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Chapter 314 Maeve: I thought Starlight wouldn't cause trouble because of her lower body.
Chapter 314 Maeve: I thought Starlight wouldn't cause trouble because of her lower body.
Besides wanting Clark to confront his inner demons, Rune also wanted Superman to help him solve the Vault problem. Considering that Superman is a tech-savvy villain, revealing too much information beforehand could make him a target, so it was necessary to find a few henchmen to avoid directly exposing his true abilities.
After Rune briefly explained the situation in the other universe, Clark volunteered to help the survivors of that vault.
Compared to the trolley problem of which universe to save when two universes collide, this problem of robot rebellion is much easier. However, out of caution, Clark still asked, "The robots in that universe shouldn't have developed their own independent consciousness, right?"
Upon hearing this, Rune was taken aback. He didn't know about other things, but the T-800 was definitely capable of developing its own independent consciousness. The T-800's CPU was powerful and its computing power was outstanding, which allowed it to act autonomously without Skynet's control. However, because it was equipped with an AI system, many T-800s developed self-awareness after being deployed to the battlefield. Humans could even convert captured T-800s into teammates by hacking into their CPUs and reprogramming them.
Rune suspected that the Legion that later produced REB-7 and REV-9 was a group of T-1s that had developed self-awareness.
800. And given the way the villains interact, Skynet might be hiding this flaw in the T-800, so it's not really certain that there aren't robots with self-awareness in another universe.
But that's not really a problem.
"Even if some robots develop self-awareness, so what?" Rune countered. "If they realize that it's wrong to be enemies of humanity, they naturally won't participate in the attack on the shelter. But if they insist on annihilating humanity, are you going to fight for those creatures?"
Superman blinked, then suddenly realized, "You're right."
"I know you don't want to hurt innocent people, Clark." Rune looked at the boy. "But I think you've already experienced in another universe that evil and justice aren't so clearly defined. You should think carefully about what to do if you encounter something like this again."
As he spoke, Rune looked at the raven and added, "Raven, you too—"
But Raven didn't have Clark's psychological burden. She said directly, "I'll just follow the teacher. I'll do whatever the teacher tells me to do."
Clark was also in a dilemma. He had thought about it countless times in his mind, but still had no answer. If he had to choose to answer this moral question, Clark might make the same choice as Steve had made—if they couldn't save them together, then they could only save them together—
However, the sanctuary in another world is not so easy.
Queen Maeve stood atop the high walls of the sanctuary, her fingers gripping a longsword and shield. These two melee weapons were crafted from the Terminators she had hunted, undergoing only simple smelting and forging. The blacksmith had bluntly stated during the forging process that even in terms of materials science, the technology behind the Terminators far surpassed that of the military, making humanity's defeat understandable.
"Do you think they'll come tonight?" Starlight stood beside her, her palms radiating light, and she wore a black combat suit. Although she had a falling out with Queen Maeve a few days ago, she wasn't the type to hold a grudge. While she still couldn't forgive Queen Maeve, she could understand the nominal leader of the Sanctuary.
Queen Maeve did not directly answer Starlight's question, but instead started a less heavy topic.
"Where did that pretty boy who was in your room that day go? I haven't seen him much these past few days." She asked with a look of utter dismay. In the past few days, she had roughly deduced from various clues why Starlight killed Storm.
Starlight immediately shook her head: "He and I aren't in that kind of relationship. It's not what you think."
"It's not what I thought?" Maeve raised an eyebrow. "You went so far as to kill a powerful warrior in the sanctuary to stand up for that pretty boy's companion, and now you're telling me you two aren't in that kind of relationship?"
Queen Maeve spoke those words with resentment. The ability of a superhuman capable of unleashing massive amounts of lightning to subdue robots is self-evident. Frankly, Queen Maeve has several similar "female friends" in this sanctuary, and Storm has quite a few male lovers. In comparison, Starlight is much more innocent.
She thought Starlight wouldn't cause trouble because of his lower body, but Starlight turned out to be a surprising character.
"Of course not," Starlight opened her mouth, wanting to tell the truth, but ultimately swallowed it back. Before Queen Maeve could continue her teasing, a bright red light streaked across the sky—it was a bullet from a signal gun.
Since learning that the Terminators intended to attack the shelter, Queen Maeve had deployed scouts in multiple locations. As soon as she saw a large number of Terminators, she would immediately issue a warning. However, she waited for several days without any action. But it was worth it in the end. After seeing the signal, Maeve's heart, which had been in her throat, finally settled down.
It's really strange. Maeve was always on edge when she didn't know when the Terminator would attack, but when the Terminator launched its attack, she felt relieved.
"They're here," Queen Maeve said, and then a piercing alarm blared throughout the shelter.
Everyone present began urgently transporting weapons in the direction from which the signal flare was fired, including weapons unloaded from the Terminators and supplies from the military base itself. In order to ensure individual combat effectiveness and fully utilize the Terminator's capabilities, almost all the Terminators were armed with heavy individual firepower weapons such as rotary machine guns, rocket launchers, and rifle grenades.
The people in the shelter even removed missile launchers from Terminator tanks like the T-1.
Even with ample preparation, the soldiers in the shelter were still filled with fear when they saw the crimson optical sensors forming a blood-red sea in the darkness.
Terminators began to swarm in from all directions. The first rocket hit the wall, while Queen Maeve had already jumped off the watchtower, dragging Starlight with her.
The shockwave from the explosion shattered the concrete, and the scattered powder, along with the heatwave, ravaged people's skin. This attack also drove most of the other humans to madness.
They had learned how to shoot, but only a small number of soldiers still knew how to aim. Most of the people were just shouting in fear, releasing their fear and bullets at the same time. Even when they ran out of bullets, they just kept pulling the triggers frantically, completely forgetting to reload.
However, to Queen Maeve's astonishment, those Terminator models she had never seen before flew up to the sanctuary's watchtower and, relying on their immense power and incredible speed, unleashed a devastating attack from the top.
Queen Maeve had never seen the flight capabilities of these new models before. Perhaps the military base didn't need these new Terminators to use such capabilities, or perhaps these robots were hiding their true strengths. Maeve sincerely hoped it was the former reason, but the situation suddenly deteriorated to an extreme degree.