Arknights' Lock of Heaven

Seeing that Sona wanted to say something, Xia Yu waved her hand.

"You don't think that what I showed in the arena was my full strength, do you?"

It's perfectly normal for Xia Yu to make this choice.

After all, the list will already be in hand by then, so there's no need to create a threat that Kazimierz can deal with at a certain cost.

Secondly, once the spies from other countries have been dealt with, there's no need for them to pretend anymore; they can just lay their cards on the table to prevent them from causing any trouble.

Thirdly, he himself didn't want to act anymore.

It's time to let the nations of Terra know the importance of air superiority.

228. Can the medicine from Rhodes Island really cure diseases?

How important is air superiority?

That's a good question. You can ask any netizen online, and they can give you a whole story.

Why can an aircraft carrier be considered a true major weapon of a great power?

Why have battleships, capable of destroying a building with a single shot, disappeared from the modern era?

It's all because everyone has realized the importance of air superiority.

In Terra... none of the countries have any sense of national consciousness.

There were hardly any aircraft in the sky.

The most widespread application is drones; even mediocre mercenaries will grit their teeth and buy a few.

Because this thing really works.

It is very useful for reconnaissance, preemptive attack, or harassment of logistics.

Of course, this is limited to private groups, because they simply cannot afford to buy many drones, so they can only use them for auxiliary purposes.

Meanwhile, some major powers are already researching drone swarm attacks.

However, this progress is still a long and arduous task.

Because Terra's drones are not something just anyone can use.

A warlock, another warlock.

Without some professional knowledge such as advanced Originium theory, you really can't play this game.

Aside from drones, there really aren't any other significant forces in the sky.

Oh, Ursus also has the Imperial Artillery Forecaster, a large reconnaissance device.

Ultimately, however, none of the countries possessed particularly strong air power.

They weren't lacking in technological support; the assets left by their ancestors were enough to feed them for thousands of years.

Rhodes Island has aircraft, and Xia Yu doesn't believe that those major powers really don't have a single one.

But the fact is, no matter the battlefield or the war, large-scale aircraft have never appeared.

It seems... the Terrans don't pay attention to the sky.

But how could anyone who has ever been in contact with an aircraft not see its potential?

Xia Yu couldn't quite understand it.

But that did not stop his ambition to become a humanoid aerial gunship.

After all, it's not like I haven't been up in the sky before; the Noble Phantasm that struck from ten thousand meters above the ground in Chernobog.

It feels... well, it's definitely different from Absolute Demonic Front, but it doesn't pose much of a threat to me.

Rather, if there were any real dangers in the sky that would deter the Terrans, it would actually benefit Xia Yu.

From then on, he was the only one who could bombard the ground with aerial artillery fire.

To be honest, although I don't think the Terrans can do anything to me, I'm afraid they might pull out some weird and wonderful treasure.

Who knows what level of technology the early inhabitants of Terra had actually reached?

However, it doesn't matter. Xia Yu has the Twelve Trials permanently fixed on her body, and even if she sees the sunset three times, she can bring surprises to her opponents at any time.

Or frightened.

"Are you really... sure?"

Sona looked at Xia Yu with a serious expression, "This is no joke."

“If we were to intervene, there would be an agreement with the Securities and Futures Commission.”

"But you made a move..."

“I told you, this is my sincerity,” Xia Yu interrupted her.

"From my perspective, I should stand by and watch until you are abandoned by the Securities and Futures Commission and until you are hunted down by the Business Council."

"When the time comes, I just need to take you all with me, and my plan will naturally be completed."

"Then why..." Sona couldn't understand.

"But, Sona, do you know that sometimes profit isn't the best option?"

"It's not the only one."

"Perhaps you live in the city of the Great Knight Territory and are used to the deceit and treachery, but you should know that there are still people in the world who do not act for their own selfish interests."

"Of course, I am not such a great person, nor would I boast about it, but what can I do when my companions are?"

"If this situation is allowed to continue, the infected will definitely become pariahs in the Great Knight Territory."

"By then, even if we take you all away, what about the rest?"

"It's impossible for you to have all the infected people from the entire Great Knight Territory gathered here, right?"

"So, instead of trying to solve problems when they arise, why not prevent the fire from spreading to the infected in the first place?"

"Therefore, we will take action."

Xia Yu reached out her hand to Sona.

"This is my sincerity towards you and towards Hongsong. What do you think?"

Seeing this, Sona always managed a smile on her worried face.

"I suddenly realized that the snowy region isn't such a bad choice after all."

She took Xia Yu's hand.

……

"How are they?" Nearl looked at Shining. Even she could tell that the infected people were not in good physical condition.

"It's strange..."

Shining frowned upon hearing this.

"Hmm? Isn't it terrible?" Nearl looked around at the infected people, each of them looking pale and listless...

The large, exposed Originium crystals were terrifying.

The blockade imposed on them by the Wuzha Alliance these days has resulted in a shortage of supplies.

Fortunately, with the help of Skadi and Manticore, the infected knights of Red Pine were able to find time to go out and collect food, and these little squirrels also had the habit of hoarding food.

Otherwise, just providing food, drink, and basic necessities for these people would be a problem.

"No, it's not that it's terrible, but..."

Shining wore an expression as if she had witnessed something illogical, and struggled for a long time, unsure how to describe it.

This was the first time Nearl had ever seen Shining with such an expression.

Having spent so many years together, she thought she knew this companion who called himself a traveling doctor very well.

Truly, she had never seen such an expression before—not on the battlefield, not when she was powerless to help a patient after a rescue attempt and could only watch them slowly die…

"It's weird."

Just then, the nightingale spoke.

A hint of disbelief crossed her face. For the usually melancholic Nightingale to show such an expression, Nearl knew that this problem was definitely not minor.

Could it be that the Great Knights and those corporations are conducting human experiments on infected individuals again? Is the Unarmored Alliance hunting them down to silence them?

After gaining a basic understanding of the camp's situation, Lin Guang couldn't help but think this.

But the next moment, the nightingale gave a completely different answer.

"These people...are their conditions improving?"

Upon hearing this, Lin Guang's eyes widened.

Is it getting better?

No, can Oripathy really get better?

Isn't it enough to just keep it from getting worse?