Arknights' Lock of Heaven

It has single-target damage, it has area-of-effect damage, it's an all-around warrior, and it can even fly! It can fly however it wants, how are you going to fight it?

Kal'tsit's assessment of Xia Yu is that he is invincible in one-on-one combat, can still go on a rampage even when ganged up on, and can easily kill a few giant beasts.

If he were to stand on the opposite side, she wouldn't even dare to imagine it. Last time, she led the invincible Tikkaz Empire to victory, and now she's going to take down Xia Yu...

First, gather the world's strongest individuals, then set a trap for them to fall into.

Then focus fire, gang up on them, and see how it goes.

What else? We simply can't catch up!

But how to unite these powerful individuals is another problem. Given their current character, if they were willing to unite, it would probably be because they would see that the civilized world has been decimated by 50 or 60 percent, and they would no longer be able to enjoy watching the spectacle. So they might be able to unite, but by then, would their fighting strength still be enough to fight against him?

If Terra could unite so easily, there wouldn't be a situation where, despite the looming crisis, everyone is focused on their own little plot of land while eyeing the lucrative opportunities next door.

Kal'tsit has seen plenty of this over the past ten thousand years.

If there are any threats on Terra that even he is powerless against, they are those from outside the civilized world.

So Kal'tsit had a long talk with him, and for some reason, he seemed to know a lot about Hai Si, and he seemed to think he could handle it.

But demons are a different story.

He could kill the vessel of the evil, but he could not eliminate the phenomenon.

Xia Yu also had something to say at this point: Can we even fight like this? How can we possibly fight like this!

Look at this description—if the earth is a leaf, then the source of the "disaster" should be like a wet finger.

The finger presses down on the leaf, then releases it.

The water remained on the leaf, but no one knew where the finger had gone.

Those so-called 'demons' are just the effects left behind by others... This thing is too bizarre, what should we do about it?

There isn't a specific entity at all; it would be easier to handle if there were one.

So Kal'tsit finally convinced Xia Yu with the threat of demons and other unknown dangers, saying that the civilization on this land could not withstand any more turmoil.

Actually, she exaggerated the threat of the demon a little bit and also concealed some things...

If Xia Yu can resolve all the threats currently facing humanity on Terra, then Kal'tsit will absolutely support all his actions. As long as you solve these problems, I won't care if you plan to overthrow all the countries on Terra, and I can even help you devise strategies.

But you can't do it.

Xia Yu also agreed with this.

After all, the previous civilization was so glorious: subspace travel, sarcophagi that could cure all diseases, the continuation of civilization through intertemporal information transmission, and even space behemoths comparable in size to satellites. They were able to reduce our technologically advanced predecessors to a single known survivor, the Doctor...

To be honest, these things do exist in Type-Moon. The Greek gods are all interstellar travel fleets, such as the Space Pioneers, UO, and Tiamat, which is a life ark capable of traversing the universe. There are many similar beings, all capable of wiping out civilizations. Which one is less dangerous?

But which of these can Xia Yu handle by herself? Even the original Enkidu couldn't handle these things!

Putting everything else aside, just that void, that suspected warp, that... even with the Holy Grail, you still can't handle something with a universe as its backdrop.

Is the Holy Grail powerful? Yes, it is.

But if you wish for it to resolve an unexplained disaster that could wipe out interstellar civilizations, you're just wishful thinking.

Therefore, Xia Yu readily accepted Kal'tsit's advice, deciding to live within his means, play it safe, and wait and see how things develop.

Realizing the danger posed by Xia Yu, Kal'tsit could no longer allow him to continue like this.

When Kal'tsit thought of this, the DNA that had protected the Terra civilization for tens of thousands of years immediately came to life.

So she arranged everything, trying her best to integrate Xia Yu into this world.

Lock his heart too.

Xia Yu watched all of this and silently accepted it.

The two of them had a tacit understanding.

He also needs a lock, something to hold onto.

As long as you live in this world, you will always meet some people, experience some things, and leave some traces.

This is unavoidable, so why not find a few that you find pleasing to the eye?

Kal'tsit was very lenient with him. If someone else had done that in Kazimierz, Rhodes Island would have stood against that person. Because Kal'tsit was maintaining stability between nations, she knew that a crisis was coming and Terra couldn't afford internal strife.

But since it was Xia Yu who did this, she had no choice but to stay up all night cleaning up his messes and explaining things to everyone.

Even if she stood by and watched coldly, what could Casimir possibly do?

Ultimately, her efforts resulted in the stable production of inhibitors, and this trip to the snowfield brought hope to hundreds of thousands of infected people who were living in constant fear.

Kal'tsit was very pleased; she felt that Xia Yu was finally going to integrate into this world.

Xia Yu was also very happy. After playing a one-man army RPG, it wouldn't be bad to try a live-action simulation management game.

Scholars like Eyjafjalla and the Earth Spirits, faced with this knowledge that seemed like an incomprehensible book, were more or less aware of it.

The existence of pre-civilizations is widely acknowledged in Terra; just a few hundred years ago, people were still conducting archaeological research.

But this knowledge is too out of step with the world.

Like an advisor.

Modern Terra's technology is almost identical to that of the previous civilization due to archaeological research, so ordinary people can't tell the difference. How could these professional scholars not be able to?

The technology unearthed from the so-called ruins is completely different from that of the previous civilization. Putting aside everything else, try looking for the most basic magic in Terra. Where else can you find it besides the advisors?

The techniques in the materials were completely unheard of, including that huge pile of textbooks...

Eyjafjalla and the Earth Spirits are top students who fought their way through countless challenges, so their learning abilities shouldn't be a problem. But they can't even get into those textbooks... Why?

Because it lacks the foundation of magic, although it looks similar, the so-called magic of the advisor and Terra's spells are completely different things.

Magic circuit? What is that? Magic base plate? What is that? Large source, small source? What is that?

How can you learn if you don't have these?

So they had already guessed, and on top of that, they heard from Rhodes Island the vivid account from Miss Warfarin, who claimed to be the first eyewitness: the consultant fell from the sky, drying up dozens of layers of Rhodes Island's deck, and then slept soundly...

The Rhodes Island operators, who thought they had been attacked, were completely baffled.

Although I understand that Miss Warfarin was definitely exaggerating—dozens of decks would have completely destroyed Rhodes Island—there's no doubt that the advisor appeared out of nowhere.

Many operators have witnessed this.

From then on, Eyjafjalla and the Earth Spirits, looking at the technology in their hands that was so incompatible with Terra, became even more determined in their ideas.

That consultant must be an alien! Look at him, even though he always claims to be an Ager, anyone who knows the Agers can clearly tell he's not an Ager!

I just don't know what I'm here for in Terra.

However, Kal'tsit had spoken with them before they came, and her words were practically a direct hint.

A wanderer who has lost his homeland shuts off his consciousness and lets his body drift in the sea of ​​stars. By chance, perhaps due to the collision of some meteorites, or perhaps by fate, the wanderer is captured by the gravity of Terra and eventually falls to this planet.

When he opened his eyes and saw the Terrans, who were also intelligent beings, surrounding him, their eyes wary yet unable to suppress their curiosity, what did he think?

Hey, you know what, Eyjafjalla and the Earth Spirits aren't your average girls, but they just love this kind of thing! How romantic!

After hearing this story, the two of them felt as if they had been transported to another world as they left Kal'tsit's office.

After that, whenever he saw Xia Yu, his eyes were filled with curiosity.

What is his hometown like? From its politics, culture, and economy to its biological forms and its exploration of the universe…

In short, I'm very curious.

But because of Kal'tsit's words, they kept these curiosities firmly locked in their hearts, though their occasional glances toward him always made him turn around inexplicably.

During that time, everyone else in the lab wondered if something had happened between the three of them, since they were exchanging glances!

All I can say is that gossiping is a common trait of humans—or rather, researchers should be more precise—and of all known intelligent beings.

Take a day off

I have a lot to do today, so I'm taking a day off.

399 Victor Awakens

“The village…the village…”

In an unnamed, abandoned village, Victor woke up, muttering about the village.

He opened his eyes in confusion and found himself facing the familiar ceiling.

The wooden floorboards were already damaged when they arrived, and everyone repaired them piece by piece later.

Victor remembers that when he first led the infected people here with only a few grains of food and seeds, the entire village had been abandoned for many years, and most of the houses had been buried and collapsed by snow.

They spent a long time cleaning before finding two houses that were in slightly better condition.

One of the houses was quite large and must have been the home of someone of some standing in the village. The other house was here, and it was very sturdy. Although it was dilapidated, it hadn't collapsed under the weight of the house.

At that time, Victor arranged for everyone to put their limited food supplies in the larger, better-conditioned house, where the weak, women, and children also rested.

Here, a dozen or so strong men crammed into this room for two or three months.

Before contracting Oripathy, Victor would never have been able to sleep surrounded by the stench of sweat from the hard-working men around him every day.