A single-player post-apocalyptic game, but with an all-female teammate mod.

They embraced each other and drifted off to sleep.

At four in the morning, Aono rubbed his eyes, dispelling the last vestiges of sleepiness.

In order to recruit Icarus this morning, we worked until almost 2 a.m. yesterday.

Even with a two-hour break in between, the total sleep time was less than four hours.

This sleep doesn't affect my condition, but I inevitably feel a bit sleepy when I wake up.

After pulling his arms out of Coco and Dudu's warm embrace and waking them up, Aono went to the bathroom to wash up first.

By the time he finished washing up, the two women had also finished tidying up the room.

"I'm ready, you guys go wash up."

After exchanging greetings, Aono carried the pink-haired angelic girl, whom the two girls had placed in the corner, to the living room.

[Would you like to spend 10000 Gold and 10% Ark Energy to recruit "Icarus" as a full teammate?]

"Yes."

The next moment, a five-minute recruitment animation played out again in the living room.

Dudu and Coco passed through the living room on their way to the bathroom to wash up. After glancing around, they saw that it was the same as before and didn't pay much attention.

Five minutes later, the colored light stream suddenly contracted, like rivers flowing into the sea, returning entirely to the energy core.

As the last glimmer of rainbow light dissipated, the pink-haired beauty, whose entire body was almost completely enveloped by soft pink and white wings, landed on the floor.

She brought her knees together, wrapped her arms around them, and folded her iconic, enormous wings tightly behind her.

The girl's eyelashes trembled, and she slowly opened her eyes, revealing a pair of pure emerald green pupils.

His eyes were still vacant, yet strangely they conveyed a feeling different from before.

Aono looked at Icarus in front of him and was about to tell her to get dressed first, but she spread her wings and flew directly to him.

Aono instinctively leaned back slightly, but Icarus was already close, his empty, emerald-green eyes reflecting his figure were inches away.

The girl's warm breath suddenly brushed past my nose, carrying a unique, refreshing scent, similar to the scent of freshly fallen snow.

Soft, pinkish-white wings gently folded behind her, forming a semi-enclosed arc.

Her snow-white body, completely naked, gleamed with a soft, pearly sheen under the lamplight.

The overly perfect curves of the body create a stronger visual impact due to the extremely close proximity.

Even after using it for three consecutive days, Aono couldn't help but scan it up and down.

Just then, Icarus looked up, her empty eyes fixed on Aono, and then a metal collar suddenly appeared on her snow-white neck.

Then, as if it were consciously aware of its surroundings, a thin metal chain slid out from her collar, splitting into several strands at the front and wrapping around Aono's wrist.

Aono instinctively tried to break free, but fortunately, she reacted in time.

As the chains began to tighten, a cool sensation spread across my wrist.

Then, a faint blue light pattern appeared on the metal chain.

After the light spread across the chains and collar, the pink-haired beauty closed her emerald green eyes, only opening them again a few seconds later.

"Master."

Icarus knelt on one knee, bowed slightly, and clasped his hands together in front of his chest to greet Aono.

"I am Model α, the all-powerful angel Icarus. From now on, I will grant all of Master's wishes."

Aono paused, swallowing back all the words he wanted to say.

They immediately recognized and inscribed themselves upon meeting...

I never imagined he would one day enjoy the same treatment as the God of Wisdom.

But this is good, it saves me from having to explain so much.

After regaining his senses, Aono simply ordered, "Ahem, get up and open the panel so I can take a look."

"Yes, Master."

Icarus stood up and responded without any emotional fluctuation.

Then, a semi-transparent system panel appeared in front of Aono.

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Name: Icarus

Class: Battle Angel

Level: 11 (1/1000)

Talents: Pandora System (Mythology), Uranus System (Mythology), Queen of the Sky (Mythology)

Talent Effect: 1. You can trigger emotional resonance through battles and daily life, thereby upgrading and evolving yourself (Pandora System).

2. During battle, there is no blind spot on the entire map. The enemy's concealment effect is broken and a mark is made. Once the mark is successfully made, the attack will definitely hit (Uranus System).

3. When in the air, all attributes are increased by 20%, and anti-air effects are ineffective; suppression of enemy flying units is increased by 200% (Queen of the Sky).

Skills: Permanent homing air-to-air missile Artemis, Absolute defense Aegis, Ultimate weapon Apollon

Equipment: None

Combat strength: 70

Trust Value: 101% (Bonus: Constitution +15%)

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"Holy crap..."

After looking at Icarus's stats, Aono could only express his feelings with the two most classic words.

If the three girls, Aiba and Asagi, are SSRs, then Icarus is at least a UR.

Judging from the panel alone, Shadow is slightly inferior to Icarus.

Of course, in terms of fighting power at their peak, the Shadow would definitely be superior in every way.

There's nothing we can do about it; it's related to the different world limits.

If their potential is the same, it's really hard to say who is stronger.

"Unfortunately, it wasn't Ika in her level 25 BOSS form that was recruited."

As the ancients said: "Darkening makes one ten times stronger, while whitewashing makes one three times weaker."

In the internet age, it's quite reasonable to consider people from over a decade ago as ancient people.

Aono had anticipated this, so he wasn't too disappointed.

He reached out and clicked on Icarus's skills; only the first one, the air-to-air missile skill, was available for viewing.

The two powerful skills that caused him and Ying a lot of trouble were both grayed out, and clicking on them only brought up a system message that they were not unlocked.

【Permanent Tracking Air-to-Air Missile Artemis】: An automatic tracking light missile that never loses its lock once locked, until it hits or runs out of energy.

"I'll help you level up in a bit, and we'll try to unlock the remaining two skills as soon as possible."

Seeing that Icarus's trust value had already reached three digits and was still increasing, Aono decisively decided to cultivate her with great effort.

In the time it took to say just two sentences, Icarus's trust level increased by another 2%, reaching 103%.

Considering that Nymph also had a very high initial trust value, Aono guessed that this was probably related to the fact that they were artificial omnipotent angels.

"Okay, you go put it on first..."

Before he could finish speaking, the door to the captain's cabin opened, and Kage, Tsunade, Asagi, and the other girls walked in one after another.

"Hey, Aono kid, when did you develop this kind of fetish?"

The blonde, busty female ninja raised an eyebrow and laughed wickedly, "Even if you want to play, go to the bedroom. It's not like it's a few steps away, hahaha."

At this moment, Coco and Dudu finished washing up and came to the living room.

Looking at the metal chain connecting Aono's hand to Icarus's neck, the silver-haired woman asked in confusion, "Mr. Aono, what is this...?"

Aono rubbed his temples. He just wanted Ika to get dressed, why was it so difficult?

"Ika, make the chains invisible."

"Yes, Master."

As soon as he finished speaking, the engraved chains turned into specks of light and vanished without a trace.

It's not visual concealment, but conceptual invisibility.

Artificial angels are a combination of technology and metaphysics, and many aspects cannot be explained by science alone.

An engraved chain is the most typical example.

Once the inscription and recognition of the master are completed, the chain becomes virtually infinite; it exists regardless of how far apart the two individuals are.

Once hidden, the object completely disappears and cannot be destroyed.

To destroy it, the engraved chains must first be materialized.

"Go to the bedroom. There are several sets of clothes on the bed. Pick one you like and put it on."

"like?"

The expressionless pink-haired angelic girl tilted her head and asked a question that was difficult to decipher.

Aono nodded. "Yeah, any set will do."

"Whatever... I understand, Master."

Icarus fluttered its wings slightly, keeping its toes a few centimeters off the ground, and floated toward the bedroom.

As the Queen of the Sky, she will not land without orders; it is her instinct.

Even if she only stays a few centimeters in the air, the Queen of the Sky's talent is still in effect, increasing all her attributes by 20%.

After Icarus left, Tsunade's teasing voice rang out again.

"Master, you're getting more and more arrogant, Aono boy."

There's a saying that goes, "Yellow people see everything as yellow."

Aono shrugged, made a sarcastic remark, and then explained, "That chain belongs to Ika herself; it's a unique master-recognition mechanism of the omnipotent angels."

"You can ask Nymph for the specifics."

All the women’s eyes were drawn to the flat-chested, blue-haired girl who hadn’t said a word since she entered the room.

"Yes, I have one too."

Nymph nodded and voluntarily materialized her inscribed chains.

Seeing the women's surprised expressions, she added, "This inscription can be removed."

Next, she briefly explained the rules for engraving chains.

Simply put, after they have acknowledged a master, the master does not have the power to force them to obey, but under normal circumstances, the omnipotent angels will obey the master's commands.

Secondly, the inscription can be removed.

If the owner agrees, the dispute can be resolved peacefully.

If the owner disagrees, the angel can forcibly and unilaterally terminate the contract, but it will be very painful.

After explaining, she lowered her head, her toes unconsciously shuffling on the floor, her whole being like a hesitant kitten, slowly moving towards Aono.

"that……"

Her voice was very soft, with a slight, almost imperceptible tremor, and her cheeks were slightly puffed out, as if she had made a great decision before speaking.

"I... want that too."

Aono paused for a moment, then looked down at the flat-chested, blue-haired girl in front of him.

What do you want?

Nymph's face flushed red, all the way down to her ears.

She suddenly looked up and glared at Qingye, her eyes filled with shame and anger, but she quickly lowered them again, twisting the hem of her clothes with her fingers.

"That's the one with the inscription! You idiot!"