Arknights, but the family has fallen again

"In this land, her people are suffering because of the shortsightedness of others!"

The Draco woman half-knelt on the ground, holding her head and roaring, her pretty face full of struggle and anger. And the exquisite Lolita was stained with the dust of Chernobog.

Skipping the round right from the start? Jumping a little more is good for your health, really! This was much better than I expected!

But the tone... it's hard to tell who's being tortured. Black Snake? Tallulah? Or are they truly entangled?

Ah! Who knows!

These are all good opportunities! Before they can decide the outcome in their minds, this Draco's flame is useless!

Ott withdrew the trinket and equipped himself with "Reynard's Head" to ease the pain in his sternum. He gritted his teeth and lowered a drone with a camera, ordering PRTS to take the lead. They hid in a fairly sturdy ruin, taking the opportunity to monitor the entire battlefield.

"Ah..." Draco wailed, and his eyes, which had been somewhat clear, became completely cloudy.

The power of the two ornaments drained from the dragon girl's body, and an indescribable emptiness filled her bones. The thin red ribbon wrapped around Draco's left arm, the part extending outside rustling, and the variant "X" mark on the ornament was slightly faded.

Several veterans of the Reunion Movement were furious. They shouted, "You hooded weirdo! What did you do to Tallulah?"

Perhaps they didn't expect any answer from the beginning, so these veterans looked at each other and then formed a formation and rushed forward.

Otto looked coldly and took out the terminal under Lin Guang's protection.

His voice came through Dubin's headset: "Thank you for your hard work, Dubin. I will take over the command again."

Although Doberman did not respond, her tail shook unconsciously, and her frown softened.

After Ott's mental link with Draco was severed, the command of the operators returned to his hands.

Suddenly, the new operators' movements took on a unique flavor. While the Reunion Movement outnumbered them, every time they engaged the operators, they faced attacks many times their own. Furthermore, the operators' power increased dramatically the moment they attacked!

"What?" A man in a white mask took a few steps back and said, "It was us who surrounded them!"

If Tallulah hadn't been hanging around, these thugs who had just put on the white masks would have almost started to retreat.

And this is exactly the epitome of Terra, a society of the strong.

Boom!

The dark clouds at the end of the sky had completely swallowed up the still high sunlight, plunging the city into a sea of fire and darkness.

But soon, the Originium will fall like a meteor.

"Retreat in an orderly manner and shrink the defense line."

"Amiya, prepare to defend against the Scourge. Open the spell shield in ten seconds and maintain it for twelve seconds."

"Lin Guang, at three o'clock, open the meteorite fragments."

"Ace, follow this route and intercept those Tallulah guards."

Retreat has always been an extremely dangerous tactic.

Generally speaking, only the most elite troops dare and are able to implement this tactic.

However, following the three small-scale battles of Return to the Ground, King Slayer, and Mephisto, most operators had already received accessories from Ott, making them particularly willing to obey Ott's orders.

Otto now broadcast the individual arrangements for the powerful operators through the headsets of every ordinary operator. After learning this, the new operators' uncertainty about retreating and their fear of being abandoned were greatly reduced.

Due to a combination of factors, these new operators retreated very well.

They all hid in the range of Amiya's spell before the continuous rain of Originium fire poured down here.

"Countdown, eleven..."

Otto paused his command and looked up at the sky through the magic shield opened by Amiya.

From the depths of the swirling dark clouds, flashes of lightning flashed, and then, from the perspective of ordinary people, a few sparks "slowly" drifted down from the bottom of the cloud. However, when these sparks rapidly "grew" in sight and began to ruthlessly destroy everything, mortals might begin to curse their own incompetent sensory systems.

This relatively low building was quickly reduced to ruins by the Originium fire rain.

From the smoke and dust outside the shield, the cries of the Reunion Movement were heard: "Tallulah! Save me!"

Otto rolled his eyes. Even if she hadn't exploded with "paranoid", she wouldn't have saved you.

Ace looked outside the shield and said with emotion: "Doc Otter's tactics are the same as always!"

"...Four, three, Amiya, stop."

The first wave.

Ott muttered to himself.

Like the previous public channel orders, this public channel countdown is also intended to provide "peace of mind" to these new operators and maintain morale.

On the PRTS terminal, the image of Tallulah was transmitted from the cart.

She still held her head, but her facial expression had changed to one of regret.

There was dust on his cheeks.

In this Originium disaster, dust everywhere was not unusual. But the dust on her cheeks faintly formed two fine lines, extending from under her eyes to her jaw. Drake was unharmed, but her Lolita dress was completely tattered.

In the gap when no one was paying attention, the Dragon Girl shed tears, and the smoke and dust stirred up by the natural disaster stuck to the traces of her tears.

Tallulah was muttering to herself amidst the burning ruins.

The drone couldn't pick up her voice in this noisy environment, but it could still capture her lips.

Watching Tallulah's lips open and close, Ott easily spelled out the answer: "Alina."

Poor girl, I came too late, there is nothing I can do...

In the sky, the dark clouds twisted for a moment, and a vague iron crown symbol flashed by.

Otto secretly calculated the gains and losses in his mind.

It seems that in the midst of "paranoia", Tallulah, who is more passionate, seems to have temporarily won?

But it is obvious that her "paranoia" has not ended yet, and she has passed this first hurdle!

However, this whole process doesn't feel like a tower defense game, but more like a battle flag game like "Xcom"...

Oh, Arknights does have a connection to Xcom.

Ott collected his thoughts, looked at the dark blue mark on his palm, and clenched his fist, as if he had always been confident.

He said to all the operators: "The enemy has now collapsed, and the battle has achieved a temporary victory."

"Notify all teams that Alpha and Bravo plans are terminated. Retreat to extraction points immediately according to Charlie's plan."

All teams, naturally including the reconnaissance team.

Chapter 4: I lost only my life, not my talent

The Rhodes Island group had already broken through the battlefield, but a Carters woman with her left eye covered by long white hair arrived late.

Seeing Tallulah, who looked dazed and resisted contact, the plump woman couldn't help but say, "Not just Mephisto...but Tallulah too!?"

Several armed men wrapped in snow capes sighed, "This is such a lie! Mephisto is fine, but even Tallulah has become like this!? It must be some kind of uncanny Originium technique!"

A member of the Yeti team called out, "Big sister! There's a drone here!"

The last image on the terminal was a beautiful frost flower.

Are you trying to pull my eyes out? Terra's local rabbits are so rude!

Ott sighed and looked around.

After this battle, the operators' obedience to Otto has reached a new level.

After the team's pace inexplicably "coordinated" several times, making unusually prominent noises, Ott said to them through PRTS: "It's too noisy, disperse a little."

The operators were a little stunned, as if they had just realized what they had done.

However, this wonderful "coordination" quickly disappeared like ice and snow under the scorching sun after they became aware of it.

"Doctor..." an operator couldn't help but ask, "What were those things before?"

The code name of this new guard operator is Guard. Like the female medical operator Medic who performed surgery on Otto, he is a "common-faced" operator who appeared at the beginning of the plot of "Arknights".

This can be seen from their code names. The Guard Operator codenamed "Guard", the Medical Operator codenamed "Medical"...

"Those?" PRTS translated Ott's thoughts into a toneless voice, saying, "None of those. They're all the same."

"What was cast upon that brat and the Reunion leader is the same as what was cast upon you."

Suddenly, there were voices coming from the team of new operators.

"It's the Doctor's Originium technique indeed!"

"Is this true? They're the same?"

"As expected of a doctor!"

"Do you remember the feeling just now? It was like a spirit possessed you!"

"Compared to that, to be honest, the emptiness I felt after being transferred..."

"you also!?"

"It feels like falling into the mortal world..."

"Will we end up like those two people..."

Originium skills?

Ace remained silent, a strength Doc Otter had never displayed before.

Dubin also lowered his voice: "There's no need to let them know about this kind of thing!? It will disrupt the morale of the army!"

Although Dubin had no idea what "that thing" was, and only felt the deep emptiness after it left her body, she raised questions to Ott with the attitude of a frontline commander.

But PRTS still conveyed Ott's voice to everyone.

"Don't worry, you're all mentally healthy. Those two were already in a very worrying mental state, and after being strengthened, they became even more sensitive."

Ott's dry and low voice came out from his throat, which had not spoken for a long time: "Keeping soldiers in the dark is one way of commanding, and making them fully understand the situation is also a way of commanding."

"Cough cough!"

If he had used fragmented, unstructured sentences like in the original story, breathing would have put less pressure on the chest. But Ott personally preferred to cough a few more times and wanted to maintain his own language habits.

"Doc Otter!" Amiya exclaimed, then turned to Medic and asked, "Can further treatment be performed under the current conditions?"

Medic looked troubled. "We're on the march now. The only thing we can do is use Originium techniques to stimulate wound healing."

Amiya's ears drooped again. She looked at Otto guiltily and said, "I'm sorry... I forced you like this right after waking up..."

It’s almost time now. The authority has been established and the Dragon Girl has temporarily bypassed it.

Ott didn't intend to hide his amnesia. The reason was simple. Due to the Arknights's work style, he, as a player, was largely kept in the dark. He knew a lot of random secrets, but he knew almost nothing about his own life...

I had not mentioned this matter before, just to increase the chances of success when facing Tallulah.

"Although it's a little late, it can be said to be just in time. Amiya, I have lost my memory."

"Hey!?" The little donkey's face was full of surprise, and its drooping ears suddenly stood up.

"Is there anything surprising?"

PRTS portrayed Ott's voice with remarkable calmness, which made his subsequent words even more unbearable for those close to Ott.

"Front parallel, cooling, aortic occlusion, cardioplegia, full bypass, intracardiac surgery, post-operative rewarming, aortic patency, cardiac re-pumping, back parallel, ventilator shutdown, extubation, and neutralization. This is the process of extracorporeal circulation."

"In order to preserve the heart's energy reserves, it is best to supplement it with local deep hypothermia. It can further reduce myocardial energy and oxygen consumption."

These words startled Ott: He had only glanced at the video while repeatedly clicking on related videos, and it was good enough that he could remember the conclusion! How come he was so familiar with these procedures as soon as he opened his mouth?

This also made Medic realize something. She said tremblingly, "But, if the heart temperature is too low... in addition to arrhythmia, it can also cause... brain hypoxia, cerebral embolism, and other brain damage."

Otter nodded, and PRST continued, "That's right. The damage to the brain at this point is physical."

"In other words, the memory damaged in this process cannot be repaired."

It was a lie, two lies in a row, but it was enough to understand the situation.

First, judging by the subsequent plot, the player's amnesia is likely more than just brain damage. After a month of repeated testing, Kel'tsit concluded that the player's brain is fine. Secondly, judging by the Doctor's ability to recall his wife... no, Priss, he can recall Priss, it's likely that the damage isn't entirely to his memory itself.

If we regard these life experiences as files in the brain, then a considerable part of the memories hidden deep in the filing cabinet of the brain are not completely destroyed in this process - it is very likely that the key to the filing cabinet is simply lost.

But whether we can get it back depends on Eagle Point.

Ott looked at the black spot on the palm of his left hand. Although this was not an irrefutable proof, it was indeed...

There is a high probability that this body belongs to him.