NIKKE, when the stars bloom

"There is chaos in the upper echelons of the government secretly delivering Nikki to Letcher's forces for use in experiments." Ignoring Walqiulei's dazed expression, the lieutenant continued to speak shockingly.

Admittedly, there is no evidence to support this statement itself. In the previous life, most players believed that it was an unequal treaty signed by Anik and Xiaocao, and there were not so many twists and turns in the conspiracies.

But! It doesn't really matter what the truth is, because it doesn't stop Phoenix from talking nonsense. Anyway, he knows that his student believes whatever he says, and he mainly portrays a simple and gentle person.

"Send Nikki to Letcher as a test subject? Why...why would they do that?"

As expected, after hearing such explosive news, Huaer Qiulei did not raise any doubts. The girl who put Nikki's life first directly asked her instructor the reason.

Phoenix patiently answered the other party's questions one by one by telling ten truths and one lie, and finally said:

"I plan to continue investigating this matter on the ground, but you can't follow me. You should take your troops back and report the situation in Sky Ring City to the headquarters. Then tell them that my team suffered heavy losses in the battle with the heretics, and I was forcibly sent to the Garden of Eden by the pilgrims for treatment."

Perhaps because he was worried that the student was... too honest, the instructor had no choice but to teach him to lie word for word. He even made up a logically self-consistent accident in front of Dorothy and Walter Qiulei, which made Tao look sideways and alarm bells went off in her heart.

A man's words are lies. She needs to be more careful in the future, otherwise she won't know when she will be sold out by him.

"…That's it. Do you understand?"

"understood."

The three or four-hour conversation between the master and the disciple ended with Huaer Qiulei's nod of confirmation.

Then, with Tao looking at an expression of dismay, Phoenix sent his good student away on the pretext of sleeping, then turned around and said something shocking again.

"Do you want to rule the Ark People, Dorothy?"

"!"

The lieutenant's tone was so soft that Ah Tao could barely make out the content of his words.

But the lieutenant's tone was so serious that it made A Tao's heart beat wildly and she almost lost her mind.

"What do you mean?"

The woman calmed herself down and narrowed her eyes, staring at the pair of dim eyes not far away, constantly strengthening her inner defenses.

“It’s actually meaningless.”

The man said, strolling over casually, leaning on the edge of the table, and sighed:

"Ms. Dorothy."

"Ok?"

"There are bad guys on the Ark."

"..."

Volume 4: Wildfire

Chapter 286: All Tactics Transformation

“…Then Lieutenant Phoenix was rescued by Eden despite being seriously injured, and all the surviving personnel of the Ground Intelligence Special Squadron followed the lieutenant to Eden.

As for Signa and Delta, they had already lost their ability to move, so I could only ask Eden to help repair them."

At the Ark's Central Command, Huaer Qiulei glanced at the big shots in front of her. Thinking that some of them had betrayed the Ark and some had secretly oppressed Nikki, she became less nervous about lying.

"That's roughly the situation. I'll write down the details in the combat report."

The girl who returned to the Ark as a hero said this frankly. Her demeanor was no longer as reserved and tough as before, but revealed a bit of damn toughness and domineering.

Looking at that calm appearance and peaceful eyes, Huaer Qiulei's appearance vaguely reminded the senior executives of the terrifying shadow of a certain killer.

"Thank you for your hard work. Go to the medical department for a routine checkup first. We will notify you when we have follow-up arrangements."

Sensing that the atmosphere in the headquarters was somewhat eerie, Ingrid reacted immediately and quickly gave orders to Walqiulei before Anderson and others, and glanced at Nikki beside her.

"Nian, come back with me to the company for testing."

"Eh?"

Probably because he didn't expect the process to be like this, after hearing his boss's orders, Nian subconsciously glanced at Wal Qiulei. Seeing that the other party had no objection, he nodded and agreed.

"I know, boss!"

After saying that, this funny guy walked happily behind Ingrid, followed the boss's steps and left the command center, showing a loyal look as if "I have no second thoughts about the company."

"How's Phoenix doing?"

After leaving the central command center and taking a car all the way to the armory in the Pure Land, Ingrid asked the questions that had been weighing on her mind for a long time.

"Is he really seriously injured, or does he simply not want to come back?"

Faced with the boss's straightforward question, Nian was completely unprepared and just let out an "ah".

She thought that her boss would question her about Commander Walqiulei, and she also thought that her boss would try to use the conversation to force her to reveal her true identity.

But Nian never expected that the Queen of the Pure Land would start asking questions about men right after she stepped foot into her home.

He even guessed directly that the second lieutenant did not intend to come back openly.

This……

Is this the bond that comes from sleeping on the same bed in the rehabilitation center, the tacit understanding that men and women develop when they make love in bed? !

Nian was shocked when he didn't know how to answer the question. On the other hand, seeing that her subordinates didn't say anything, how could the strong woman who had been in the business world for many years not know the trick?

How dare that dead man fake injury?

It would be fine if he just faked an injury, but he didn't even ask Nien to inform him???

When Ingrid thought about the lecher who even spared Nikki maybe living happily somewhere right now while she was terrified by the news about him, the aura of superiority that she had accumulated over the years suddenly exploded, suppressing Nian so much that he subconsciously dared not look her in the face.

"Where are they?! Are they really in the Garden of Eden?!"

"..."

Nian nodded without daring to reply. Then, she thought about it and felt that she was betraying her master and grandmaster by doing so, so she quickly shook her head to make amends.

Until the end, after confirming that his boss only had resentment and no murderous intent, Huobao regretted it again and nodded and replied:

"Um... Boss, I don't know where the second lieutenant is... I only know that the second lieutenant is not injured, so don't worry..."

"rest assured?"

The woman narrowed her eyes, put one hand on her waist, and whispered fiercely:

"What's there to worry about? It has nothing to do with me if he dies outside! I just want to know where that guy is now."

……

……

"Welcome to the Outer Rim."

The bumpy ground and exposed pipelines. Phoenix, who returned underground, enthusiastically introduced this dilapidated city to Honglian, Qianghua, Dorothy and the two captives.

"The last recruiting point in the Ark."

The man said this. At this moment, there was no quiet and intimate company of Mihala and Yuni by his side, no noisy chattering of Anis, and no appropriate topic of conversation by Marianne.

Yes, they are just a few old women who are pretending to be young and whose exact ages are unknown.

There was no way. Ever since he took away enough nanometal from Nihilista and Liberelio and successfully built a closed exoskeleton armor to fight the jellyfish on equal terms, each of his wives felt that their own combat effectiveness could not keep up with the previous version, and their self-esteem was severely hurt.

In addition, Helen's injuries needed to be repaired quickly, and the commander had the Red Lotus sisters to protect him. Therefore, the women who had become the background quickly gathered together, and after a careful discussion, they decided to

——Everyone returns to the Garden of Eden to find Cecil to improve his prosthesis.

So, at this moment, only Phoenix, the Red Lotus sisters, Dorothy and two heretic captives stepped out of an abandoned outer area elevator.

"conscription?"

Hearing the lieutenant's "treasonous" comment, Dorothy raised her eyebrows slightly and said noncommittally: "Nikki's surgery cannot be performed just by volunteers. The number of operating beds and operating staff is also an important consideration."

"Yeah, so I'm recruiting a mecha operator, not Nikki."

"???"

Phoenix's words not only made Tao turn around, but also Honglian, Qianghua, Fire Dragon and Jellyfish all looked sideways.

Mecha...operator?

"Huh? Are you stupid? You believe in things like mechas from movies?"

Even though she was captured, the nanometal in her body was only enough to cover her body while maintaining her human form. Nihilista still did not change her bad character, and took every opportunity to say with disdain:

"Do you know why humans invented humanoid weapons in the end? Because during the ground war, it was proven that exchanging heavy armor with Letcher for damage was an idiotic act."

"So if it's Nikki who wins?"

Phoenix, strolling on the desolate street, remained calm in response to the fire dragon's provocation. He didn't really want to discuss the energy shield plan with a prisoner, so he just responded politely:

“Niki needs to be adapted for women, heavy armor needs a team to operate, small drones are easily interfered by Avira particles, and cruise missiles will be countered by railguns.

To put it simply, carbon-based life and silicon-based life have no chance of winning in a battle of combat damage ratio or logistical operations.

After all, those mechanical spiders don’t need wages, nor do they need to rest, and they won’t march, strike, rebel, or revolt. As long as they have enough energy, they can keep producing new mechanical bodies.”

At this point, the lieutenant paused for a moment, turned his head to look at Dorothy and the Swordsman sisters, and continued calmly:

"We can't win a tug-of-war. Plus, the Ark's productivity is only a few tens of millions of people, so we probably only have one chance."

"A chance to trade homes with the Letcher Queen above me."

Chapter 287 Preparing to Return

Home exchange is a game term that originated from RTS real-time strategy games.

When the players realized that the advantages and disadvantages of the enemy and us were gradually expanding and reaching a point where they could not be contained, they were ready to mobilize their forces to attack, but they happened to detect that the enemy's army was advancing towards them from another route...

At this time, many players will choose to force an attack to disrupt the opponent's operations and logistics system, rather than hastily withdrawing troops to support their own base camp.

This is "changing homes", literally changing homes.

Many people who are not familiar with this type of game will probably think that there is no strategic significance in doing so when they hear "the two sides exchange camps with each other", because the difference in troop strength is the difference in troop strength, and it will not change because the base camp is destroyed.

But in fact there is a variable here, that is - the bases of both sides can still produce troops for defense.

In other words, the home-changing tactic is not an offensive tactic that cuts off the enemy's resources, but a desperate tactic that combines blitzkrieg and city defense. Whoever destroys the opponent's logistics and arsenal first will win the final victory.

Of course, the specific execution of the home-changing tactics mentioned by Phoenix is ​​naturally a hundred times more complicated than that of an RTS game. In addition, with the presence of Nihilista and Liberelio, someone who did not want to reveal the specific details could only touch his chin and said to Tao and others:

"It's hard to explain right now. Come back with me first and we'll talk later."

……

……

"Dear~!"

When Viper answered the strange call and confirmed that Phoenix was indeed Phoenix, the loser girl group member immediately put down all the work at hand, and then rushed to the scene at lightning speed. When she saw her sweetheart, she wanted to pounce on him...

　bass--!

However, in the next moment, there was a sudden sound of sharp friction of a blade being unsheathed, and the cold back of the long knife pressed straight against the delicate white neck of the venomous snake, forcibly stopping her steps here.

"Girl, please respect yourself."

Ms. Honglian, who had drawn her sword, warned calmly, glancing at the vixen-like girl in front of her, not at all worried about her own extreme behavior.

She knew very well that although a certain amorous man had great luck in love, he was not the kind of despicable man who could not walk when he saw a woman.

At the moment when the other party wanted to come forward and hug her, Dorothy and the other three might not have noticed it, but she and her sister immediately noticed Phoenix's subconscious behavior of trying to step back.

What does this mean?

This shows that the girl named Viper is treated the same as her. As long as she gets too close to him suddenly, the man will definitely instinctively dodge.

This also shows that the closeness between the two parties is not enough to support sudden intimacy.

In this case, adhering to the concept of "one less is one", Honglian, who has already seen through her own feelings, decisively transformed herself into a goalkeeper, determined to cut off all unnecessary romantic calamities for Phoenix.

What about the venomous snake on the other side? As the top student among the scheming girls and the best among the green tea girls, she suppressed her extremely complicated emotions and thoughts in the blink of an eye, pouted her cherry lips, and immediately put on a pitiful look of grievance.

"My dear, look at her!"

As the girl said this, she stamped her heels in anger and moved her fingers up and down, pointing at the white-haired old woman.