Silence—
A deathly silence.
Following a brief pause, the stream of comments surged, arriving like a tide.
'b————t——————'
'Originally, Zhou Jie was prepared to fall on the battlefield with BT...'
'Back when BT said throwing was the only way, it meant BT had already planned how to save Cooper.'
'I really can't handle this, sob sob sob~~~~'
'BT: Damn, I thought for so long but couldn't remember what to protect, only remembered to protect the pilot at the last second!'
'Here, BT calculated that Cooper would be blocked by the ring, so he wouldn't be hit by the shockwave. He really did, I'm crying!'
'BT's plan never included sacrificing himself with his pilot. Silly Zhou Jie, she thought they could reach the end without regret.'
'The knife, the giant knife!!'
'Why not give the core? Because giving the core would prevent BT from self-destructing.'
'Giant T/
'There was no escape, unless millions of lives on Harmony were sacrificed, or BT abandoned Protocol 3 and let Cooper sacrifice himself with BT. Then he wouldn't be BT.'
.........
[Cooper's Monologue: The destruction of Typhon saved Harmony. The Militia calls this planet their headquarters, while millions of others call it home.
The Commander said he would assign me to the Marauder Corps and a new Titan, but the tech department would first clear the neural link between me and BT.
I don't know... what it feels like to have a new Titan... I quite liked this old one.]
Zhou Jie didn't know how she completed the final procedures. By the end of the game, when she reached Harmony and listened to Cooper's monologue, she didn't even notice the flashing lights on the pilot's helmet at the end.
Numbly exiting the game, Zhou Jie prepared to log off and go to bed, licking her wounds alone in a corner.
However, the moment she exited the VR world—
Clang!!
Creak creak!!
"Protocol 4: Protect the Pilot."
BT-7274: "Trust me."
The simulation pod in reality instantly came 'alive,' and to Zhou Jie's disbelief, it swung its right arm, adopting a standard throwing posture.
Whoosh—!!!
Feeling the sensation of her body touching the air in reality, dead memories surged back like a tide.
After landing steadily, Zhou Jie was momentarily dazed with confusion. When she saw the BT-7274 simulation pod maintaining its throwing pose.
She completely lost it, her heart-wrenching roar startling the neighbors:
"No!!!"
.......
(∪ ᵕ ∪)zzz