Planet of Sand and Oasis of Iron

Chapter 417 416. Is there an urgent meeting on talent acquisition here?
Tien and his team had a good plan. In fact, they did cover the units above the factory with electric grids as soon as possible, which was very efficient.

But there was a problem. A large group of people who were brought back by Sefer and temporarily assigned to work were on the first floor, and were even happily drinking the porridge she made.

The raw materials were the various rations they brought with them, with just a little filtered snow water added. However, for those who were transferred here in the middle of the night, this was already a rare delicacy.

...I'm getting off topic. Anyway, the moment Tien launched the attack, she unexpectedly discovered that a bunch of mechanical monsters that she had never seen before appeared around her.

Some monsters have wheels that can be used for off-road driving, but they have no heads or faces, only upright human-faced sculptures that look like coffins.

Some monsters were lying on the ground, carrying objects like bags on their backs... In short, they were all weird and didn't look like anything with lethal power.

How to say it, this is a special capture unit that Sefer prepared to mix in with the ordinary offensive units, and the targets are all people coming from the Academy City.

Since it is impossible to screen and identify them, we should try to recruit as many of them as possible, and even do the company a favor and get them to give us some benefits.

As the monsters attacked in droves, the group quickly moved their positions and started to move without even using their cannons - but every one of their actions seemed to have been predicted.

The first one to fall behind was the unprepared Lin Shenxue. She rushed left and right among the monsters, swinging her hammer with great force, but was then jumped up and knocked to the ground by a mechanical monster lurking in the snow.

The whole person was locked in a black metal box and then quickly moved away from the group.

Then it was Velvet... and then Kayoko from the Yorozuya - she was a bit peculiar, it seemed like she fell down on purpose.

Alu was wrapped in a strange black cloth like a cocoon, and at the last moment, Mutsuki jumped lightly and emerged from the encirclement like a nimble little sparrow.

The thing that looked like an iron maiden lying on the ground opened its huge mouth and swallowed her in an instant. Before being locked in, she could even smile and say something like "I've been caught!"

When only Tien was left, she fixed her eyes, detonated a grenade and threw it into the group of monsters, then rushed towards the factory.

In the room, several people who were watching the show around Sefer sighed.

Is this the instinct of an independent mercenary? If you can't win, just run away or find cover. Your reaction is much faster than that of the students.

Especially Xiao Tao, she put her hands on Sefer's shoulders and leaned close to the screen as if she was going to press her whole body on her head, without realizing that two pairs of eyes were staring at her.

If looks could kill, Xiaotao would probably only have the lower waist left.

"Oh, there's this method of capture. I've learned it, and it can even be done like this. I'll write it down, maybe it'll be useful in the future..."

What is it used for? To catch people more efficiently in the college town?
Sefer lowered his head slightly, then raised it, took Xiaotao down from behind, and then went to pick up the few people who were captured again.

Before that, let them suffer for a while... Seifer stood at the door of the factory, watching Tien calmly cross the wind and snow, and crawl into the factory.

Behind her, the mechanical monsters stopped one after another and slowly retreated into the snow. She was breathing heavily, and as the thing that could make most people stare at it rose and fell, she glanced around vigilantly.

Then I saw a beautiful gray-haired girl leaning against the wall, standing in the ruins made of metal and stone chips.

In the ruins, against the backdrop of lead-gray light, her temperament is both ethereal and illusory, with her long hair even winding at her feet, as if she was deliberately sculpted to be the most beautiful girl of her age in people's minds.

According to common sense, in this kind of environment, when everyone needs to wear cold-proof clothing, if someone appears standing barefoot in the harsh weather, people must be alert, right?
Especially for a seasoned pirate like Tien, her guard was instantly raised to its limit. She rolled on the ground, stumbling awkwardly through the rubble to the girl's side. During this time, she even reached into the pouch on her belt, clearly ready to draw a weapon!
While Cypher was thinking, "As expected of a pirate," Tien stood up and looked down at her, opening her palm with a paper flower inside, which she had gotten from somewhere.

"...?"

"You're so pretty. Are you interested in being my wife?"

Cypher lowered his head and thought for a moment, then swung his fist and punched her helmet, but the excellent shock absorption and impact reduction had no effect.

Without a word, Tien fell to the ground, causing Cypher to let out a long sigh.

I've known for a while that this guy has some issues with his sexuality, but to have it be this problematic... How did you become a comedic character? He was so reliable before, wasn't he?
But forget it. Besides Ichika and the others, the only people I know here are the two from the technical department. If that doesn't work out, add...

If you calculate carefully, there are quite a lot of people. How long will it take to wait for the other party to send out the people they need?

It just so happens that I have a former pirate who is an expert in robbery. I will ask her how to capture a fortress later... Anyway, this is the only way to wait until the vision ends.

And this is only the case inside the vision; the situation outside is still unknown.

Can Feldrich, who was stuffed into the underground excavation track before the anomaly spread, turn the situation around?

The answer is yes, although Feldrich always behaves like a bad-tempered female brat, looking down on everyone and lashing out at everyone...

But in essence, she relied on her own assets and skills to get to the top, and she even has a lot of experience in the use of personnel.

After being pushed into the train by Cypher and her initial rage subsided, she returned to her previous state of being annoyed with everyone, but in an even worse mood.

That would be bad luck for Xiaoxia—after all, she was still nominally a student at Abian, and the cocky brat in front of her was her immediate superior.

She had to do whatever Feldrich told her to do, otherwise, not only would she not be able to be a well digger in the desert, she might even be sent to guard the gate!
The current situation in the satellite city is that the flow of time is slightly different from that in the vision... the events inside happen faster.

The underground train dug as it moved forward, and in just one hour it had dug through the base of the city wall, and communication was immediately established.

Feldrich spoke directly to the meeting chaired by Trilobite in an almost furious tone.

Then he bluntly accused him of cooperating with such a shoddy and crappy company as the entertainment company and transferring technology to the other party - although there must have been technology transferred back by the entertainment company.

But this is not important. The key point is that the man's face was ashen. It was like seeing a cute dog on the side of the road, feeding it something, and then the dog ate the food and then bit you.

This feeling also made him unhappy, but to be honest, since taking over Abian, the dividends of the previous rapid expansion and occupation have almost completely cut off, and there have been complaints within the company...but this is beside the point.

He knocked on the table. "Stop your boasting and tell me what you want? Support? Technology? Satellite City is broke right now. We've all been fooled by that company."

"You've been fooled, idiot. Is a giant anomaly fun? Is transferring people over there fun?"

Feldrich didn't give him any face at all. The mocking smile on his face showed that if he caught her, he would punch her hard until she cried.

(End of this chapter)