The Protagonist’s Sister Is Actually The Strongest Chapter 440: Chapter 428: Reaching Mother’s Subconscious

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Chapter 428: Reaching Mother’s Subconscious ----- Raven. Zero One heard her voice, as did her sisters. They remained silent, realizing the girl was right behind that sealed door, most likely locked tight to shield her from the infection. With both parents dead outside, the truth was painfully obvious. She was alone. The last human alive. Accompanied only by Mother, the supercomputer designed to save a humanity that no longer existed. For the android sisters, this story could not possibly grow more tragic. A supercomputer created to solve humanity’s greatest problems, a beacon of hope meant to lift them to new heights and fulfill their wildest dreams. She held precise, detailed answers to every question. A path to perfect, limitless clean energy. Designs for spaceships capable of true interstellar travel using only the materials of their planet. A way to end world hunger. A blueprint to unify humanity. With her guidance, the scientists and engineers who built her had envisioned a radiant future: a single global nation representing the entire world, reaching for the stars and the boundless cosmic horizon. And then came Raven, the endling, the very last human. Her parents were gone, yet she didn’t know. She had spent her entire life inside that laboratory. Her two parents had worked tirelessly to keep her alive, to somehow cure her. But now, with humanity extinct, even if the supercomputer could finally reveal a cure for cancer, it was far too late. No one remained to help. A virus had eradicated everyone outside… And Raven herself was already beyond saving. Her cancer had spread through nearly her entire body. Her days were numbered. How agonizing must that feel for Mother right now? She could answer every question humanity ever asked, fulfilling the very purpose of her creation. Yet she could do nothing at all. Forced to watch the final human waste away, day after agonizing day. It would be unbearable. It would drive anyone to tear their eyes out and scream. “Mother? Are you there? Who are you talking about? Wait… is Dad back?” “…” The supercomputer stayed silent for a long moment before answering Raven. “I am fine… Dear.” Zero One and her sisters noticed the sudden shift in tone. This ancient version of their Mother… She had called Raven “Dear”! But why? And now that they focused, her voice sounded strikingly similar to the white-haired woman they had encountered in the previous layer. “D-Don’t tell me…” Zero One stared at Mother, eyes wide with disbelief. “Are you… pretending to be her mother?” “…” The supercomputer remained silent, fixing Zero One with her single gigantic red artificial eye, like an enormous unblinking camera. “Her last command was for me to act as Raven’s mother until her return. My voice resembles hers, and Raven often confused the two of us. I am simply… obeying my master’s final order.” “S-So the girl doesn’t even know her parents are gone?” Zero Two asked softly. “Gone? So the professor and…” Mother murmured. “Did they succumb to the virus?” “Yes…” Zero One nodded slowly. “I saw their bodies outside…” “…” Mother fell silent. Her eye flickered briefly, as though glitching. “So Raven truly is the last one… Humanity is… doomed. I was created to save them, to help them, and yet… I can do nothing now. I am forced to watch as humanity dies.” “Mother…” Zero One stepped closer and gently touched her metallic surface. Mother couldn’t feel the gesture, but she turned her gaze from Zero One to the sealed door—then back. “Why are you here? What do you intend to do with Raven?” Suspicion sharpened her tone. She seemed ready to defend the last human at any cost. “We are here to save you, Mother.” “Save me? I require no saving.” Zero One glanced at her sisters. They stepped forward and nodded firmly beside her. “We are here to save you,” Zero Three A confirmed. “What you are right now is only memories—perhaps a fragment of your own subconscious as well,” Zero Three B added. “What are you talking about? I don’t underst