Arknights' Lock of Heaven

Upon hearing this, everyone quickly stood up and obediently lined up in front of Xia Yu, ready to each receive a large bowl of meat soup.

First, serve a large bowl of white rice, then pour a rich meat broth over it. The broth also contains a few slices of fatty meat, and its rich aroma is incredibly tempting.

The Reunion Movement members lined up in perfect unison, and one by one received a large bowl of meat broth rice from Xia Yu before returning to their campfires.

Although a large pot of meat soup looks like a lot, when it's divided among forty or fifty people, each person only gets a bowl.

But this one bowl was something they hadn't been able to enjoy for so long in the wild.

Being able to have a hot meal is already a blessing.

Big Bob stared blankly at the hot meal in his hand, and couldn't help but recall his days in the Reunion Movement.

At that time, Talulah's word was not yet law, and Patriot still held the main leadership position in the team.

Back then, although there was a shortage of clothing and food on the snowy plains, even though we had to cross mountains and valleys every day to hunt and gather, and every night everyone would sit around the fire, even though there were few seasonings and the chef didn't have the skills, and even though everyone didn't get much...

But everyone also likes to sit around the fire and talk about their wonderful dreams for the future.

Uncle was always silent. Everyone knew that his carnivorous disease was getting worse, so he would just quietly watch the people around the fire.

Talulah is very proactive; she always steps up to give a speech at this time, or rather, she talks about everything.

She talked about her ideals, her experiences, everything she had seen along the way, her thoughts, and what she planned to do in the future...

At this time, the kind-hearted Alina always sat quietly behind her, her eyes full of expectation as she looked at Talulah. Frostnova sat opposite her, also listening attentively to those words.

She told the children about life in the mobile city, told the people forced into serfdom how the nobles drove them into bankruptcy, and told the people rescued from the mines about Ursus's perverse treatment of the infected...

At that time, everyone was looking forward to the future.

Including Big Bob himself.

However, after that night, kind Alina died, and her body was carried back to the camp by Talulah.

Countless people shouted in front of Talulah, filled with righteous indignation, wanting to avenge her, but Talulah remained silent.

She no longer gave those impassioned speeches; instead, she would often sit blankly in front of the fire for an entire night.

Then, there was that village.

Nobody knows what happened there, just as nobody knows how Alina died.

After that, Talulah changed again.

She started giving a speech again, but instead of talking about her ideals and her past, she started talking about hatred and stirring up everyone's emotions.

To be honest, Big Bob was also addicted to it at one point.

But soon, during an organized robbery, he came to his senses when he saw the middle-aged man clinging to his legs, begging not to take away his family's last food rations, and the two timid children peeking out from behind him.

We can't do that.

We can't go on like this.

He was terrified of himself, his companions, and Talulah's actions.

He wanted to escape.

Thanks to Alina's kindness, there aren't many truly ruthless people in the team yet, although there are others who share Big Bob's ideas.

But many more quickly became engrossed in Talulah's tale of revenge, after all, which infected person in Ursus hadn't been persecuted? Talulah's narrative was far too appealing to them.

He could only secretly gather people like himself, and take advantage of the Reunion Movement's indiscriminate recruitment of infected individuals and the resulting organizational chaos to find an opportunity to escape with them.

After that, he wandered around this land. He occasionally heard that infected people in Colombia could buy a piece of land and live on it if they had money. He then had the idea of ​​going to that unfamiliar country.

Then, attracted by the knightly treasure of Kazimierz, the current story began.

Big Bob looked at the bowl of hot soup in his hand, wondering why he was thinking about the past.

Perhaps he is still reminiscing about those initial, beautiful moments.

After becoming infected and having nowhere else to turn, it was the Reunion Movement that took in the homeless person.

But what happened next... sigh...

I will cry if I continue.

"Mmm," Grani took a big sip of the broth, her face beaming with happiness.

"Senior, you are so versatile," she said, enjoying the warm feeling of the broth filling her stomach, her eyes crinkling with happiness. "You can pull out hot meals anytime, anywhere, it's amazing."

"If you're in the same team as a senior, going on a mission is like a dream come true."

"I want stir-fried pork with chili peppers," Skadi said, turning to Xia Yu.

“Uh,” Xia Yu was taken aback, “I don’t have any. If you like it, you can get it from the cafeteria when we get back to Rhodes Island and I can store it.”

“I was talking about the future,” Skadi said nonchalantly, half-closing her eyes as she enjoyed the delicious food before her. “Hmm, how much can you put in?”

"How much can you buy with your salary?" Xia Yu asked in return.

“I see,” Skadi nodded thoughtfully and began to take stock, “Hmm, we need to stock up on more Yan country food, as well as Victoria desserts, Ursus bread, Letanian food…”

“Rhodes Island probably doesn’t have that many reserves,” Xia Yu shook her head. “How about we stock up on some local delicacies wherever we go?”

“Hmm,” Titi nodded in satisfaction upon hearing this.

Being a bodyguard isn't so bad, especially when the target doesn't really need your protection and you get great food and lodging.

Grani listened to the conversation between the two, his eyes widening in surprise.

"So Miss Skadi and Mr. Xia Yu are on the same team?"

“If nothing unexpected happens, it should be,” Skadi nodded. “It was arranged by Kal'tsit.”

“My squad is newly formed, and Kal'tsit recommended the people to me. I came here to find Skadi,” Xia Yu explained. “Delivering the message was just a side job.”

"Oh, I see," Grani said, having no further questions.

“However,” Xia Yu looked at Skadi, “stir-fried pork with chili peppers…do you Agor people also like spicy food?”

“No,” Skadi shook her head, “I just saw that guy named Nian eating when I went back to the dorm last time.”

"It looks delicious."

Oh, Nian? Never mind then.

157 Night Talk and Talulah

It's quiet at night.

Big Bob looked at Xia Yu bathed in moonlight outside the cave, feeling hesitant.

"Should we go ask?" he hesitated. "This might be the only chance I have in my life..."

"But……"

He had this idea when he learned that the man in front of him had once single-handedly stopped the Reunion Movement.

Big Bob wanted to ask how the people he remembered were doing now.

Or rather, are they still alive?

But, alas.

Although they seem to get along very well with the Rhodes Island operators now, sharing the same resources, they were ultimately guilty of doing something wrong before, which even led to a period of tension between them.

Feeling guilty.

Not to mention that the Reunion Movement really fought this guy in Chernobog. Although he doesn't seem to have any reservations about his identity, what if he does?

Due to a series of reasons, Big Bob was unable to speak.

But if you don't ask, you might never know anything about those wonderful memories of the past, or those companions you once cared about.

After Chlor's mission is completed, I will take my brothers to Colombia.

Then we'll truly be separated by vast distances.

After agonizing for a while, Big Bob sighed, turned around, and went back to sleep.

I guess I'll just be this incompetent man for the rest of my life.

After becoming infected, he escaped from his home and wandered around.

After joining the Reunion Movement, he found that the ideology within the group was becoming increasingly radical. He didn't dare to say anything and once again led his people to escape from there.

Having struggled to survive on this land for so long, he discovered that there was never a place for him and his brothers to live. It was simply impossible to give up this life of danger and live a peaceful life.

But why are the brothers behind him following him?

Those who wanted revenge, those who couldn't let go of killing, and those who didn't want to go back to the past all stayed with the Reunion Movement.

Those who still follow behind them all hope for a stable life.

But here, that's destined to be impossible.

By chance, Big Bob learned from a businessman about a policy being implemented in Colombia that even infected people, whom everyone fears, could own a piece of land in Colombia if they had money.

Of course, he didn't believe the man's words without further investigation.

The news was mixed. Colombia was certainly not so rosy; the so-called land was just a wasteland, and those who bought the land had to start managing their farms from the very first stake they drove in.

The Colombian government wanted to develop that land, but no one was willing to take it on, so they ended up turning to infected people, whom no one wanted.