I, the undead, save the world with the dolls

Although Rukatiye felt that he couldn't hear any such thing as the soul or echo of a weapon. A weapon is just a weapon, and it's really strange to place emotions on it.

"You are not a blacksmith, you won't understand. Okay, go out now, your breathing will affect the temperature." The birdman waved his hand and let Rukatiye go out.

Rukatiye was aware that temperature differences affected weapons, so in order to get better weapons, she immediately went outside.

Accompanied by the tinkling sound in the room, a few minutes later the birdman shouted from inside: "Come in!"

So fast? A few minutes wouldn't be enough for the stove to heat up, right? Rukatiye was prepared to wait for hours.

On the workbench lay her two brand-new greatswords. From the outside, they looked no different.

"Is there any difference?" Rukatiye picked up both weapons. There was no change in weight or balance. Where did the cuneiform stone strengthen it?

"That's a big difference. These are all defective products that I used up. You can try it." The birdman kicked a few boards over. Those were alloy plates that she had failed to carve.

Rukatiye didn't hesitate, swinging his spear in a circular motion. The thick metal plates were pierced by Rukatiye's thrusts. These were no ordinary metal plates; they were Saturn alloy plates. If they could penetrate these plates, they could also penetrate the humanoid form.

"This is a weapon powerful enough to kill gods. Even Gwyn's sword was made of a wedge-shaped stone disc. Ordinary blacksmiths can't handle it at all. Fortunately, I can. I inherited Seath's soul craftsmanship and forging skills. If you want such a good sword, you have to go to the continent of Lordran to find the legendary giant blacksmith." The birdman said very proudly.

"That's enough. How should I maintain it? Use wedge-shaped stone powder? Or can you help me?" Rukatiye nodded as he looked at the greatsword without a single scratch, then looked at the birdman.

"Hey, I'm not working for nothing. You have to come with me to fill in the data. Do you know how complicated the research report of this base is? Also, you want me to help with maintenance? Then you have to wait a few days. I have a lot of work to do." The birdman said impatiently.

Maybe she really didn't want to be responsible for maintenance work. Rukatiye felt that he knew what the birdman was thinking.

Although she could indeed ask the birdman blacksmith who could forge soul weapons to help with maintenance, the bird-headed man seemed to have been assigned other tasks, and she didn't know how long she would have to wait to help with maintenance.

So Rukatiye decided to go find the full set of tools for routine maintenance herself. She placed an order on her tablet, and a drone delivered the entire set to her door, saving her the hassle of carrying them everywhere.

And thanks to the generosity of Master Sun Yang, Rukatiye's two greatswords were directly strengthened to the top level, using a large number of wedge-shaped stone fragments, large fragments and stones, as well as two wedge-shaped stone discs.

Although strengthening her two swords was only used to test how much the wedge stone could improve the weapons.

But Rukatiye knew that the wedge-shaped stone disc was not easy to find. Sun Yang was just looking for an excuse to upgrade his weapons. After all, he would have to use these two swords in the end.

The birdman pushed Rukatiye and asked her to chop at a pile of messy things for a long time, and then a bunch of humanoids ran out to take the weapons and conduct various tests.

The humanoids were very efficient, but Rukatiye, who hadn't figured it out yet, was being dragged around and made a mess.

In terms of testing, Rukatiye was still acceptable. After all, even if a weapon was badly damaged, it could be repaired in one go with Repair Powder. A little more wouldn't matter, as Repair Powder couldn't remove the force attached to the cuneiform stone.

Of the experiments conducted, some were fire that Rukatiye could tell were burning, while others she couldn't tell what they were doing at all, like holding a bunch of speakers and vibrating them towards her sword.

The results of the enhancement puzzled the humanoids, but satisfied Rukatiye.

After these two weapons are strengthened to the peak level, they not only have cutting performance that exceeds the level of Saturn alloy weapons, but their durability and corrosion resistance are far superior to alloy weapons.

Even if you spray it with high-temperature flames for several minutes, it will not affect its performance, and it cannot even be burned red.

The humanoids could only come to one conclusion: the cuneiform stone could indeed significantly improve the performance of objects. Furthermore, existing observation methods couldn't allow the humanoids to figure out what was affecting the performance of the weapon.

Although the birdman said that such an effect could be achieved naturally by properly utilizing the power of the soul to activate the power within the wedge stone, this was too difficult for the humanoids to understand.

Rukatiye couldn't understand the argument between the humanoid and the birdman. She took back the two greatswords that had been tested, left the birdman's studio, and returned to her room to sleep.

***

The next morning, Rukatiye was awakened by a communication sound. Her head quickly woke up from her deep sleep and she turned over and got out of the soft bed.

In addition to a cyan-blue bed, her room also had a workbench for maintaining various weapons, as well as a table and a bookshelf.

The workbench was new, having just arrived. Rukatiye pulled the greatsword out of the hilt and placed it on the workbench for a brief polish.

As a former knight, she had to learn these basic logistical tasks. On the battlefield, there might not be a dedicated blacksmith or attendant to help you repair your weapons, so it was best to do everything yourself.

She quickly packed her belongings, put on her clothes, and headed for the exit leading to the outside of the oasis base, carrying her weapons and supplies.

The ground floor of the base is built extremely solidly, and there are always a large number of automatically armed and offline armed intelligent bodies patrolling here to deal with various possible emergencies.

Rukatiye made her way through the layers of security and headed for the base's ground-floor garage. She peered inside for a moment and soon spotted a tall figure with long, silver-gray hair standing in a corner. Rukatiye hurried over.

"Oh? You are AK15?" Rukatiye rubbed his eyes. The light outside the garage shone dimly through the glass. The figure in front of him stood at the intersection of darkness and light.

It was just dawn, the sun yet to shed its warmth on the dry earth. There were still about ten minutes until the scheduled meeting time.

"Hello, Ms. Rukatiye. I am the tactical humanoid AK15, and it is my honor to fight with you." AK15's body did not move, but his eyes glanced at Rukatiye.

Rukatiye was still wearing the Miller Knights-style power suit. It was a slim-fitting vest with additional armor plates, providing essential protection.

She also wore a special gray-white cloak on the outside of this power suit. The material used on it can withstand corrosive weather such as acid rain for a long time, and at the same time can offset some of the effects of extreme weather on the body.

These cloaks are the result of the Oasis dolls taking the sniper dolls' original camouflage cloaks and making some improvements.

Although the natural environment of KENSHI's world is not as bad as the red zone in Girls' Frontline, it is not as deadly as the glowing sea in Fallout.

However, some places will have acid rain that can corrode the human body. In this world, only skeletons (the machine creatures of this world) can move freely.

While the humanoids are more capable than most skeletons, their bionic structures and skins are not as strong and durable as those of the local skeletons.

This complexity makes humanoids more susceptible to environmental influences than skeletons. Skeletons can move freely in water, but humanoids will be affected by their mobility if they are not replaced with professional waterproof bodies.

After all, the Mind Core wasn't designed to be very durable. Unlike the skeletons in Kenshi's world, the processor could be soaked in water for a few days, then taken out and dried and still be used.

In short, the extreme temperature difference between day and night has taught travelers in this world how to conserve their body heat. And the humanoids are no exception, wearing cloaks and the like.

Besides, the new power suit is still under development, so everyone has to make do with the old one.

Sur was on his way with the distributed supplies, so it would take some time. Rukatiye scratched his head, then spoke to break the silence.

"I heard you wanted to learn swordsmanship?" Rukatiye asked. "You even sought out someone to teach you bare-handed combat techniques and special moves? Are you serious?"

"Seriously. What's the problem?" AK15 asked back.

"Although I am a knight and an undead, my brain is not broken. I know very well that a gun is stronger than a sword, and a sword is stronger than a fist. The more powerful the firepower and the longer the range of a weapon, the better it is to use. So why don't you cut off an arm and install a cannon? The firepower is always stronger than your fists, right?" said Rukatiye.

"Because of mission requirements, my body must strictly maintain the integrity of the human body structure. I need to perform stealth missions, and replacing my arm with a gun barrel will be considered a dangerous target. While maintaining structural integrity, I need to gain as much combat experience as possible." AK15 explained his reasons for doing so seriously.

Such a serious reason? Well, such a finely crafted body is naturally suitable for stealth operations.

Rukatiye felt that he had gotten a little too complacent. What he had just said could easily be interpreted as a provocation to AK15. It was as if he was mocking her for doing a bunch of stupid things.

Rukatiye secretly observed AK15. She didn't seem unhappy at all. She just kept staring at him coldly from the beginning.

Just like the other dolls said, she really doesn't care about other people's opinions and doesn't think too much about it. But why is she staring at me?

"Ms. Rukatiye, can you defeat Sur of the Oasis with this body?" AK15 suddenly asked.

"It's hard to say. She didn't use her full strength. I was fighting seriously. But my endurance is stronger." Rukatiye didn't intend to hide these things.

"I understand. To be frank, I envy you." AK15 said without thinking.

"Why is another humanoid envious of me?" Rukatiye felt quite baffled. "Aren't you the strongest humanoid?"

"In my visual system, your body is no different from that of an ordinary human. You can also plunder souls to continue growing, but the human form can only stay here before technological innovation comes." said AK15.

"...I heard that Sun Yang brought back synthetic human technology from the Fallout World, which can combine your consciousness and body. There are also rumors that this technology can be used to create artificial undead." Rukatiye frowned, as if she understood something. "You want to become an undead?"

"I want to have a more powerful body. But I also want to know how powerful the undead can be." AK15 stared at Rukatiye and said.

"So you plan to create life and then use it as a body? Does Sun Yang know about this?" Rukatiya felt a little uncomfortable.

"All experiments are completely open to the commander," said AK15.

"I didn't expect to use the technology from that academy directly. I always feel like I'm in the camp of an evil organization." Rukatiye seemed to be trying to adjust his mentality.

"Power knows no evil. Besides, isn't Ms. Rukatiye also killing enemies and absorbing their souls? This is no different from being a demon in worldly terms." Battle maniac AK15 never thought there was anything wrong with this.

"Furthermore, the Commander will not refuse to develop these sensitive technologies. Even if these technologies have brought harm to humanity in the past, most of the damage was caused by the users themselves, so he will not seal them away. I believe there are many humans who think like Commander Sun Yang."

AK15 added another sentence after he finished speaking.

"Should I thank you for starting my beautiful day with frustration and dejection? Before the sun even rises, you're already telling me about heavy history and classics, as well as the conceptual gap between humans and humanoids..."

Rukatiye felt that his anticipation for hunting had been greatly dampened.

"Quickly adjusting your mindset is a skill that every warrior must master." AK15 replied.

"Now I know why you have no friends." Rukatiye couldn't help but sigh.

"I can support friendly forces in battle, but I need qualified command. This is also what bothers me." AK15 insisted on replying to every sentence.

Rukatiye no longer wanted to chat with her. He was too serious. He should find someone who could have fun with him.

There was a slight awkward silence between the two sides, which ended when Su Ershanshan arrived late with supplies.

Rukatiye and Sur exchanged a few pleasantries, while AK15 remained silent. The three of them placed their supplies in the back seat and then boarded the standard all-terrain reconnaissance vehicle.

"Are you the driver?" Rukatiye watched AK15 sit in the driver's seat as if it was his natural thing.

"I'm an experienced hand," AK15 replied curtly. She pressed the accelerator hard, and the SUV turned a corner in the garage. The automatic garage door opened, letting in the cool light from outside.

"Oh my god, I feel a little...uncomfortable." It was actually Rukatiye's first time traveling by car.

"Adapt as soon as possible." AK15 said this and tortured the steering wheel.

Facing the rising sun, the three-person team landed on the vast wasteland in an off-road vehicle.

I have a lot to do and I'm extremely tired. I'm taking a day off.

One hundred words ahh ...

357 Journey (Part )

The nuclear-powered off-road vehicle crossed the mountains near the base and headed southwest of the continent. AK15's driving style was quite rough.

Sitting in the back seat, Sur tied up his supplies with a seat belt, grabbed the handrail, and swayed his body left and right with the car.

Even though the car had good vertical stability and shock absorption systems, it couldn't withstand the driver's aggressive driving. Rukatiye, sitting in the passenger seat, had to hold on to the handrail tightly to avoid being thrown out.

Rukatiye looked at the AK15 beside him, who was firmly on the accelerator and refused to let go, and said slowly, "This car is indeed very powerful, but I'm afraid I have a hard time adapting to it. Can you slow down a little on this mountain road?"

AK15 glanced to the side and said calmly, "Don't worry, I've been thoroughly tested. Sur and I are both very sturdy humanoids, and you, Rukatiye, are strong enough to withstand the damage of the vehicle."

"Did you drive with that in mind?"

"Don't assume a rollover, you bastard!"

Sur and Rukatiye successively denounced AK15.

"..." AK15 pursed her lips slightly, looking a little unhappy. However, she slowed down a bit, at least she wouldn't drive down the hillside.

Rukatiye finally breathed a sigh of relief. She rolled up the tablet and stuffed it into her shirt, then activated the virtual projection screen on her wrist.

The message "Verification passed" kept popping up on the projection screen, and it popped up more than ten times before it stopped.

The humanoids set up a security network outside the base. All approaching units will be scanned repeatedly, and if the data does not match, they will be severely beaten by various firepower.

In the sky near the main base, there are always hundreds of aerial reconnaissance drones performing long-term surveillance missions, and the slopes of the nearby mountains have been hollowed out and a large number of hidden bunkers have been built.

The bunker is equipped with automatic cannons and drones stored inside. If a drone is damaged, a new drone will automatically rise from the bunker to fill the gap.

Even between many difficult-to-cross mountains and hills, there are human-laid induction mines and automatic radars.

They placed the Iron Blood mobile black mine factory dozens of kilometers away from the base, and then had the factory produce black mines and buried them in the ground, killing anyone who was not identified by friendly forces.

The humanoids simply didn't want any living thing near the main base. In their minds, the main base was a place to be protected at all costs. Even though the average level of armament in this world probably couldn't even defeat a single humanoid squad, they still took excessive protective measures.

After the off-road vehicle drove out for several kilometers, a message came from the humanoid figure in the hidden sentry tower closest to the periphery.

"Good morning, reconnaissance team. This is the border outpost." The humanoid on duty in the tower asked, while a drone in the sky sent a request for information verification.

AK15 checked the information and replied: [This is AK15, performing a reconnaissance mission.]

Outpost response: [Received, do you need supplies?]

AK15 responded: [No need.]

Within a five-kilometer radius of a border outpost, the stationed T-dolls and patrol teams could provide support within three minutes. Further out, only drone support was available, and tactical T-doll support would have to wait a while.

Numerous tactical humanoid patrols monitored the route day and night. Rukatiye had seen humanoids roaming the mountains unrestrainedly during his travels, all wearing power suits and the uniform scout cloaks.

Their scout cloaks have a special camouflage effect and can change the pattern on them in real time according to the surrounding environment like a chameleon.

The camouflage effect of this cloak is definitely weaker than that of the stealth module, but it has the advantage of being able to be turned on all the time.

After all, the stealth module on the power suit is a big energy consumer. For humanoids who may have to perform long patrol missions, it is very convenient to have a large color-changing camouflage cloak.

If Rukatiye hadn't had good eyesight and noticed something moving in the distant mountains, she would have definitely passed it by.

"Are those our people?" Rukatiye pointed to the distant mountain in the co-pilot seat.