NIKKE, Swordmaster Ark Succubus Daily

The venomous snake led the still-dazed jackal away.

Only Shu En and Li Zuoyi remained in the room.

"Are you very free? Is Misilis doing well right now?" Li Zuoyi asked, looking at her. "Or is it..."

He lowered his head slightly, his gaze falling on her lower abdomen.

Missilis' stock price plummeted due to previous events, and now is the time to take it seriously.

"...That's really too much. I came here because I had something to do."

Shuen had completely lost the arrogance he had shown when facing the snakes and jackals. He was as docile as a hamster in front of him, and even when he was angry, his voice sounded somewhat soft.

"What is it?" Li Zuoyi asked.

Shuen looked at him and said, "It's the storage device you gave me last time. I took a look, and it's related to the underground bank you asked about last time. It's something like management."

"Do you have money?" As expected, this was still Li Zuoyi's biggest concern.

“It’s still being deciphered, it won’t be that fast.” Shuen lowered his eyelids, crossed his legs over his hands, and twisted his body as he said, “If I had it, I would have told you, but for now…”

"Okay, I need to go out for a bit," Li Zuoyi said to her as he put on his coat.

"Are you going out?!" Shu En looked up at him in surprise; she had come all this way herself...

She even came all the way here herself just to send a message... Li Zuoyi knew exactly what she wanted to do. Although it shouldn't matter if it was a little late, he just couldn't let her do whatever she wanted.

He pushed open the door and said, "That's it. You can go back now."

Shuen collapsed onto the sofa as if he had died.

……

Li Zuoyi's destination was the Pure Land of Bliss.

In the experimental layer of the Pure Land of Bliss, Li Zuoyi met Ingrid.

"Did I show you the request?" Ingrid asked, arms crossed.

At the gathering in Missilis earlier, Li Zuoyi announced to the Ark's senior management that he was willing to do things for them, but he would have to choose the content of the commission himself.

Over the past few days, various requests have been gradually collected and sent to Lhabi.

“No,” Li Zuoyi said.

"..." Ingrid covered her forehead, looking quite helpless. "Alright, what brings you here?"

"May I borrow your Pure Land of Bliss simulation room for a bit?" Li Zuoyi said.

As a military enterprise within Ark, Pure Land of Bliss excels in combat simulation, producing the most realistic data.

"And where is your Niki?" Ingrid asked, noticing that he had come alone.

“The test subject is myself,” Li Zuoyi said, pointing to himself.

This was requested by Anik, who said she needed detailed data on his combat abilities, but it's unclear what she intended to do.

He was wearing the contact lenses that Anik had given him earlier, and now she was standing right next to him.

“Alright, I’ll prepare,” Ingrid sighed. “But my request…”

“I will give it priority,” Li Zuoyi nodded to her.

"hope so."

……

Several hours later, the simulation ended.

As Li Zuoyi walked out of the simulation room, he ran into Ingrid, who said apologetically, "After you went in, the simulation room's system had a bug, and your data wasn't recorded."

Not only that, even the artificial intelligence in the simulation room, Ink, was forced to rewind.

"..." Li Zuoyi was speechless. "It's okay. I just came here to test my own abilities. Now I have a better understanding of myself."

Without giving Ingrid a chance to ask in detail, Li Zuoyi left the Pure Land of Bliss.

On the drive back, Li Zuoyi asked, "Anik, have you collected the data?"

The bug in the simulation room was obviously caused by Anik; neither of them wanted their abilities to be exposed.

Although her image in the contact lens was that of someone sitting in the passenger seat, her voice came from the phone: "Mmm."

"What do you want this for?"

“I’ll create a visual representation of your body growth,” Anick replied.

Before Li Zuoyi's eyes unfolded a series of his physical data: physical strength, speed, power, and even mental strength...

He hadn't expected that Anik had deduced his abilities on his own; the Ark AI was not to be underestimated...

“I’ve been collecting your data and compiling and visualizing it all this time,” Anik said.

"Why do you do this?" Li Zuoyi asked.

“Because you are a special being among humans, your every move will affect the Ark, so your growth is of paramount importance,” Anik replied. “Even the smallest improvement needs to be recorded…”

Li Zuoyi felt that this development looked somewhat familiar.

Wait a minute, isn't this the same old lady who takes photos of her son every year to commemorate the occasion?

Mom, it was one thing to take pictures before, but why are you doing it again now...?

"Then I'll go to the ground in a couple of days... how will you record it?" Li Zuoyi asked.

"You mean you want to secretly investigate the park's activities?" Anick countered. "You can record automatically just by wearing contact lenses."

"How did you know... Never mind..."

The existence of the amusement park piqued Li Zuoyi's curiosity, so he decided to investigate it himself first.

Is Paradise a friend or foe to the Ark, and what about humanity?

Chapter 87 Cecil

"Commander, this is a request sent by the Ark's higher-ups." Lapi handed the commander some thin documents.

Li Zuo took it, squeezed it slightly, and said while propping his head up, "It seems to be less than I expected."

However, he can understand it.

A commander who had graduated less than a year ago suddenly offered to help them. Even though this commander had already achieved a lot, they still needed to observe him for a while longer.

They act one way in public and another way in private; these people are quite adept at it.

"I have another assignment to take, so I'll take my leave now."

Lapi closed the door and left the command center.

Li Zuoyi flipped through the few anonymous authorization forms he had.

Please go to the surface and find some parts for me, even though some of them are radioactive...

This is the name of the person I want to kill...

Please help me write my graduation thesis for Ark University. The topic is the study of Lecher's core under high temperature and pressure...

it is good!

very good!

Then Li Zuoyi crumpled the documents into a ball and threw them into the trash can.

The others are one thing, but some people even want their papers written for them! How about I graduate for them instead...?

Li Zuoyi looked at the last letter of authorization on the table. It was from Ingrid and looked quite formal.

[Mission Objective: Destroy five Tyrant-class Lechers and retrieve some of their materials]

Location: West River Canyon

[Timeframe: Ideally within the current month]

[Reward: 20 million credits]

So, as agreed, I'll give you priority in handling this matter, Ingrid. Well—after all, you're the CEO of one of the three major companies, so I'll give you a discount.

Just as Li Zuoyi was about to send a message to Ingrid, a black button-shaped earphone on the table made a sound.

Those were the headphones that Isabel had sent earlier.

The fact that it's ringing now means the amusement park is contacting him.

Li Zuoyi picked it up and gently inserted it into his ear canal.

"Beep—"

After a brief series of beeps, the signal was connected.

"Hello, Commander Li Zuoyi."

A woman's voice came from the other end.

"Isn't that John...?" Li Zuoyi said, "Hello."

"I am Cecil, one of the creators of Paradise," the female voice introduced herself.

He seems to be an important person… Li Zuoyi asked, “So what do you want with me?”

“There’s something I want to ask you,” Cecil said. “Please make sure you’re not alone. It’s a matter of your safety.”

"So mysterious..." Li Zuo looked around the office and, seeing that he was alone, said, "I'm alone now."

“Then I’ll just ask directly. Do you know that your blood can remove Niki’s corrupted state?” Cecil asked.

what?

Li Zuoyi frowned. "What are you talking about?"

"Your blood can remove Niki's corrupted state."

Cecil spoke in a statement, not a question.

"My blood?" Li Zuo raised his hand, looking at the blood vessels under his skin, feeling somewhat unreal.

Cecil, worried that he wouldn't understand, explained further:

“Nikki has a cluster of nanomachines called NIMPH in her brain, which is the root of their difference from ordinary cyborgs.”

The so-called erosion is when Lecher uses his own code to infiltrate and gradually control these nanobots. This process is irreversible, and the only solution used to be brainwashing and reinstalling a new NIMPH.

But your blood can directly dissolve NIMPH, which means it can directly remove the erosion state.

Li Zuoyi knew all of this, but he remembered the diary he had collected in the lab, which recorded that a special blood type could dissolve nanobots...

"My blood alone probably wouldn't be enough, considering the concentration and stuff..."

He recalled that the concentration of an individual's blood could only dissolve a very small number of nanomachines.

Even the antidote that defeated Indivilla seemed to be made from the blood of a hundred people.

There seemed to be silence on Cecil's end. After a long while, she finally spoke:

"You seem to know something too. It's true that for an ordinary person, having that blood type wouldn't make much difference, but you're different. The concentration of the active ingredients in your blood is at least a hundred times higher than that of an average person. Do you know what that means?"

What does it represent?

“You’re a walking antidote,” Cecil said. “If someone with ulterior motives finds out, you’ll only be imprisoned and used as a blood pump forever.”

As Lemon's dying words echoed in his mind, Li Zuoyi felt a chill run down his spine.

"Don't you remember why you were imprisoned for over forty years?"

In the rehabilitation center sixty years ago, besides my memories of the Goddess Squad... what other memories did I lose?

Li Zuoyi felt somewhat dazed and asked, "Why are you telling me all this?"

"Because I don't want you to die. You've seen the state of the Ark. If the effects of your blood are discovered, many people will stop at nothing to kill you."

Cecil said, "If the people around me found out, some of them would want to catch you too."

"Is it the same on your end?" Li Zuoyi asked.

"Never mind, this is just a private call between the two of us anyway, there's no need to keep us in suspense."