Arknights' Lock of Heaven

He locks himself in a secret room, but only dares to vent his anger on a group of civilians and a small town.

They dared not mention the brazen kidnappers at all.

Suddenly, a thought arose in his mind.

There's a reason why such a large family was overwhelmed by the twin queens and had to resort to marriage alliances for mutual support.

“Father, then Wolumonde should…”

"Do I even need to say that?" Old Mainz glared at Streich upon hearing this. "Start gathering supplies immediately, and after the wedding, you will personally lead the supplies there!"

“Me?” Streich stared blankly at his father.

"Who else could it be?" Old Mainz turned and left the secret room. "Don't worry, I'll talk to your fiancée."

Strachey was left sitting alone, seemingly lost in thought.

……

"The fourth one!"

While the Mainz family was preparing for the wedding and purchasing supplies, Xia Yu was also happily doing free shopping.

To be honest, there's really nothing to talk about with these political animals. Verbal threats are too weak for them; they'll do anything unless a knife is held to their throat.

Therefore, losses in terms of material benefits are what will leave the deepest impression on them and make them unforgettable for life.

Moreover, Kal'tsit had hinted to me before I came that I shouldn't go too far.

Although Old Mainz's reasoning was wrong from the start, there was one thing he was right about.

That is to say, he is truly a crucial part of Leitania's current peacekeeping efforts.

Xia Yu didn't want to cause war to break out in the peaceful country of Letania just by coming here.

Therefore, we should just squeeze every last drop of Originium from this Mainz family city.

After kidnapping the newlyweds and hanging them on the top of the tower, Xia Yu was not idle. In their eyes, Xia Yu was leisurely watching the sunrise, but in secret, hundreds of one-time familiars had already figured out the city.

Now, all that's left is to take action.

122 Aren't you super envious?

13:57 pm

wilderness.

To be honest, Xia Yu prefers driving an off-road vehicle and listening to the roar of the engine as she speeds freely across the ground rather than flying herself.

At least until I get bored.

After all, in his previous life, he had never touched a car since getting his driver's license in college, and there were no motor vehicles for him to drive in the game.

So he's still having a blast driving.

Perhaps one day I'll suddenly feel tired of driving and switch to another mode of transportation.

But that's not today.

As for why, it's because of this bumper harvest!

Putting everything else aside, this haul is comparable to that of Chernobyl.

Don't underestimate this amount. Chernobog is a mining city, so there are naturally many Originium ingots coming and going. But Dresden is a commercial city-state, and it doesn't have a lot of Originium stockpiled. The fact that it can catch up with Chernobog already shows that the Mainz family has accumulated a lot of Originium.

It's important to understand that in this world where civilization is built upon Originium, Originium is undoubtedly a strategic resource, even more important than oil on Earth in the previous world.

It's no exaggeration to say that after Xia Yu's looting, this mobile city will be forced to stay put, unless the Mainz family can bring supplies from elsewhere.

If the Mainz family found out, they would surely lodge a tearful complaint, saying that not only was the city in disarray, but they couldn't even turn on the lights in the wedding hall...

However, it costs money to transport source stones over.

Oh, sorry, because I was in a bad mood before, Xia Yu bought all the precious metals in the tower for free.

If you want to buy something, you can only use the money in your account.

Well, while passing by, I heard the old men from Mainz calling everyone "lowly people" again, which made me even more annoyed, so I looted the library in the tower as well.

It's worth noting that Xia Yu expended a magical energy equivalent to that of Ishtar's Noble Phantasm just to store these books.

In some ways, the loss of these books was even more devastating than Dresden remaining stagnant.

Why is it called the Tower? Why does it hold such a prestigious position in Letania?

It's because they monopolize the most advanced knowledge.

Among them, the situation is most serious in the towers that are controlled by the family.

Therefore, these books can be said to be the foundation upon which the Mainz family was founded.

The Mainz family, without the city's Originium, might ask the Loren family for help, but without the library, the Mainz family would definitely keep this news tightly under wraps.

Even if we see these books on the black market later, we must insist that they are definitely not from our family.

In terms of value, these books are worth far more than all the Originium in the city.

The collection of a towering family in Letania, spanning over a century, has become so popular that countless people have been throwing money around trying to buy it.

Of course, a cunning rabbit has three burrows, and a family with a history spanning hundreds of years would naturally have more than just one library, but that's a story for another time.

Xia Yu wasn't worried at all that after doing so much, the Mainz family would stop their rescue of Wolumonde because Dresden was stuck in place.

They might even put in more effort.

Even if we run out of money, we have to borrow money to gather the supplies.

After all, if I can empty a city today without anyone noticing, I can naturally take your whole family's lives tomorrow as well.

So there's absolutely no need to worry about them breaking their promise.

That's how these people are—cheapskates. You can talk to them nicely about responsibilities and obligations for ages, but it's useless. You have to put a knife to their throats to make them obey.

Putting everything else aside, if Xia Yu hadn't just flown away when she left, but had obediently climbed down the tower like them, hmph.

Maybe we'll get to see another side of them.

So after realizing their true nature, Xia Yu didn't bother with any further negotiation.

The next afternoon.

After getting out of the car, Xia Yu greeted Lion Scorpion and hummed a little tune as she walked toward Anto's tent.

Then I saw the doctor rubbing his head while flipping through the documents in his hand.

Hmm, Xia Yu felt a little guilty.

Because he had already seen the contents of the document thanks to his superhuman eyesight.

It refers to the so-called supplies that I abandoned back then.

"You're back," the doctor looked up and saw Xia Yu, waving him kindly. "Come, come, sit down. I have a question for you."

"What's the problem?" Xia Yu swallowed and sat down in front of the professor.

"Look at this."

The doctor handed over a document.

Ursus standard military rations – three tons.

One hundred military tents in Ursus.

Ursus military...

Ah, upon seeing this, Xia Yu slapped her forehead, realizing she had forgotten about this.

Other things can be given away, since those bandits don't know where they went anyway, but Ursus is different.

“It seems you understand now,” the Doctor sighed. “I asked Manticore where these things came from. You can’t just give them away like that… Perhaps these things and Ursus behind him are insignificant to you, but it’s a different story for the people in this city…”

“Yes, I was too naive,” Xia Yu sighed. “It was too easy to obtain, even easier than fighting bandits, which made me overlook the threat behind it…”

Upon hearing this, the doctor raised an eyebrow sharply beneath his mask.

Ah, taking down an active-duty Ursus warship is far too easy, not to mention its cannons and hundreds of soldiers...

Ha ha.

Taking a deep breath, the doctor tried to maintain his calm tone, "It's good that you know."

"So, the next question."

"As far as I know, Rhodes Island currently has no plans to expand its operations into Letania, right?"

"Shouldn't you be the one to ask?" Xia Yu was taken aback. "Or at least you could ask Kal'tsit."

Why are you asking me about something like this?

"I won't ask how you managed to transport all this junk over here, but the problem is that Wolumonde has already prepared the land for us to build a pharmaceutical factory..."

"You should know why they did that, right?"

The doctor said quietly, "How am I supposed to tell them we have no plans to expand our business? If we tell them now that we won't build a factory here, rumors might spread in Wolumond tomorrow that we're no longer supporting them, and the day after tomorrow a riot will start."

“There was no need to say anything,” Xia Yu replied matter-of-factly. “We could just drag it out, and once the crisis is over, we could just pack up and leave.”