Without Alona, ​​I can only use the airdrop system.

After returning to the Eden base, the rest of the group rested, while Zhang Ziling went to see Cecil about the process of making the antidote.

The teacher and Hina sat on a bench in the base garden. Hina sat on the teacher's lap, gently leaning against his chest, while the teacher held Hina's smooth and soft little hand. The two enjoyed a leisurely rest together.

After an unknown amount of time, Hina looked up at her teacher:

"teacher."

"Ok?"

"I'm very happy to have left Kiwatos and come to this world with you. Although I miss Ako and Iori, I'm also very happy overall."

"is it?"

“Yes, it’s like leaving school to go on a trip and seeing things that I never got to see in Giwatos.” Hina leaned against her teacher’s chest again. “Niki, Rachel, the Constructs, the Punishing Virus… Even though their world is much crueler than Giwatos, they still live optimistically. After learning all this, I understand how difficult it is for the peaceful daily life in Giwatos.”

"This peaceful daily life is also thanks to Hina's hard work," the teacher said with a smile. "And there are other students who have worked hard for it, which is why Giwatos's daily life can continue."

"Ah."

At this moment, Hina turned to her side, raised her head, and closed her eyes.

The teacher understood and kissed Hina's lips.

Unbeknownst to the couple, two figures were secretly watching them from a distance.

"Lucia, Liv, what are you doing here?" Ri asked curiously as they passed by.

"Shh—" Liv gestured for a quiet voice, "We're watching Mr. Yang and Ms. Hina interacting intimately!"

"?" He glanced at the backs of the teacher and Hina kissing in the distance, his brows furrowing slightly.

But after noticing Lucia's longing expression, he seemed to understand something.

After all, before coming to this world, Li had seen it before. Once, during a mission, after Lucia was rescued by Kahn, she looked at Commander Kahn with the same expression.

This is probably the emotion called love.

Actually, the commander also likes Lucia.

What's absurd is that neither of them knew about the other's feelings.

Li remembered that after Kahn came out of the teacher's room, he was carrying a notebook, but when Li mentioned the notebook, Kahn shyly changed the subject.

This was the first time he had ever seen his commander like this.

"Love is so hard to understand."

Unable to think of anything related to love, he could only shake his head, decide to see through it but not say anything, and left.

After some time, Zhang Ziling called the teacher and Kahn to her dormitory alone and showed them a bullet.

"So this is a bullet made with a disintegrating agent?" the teacher asked curiously.

“That’s right, now I’ll tell you the secret too.” Zhang Ziling nodded, “The core of the antidote is actually my blood.”

“I see.” Kahn said thoughtfully. “In other words, your blood alone can be effective against a tyrant like Nihilista, Lecher?”

"Yes, and it can also remove something from Nigge's body called Nimph. Because it's quite complicated, I'll just explain it simply. This thing is similar to a mind imprint, which makes them unafraid of death, but also restricts Nigge's freedom."

"No wonder it's called a neutralizer." The teacher then asked, "Speaking of which, didn't the mother whale have a lot of supplies? How come there's only one neutralizer bullet?"

“There are two,” Zhang Ziling said. “I gave the other one to John. He’s a good person, trustworthy, and he also taught me some military knowledge about this world. I originally planned to give him both, but he didn’t want to, so I forced one on him in the end.”

"You're really willing to spend that much," Kahn said, embarrassed.

Neither the teacher nor Kahn expected that the materials extracted from such a large mother whale would only yield enough to make two antidote bullets.

“After all, I can already make my own antidote bullets, and they’re even more effective than Cecil’s.” Zhang Ziling bit her left index finger, and blood flowed out. “That’s why I wanted to observe Cecil’s antidote bullet making process the whole time. Once I know the internal structure, I can replicate it using my zero-generation ability.”

At this moment, Zhang Ziling's blood continued to flow from his fingers, and under the influence of his zero-generation ability, it floated in mid-air, slowly flowing and assembling, finally forming a deactivator bullet.

"call........"

After finishing the antidote bullet, Zhang Ziling was panting heavily, covered in sweat, and looked much paler.

"I never imagined that making one would take so much of my effort..."

"Your zero generation can actually affect your own blood?!" Kahn couldn't believe his eyes.

"Hehe, apart from being a little tired, everything else is fine," Zhang Ziling laughed. "This way, I can make my own disarming bullets."

"Aren't you going to use it to get the Ark mass production back?" the teacher asked curiously. "After all, your goal is to liberate all of Niki."

“No need.” Zhang Ziling suddenly became serious. “After all, the core raw material is my blood, and the production capacity is ultimately limited. Moreover, even if we can put it into production, Niki’s situation will not change immediately because of this one product.”

Kahn nodded after hearing this, "What Ziling said makes a lot of sense."

“By the way, you can’t go back to your own world right now, so why don’t you come back to the Ark Outpost with me to rest?” Zhang Ziling said with a smile. “As for your identities, Brother Yang and Xiao Ka, I’ve already thought them out, so don’t worry too much.”

"Brother Yang's identity is that of an informant for the underworld queen unit Peony. So, Brother Ling, what identity are you planning to give us?" Kahn asked curiously.

"I will explain to John and Dorothy that your Gray Raven squad can enter the Ark as members of Eden."

The teacher continued, "Brother Ziling, we'll have to ask you to be our guide and show us around the Ark."

"no problem!"

.......

After resting in the Garden of Eden for two days, the group began their journey back to the Ark.

However, a small incident occurred before leaving—

"You're going to the Ark too?"

Looking at the smiling Dorothy in front of her, Zhang Ziling frowned slightly.

“That’s right,” Dorothy explained. “You’ve helped Eden so much, and as a token of our gratitude, I will represent Eden and go with you to the Ark to discuss cooperation.”

“........” Zhang Ziling fell silent.

During his previous conversations with William, he had emphasized the need to be wary of Dorothy.

He himself was wary of Dorothy.

During Zhang Ziling's few days in Eden, she mainly interacted with her teacher, Kahn's Gray Raven Squad, and William and his successor troops. She basically did not take the initiative to contact Dorothy.

Furthermore, during the campaign against Nihilista, Dorothy was the only one who didn't contribute much and was mostly just watching.

She didn't participate in the operation to capture the mother whale at all.

Although Dorothy's figure and appearance suited Zhang Ziling's taste, at this time, it was clearly not up to the House of Commons to decide matters concerning the House of Lords.

Therefore, he didn't really want Dorothy to follow him.

"I have reported this to Lord Burningham, and he warmly welcomes Miss Dorothy from Eden and the Gray Raven Squad to visit the Ark!"

Barbie Long, who was standing nearby, quickly stepped in to smooth things over.

"Burningham agreed?" Zhang Ziling asked after a moment of silence. "Alright then."

After that, Zhang Ziling, her teacher, and Kahn and his group said goodbye to the members of the Eden's successor force.

"Darling, please come back to see me often!!" One of the pilgrims, Isabella, blushed and waved to Zhang Ziling. "I want to create more wonderful memories with you!"

Their level of enthusiasm put Noah and Harlan, the other two members of the Inheritors' Force, to shame.

"...This is the first time I've seen Isabella so enthusiastic." Harlan couldn't help but recall the storyline of his previous relationship with Zhang Ziling, and a charming blush appeared on his mature face.

"???" Noah was also puzzled when she saw Harlan's inexplicable blush.

The slender Noah, of course, wouldn't understand that Zhang Ziling only had designs on voluptuous women.

“Commander.” Seeing Isabella and Harlan’s strange expressions, Lapi stared at Zhang Ziling again with a blank expression. “What’s going on this time?”

"Ahem, I just chatted with her for a bit." Zhang Ziling glanced away guiltily.

“…” Labi pouted somewhat displeased.

Anies: (Speechless expression)

Nien: (His glasses turn white)

Getting back to the main point, after several days of trekking, the group finally arrived at an elevator building and entered what was nominally the last human settlement in the world—the Ark.

At the same time, everyone also saw the outpost camp where Zhang Ziling lived. Its infrastructure was very complete, but strangely, the surroundings were unusually quiet.

“That’s strange. Logically, there should be cleaning robots made by the commander running.” Anis said with a puzzlement.

“…The camp is without power,” Labi added.

Zhang Ziling realized, "We need to go to the city; something's probably happened to Fangzhou!"

"Everyone, come with me!"

Led by Zhang Ziling, the group arrived at the city center of the Ark.

Hina looked surprised when she saw the district.

She hadn't expected it to be an underground city, yet it was remarkably similar to the surface city, and its prosperity rivaled that of the city of Kivotos.

If it weren't for the accident, this place would probably be a bustling and prosperous scene.

Getting back to the main point, the city was filled with the smoke of gunpowder, and in addition, a large number of Lechers were destroying buildings and public facilities!

Strangely, however, no residents were seen fleeing the city.

"Strange, how did this group of Lechers get into the city?" Zhang Ziling analyzed upon seeing this. "Fortunately, there are no residents nearby, so they were probably moved."

“Let’s help clear out these Lechers,” Kahn suggested.

“Agreed,” Dorothy echoed.

The group immediately began to act.

The highest-ranking Rachel invaders were only Lord-level, so the group easily pushed their way through until they encountered two trembling Nikis and rescued them from a Lord-level Rachel.

One of them, Nikki, had long, curly white hair and was dressed in a police uniform. She was petite, while the other had brown hair in pigtails, wore a more whimsical police uniform, and her red eyes were still trembling. She was clearly still recovering from the shock of meeting Letcher.

"Polly, Miranda, are you alright?!" Zhang Ziling recognized the two of them immediately.

"commander--!!!"

Polly and Miranda rushed to Zhang Ziling, their eyes brimming with tears.

"Do you know what the situation is like in the city right now?" Zhang Ziling asked hurriedly.

“I don’t know,” Polly shook her head. “We were just finishing our routine patrol and getting ready to go home when Leitch suddenly fell from the sky!”

"Fell from the sky?" Zhang Ziling came to a conclusion after thinking about it. "It seems that someone damaged the top of the ark."

However, knowing only this information still leaves one completely confused.

"Let me explain."

A mechanical female voice drew everyone's attention, and then they saw a dark-skinned woman wearing a veil and a large hat appear on a screen that appeared out of thin air.

"Anik!?" Zhang Ziling's face lit up with joy. "Great! Now we can get even more information!"

Apart from Dorothy, all the other Nikis wore respectful expressions.

Seeing this, Kahn and his teacher roughly understood that this Anik was of high status.

"Commander Zhang Ziling, please lead the counterattack force to the meeting location. I will send the location to your phone later."

"What about the others?" Zhang Ziling asked.

“…” After a moment of silence, Anick said, “Polly, Miranda, Barbie Long, you will lead the Eden Pilgrims to Burningham’s office.”

“Okay, sure!” Polly replied without hesitation.

"Mission accomplished!" Miranda saluted immediately.

“Okay,” Barbie Long nodded respectfully.

“As for the two under the Queen of the Underworld,” Anick said, “go back along this road to an intersection and turn right. Sakura from the Queen of the Underworld will pass by on that road.”

"Thank you." The teacher bowed in gratitude.

"The situation is urgent, please depart immediately."

After he finished speaking, the screen disappeared.

Seeing all this, Zhang Ziling breathed a sigh of relief.

After a moment of contemplation, the teacher decided to use Terran weapons.

The doctor once taught me that when you arrive in an unfamiliar place, the first thing you should do is gather as much information as possible and have an extra person ready for any eventuality.

"The large group of shapeshifters and Saria are fully armed."

At this moment, Zhang Ziling walked up to the teacher and handed her a pink sachet with a cherry blossom pattern.

"This is?"

"Give this to Sakura, she's the leader of the Qingming Society," Zhang Ziling whispered to her teacher. "Just mention my name in front of her, she'll understand."

The teacher nodded.

"Let's get going without delay!"

Soon, the group split into three teams, each heading towards their respective destinations.

The teacher, just as everyone turned their heads, produced two puddles of green liquid from his feet and quickly caught up with the other two groups of people.