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

"Okay, I'll mention it to her next time."

"Okay, remember to tell her. I'm going to ask her in person anyway, otherwise it will seem like I care too much, right?"

"Okay, let's stop talking about these annoying topics and eat!"

The affordable restaurant chosen by Yinhua had pretty good food, but the only thing that made Green feel unsatisfied was that there was too little meat. He had ordered the most luxurious beef rice set, but the waiter only brought him a few thin slices of synthetic meat, just like the beef in Lanzhou ramen. If he didn't spend money to add more meat, it would be pitifully small.

"The Ark's synthetic meat is really expensive. I don't know much about salaries in other industries, but considering the average person's salary, their daily meals shouldn't be that good, right?"

Green picked up a piece of roasted synthetic meat and blew on the hot air near his mouth.

“It’s not particularly good, but it’s not bad either.”

Yinhua said: "At least they can still eat two or three meals a week. Of course, I'm talking about those who have an average salary."

"And those who earn even less can only eat Poppet."

"Poppert..."

After hearing Yinhua talk about Popet, Green poked his chopsticks twice and asked curiously: "Yinhua, do you know what Popet is made of? I've asked many people before, but they all said they didn't know or were vague about it, so I'm a little curious."

Yinhua shrugged and said, "As for the raw materials of Poppet, to be honest, I don't know much either. After all, this may be one of the Ark's top secrets. Apart from people at the level of the deputy commander, probably no one knows how it is made."

"You don't even know?"

"Now I don't want to eat anymore."

When talking about Poppet, Green couldn't help but look embarrassed.

This kind of food that is neither vegetarian nor meaty is really suspicious if you think about it carefully. And if it is really produced in a factory or on an assembly line, there will definitely be a way for the news to leak out.

But now after asking around, even Nikki, who has lived for so long, doesn't know how Popate is made, so it's probably not a good thing.

"Why, do you think there's something wrong with the raw materials of Poppet and you can't eat it?"

Yinhua noticed Green's concern and curled her lips. "Don't be so picky, but haven't we all been eating this for years? Has anyone had any problems?"

"As long as it's nutritious, why bother being picky? Whether it's cockroach meat, rat meat, or some other creature, it's all a form of protein, and it won't kill you."

"Having said that, it's better to eat food with a clear ingredient list."

Green shook his head.

Although he had always been able to eat as long as he had something to eat in the Ark, he didn't like eating things of unknown origin.

Who knows what this Poppet is made of? Parts of Letcher, a human corpse, or even parts of Nikki?

In short, this thing called Popate is just like the Chinese takeout made in those small workshops. Although it is cheap, who knows how much dirty sweat and rotten meat you have swallowed when you take a bite.

I finished my lunch in a hurry.

The two sat face to face and simply took a rest in the store.

With nothing to do, Yinhua simply took out the sniper rifle she carried with her and started maintaining it on the spot.

Yinhua's sniper rifle is different from the heavy firepower weapons used by Snow White and Little Red Riding Hood that specialize in destruction. As a new generation of equipment produced by Ark, its appearance is made with reference to the previous generation R93LRS2 high-precision sniper rifle.

Of course, in addition to the reference to the appearance, the design of this sniper rifle is also the same. Compared with the destructive power of the firearm, Yinhua will pay more attention to the precision and accuracy of the firearm to ensure that every bullet can hit the target accurately and not be wasted.

In her words, "No matter how powerful the firepower is, it's useless if you can't hit the target accurately."

"Do you know the name of my gun?"

“A perfectionist.”

"On the ground, where dangers abound, you have to be well-rounded to survive, so precision and accuracy are more important than the firepower of your weapons."

Yinhua caressed her sniper rifle as if she was caressing her sweetheart. She was also a serious arms fan. When she was not working, she would sit in the Ark's armory, maintaining guns and looking after weapons.

"Third-rate, remember, if you can't hit accurately, no matter how strong the firepower is, it's meaningless. The same is true of human nature. If subordinates don't obey orders, no matter how strong they are, they will only die in vain."

"I understood this before I became Nikki... As for why, it's ridiculous."

Yinhua was wiping the barrel of the gun while lost in memories.

She rarely showed such an expression of pain and a hint of disgust. Obviously, that past was definitely engraved in her heart.

"If you have nothing to do today, I'll take you somewhere."

"Let's go. Although we have to go to the ground, it's not too far from the Ark. It will take about ten minutes to get there, and there won't be any Letchers nearby."

"Okay, let's go then."

It doesn't matter anyway.

Green followed Yinhua and took the elevator to the ground.

Although he did not have permission from the Ark to go to the surface this time, he had the privilege to move freely.

After walking for about ten minutes, Yinhua made a stop gesture. The two stopped and looked around, but they could only see desolate and dilapidated ruins and remains all over the ground. It was not known whether the remains of Letcher or Nikki's body were piled together, leaving the entire ruins with traces of war.

"Where is this?"

Green couldn't help but ask as he looked at Yinhua standing in front of the ruins of a high-rise building.

"It's a grave."

"The grave of a human commander who graduated from the military academy at the top of his class, once considered a rising star of the Ark, but was ultimately murdered by a group of idiotic subordinates."

Yinhua stretched out his fingers and lightly brushed across the already mottled wall. He couldn't help but sigh softly: "I thought I would feel bad coming here, but I didn't expect that after coming here, I feel much more relaxed."

"Stupid subordinate, committing insubordination?"

Green tilted his head, puzzled.

Yinhua nodded. "Well, at that time, I was on my 20th mission. I led a group of experienced Nikki soldiers. They were like many people on the Ark. They liked to form cliques and bully others, laughing and joking, and often disobeyed the commander's orders."

"And naturally, those third-rate... no, I should say, third-rate guys, ignored my orders. Not only that, they mocked me for being a rookie who had just graduated from the military academy and acted on my own initiative."

"In the end, it's just like the wreckage you see here."

"In less than 10 minutes, they were all dead. Not even their heads were left."

"And so, I was left in Letcher's lair. Even though I fought hard, I was ultimately no match for those metal monsters."

Yinhua bent down, her fingers gently stroking the wall, as if reminiscing about her former high-spirited self: "Fortunately, the Ark sent reinforcements in time to save me from the brink of death. However, with my injuries at that time, it was impossible for me to continue living as a human commander."

"So that's how I was transformed into Nikki."

"And so, with such an absurd ending, I still survived."

Yinhua sighed heavily, then supported his knees with his hands and straightened his back: "This is why I always look down on those weak guys."

"Commander, Nikki, anyone who has no real power but only talks big and relies on their small group to bully others is doomed to be incompetent. Sooner or later, they will die on the ground. That's why I hate them."

"However, you are an exception."

"We have worked together many times before. Although you are only a rookie, your achievements every time have almost exceeded my imagination."

Yinhua turned around. She wasn't a very outspoken person, but this time she praised Green: "It's undeniable that you are stronger and more resilient than any commander I've ever met. Besides that, you are completely different from those who only think about themselves."

“Don’t forget your original intention, keep it.”

"We will be like-minded comrades in the future, but the prerequisite is that you must continue to work tirelessly to retake the ground, just like you are doing now."

"I thought Yinhua kind of hated me."

Green smiled slightly and jokingly said: "After all, you usually don't have a good temper when you speak, and you always call me third-rate."

"Um...I'm sorry."

"After all, the commanders I met before were too bad."

Yinhua scratched his cheek with his fingers and apologized a little sheepishly: "Ingrid once assigned commanders to the special forces, but those guys only cared about their own achievements and would only yell at Nikki to die. So now, except for some overly dangerous missions, we mostly act independently."

"To be honest, before I met you, I never thought you would be an exception."

"If we had gotten to know each other earlier, I think we would have taken a better step forward."

"But...it's not too late to start now. We still have a lot of future to write. Please bear with me in the days ahead."

This time it was Green's turn to be a little surprised.

Is this still the Yinhua he remembers, the foul-mouthed and picky person?

It seems that even the most arrogant Nikki has a soft spot in her heart.

After expressing her true feelings, Yinhua's mood was obviously much better. She did not even glance at the ruins behind her. Instead, she turned around briskly and strode back the way she came.

"Won't you reminisce a little more, Yinhua?"

Green watched her swiftly departing figure and suddenly asked, "You finally came here, and you're just leaving like that?"

"Ha, then what do you want me to do here? Kneel on the ground and cry bitterly for my dead self like a melancholy, innocent girl? Only third-rate people would dwell on their past all day long. I won't do that."

“So the answer is, no.”

“I don’t have any attachment to this place anymore.”

"Because my dream will not be buried in these ruins."

Yinhua turned around, and a smile from the heart appeared on her cool face.

Since you are a junior whom I can admire.

My unfulfilled dream of taking back the ground will be placed on your shoulders.

"Yinhua, I just realized that you have a cute side."

Green stared at her body curves wrapped in the black uniform. Although Yinhua's figure was not that hot, he was used to seeing Nikki with big breasts and buttocks, so it felt different to suddenly appreciate a flat-chested girl like her.

I heard him suddenly say that he was cute.

Yinhua stopped walking, her face flushed with anger, and turned around to scold him: "What nonsense are you talking about all day long, you want to get beaten, right? Next time you want to praise me, don't use the word 'cute' anymore. That's a word used to describe little girls. If you want to praise someone else as cute, praise Bestie."

"For someone as powerful as me, you should probably call him handsome."

"Then... Yinhua's big forehead is so handsome?"

Yinhua's mouth twitched and he couldn't help but clench his fists.

"If you comment on my hairstyle again, I'm going to beat you up into a flat forehead, too. Got it?"

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Chapter 283 Anik: Thank you for the coffee.

"Okay, okay, I know I was wrong, Senior Yinhua."

"Let's go back together."

"If you have some free time these days, how about you teach me some shooting skills?"

Green followed Yinhua's footsteps closely and said, "I want to work on my marksmanship. I always feel like I can't hit the target most of the time."

"Okay, but you have to be mentally prepared. My special training is not something a third-rate person can handle."

Yinhua raised the corner of his mouth and agreed readily.

"See you in the simulation room then."

Take the elevator back to the Ark.

Green said goodbye to Yinhua and went to visit the bunker at the center of the Ark to meet Annick.

Just like usual, Anik's "entity" was still quietly floating above the console, holding a shimmering crystal ball in her arms, staring intently at the thumbnail of the Ark inside.

"Anik, it feels like it's been a while since we last met. Do you have time to talk?"

"Please wait a moment. I'm currently monitoring the completion of the Ark's reconstruction. According to my calculations, 72.4% of the damage caused by Letcher's invasion has been repaired, and the remaining damaged buildings are gradually entering their construction phase. In order to successfully complete the reconstruction and appease the people, the government's current inventory of resources is severely insufficient."

"I wonder what you think about the issue of resource shortages?"

Anik put down the crystal ball and glanced at him with a questioning look.

Green was slightly surprised to hear her ask him what to do.

As the super AI that manages the entire Ark, he felt that Alnik should have calculated the perfect answer to this kind of question long ago, but she actually asked him the question instead, which gave people the feeling that she had other intentions.

But since Alnick asked, Green would naturally answer.

"It stands to reason that when the government's coffers are empty, it has to take money from the people."

"But Alnic, you should also know that in a place like the Ark, most ordinary citizens don't have any resources. If we can't control the ground, where are we supposed to mine ore and wood?"

"It's precisely because the Ark's current situation is so extreme that large corporations, especially those that control Nikki's production technology, have almost monopolized over 80% of the resources. If they want to make up for the government's resource deficit, they have to take it from the coffers of these corporations."