Arknights, but the family has fallen again

In any case, with the axe handle breaking, these liquefied air and compressed air should have caused a violent explosion with incidental elemental damage after being released from restraint.

But Frost Star reacted quickly, using the Originium technique to forcibly create a thick ice shell on the outside, eliminating the explosion invisibly.

After breaking this "purely handcrafted" and "ingeniously crafted" Cold Drive Axe, Frost Star felt a little shy. However, this shyness was somewhat aloof. She said dryly, "It's broken."

Ott pinched his Jingming acupoint and said, "This is only designed for the commando team. I didn't tell you in advance that its carrying capacity is limited. This is my fault."

Always crashing in weird places, Otto.

The Cold Drive Axe was designed for the Yeti Squad's lower-tier capabilities. For its intended users, those with a basic understanding of Originium techniques, it was simply impossible for them to overload the Originium circuits in a short period of time, or forcibly create liquefied gas to destroy the axe handle...

Ott said to Huang beside him, "The difference isn't between heat and cold drive, it's just that she didn't control her strength. If you use all your Originium skills when performing a power slash, the result should be similar."

What Huang tested was a heat-driven axe.

In contrast to the long endurance afforded by the self-sufficiency of the cold-powered axe, the hot-powered axe was designed for shorter bursts of power. While the design concept was drastically different from Huang's usual chainsaw, the actual feel was remarkably similar. Consequently, she encountered few issues while testing the hot-powered axe.

"This is a weapon designed for ordinary people, so don't be so rough. If you want to use it for the leader unit, you really need to stock up on materials." Ott shook his head and called out, "Bring the power halberd over here, let's try it again!"

Operator Agor echoed, "It seems we need to equip the Power Axe with a prominent display device. This way, all users will clearly know its limits."

The question she hadn't said out loud at the moment was: adding the air liquefaction function to individual weapons is somewhat redundant.

How could ordinary soldiers use up so much gas?

Ott also nodded and said, "Wendy, your idea is good."

These small problems are actually quite obvious, but this is a brand new weapon and there is a lack of objects to describe, so all the small problems have to be found by yourself.

Weapon testing is to find problems. If there are no problems, then that is a problem.

The operator who pointed out the problem and had mysophobia was Wendy.

She was one of the first employees recruited by Rhodes Island after its rebirth as a pharmaceutical company. Roughly half of the automated systems currently used by Rhodes Island's main ship were designed by this exceptionally frail Agor.

In a sense, Wendy is an "old employee" with more experience at Rhode Island Pharmaceuticals than Otto.

The Tower of Babel or something...

For the record, there is no debt inheritance relationship between the Kazdel Babel government and Rhodes Island Pharmaceuticals.

Frost Star heard Otto's call. She raised the ice in her hand and asked, "What should we do with this?"

This thing is now a bomb.

Based on the principle of cold drive, the liquefied air mixed with compressed air and released directly expands at a rate and ratio far less rapid than a normal bomb, and its power is much smaller.

But it will of course cause a certain amount of collateral damage.

Otto wanted to go forward and talk, but was stopped by Huang.

Although it has little use value, it is still a bomb after all. With Otto's real human flesh and blood, he cannot compete with it head-on.

"Doctor! Don't mess around!" Huang was at a loss whether to laugh or cry.

When Ott starts focusing on projects, he sometimes neglects less important things, like his own life, as he does now.

Ott could only ask loudly: "Frost Star! How long can it be sealed?"

Frost Star was a little confused. She replied, "If it's not reinforced, it can probably be sealed for two or three hours."

"I see. Let's just leave it there for now!" Ott said to the person beside him, "Have you found the power halberd?"

"Try this one." A passerby engineer raised a hideous monster that was completely black in both hands.

Royal Guard Power Halberd, cold-driven prototype.

Although Shuangxing had anticipated the engineer's movements, she still exclaimed in surprise after actually handling it, "It's so heavy! It's completely different from the previous one!"

The Engineering Department actually brought in a large number of finely crafted power axes, and because of the nature of the borderland, they could be subjected to reckless and violent testing. Rather, it would be best if the test failed!

Therefore, no one expressed any opinion about Frost Star's rough use just now.

And why was the Engineering Department able to bring these finely crafted power axes with different design concepts into the border area... They are now wearing "sleep devices" and sleeping on the cots of the Rhodes Island Engineering Department.

Kal'tsit's use of the "Dream Sleeper" to trick them wasn't entirely to help Otto. Based on the results of her previous independent testing, if the Engineering Department operators were convinced of the "Dream Sleeper's" efficacy, then they could easily project most of the Engineering Department's resources into it...

On the other hand, if we ask them to focus on bringing things, they may not be able to bring many things.

Chapter 108: The Beauty Plan

Based on the same reason that "beliefs determine what a person can bring into the border area", and the problem with the engineering department's duty roster, Kal'tsit didn't need to wear the "dream device" she had made herself today - by the way, Kal'tsit strictly forbade her to tell the truth.

Wendy glanced at the weapon Froststar had taken and introduced it, "It's prepared for powerful warlocks like you. It's much tougher than the Cold Drive Axe just now."

"Unlike the Power Axe, the Power Halberd's slashing direction is more varied, and it also has an Originium skill amplification function."

Ott added: "But we haven't finalized the material issue yet, and right now there's some over-stacked material to achieve the desired performance."

Frost Star looked at the halberd with some longing.

A weapon similar to his father's.

Not long after, in the church, Kal'tsit was discussing with Ott a plan for further exploration of Hamlet.

"...But conducting a direct combat test is still too dangerous!"

Among the buildings that are now available for use, taverns and churches are more suitable as temporary command centers.

However, since Ott preferred to convert the tavern into a dormitory for the Eight Times Great Engineering Department to stay overnight, he set up his office and temporary command center in the church.

As for why the tavern can be converted into a dormitory... In the first Darkest Dungeon game, it was written as a tavern and read as a technical college. Of course, it has a lot of "ready-made beds" available for use.

These large beds, originally used for mumbling and groaning, are now used by some of the best minds in Rhode Island to relax and continue drawing with full energy.

The benches originally reserved for the believers in the church were moved around, and a table was set up in the vacant space in the hall. Surrounding the table were Ott, Kal'tsit, Ghost Shark, Skadi, Alina, W, Huang, and Froststar.

Basically, all the hero units that Ott intends to recruit are here now. By the way, Kal'tsit is on Ott's right hand side, and Phantom Shark is on his left hand side.

Because of Otto's sleep, Hamlet was almost always stuck in the deep night. But in the church, the burning candles still pressed everyone's shadows back to their feet.

"Whether it's Huang or Shuangxing, they have enough combat power to deal with this." Ott took out a simple map and pointed to the cave below the sea cliff. "The enemies here are not strong enough for them. They can be easily dealt with."

The Bay, also known as the sanatorium for strong teams.

"Is there any connection between the two?" Maomao asked, crossing her arms. "A weapon I'm not skilled with can't even defeat a bare hand!"

It's unusual for Kal'tsit to repeatedly refute my decisions. In reality, she's at best... I see!

Ott now understood: Kal'tsit's understanding was different from his.

In the eyes of Maomao, this area is actually closely related to Otto's spirit. In reality, it is unlikely that the things Otto plays with will end up getting burned.

But in her opinion, everything that happened here would have a strong impact on Otto's personality, and Kal'tsit was unwilling to take even the slightest risk in this matter.

What impact will a failed "adventure" have on Otto?

Ott naturally knew that this was not the case, but was he going to reason with Kelsey?

What's his level?

Do you dare to reason with Kal'tsit, a cat girl who is both a woman and a cat?

If logic doesn’t make sense, then talk about feelings.

Ott took off his gloves, placed his palm on Kal'tsit's pretty face, and gently stroked the cat's smooth cheek with his thumb.

“Meow! What…what are you doing!?”

In front of everyone, Kal'tsit was somewhat at a loss, and she even blurted out the diplomatic language of a cat to humans in an instant.

Cats rarely use "meow" when communicating with one another, and wild cat kittens that lack socialization training generally don't know how to "meow." It can be said that "meow meow meow" is the unofficial diplomatic language between the Blue Planet and the Cat Planet.

Stinky otter!

With an inexplicable bitterness in his heart, W rolled his eyes, turned his head away, and began to daydream.

The little deer put his hands together and looked at the in-laws with a smile.

"Don't worry about me." Otto closed his eyes and took a deep breath.

Reverse mapping protocol, started.

Boom—boom boom.

"Do you feel it?" Ott placed his other palm on his chest and asked, "This is my heartbeat."

"It's business as usual."

“It’s not adventurous, nor is it radical. I don’t know everything about this field anymore, but I still understand its core.”

To be honest, this trick is a bit abstract, and it has been used again and again. Can Kal'tsit be impressed by it?

The cat's eyes were blurry.

Using Otto's eyes, she saw herself.

From a first-person perspective, she saw Otto's palm caressing her face; she saw herself unconsciously holding her head high and chest puffed out; she also saw the different attitudes of the heroes around the table; she heard her own slightly rapid breathing; she felt the heat on her cheeks...

Boom!dong dong!

It was her own heartbeat.

pat.

Kal'tsit slapped Ott's hand away.

"This won't happen again." Kal'tsit looked away.

Don’t do it again, keep up the good work.

Ghost Shark lowered his eyes, as if there was something on the table worth studying.

After a period of preparation, at the exit of the town.

"Bon voyage." Otto stood there and waved to them.

"Stinky otter!? Aren't you coming!?" W exclaimed.

You guy, were you distracted during the meeting just now?

Ott glanced at her.

The Sarkaz girl's face flushed red. "Why are you looking at me like that?"

"Doc Otter wants to test whether he can take over the town remotely this time," Kal'tsit explained.

After a series of negotiations, Maomao successfully obtained the negotiation authority within the border area from Ott - to avoid Ott's intentional or unintentional, overly honest truth-telling.

In fact, what Otto wants to test this time is... time.

Overall, if Otto doesn't mess around, the entire process of "entering the border, completing the dungeon, and leaving the border" will only take a short moment in reality.

It was so short that even the broken gray-white charcoal didn't have time to fall to the ground.

In the previous test, when Otto stood in the town and tricked Frost Star's body in reality, the town's time was synchronized with the real time - this may be used in interesting ways at some point.

In addition, Alina often spent seven days alone in the town...

The above two different points independently prove that the flow of time at the border is almost irrelevant to reality before it is forcibly connected by Ott.

Chapter 109: Live by the mountain, live by the mountain; live by the water, live by the water.

The only factor that affects the flow of time in the town is one thing: going to the dungeon.

However, when Frost Star was summoned for the second time, she still spent seven days here when Otto and others returned to the town.

But at that time, Otto and others entered the dungeon halfway through which they had not yet completed the last time!

If there is a fixed ratio between time and the progress of the dungeon strategy, then Frost Star should take three to four days to pass!

So, a conclusion that is very confusing in reality but very simple in the game is about to emerge.

What makes time flow forward within the border area is the event nodes. More specifically, every time Otto completes a dungeon, the town's time will... necessarily advance one week.

In the game, this is easy to understand...but in reality, this is a kind of power that is eye-catching.

W was not satisfied with Kal'tsit's explanation. She asked loudly, "If it's research, wouldn't it be the same if I kept you here?"

No, it's not the same.