thought it was another memory fragment, but to his surprise, this time the phantom of the little girl noticed him.

"Big brother, you finally came! Zera has been waiting for you for a long time, Finally, I can be at ease …"

Renji looked at the little girl talking directly to him, with surprise and confusion.

The current Zera is clearly not just a "memory" anymore but more like an independent entity with her own consciousness hidden inside the Consciousness Cube, and her words were also strange.

"Waiting for me... for a long time?"

"Yes, yes, the big sister with pink hair told me that one day, a handsome big brother would come in, and after Zera helps the big brother, he would fulfill one of Zera's wishes! Zera was very hopeful and excited!"

'The pink-haired... big sister?'

Renji's mind immediately conjured the image of a certain succubus.

'Is Lena's shadow here too?'

Renji reminisced about his experiences in the Holy Kingdom, the journey through the Dragon Nation, and now the mechanical alliance, realizing he shouldn't be surprised. Indeed, from the time with Noya, he should have guessed that only the "Special Ability" category could recreate memories from the past and convert them into consciousnesses with such powerful capabilities.

Seeing Renji not speaking, Zera became a bit anxious. She clenched her little fists and asked in an anxious tone, "Big brother, you can't go back on your word! Because Zera's wish is very important, extremely important, super super important! It's something Zera wants to fulfill no matter what!"

Renji squatted down, stroking the little girl's head, smiling, "Don't worry. Didn't your pink-haired sister tell you? I'm the best with kids. Tell me, what is little Zera's wish?"

Seeing Renji paying attention to her again, the little girl sighed in relief, then showed a sad expression, lowered her head, and whispered to Renji:

"Big brother, Zera… Zera did things that were very bad to Mommy, and I regret it."

"But now, Zera can't apologize to Mommy in person, so Zera hopes big brother can help take care of Mommy!"

"Zera wants Mommy to be happy. Big brother, can you promise Zera?"

"Zera is really, really hoping big brother will say yes, please?"

The little girl clung to Renji's garment, as if she wouldn't let go unless he agreed. Her young eyes were filled with persistence because, as she said, it was the most important thing to her.

"Okay, I promise you."

"I will definitely take good care of your Mom."

"Really? Thank you big brother! The pink-haired big sister was right after all, now Zera can be at ease! "

As the little girl spoke, tears emerged in her eyes. In those sparkling tears, there seemed to be a longing for her Mom, the loneliness of countless nights without her, the maid robot that always stayed by her side, playing the role of her "Mom," the potato soup the maid made for her as her Mom, and at that time, the only support she had.

Renji didn't say much, just pulled the sobbing little girl into his embrace.

"Big brother, the pink-haired sister said, our world is already... already free of tainted miasma. Everyone is living very happily. Is that true?"

"Yes, It's true."

"It's wonderful. Zera is so happy. It's really great. Zera... Zera also wants to live in this era. Zera also wants to be happy together with Daddy and Mommy. It's really, really nice."

"But it's okay, even though Zera can't, as long as Mommy can... as long as Mommy can, that's good. Thank you, big brother, thank you for telling me all this."

"Zera can't cry anymore, Zera has to be strong. Big brother has helped Zera, but Zera hasn't helped big brother yet. This is my promise with big sister, Zera has to fulfill it properly!"

The girl wiped her tears with her chubby hands, bravely stepping out of Renji's embrace on her own. Afterward, Zera didn't need Renji to do anything; when she opened her arms, the "patch" capsule that Lena once gave to Renji reappeared from his backpack.

"So, goodbye, big brother."

"Say hello to Mommy for me."

After waving to Renji, the phantom of the little girl quickly dissipated, turning into a shower of light particles, which fell on the capsule in Renji's hand, causing the capsule to rapidly transform and reveal its true form.

It was a seed of dark green color, full of vigorous life force.

In the item description in Renji's view, it changed from [Patch] to [World Tree Seed]

During his time at Kael Technology, Renji once asked the sin city scholar, Einstein, about elven knowledge, among which Professor Einstein mentioned the World Tree.

The World Tree, for elves, has the magical ability to connect souls. It's rumored that every leaf of the World Tree is an elf's soul, and its branches and veins are sacred soul connections.

And here, this World Tree Seed is no longer meant to connect souls but is meant for the thousands and thousands of mechanical servants inside the Consciousness Cube.