Arknights? Colonization Ark!

Chikov looked at the ground not far in front of his car and shook his head.

"The hospital ward is not for me to stay in, and the car is government-owned. If it is scrapped, I will have to pay for it myself. You'd better hurry up, otherwise you will miss lunch."

After saying that, he leaned his feet directly on the steering wheel, as if to say, "I'm not in a hurry, take your time."

W's face darkened as she looked at the stubborn Chikov. If she wasn't afraid of delaying Theresa's business, she would have wanted to directly launch a grenade at the opponent.

Hedley knew that there was no point in dawdling any longer, so he glanced at Ines beside him, and after confirming that Chikov had no ill intentions, he walked out of the house with Ines.

"W, it should be friendly forces."

"Humph!"

W snorted in dissatisfaction. To her, except for a few people, no one in this world could be called an ally.

But he reluctantly followed Hedley and the others into Chikov's car. As for the buried mines, they were left where they were, as they might be useful someday.

The three of them were sitting in Chikov's car. Hedley was talking to Chikov in a random manner. It was unknown whether it was intentional or not, but Chikov really answered every question, although what he said made the three of them doubtful.

After driving for less than an hour, W and her friends saw a lot of transport vehicles and busy workers ahead. They were pouring some kind of semi-solid substance similar to cement on the ground, and carrying a lot of boards of unknown materials to assemble houses on the hardened road surface. The thin walls made people worry that they would be blown down by the winter snow and wind.

"Is this the city you built? It looks okay, but aren't you afraid it will freeze into popsicles when winter comes?"

"Don't worry, the building materials of the city are all made of carbon fiber composite panels, which are the same materials used in cars. If you don't believe me, you can try it."

Chikov explained, knocking on the car door with his hands.

The dull sound shows the extraordinary toughness and hardness of the material.

"We haven't reached our destination yet, have we?"

W looked at the houses that were being built rapidly. Although there were already some outlines of a city, it was obviously different from what Kal'tsit had said.

"This place is still a short distance from the city. These are built for the newly-infected people and villagers. The population has been growing very fast in recent times, and the temporary residential areas prepared before are no longer enough."

Newcomers must study and train in separately designated areas for a period of time. Allowing a large influx of people may lead to a decline in the overall quality level. Although criminal acts will be monitored and controlled immediately, accidents are inevitable.

These newcomers must first adapt here for a period of time and learn how to live here before they will be allowed to enter the city by Lexington.

Chapter 39: Four Outsiders

When they got closer to the real city in Chikov's car, W finally understood why Kal'tsit had repeatedly emphasized the importance of this place.

Before coming, W thought it was just a settled city like Londinium, but when they saw it with their own eyes, they knew it was

Londinium?

What kind of ghetto is that?

Endless silver-white buildings stood in front of them, but they were not dazzling at all. Various flowers that had just bloomed were planted on both sides of the wide road. Many people were sitting under transparent parasols on both sides of the road, reading books, muttering to themselves with their eyes closed, as if they were deep in thought.

The few high-rise buildings are hospitals, schools, and the like. From time to time, you can see some routine buses passing by on the empty road, but there is no trace of the expected Originium smoke at the rear.

Most importantly, it flies.

The bottom was suspended in the air, not a single tire could be seen, and it was floating on the ground like a ghost.

Even if there is a jet or a propeller or something, they can accept it.

What kind of tile is this!

Chikov was very satisfied when he saw the three people's expressions as if they had seen a ghost, because he had a similar expression when he first saw them.

"This car is called a maglev bus. It's different from the bumpy one we drive. It's very stable to sit on!"

Because they currently do not have the ability and equipment to capture supergravitons, they are unable to produce anti-gravity equipment. If the car flies off the road, it will immediately fall to the ground due to inertia and gravity.

Moreover, given Terra's height limit, it's useless to make an anti-gravity device. Even the aircraft can only fly close to the ground. There's no point in wasting so many resources. He still needs to repair the ship himself.

Although the emperor said that those things should have left, Zhang Miao did not want to break this membrane for the time being for the sake of safety.

"Here, get out of the car."

Chikov stepped on the brakes and stopped the car at the station. This was the place for outsiders to register. It was usually deserted and no one came here. After all, there were no outsiders here.

As a result, four of them came today.

These were people that Lexington personally ordered him to pick up. He had never done this kind of work before.

"Aren't you going together?"

Hedley, who had already gotten off the car, looked at Chikov in the car with some confusion.

"There's another person waiting for me to pick him up. God knows why they would ask me to pick him up today, and they are all dangerous people."

As Chikov was speaking, he pulled out a black unidentified object from under the cushion where W had just sat, tossed it in his hand, and it was not light.

When W saw this thing being taken out, he became anxious.

As a genius in blasting, W's behavior is like that of an old hen. Wherever she goes, she will leave a few bombs, which may be used at any time.

As a result, today was the first time that my house was demolished in front of me.

After all, the shield guards are experts in blasting. Lexington had specifically reminded W of his every move before he got on the car, so he would definitely pay attention to it at all times.

"Ms. Sarkaz, please don't bring any dangerous items in, otherwise Lexington will be angry. Believe me, you definitely don't want to see that scene."

cut!

W looked at Chikov unhappily as he shunted away, and said nothing more.

For Theresa's sake, I'll endure it!

The three people obediently registered all the forms with the assistance of the site staff, and then each of them received a wristband.

There are so many rules here. You cannot carry Originium staffs, you cannot use Originium skills, you cannot carry lethal weapons, and they talked about all the rules, big and small, for a long time, which made the three mercenaries who were used to freedom very uncomfortable.

Even Longmen doesn’t have so many rules.

For Theresa's sake, I'll endure it!

While storing her personal belongings and weapons, the woman actually reached out and took out a few pieces of pure Originium hidden in the lining of her underwear at the back of her waist.

That was her private money plus the raw materials for makeshift explosives!

For Theresa, I endured it!!

After the other party searched W's entire body, they found at least several kilograms of explosives of various sizes, which made Ines and the other person's scalps tingle. They never realized that W was so good at hiding.

"By the way, these three should be infected people, right?"

"Yeah, what's the matter? There can't be any Sarkaz infected decree here, right?"

W said with some disdain.

In the woman who had just searched him, W could not see any weakness that was unique to the infected people in the city, or it seemed that no one here had it.

"Of course not. Just don't forget to pick up two inhibitors at the door later. If your mineralogy is serious enough to affect your life, you must register at the hospital in time."

W waved his hand impatiently.

"I know, I know. We don't have the money to buy any inhibitors for your hospital."

It would be better to use this spare money to maintain equipment or buy more explosives.

After the three of them walked out of the registration site, Inès looked at the two free light green inhibitors in her hand. They were all old hands and were not unfamiliar with this kind of thing. They had come into contact with products from major pharmaceutical companies.

Of course, most of them were looted or found from corpses.

"Well, do you see any clues? Could it be a placebo prescribed by those quack doctors?"

Inès shook her head.

"I have never seen most of the ingredients marked on it, so I can't tell their exact effects."

Hedley was much more direct, he picked up one and drove it into his arm.

W didn't have time to stop him.

"You're crazy, what if there's something wrong with this thing!"

"I've checked it. It's the same thing as the one on Chikov's chest. There shouldn't be any problem."

He was sitting in the passenger seat at the time, so he could see the other person's body more clearly. Besides, there always had to be someone to try it first so that there would be time to react if anything went wrong.

Since the other party came to pick them up, it meant that their every move was in their eyes, so they would not do anything in such a place.

For the Sarkaz, they can intuitively feel any abnormality of the Originium in their bodies.

The two of them surrounded Hedley and stared at him, fearing that something unexpected might happen.

After a while, Hedley finally responded.

"How is it? Do you feel anything is wrong?"

W looked more anxious than Inès.

“It feels much better than what I’ve used before.”

Hedley's words finally made the two of them feel relieved, but they still did not inject the inhibitor into the body, thinking it is better to be safe than sorry.

The three of them looked at the white city below the station stairs, then looked at their own dusty clothes, and suddenly felt out of place.

W was the first to jump down, followed closely by Inès.

"Let's go quickly. Didn't that woman just say that as long as things in the city are not wasted, they will all be charged to the city hall's account? I want to see the true face of this city.

Hedley, you must do your job as a photographer well. If His Highness is not satisfied, I will not pay you!"

Hedley looked at the photographic equipment in his hand in silence. It seemed that he was called here to do hard labor.

……

After the three left, the last person was soon led to the site by Chikov, but this time his expression was much more serious.

"arrive."

"Is this the city where the Ursus garrison avenged itself? It's unbelievable."

As the car door opened, a pair of slender black stockings legs in high heels stretched out from inside. The woman who got out of the car could be described as enchanting.

The slim-fitting long dress with a black background and a red bottom shows off her perfect figure. Coupled with her acquired aristocratic and arrogant temperament, her exposed right eye, bare left arm and armpit make people fantasize and unable to stop.

Her name is Kashena, or Kosice.

Chapter 40: Goodbye after many years

Chikov looked at the woman in front of him. The captain and Tallulah repeatedly emphasized how dangerous she was. He was not allowed to talk to her or have too much eye contact with her, so he could only monitor her with the rearview mirror along the way.

Even now, he can only see the other person's back in the car.

The person who was responsible for picking her up was another person.

"It's been a long time, my dear Tallulah. Who could have thought that we would meet here again?"

Kashena looked at the face in front of her whom she had not seen for a long time, the tall and straight figure, the clothes which were not luxurious but neat and capable, and the immaturity and impulsiveness of the past could no longer be seen on that face.

"If I could, I'd like to never see you again."

Tallulah's face was calm as water, without showing much emotion. Although the person in front of her was completely different from the one she remembered, there was no doubt that they were the same person.

That seemingly polite but actually condescending temperament and smile are exactly the same.

"It seems that your prejudice against me has not been eliminated even after so long, my dear Tallulah. Is it this unexpected paradise that allows you to remain innocent?"

"If you are just here to ridicule me, you can leave now."

There is no point in killing this woman. She is just a snake tail floating on the water. Killing her will cause her to sink to the bottom of the water and no trace of her will be found. It will be troublesome to deal with her then.

Kasheina was not angry or annoyed when being criticized. Instead, she slowly pointed at the city behind Tallulah.

"Tallulah, I don't remember that Kosice ever educated you to be such an ignorant person. As the host of this place, aren't you going to take me, a guest from afar, to appreciate your masterpiece?"

Tallulah just glanced at her indifferently and did not reject Kashena's request, because that would be tantamount to showing weakness. Zhang Miao also knew about Kashena's arrival.

"Tallulah, this is something you should face yourself. No one can help you with this."

That's what he said, and so did Alina.

Kosciuszko's influence on her is not so easy to eliminate, although with Alina's help and her own efforts, Tallulah is confident that she will no longer be affected by the black snake's curse.

But her relationship with the black snake is much more than just a curse.