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Chapter 319 Patting Starlight's Head

Chapter 319 Patting Starlight's Head

Tony quickly finished analyzing the old robot.

"The spinal drive shaft material isn't tough enough, and the fingerprint recognition has a delay, but it's not without its advantages." Tony pulled out the T-800's two batteries and CPU: "At least this thing has strong computing power, and the battery energy storage efficiency is very high. Some of its designs are indeed quite useful to me, but I guess that's not why you asked me to analyze this thing, is it?"

Rune nodded: "Did you find those parts that don't quite fit the overall design?"

That's right, Rune's main purpose was to determine whether the T-800 had undergone any modifications. If the style of the modifiers was distinctive enough, Tony should be able to tell.

"Okay, there are some interesting designs here," Tony nodded, confirming Rune's idea: "Look here, these topologies, and here—"

"The Eye of Justice at the Crossroads?"

Upon seeing this, Rune frowned. He immediately recognized which world this thing came from. But before he transmigrated, this world had a bright future, and even released DLC recently. Logically, it shouldn't be here at all.

Could that world have been invaded as well?

Tony was somewhat surprised: "You know him?"

Rune nodded. This thing came from Cyberpunk 2077, but in that world, the Crossroads Eye was used on people as a type of prosthetic body. Essentially, it was an electronic neural enhancement modification with environmental scanning capabilities. Considering the research and development capabilities of those tech-side villains, it wasn't impossible to modify this thing for robots.

From this perspective, Queen Maeve was not facing a simple Terminator, but rather a product of the hybridization of multiple cosmic technologies. I had actually misunderstood her.

"I hope I'm wrong." Rune sighed. He really didn't want to face such a powerful weapon as the Cat Sniper Rifle. The tungsten nail bullets fired by this electromagnetic sniper rifle could penetrate the thickest armor and walls, shattering titanium skeletons. If multiple Cat Snipers were aimed at him at the same time, even if the opponent didn't fire, they could still cause Rune some trouble.

Beast perception is not always a positive ability.

"Ah, having the ability to travel through dimensions is great—" Tony glanced at Rune with envy. He also wanted to travel between different worlds like Rune, searching for different technologies to provide him with inspiration.

Rune glanced at Tony, realizing that dimensional travel wasn't as wonderful as Tony imagined.

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Back at the sanctuary, Rune bid farewell to Starlight and Queen Maeve.

Starlight stood before the iron gate of the shelter. She had changed out of her combat suit and into casual clothes. After the apocalypse, Queen Maeve could no longer enjoy the privilege of custom-made combat suits. Maeve had only brought four combat suits with her, two of which had been destroyed in direct combat with the Terminators during her explorations. In addition, Starlight was wearing a damaged combat suit...

Anyway, Starlight can only wear ordinary clothes now.

"Are you really leaving?" Starlight pursed her lips, her fingers unconsciously twisting the two drawstrings on the front of her hoodie. She looked at the young man in front of her; he was handsome and had saved her—as well as Maeve and the other civilians—at a crucial moment.

Rune nodded.

Maeve leaned against the wall damaged by the Terminator, her eyes slightly narrowed: "You're going to New Hope City?"

"Of course, I don't trust Homelander's nature, so I have to go and see," Rune said. There are too many mysteries surrounding New Hope City. It used to be New York, and such a metropolis could not be spared from a nuclear attack—even if Homelander changed his mind and went to stop the nuclear bomb, without a biological stance, could Homelander really stop the nuclear explosion?

Maeve had heard of this rumor that the Homelander maintained his pre-war glory and was talked about by all the survivors, but like Rune, she did not believe in Homelander.

"Why don't you stay? We've already gotten used to this kind of life, and there's really no need to change it," Queen Maeve finally said softly. In the past three years, the shelter has lost too many people. Those ordinary people who once admired her have now become blurry shadows in her memory, and she doesn't want to lose any more.

As for the presidency? Actually, Queen Maeve didn't really want to be president. What impressed her about Rune was his ability to eliminate all the Terminators and take down the mastermind behind them.

"Yes, stay." Starlight also tried to persuade her to stay. She had a good impression of this young and powerful man. As a young girl, she was at the age of first love, and with a handsome savior, she would naturally have some fantasies.

But Rune simply shook his head; he was determined to go to New Hope City for Compound V. Before the war, that was the headquarters of the Vought Corporation.

Seeing Rune's resolute attitude, Maeve could only say, "Be careful on the road."

Starlight lowered its head in disappointment, looking like a grown-up version of a lost raven. Rune, in a moment of impulse, touched it. At this moment, Starlight came to its senses, its expression filled with confusion and surprise.

Rune had no choice; withdrawing his hand now would only make things look stranger, so he could only grit his teeth and continue touching it: "Don't worry about me, your most important task now is to rebuild the shelter's defenses."

Under Queen Maeve's disapproving gaze, Starlight blushed and nodded, then Rune fled as if running away.

"He seems to be interested in you too."

Starlight shook her head: "Don't talk nonsense!"

Maeve chuckled. "Don't talk nonsense! She found it strange when the starlight favored Rune before, and now it seems that this is clearly lust at first sight!"

"I have to tell you, that little girl next to Rune definitely likes him too, you'd better watch out—"

"Stop talking!" Starlight said angrily, striding towards the shelter.

Queen Maeve, standing behind Starlight, sighed. "Look at you, still so shy. That little girl next to him is already used to hugging Rune Lou Lou. They're about the same age. If you don't take the initiative, you'll regret it in the future!"

Previously, Hughie's planned route was from Los Angeles to the Mojave Desert, through the Utah Canyonlands into the Colorado Rocky Mountains, north along a tributary of the Mississippi River, avoiding places like Chicago and Detroit, and finally diving into New Hope City from the New Jersey swamps.

The route is mostly through mountains, forests, and swamps, which would limit the Terminator's capabilities and make it safer for ordinary people. However, without Hughie, Rune doesn't need to worry about so much; he can just fly straight to New Hope City. Even if he encounters a Terminator along the way, it's something Rune can handle with a single thought.