Yexiao has crashed.
To be precise, her robotic bride shell has entered a "Blue Screen of Death" state due to an overloaded ethical shock. A pop-up window above her head keeps flashing: [404 Error: Morality Module Failed to Load], and the dark shadow wings on her back twitch, playing back the scene of Dr. Su destroying the Infinity Prototype like a jammed videotape.
"This is more intense than discovering my dad’s stash hidden in a hardcover copy of *A Brief History of Time*," Qiyue said, looking at his left hand, which had become metallic up to the elbow, then glancing at the Mechanical Masked Man, who shared the exact face of his younger self. "So, let me get this straight: I might be my own father’s romantic rival, my fiancée’s programming was written by my mother-in-law as a personal ad, and my future, corrupted self is cradling a melting Dark Matter baby?"
Chapter 113