Translator: Atlas Studios
Editor: Atlas Studios
Come to think of it, Lolita was rather long-suffering being around me. Who was she? She was a high-ranking Empire general and had led her Pandora Corps in conquering countless civilizations. However, when she was around me, she had become a quiet and meek small Lolita, enduring the ‘primitive’, ‘stupid’ school teachers that fed her information full of gaps and loopholes.
She also had to endure and be patient while living harmoniously with the carbon-based beings on Earth. Although she had not said anything about all these, I guessed that if this continued for long, she was not going to be able to hold all this in and might even suffer an internal injury.
Hence, my order towards Pandora was akin to a declaration of release. Seeing Lolita’s fighting passion materialize, I subconsciously wiped my non-existent sweat as I thought of the many legends regarding Pandora’s Box. However, while that Pandora had opened a box, I had opened Pandora instead.
Also, there wasn’t anything grammatically wrong with the sentence above.
Under Lin Xue’s astounded gaze, Pandora’s body suddenly was covered with a layer of silver and gold battle armor. A faint green translucent mask covered the lower half of her face as only her fuchsia-like eyes could be seen. That pair of strange eyes now seemed to be filled with hunger (It seemed as if it wasn’t just me and Lin Xue who were hungry…) as they looked up at the huge lizard in the sky.
An icy-cold mechanic voice that was not life-like at all traveled from the mask, “Anti-Proton Floating Cannon Array—”
Following Pandora’s voice, tens of translucent wave-like whirlpools appeared in the air speedily as tens of silver floating cannons that were as big as cars emerged from these whirlpools.
“Scatter attack!”
All the floating cannons instantly emitted screeching sounds that came from high-energy currents as tens of blinding white light pillars that brought a hot wave of energy shot up towards that huge dragon. In an instant, all the dragon’s possible escape routes had been blocked.
The sudden wave of attack stupefied the dragon, and at this moment, tens of cannon blasts surged into the sky and surrounded it from all directions.
“Pandora’s One-Meter Phantom Warship Cannon!”
The left-half of Pandora’s body swiftly merged with a lengthy energy cannon as a thick energy tube extended from Pandora’s body to the rear of that cannon, supplying huge amounts of energy continuously to that killing machine. As a low sound wheezed, the phantom cannon’s front concentrated with a bluish-white light. Three seconds later, a one-meter long beam of energy blasted towards the now-trapped dragon. Almost at the same time, the recoil from this attack caused the ground beneath Pandora’s feet to crack and for fissures to appear.
Due to the floating cannons all about, that intimidating and proud big lizard had nowhere left to hide and could only face the incoming blast head-on.
However, this dragon was—after all—one of the most powerful carbon-based beings. This huge lizard we were facing still had some tricks up its sleeve. We saw the dragon open its mouth wide as a ball of last night’s dinner… ahem, a ball of hot burning flames shot to meet Pandora’s attack.
Two powerful energies collided, and the resulting explosion created a powerful glow. Following this blinding light came an ear-screeching groan. Evidently, although this dragon’s breath had stopped the attack, it was still hurt considerably.
As the many lizards in my vision created due to the strong light finally merged back into one, I realized that, actually, that dragon had not been hit by Pandora’s Phantom Warship Cannon. This fellow had been blinded by the strong light and ended up flying into one of the floating cannon’s attack ranges. One of its wings had been blasted, and a perfect big-dipper-shaped hole had been formed in it.
As its perceived ‘meal’ was evidently much stronger than it had anticipated, its hunger disappeared without a trace. At this moment, this dragon only wanted to leave this dangerous place as fast as possible. Unfortunately, as one of its wings was damaged, it could not evade the countless floating cannons’ attacks. In a while, the big-dipper shaped hole in its wing had become zodiac signs; it seemed as if the damage was going to expand and form a star-spangled banner any time soon.
Pandora didn’t seem very anxious to kill the huge dragon that had already lost its wits and was flying about desperately. She kept her Phantom Warship Cannon as she focused on controlling the floating cannons in the sky, leaving all sorts of marks on the dragon’s body.
Seeing that huge dragon come to the verge of exhaustion and desperately flying about, I suddenly recalled thirteen years ago on Nanfu Street when my neighbor Second Fatty had been chased by hornets.
Lin Xue—who had long ago been stunned beyond measure—finally responded. She pointed at the futuristic-like warrior Pandora as she stuttered and said, “Li… Lili… ro… robot… changed into…”
I interrupted Lin Xue’s stuttering and efforts at forming words as I said, “That is a fake name; her real name is Pandora-zero. I seemed to have mentioned this name just now, right?”
“Chen Jun!” Lin Xue seemed on the verge of breaking down, “What on earth is going on? This can’t possibly be described as special abilities, right? Could it be that Lili is from the future? A fighting machine? You aren’t one as well…”
I saw that Lin Xue was starting to treat me as a non-human as well as I hurriedly broke her off and said, “No, no! I am a real human being. As for Pandora’s identity… I’ll tell you another time. Don’t forget your promise that you will keep this a secret. If not, Pandora and I would be in trouble.”
Lin Xue wasn’t an ordinary girl after all. As much as she hadn’t recovered from the shock of discovering that Pandora had transformed into a super-warrior, she still tried her best to calm herself down. She then used a strange glance on Pandora, who was still directing her floating cannons to bully the dragon.
“Chen Jun… I know that you guys have many secrets, and I do not intend to ask all my questions at once. However, can you tell me what Lili… no, Pandora is doing?”
I looked at Pandora who seemed to be happily treating the dragon like a roasting game as sweat dripped profusely. I said “Err… who knows? She is probably playing. This lass’s hobbies are not like normal people’s.”
It seemed as if Pandora had a devilish tendency to toy and tease with her opponents. From the fact that she had spent one day and one night bullying and messing with Lin Xue and Lin Feng that time, this was already evident. This time, she once again seemed to be engrossed with toying with the hungry dragon.
The black, huge dragon in the sky seemed to have completely lost its will to battle. Right from the start, it had been restrained by Pandora’s floating cannons; its only defensive move just now had resulted in one of its wings having a big-dipper shaped hole in it. Now, it did not even dare to stop and release another breath; those agile floating cannons didn’t give it a chance to breathe at all. The dragon race’s pride in close-combat fighting was also now being diminished by Pandora’s long-ranged attacks.
This game continued for almost an hour; the forest seemed to already start emanating a fragrance of roasted meat.
Wait; could this actually be Pandora’s real intention?
At this moment, the dragon was probably tired beyond measure or dazed by the blinding lights around it. It actually charged towards the most concentrated point of the floating cannons.
After observing closely, I realized that the unlucky huge lizard’s eyes actually contained tears.
Farewell, already half-cooked being, we will forever remember your haggard back view…
Just as we thought that the opponent was finally going to succumb, a strange light screen appeared twisted in the sky and enveloped the huge dragon. After being completely enclosed by it, I seemed to see a sliver of a look of a lucky survivor post-disaster in that dragon’s eyes.
As the light screen faded, our meal-to-be also vanished.
What a miscalculation. I had actually forgotten that in all sorts of novels, the dragon race possessed many types of secret and powerful magical abilities. Who knew that this unlucky dragon’s final act at self-preservation was spatial teleportation?
Pandora looked dazed for a second as she subsequently kept the floating cannons and looked a little sullen as she walked towards me.
“What a pity; in another thirty minutes, it would have been ready to eat…” Lin Xue sighed in a low voice.
“Stop it…” My head was filled with cold sweat. “You are even scarier than Pandora.”
At this point, Pandora had already disengaged from battle mode; and her eyes had returned to the unfocused ‘blind girl mode’. She gently tugged at my sleeve and said, “Big Brother, I’m hungry…”
To be honest, at this moment, I was completely flabbergasted by Pandora’s timid and lovable manner plus her Lolita-like voice…
However, I was still hungry…