Arknights? Colonization Ark!

Yelena couldn't believe it. She used her finger to compare it. The place above, which was not even as big as her little finger, was actually the small town with thousands of people living there.

"How many people would it take to accommodate this place?"

When Lexington told her about 10 million people, she had no idea what was going on because the number of people she had met in her life might not even add up to one thousandth of that number. But when the map was put in her face, she realized that the scale of this city's design was beyond the capacity of her little head.

She wanted to count with her fingers, but soon gave up this futile action and just continued to flip through the booklet stupidly. There were many things she had never seen before.

All her curiosity in this life has been used up in these few days. She promised that even if Zhang Miao took out something strange in the future, she would never be surprised.

"Whether we can fill this place with so many people depends on your efforts. The more mines you capture, the more people you can rescue."

"But I have to say in advance that there are not only those who are forced to be infected in the mine, but also a large number of criminals and political losers. I can give these people a chance to start over, but if someone wants to test the city's supervision of illegal activities, then I can only throw them into the reclamation team for labor reform."

This kind of land reclamation team would not be allowed to drive construction machinery to work, and giving them an ice pick would be considered an expense for Zhang Miao.

As for how long they will be in labor reform, it depends on the severity of their crime and their performance in labor reform.

It can be seen that Tallulah has changed a lot recently. She now spends more time listening and watching, and speaks much less actively.

At least she wouldn't be stupid enough to make promises to these people now.

"But before we attack the mine, there is one thing we need to resolve first."

As he spoke, the projection in front of him changed from a map to a list of several people.

“That’s me!”

The sharp-eyed Yelena immediately found her own name among those lists, and then saw her father's name on it.

"Yes, it's you. You can still laugh. I don't know how you can still be so lively now."

"These five people are currently the most severely infected with the mineral disease. A considerable part of their internal organs have already crystallized. Three of them are on the verge of losing their mobility. Even the physical examinations have been completed with the help of others. Only the two of you have retained full mobility. Although I don't know how you did it, the situation is not optimistic now. If this continues, an outbreak is only a matter of time."

This is almost a notice of critical illness. For people in this world, knowing that they have reached the terminal stage of oripathy is no less than being told that death is near.

Moreover, during all these years on the snowfield, they had seen too many people die from outbreaks of mineral sickness. For the safety of others, they even had to move the bodies to places far away from the crowd for burial, so that their loved ones could not see them for the last time.

The atmosphere in the office suddenly became heavy and depressing, making people feel breathless, especially Yelena, who was originally flipping through the manual happily. The smile on her face suddenly froze, her face turned pale, and her whole expression became depressed. The knuckles that were gripping the manual turned bloodless due to the force.

In fact, everyone knew about her situation. She had relied on her father's witchcraft to overcome several attacks of her illness.

Yelena's lips moved slightly, as if she wanted to say something, but then she raised her head again, as if she didn't care about her condition at all. Tears were flashing in her eyes, as if they were about to fall at any time.

"It doesn't matter. If I can see everyone find a place to live in peace one day, I...I...I will be very satisfied."

Seeing that her emotions were about to get out of control, Alina and Tallulah hurried forward and each held one of her hands. Her hands, which were originally so cold that they could not feel any heat, showed signs of warming up under the warmth of their palms.

Alina wiped the tears from Yelena's face with her hands and comforted her, "Everyone is here, everything will be fine."

"Tell me your request. As long as you can cure her, I will agree to whatever you ask for!"

The patriot who had been silent all this time finally spoke. Having watched his son die with his own eyes, he now did not want to lose his second child again. The effect of his witchcraft was weakening each time because he himself had little vitality left. He could only hold on for five or six years at most, and by then, his and Yelena's road would come to an end.

And what Bozhukas said was not without reason. Since Zhang Miao could announce his illness in front of everyone, he must have a way!

"I haven't finished talking yet. Who knew you would react so strongly? This disease is not difficult to cure, but it is difficult to completely eradicate. Originium has become a part of your genes. If it is forcibly removed, it would be no less than re-editing your genes. If we are not careful, we may turn you into a pile of rotten meat. Moreover, this amount of work is simply impossible to do now."

With the few devices he has now, the healing speed is not even as fast as theirs, and Originium is something that has both benefits and risks, so there is no need to dismiss it all at once.

"So, I can only give you conservative treatment, remove the diseased area, and then cleanse your whole body to rebuild your immune system. But at most, I can only return you to your pre-infection physical condition. If you are at risk of infection in the future, you will need to take blocking drugs in time."

"And the factory that produces the medicines has not yet started construction. Everything requires people, and there is a shortage of manpower everywhere right now. So for the sake of your future lives, you will have to start competing with Ursus for population in the coming period of time."

"But I still want to give you a heads-up. Although they can't take care of you for the time being because of internal affairs, the more mines you attack, the more powerful the counterattack will be. The next sweep may be an entire army, not just a few thousand local troops this time."

Chapter 61: Teacher Alina

Although they were already used to the various strange and advanced technologies in Zhang Miao's hands, they still felt complicated when they heard that he could even cause mineral sickness.

The terminal illness that has worried all Terrans for so long seems to be no different from a cold in other people's hands.

It's like when you have cancer and are walking on the road with all hopelessness, and an old man tells you that his ancient prescription can easily cure cancer, no one will believe it.

But if he had flown down from the sky before that, you would have believed it no matter how much you disbelieved it.

But... although the people here don't know that free games are always the most expensive, Tallulah and the others are still clear that there is no free lunch in the world.

Before this, everything could be used as a transaction to barely convince myself to accept the other party's help. If I still let them treat my illness now, what will they give me in return when the time comes?

I'm afraid I can't even pay it back even if I sell them.

But can you not be cured?

So since they entered this place, they didn't even have the option to run away.

Yelena did not feel happy when she learned that she could receive treatment. Instead, she looked at her father with a confused look.

Of course she was happy to be able to have a new life, but she also understood that once she accepted this treatment, if it was successful, it would basically mean that the integration movement would become history and she would completely become a resident of this city.

So now the confused Yelena hopes to get answers from her father.

Bozhukas looked into his daughter's eyes. If he was alone, he would sell himself to Zhang Miao without hesitation, but he still bore the name of the Shield of the Infected, and his choice also represented the Shield Guard and the Integration Movement.

He turned his gaze to Tallulah, only to find that Tallulah was also looking at him, their eyes touching and communicating in the air.

Tallulah nodded firmly. To her, nothing was more important than saving everyone's lives. This was not a multiple-choice question.

Then Bozhukas looked at Zhang Miao and nodded to him.

The meaning of the integration movement was clear to all. Zhang Miao made the decision immediately after receiving the reply.

"Okay, then Yelena, you can report to the hospital now. I will arrange your treatment right away. However, I still have some things to tell Tallulah and the others, so I will be here soon."

After getting the accurate answer, Yelena looked at Tallulah nervously, then she rushed over and hugged the two people in front of her tightly with both hands. She knew what Tallulah had given up for this matter.

But all she could do now was to whisper in Tallulah's ear

"Thank you."

Tallulah looked at the familiar face in front of her. They had not known each other for very long, but the affection accumulated from fighting side by side was stronger than blood ties.

He gently wiped away the tears on the other person's face and showed a relieved smile, as if a heavy burden had been lifted.

"You deserve this, Yelena, and I'm not the one you should thank."

Alina on the side also drank

"Yes, I heard from Chikov that Mr. Zhang saved you once."

Chikov is the shield guard who was watching on the sidelines last time.

Yelena certainly remembered it, but she remembered more that the other party had teased her. This incident caused her to have a great psychological shadow in communicating with Zhang Miao, so she became very nervous when she saw the other party.

But now, no matter what, the other party is still my savior, and he has saved me twice. It would be too rude if I continue to hold grudges against him by holding on to the past.

So she stood up and said to Zhang Miao while lowering her head:

"Thank you. I will definitely try my best to repay you for saving my life twice in the future."

Zhang Miao himself had completely forgotten about the previous incident. He didn't take it to heart at all. When Yelena said it twice, he didn't react at first.

But even if he remembered it, he didn't take it seriously. It was just a casual act.

"You'd better go to the hospital right away. You and your father will have a lot of things to do in the future."

Yelena didn't continue to act pretentiously here. It was obvious that the other party had something else to do with Tallulah and the others. It would only be awkward to stay any longer, so she went to the hospital with her father.

After watching the two people leave the office, Tallulah and Alina turned around and looked at Zhang Miao curiously.

Especially Alina, she didn't understand why the other party asked Yelena to come to her. She was just an ordinary person in the Reunion Movement who had a good relationship with Tallulah. There was nothing special about her.

As she thought about this, she nervously held Tallulah's hand, and the warmth from her palm made her feel at ease.

Zhang Miao didn't do anything strange. He just took out a few textbooks from under the table and placed them in front of the two people.

Even in the space age, paper books have not been abandoned because they have unique advantages in learning.

Reading a paper book and reading an e-book are two completely different feelings.

Alina picked up a book in front of her in a daze, and flipped through a few pages at the other party's suggestion. Although she was just an ordinary country girl before, she was very studious. Not to mention that Tallulah often talked to her all night about the contents of the books she read in the Duke's Mansion. Among the Ursus people whose illiteracy rate was as high as 80%, she could be regarded as an educated person.

However, I have never seen the content in the book before. But considering that the other party might be an ancient person who lived tens of thousands of years ago, it is normal that I have never seen it before.

After taking a quick look through it, she found that it seemed to be a story about social changes and history, and contained a large number of terms she had never heard of, making it very obscure and difficult to understand.

This made her even more confused about the other party's intentions. She turned to look at Tallulah and found that she was as confused as she was.

Zhang Miao didn't expect them to understand what he meant by just flipping through the book, so he explained:

"Well, you probably know about the night school. The essence of the night school is to let those infected learn some knowledge at night so that they can adapt to the place as quickly as possible. The teacher is Lexington. After all, no one is better than her in this area.

But some things are not convenient for her. After all, children need to go to bed at night and they certainly cannot stay up late like adults. Also, some subjects are not suitable for her to teach. So I would like to ask Alina to let you be the teacher of this course for the children. "

Alina closed the book, not quite understanding what was going on. Then she saw the names of the two books clearly written on their covers.

Sociology, Ideology and Morality

Chapter 62: I want to go farming

When it comes to basic science subjects, no one can teach better than Lexington, an artificial intelligence, not even a top-notch lecturer.

But she is not good at humanities and philosophy. These courses require more than just detailed explanations. The empathy between teachers and students and social practice are the most important.

It is impossible to truly experience the suffering of reality through the screen.

Social practice is the only criterion for testing truth.

If Lexington were to teach, it would most likely produce a bunch of dogmatic and stubborn people.

But Alina was obviously frightened by this sudden appointment and waved her hands to refuse.

How come I, a country girl, suddenly became everyone's teacher?

Does this give people a sense of being appointed?

"I...I can't. I used to just teach the kids some words."

This is not modesty. Alina was really panicked. She didn't understand why Zhang Miao would ask her to do these things.

"Don't panic, Alina. I didn't ask you to become a teacher right now. I have opened up all the library privileges to you. There are many books in there for you to refer to. If you don't understand something, you can ask Lexington to help you."

"He's right, Alina. Just like you taught me before, I believe you can do it, and those children will definitely be happy for you."

Tallulah on the side also nodded secretly. She agreed with Zhang Miao's decision. Even she was ashamed of Alina's wisdom.

With the full support of her bestie, Alina's somewhat anxious heart gradually calmed down, and she tried to muster up the courage to say to Zhang Miao

"Okay, I can give it a try, but if there's anything I can't do well, please don't blame Tallulah and the others."

"No one will blame you. Even if you fail to complete the task well, it can only be said that it is my problem."

If he doesn't even have this much perspective on people, he might as well just find a rope and hang himself.

Alina finally breathed a sigh of relief after getting Zhang Miao's promise. She held the books in her arms with both hands and encouraged herself secretly. She also made up her mind to study with Tallulah.

After dealing with Alina, he looked at Tallulah again. To be honest, she was the most difficult person to deal with here.

She is very eloquent. I don't know from whom she learned the art of debate, but she always enables her to render the other party speechless. Such a person is best placed in a diplomatic position, but the other party may be very reluctant, and they don't have anyone who needs diplomacy right now.

Engaging in diplomacy with Ursus is like slapping them in the face with a shoe horn; a fight will definitely break out before a single word is spoken.

"I want to intern at various grassroots positions for a period of time."

Tallulah suddenly interrupted Zhang Miao's train of thought with a word, which surprised him.

"Go to the grassroots? Are you sure?"

Alina next to her was very calm about Tallulah's choice, and it was obvious that the two had already discussed it.

"Yes, I want to go to everyone and ask them what they really want."

"Someone once told me that the people are ignorant and short-sighted, but I don't believe it. I think it's just a lie they tell to maintain their legitimate right to rule."

"In the past, I stood too high and couldn't see many things. Now I want to change my way of thinking and truly understand them."

Zhang Miao looked at Tallulah standing in front of him with a firm and clear look in her eyes. He didn't expect that she had changed so much in such a short time.

If she was just a clay Buddha trying to cross the river when we first met, then now she is real gold that is gradually being forged in the fire.

"Okay, I promise you, where do you want to go first?"

How could he refuse such a request? The more people like this there are, the faster he will be able to move forward in the future.

Tallulah and Alina smiled at each other