Arknights? Colonization Ark!

When have they ever been so idle?

In the past, even when I was sleeping, I often never took off my heavy protective clothing. Now my whole body is so loose and I’m not used to it at all.

"If you feel free, just follow them and run around the city. You won't be bored if you run until you can't run anymore."

Bozhukas looked at his subordinates expressionlessly, and his mask was forcibly confiscated by Tallulah.

To be honest, he was not used to his current life, but he knew that this kind of life would not last long.

"Dad, come here quickly. I'm taking you somewhere. Chikov, you're here too? That's great. You can come along too."

Yelena suddenly appeared behind the two men, grabbing Bozhukas' hand with one hand and Chikov with the other, and dragged the two men while talking, as if she wanted to take them somewhere.

The two were dragged by Yelena all the way to an open space outside the city, only to find that the shield guards who were doing physical training had also been called over, and all the snow monster members were also there.

There was a sudden wave of emotion in Bozhukasti's heart.

Are they preparing to attack the mine?

Just when they were puzzled, several transport trucks drove over. After they stopped, Andre was the first to jump off and directed everyone to carry the large boxes off the trucks. Andre, who performed extremely well in the production process, is now the production team leader of the machinery factory.

Those huge boxes looked very heavy and they made loud muffled sounds when they touched the ground.

What's in here?

"Open it and take a look. This is what you deserve."

Zhang Miao came in front of the crowd at some point and patted the box.

The shield guards are all straightforward people. They don't like to beat around the bush. So a few of them just went ahead and opened the lid with a bang.

"This is......."

When he saw what was inside, even Bozhukas was stunned for a moment.

In the box lay a complete set of shield guard equipment.

Because the huge shield at the top is so iconic.

"This is the suggestion Andre came to me to make: the first furnace of the steel mill should of course be given to their hero."

"I think this is a good idea, so I asked Yelena to arrange for someone to seek other people's opinions privately, so I kept it a secret from you."

"Of course, their current capabilities are not enough to make something really good, so I sponsored a little bit and put some personal stuff in it."

Chapter 73: You call this a little private work?

After saying that, Zhang Miao picked up a shield from the box with one hand. Compared with the one used by the shield guard before, it was much lighter. There was a white diamond painted in the middle, and no one knew what it was used for.

"Any of you who know Originium techniques can come and try."

He is probably the only one in Terra who would not ask such a question.

While they were still talking, the workers laid out three layers of vertical steel plates on the snow in front of them. Each plate was 100 mm thick and was spaced 3 meters apart.

Chikov walked forward and picked up a shield, holding it in his hand.

Ok?

He found that the shield was not only lighter than before, but also had an extra red button on the handle.

"Take the outer side of the shield toward the steel plates, turn on the safety, press the red button and use the Originium Technique. Remember, hold it steady!"

After hearing Zhang Miao's instructions, Chikov walked to a place more than ten meters away from the steel plate, placed the shield in front of him, and pressed the red button.

There was a sound of mechanism, and the diamond in the middle of the shield suddenly popped open, revealing a red and a white Originium crystal. Then, after Chikov instantly sensed the Originium on the shield, he immediately used his Originium skills.

boom!

The huge recoil made Chikov's muscles tense.

A stream of purple flame gushed out from in front of the source stone crystal and shot straight at the steel plate. The 100mm steel plate was like butter meeting a hot knife. With a sizzling sound, a hole was opened in the center. The scalding metal solution sprayed from the hole onto the snow, evaporating a large amount of white water vapor, shrouding the entire venue in haze. The two steel plates behind were also doomed and unfortunately followed in the footsteps of the boss.

Chikov's hand slipped slightly, and a huge cut was directly made in the three layers of steel plates.

Everyone present except Zhang Miao was stunned. What kind of power was this?

Is this the power of his own Originium technique?

Including Bozhukasti, everyone looked at the shield in horror, but within just ten seconds, the flames stopped.

Zhang Miao walked up to Chikov, took the shield, turned it over, and knocked it at everyone.

"Isn't that awesome?"

This was the initial result of his current research on Originium. This was all thanks to Yelena, who created a white Originium crystal that gave Zhang Miao a lot of inspiration. So he asked her to teach Tallulah the same technique, and eventually she created the red Originium crystal.

Originium techniques can only be used by Terrans. Electric pulses and other methods have been tried, but all are ineffective.

When the two Originium crystals are activated, a plasma jet of tens of thousands of degrees over 20 meters long will form in front of the body, which is enough to destroy most enemies in an instant, making up for the offensive shortcomings of the shield guard and saving the need to carry so much Originium explosives.

However, due to the huge consumption, the source stone will run out of energy in a very short time and turn back into dust.

Of course Zhang Miao would not make such a disposable thing. Even if Yelena and the other two worked themselves to death, they would not be able to make enough crystals for dozens of people to use.

So Zhang Miao used a special ketone coating to seal it up, ensuring that it can exist as a complete structure after the energy is consumed, and then rely on a layer of synthetic jade pressure conduction structure inside the shield to absorb the kinetic energy impact on the shield to charge the two crystals, or directly replace the energy stone battery inside.

In other words, the shield guards can refill their ammunition as long as they are hit, and they can even beat their shields themselves to recharge the crystals after leaving the battle.

In fact, Zhang Miao originally wanted to stick the Originium on the shield to make a layer of explosive anti-armor, but that would consume too much shield guard, so he had to give up.

It's still the same problem. The energy stored in the Originium itself is far greater than the energy released by Xiaoyu's plasma beam this time, which means that the energy comes from somewhere else.

Due to the limited number of crystals, they can only be provided to the shield guards for the time being. The snow monsters use the new glove-type staffs, grenade launchers and special ammunition designed by Zhang Miao, so they don't have to wave around with a stick all day.

Zhang Miao couldn't stand these seemingly idealistic things.

Although this damn thing called Originium is already very idealistic.

The original protective suits were very bulky. In order to increase the defense capability, a large number of high-strength steel plates were installed. Even without the shield, a set weighed hundreds of kilograms, making it difficult for the shield guard to move quickly. It was also very troublesome to disassemble and required help, so most people were too lazy to take them off before sleeping.

So Zhang Miao simply removed all the protective steel plates and used some of the cut-off scraps of the ceramic armor to make a set of composite armor plates for them. The weight was reduced by one third, and the performance was improved several times, which could be used to ignore most weapons on the battlefield.

Coupled with the multi-layer mesh cushioning lining, even if it was hit head-on by a wall crossbow, the most it would do was to be knocked away, causing some chest tightness.

From now on, the only thing limiting their attack is their movement speed.

In fact, there are better ones. These equipments are just temporary transitions. The formal equipment designed by Zhang Miao is based on the genetic warriors of the serious interstellar era. The formal equipment of the Imperial Army is far from meeting the standards based on the city's production technology level, but fighting these natives is like using feet.

And these are secondary. What is important is the subsequent genetic adjustment. He really wants to see the limit level of these beast-eared tough guys and the limit of the effect of Originium on the body.

The shield guards took out their equipment from the boxes and put them on with the help of their companions.

It looks similar to before, but a lot of meaningless magazine pouches and decorations have been removed, making the whole body look much neater. The brand new equipment also boosts their spirits.

"Where is the target?"

Bozhukasti's equipment is much heavier than that of others. Even his shield is specially made. In addition to the plasma jet, at Yelena's mandatory request, three additional white source stone crystals are attached, which can be used to paralyze the front facilities or create a temporary position.

"A mine, anywhere will do. The Ursus nobles are quarreling with each other right now, and the emperor is also very unhappy that the new nobles have been making a lot of money without telling him. No one will care about a few mines left in the snow. By the time they react, it will be too late."

"There's no need to worry about the local garrison. That guy won't come to interfere with us in the short term."

Now that the foundation of the city has been laid, it will develop rapidly in the future. It only needs people, the more the better.

If his guess is correct, Zhang Miao will soon be able to uncover a corner of the secret veil at the bottom of this world, and as the city grows, the people who should come will also come.

Chapter 1: Lynx is hunted!

Location: Ursus Tundra

Time: June 1094, 6 Terra

The sun is shining brightly in the sky, shining on this rare primeval forest that has not been polluted by industrialization. The light shines through the dense leaves onto the ground, forming spots of light, which provide the low plants in the forest with what they need for photosynthesis.

For local animals, these months may be a rare period of activity, and they must seize every opportunity to mate, reproduce, and store food and fat.

In this place where no one should come, an uninvited guest broke in today.

Kal'tsit was walking in the rainforest wearing her usual doctor's coat, her steps leaving footprints on the soft ground. She was like a regular who was familiar with the place and could move accurately towards her goal even in the deserted rainforest.

At first she stayed here for more than 20 years with the penguin.

To be precise, several beast owners came over at that time.

At that critical moment, a spaceship actually crashed on the planet, and it was just a few hundred kilometers south of the Arctic ice field. The penguin was scared and screamed for a long time. God knows if there were any strange things inside that came along.

The Far North region alone had taken up a great deal of their time and resources to keep those creatures trapped and wandering around. If something went wrong here too, Terra would be doomed!

She and the Beast Master found the crash site. The spaceship was not big, and its style was completely different from theirs. It was also badly damaged. It looked like it had been severely beaten in outer space. Several large holes on its body were still dripping with high-temperature metal solution that had not yet melted.

No one dared to go in.

No one knows what's in there, and the detectors are useless against the spacecraft's stealth coating. If those things are hidden inside, you'll be doomed if you go in.

But all the disruptive equipment has been installed in the Arctic, and now there is really nothing left to use.

Finally, it was the penguin who came up with a bad idea. They created a huge natural disaster near the spaceship. Even if they couldn't destroy it, they had to bury it. However, they couldn't use Originium to blow it up directly. The material of the spaceship was useless with Originium alone, and the noise was too loud. If one of them was blown up, it would be difficult to clean up.

Everyone thought that this usually unreliable guy had actually come up with a great idea for the first time, and they all made the decision immediately.

So a group of people caused an unprecedented snowstorm here and trapped the spaceship forever in the iceberg.

She and Penguin watched here for a long time. After making sure that there was no unusual movement of the spacecraft, Penguin went back to guard the Arctic ice field, while Kal'tsit went to travel around Terra and came back to confirm again every once in a while. At that time, the Tikaz almost smashed the heads of those cyborgs, and she couldn't let this happen.

But think about it, things have changed. The once invincible Tikaz has now fallen to the level of the Sarkaz, who are hated by everyone.

Although I have contributed my part, now I am helping the Sarkaz again. This world is really dramatic.

In the current civil war among the Sarkaz, Theresa has fallen into a disadvantage, and Kal'tsit should not have left her, but for some reason, some rumors came from Ursus a while ago, saying that there is a holy city for the infected on the frozen land of the ice field, where there is no hunger, no discrimination, and everyone is willing to be accepted.

When they heard this rumor, they thought the other party might be confused. This place should be called Lateran, and it was in the south of Ursus and would not accept Sarkaz.

But Kal'tsit suddenly thought of the spaceship. She had just gone to check it four years ago, and there was no movement. The thick iceberg made it impossible to see the shape of the spaceship inside.

Maybe it's a mistake, maybe it's just a rumor.

Kal'tsit didn't dare to gamble. If something went wrong, it would be too late for her to regret. Besides, it wouldn't take long to go back and forth. With that guy around, there wouldn't be any unexpected situations in such a short time.

There was a rustling sound in the jungle behind me, and someone was approaching.

Just as she was about to turn around, a young boy's voice came from the bushes.

"Don't move!"

Today is the weekend, and Sasha and Ino ran out of the city. Because there are too many rules in the city, the children built a secret base in the distant forest where they can carry out some illegal activities.

For example, hunting some small animals, like the crossbow in Sasha's hand.

This was his work from handicraft class, but children in the city were not allowed to use such dangerous things, so with the help of others, the two children were taken to their secret base, where there were various materials they had collected, basically wood, and various equipment imitated from them. Although they were just prototypes, they at least looked very handsome, and no man could resist the charm of these things.

However, they don’t know that the so-called secret base is not a secret at all. In fact, the adults know about it but they are just too lazy to care.

Sasha came here just to try out the crossbow in his hand, but unexpectedly he met a stranger who was not wearing a bracelet.

Kal'tsit wanted to say something, but then she heard another young man's voice, very weak.

"Sasha, she has an Originium on her back. She is an infected person like us."

This cannot be blamed on Sasha's poor eyesight, as the location of Kal'tsit's Originium was blocked by her clothes. It's just that Ino's Originium skills are quite special, and he can feel the location of other people's wounds and physical conditions, so he was able to discover it.

After hearing Ino reveal Kal'tsit's identity as an infected person, Sasha's hostility decreased a lot, but he still did not put down the crossbow in his hand.

"What are you doing here."

Kal'tsit knew that this time she might have hit the point, so she stopped asking those riddles.

"I heard that there is a city of infected people in this land, so I came here. Is this a false lie to deceive others?"

"Of course not!"*2

The two of them refuted Kal'tsit's doubts in unison.

“It’s real, we live there.”

Hooked.

Kal'tsit wouldn't feel any guilt about deceiving a child.

When she was about to say something, Sasha spoke up.

"We can take you there."

Just now, Sasha's bracelet sent a message, informing him to bring the person in front of him, Filin, back to the city.