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Why...
Huaxu, did you bring them here?
As if held up by some invisible force, Lucia quietly floats in the air.
So... close...
I-I'm fine...
Lucia, come this way!
Huaxu, a real you, one with flesh and soul, will soon be born.
So it's you who's been controlling the ship?
But... aren't you the one who took us in?
Pulao, the only reason I took you all in is to cultivate a suitable vessel. But eventually I realized that none of you... are fit for purpose.
Constructs are the intermediate of humans and machines. Half human, half machine. A perfect hybrid, the perfect hotbed.
The moment I laid my eyes upon Lucia, I knew she was the one I had been seeking.
A pure mind begets an immaculate body, and vise versa. The mind and body wax and wane together. And Lucia is a supreme example of such a synergy.
With Lucia as the vessel, Huaxu will become the perfect existence.
This is the true freedom you've been seeking, Huaxu!
Qu shouts at the void, her manner frantic.
No one can bring themselves to speak because of the tension in the air. And yet, Huaxu is still answering in silence.
——
Huaxu, I know you can hear me!
I can hear you... so please let them go.
Please leave this ship alone.
Huaxu, why do you have to fight me on this? Didn't you say you wanted to walk the earth and see the world?!
Most machines are too weak to accommodate you, and the other Constructs fail to match your beauty. You are perfection itself. That's why I set up the trade fair and spent night after night, looking for a vessel for you.
You are my proudest creation, the embodiment of beauty and freedom. Humans are foolish, life-seeking. Machines are clumsy, soulless.
The Punishing Virus will eat and filter through the entire world, and only you, only you will be fit to live...
That's enough... Villier.
You shouldn't have disobeyed me, Huaxu.
Qu brandishes and points a spear at you.
We're almost there, Huaxu. Destroy them. And put your "mind" in that girl's body.
—I command you.
You think you can stop me? You?
And us.
And me too... If Lady Qu is the one causing all this pain and suffering...
I will give you freedom, Huaxu.
