Arknights' Lock of Heaven

"Let me tell you, based on this alone, I'm definitely going to be friends with Xia Yu!"

Gavial said excitedly, "Next year I'll invite him to visit my hometown..."

Hearing this, Huang sighed silently.

“We can talk about those things when we get back. Right now, we need to focus on the important things,” she said to Gavial. “It’s a good thing you spared their lives. We need to hurry up and get them to talk.”

"We must find out who is plotting against us," Huang said, picking up her chainsaw. The roar, combined with the blood still not completely dry on her body and the previous fight with Gavial, terrified the gang thugs.

Seeing their expressions, Huang nodded in satisfaction.

Next came the interrogation to extract information.

It's fortunate that Gavial had already dealt with them quite well beforehand, otherwise a battle would have been inevitable.

"I know about the people who plotted against us."

Before she could even ask a question, Gavial, standing to the side, bluntly said, "John's mom, that's our business partner in Tikkarendo."

"Uh..." Upon hearing this, Huang stopped the roaring chainsaw in his hand.

She glanced at Gavial, then at the terrified gangsters.

"You've already extracted the information from him?"

“What torture?” Gavial said smugly. “Just a bunch of gangsters. We can get the truth out of them by asking a few questions before we start fighting.”

"These people really have no sense of confidentiality at all. They just blurted it out. If there weren't other suspects, I would have suspected that they were lying to me."

At this point, Gavial grabbed the gang leader by the collar and asked, "You're not lying to me, are you?"

The gang leader, who had been incredibly arrogant just moments before, now had a swollen and bruised face, and his hands and feet were bent at an odd angle, clearly indicating that his limbs had been broken.

"No... I wouldn't dare..." he said weakly.

Hearing this, Gavial nodded in satisfaction, then casually tossed the gang leader aside.

“It’s them, no doubt about it,” she smiled slightly. “It seems they really don’t take us seriously. Not only did they send out these scoundrels, but they also couldn’t keep their mouths shut.”

“It seems that Mrs. John has a lot of influence in this city,” Huang said with a serious expression.

"Our information is incorrect."

All indications suggest that the so-called partners are not really interested in cooperating.

Rhodes Island has many enemies on this land.

At first, Huang also suspected that it might be someone with special skills, but seeing the gangsters all over the place, he put aside his doubts.

If they were their old rivals, they wouldn't send out such scum.

They should have faced a more meticulous and deadly assassination attempt.

So it's highly likely that this collaborator, known as John's Mom, had ulterior motives.

Thinking of this, Huang breathed a sigh of relief.

If that's the case, then all we need to do is figure out the reason.

Whether the remaining issues can be resolved, and how to resolve them, is up to the PhD student.

“Let’s go, let’s meet at the safe house,” Huang said to Gavial. “Let’s get the operators out of the city first!”

Hearing this, Gavial nodded and, along with the Guard Operators, ran towards the safe house.

-

"Dah!"

The doctor clutched the bedsheet tightly, "I don't believe it! I can't accept this!!!"

Her mournful cry pierced the sky: "Why is the holiday ending so soon?!"

"Doctor, please be rational," Amiya sighed helplessly. "We've been out for a month already, isn't it normal to take a break?"

"Don't be so willful anymore," Amiya comforted her like an adult. "You still have a lot of work to do!"

"Aaaaah!" Hearing this, the professor grabbed the blanket and covered his head. "I don't want to work!"

"Never mind, Amiya," Xia Yu said, taking Amiya's hand. "We're not leaving until tomorrow. And Doctor, I have some good news for you."

"What good news?" she asked, her eyes brimming with tears as she poked her head out from under the covers.

“The good news is that you don’t have to come back to Rhodes Island with us,” Xia Yu said with a smile. “We’re leaving in a spaceship tomorrow.”

"And you, you're not in the same batch as us."

Upon hearing this, the doctor showed no surprise; instead, his shoulders trembled slightly.

“Tell me, what is the price…” Her eyes were vacant. “I don’t believe there’s such a good thing in the world.”

"You're quite perceptive," Xia Yu said with a smile. "The price... well, naturally, is that a flying vehicle will come to pick you up tonight."

"Are you surprised or surprised?"

Upon hearing this, the doctor stared blankly at Xia Yu.

“Mr. Xia Yu,” Amiya turned around as well, “how come I didn’t know about this?”

Xia Yu handed the communicator to Amiya and explained, "This is a communication sent by our ship early this morning."

"So Huang's team ran into trouble in Columbia and clashed with official forces? Ah, that's questionable, so the Doctor needs to handle it."

"By the way, Amiya, you can also choose whether or not to come along."

"Tonight, Rhodes Island's ground-based aircraft will take you to the city called Tikkarendo."

Hearing this, the Doctor sighed resignedly, then immediately became serious, taking the communicator from Amiya's hand to examine the data.

“Ticalendo, I remember that Rhodes Island’s collaboration with that Columbia Corporation called Mrs. John was supposed to begin before heading to the Grand Knights’ territory…”

At this point, she glanced at someone, "But due to the trouble someone caused in the Grand Knight Territory, our ship has no time to attend to anything else and has to postpone it."

"I didn't expect the problem to be over there, huh? My initial assessment is that our partner attacked us?"

Upon seeing this, the professor stroked his chin. "Interesting."

"I've already given you the message, so hurry up and get ready," Xia Yu shrugged upon hearing this. "Your flight is tonight."

"Why don't you come with me?" Hearing this, the Doctor glanced at him sideways. "After all, it's just a small company. The famous Rhodes Island Special Advisor should be a piece of cake!"

“Oh, what a coincidence,” Xia Yu grinned upon hearing this. “I have to rush back to prepare for the caravan.”

"According to news from Patriots, the situation in the snowfield is becoming increasingly unfavorable."

"Even if it's just to relieve the pressure on the guerrillas, we must set off quickly."

"In Kazimir, everyone is working overtime to prepare supplies. It is estimated that the main supplies will be ready in another two or three days."

"The rest is just waiting for the personnel to arrive."

“Well,” the doctor sighed upon hearing this.

He did know about the situation in the snowfield.

It has to be said that those nobles truly took shamelessness to the extreme.

Since I can't beat you, Patriot, I'll help you spread your fame.

Patriots' reputation in Ursus is soaring...

Countless infected people were greatly encouraged and left their homes to migrate to this barren land of snowfields.

Oppressive government is more ferocious than a tiger; those infected have suffered from Ursus for far too long.

Now the Patriots have stepped forward head-on, unlike the previous skirmishes, they have decisively defeated the coalition of several dukes!

Driven by those with good intentions, the news spread like wildfire throughout Ursus, and more and more people gathered on the snowfields.

Can patriots refuse these people?

No!

Because of the greater good, and because of this banner that had been forced to be raised, he could not refuse any infected person who had not broken the rules.

Otherwise, the huge outpost camp would fall apart.

This move was quite ruthless, and the doctor, as an observer, saw it clearly.

On the one hand, this method of flattery is used to continuously drive out the restless elements in the territory, namely those young and strong infected who are unwilling to become slaves.

It also increased the burden on patriots; how could the barren snowfields support so many people?

On the other hand, they are not worried about the Patriots becoming too powerful. They think that the infected are just a bunch of people who are barely clothed and hungry. How can they compete with their elite forces?

As for Patriot, this legendary warrior, he is indeed a threat, but after he becomes too powerful, the one who is most worried is not any of the great nobles, but the emperor!

As the Emperor of Ursus, he could turn a blind eye to a snowfield guerrilla group, and even use that as an excuse to reprimand the nobles.

But once the guerrilla force expands to tens or hundreds of thousands, he will have no choice but to speak out.

Legitimacy was not only a weapon for the emperor, but also a bargaining chip that nobles could use to check and balance the emperor.

At that time, under the nationwide offensive, how could the Patriots, no matter how powerful, withstand the entire Ursus?

As a nation founded on war, Ursus has not fought a war in a long time.

Everyone, from top to bottom, longed for a war. The civilians wanted to turn their lives around through war, even if it meant becoming a lowly officer, which would be better than being a roadside weed.