Subduing mechanical races differed vastly from subduing other races.
Guang remained silent, Lin Feng's behavioral pattern exceeding her expectations.
Lin Feng's thoughts were not wrong.
After he spoke of Guang's allegiance, Guang's core deduced that Lin Feng would likely utter more words to guide her loyalty, and had prepared the most probable utterances and countermeasures.
But with Lin Feng presenting this vision, the core was bewildered.
Guang did not refuse, her gaze fixed on the scene Lin Feng had conjured.
In mere seconds, Guang's eyes were transfixed.
The image depicted a brutal, apocalyptic war.
Countless black-robed figures participated, among them the mechanical lifeforms belonging to Guang's race.
Multicolored artillery fire raged across the universe, countless stars shattering like foam.
Light and darkness intertwined, accompanied by constant shattering and rebirth.
It was chaos, utter chaos! Attacks that sought to annihilate everything were everywhere, destruction was rampant.
Planets crumbled, the universe lay in ruins!
Innumerable lives shrieked in silent agony, death!
The vision continued to play, and Guang witnessed the annihilation of her mechanical race.
She saw the mangled remains of her kin.
She even saw herself, with only her head remaining.
The mere seconds of footage caused Guang's eyes to tremble slightly.
Such a scene, where the universe itself disintegrated like dust, could not be described in a few words!
Only a visual could convey the helplessness in the face of such ineffable destruction!
Guang, merely watching, knew she could not possibly evade such dense and high-intensity attacks.
Then, a colossal foot descended, crushing Guang's head with a resounding crunch, and the vision abruptly ended.
"How is it? This is a glimpse of the future, a future where you do not pledge allegiance to me..."
Lin Feng switched off the vision and retracted his bio-energy field.
He opened his palm, and within it lay a gem radiating a soft green light.
"This is a vision of the future seen through the Time Gem. You should be able to discern its truth!"
Lin Feng displayed it to Guang expressionlessly before putting it away.
The vision he had shown was the most tragic scene for the mechanical lifeforms, extracted by Lin Feng using the Time Gem from countless possible future scenarios.
"Was it you who caused the extinction of our race..." Guang stared at Lin Feng, a chilling coldness in her eyes.
The giant foot that had crushed her head in the vision sent a phantom discomfort through Guang's own.
Lin Feng shook his head.
"No, it was not me."
"I showed you this vision simply to let you know that a war is coming soon."
"In this war, no one can stand alone."
"Pledge your allegiance to me, and I can bestow upon the mechanical race greater power, allowing you to safely navigate this war!"
Was this manipulation? No, it was not!
The vision and Lin Feng's words were so abrupt that Guang could not immediately devise the optimal response.
Thus, Guang fell silent...
"This future is drawing very near, which is why I must take action," Lin Feng explained.
"Pledge your allegiance to me, and I will provide a miraculous energy source to comprehensively upgrade your functions and arsenal."
"In this future, banding together for warmth is the correct choice."
"Pledge your allegiance to me, and live on with me. Isn't that good?"
Honestly, Lin Feng's words, though not many, were the most effective approach for the straightforward, direct thinking of mechanical lifeforms.
Guang's core whirred rapidly, analyzing the truthfulness of the vision and Lin Feng's words.
"Why can't we choose a contractual partnership?" Guang asked, puzzled.
To her, a contractual partnership was mutually beneficial.
"I said, I don't trust it..."
Guang fell silent again. She truly didn't understand human suspicion and their complex thought patterns.
After a long pause, Guang spoke.
"I require evidence!"
Lin Feng's brow arched.
"What evidence? Evidence of the future war?"
"No!" Guang shook her head.
"You said you would make us stronger. I need to see proof of that!"
For tens of millions of years, the mechanical race's arsenal had developed diversely, but the upper limit of their attack intensity had never been breached.
Guang had always believed that even if they couldn't break through, it was sufficient.
But after witnessing the vision of the future war, Guang quickly deduced that with their current arsenal, self-preservation would be impossible.
Her core had already calculated a 90% probability of Lin Feng's words being true!
This indicated that Lin Feng was likely not lying, and the vision was not fabricated!
After all, that Time Gem was genuine.
Guang's thought process was different from humans, lacking excessive internal conflict.
Faced with the choice between pledging allegiance for survival and total annihilation, Guang would maintain absolute rationality!
As soon as she said this, Lin Feng understood Guang's stance.
Clearly, her previous declaration of never pledging allegiance to anyone was conditional.
In some ways, conversing with a mechanical race was beneficial; they possessed a decisiveness and judgment that humans lacked!
"You want to see evidence? Very well!"
Lin Feng immediately summoned An remotely.
An was the best evidence Guang could currently see.
After being activated by Martina, An's personal weapon system now possessed an attack power comparable to the entire race's arsenal.
If An were to link with the race's arsenal, her combat power would surpass Guang's.
A trajectory like a shooting star soon appeared in the sky.
An swiftly flew from the distant horizon and landed steadily before them.
"Leader!"
An respectfully saluted Lin Feng before greeting Guang.
Currently, Lin Feng held a higher priority than Guang for An, being top-tier.
"An, Guang wishes to witness your current combat capabilities. Show her!"
"Yes, to what extent?" An asked with a smile.
Beside them, streams of data flashed through Guang's eyes.
An's emotional system was highly anomalous. Her degree of anthropomorphism was too high!
It was so high that even she, the creator who had lived for tens of millions of years, had never reached that level.
She seemed to have realized what was amiss when she saw An a few days prior.
Lin Feng noticed Guang's abnormality.
He had no intention of concealing it.
"An has been modified. Her current combat capabilities have been significantly enhanced."
"If you wish to see proof, then An will be the best proof!"
Guang nodded, not uttering any words of reprimand for Lin Feng modifying her "daughter" without permission.
Upon witnessing the emotions displayed by An, the core's assessment of truthfulness further increased.
In this brief period, the core had generated countless deductions, with the vast majority of conclusions pointing towards one path: choosing allegiance...
Of course, this was contingent on Lin Feng not lying and truly being able to enhance the mechanical race, enabling them to achieve self-preservation in the coming war!