Arknights' Lock of Heaven

Unstable elements will cause trouble sooner or later...

Anto chuckled inwardly, but he wasn't particularly flustered.

It wasn't because she had much experience dealing with this kind of situation.

Rather, this was all expected.

He's getting anxious! He's getting anxious! He's really getting anxious!

Anto looked at Thor, "You can't sit still anymore, can you?"

Two days is too short for you, isn't it?

There's no guarantee that Eyjafjalla, Anto, and the Mudrock Squad will all be present at the same time, right?

So you want to muddy the waters, right?

Everything was as expected; contingency plans were in place for the scene in the city hall.

Now all you need to do is...

Anto recalled what Xia Yu had said, and then his face hardened.

"Since you know about the conversation in the city hall, you must know how I answered."

“You said you wouldn’t leave,” Thor said, lowering his head. “But…”

He continued to use words to provoke the rationality of the crowd gathered there.

“But what?” Anto stepped forward. “Are you saying I’ll go back on my word? Or do you think it was just a polite remark?”

“I’ll say it again, I won’t leave,” Anto said, looking around. “Since I was able to abandon my mission and stay here right before the disaster, I won’t give up halfway.”

"As proof, you also know that there are some special 'infected' people in the forest, right? I've spoken with them."

"Their condition is also not optimistic. Tomorrow, they will transfer some of the more seriously ill members to the medical station."

"I admitted six infected patients today, right? More will come tomorrow, so why do you all think I would abandon my patients and leave?"

"After spending so much time together, don't we even have this much trust between us?"

At this point, the infected people around them all lowered their heads in shame.

Anto had never broken her promise to them, which is why they respected her so much.

Looking at the crowd he had convinced, Anto turned and pulled open the tent flap, revealing dozens of medical kits neatly stacked inside.

“As I said, Rhodes Island will do its best to provide some medicine. The first batch has arrived, and the rest are being prepared and will be delivered soon.”

"Now, are you satisfied?"

It's you, not all of you.

In other words, this question is only directed at Thor.

Thor's expression remained unchanged; he had long anticipated that these infected individuals would be persuaded by Anto.

If Anto didn't have this prestige here, Thor wouldn't have chosen her as the fulcrum of his plans.

“Doctor,” Thor said, his head bowed, his voice muffled, “I’m sorry, I was being nosy.”

He didn't need to undermine Anto's prestige here; in fact, he wished Anto's prestige could be as high as possible.

The higher one's prestige, the higher the success rate of one's plans.

All he needs to do is shake the infected.

It doesn't need to be too much, just enough to cause that consultant a little trouble, so that he can't leave here right away.

Just as Xia Yu planned, Thor was indeed in a hurry.

To implement your plan, two things are essential.

First, there's Anto; second, there are the armed infected who call themselves part of the Reunion Movement.

The former is the pillar of the local infected. Her death will ignite the anger of the infected, but even the greatest anger needs to be maintained, so the latter is needed.

Although he only learned a little about the Reunion Movement from the newspaper, it was undoubtedly an extremist group of infected people.

He believed that as long as he started a fire, these restless, armed infected people would naturally be happy to add fuel to the fire.

After all, stirring up conflict between infected people and ordinary people is the core business of the Reunion Movement.

Of course, just to be on the safe side, those who die in the first fire must include members of the Reunion Movement.

Thor secretly investigated them, and although he couldn't contact their leader, he learned that they were extremely protective of their companions.

Miss Adele is an option; having her would be best, but if not...

That's alright.

Thor lowered his head and squeezed through the crowd.

The original plan shouldn't have stopped here.

But he got additional information from Anto.

Tomorrow, infected individuals from the Reunion Movement will come for treatment.

God-given opportunity.

104 beautiful girls with white hair and red eyes!

Thor left the camp.

Xia Yu knew that he must have gone to find a suitable scapegoat.

After all, he didn't intend to actually die in the fire he started.

Oh, and we also need to prepare one for Biederman.

After all, in the ensuing turmoil, someone will be needed to fan the flames.

Hmm, considering his frozen Originium Arts, perhaps the scapegoat's corpse was already prepared?

After all, the method used involved an instantaneous burst of flames reaching thousands of degrees Celsius, so perhaps the corpse used didn't need to be so particular.

After all, no one would have the energy to find out everything after Anto's death.

Everyone is busy dealing with the unrest.

Thor wasn't worried at all that Bitderman would expose him after discovering he hadn't died as agreed.

After all, once the fire broke out, Biederman had no way out and could only be led by the nose.

Since Dr. Anto was already dead, as his accomplice, he had no choice but to go down a dark path.

This weak person is incredibly easy to control.

A few sweet words can sway his heart.

Xia Yu took a sip of water and then continued to stare at the aggressive young girl in front of her.

It seemed that the little girl saw Xia Yu's act of drinking water midway through their eye contact as a symbol of victory, and her eyes narrowed triumphantly.

But he soon discovered that his opponent had returned to the 'battlefield,' so he widened his eyes, puffed out his cheeks, and returned to the standoff with 'fierce' aggression.

Caprini's horns were mostly solid and thick, but the little girl's horns were still very immature, so they weren't as exaggerated as her parents'... horns.

The little girl's horns, with their spiral patterns, curved slightly backward. They were more like decorations than body parts. Xia Yu had little knowledge of animals and could not identify her prototype.

But it's probably just a type of sheep.

Finally, under the combined effects of a dry mouth and the scorching sun, the little girl gave up.

She glared at Xia Yu one last time, unwilling to give up, as if trying to drive away the bad guy who wanted to take Sister Anto away from her with her eyes. Then, clutching the doll in her arms, she ran towards her mother.

"Ugh, the fun's over," Xia Yu leaned against Eyjafjalla's little black sheep like a salted fish. "Why isn't the sun setting yet...?"

In the evening, you can go and chat with the white-haired, red-eyed beauty.

so annoying!

No matter where they went, they were ignored by the infected, and this feeling of rejection permeated the entire camp.

“Senior, if you’re bored, I have a few books here,” Eyjafjalla said, taking her eyes off the Doctor’s notes after hearing Xia Yu’s complaint. She then took out a few books and placed them in front of Xia Yu.

"This is the basic introduction to Originium, this is the structure of spell formulas, this is an analysis of ancient sorcery, and..."

"Spare me," Xia Yu cried, clutching her head in anguish. "If I could understand all this, I wouldn't be a humanities student..."

"Hey, if you're into humanities, I also have the history of Letania here..."

“No, no need,” Xia Yu waved her hand weakly. “Do you have any novels? Whether they’re world classics or popular literature?”

Then Eyjafjalla put down her bag in frustration.

Yeah, you can tell at a glance that there's no such thing.

It's not that Xia Yu can't get into these books, but she really... gets completely confused when she reads them.

After all, it's too much to ask someone who doesn't even have a kindergarten education to read serious research books that require a doctoral degree.

There's no way around it; the infrastructure isn't good enough. Reading those advanced Originium introductions is like listening to gibberish.

Even if you brought Einstein here, and asked him to study Eyjafjalla's books without understanding Terra's basic technology, he would still feel very lost.