The Villain Knight Doesn't Want to Be a Hero

"Ah... there's no need to be so anxious, right?"

Looking at her serious expression, Lin Qiao scratched his head helplessly.

It wasn't for any other reason, but he just couldn't bear to wake up Tiamat who was taking a nap.

"It's a rare opportunity for us to come out, and it's a harmonious mission like this that doesn't require fighting. There's no need to be so anxious, right?"

"Besides, you will continue to do chores for others when you go back...There are a lot more people in the camp now, so it won't make much difference even if you don't help."

In a sense, because there are too many resurrected androids, the Resistance is in a situation of surplus labor.

Although there are still a lot of things to do, at least it won't be like before, where 2B has to take on a bunch of side quests and run around in a map full of little red dots.

"But even so..."

This feeling of everyone else being busy but herself doing nothing... makes 2B feel inexplicably guilty.

But before she could say anything, a slightly rusty iron pipe was handed to her.

"Would you like to give it a try? This is a famous air force training activity in human history. It has a certain effect of relieving stress... You must be under a lot of pressure normally."

“…”

This is true.

At least she has to hide her true identity as an E-type Executioner, and she does feel a lot of pressure when she thinks that she might have to kill 9S again in the future.

——No matter how much you deny your feelings, this kind of pressure does exist.

But it was obvious that 2B was still quite hesitant.

"Then consider it as my reward for accompanying you on this delivery."

Seeing that she was still looking hesitant, Lin Qiao simply smiled.

"As long as you catch three fish, including the fish-shaped mechanical lifeforms, I will go back with you immediately. How do you think about this?"

"Is this a commission?"

"It's fine if you understand it that way."

"I see."

He took the fishing rod handed to him by Lin Qiao with a serious look on his face.

Under the dual guidance of the auxiliary machine and Lin Qiao, bait was tied to the spider silk that served as the fishing line, and the fishing mode was started.

.....

"So what you mean is that it took a little longer to investigate the mechanical lifeforms in Pascal Village?"

Annie Morning looked at Lin Qiao suspiciously, who looked like she was telling him "I'm not lying".

The people were sent out yesterday, but they only came back today...If she hadn't heard from the communication that the two were fine, she would have thought something had happened.

Then Annie Morning looked to the other side and saw 2B, who was holding a fish-shaped mechanical lifeform as big as a finger... The expression on her face was extremely weird.

——Is this the result of your investigation?

Although it was not stated explicitly, the doubts revealed were quite obvious.

"Well, there was a little accident, a little..."

Lin Qiao coughed lightly and spoke vaguely.

Although he originally wanted to use fishing to let Tiamat take a nap and let 2B relieve stress at the same time... he didn't expect to be so obsessed with the latter!

But she hasn't entered the novice protection period yet.

After fishing for a whole day, the only thing she caught was a small fish as thick as a finger...although the biggest reason was that the mechanical life forms watching her fishing were too noisy.

But to be honest, in the end, it was Lin Qiao and the auxiliary machine who persuaded her for a long time, and because they really had important things to do, they finally persuaded her to come back.

Otherwise, if I really want to catch three fish before coming back, it will probably be the day after tomorrow.

"But 9S found a mechanical life form similar to the androids in the desert. Is this true?"

Back to business, 2B looked at Annie Mourning.

However, she did not receive any communication from 9S or the bunker regarding this.

"That's true, but there is strong signal interference in that area. It was strange that Cass had to use a special anti-interference device to contact us, so I'm afraid we can only wait until they come back to find out the details."

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Chapter 689 New Discovery

We didn't have to wait too long. About two hours later, a military transport vehicle with a roaring engine and raising a lot of dust drove at full speed from the end of the road in the distance towards the resistance camp.

After a neat and clean drift, 9S, who was sitting in the back of the car, was thrown out.

A panicked female android figure ran down from the driver's seat.

"Water, water, water! Give me some water! I'm going to die if I don't drink water!"

As if there was a ferocious beast chasing her, the female android ran down from the driver's seat and rushed into the camp with big strides.

Lin Qiao raised his eyelids slightly when watching this scene, but did not say much. He directly handed the full water tank in his hand to the other party.

“It’s water!”

The female android grabbed a water tank full of water like a hungry tiger, unscrewed the lid without even looking, and blew into her mouth.

Tons of tons of tons....

Accompanied by some strange sounds, the water in the tank was decreasing at an extremely exaggerated speed.

For artificial humans, they can skip meals and sleep, but they cannot skip drinking water.

——That’s where their motivation comes from.

Due to the difference in technological levels, although the various technologies of the androids can be considered advanced, they are still far behind the mechanical life forms that can rely on the core to obtain a semi-permanent power source.

Simply put, just like a car needs gas, water is the fuel for artificial humans... It is indeed a creation of civilization based on "boiling water".

Once the water in the body is exhausted, the result is obvious.

By the way, Yoruha-type androids like 2B have water collection devices inside, so there is no need to take in water from the outside.

In barely two minutes, the originally full portable water tank was reduced to less than one third.

"Phew, I'm saved, I'm saved, I'm finally alive..."

Put down the last remaining water tank in your hand.

The female android who was behaving a little strangely looked relieved, then sat down on the ground in an ungraceful manner.

"Thanks. Oh... a face I haven't seen before? Newcomer to the camp?"

But then she thought of something, and a gleam of light suddenly flashed in her eyes.

"Or are you talking about those resurrected androids? My name is Strange Cass, if possible, let me research them... Gah!"

Before Cass could finish her words, Annie Morning, who had a good relationship with her, punched her on the head, neither too hard nor too light, and forced her to suppress the rest of her words.

"You..."

Anne Morning, the leader of the camp, looked helpless.

This guy is good at everything. As a technical android, Guai Kass can be said to be an indispensable existence on the side of the resistance army...

It's that Frankenstein-like personality that's really a headache.

"Also, didn't I bring you two boxes of water when I went out to investigate?"

Although androids don't require external energy supplies like mechanical life forms, it is enough for them to survive for quite a while... at least a month.

Instead of running back to the camp like a thirsty ghost.

"What can I do? It's all because of the mechanical life forms. We were attacked by them not long after we arrived in the desert. Even the water in the car was gone..."

Listening to Cass's explanation, Annie Morning covered her forehead with her hand.

Considering the character of Strange Cass, even she suspected that if the water in her body had not been almost burned out, this guy might not come back.

Although she really wanted to say something to her, considering Cass's personality, she basically wouldn't listen, so Annie Morning just sighed.

I spent some time explaining to Cass and 9S the recent situation in the camp.

——Since the resurrection of the androids only happened after they went to the desert, their knowledge of the matter was limited to Annie Morning mentioning it casually during the communication.

Obviously, as people with extremely strong curiosity, both Cass and 9S showed considerable interest in this matter.

....But unfortunately, that's all.

After all, for the androids, how their former teammates were resurrected remains a mystery.

The so-called white tower is still nowhere to be found despite the search by Lin Qiao and a group of resurrected androids...

In comparison, the new type of mechanical life form discovered by 9S and his friends in the desert is more critical.

A mechanical life form shaped like a android that was born from a giant egg formed by countless mechanical life forms; and another mechanical life form with the same appearance as the android that crawled out of the former after severely injuring the former.

"Adam and Eve..."

It is no exaggeration to say that apart from N2, who is the network spirit of the mechanical life form, the two of them should be considered as the high-level commanders among the mechanical life forms.

And it is no coincidence that they are born with the appearance of artificial humans.

After all, after stabbing their alien creators, a large part of the evolution of mechanical life forms relied on the information left by humans.

Engels, Pascal, Hegel, Mozi, Beauvoir... This can be seen from the names of mechanical life forms.

"Huh? What's wrong?"

It was at this moment that Lin Qiao noticed that everyone else seemed to be looking at her, and then she spread her hands indifferently.

"——I just happened to read something similar in Pascal's book. Don't worry about it for now."

Is it really?

Annie Morning and 2B looked suspicious but didn't say much.

"Oh, speaking of which, when we went to the desert this time, 9S and I saw a somewhat strange mechanical life form."

"A strange mechanical life form?"

"That's about it...pod."

As 9S spoke, the black auxiliary machine next to him immediately projected the relevant images in front of everyone.

The environment was obviously a desert, with undulating sand dunes and yellow sand baked by the sun, which seemed to awaken some of Lin Qiao's bad memories and made him rub his temples.

But against that seemingly harmonious background, a small black dot appeared in the sky.

Although tiny, it stands out against the cloudless blue sky.

As the auxiliary machine enlarged the image, everyone could see the true face of the black spot more clearly.

A humanoid structure with a pitch-black body and large wing-shaped arms... the Flying Smasher.

"Is this... a new type of mechanical life form?"

Looking at the metal figure on the screen, Annie Morning couldn't help but frown.

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Chapter 690 Lin Qiao: What a good plan

But 9S shook his head at Annie Morning's statement.

"No, this thing is most likely not a mechanical life form. The auxiliary machine did not detect any identification signals related to mechanical life forms..."

"But we can't draw a complete conclusion on this point. It may be due to the long distance... Anyway, let's put this aside for now."

"The key point is the latter—"

The auxiliary machine zoomed in the picture again, and everyone except Lin Qiao frowned even more.

Although the picture was a little blurry due to the Flying Swagger's fast speed, it could be seen that in addition to itself, it was also dragging several damaged androids.