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1S THE
DESTRUCTION
OF THE
CENTRAL A.I.
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My LADY.
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SINCE THE
DEPLOYMENT
AREA IS
UNDETERMINED, Ih
1S NOW UNDER
AUTOMATED
CONTROL.

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LA CAN stoP
4) TOHA HEAVY
INDUSTRIES

52
 TOHA HEAVY
INDUSTRIES IS
VIBRATING...

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COLLAPSE
 T will CURRENT OBSERVATIONAL
FORWARD DATA IS INSUPFIENT TO
DETERMINE THE SCALE
IT WITH OF THE CITY STRUCTURES
MAXIMUM OUTSIDE. TT 1S LNKNOWN
POWER. WHETHER THERE IS
ENOUGH SPACE TO
ACCOMMODATE TOHA
HEAVY INDUSTRIES AT
THE FORWARDING
DESTINATION.

TOHA HEAVY
INDUSTRIES
WILL RE-
EMERGE
OUTSIDE OF
THE CITY.

THE CENTRAL
A.L. IS GOING
TO FORWARD
TOHA HEAVY
INDUSTRIES?!
BUT NOT TO WORRY. VES. AND IT
THERE IS PLENTY WILL ALL BE
OF TIME LEET FOR OVER VERY
US TO CONCLUDE SOON.
OUR FIGHT.

OF US INSIDE
TOHA HEAVY
INDUSTRIES—
WE SILICON LiFe, |
AND YOUR KIND,
TOO—WiLL
meet THE
SAME FATE,
 AND YOU WILL
RETURN THE
RESIDENTS OF
THE EIGHTH

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HOW DID THIS
HAPPENZ
THE RESIDENTS,
NOT EVEN TOHA
HEAVY INDUSTRIES
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ABLE TO SURVIVORS ARE
Do some HERE. ARE YOU
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 VIBRATIONS...
THERE'S
SOMETHING
wrons. |

SINCE ALTHOUGH T1's THE

you came THERE'S NO DATA CLUSTER
BACKTOLIFE POINT IN WE SAVED FROM
SOMEHOW, —_TOTING IT YOUR CORPSE
AROUND ANY BEFORE ENTERING
‘MORE... TOHA HEAVY
INDUSTRIES,
 THIS IS THE
LOCATION
escape Pops.
YOU WILL BE
ABLE TO GeT
OUTSIDE
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 T'Ve GOT BUT THERE'S
STILL TIME. KYRI
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Que ABOUT SHOULD BE ON
THE UPPER
 THE FORWARDING RIGHT
FAILED. Now, I Am
BEFORE LONG, SENDING
TOHA HEAVY N\ you A
INDUSTRIES . COMPRESSED
WILL BE “ r PACKET
COMPLETELY Y OF DATA.
DESTROYED.

THE CENTRAL AL
EXTRACTED ONLY THE
PERSONALITIES OF
THE RESIDENTS OF THE
ZZ EIGHTH CAVE FROM
QE THEIR PHYSICAL BODIES,
Va AND CONVERTED
wy THEM INTO DATA.
THEY NOW REST
f INSIDETHIS VESSEL,

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 THE FORWARDING REGARDING THE
ANNIMILATED THE PHYSICAL NET TERMINAL
BODIES OF THE RESIDENTS, > 0 GENE YOU ARE
WHICH WERE BEING : SEARCHING FOR...
PRESERVED SEPARATELY,
AND THEIR GENETIC
INFORMATION WAS LOST
AT THE SAME TIME,
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ZY ENTER A ?
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 THIS 7 . I RECEIVED A
CONTAINS SEL'S MESSAGE FROM
GENETIC
INEORMATION.
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HOW FAR
AWAY WE'VE
GOTTEN...

INDUSTRIES
1SNO
mORE...
KYRIL

ANYWAY,
We'VE GOT
TO LOOK
INTO THIS
GENOME,
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 ICAN
FINALLY
SEE SOmE-
THING.

HOPEFULLY
THERE'S SOME
EQUIPMENT TO
ANALYZE SEL'S
GENOME...
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FAST FOR MY DO THOSE
RETINAL SCAN. GIRLS HAVE
LeT’s FOLLOW THE NET
THEM, TERMINAL
GENE?!
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 THERE'S NO
NET TERMINAL
GENE HERE,

EVERYONE I
‘UST SCANNED
HAS THE SAME
GENES,
 T'VE SEEN
OTHER PLACES
LIKE THIS,
 WHO IT'sA
WOLLp DEVICE TO KEEP
MAKE PRODUCING
SOMETHING CLONES
LIKE THIS \PERPETUALLY...
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ISA MeGA-
STRUCTURE
 THERE |S
SOME KIND
OF POOR,
BUT OF
COURSE IT'S
cLosen,
 WE SHOULD
BE CAREFUL
ABOUT WHAT

STRUCTURES
ARE LINKED
UP DIRECTLY
TO THE
"| | nerspere.
 WE CAN
GET ON
tus ano &
ANYONE EVER
USED THIS
ELEVATOR
2
8 38EsFOR
HUMANS WHO
POSSESS THE
NET TERMINAL
GENE.
 KYRIl, WE HAVE TO
FIND FACILITIES TO
INVESTIGATE THE
GENETIC INFORMATION
FROM SELL
194
 HEY,
WHAT'S
GOING ON2
I'm NOT
HEALING,

DAPHINEL THERE'S NO.

PROBABLY FROZE RESPONSE FROM
THE SYSTEM, ANY STRUCTURE
OR DESTROYED CONVERSION
THEM. TOWERS.
 Te y F WE HAVE
/ | A | TORETREAT. WE FAILED
: 10 RETAKE
SILICON LiFe ji TH THE WARE-
APP ROACH ¥ > NOTHIN
HOUSE,
ING. mORE WE GCAN
é Eee

HOW MUCH
ELECTRICITY
DO IT HAVE
 von't po Vy
GET CRITICALLY ANYTHING:
WOUNDED ONE STUPD,
MORE TIME,
YOU'LL NEVER
A. move AGAIN,
 ICANT
PICK LP
ANYTHING,
 THE DISTRESS
SIGNAL 1S BEING
TRANSMITTED ON
NETSPHERE-ONLY
CHANNELS.
IT COULD BE 5 ee"5
AFLAGED f STRAIGHT
SAFEGUARD. THIS WAY,
225
IT FUSED
WITH MY
BODY
Tissue!
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TYPE 1 UNKNOWN CRITICALITY WEAPON
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ANH

241
 NO MISTAKE.
A THAT'S A TVPE|
UNKNOWN
CRITICALITY
WEAPON.

SIGNALS.
WHICH MEANS: |
BA) I CAN ATTACK.

ARETINAL |
SCAN,
 He's
DANGEROUS,
PHOMOCHEVSKY.
Icant ff
PREDICT WHAT |
HELL DO!
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HASN'T SAID
ANYTHING,
EITHER.

PERHAPS THE WEAPON

WE'D BETTER THAT ONE OF THE
DEAL WITH INTRUDERS USED
THIS QUICKLY. BORE A HOLE IN
ITS PATH 70 Km
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 HEY,
puomo-
CHEVSKY...

SHOULONT
We HAVE aust
SECURED THE
CAPSULE AND
SENT HER
OUTSIDE ALONG
wit Him

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WE CAN'T DO THAT.
SHE'S HUMAN,
Se a.
SE weer Hee \ ska
ursipE, Sue's suRE |e @ a
TO GET CAPTURED Ge e
BY SILICON LIFE. i
TLL PROTECT
HER UNTIL WE
TAKE OUT
DAPHINEL ANP
SECURE THIS
STRATUM.

VOURE
WE'VE JUST j eonete
BARELY BEEN heie
ABLE TO ; tare
PROTECT
OURSELVES
AS IT Isl!

OH, SURE, GO
|| AHEAD ANP TRY
USING A TYPE
7 UNKNOWN
CRITICALITY
WEAPON!

THEN WE'LL HAVE A

NEVER EVER
BE ABLE TO BEAM
BECOME | EMITTER.
OFFICIAL!
280
 WE'RE
PROVISIONAL
SAPEGUAN
 . \ | A CAPSULE
PLUS, J CONTAINING
IT'S FROM \ YY A HUMAN
SOMEONE . A GENETIC
WHO LIVED
 WHAT'RE YOU
DOING WITH
SOMETHING
LIKE THIS?

AND WHY DID

you COME
TO THIS
STRATUMZ

NOPE.
I'M HOLDING
ON TO IT.
 SILICON walt.
LIFE WERE WHAT WAS
ATTACKING GOING ON
you AND WHEN YOU
THAT GUY.

ANYTHING,
Iko.
 WHY ARE YOU
LYING TO HER
THAT'S AGAINST
THE RULES!!
FOR HER OWN
GOOP, ANP
THE SAFETY
OF THE
STRATUM,
SHE TOLD ME
WHAT REALLY
HAPPENED
TO KYI

WE HAVE...
AN OBLIGATION
TO GIVE...
CORRECT...
INFORMATION.
 BY THE WAY,
I COULD HEAR
ALL OF YOUR
WIRELESS COM-
MUNICATIONS.

TAKING BACK
THE CAPSULE
AND THE
GRAVITON
Beam
EMITTER.
 suit!
HOW DOES
SHE EVEN
HAVE A
WEAPON
LIKE THAT?!

rs
PART OF
THE SUIT'S
EQUIPMENT.

THAT
SUIT WAS THE YOU'RE THE
CLOSEST MODEL ONE WHO PLIT
TO THE OLD IT ON HER
won, ATER THE
TREATMENT!!!
You pumgass! TDON'T THINK
THAT SUIT LET HUMANS CAN USE
HER OVERHEAR THE FUNCTIONS
OUR WIRELESS
SPEECH, TOO!

IF SHE GOT
OUT, THERE'S
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 oH No!
SHE'S ABOUT
TO LEAVE
THE ANTI“
INFILTRATION |

1yj
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Vj
A
4
HURRY, SO
I'LL TALK
OVER
WIRELESS,
LISTEN up!!
 THAT GUY KYRII,
OR WHATEVER—
IF YOURE TRYING
TO FIND Him,
TIL TAKE VOU
THERE USING SAFE
PASSAGES,

ALL RIGHT?
AND DONT
a) COME BACK
TO THIS
STRATUM

SILICON LIFE
GET AHOLD OF
HUMAN GENES,
THAT'LL BE
A PROBLEM
 eoWE'RE
IN PCELL'S
SENSORY
RANGE,
ICAN
IELL IT.
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CONVERSION TOWER!
SHE'S GOING TO DROP
aN | BYTERMINATORS ON US.
24, 25, 26...
e or’
THIS IS REALLY BAD—
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HAS A SCHEME TO
CONNECT TO
THE NETSPHERE
FROM THE
WAREHOUSE,
 WELL, GUESS
WE'D BETTER GET
READY TO TAKE
YOU OUTSIDE THE
STRATUM,
 DHOMO-
CHEVSKY

I THINK WE
CAN HELP
you.

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