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

The perspective shifts to the other side, where Zhang Ziling is on a train, planning to take the recently captured Kelawu to the detention cell.

As for Anis and Nien, because a sudden change had occurred in the city before, with a large number of ordinary people running away for unknown reasons, he ordered them to help protect the ordinary people and reduce losses. Meanwhile, he was protecting the people and helping Niki while chasing after Krau.

Fortunately, Zhang Ziling possessed the ability to generate zero, and even without relying on the Shura Armor, he eventually managed to capture Krau on a train.

"I'm so sorry, Commander!" A woman with long, straight black hair, dressed in a blue train attendant uniform, quickly apologized to Zhang Ziling. "If you hadn't arrived in time, I'm afraid I would have..."

"It's okay, everyone makes mistakes," Zhang Ziling said with a smile. "Diesel, don't feel too guilty, go and do your own thing."

"Well, let's schedule another time later!" Diesel wanted to say something more, but in the end he smiled at Zhang Ziling and left her with those words before continuing with his work.

"Satisfied now?" After Diesel left, Krau suddenly said, "Commander, you truly deserve to be called the hero who saved the Ark."

"I'm just stopping your childish behavior," Zhang Ziling said calmly. "If you want to prove your so-called theory of humanity, don't drag innocent people into it."

"Heh, even if I didn't do it, the people of the Ark would have experienced it sooner or later." Krau showed no regret for being captured.

This person truly believes in his own ideas. Zhang Ziling sighed inwardly.

"By the way, I have another question for you." Zhang Ziling's expression immediately turned serious. "Do you know about the Punishing Virus?"

“I don’t know.” Krau shook his head. “This is the first time I’ve heard you use that word.”

“Yuni has been infected with this virus,” Zhang Ziling said seriously. “I initially thought it was your doing.”

"..." Krau said after a moment of silence, "I did contact Yuni to use her to buy you time, but I had no idea that she was infected with the virus you mentioned."

"Yeah......."

If it's not Krau, then the Punishing virus that Yuni is infected with is probably only Gabriel, as Kahn and the others mentioned.

However, this also dispelled the possibility of Krau and Gabriel meeting.

Thankfully, these two didn't meet...

Do you know someone named Gabriel?

"Who is that?" Krau frowned slightly. "I've never seen anyone named Gabriel before."

"If you don't know, then this is none of your business."

At this moment, the train arrived at the station. Zhang Ziling escorted Krau off the train, and after walking for a while, they arrived at Niki's private detention building. Before entering the detention room, Krau discovered that his other two teammates—Viper and Jackal—had already been locked up.

After Krau was sent to prison, Zhang Ziling received a message from Anik.

"Commander Zhang Ziling, it's time for you to keep your promise."

"...Can I ask Kahn and Yang Keyue to come along?"

"Of course, but before that, you need to come to me in advance. There are some things that I need you to decide."

After the communication ended, Zhang Ziling went to Anik's location and began to contact all parties using communication tools.

As for the teacher, he and Hina were working with members of the Yakuza Queen's Army to clear out the invading Raich.

With the assistance of Teacher Terra's armed abilities and Hina's charging into battle, the area they were in quickly stabilized, and they even had the capacity to clear other areas.

With the pressure of clearing things out reduced, Rosanna of the Underworld Queen's Squad thanked her teacher and Hina, and then Anik's communication system proactively reached out, inviting her teacher to return to her location.

This really surprised Mudan and Luo Shanna.

This is the entity that manages the entire Ark; even the central government has to show her respect!

As for Hina, Botan originally thought that Hina would also follow the teacher, but Hina wanted to stay and help Rosanna, so she decided to temporarily separate from the teacher.

According to Hina, she can learn a lot about adults from here.

Rosanna was also happy to have a strong helper to speed up the cleanup process.

The teacher did not object, and in the end, Peony led the teacher to Anik's location.

Kahn was in a similar situation, but he planned to go alone while the other members of the Gray Raven squad continued to follow Dorothy.

Burningham also ordered Polly and Miranda to guide Kahn.

Kahn also communicated with the two Nikis, but only obtained some fragmented information about Zhang Ziling and Fangzhou.

As luck would have it, when they arrived at the door of Anik's place, they bumped into the teacher and Kahn.

Niki and her companions, who were leading the way, quickly left because they had other matters to attend to.

"What a coincidence, Brother Yang," Kahn said with a smile.

"Well, let's go."

After entering the building, the two took the elevator.

Inside the elevator, the teacher asked, "Kahn, what's the situation with Dorothy?"

“She’s hiding it very well; there’s nothing unusual about it,” Kahn continued. “She’s still communicating with Burningham, and at least the topic is still ‘the collaboration between the Ark and Eden.’”

"Looks like we still haven't caught her red-handed," the teacher said with a wry smile.

"By the way, Yang, what's the situation on your end?"

The teacher then told Kahn about how he had used his clone to follow them, guard the gate for Peony, and how he had encountered and defeated two reincarnators.

“I never expected that a Reincarnator would be mixed in with the mass-produced Niki, and I never expected that Brother Ziling would almost have a disaster…” Kahn pondered, resting his chin on his hand. “Fortunately, those two Reincarnators didn’t anticipate that we would become the variables that affect the fate of this world.”

The teacher nodded.

Although Zhang Ziling is quite strong, there are always things she overlooks.

Without the teacher's intervention, the ark in this world would likely have faced a devastating loss.

At this moment, the elevator arrived at the designated floor, and the teacher and Kahn had only walked a few steps when they met Anick and Zhang Ziling.

"Welcome, Mr. Yang Keyue and Mr. Kahn."

"What is the purpose of your summons, Miss Anick?" Kahn asked first.

“I want to learn more about the Punishing Virus from you,” Anik explained. “In return, I will conceal your identities as people from another world and make your current placements seem legitimate.”

“Of course.” Kahn nodded after hearing this. “The Punishing Virus is a special kind of virus. It can destroy the cells of living organisms and has a stronger tendency to control mechanical entities to hunt down all living things…”

Subsequently, Kahn also explained all the concepts related to the Punishing virus, such as the so-called "Red Tide" and "Upgraded Network," to Anik, emphasizing the Punishing virus's rapid evolution and adaptability.

It also describes how the high-level Rachel and Niki in this world have a strong tolerance to the Punishing Virus, especially the Tyrant-level Rachel, who can tolerate high concentrations of the Punishing Virus, a capability that the mechanical beings and constructs in Cain's original world do not possess.

“I understand,” Anik said after listening to Kahn’s detailed description. “According to my calculations, the concentration of the Punishing virus in Ark City is not high; on the contrary, it is slowly decreasing.”

"!?!" Kahn's expression turned to shock. "How is this possible?!"

Because in Kahn's world, the Punishing Virus can expand uncontrollably, multiply on its own, and evolve rapidly over time.

Could it be that there is some powerful entity inside the Ark that can completely absorb the Punishing Virus and ignore any of its effects?

“This involves the core secrets of the Ark, which I cannot reveal to you two,” Anik said. “The only thing I can say is that this is a characteristic of the Ark itself. According to calculations, for the disaster you described to occur inside the Ark, at least 88% concentration of the Punishing Virus would need to be released into the entire internal space of the Ark at once to take effect. Currently, the concentration inside the Ark is less than 3%.”

"As for the high-level Rachel and Niki's tolerance to the Punishing Virus, based on my speculation, it is probably because Rachel and Niki's nature is different from the mechanical and construct beings in your world."

"Is it because Lecher's nature is that of an android?" Kahn asked.

“That's one way to put it, and Rachel can also evolve,” Anik explained. “Based on previous data and the information provided by Zhang Ziling, I speculate that it's not that Rachel has a tolerance to the Punishing Virus, but rather that the Punishing Virus actively chooses to help capable Rachel evolve, while those without the ability are completely taken over by the Punishing Virus, replacing their original behavior patterns.”

"?!" Kahn was shocked by Anik's speculation. "Could it be that after infecting Rachel, the Punishing Virus learned of Rachel's existence and adopted a completely different strategy from that of humans?!"

“That’s one way to understand it,” Anik nodded slightly.

"And what about Connie?"

"As for why Niki has such high tolerance, that involves the Ark's top secrets, and I cannot explain it to you two."

“No, we are already very grateful for their willingness to share…” Kahn then remembered something and asked, “By the way, Miss Anick, I have a favor to ask.”

"Please say."

"Can you find a location for an Ascended named Gabriel?"

“Ascended?” Anick pondered for a moment before saying, “According to your previous definition of an Ascended, when I had spare computing power, I detected that 9 individuals with the Punishing Virus entered the Ark and infected 3 Niki. Of these, 9 were eliminated, 1 was captured, and 2 escaped.”

“…” Zhang Ziling thought of You Ni and unconsciously clenched her fists.

This indicates that both Labi and Yuni left the ark.

"Furthermore, before leaving, the individual with the highest concentration of Punishing Virus secretly infected a mass-produced Niki squad with an extremely high concentration of Punishing Virus and took them all away."

"!!!" All three people present were shocked.

"That's right, it's Gabriel's doing!" Kahn said decisively. "If there are no other sources of the Punishing virus in this world, there can only be him!"

“I see.” Anick roughly understood. “So, Mr. Kahn, your goal is to find this Gabriel and kill him, right?”

“That’s right.” Kahn nodded. “Then we need to find a way back to our original world.”

“However, killing Gabriel only slows down the spread of the Punishing Virus, it cannot eradicate it completely. The Punishing Virus will still exist in this world for a long time.” Kahn’s tone was slightly apologetic. “I’m sorry.”

“This was an accident,” Anik said. “You don’t need to blame yourself, and I speculate that the Punishing Virus will not cause the same kind of disaster as your original world. I believe that the main body of this world will still be Rachel and humans, and the Punishing Virus will only be a variable in this world.”

“That’s right, you and Brother Yang were both innocently dragged into this, there’s no need to apologize,” Zhang Ziling said with a smile. “Besides, thanks to your help, otherwise I probably would have been in trouble here this time.”

Anik then asked Kahn some questions about the Punishing Virus, and after that, he asked his teacher for some information, and developed a strong interest in the world called Giwotos.