Chapter 18 Repair

After confirming that he was okay, Qiao Yu slipped out of the hospital as if he were familiar with the place.

There was no way he was staying in the hospital; never in this lifetime.

There were still three days before the promotion tournament began. Qiao Yu decided to return to the dormitory to let Yang Xiangdi and the others know he was safe, and then go directly to the Mechanical Kingdom to see if there was any way to restore the Mechanical Empress.

As soon as he pushed open the dormitory door and walked in, Yang Xiangdi grabbed his arms and shook him violently.

"Awesome! You're awesome, Brother Yu! I heard you got hospitalized on your first date? Did Zuo You castrate you?"

Qiao Yu: "……?"

What a sin! Was this even human language?

Ma Fei, who was in the toilet, was pleasantly surprised to hear Qiao Yu's return. Without thinking, he pulled up his pants and stood up from the toilet.

Then, his body shook, and he silently took off his pants and sat back on the toilet, pulling out a few tissues...

Ma Fei came out of the toilet with a suspicious look on his face, first looking at Qiao Yu's face, then at Qiao Yu's waist.

"Is there any possibility that I went to the hospital because I was attacked?" Qiao Yu said, his forehead covered in black lines.

"Attacked?" Yang Xiangdi stopped grinning.

Qiao Yu nodded and told them about the hook-nosed old man attacking him with the fake monk. He didn't hide the fact that he had become an inheritor, but he omitted the part about Thanatos and the Mechanical Empress.

"The inheritance of the King of the Underworld? Brother Yu, if you succeed, will you be the King of the Underworld?" Yang Xiangdi's eyes were full of surprise. "Then give me an official position in the Underworld too!"

Qiao Yu smiled kindly.

"Okay, if I really succeed, I'll definitely make you a Cerberus."

Yang Xiangdi: "..."

"Okay, I won't joke with you anymore. I have something to do, so I'm going into a dungeon."

Qiao Yu waved his hand, turned around, and entered the Inner World.

Stepping into the Mechanical Kingdom, Qiao Yu felt a long-lost sense of familiarity.

The first time he stepped into this dungeon, he was just an apprentice player; now he was a mid-level player.

Qiao Yu didn't hesitate at all, carrying his Candledragon Crescent Blade and hacking his way in. Nothing in an E-grade dungeon could stop him.

Biltz, Colonel Mond, the Seven Mechanical Generals—Qiao Yu killed them all with a single strike. In a few minutes, he had fought his way to the bottom of the Empress Building, scaring many other players.

With the experience he had from last time, Qiao Yu punched the door open and pressed the elevator to the top floor.

If Qiao Yu remembered correctly, the Mechanical Empress had told him that there was a clone of her on the top floor of the Empress Building.

As soon as the elevator doors opened, a terrifying red ray shot directly at Qiao Yu.

"Piercing Ray!"

Qiao Yu was startled and was blasted away before he could react.

"Damn it! How is this Mechanical Empress's clone still such a trickster!"

Qiao Yu clutched his chest, which was now a charred black, emitting the aroma of grilled meat.

Fortunately, this clone wasn't as strong as the Mechanical Empress's main body, or this attack would have killed him and he would have died in vain.

"Who are you? What is your purpose in breaking into the Empress Building?"

A face that was identical to the Mechanical Empress's, with a bit of baby fat, came into Qiao Yu's view. The difference was that this beautiful face was full of coldness.

"Don't! Don't hit me, I'm not here to fight you."

Qiao Yu stood up again.

"I'm here to ask you, well... do you know how to fix yourself when you're broken?"

Mechanical Empress Clone: "?"

"Um..." Seeing the confusion on her face, Qiao Yu realized that his expression might not have been clear enough. "I mean, you know you're a clone, right?"

The Mechanical Empress Clone in front of him nodded.

"It's just that your main body had a little accident and might need repairs. Do you know what to do?"

As Qiao Yu spoke, he took out the Mechanical Empress's broken body from the Undead Space.

Looking at the dilapidated mechanical body, the clone was silent, and after a while, she said quietly.

"You call this a little accident?"

Qiao Yu smiled awkwardly, but didn't dare to respond.

"I can fix it, but it might be a bit troublesome. Turn around first; the main body definitely doesn't want you to see her naked."

After the Mechanical Empress's clone finished speaking, a glint flashed in her eyes.

"Okay."

Qiao Yu nodded and turned around obediently.

The clone walked to the main body and slowly squatted down.

Her hand gently stroked the silver-white mechanical body, and finally pressed against her brow.

"If you die completely... I'll be the main body..."

A fierce look flashed across the Mechanical Empress's clone's face, and then her right hand turned into a spear, directly piercing towards the Mechanical Empress's main body's brow!

Bang!

The spear pierced the ground, stirring up rubble all over the floor. The clone's attack missed.

Qiao Yu stood aside holding the Mechanical Empress's broken body, raising an eyebrow.

"Damn it! I knew you were a trickster!"

The clone's expression was a bit ugly. A look of resentment flashed across her face, which was identical to the Mechanical Empress's, but she hid it well.

"You're called Qiao Yu, right? Let's make a deal, okay?"

"Oh? What deal? Let me hear it." Qiao Yu's expression was a bit playful.

"I'm the same as the main body. I'll give you twice the benefits the main body can give you. You give her to me, how about it?"

The clone's words were full of strong temptation.

"Even... if you want that, I can give it to you too."

Qiao Yu curled his lip when he heard this. He wasn't interested in poking circuit boards. Then, Qiao Yu asked.

"Will she give me an umbrella on a rainy day and then fly home waving her hands? Can you do that? If you can, I'll give her to you."

"Wave... wave her hands?" The Mechanical Empress's clone's face was full of blankness. She couldn't imagine that the main body actually had such a hobby. Was the main body a psycho?

"You can't do it, can you? Then you're really too lame compared to your main body. Don't waste my time. Tell me how to fix her quickly." Qiao Yu shook his head.

Seeing that the Mechanical Empress's clone still didn't move, Qiao Yu put away the Mechanical Empress's main body, and then the Candledragon Crescent Blade and the Dark Staff appeared in his hands at the same time.

Since this clone had its own consciousness and wanted to replace the Mechanical Empress's main body, he could only subdue her first.

Judging from the destructive power of that piercing ray just now, the clone's strength was at most high-level. With Qiao Yu's current strength, he wasn't afraid at all.

But just as Qiao Yu was about to attack, the clone suddenly spoke.

"Wait! I can too!"

Then, the clone, who looked exactly like the Mechanical Empress, bit her silver teeth, a look of shame appearing on her face, and her toes began to dig into the ground in embarrassment, imagining they could build a villa.

Although she had cursed the main body and Qiao Yu hundreds of times in her heart, her body honestly raised her two white hands high above her head.

The two white hands rotated back and forth above the clone's head, a standard *hua shou* (waving hands) moving faster and faster, just like a helicopter propeller.

Then... the Mechanical Empress's clone slowly left the ground, flying with the airflow generated by waving her hands...