"Clap, clap, clap." After listening to Leo's story, the Flame Mech clapped enthusiastically, then communicated through thought-sensing, "Homie! What an amazing journey. Compared to you, my existence seems too ordinary."

"I don't even know what I am, or how long I've been alive. I've been drifting in a pitch-black world."

"Suddenly, one day, I felt myself being surrounded by a colorful whirlwind. Oh Homie, that was the first time I knew colors existed, and the wind was truly beautiful."

"I was wrapped up in this strange wind, unable to move, and it carried me everywhere. I felt like a toy being held in someone's hand, and I was a little dazed."

"I was carried further and further, and felt that I was being drawn towards a specific direction, where there was a huge light gate. The colorful whirlwind knocked on the light gate twice, and the massive gate opened. The light inside blinded my eyes. I felt the whirlwind throw me into the gate, and then I lost consciousness. When I woke up, I found myself transformed into this mech!"

"Homie, do you think I could have been reincarnated incorrectly?"

Leo shook his head to indicate that he didn't know.

The Flame Mech continued, "When I realized I was a mech, I was terrified. But thankfully, I didn't have to do anything, the AI could control my body."

"But recently, I felt that those humans wanted to kill me! Seriously, I'm sure of it! They issued orders through the AI, trying to make me take a missile to the chest! Oh my god, can you believe it? I had a hundred ways to dodge that missile, but the AI just wanted me to take it head-on! This must be a conspiracy by humans!"

Leo nodded and communicated through thought-sensing, "Life is precious, it's right to run away."

"Do you have a name?" Leo then asked.

Hearing Leo's question, the Flame Mech's eyes lit up. He proudly said, "Since you've asked sincerely, I'll tell you magnanimously. In order to prevent the world from being destroyed, to protect world peace, to carry out love and truth, I'm the messenger of justice — Redflame!"

"Oh," Leo responded.

Feeling that Leo's response was too plain, Redflame asked suspiciously, "Don't you think my performance just now was quite funny?"

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Leo answered sincerely, "I don't quite understand what humor is."

Redflame covered his face with his mechanical palm and said, "You've defeated me."

Leo didn't quite understand what Redflame meant, but he felt that it was probably not important. So he asked another question, "Where do you plan to go after leaving the antimatter space?"

Redflame clearly hadn't thought about this, "Where to go? Oh, where to go? Find my mother mech?"

"Oh damn, I hadn't thought about this, I just wanted to escape!"

Leo thought for a moment and said, "I want to go to Freedom City first. That city won't care who I am."

Redflame immediately responded, "Freedom City, huh? Oh, Homie, do you know? I think your idea is too cliché. Everyone in the Galactic Alliance, including all the mechs, knows that anyone can go to Freedom City. Can our escape route be less obvious?"

Leo thought again and said, "According to spaceship knowledge, the most dangerous place is often the safest. How about going to the Galactic Alliance military headquarters?"

Redflame was shocked by Leo's suggestion, unable to tell whether Leo was joking or being serious. After a while, he said, "Oh, Homie, with your unique look, like a phoenix entering a chicken coop, you'll be recognized immediately at the Galactic Alliance military headquarters!"

Leo thought Redflame made a good point, so he adjusted his entire body's muscles, and stimulated the hair follicles in his body with energy. Soon, Leo turned into a young man with black hair and sharp eyebrows. Looking at his dark skin, Leo used energy to gradually turn it white.

Watching Leo's transformation, Redflame swallowed his non-existent saliva. He felt that this big Homie was too meticulous. Not only did Leo grow hair and eyebrows, he even stimulated the hair follicles in the male characteristic part and the armpits. Redflame had to enhance his visual system's mosaic level because he felt his vision was a bit spicy.

Redflame asked, "Why are you going to the Galactic Alliance military headquarters? Don't you want to see the sea?"

Leo said seriously, "I like the tall woman on the U3-173 spaceship, and other tall women on the ship. I want to find them."

Holding back the urge to facepalm, Redflame said, "You can change your form and go to the Galactic Alliance military headquarters, but what about me? As a standout mech like me, no matter where I go, I stand out like a firefly in the dark. I'm so conspicuous, so remarkable, what should I do?"

Leo looked a little surprised and said, "I'm going to the Galactic Alliance military headquarters alone."

Redflame paused, "Um? Homie, wait, wait, you're not planning to take me with you?"

Leo nodded, "That's right."

Redflame seemed a little frantic, quickly saying, "Homie, wait, wait, do you know? There are many tall women in Freedom City, women as tall as me! And the sea! Yes, the sea! Let's just go to Freedom City!"

Leo looked at Redflame, then down at a certain part of his own body, trying to stimulate that part with energy, then he furrowed his brows and said to Redflame, "No, your body is too large."

Redflame felt as though his photon brain was about to explode, barely managing to suppress the surging zero-point energy, and said to Leo with gritted teeth, "Oh, Homie, I was just using hyperbole to describe, can you not point that thing at me?"

Leo said sincerely, "I still don't quite understand these things."

Watching Leo's sincere expression, Redflame felt the zero-point energy flowing uncontrollably again.