Arknights' Lock of Heaven

Tianhuo nodded in sudden realization.

"Is this why Rhodes Island acted on its own without reporting to Siesta?"

At this point, her brows furrowed with anger. "These politicians...don't they care at all about the lives of ordinary people?"

“I don’t know about that,” Xia Yu shrugged upon hearing this, “but it’s alright, we still have time to verify it.”

"Does this even need verification?" Tianhuo angrily slammed his staff. "These politicians... ha, not a single one of them is a good person!"

“I disagree with that,” a woman’s voice interrupted their conversation.

"However, the situation is urgent, and I wonder if any of you could lend a hand... Ah! My skirt!"

Upon hearing this, the group turned around simultaneously. Skyfire and Eyjafjalla gripped their staffs tightly, while Provence raised his crossbow.

Everyone present was extremely intelligent. If Siesta really was like that... with two faces, one in public and one in private, then if someone overheard what I just said, I would be in trouble.

However, they were all stunned when they saw who it was.

Well, Tianhuo's outfit was already quite inappropriate for this place, otherwise she wouldn't have been complaining so much.

But compared to the girl in front of her, Tianhuo's skirt wasn't so bad.

At least, she can still run, right? And she can use her staff while running.

Like the girl in front of me, she was wearing a long dress and could only run by holding up the dress with both hands... and her speed was unbearable to watch.

Everyone was momentarily stunned when they saw the girl in her gorgeous dress.

Whose daughter is this, and why is she here?

Still dressed like this? Still being chased by Originium bugs?

Ceylon looked at the stunned group of people in front of her and felt somewhat frustrated.

I'm having such bad luck today.

First, there was the data from the monitoring station... then there were the dozen or so Originium Bugs behind me...

Is even the heavens preventing me from investigating the truth?

"Rescue!"

After a two-second pause, Provence, the messenger of natural disasters, was the first to react, raising his crossbow and aiming at an Originium Bug.

Tianhuo raised his staff, then reluctantly put it down.

Although there's hardly any vegetation left around, so I don't need to worry about forest fires, but...

That young lady...

Her Originium Arts had a large range, and if she just threw it out like that, even if she intentionally controlled the range to prevent the shockwave and flames from reaching her, this was a wasteland full of rubble.

At this distance, there's no chance a piece of rock might be blown up by the explosion and give this young lady a good thrashing.

Tianhuo dares not gamble.

A weaker one is useless; these Originium bugs are, after all, grown in volcanoes and have maxed out their resistance to fire.

If it's too powerful, it's easy to accidentally injure someone.

So she could only watch helplessly as Provence displayed its might.

Meanwhile, Eyjafjalla turned her gaze to Xia Yu.

"senior……"

Upon hearing her voice, Tianhuo realized what was happening.

Yes, wasn't this consultant supposed to be here to protect us?

Thinking of this, she looked at Xia Yu with shining eyes.

To be honest, she had long been curious about Xia Yu's so-called Originium Arts.

Seeing their gazes, Xia Yu smiled gently and walked towards the young lady and the Originium Bug.

Provence stopped shooting arrows when he saw this.

Seeing them standing there confidently, and with some people walking towards her, Ceylon breathed a sigh of relief.

There's always a way out; it seems my fate isn't sealed today.

We've run into a master.

Originium bugs... well, they come in all sizes.

It's tiny and quite cute.

Big one...

As a species found throughout Terra, countless people have sworn they have seen Originium Bugs larger than houses.

But ultimately, no one has presented any concrete evidence.

In Ceylon's eyes, the swarm of Originium bugs behind him was larger than he had ever seen in his life.

They were all up to my waist; being hit by these Originium bugs would definitely not be pleasant.

But that's not the key issue; the key issue is the sharp spikes on the Originium Bugs.

Those spikes are almost all made of Originium... like the Tetanus Blade, they're not exactly deadly, but they'll definitely make you wish you were dead.

The fate of those infected, oh dear.

Seeing the handsome green-haired man walking towards her, Ceylon almost cried tears of joy.

Although Xia Yu was always a little helpless when others mistook her gender, she never thought about changing her face.

After all, we're already familiar with it.

However, since her various appearances and clothing styles are mostly masculine, over time people no longer immediately recognize her as a woman.

Before he could finish speaking, he lost his footing and was about to fall into the pile of rubble. If he hit it hard, even if he didn't break any bones, he would definitely get a disfigurement.

Seeing this, Xia Yu rushed forward and arrived in front of Ceylon in a few flashes.

Those watching from behind, including Tianhuo and Provence, gasped in shock.

This speed is simply inhuman.

Ceylon was already filled with the thought that everything was over. Seeing Xia Yu arrive so quickly, before she could even think, her hand was already reaching out to Xia Yu.

Unexpectedly, Xia Yu showed no mercy and did not gentlemanly help her as she was about to fall. Instead, he skillfully grabbed the collar of her gorgeous dress by the back of her neck.

This nearly strangled Ceylon to death; he died on the spot.

After all, she had been leaning forward, and now her collar was being pulled around the back of her neck, causing Ceylon to roll her eyes on the spot.

The three people behind them were stunned when they saw this.

This technique... ugh...

Why does it look so familiar?

Tianhuo couldn't help but recall that when he happened to pass by the medical department, it seemed that the doctor was also grabbed by the back of the neck and thrown out of the medical department by Xia Yu in the same way.

Xia Yu felt something was off, and only when he realized that Xilan couldn't take it anymore and grabbed his clothes tightly did he suddenly wake up.

They pulled up Ceylon, which was tilted at a 45-degree angle to the ground.

Ah this...

He touched his chin, a hint of embarrassment flashing across his face.

Honestly, it wasn't that he was insensitive; it was just that he'd gotten used to carrying the doctor around like this over the past few months. Seeing Ceylon falling towards the rubble and the back of her neck, he didn't think much before making his move.

He felt a little embarrassed looking at Ceylon, who was panting heavily and patting his chest after he helped him up.

A few seconds later, Ceylon finally caught her breath. Before she could even look at Xia Yu, she saw more than a dozen aggressive Originium Bugs rushing towards her.

Startled, she immediately grabbed Xia Yu's hand and tried to run away.

There was no time to think about it.

For example, Xia Yu is still standing in the same place, so she must have something to rely on.

However, it's understandable. After all, she's just a young lady from a wealthy family who hasn't experienced much hardship. It's normal for her to panic when faced with a life-or-death situation.

The fact that she didn't run away and abandon Xia Yu but instead went to help him shows that she's a really good person.

Ceylon tugged at Xia Yu, but couldn't budge her. He raised his eyebrows and was about to turn and speak when he noticed Xia Yu casually lifting her foot.

Then he stomped down.

In an instant, the mountains collapsed and the earth cracked.

The powerful magic, with its unstoppable force, swept across the earth, creating a series of explosions.

The ground she had just run across shattered instantly, with countless pebbles exploding like popped beans. In the blink of an eye, the once menacing bodies of the dozens of Originium Insects were riddled with holes.

Upon seeing this, Ceylon opened his mouth wide enough to fit an egg.

The three people behind them weren't much better off.

Tianhuo subconsciously poked Provence's big tail.

"Hey, Big Tail, did you understand? That's how he did it?"