Hello, Arknights

"Well, Dolan, I'll leave first." Sakota, with a colorful halo on her head, said goodbye to Liberi. The nutrition capsule placed on the passenger seat of the car behind her was the object of her mission.

"Are you sure you want to go alone?" Dolan's calm expression revealed a hint of worry. What he was worried about was certainly not Noah's safety. If the Scepter and the second director of the institute couldn't even guarantee their own safety, then he had better not get involved.

"This child is completely threatening. After all, she is essentially different from the others...there is nothing dangerous in her body." A hint of tenderness flashed in Noah's eyes, and she turned her head slightly to glance at the child in the nutrition cabin.

"Because she is...very dangerous. We don't have time to conduct any formal tests on her. The boss's attitude is also strange. We must send her back to the person as agreed..." Dolan's brows seemed to tighten, feeling strange. "He even said that I can temporarily lift the 'house arrest' and carry out this mission personally..."

"The boss understands our little tricks. He turns a blind eye to them, so we will give him some peace of mind... Is Gufan in Ursus?"

"I've notified her to pick you up...better be careful and be in awe of the unknown." Dolan was not a talkative person. After reminding Noah to be careful on the way again, he took a step back to indicate that it was time for her to leave.

Sakota started the engine, and the locomotive started smoothly, accelerated, and drove into the designated route. As she passed through the open gates one after another, she left the base of the Scepter and the Institute. Noah's eyes flashed, and the vehicle entered a special hidden state.

When the motorcycle drove into the wilderness, Noah let out a breath and loosened her hands that were tightly gripping the steering wheel. She just left the rest to the driving system. She was rarely stunned for a moment, staring at the monotonous roof for a long time, and finally moved her eyes away, her gaze fell on the nutrition cabin.

The child in the cabin was about one or two years old. He was holding a piece of his tail. The horns on his head looked blunt, and he looked innocent and cute against his special hair color.

"...Little one, I'm sorry that you have been soaked in nutrient solution for so long since you were born...But now, you can go back to your family."

Ursus, Tundra Infested Mine 039.

"Hurry up! This is how you thank us for canceling the 'lottery' event for you?!" The fully armed Ursus soldier kicked the mine cart hard. The thin infected person trembling behind the cart trembled all over and stammered: "Master, officer, my leg was hit by ore a few days ago... I can't use my strength--"

"*Ursus swears*! Is that something I should consider?! Anyway, if you don't finish the required amount of tasks today, don't even think about eating! What are you standing there for?! Go push the cart!"

"Okay... okay, Master..."

The infected person in shackles staggered away with difficulty. The soldier cursed, sat down and took out the wine. He hesitated for a moment and shook off his worries: "Forget it, forget it, it shouldn't be a problem to drink a little..."

"Lukasechi, I think you are too gentle to these bastards. Can't you just kill the disobedient ones?" The man was so nauseated by the voice after taking just one sip.

"*Ursus greeting in a friendly way max version*! Yarous, are you asking for a beating? Can't you see I'm drinking?!" Lukasech yelled, then looked away. This man made him sick.

"*Ursus responds* I say, seriously, aren't you being too nice to these rubbish? The brothers are not feeling well because of the lack of draw performances lately."

Lukaszech rolled his eyes and pulled out a crumpled document from his arms. "At least I'm in charge now. If you're a wimp, tell him to come find me instead of complaining down there... By the way, give the remaining trauma medicine to the prisoners later."

"*Ursus swear* Enough! Lukasech, you *Ursus swear* are tired of living, right?! Feed the Empire's medicine to the dogs--"

"I've had enough!" The drunk man smashed the bottle into the face of the cursing soldier, then kicked him down and grabbed him by the collar, his eyes flashing with ferocity:

"Listen, *Exclusive greetings from the Ursus Vanguard*! I'll repeat it again! The order from above is to prepare to abandon this poor mine. Now we are squeezing out the usefulness of these people. Anyway, they will be executed in the end, so why draw lots before that? Wouldn't it be better to let them live a few more days and make more contributions to the empire *Ursus swear*?! The supplies are already being withdrawn. I'm secretly using more of these medicines now. By then, we will have to move one less box and leave this damn place earlier. Do you understand, idiot?!"

"Then...then we can also secretly find a place to put those things--"

"You don't understand, right? If it's discovered, it's a death sentence. And if it's used on these prisoners... then we can report that they stole it themselves. In that case, at most they will be criticized for being 'incompetent', and the infected people can... be executed earlier." Lukascherchi gritted his teeth, his eyes almost spewing fire.

"I, I got it! I'll send someone down to do it right away... Sir, please calm down. I don't know your good intentions. It's me... how do you say that word? Oh, yes, yes, usurpation! It was me who overstepped my bounds. You were busy, you were busy, I didn't see anything..." The soldier who was beaten changed his expression immediately. He forced a smile and lowered his head, giving up the idea of ​​challenging the foreign commander.

Lukaszech sat alone for a long time. There was wind and snow outside the window. He looked at the wine in the cabinet and sighed.

"It's better to leave, it's better to leave... My boy, this land... is really disappointing now."

Lukasech, the former leader of the elite vanguard team, has no son but a nephew. Not long ago, the mine where his nephew worked was attacked by Patriots. It was thought that his nephew had died. Later, Lukasech discovered that his nephew had returned home and taken away all his belongings. His whereabouts are currently unknown.

Naturally, being experienced, he did not make a fuss, but applied to resign from the rank of team leader and voluntarily demoted. The nephew was originally a hot-blooded Ursus man, but many people here were not, and those soldiers were not even as brave as those infected people.

With his experience, he certainly had a way to make the supplies disappear without a trace, but he couldn't bear it and kept thinking of some of the things his only descendant had said.

“Bad luck… Who can break it? Haha…” The middle-aged man, who had become more indifferent to things, lit the document on fire and no longer glanced at the authority of the empire.

"Break this?" On the other side, Ling Dengxian looked up and down at the firewood that was about to be used for burning, and asked in confusion:

"Why don't you do it yourself?"

A certain Elafia: “…”

"Oh, that's not what I meant. We still have a hatchet that we can use... If that doesn't work, Big Bear will work too..."

Alina tilted her head: "Brother Bai, why do I feel...you don't seem to like being alone with me very much?"

Ling Dengxian laughed dryly. He was presumptuous just now, but Alina was right. He was a little afraid of her. Mainly because after spending a few times together, he always felt that his brain was not enough in front of Alina. And he didn't know why he felt that the more he interacted with Alina, the less he and Tallulah had to talk about. After knowing the relationship between him and Texas, the latter always created space for him and Alina to be alone.

Isn't this a misunderstanding?

"My target is you..." Ling Dengxian felt like crying but had no tears in his heart. What was this?

"Well... Mainly because I'm a little worried about leaving Xuanlang alone, after all..."

"Hasn't your tamed beast returned? It's the one called Chi Yu."

"Ahahaha... okay, I'll help you with it." Ling Dengxian couldn't find any excuse, so he gave up struggling and started to work.

"Brother Bai... you seem a little disappointed." Alina smiled sadly, sat down quietly, and watched him fold and chop wood.

"Nothing..."

"Brother Bai, do you want to chase Xiaota?" Alina felt like she had discovered a blind spot.

"Ah?" Ling Dengxian was so shocked that he almost chopped off his fingers.

What did this girl discover?!

"Well, no? I was too talkative." Seeing Ling's casual reaction, the Elafia girl came to a conclusion and nodded to show that she understood.

"You...you didn't misunderstand, did you?" Ling Dengxian felt that something might be wrong.

"No...I'm just a little confused." Alina forced a smile.

"……what?"

"I remember you said, Bai Ge, that you came to our place to find a girl... Is this really okay?"

"So you misunderstood after all, right?!"

"No...wait, did you start--"

"Sister! Stop thinking about it! I beg you! It's not what you think!" Ling Dengxian felt that the child was about to convince herself with "self-consistency" and quickly interrupted her.

"Isn't it?" Alina looked doubtful.

"Alina...I'm still looking for her. I really don't mean anything else."

"I believe it for now...Brother Bai, I will continue to call you that."

"It's useless for me to protest anyway..." Ling Dengxian dealt with the firewood he would use today. When he stopped and was blown by the wind, he felt very cold.

"Would you like to take a walk together?" Ling Dengxian looked at the camp and invited.

"Huh? You're not afraid of me anymore?" Alina smiled.

"Well, mainly because Tallulah is still busy, so I'll walk with you as a rehabilitation exercise." In fact, Ling Dengxian felt that it would be a bit rude to leave her alone after he was done with his work.

"Okay, I heard that Mr. Red and the others are training over there, let's go over and take a look." Alina felt better.