People are in Star Iron, and the game begins with the unsheathing of Heavenly Fire.

Chapter 102 I'm sorry, Dad, Clara doesn't want to make the same mistake again!

"Okay, I don't want to talk about yandere anymore."

After watching the simulation again, Ron was quite calm this time, trying his best to appear unmoved.

Although in the end he inexplicably raised a yandere daughter, although this was the third time he had created a yandere girl, and although he died at the hands of a yandere girl once again, on the surface he still didn't suffer any losses... Okay, he couldn't make up any more stories!

"System, you're fucking dead!!!"

[Host, please calm down. This simulation will grant you a special reward.]

"Special reward?"

[Host, please note that everything that happens in the simulation is a real event within the causal chain of time and space, therefore everything experienced within it will naturally be projected into reality. You have gained a great deal of experience repairing machinery in the simulation, and this experience will also be added to your personal attributes.]

"so?"

Your mechanical proficiency skill has been greatly enhanced.

"That's it……"

Ron was completely dumbfounded by the reward the system had been holding back for so long.

After all that work, I was hoping for something good, but it turned out to be just this little improvement.

This isn't even enough to compensate for the mental anguish of being beheaded by a yandere every day!

Ron once again expressed his utmost contempt for the system's habitual self-deprecating and false advertising behavior.

Of course, he was already used to the system's unreliable nature, and at the moment he couldn't be bothered with the other party's unreliable actions, and instead began to think about what to do next.

Although Clara's simulation was absurd, she managed to pull back the other person's goodwill by doing something relatively commendable in the simulation.

This can be seen from Clara's final outpouring of genuine emotion.

This means that taking down the mechanical settlement through Clara would be a viable option.

The only problem is that he doesn't know where Clara is or what exactly happened to the mechanical settlement.

Therefore, Ron must go to the mechanical settlement as soon as possible to check the situation and figure out what exactly is going on before he can proceed.

"Speaking of mechanical settlements, Schwarzro should still be there..."

Although the simulation mainly revolved around Clara, Ron recalled having many interactions with the leader of the mechanical settlement in the simulation as well.

Because of this connection, he felt more and more that it was possible to unify the mechanical settlement and the Earthfire organization.

So Ron decisively set off, heading towards the mechanical settlement.

……

On the desolate wasteland, a flood of memories suddenly appeared in Clara's mind.

She felt as if she had suddenly had an incredibly long dream.

In her dream, she returned to her childhood, to the time when she was most vulnerable and helpless, and met the person who would influence her entire life.

But that person wasn't Mr. Schwarz, but a mechanic named Ron.

Ron adopted and cared for her, becoming her de facto father. The two lived a simple and peaceful life, and every day was filled with joy and fun.

Then one day, they met Mr. Schwarz, repaired him, and were invited to the mechanical settlement, where life became more stable.

However, those days came to an abrupt end one day.

Ron participated in an expedition, left the mechanical settlement, and disappeared for several years without ever returning.

He had promised her before he left that he would come back before Christmas and bring her a gift, but she had spent Christmas alone for several years.

This made her begin to doubt and worry that Ron had abandoned her.

Under these circumstances, Clara's personality gradually changed. Already timid, she became even more eager to escape reality, to the point that a second personality emerged in her mind.

That personality was different from the original Clara; it was more volatile and used worse methods, but it possessed a courage that Clara herself lacked.

It was through her other self that Clara persevered, growing little by little even when she was all alone.

And it was at this moment that the man returned.

After a long time, Ron, Clara's father, finally returned. Clara should have been overjoyed, but instead, he was accompanied by a girl her own age.

In that instant, all the fear, worry, despair, and pain that Clara had accumulated over the years surged forth, along with her second personality.

Therefore, Clara's second personality, under its extremely twisted nature, decisively killed Ron, the person she should have loved the most.

In the end, when Ron took out the Christmas gift that was supposed to be given to her—a scarf stained with blood—Clara's emotions completely collapsed.

She cried for a long time before realizing the terrible mistake she had made.

His own cowardly nature led to a complete tragedy.

"I'm sorry, no, don't leave me, Dad..."

Clara broke down in tears amidst the chaos.

A flood of memories solidified in her mind, eventually turning into unstoppable tears that streamed down her face.

At the same time, another personality within her gradually emerged, but this time it did not display the same domineering attitude as before. Instead, it spoke in a low voice, "I am the one who made all those mistakes..."

"not us."

Clara shook her head, her previously out-of-control emotions gradually subsiding. "We've already made a mistake once, and this time, we absolutely cannot make the same mistake again..."

"What are you going to do?"

Rigclara spoke, puzzled.

She couldn't understand what kind of courage Clara, who was usually so weak, possessed.

Clara slowly stood up, her gaze fixed on the town in the distance, which was being relentlessly attacked by countless mechanical creations, and a firm idea formed in her mind.

"We must stop that bastard! We can't be accomplices to evil!"

"Are you sure you can do it? That masked man's strength is completely unpredictable."

"Even if you can't do it, you have to do it, otherwise you'll never have the face to see your father again..."

Upon hearing Clara's resolute words, the Clara in her inner personality fell silent, then, as if reconciling with something, nodded and slowly dissipated.

Clara was the only one left on the scene. The girl's pupils no longer held any weakness, only a firm will that continued to spread.

"I'm sorry, Dad..."

"But at least this time, Clara doesn't want to make the same mistake again..."

Clara murmured to herself, her eyes, already red and swollen from crying, now brimming with unwavering determination.

Chapter 103 The Planetary Will's Repayment! Don't go, you are no match for the Envoy!

As the simulation brought about various changes, Ron himself walked along the road to the mechanical camp.

Along the way, Ron discovered a large number of fleeing wanderers near the mechanical settlement. Many of them had fear and dread written on their faces, and they were all running away in the opposite direction from the mechanical settlement.

The mechanical settlement appears to have been eroded by the rift, to the point of complete collapse.

Ron quickened his pace toward the mechanical settlement and could see clear traces of a rift in the distance, as well as a large number of monsters roaming within it.

"Tsk, was all of this caused by the Cataclysmic Vanguard?"

Ron made this judgment instinctively and felt that it was most likely true.

The Cataclysm from beyond the planet triggered a further expansion of the Rift, causing the Rift that originally only covered urban areas to suddenly also affect mechanical settlements.

In this light, the previous attacks by the mechanical legion on Rocky Town and Earthfire become quite intriguing.

There's probably an even deeper conspiracy involved!

With this in mind, Ron went straight into the depths of the mechanical settlement. The large number of Rift Monsters and Void Soldiers could not stop him at all and were instantly killed by his Heavenly Fire.

When he arrived at the deepest part of the mechanical settlement, everything that appeared before his eyes made him unable to help but show a subtle expression.

千:寻"::?免,;,,费.小,?说"..輑'2!'5?::5?5";;.9:5''3"0"?",0高大的人形机器人史瓦罗被以几乎大半损毁的状态倒在中央，现场几乎没有任何战斗的痕迹，意味着这场战斗的发生几乎只在一瞬之间。

As Ron got closer, he could clearly see that Swallow's core had been pierced, causing him to lose his energy and completely collapse.

"This method..."

Frowning, Ron looked at the wounds on Schwarz's body and instinctively realized that the opponent who defeated Schwarz was probably the masked fool named Sambo.

However, compared to Sambo, whom Ron faced before, the enemy who defeated Swallow was clearly much stronger, with a strength increase of more than one order of magnitude.

Unless Sambo's strength suddenly makes a huge leap, it's impossible to be sure that the other party was behind all of this.

Of course, there is actually an even simpler way to identify the killer: repair the Schwarz in front of you and learn the truth about what just happened from his database.

"Hmm, although it's an old machine, it's not difficult to repair..."

At this point, the benefits of Ron's previous Clara simulation really became apparent.

Although he himself has never been good at this kind of technology in the past, even if he acquires the corresponding ability, it will take him a long time to adapt.

However, due to the gradual accumulation of experience in the simulation, Ron forcibly acquired the corresponding skills even without prior experience in this area, and with use, all the knowledge began to instinctively surface in his mind.

In almost no time, he had completely repaired Schwarz and replaced its power source.

"Restart..."

Swallow spoke in a mechanical voice, and the infrared sensor on its head quickly locked onto everything around it before noticing Ron.

"Check... Ron the Mechanic... are you still alive?"

Faced with Swallow's somewhat humane attitude, Ron calmly nodded and said, "I suppose so. How are things here? What just happened? Where's Clara?"

"I just……"

Swallow paused for a moment, as if reading data from a database, before slowly speaking: "A man wearing a clown mask suddenly appeared and asked me to order the mechanical settlement to attack Rocksteady. I refused his offer and wanted to drive him away, but in the blink of an eye, my database completely stopped working..."

"Clown mask..."

Ron became increasingly certain that the enemy was the Masked Fool. Although he wasn't sure if it was Sambo himself, it was highly likely that it was related to that troublemaker Sambo.