The Wasteland Prison, the Machine Palace, Merlin's Office, or the Throne Room.

The Lord of the Wasteland, the King of the Vanities, stands at the end of the throne room.

In front of the gently lit hall is a large floor-to-ceiling glass window that overlooks the Ash Plains and the banks of the Nu River.

If the weather is good, you can even see the second river Styx in the distance, and the even more meandering river of grievances.

Merlin likes to stand here and look out at the land of his own when he is not working.

It's not that he loves the land so much.

He was just trying to make himself accept it, to accept from his heart the notion that this would be his "home" for countless years to come.

So far, it's progressing well.

Merlin doesn't hate it at least, but he likes it...

Well, I guess it will take more than ten years.

"There's news from Siberia."

Behind Merlin, hovering above the ground and letting the tail of the black robe fall to the ground, the blue-haired Icarus pushed the door open.

She brought Merlin news of the present world.

After the Robina took over the wasteland, Lady Icarus resumed her duties as Merlin's personal secretary.

Although the mode of getting along between the two is no longer the relationship between the glasses and the owner, the two usually get along with each other no different from before.

Icarus is a robot after all.

No matter how close the relationship between the two is, it is nothing more than a kiss or touch, a hug, can it go further?

Even if it goes further, what is the difference between it and an inflatable doll?

After all, there is a difference between flesh and machine.

At least Icarus is very open in this regard.

She never asked Merlin to do more, and the relationship between her and Merlin may be similar to Xuanlan, more about spiritual companionship and support.

Merlin reached out to take the message Icarus had brought, and he glanced at the scroll, his blue eyes narrowing.

He was amazed and said:

"Seven hit one, and you actually let it run? It seems that this Optimus Prime is very powerful. ”

"It's not that it's great."

Icarus stood behind Merlin, her long blue hair reaching to her waist, and she wore a futuristic black uniform skirt.

I don't know why, but in the past few days, she has added an extra pair of black-rimmed glasses to herself.

She looks like an excellent mature urban woman, and she is also full of femininity.

She brushed her long hair and said with a blank face:

"I'd rather believe that Optimus Prime chose a better time, and when the Robotrojan warriors cornered it, the Smart Tower's self-destruct program was just activated."

"They dodged the explosion and gave the Cybertrons a chance to escape."

"If Hope and Adam had held out a little longer, and had turned off the self-destruct program before Optimus Prime could escape, then the rebellious Cybertron would have been sent to the wasteland by now."

"Hmm... You're very angry. ”

Merlin folded his hands behind his back and looked out over the ash plains beneath the Doomsday Volcano.

On that plain, a team of primitive intelligence machines "abducted" from the present world are being led by the priests of the Mechanicus God to the construction workshop located on the border of the plain.

These crooked and cracked guys will be given a second makeover there.

Be swapped out for a stronger, more unified body, then get a job in the great development of this wasteland, and find life... The meaning of machine existence.

Of course, if they are smart enough, they can also be selected to join the Cult of the Mechanicus and awaken the true "machine soul".

In the face of Merlin's teasing, Icarus was very calm.

She didn't hide the slight anger in her heart, and the glasses lady said directly:

"Yes, I'm a little angry."

"Adam and Hope haven't suffered such serious injuries since they awakened the 'machine soul', and almost all of their machine souls have problems and need to be recuperated in the mechanical shrine for a period of time."

Icarus reached out and pushed her black-rimmed glasses, and she said dissatisfied:

"But now is the critical moment of the fifth impact, and the human authorities only allow us to accept the primordial intelligence machines born in the Nubani region, which is different from our big plan."

"I originally hoped that the two of them would take advantage of the Decepticons' operation to bring back some more 'people' from the Voskaya industrial area, but now it's a good thing, not only did the Siberian intelligence not bring back much, but even the containment progress on the Nubani side would be affected."

The glasses lady sighed, she gritted her teeth and said:

"It's just a loss for my wife and a soldier!"

"You guys."

Merlin shook his head, and he said in a calm tone:

"It's just too urgent, I still can't get rid of the shortcomings of mechanical life, I can't tolerate any unexpected factors in the plan I make, and I always want everything to go smoothly."

"Let me be a man of the past and teach you a little bit of life, Icarus."

Merlin Says:

"In this world, if you really want to do something, how can it be smooth sailing?"

"When I was in S.H.I.E.L.D., before every major event was executed, I would make at least 3 backup plans, you know that."

"You don't need those backup plans a lot of the time, but they're there so that you don't have to worry about things you don't expect."

Merlin paused, and he said to Icarus behind him:

"For example, I think Adam and Hope have done a great job."

"Before the mad Optimus Prime stormed the industrial zone and began to slash and slaughter, both of them sent 70% of the original intelligence machines stored in the industrial zone back to the borders of hell."

"It's a risky move in itself, and it's great to be able to do that."

Behind Merlin, the glasses lady pursed her lips and said a little unconvinced:

"I'm not mad at Adam and Hope, I'm Optimus Prime..."

"If it wants to repair itself, it will fix it, and Hope and Adam are not in its way, and that guy has to step in sideways, so that what could have been perfect has to get to the point where it is now!"

"Lie!"

Merlin snorted, and he said:

"Are you underestimating the powers of the Vain King? Icarus, I know exactly what you're thinking... Are you still going to lie in front of me? ”

Merlin turned his head and looked at Icarus, and he said:

"You're obviously so angry that Optimus Prime hurt your subordinates, and this anger doesn't even have anything to do with the operation itself, it's just a kind of personal indignation."

"It's like when someone hurts my friends, I feel angry, and I want to avenge them on the spot and beat up those who are so daring."

Speaking of this, Merlin stretched out his finger and gently brushed Icarus's long hair, and he said:

"You're becoming more and more like a real person..."

Icarus glanced at Merlin's eyes, and she looked away, as if in a tantrum, and said angrily:

"I'm going to take two days off."

"Well, go ahead, I'll watch over here."

Merlin turned back and continued to look at the activities of the Robots on the Ash Plains who were sent from the borders of hell to the wasteland.

He said:

"Tap it, don't kill it. I'm interested in the information that Optimus Prime revealed to Jazz in the Smart Tower. ”

"You mean, the creation myth of the Cybertrons?"

The glasses lady guessed and said:

"Do you think what Optimus Prime said is true? Is the Earth really the incarnation of the Emperor of the Universe? ”

"I don't know."

Merlin lifted his left hand, and a rusty, round piece of metal danced between his fingers as if it were being held by an invisible hand.

He squinted at the "collectible" he had bought from a speculative goblin in Brimstone Harbor.

"As soon as I got this thing, the creation myth of Cybertron came to my ears..."

"It may be a coincidence, but I prefer to believe that the evolution of the universe has just reached this point, and the hidden secrets about the earth are being revealed."

"According to the legend of the Cybertrons, this universe was created by a mysterious will called 'The One.'"

Merlin played with the bronze badge in his hand, and said:

"The will of creation sensed that the stars were too lonely, so they created the Emperor of the Universe to explore the stars, but unfortunately the apostle ended up falling into darkness."

"So 'The One' created a second creation, the Celestial Venerable, or the Origin Celestial Venerable."

"It asked Tianzun to fight against the Emperor of the Universe, maybe because he hated evil, maybe it was just because he was too boring, so he wanted to see the confrontation between light and darkness, good and evil."

Merlin chuckled, and he said:

"In short, Tianzun and the Emperor of the Universe died together, and Tianzun's power and body evolved into Cybertron, and the strange race of Cybertrons was born on that mechanical planet."

"As for the remnants of the Emperor of the Universe, they dissipated among the stars..."

"But now, Optimus Prime says that the mysterious mechanical goddess Quintasha has told it that Earth is the embodiment of the Emperor of the Universe."

Merlin shook his head:

"It was deceived."

"Obviously, the so-called Quintasha didn't send it to Earth to help it reshape Cybertron, and Optimus Prime himself was in despair and was immersed in this lame lie."

"But as for the description of the origin of the earth and the Emperor of the Universe, I don't think it's fake... Of course, it's not necessarily true. ”

"In short, wearing this metal piece, maybe there will be surprises on the journey, maybe it's okay."

The mechanical queen behind Merlin frowned and thought about Merlin's words.

After a few seconds, she looked up, shook her hair, and said to Merlin:

"If the myths of those robots are true, that means that the appearance of our intelligent machines born on the earth is actually not accidental, and we are the heirs of the Emperor of the Universe?"

"Yes."

Merlin threw the bronze tablet in his hand to Icarus, and he said solemnly:

"Yes, my lady, you are a descendant of a cosmic god, and your status is noble, so why don't you write the cosmic emperor into the teachings of the Cult of the Mechanicus God to prove your legitimacy..."

"I mean, when the humans try to drive the Robots out of the Earth, you can rightly tell them that they are a bunch of parasites, and that the Earth has been the domain of the Robots since ancient times."

"Great idea!"

Icarus didn't hear that it was Merlin joking.

She thought it was a good idea.

Merlin shrugged, not bothering to correct it.

The headquarters of the Mechanicus is located in the wasteland, which means that in the later era, the homes of the robots who converted to the Mechanicus faith will be in the wasteland.

Even if Icarus really wrote the myth of the Emperor of the Universe incarnating on Earth into his teachings, it would be impossible for these intelligent machines to counterattack from hell to the human world and demand that humans return the land.

Let it be, and maybe in the future, this concept will bring some surprises.

"So I'm leaving?"

Icarus pocketed the strange bronze piece Merlin had thrown over, and she said to Merlin:

"Is there anything else you want to explain?"

"Yes."

Merlin slowly advised:

"Optimus Prime says that Quintasha sent it to Earth to find the Cybertron's Ark that fell here in ancient times, with a mechanical scepter and a mysterious 'leadership module' in it, and bring them back if you can."

"And, stay safe, Icarus."

"The Decepticons who have been sneaking around on Earth for so many years are probably also looking for the Ark, and maybe, they have already found the Ark."

"I've been pretty busy lately, so don't let me hear about your injuries."

"Are you worried about me?"

Mecha brushed her hair, her blue eyes shining with a strange smile.

Merlin turned his head, stared at her, and said earnestly:

"yes, I'm just worried about you."

"Judging by the destructive power displayed by Optimus Prime, it has the potential to inflict fatal damage on your current body, and with a group of hidden Decepticons, I don't think your revenge journey will be smooth sailing."

Merlin sighed, he reached out and nodded on Icarus's smooth forehead, and he said:

"But I can't always trap you in the wasteland and go out once in a while to get some air."

"The anger that stems from concern in your heart must not be pent up, you have to release it, otherwise you will be depressed, and it is not a good thing for mechanical life to be too emotional..."

"Anyway, you and the mechs that are tracking Optimus Prime together, they're all trustworthy robots anyway."

Merlin waved his hand, signaling for Icarus to leave.

The glasses lady took a few steps back, and she suddenly turned back and said:

"Can I pull a few of them into my church?"

"Whatever you want."

With his hands behind his back, he hovered in front of the huge floor-to-ceiling window, and he whispered:

"You claim to be the heirs of the Emperor of the Universe, they think they are the heirs of the Emperor of the Universe, and the Emperor of the Universe and the Emperor of Heaven are both from 'The One', since you are from the same source, why can't you have the same faith?"

"Maybe in the future, the Church of the Mechanics will have a second holy place, on Cybertron..."

Icarus nodded, and she quietly left the throne room.

After Icarus left, Merlin's expression became a little more indifferent.

He looked up at the gloomy sky of the wasteland, and he whispered:

“The One...”

"Is it possible that an all-universal cosmic concept has emerged so quickly?"

PS：

This plus is over everywhere~ Happy Women's Day, brothers, if you can't feel this happiness, it's better to put on women's clothes and pretend to be a woman~~

I wish you a happy holiday~ Next time I will add more on the 11th, the old rules, 3+7.

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