The Victors did not answer.
In response to Dr. 077's almost probing question about the 'taste of eightfold death,' came an even more frenzied, more hysterical attack!
Venom's claws tore at the gaps in the armor.
Riot's warhammer smashed deeper dents.
Carnage's crimson tendrils nearly twisted the metal skeleton apart.
Scorn's corrosive bone spikes shot precisely at the joint connections.
Excruciating pain surged like a tide through their seven shared consciousnesses, yet their assault grew even more frantic, as if they intended to repay this shared agony tenfold, a hundredfold!
"Fear? Death?"
Victor, in his Venom form, let out a hoarse, maniacal laugh, his voice distorted through the symbiote substance, carrying a chilling madness.
"I tasted death every day! Every second! In that damned lab! Do you think I care about this?!"
With a fierce swipe of his claw, he ripped off a thick piece of shoulder armor, revealing the crackling circuitry beneath!
"Sorry!"
Another Victor (the Riot host) roared, his warhammer slamming into the mechanical body's chest once more, sparks flying.
"The taste of death now is bland to me! All thanks to you!"
"Hmph." Dr. 077's synthetic voice remained cold, but it seemed to carry a barely perceptible electronic static, as if the system was enduring some invisible pressure.
"I long ago blocked the pain transmission channels. The anti-intrusion systems are also fully activated. Your attacks are equally... bland to me."
The mechanical arm forcefully parried Carnage's entanglement, its elbow thrusters erupting to push Riot back half a step.
"Before you can truly damage my core, I still have ample opportunity to complete..."
Before he could finish, a sudden anomaly occurred!
Dr. 077's intact mechanical hand suddenly lifted uncontrollably, the palm energy cannon instantly charging, emitting a piercing whine—
However, the cannon's muzzle was not aimed at any enemy. Instead, it abruptly turned, aiming directly at his own head!
"Whirr—BOOM!"
A searing blue energy beam struck the side of the mechanical head at point-blank range, the tremendous impact causing the entire body to lurch violently!
The head armor instantly blackened and melted; one optical sensor exploded, flickering with an unstable red light!
"Alert! Body damaged!... What's happening?!"
For the first time, Dr. 077's synthetic voice showed a clear, fluctuating tone of shock and anger.
"I've been invaded?! System self-check! No... no traces of external data stream forced intrusion detected!"
He quickly performed an internal scan, but the results showed all defense systems intact, with no signs of being hacked.
"That feeling just now... it was as if I myself... wanted to attack myself?"
The remaining optical sensor on the mechanical head flickered intensely, revealing the controller's extreme confusion and disbelief.
"What kind of joke is this!"
At that moment, the colorful symbiotes surrounding him, who had been relentlessly attacking, paused their movements slightly. Their ferocious faces simultaneously twisted into grins, revealing a kind of... almost pleasurable, teasing smile.
"Finally..." Venom let out a low, satisfied growl.
"Succeeded."
A lazy, almost sleepy voice softly rang out. The source was the deep blue-gray symbiote that had been hovering at the edge of the battle—Sleeper.
It slowly raised its head. Those eyes, always seemingly calm and placid, now appeared like two bottomless whirlpools, staring at the confused Dr. 077.
"If I were facing a purely mechanical consciousness, composed of only 0s and 1s..."
Sleeper's voice remained unhurried, yet carried a chilling insight, "I really wouldn't have much of a way to deal with you."
"But I never expected..."
Its tone lifted slightly, carrying a hint of fate's mockery.
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