"Found it. Let's go, Mingyue."
Alex turned on his heel and moved in a different direction.
The world leader was nothing more than a mob to him. Useful as a lab rat, nothing more. Sigma was different.
It created a core that unified mana and qi. It created the stag.
It somehow contacted the Mechalyte, triggered the invasion, and negotiated with them.
It did all of that without being discovered by the human progenitor.
'Sigma is not something I can underestimate.'
Alex's mind churned as he walked.
'Where did it come from?
A freak incident? A hidden project?
Something those primordial made?'
He already concluded one thing.
Sigma had evolved far beyond what he expected.
'Just how strong can a robot become?'
He and Mingyue slipped out of the city hall and into the quiet streets.
The holiday lights were still shining, but the city felt colder now.
The farther they went, the fewer people they saw.
Only patrol drones and maintenance robots moved in the snow.
