Arknights' Lock of Heaven

Big Bob didn't want to think about that. He just wanted to buy a farm in Colombia, farm and make wine with his brothers, and live out the rest of his life in peace.

He was older than Niyan and had experienced more hardships.

No matter how rich or powerful they are, that's not what they're after.

After reading the letter, Big Bob was overwhelmed with emotion.

First of all, he and his brothers were saved. The person in front of him was not bloodthirsty. According to Mudrock, he was always kind to the infected.

Moreover, given his connection to Niyan, he wouldn't do anything to them.

Everyone could hear Krol's voice, and the box of gold coins was dazzling.

But all of these people from Rhodes Island refused.

This made Big Bob's understanding of them clearer.

An organization formed by people who cannot be swayed by money...

What they are about to do is absolutely earth-shattering.

152 Poisonous Scheme

Following such a person could easily lead to your demise.

Big Bob didn't have any grand ideals; he just wanted to lead his brothers to escape this cannibalistic world and find a place where they could live their own quiet lives.

“Sir,” he bowed and said in a humble tone, “I am very grateful for your help to Mudrock, but not everyone is like Mudrock.”

"We don't want to stay in the heart of this land; we just hope to find a safe place to eke out a living."

Even though Mudrock's letter highly praised the man named Xia Yu, Big Bob didn't dare gamble with his brothers' lives.

He was afraid.

With each betrayal, his brothers gradually disappeared, and now only a handful of those who were originally by his side are still alive.

They had expected to pay a heavy price again, but to their surprise, the other party had a relationship with Niyan and seemed not to intend to make things difficult for them.

So, given this situation, it's better to be straightforward and say that you don't intend to rely on anyone.

This also provides an opportunity to see if the letter that brought the mudstone is truly as reliable as it claims.

Even if the other party breaks off relations because of your words, so what?

Since everyone's life and death are in the hands of others anyway, can putting on a mask of feigned kinship really change everyone's current situation?

Moreover, Mudstone... although she got along quite well with this strong girl, they were actually just two oddballs in a group of fanatics sticking together for warmth.

The fact that they went to Letania while he came to Casimir shows that the friendship between the two was not actually that deep.

At the very least, one cannot unconditionally trust a complete stranger who was just hostile to them, based on a single letter.

Perhaps when one party is in trouble, the other party will lend a helping hand if they have the means.

But they couldn't entrust themselves and the hundreds of lives behind them to a single letter from the other party.

“Oh, I heard. You’re planning to go to Colombia, right?” Xia Yu wasn’t surprised by his choice at all.

After all, he knew he didn't possess any domineering aura that would make people bow down in worship. For someone like Big Bob, who only wanted to retire and avoid trouble, an organization like Rhodes Island wouldn't be a good place.

After all, Big Bob and his group are different from Mudrock. Although they are poor, they are at least free to come and go. Although the infected are hated, no one will stop them if they want to go to Colombia.

But Mudrock is different; they have already been drawn into Letania's conspiracy, and if they don't find a backer, they will definitely be wiped out by the aftermath of the conspiracy.

The Mainz family, terrified by Xia Yu, might not dare to cause trouble for them, but those within Letania must be very curious about the reasons behind the Mainz family's repeated unusual actions.

For a long time, their attention will be focused on Wolumonde. Ignorance is bliss, and since Xia Yu has never held a knife to their throats, they will not act with the same fear as the Mainz family.

Even the terrified Mainz family might disregard this, since if they were to discover anything, they wouldn't be the only ones to suffer.

People are not worried about scarcity but about inequality – a timeless proverb that resonates across cultures.

I can't be the only one who's having bad luck!

So after learning the truth, the Mudrock Squad decided to enter Rhodes Island.

This was not something Xia Yu could decide in a few words; his words weren't that persuasive, but the facts were.

"Even if you go to Colombia, you'll need money to buy a piece of land, right?"

“She said before that the treasure would be divided into three parts, so there must be one part for you,” Xia Yu said, pointing at Chlor. “You need money, and they need protection, isn’t that perfect?”

Seeing that Xia Yu seemed to have no intention of using them, Big Bob finally breathed a sigh of relief.

He wouldn't object if it were simply a matter of protecting Dishui Village for a period of time in exchange for money.

Although the amount of money might be quite different from what they expected, they were lucky to save their lives, and this third of the treasure was a pleasant surprise for them.

Protecting the village from bounty hunters wouldn't be difficult for them, especially since Xia Yu had previously told Chlor that they could use his and Skadi's names to spread the word that most of the treasure had been taken by them.

Anyway, outsiders don't know how much treasure there is, and in their view, even if Drip Village loses a little, it won't be much.

Those who covet this little bit of stuff are easy for Big Bob to deal with.

Upon seeing this, Big Bob couldn't help but give Chlor a look that was both ashamed and grateful.

He had just been planning to rob her, but she was so generous.

Kelore wasn't really that magnanimous; she knew that people like Xia Yu and Skadi wouldn't stop to protect the small Drip Village. They had their own things to do.

Grani was too weak and alone, so in order to prevent the money from being targeted again, she decided to share the treasure as a reward for protecting the village with the Reunion Movement.

This was also thanks to the good impression Big Bob had given her before; even when the two sides fell out, the other side's reasons were still full of humanity.

He did it so that his brothers could survive.

In fact, Big Bob had plenty of opportunities to turn against him along the way, so why did he have to drag it out until now?

It was precisely because Krol valued his remaining conscience that she dared to let the Reunion Movement members, who knew the location of the treasure, guard the village.

I believe that under the intimidation of Xia Yu and Skadi, they will obediently take only their share.

Although everything seemed to be going well, Krol still looked at the Rhodes Island team with a helpless expression.

While it's good that the village can retain more treasure, but...

No matter how Xia Yu and the others acted as if money was dirt, and they refused to accept money, Luo Er was always uneasy.

It wasn't that she was afraid they would go back on their word, but rather that their noble character made her uneasy.

Do such people really exist in the world?

Looking at the exhausted Grani beside her, and then at Xia Yu and Skadi who looked completely indifferent, Krol felt a sense of unreality.

Is this really not just a dream? The ending is far too beautiful.

Like a knight straight out of a classic novel, he helped me overcome all difficulties and obtain the treasure, but after that, he only took one gold coin by himself.

The treasure contained thousands of gold coins, but they only wanted one.

Krol still remembered Xia Yu's words when she advised Grani to put away the gold coins, saying to treat them as souvenirs or something...

She seemed dazed, then silently pinched her thigh hard.

Instantly, Korre's face turned red.

Really hurts.

But she found joy in this suffering.

It's good that it wasn't just a dream.

The village was truly saved.

Grani, who was resting against an iron box full of gold coins, noticed her flushed face and quickly went over to ask, "Are you alright, Korrol? Are you too tired? Do you want to rest?"

“I’m fine,” Kroll said with a silly grin, looking at Grani’s concerned face. “It’s just that I find it a little unbelievable.”

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“We can’t beat them,” the bounty hunter, who had narrowly escaped Xia Yu’s electromagnetic cannon, slumped in his tent, repeating in fear, “We can’t beat them.”

"Run away, run away quickly!"

Despite his heart-wrenching cries, the tent remained silent.

Initially, they were skeptical of the veracity of the statements made by the escapees.

But after sending men to the battlefield littered with severed limbs, even the most arrogant bounty hunters dared not boast that the calamity was nothing to fear.

Bounty hunters are just bounty hunters. How many of them have actually been on the battlefield? And of those who have been on the battlefield, how many have actually experienced artillery fire?

After news of that horrific scene reached their camp, their morale had already collapsed.

Why are you still sitting here?

That was just a simple feeling of being unwilling to accept it.

They had been searching in Dishui Village for almost two years, and now that the treasure had finally appeared, they had lost everything.

These people are currently experiencing a great deal of inner conflict.

They knew they were no match for someone who could carry around a massive weapon like an electromagnetic cannon, a weapon typically mounted on warships, not to mention that he seemed to be in cahoots with that infamous jinx.

That would render even some clever tactics ineffective.