Arknights' Lock of Heaven

A man and a woman were enjoying a steaming hot pot.

"Hey, Officer Chen," Xia Yu turned around and looked her over in surprise, asking, "What's this?"

"Uh, it's you," Chen couldn't help but hold his breath as the aroma of the extremely spicy hot pot wafted over him.

“You don’t need to call me officer anymore. After all, I’ve resigned and joined Rhodes Island,” she said, waving her employment documents. “HR told me this is my dorm room…”

"Oh, my new roommate!" Nian swallowed a large piece of beef and greeted her warmly, "Have you eaten? Want some?"

Chen Wenyan glanced at the bright red hot pot and swallowed hard.

Come to think of it, she really hadn't eaten.

But this kind of hot pot is so pungent that just the smell makes your throat feel a little irritated...

If I eat it... I definitely will...

but……

She glanced at Xia Yu.

“Hmm,” Chen put down his luggage, “then I’ll shamelessly freeload a meal.”

"It's nothing, they're all my roommates," Nian waved his hand. "By the way, my code name is Nian, and you..."

“Chen, just call me Chen,” she said, using her surname as her code name.

“The dorm rooms over there are all empty, you can just pick one,” Nian pointed to the dorm rooms around him that didn’t have nameplates. “Speaking of which, apart from that deep-sea hunter and that little scorpion, and you guys, I haven’t met any of my other roommates yet.”

87 Miss Adele and Wolumonde

"so?"

So where exactly are you going? Which country and which city?

Kal'tsit rubbed her forehead; even with her constitution, she was exhausted after working overtime for several days in a row.

"No matter where you want to go, it's best to decide as soon as possible. Take a look at these tasks. If there are no tasks you like, you can just take a vacation and go to the city you want to go to."

"Even if you say that..." Xia Yu looked troubled, "I can't find a target right now..."

Although he said the world is so big and he wants to see it, to be honest, when it comes to actually choosing a place, he suffers from decision paralysis.

With such a big world, where should we go to see it?

Looking at the pile of documents on the table, all of them were field assignments waiting to be received.

“How about this?” Kal’tsit pulled out a document. “A company in Columbia is very interested in our blocking agent. Rhodes Island will send an expert team plus a small team of several field agents to evaluate the company and the city where it is located.”

"Let's see if the other party is truly sincere and qualified to cooperate with Rhodes Island."

"The task is relatively easy. Since the other party requested the cooperation, there shouldn't be any major problems, especially for you. You can treat it as a vacation."

“Colombia…” Xia Yu frowned. “Let’s wait and see.”

He wasn't very interested in Colombia.

“And this one?” Kal’tsit sighed and pulled out another document. “A simple escort mission: deliver three thousand doses of Oripathy medicine, ordered from us by a noble lord in Victoria.”

“Victoria?” Xia Yu shook her head. “Not interested…”

"And this one? A batch of raw materials being transported back to Rhodes Island from Rembitox..."

Xia Yu shook her head.

"So what kind of mission do you want?" Kal'tsit's eyes, which were as calm as a lake, finally showed a few ripples. "My time is precious and cannot be wasted on such trivial matters."

Where do you want to go?

Well, just like I said before, Xia Yu doesn't know where she wants to go either.

He was completely unfamiliar with this land.

“Huh, what’s this…” Just as Kal’tsit’s expression was getting worse, Xia Yu pulled out a document from the stack of files on the table.

"Miss Adele Nauman, Terra's most outstanding volcanologist, also has a deep understanding of Originium. She has several doctoral degrees at the age of 20 and is the kind of talent that Rhodes Island craves."

Kal'tsit glanced at the file and answered casually.

"Before the Chernobog incident, Miss Nauman had accepted Rhodes Island's offer to provide services such as disaster research, environmental observation and assessment, and navigation support in dangerous terrain."

"At the same time, Rhodes Island also guarantees that it will do everything in its power to curb Miss Nauman's increasingly severe Oripathy."

"However, the unexpected incident in Chernobyl disrupted Rhodes Island's plans, so Miss Nauman is currently staying in Graz, Letania, waiting for Rhodes Island to send an agent to bring her back to Rhodes Island."

"What? You're interested in Letania?"

“Perhaps,” Xia Yu nodded thoughtfully, “Then this is the mission.”

“I must remind you of something,” Kal’tsit said solemnly, “Miss Adele Nauman’s abilities are extremely important to Rhodes Island. We need a genius scientist like her, so this mission cannot afford to fail.”

“Originally, I wanted to send an elite operator to lead a team to retrieve Ms. Adele Nauman, but since you are willing to take action, I am certainly at ease.”

"But remember, don't reveal your abilities!"

Clearly, she was worried that Xia Yu would use his ability to heal Adele Nauman immediately after seeing her.

"Do I really look like a pushover?" Xia Yu asked, puzzled.

Kal'tsit did not answer, but simply quietly sent out a document.

Frostnova's job application.

"Okay, okay, I'll do as you say," Xia Yu said, turning her head away as she saw this.

"By the way, we have a medical station in Wolumonde, Letania. A while ago, the head of the medical station, Dr. Anto, reported that he needed a batch of medicine. Since you are going to Letania, why don't you take this batch of medicine with you?"

"Wolumonde?" Xia Yu was stunned when she heard this.

Twilight in Wolumonde.

This was definitely an activity that left a very deep impression on him in his previous life.

Dr. Anto...

Although the plot describes her very little, those few words are enough to break one's heart.

She's just a doctor.

There will always be people who want to achieve their own ambitions by hurting others.

“Not many medicines, 1,500 doses,” Kal’tsit pulled another document from the table. “Rhodes Island is currently facing a severe shortage of manpower. The rapid evacuation between Lungmen and Chernobog disrupted many of our plans, and too many operators are still waiting in various places for news of the ship’s re-dockment.”

"Since you're capable of doing more, why don't you take care of this task as well? I'll arrange a vehicle that's big enough."

Clearly, Kal'tsit, who claims to know everything in the story, has no idea what Dr. Anto will encounter in Wolumonde.

“I need a guide,” Xia Yu picked up two documents from the table. “Even if we’re short-handed, we can always send a guide, right?”

"Otherwise, if I head to Letania and then return from Yan, don't blame me."

“I’ll arrange it for you,” Kal’tsit said, rubbing her aching forehead. “We’re short on time, but the medicine will be ready and loaded into the truck tomorrow.”

The implication is that this task requires departure tomorrow.

“There’s no need to load it onto a truck,” Xia Yu shook her head upon hearing this. “I have my own way of transporting it. All I need is an off-road vehicle and enough energy.”

“Alright, you decide for yourself,” Kal'tsit sighed, recalling the bottomless thermos. “Just don’t do anything too outrageous in front of others.”

"Dr. Anto and the guide I sent you are still trustworthy."

"Go back and pack your luggage first."

“I’m telling you, you could actually work with the Doctor on things. She seems to be doing quite well in her rehabilitation, and she’s quite adept at commanding operations.”

Looking at the exhausted Kal'tsit, Xia Yu said earnestly, "If this continues, I'm afraid you'll suddenly die..."

“As a professional doctor, I know my own body,” Kal’tsit said, looking down at the documents. “I won’t die suddenly.”

"As for the doctor..."

"I need to observe further."

"Take care of yourself," Xia Yu shook her head, picked up two field documents, and left Kal'tsit's office.

-

"So you're leaving so soon?"

Holding a cup of his homemade "extra spicy drink," Nian glanced sideways at Xia Yu, "Two missions on one field trip?"

"Kal'tsit is using you as a laborer."

"Isn't the reward double?" Xia Yu shrugged. "Anyway, it's on the way, why bother arguing so much?"

“You don’t seem to mind,” Nian stared at Xia Yu for a moment, then sighed, “Ah, if only all the dead and leftovers were as… magnanimous as you.”

"What?" Xia Yu raised an eyebrow upon hearing this. "There are still people... dwelling on the past?"

This is a good opportunity to extract information from Nian.

“There are plenty,” Nian said, curling his lip. “Even the impoverished nobles among ordinary people yearn for the past and dream of a restoration, let alone those surviving remnants who have ruled for thousands of years…”

"You know, not everyone is as happy as I am about the development of the mortal world. Every few decades or hundreds of years, a wave of dead survivors who are obsessed with the past will jump out and try to turn back the clock, only to be killed by all sides."

"In order to return to that barbaric era when they ruled with absolute power, they're even willing to use mindless things..."