NIKKE, after maxing out the favorability, all the Nikkis are not right

"I've previously studied several of the Ninth Generation mass-produced Nikkis and concluded that they're not as weak as you think. While most of these mass-produced models aren't as powerful as the Fairy Tale models of yesteryear, they're still far superior to the mass-produced models from a hundred years ago."

"The reason they give you the illusion of being particularly weak is entirely because Letcher is evolving so rapidly and is so powerful. By comparison, Nikki appears weak. In reality, if the ninth generation Nikki were put back a hundred years ago, Letcher would have virtually no chance of winning."

Cecil paused, then explained, "Although what I've said might make you think the fairytale-style Nikkis are nothing special, don't underestimate them. Although these Nikkis are basically antiques that should have been eliminated by the times, the combat experience they have accumulated on the ground over the past hundred years is beyond the reach of the Ark's young people."

Green nodded, then asked, "So, what do you think the current top-tier Ark fighters are like compared to the fairytale-style Nikki?"

Cecil said, "They're probably strong warriors of the same level. In short, I believe they both have the ability to handle Tyrant-level Letchers on their own. Even when facing heretics, they still have room to maneuver. Nikki, who has reached this level, can be considered a top-tier fighter."

"But you shouldn't blindly trust the standards I say."

"Because even fairy-tale bodies have differences."

"Take Dorothy for example. She possesses the best armor in Eden and possesses air superiority that no one else possesses. Once she unleashes her full power, she's incredibly formidable. Even a force like Fire Dragon might have to retreat from her attack."

"But... you should also know Dorothy's personality."

"Unless absolutely necessary, she would not easily abandon her dignity and elegance to fight the enemy with all her might. Therefore, it is rare to see her fighting in a brutal manner on a normal day."

"Wild Dorothy?"

Hearing Cecil say this, Green picked up his cup and took a sip of juice.

Although no one else had seen Dorothy's wild appearance, he happened to have seen it not long ago, and he had to admit that Cecil was right.

Once Dorothy puts aside the elegant appearance that she is proud of and reveals her savage inner self, in one word: she is extremely fierce.

Unfortunately, unless she encounters a heretic-level opponent again, Dorothy will never let others see her wild side.

"Come on, Cecil."

"I have one more question."

"Go ahead."

"Did Ark really only make one generation of fairytale models?"

Green brought up another topic that particularly interested him: "Logically, if I were Ark's leader, and after witnessing the glorious achievements of the Goddess Army back then, I would have immediately begun developing the second-generation fairytale model of Nikki. But why haven't I heard any related rumors yet?"

"That's because most of the data related to the fairy tale model has been blocked by Ark. However, as far as I know, Ark did study the second-generation fairy tale Nikki before and achieved considerable results."

Cecil said: "But that's not the point."

"It's on Letcher's side."

"erosion."

"Even someone as strong as the fairy-tale type Nikki could be corrupted by Letcher. In this case, the Nikki created by humans to fight Letcher could become a killer that destroys itself."

"And there happened to be a similar situation in history. An out-of-control Nikki destroyed an important stronghold. Since then, Ark has decided to reduce Nikki's performance so that they can still be controlled even if they are corrupted."

"This is probably why, decades ago, Nikki's performance has been declining, but in recent years, she's been forced to pick it up again due to Letcher's threat. There's a relatively delicate fulcrum between politics, Letcher, Nikki, humanity, and everything else. If any one of them breaks it, there will inevitably be a heavy price to pay in the end."

"That sounds a bit mysterious."

Green shook his head in disbelief.

"The fact that a creature like Letcher would appear on Earth is already a very mysterious thing."

Cecil smiled, then suddenly asked him, "What's even more mysterious is that the Ark was able to survive Letcher's attack for over a hundred years. Don't you think this is even more mysterious?"

"Niki, Hengkong, Nimph, electricity that can power thousands of people underground all night, and many unknown technologies, it's like they appeared out of nowhere overnight, it's very unsettling."

"Although I don't know the truth about why the Ark has been able to exist for so long, my intuition tells me that if I continue to stay there, I will one day be liquidated for not being able to control my curiosity. That's why I escaped from there and established the Garden of Eden on the ground."

Cecil is a talented scientist.

A scientist's duty is to find the truth, but the more she studies the secrets of the Ark, the more afraid she becomes of this giant beast lurking underground.

So she escaped and came to the ground with her ideas and technology. She happened to meet Dorothy, who wanted to take revenge on the Ark. The two had the same idea, so they built the Garden of Eden together, hoping that one day they would both achieve their respective goals.

"Let's stop talking about the Ark for now."

"To be honest, it's been decades since I left the Ark, so my impression of it is still stuck in the past. But even so, I think the place has never changed much."

Cecil shook his head with a hint of emotion.

Ark is a deformed society.

Those who work hard get no rewards, while those who talk big and cheat all day long live a life of debauchery.

And those who hold ideals and moral principles may even be regarded as freaks, isolated, and bullied...

To be fair, Cecil didn't like it there.

But in the future, no matter where she goes, perhaps the impression left by the Ark will not be as deep as it was for her.

"Speaking of which, Green, have you ever considered mechanical modification? Like rebuilding an arm or something? Perhaps this could make up for your recent emotional knot. At least it would allow you to hold heavy weapons like Nikki."

Cecil changed the subject and turned to the commander in front of him.

She could see that his visit to the Garden of Eden this time, in addition to trying to persuade Nihilista, was also to look for any way to improve his combat effectiveness.

Of course, ideas like mosquito repellent are a bit too fanciful. In terms of practicality, they sound great, but are basically useless in practice.

Let’s not talk about how a mosquito-sized robot can be given the ability to pierce the heretic’s skin. Secondly, even if it can really inject blood into the heretic’s body through the skin, what use can such a small tube of blood be?

It would be better to directly join the evolution of Koei, and the transformation will be much more powerful.

But Green ultimately refused the transformation.

"Thanks, Cecil, but forget about the prosthetic transformation."

"Be it arms, legs, or any other part of the body, I don't think it's necessary to replace them unless necessary."

Green stood up from the table, pinched his sturdy arms with his palms, and then said with a smile: "Not to mention that my blood is more important, secondly, having a healthy and attractive body is also my advantage."

"Ok?"

"Advantage? I feel like compared to Letcher, there doesn't seem to be any advantage, right?"

Cecil remained skeptical of his claims.

"My advantage is my beauty trap!"

Green replied confidently, "Since all the heretics were transformed from Nikki, it means most of them consider themselves women. With my face and body, I think I still have plenty of opportunities for negotiation."

"If you can't win, talk. If you can't talk, run. If you really can't run, then sell your body. If even selling your body doesn't impress the other party, then I have one last plan: to shoot myself in the head."

"Well, isn't it a perfect plan?"

Cecil shook his head. "Honestly, I hope you never resort to that last plan. However, what you said does make a lot of sense. Judging from the Fire Dragon's current attitude, heretics can indeed be appeased."

"They are not like the other low-level Letchers who act solely on instinct. Their way of thinking is indeed closer to that of humans, which is something we can use to our advantage."

"Considering this, I encourage you to negotiate with them more often. If necessary, you can even offer your body for personal gain. However, please be mindful of your pelvis. There might be some particularly powerful heretics among them. If you're not careful, they might sit on you and break your bones."

Cecil reminded.

"Don't worry, Cecil, I'm not that fragile."

Green smiled confidently.

Even someone as strong as Nihilista could not defeat him even if he fought him fiercely in the wild with all his might.

Could any other heretic be more terrifying than this evil dragon?

Furthermore, even heretics like excitement and hate boredom. As long as they can be moved by interests and tempted by the beauty trap, they will do anything to try and turn all their enemies into their friends.

In this way, maybe one day, he will be able to rely on a group of heretics who have taken root around him to directly solve the problems of the Ark and Queen Letcher in a "peaceful" way, and finally completely realize the great cause of regaining the land, liberating Nikki, and reviving civilization.

Well, that’s a good idea.

It is relatively difficult to implement.

Not to mention that the Ark would definitely not accept him hanging out with heretics. Until now, he didn't even know who the queen was or her specific location. How could he fight her?

But at least Nihilista has now expressed his stance. With such an elite general of the queen by his side to keep the peace, if the Ark really has any intention of settling accounts with him, Nihilista naturally doesn't mind charging back and forth again.

A fire dragon who rarely feels guilty or remorseful, who else could be more suitable for doing this than her?

After sorting out his thoughts, Green just stood up to leave when Cecil called him again.

"Since you think the beauty trap works, why not learn some style from the Nikkis in Eden while we still have time? Every time I see you, you're always wearing that same uniform you haven't changed in a century. Don't you ever get tired of it?"

"Take care of yourself."

"Harlan, Isabel, and Dorothy all have excellent tastes and are quite knowledgeable about dressing. While you still have some time, why don't you ask them for advice? Maybe they can help you become more handsome."

Cecil said.

"good idea."

Green nodded and agreed.

He usually goes without makeup, unless it's an important occasion. Washing his face with clean water and his hair lightly every day is already the highest standard of treatment.

But as Cecil said, if he carefully prepared a set of clothes for himself and paid attention to the hairstyle and various details, not to mention the heretics, even Cecil himself would be moved when he saw it.

You know, as an old woman whose mental age is already in her forties, what kind of people has Cecil not seen?

But the guy in front of me, if he dresses up seriously, his lethality to women is absolutely irresistible.

258

Chapter 258: A woman with a story is like fine wine.

The nights in the Garden of Eden were always eerily quiet. If it weren't for a few dim lights on, even if someone broke in, they would probably think that this area was unguarded.

But this is normal.

After all, in this huge Garden of Eden, there are very few residents whose names can be mentioned on a daily basis.

Apart from those in the Successor Corps, Green suddenly realized that he hardly knew anyone else.

Fortunately, most of the residents of the Garden of Eden seemed friendly. It was night time, and there were two Nikkis walking on the cobblestone path. When Green walked up to them and asked them, they couldn't help but look surprised.

"You are the Ark Commander who defeated Nihilista, right? I've heard of you for a long time, and today we finally meet."

As soon as they met, Nikki, who was wearing a gray sports vest, spoke respectfully.

"Don't be so polite, I just came to ask for directions."

"By the way, am I really that famous in Eden Garden? I thought not many people would know about this."

Green was a little confused. Logically speaking, he was just a resident of the Garden of Eden and should not be so famous.

But looking at the expressions of the two Nikkis in front of him, they obviously recognized him.

The ponytailed Nikki on the left smiled and said, "Maybe in your eyes, we're just two ordinary Nikkis, but at least we've passed the Paradise Trial and are official residents. Cecil will still keep us informed of some basic information."

"Oh, by the way, I was also Nikki from the Ark. Before coming to Paradise, my teammate, the one next to me, and I had been working for the Pure Land."

"But in the end you chose this place."

Green asked with a hint of curiosity, "Can I ask why you're leaving the Ark? Of course, don't worry about me reporting this to the higher-ups. Strictly speaking, I'm just here for tourism, acting as a goodwill ambassador to promote relations."

"Commander, do you want to ask this? Actually, there is no special reason."

Nikki, who had her hair tied in a ponytail, touched the back of her head, a bitter look on her face: "If I were to talk about this, it goes back a few years."

"At that time, we were ordered to go to the ground with a commander to carry out a mission. Because our team is quite powerful, our mission this time was to rescue other troops trapped by the Tyrant-class Letcher."

“The battle was difficult, but fortunately we were victorious in the end and rescued the injured unharmed.”

"But for some reason, maybe the Ark was worried we might see something we shouldn't, so they summoned us to the Pure Land for body maintenance and then brainwashed the three of us."

"I'm pretty sure I've forgotten some very important memories, and so have my friends," Nikki, who has a ponytail, said confidently.

"Although memories are often short-lived for Nikki, I feel that if even this tiny right to retain memories is ruthlessly taken away, we wouldn't want to stay in the Pure Land any longer, even if the treatment there is excellent."

"This is also the reason why several of us chose to defect from the Ark."

"Although we once naively believed that hard work would lead to a better life, reality has taught us not to trust the company. Even President Ingrid, who usually treats us very kindly and has a good attitude, we can no longer trust her."

"Once trust is broken, it's impossible to regain the glory of the past, so we ultimately chose to defect."

"It was a difficult decision, but at least we don't regret it. Paradise is pretty good now, right? Although compared to the Ark, it has some strict rules and regulations, but here, at least you don't have to worry about being captured and brainwashed again."

"Well, that's true."

Green nodded, but did not comment on her desertion.

In fact, compared with Nikki from Ark, the two in front of him are more like normal people.

No one likes being brainwashed, especially when their memory is erased. It must feel terrible.