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

"No matter what, first, take action."

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Chapter 346: Longing is the feeling farthest from understanding.

"Lavi, watch your back!"

boom!

Green blew up the core of the land crab in front of him with a burst of bullets, and then threw a high-explosive grenade at the mantis that was attacking Lavi.

Lavi understood what he meant and turned the gun around, shooting the mantis that was trying to get closer into a sieve.

There were not many Letchers, and with the strength of the counterattack force, it took less than ten minutes to eliminate all the attacking Letchers. However, when they began to clean up the battlefield, Gravi had already disappeared with her coffin.

"That guy ran away again."

"what……"

"What an inhuman fellow."

Anis kicked the scattered stones and complained, "The Commander spoke to her so kindly, but in the end, it still turned out to be a mess. And those Letchers might have been summoned by her."

"You can't say that. After all, we broke into her base and visited her unannounced. It's normal for her to be cautious."

Green casually opened the metal shell of a Letcher and pulled out the core inside which no longer flashed red light.

Most of Letcher's core is spherical, and a lens similar to an eyeball is embedded in the metal sphere. Although the Ark does not allow any commander or Nikki to take back Letcher's parts for research privately, he does not take them back. It is just right to leave these things in the base. Preparing more will also facilitate future analysis and research.

I spent a minute or two hastily cleaning up the battlefield and looking around.

After confirming that it was completely safe, Green immediately walked behind Ileg and Liflin.

The two people who were pressed by the huge crystal block that fell from the sky were like the stepmother stuck in the wall in the movie. Only a pair of plump buttocks were exposed outside, and the upper body was buried in the crystal.

"Ileg, Leverin, are you two okay?"

"Uh uh uh, Commander, I'm fine! But if you don't get us out of here quickly, the crystals are going to start drilling into our bodies!"

"My chest feels so stuffy!"

The voices of the two people came from inside the crystal block. It seemed that everything was fine except that they could not move.

Green breathed a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, it was Nikki, and even such a huge rock couldn't crush her to death. If it were an ordinary person with flesh and blood, her head would have been blown apart long ago.

"Lavi, and everyone, come and help us get them out."

"Okay, Commander."

"Anis and Nian will take care of Liflin, while Lavi and I will take care of Ileg. Hamelin, you will chisel a crack in the middle of this crystal. Be careful not to hurt them."

"understand!"

Green reached out and grabbed one of Ileg's thighs.

"Yeah~"

"Commander, how could you touch my thigh so hard~"

Ileg's half-ashamed voice came from the crystal block, causing Green to roll his eyes: "Do you still want to come out?"

"Yes, of course! But, could you be a little gentler, Commander~"

"Let Hamelin go first."

Hamelin picked up the hammer and took a step forward. Just as he was about to swing it, the ground began to rumble and shake.

"Commander, be careful!"

"The ground is sinking, come back quickly!"

Lapi was quick-witted and quick-handed. He quickly grabbed Green's shoulder and pulled him back.

But Ileg, Liflin and Hamelin holding the hammer had no time to retreat. The three of them just fell rapidly into the ground along with the collapsed ground, along with the huge crystal on the ground.

"Commander, please, please find us!"

Hamelin's last voice came faintly from underground, but soon it could not be heard.

"Wow, what, what happened? A huge cave-in appeared out of nowhere on the ground, and then the three of them fell in?"

Anis was shocked by this sudden change.

But soon, Green discovered the secret.

"This isn't a cave-in, Anis."

"It's an elevator."

Following the edge of the hole, Green looked down and saw a bottomless passage. He had seen the same structure somewhere, and that place was the elevator of the Ark.

"The huge crystal we just saw is most likely used to power this elevator."

"Then it goes without saying who activated this massive elevator, Gravey, and she went down with the coffin."

"There's no time to waste chatting here. We have to rescue all three of Ileg. Shefti, submit a report to the central government and request more reinforcements."

Green held down his earphones and spoke to Shefty.

"Understood, Commander."

"We will send the reserve members of the exploration team to reinforce. They are Troni from the Electric Shock Unit, Fragil from the Pathfinder Unit, and Drillin from the Hammer and Drill Unit."

"Ugh, the names are so hard to pronounce. How can I remember who's who with so many new characters popping up all at once? Also, to be frank, I think it's really inconvenient to bring along these Nikkis who can only fight the weak Letchers. We always have to distract ourselves from taking care of them, which makes us feel tied up."

Anis couldn't help but complain.

"But everyone has their own specialties, Anis."

"You don't want to deal with the rocks blocking the road yourself, do you?"

Xie Futi said soothingly with some helplessness.

"Well, that's right. I have nothing to say. Then let's not waste time and quickly think of a way to get down."

Anis said.

"Wait a moment, I'll throw a signal stick to test the depth."

Green took out a signal stick from his arms, lit it, and threw it into the bottomless elevator shaft.

Soon, the fire went out.

This also means that the depth of this elevator passage may be hundreds of meters or even longer.

"Who on earth would build an elevator in a place like this? It's really curious."

"But now isn't the time to think about these things, Shefti. I'll leave the reinforcements to you. Also, we need to find a way to get down here. Do you have any good ideas?"

Green asked.

"Commander, please don't worry. The central government has many countermeasures to deal with this situation."

"Anyway, I've already sent reinforcements, Nikki, with the equipment. Please return to your base and rest for a while."

"Okay, so be it."

"There's nothing you can do just standing here and watching."

Green nodded, waved his hand, and turned to leave the crystal area with the counterattack troops.

Although he was a little anxious, fortunately Hamelin went down with him. Her hammer could just smash the crystal blocks and help Liflin and Ileg escape. The three of them would probably find a safe place to hide for a while and wait for reinforcements to arrive.

Ileg and the others are not stupid, and they will not easily expose themselves to danger.

Anyway, I hope so.

……

night.

station.

Rabbi sat alone at the edge of the field, looking at the thriving farmland swaying in the wind, but her face remained silent, and no one knew what she was thinking.

Just sat there quietly for a while.

Rabbi suddenly heard a familiar voice.

"It's late at night and everyone is asleep. You're all alone on this ridge. Could it be that something is bothering you?"

Rabi turned around in surprise and saw that it was Honglian.

She arrived early and even moved a recliner comfortably. She half-reclined on the chair, sitting in the farmland, enjoying the night breeze, drinking wine and watching the moon. Rabi, who was full of thoughts, naturally did not notice her presence.

"Nothing, I just have something on my mind. I'm sorry if I disturbed you."

Rabbi apologized quickly.

"The night sky, the evening breeze, the bright moon, they never belong to anyone, so why do you have to apologize to me?"

Honglian smiled in response. She raised her glass and took a sip of the wine, but a subtle look appeared in her drunken eyes. "What a coincidence! I heard from the young master before that you and Little Red Riding Hood have some connection. I guess you are the successor designated by Little Red Riding Hood, Lapi."

"!!!"

"..."

When Rabi heard Honglian asking him, he remained silent.

Seeing her expression of being hesitant to agree, Honglian couldn't help but shake her head again, and said with a smile, "Haha, you and Little Red Riding Hood are truly worlds apart, like the opposite ends of yin and yang. If she is the boiling lava, you are the calm well. One has a fiery temperament, the other is cautious and reserved."

"Yes... I really can't compare to her, nor can I become her."

Rabi closed his eyes for a long time, then sighed silently.

"What are you talking about?"

Honglian suddenly reached out and tapped Lapi's head gently with the wine bottle. "In my opinion, that's wrong. Just as no two leaves in this world are alike, the same is true for people. Even if you truly admire and yearn for someone, you can never be her."

"So why do you want to be Little Red Riding Hood?"

"She has her own mission and life, and you have your own ideals and ambitions. How can you lump them together?"

"Ravi, don't dwell on this."

"Only with an open mind can one achieve a successful future. Think about it again. I still have to busy myself with farm work under the moonlight. Since I promised the young master to help him look after the fields and cultivate the crops, I must not break my promise."

Honglian picked up her straw hat, suddenly jumped off the recliner, picked up the hoe and went to work in the fields.

Her carefree appearance while busy with farm work under the moonlight made Lavi speechless.

In her cognition... or should be said in the cognition of most Nikkis, the Goddess Army is a perfect existence. Although their names have not been passed down, each of them should be like a real warrior, strong and fearless, and will never fall.

But no one who saw the drunkard busy doing farm work would associate her with the swordsman in the goddess's army.

Bathed in the moonlight, listening to the occasional sound of hoeing, Rabi was silently lost in thought when another person sat down beside her.

She turned around in surprise again, only to find it was her commander.

“Human society has always needed heroes. Those noble martyrs, those who can overcome even human nature for their ideals, will always be carved into symbols and written into a moving story for future generations to commemorate.”

"but……"

"When you truly get to know those heroes, you'll discover that they, like you, cry, laugh, shed tears, feel pain, grieve over the loss of their comrades, and harbor centuries of resentment over human betrayal."

"But those epic stories never mention this."

"Just like the stories Ark wrote about the Goddess Troops, the book always says that the Goddess Troops are invincible, that they forge ahead courageously for their ideals, that they are the patron saints of all mankind, and that they are role models for all Nikkis."

"It's clear that they've been overly mythicized, to the point where the ideals and responsibilities that have been placed on them may not even be their original intentions."

"I think you are too, Rabbi. I guess the reason you've been so anxious lately is probably because of Little Red Riding Hood, right?"

Green sat next to Rabi, and they sat on the edge of the field to watch the moon and chat for a while. He turned his head to look at Rabi's silent profile.

She was silent for a long time before nodding with a guilty look on her face.

"Um, yes, Commander."

"I can't hide it from your eyes."

Rabbi said softly.

"I don't know anything about your relationship. Little Red Riding Hood didn't tell me back then. As for how you two met and became master and apprentice, I don't know either."