Arknights' Lock of Heaven

Looking at the consultant's helpless expression and considering the current time, Fen suddenly understood everything.

only……

"Isn't this a bit inappropriate?" she said tactfully. "I understand your concerns, but is it really appropriate to just use Originium Arts to knock them out directly..."

The advisor is incredibly skilled in Originium Arts; not to mention, much of the equipment he's wearing is his creation.

After putting on this set of equipment, Finn was confident that he could beat three of his former selves.

“Oh, this has nothing to do with Originium Arts,” Xia Yu replied with a smile. “It’s just simple pharmacology. You know, I’m also affiliated with the medical department, so dispensing sleeping pills is a piece of cake.”

"Ah, this..." Finn wanted to say that drugging them and using Originium Arts to knock them out didn't seem to make much difference, but looking at the advisor's kind smile and then at the rows of people floating in mid-air behind him, well, combined with the timing, it was enough to make a horror movie.

So she immediately nodded in agreement.

Yes, yes, you're absolutely right.

Seeing her heartfelt expression, Xia Yu smiled helplessly and then handed the sleeping Eyjafjalla to Fen.

"Please have you and Lion Scorpion take the girls back to their rooms. I'll take care of the boys."

"Oh, okay," Finn quickly took Eyjafjalla from his arms and followed him into the dormitory area.

"Let me tell you, this is not your ordinary sleeping pill. It's a tea that combines a series of functions, including hair growth, treatment of endocrine disorders, skin whitening, prevention of chronic diseases, and sleep aid. Outside, the tea leaves alone would cost at least hundreds of thousands per ounce."

"Want some? You work so hard every night shift, and you still have to give these troublesome goalkeepers a little treat. Consider it a small perk from me."

"Hey, this," Finn was shamelessly tempted upon hearing this. She had just been speechless at the consultant's method of drugging her, but upon hearing about the effects... how could anyone refuse!

But this price... is too expensive, she was a little embarrassed to ask.

Before she could even speak, she felt something extra in her pocket, and then looked at Xia Yu sheepishly.

The latter smiled slightly at her and explained, "Don't worry, I didn't develop this to make money. I plan to put it into everyone's monthly subsidy as an employee benefit after a period of cultivation and when the production volume increases. There are more people like you who work the night shift than others."

"Don't feel guilty, just consider it a little surprise in the middle of the night. By the way, the price I mentioned before was just a joke. I've never sold this stuff to anyone else. No one has used it except for Aya from the medical department and the group of people in front of you."

“Then I thank you, Mr. Consultant,” Finn said, nodding generously in thanks.

Xia Yu was very satisfied with this, after all, even the best wine needs advertising, and the reputation of this product needed to be spread first.

As Xia Yu escorted the sleeping operatives back to their respective rooms, she pondered.

Yes, we need to increase production quickly. Once we get to the Patriot, there will be a huge mess waiting for me and everyone on the Orville. Overtime... is unavoidable.

We're short of talent, and there's nothing we can do but compensate everyone with material things.

Overtime pay should be high, rewards should be good, and everyone's health should be guaranteed. We can't let people break down, because we still need these key personnel to do important things in the future.

The loss of even one of them would be heartbreaking.

Sigh, I need to have a good talk with everyone in the research department tomorrow. After learning that the technology they're researching is going to be used on the battlefield, these people have completely disregarded their health and are working overtime night after night.

Especially after the data collected during the annihilation of the Sixth Army was transmitted back, they didn't rest for a moment...

Xia Yu could understand their mentality to some extent. Even though she knew it was necessary, she still felt that the data in her hands was obtained at the cost of other people's lives. It was clearly her decision and her actions that were made. It was clearly none of their business. Everyone knew this, but in the clash between reason and emotion, they still felt guilty.

Well, he doesn't dislike people like that; kindness is a wonderful quality.

However, we really can't keep getting so caught up in this narrow-mindedness; their bodies probably can't take it anymore.

412 The old drunkard's intention was not in the wine.

"My data!!!"

At noon, Klose and Beagle looked at each other in bewilderment as they listened to the chaotic sounds coming from outside the researchers' dormitory.

"Mr. Consultant, what's inside?" They looked at Xia Yu, who seemed to have expected this, with a pleading look.

"It's nothing, they've just gone crazy again," Xia Yu sighed and replied.

Just as the two were about to speak, the dormitory gate was suddenly pushed open with a bang, and a figure rushed out, howling like a ghost, and was about to run towards the research lab.

Seeing this, Xia Yu quickly grabbed the back of her neck and lifted the 1.65-meter-tall researcher up.

Where do you want to go?

"Huh? Captain?" The researcher twisted in mid-air upon seeing him. "Let go of me! It's just working overtime, why did you have to drug us all?"

Upon hearing this, Klose and Beagle at the door gasped, seemingly stunned...

Even Klose's eyes widened in shock.

Is this a big deal? More than twenty researchers? Is working overtime something enjoyable? Why do you all... act like not working overtime is going to kill you?

While they were still in shock, the other researchers also came out one after another, and then watched as the consultant began to verbally attack him, as if preventing them from working overtime was some heinous crime.

The two people standing nearby were dumbfounded.

But Xia Yu wasn't going to tolerate them. With a wave of her hand, she used golden chains to suspend everyone securely in mid-air, ready to leave.

“Ah, Mr. Consultant, isn’t this…” Seeing this, Klose hurriedly stopped him, “They’re not bad…”

"No, where do you think I'm taking them?" Xia Yu looked at her speechlessly. "Are you going to throw them overboard?"

"Oh, where are you taking them?"

"Go eat!" Xia Yu said irritably. "If I don't force them, do you believe that none of them will eat breakfast today?"

"Oh, I see," Klose, who knew the true nature of these researchers well, chuckled and scratched her head. "Well then, good luck!"

Xia Yu looked at the somewhat simple-minded girl, sighed, patted her on the shoulder, and then left the dormitory area with a group of people behind her.

Well, actually, Klose isn't stupid... it's just... never mind.

Klose always faces everything with a smile. After being stigmatized for contracting Oripathy, she left the Holmgard Guard in Columbia with Finn and Beagle. It was she who secretly gathered intelligence and found Rhodes Island.

The way she usually acts is simply because she's slow-paced, and has nothing to do with being naive.

Beagle, on the other hand, is quite simple-minded.

And so, Xia Yu, with a long line of people behind her, paraded through the city on the Orville, attracting stares from everyone they encountered along the way.

"Let me tell you, I really saw a ghost last night when I was on night shift!" In the cafeteria, an operator with huge dark circles under his eyes complained to his friend, "A whole bunch of people wearing our Rhodes Island uniforms were floating around in mid-air, and it was 3:30 in the morning!"

"I was so scared that I didn't dare to breathe. Do you think this place might have bad feng shui? Is there something unclean about it?"

"You're from Yan, you know this best!"

“No, even if the feng shui here is really bad, and there are unclean things, they shouldn’t be wearing our Rhodes Island uniforms, right? They’re local ghosts, they have nothing to do with Rhodes Island,” his friend said speechlessly. “Besides, not every Yan countryman understands this… just like I don’t know martial arts.”

“That means the ship has bad feng shui,” the initial operative said confidently. “Do you think something might have happened to this ship in the past…”

“There’s no such thing as ‘before’,” his friend said, even more speechless. “This ship was first put into service by us after it came off the shipyard. Didn’t you go with me when we took it over?”

"But... I really didn't lie about what happened last night," the operator said, sounding aggrieved. "I really saw a huge group of people wearing our Rhodes Island uniforms floating down the corridor. You have to believe me!"

Just then, the friend whose view was directly facing the door opened his eyes wide, as if he had seen something unbelievable, and even the chopsticks in his hand fell to the ground involuntarily.

"No, I really saw it. Don't look so incredulous. I'm not lying. You have to believe me."

“I believe you,” his friend grabbed his hand, snapping him out of his shock by his voice. “I believe you really saw it, but listen to me, those people weren’t ghosts?”

"If they're not ghosts, what kind of people would all be floating around in the hallway at 3:30 in the morning?"

"Then why don't you look back?"

Upon hearing this, the operator, feeling as if he had seen a ghost, turned around.

Great, another person has been shocked.

In the canteen, many operators who were eating stared in disbelief as the advisor dragged a large group of people in.

Where is the banquet I booked?

Upon hearing his question, the cafeteria staff looked bewildered and instinctively pointed him in a direction.

In a corner of the cafeteria, a sumptuous meal had already been served, just waiting for people to arrive.

Seeing this, Xia Yu nodded her thanks to the staff, and then led a large group of researchers who looked utterly hopeless towards that place.

Upon arrival, the golden chains, like planting vegetables, carefully placed them down, one radish per hole.

"Come on, don't be shy, everyone, start eating!" Xia Yu sat in the middle with a big smile on her face. "This meal is on me, don't worry, just think of it as starting the meal early for you."

Unfortunately, there were no Yan Chinese among the researchers, so they couldn't understand the sarcastic opening remarks... Plus, everyone was really hungry after sleeping until now. Since their boss was treating, they decided not to be shy and started eating as if seeking revenge.

Even Eyjafjalla was like that; her whirlwind speed made Xia Yu wonder... could this kid have been knocked out by her without having eaten dinner last night? Hmm, maybe that's really possible!

Only the earth spirit sensed something and hesitated, refusing to eat.

"Eat up, why aren't you eating?" Xia Yu smiled at her.

"There might be sleeping pills in here too, right?" she asked hesitantly.

At the same time, Eyjafjalla, who was sitting opposite the two, suddenly stopped scooping soup into her mouth, looked up at Xia Yu with eyes full of accusation.

"Ah, of course not. A balance between work and rest is the key. You've been sleeping for so long, how can we let you keep sleeping?"

Hearing this, Eyjafjalla breathed a sigh of relief, put the soup on her spoon into her mouth, and then Xia Yu said, "If you continue like this, then who knows what might happen."

"After all, you are all precious treasures. If one or two of you die from overwork, Kal'tsit will tear me apart when we get back!"

Hearing his exaggerated words, the Earth Spirit shook his head helplessly, "Dr. Kal'tsit is still quite reasonable..."

“That’s hard to say,” Xia Yu sighed. “So just in case, each of you will receive a special tea from me every day after get off work, and you must drink it before leaving the lab!”