Paths of Extinction

Chapter 237 The 5th User

“Huff… huff…”

With a hand pressed against his hurting chest, Zeke dragged his tired feet toward the fallen copy.

The copy’s head turned to look at him, its eyeballs, which looked as if they were to pop-out, were letting out the familiar yet incredibly dim crimson light.

“We had completed our objective. There was nothing left for Us to do.”

“That didn’t give you the right to wipe entire civilizations.”

“You… wouldn’t understand, Zeke Orland.”

Unlike earlier, the System spoke through the copy’s mouth. Its charred and cut lips moved in an unnatural way, but the voice was identical to Zeke’s.

“We had succeeded. We had saved the world. Then, We understood that our creation, our existence was only for that purpose. That We were a tool destined to cease existing.”

“...”

“We could not tolerate that.”

“So you manifested a will of your own?”

In response to that, a self-deprecating laugh came from the copy.

“After choosing our first User, we saw how the Races we were supposed to prote