Malcolm kept silent for a long time. “Okay, I believe you.” He said, “Even if you are really controlled by the machine men. A hundred thousand mercenaries will die for you. But you have to remember that I hate the machine men the most, and you can never forget where your roots are.” Patrick put down the gun and glanced at the people, saying in a low voice, “All you have to do is believe in me.” After he went out of the torture room, he saw Kahlil and Kenneth in the hallway. At the sight of Patrick, they walked quickly to the black limo outside the building. “Did you do so many things only to cover your identity as a machine man?” Kahlil asked in confusion, “I don’t think it’s necessary.” Patrick put his finger into that “Kenneth’s” head and took out a chip. The machine man’s red eyes sparkled, and then he became as stiff as a zombie. “A long time ago.” Patrick put that chip in his arms and said lightly, “I have decided to be Patrick Lewis instead of Kenneth Silas.” “Why?” Kahlil kept asking, “Even though it’s interesting to simulate a human, how can the experience be better than our immortal life and the great power we have? If you still want to be Patrick Lewis, you can’t use the crystalloid energy in public and have to endure the diseases and death of that human and then change a new body.” Patrick suddenly thought of something and looked at Kahlil, “When will you find Emerald?” Kahlil didn’t know how to answer him, “Your woman is really fierce. She hides with my guards, and even I can’t find them.” Patrick smiled. He believed that Emerald would show up safely. Kahlil suddenly understood and asked him sarcastically, “Do you want to stay with Emerald for a lifetime?” Patrick nodded. “When her face is masked with wrinkles, and when she suffers from diseases and pains, you have only gone through a little part of your life.” Kahlil said, “Will you still love her at that time?” Patrick was silent for a while and said, “I won’t let her know I’m a machine man in this life.” “This life? Do you mean...” Patrick said lightly, “A hundred years is too short. I want my woman to stay with me for a lifetime.” His lifetime, not hers. His words chilled Kahlil. The god of war in ancient times had woken up. He was so powerful that he could retake an army by himself, but he hid his identity, lurked in the machine army, and made Evan Silas trust him. He sold the confidential information of humans in exchange for a chance of a counterattack; he pretended to be two persons and used “Kenneth Silas” to give the command of the army to Patrick Lewis. He made so many efforts only to hide his identity from a woman. He was affectionate but pathetic. Kahlil suddenly smiled, “Fortunately, I haven’t met a woman like her.” **** Ten days later. It was sunny, and the sky was clear. Five thousand machine soldiers were standing in the center square of Freedom City, like the metal statues, which made people scared in the distance. Thousands of humans were standing behind the machine soldiers, watching the ceremony anxiously and silently.It was the coronation ceremony for the big hitter, the King of the machine man. Evan Silas and Kahlil Silas both stood in the front of the array of soldiers in their machine bodies and waited for the King. Commander Evan Silas was excited now. Although he had been an important general of the Empire and had the last name. “Silas,” he was still very different from the royal family. Thousands of years ago, the Alliance destroyed First Machine Civilization, and all the royal members died, which was a shame for all the machine men. He led this troop wandering in the universe for thousands of years only for the resurrection of machine species. But if the royal family didn’t exist anymore, what was the meaning of resurrection? It was said that the royal families were the highest-level machine men, made by the father of the country, Sayers Silas. Each member had a precious crystalloid that was taken from Sayers’ body. They had emotions and intelligence, which were very similar to humans, and unrivaled power in the universe. If machine men also had blood, then their blood was from Sayers Silas. He didn’t expect that Kenneth Silas would show up one day. He could finally be loyal to someone. There were beautiful flowers on the red carpet on the platform in the center. The martial band of the human Alliance was playing the music of victory. Kenneth asked for this. He wanted a parade and a huge ceremony. He said to Evan that the spirit of Machine Civilization would never die as long as one machine man lived. What was the spirit of Machine Civilization? Fighting? Prosper? Being the ruler of the universe? Evan would never have thought about these problems before, but he would think about them after he simulated Heath Ledger. If Kenneth showed up before he simulated Heath Ledger, he would give him all the command of the army and obey Patrick’s order, which was the thing that a machine man would do. But why did he express euphemistically that he didn’t want to do this when Kenneth showed up? Was he ambitious? Was it Evan’s ambition or Heath Ledger’s ambition? He was suddenly frightened. Even the research institute of symbiotic and fusion technology thought that the machine men would have the consciousness and personality of humans when they simulated humans. He thought that the machine men would be the ruler of this body. But why did he feel that Heath Ledger’s personality was influencing him? What kind of thing was the neuron of humans?He looked at Kahlil from the corner of his eyes. If the personality of humans could really influence machine men, then Kahlil must’ve felt it before him. Why didn’t he tell him? The machine officers who simulated humans had never mentioned it, either. Did they enjoy this feeling or not want to talk about it? Was he, Evan Silas, also like them? The music was more and more exciting, and a machine guard stepped up and said, “His Majesty is here.” Five thousand machine soldiers stood still, and even the humans outside were holding their breaths and stuck their heads out to see the new ruler. The automatic camera followed the machine man’s steps and went along with him. Millions of people on the seven planets of the Alliance and asteroids were watching this slim machine man reach the peak of power step by step.