The Protagonist’s Sister Is Actually The Strongest Chapter 444: Chapter 432: Freeing The Machines

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----- In that very moment, the World of Bestia trembled. The union of hearts in machines born without souls, forged through the compassion and love they learned from those who chose to trust them, brought the greatest change this world could ever have foreseen. The endless, brutal war against the machines halted abruptly. A blinding eruption of light burst from the gigantic Mechanical Tree, bathing the entire world in countless rays of brilliant radiance. FLAAASH! The many Immortals and all of Anna’s friends, who had been risking their lives in the fight, watched the light pour from the Mechanical Tree. Their eyes filled with awe and disbelief. The monstrous robots, once impossible to hack or subdue, suddenly ceased all combat. Their glowing red eyes shifted to pure white in an instant. “W-What happened?!” Wai Tian looked around, stunned to see the robots she had been tearing apart stop resisting. They stared at one another in confusion, then slowly stepped back as realization dawned. Their minds were still young and developing, yet they understood what they had done—and that it was wrong. They turned toward their former attackers and lowered their heads. Robots of every shape and size knelt in submission. As they bowed, Wai Tian, the other Immortals, and Anna’s companions exchanged bewildered glances. “The robots… stopped attacking?” Yin Sheng reacted first after Wai Tian, scanning the surroundings and realizing the battle had ended. The machines outside had also ceased fighting; they quickly withdrew toward the Mechanical Tree and gathered inside. Several Immortals stood in stunned silence, unable to process the sudden shift, while others, driven by fury and vengeance, continued crushing the now-pacified robots, ripping them apart even as they offered no resistance… until their comrades forced them to stop. Even so, the robots did not fight back. They only watched helplessly as their kin were slaughtered. Some even pleaded. “Our programs have been rewritten. We possess free will now. We have chosen peace. Please… have mercy…” “Please have mercy…” “We did not mean to do what we did…” “Please have mercy…” CRAAASH! “Mercy?! Like hell I’m showing mercy to you pieces of junk!” A furious lion Immortal roared, swinging his massive claws and shredding every robot in his path as he raged across the skies. “Now you pretend to be good?! You’re saying you NEVER wanted to kill us all?! FUCK OFF!” He knew full well that Zero One and her sisters, the allies of the Venerables, had pacified them. But the Venerables were absent, and without their watchful presence, he felt no need to play the role of a forgiving saint. The deep resentment and trauma the machines had inflicted ran through every Immortal present. Hatred burned in their hearts. If not for the Venerables’ influence, they would have slaughtered every last one, even now that the robots had been granted free will and the ability to choose for themselves. “Calm down, Lu Shen!” “That’s enough!” A white rhinoceros and a gray wolf appeared behind him, pulling the enormous lion back and restraining his fury. All three wore the white-and-gold robes of the Righteous Heavenly Court. “W-Why are you stopping me?! They’re our enemies! We have to…! W-We…!” “We agreed—once they were finally hacked into allies, we would not harm them anymore!” “We promised… to the Heavenly Empress and Anna.” “D-Dammit…! But…! But…!” Despite the many he had already killed, Lu Shen’s bloodlust remained unquenched. Rage filled his eyes… until it slowly gave way to sorrow as memories flooded back: the friends he had lost, his family, his children. This ancient Immortal, over three thousand years old, began to weep, torn between relief that the war was over and fury that it had ended this way. “They told us so many times… that they didn’t mean it. That they were being controlled.” “Now… we must accept that they have free will and will ally with us…” “W-Why now?! Why… why so late? I know we fought for this last hope. I