I, the undead, save the world with the dolls

"I'm not human. My combat records will retain every decision I make, no matter how long it's been. I see you're just too eager to fight. Are you dissatisfied with the lack of passion in previous battles?" AK12 sarcastically replied.

"Yes," AK15 admitted simply and bluntly, her crimson eyes flickering. After a few seconds—a considerable amount of time for a humanoid to think—she finally replied, "Too boring, too weak, and unchallenging. The commander is a very good man, but he protects us too well. It makes me ashamed. I don't deserve this kind of pampering. I belong here, on the battlefield."

[Strange, 94, don't you think this is strange?] AK12 stopped what he was doing after hearing this.

"It's strange, 15, why would you even think about this? These questions and answers should be locked in your mental system. Dr. Xiao designed you this way." AN94 asked with some concern.

I believe my thinking lacks flexibility, preventing me from developing 'interesting' strategies. Therefore, I asked the humanoid Pascal to remove the 5% random restriction and add some compatibility programming. The humanoid has these parameters and the original backup data. If further developments prove illogical, I can read the previous mind cloud and reload the old version.

AK15 casually said something extraordinary.

"You never told us about this, nor did you report it to the commander?" AK12 frowned.

[This is my own decision. The original version is with Pascal, and that's enough. If I tell you, you won't agree, so I won't tell you.] AK15 poured hot water from the iron kettle to clean some of the remaining dirt on the AK15 assault rifle.

"You're kidding yourself. Tampering with the cloud map is very dangerous, especially since yours is made by Schott, unlike the mass-produced IOP civilian dolls... What if that doll, Pascal, fails?" AN94 said righteously.

"If I fail, I have a backup, so it won't be a problem. Besides, I think I'm doing fine now. When thinking isn't so simple anymore, I can still distinguish between boring and interesting things." AK15 forced a smile.

[Ugh, that's disgusting. I get goosebumps when you laugh.] AK12 hugged his shoulders tightly and trembled exaggeratedly.

[Hmph. Too much gossip. My goal remains the same. The remaining gangs in this city have been taken to the police station. So I'm going to attack the police headquarters.]

"Okay, okay, let's just attack the headquarters, right? Not the army? I see you haven't changed at all since you started thinking, except you've become more fond of fighting." AK12 raised his weapon and prepared to go.

"Isn't that great?" AN94 pushed open the door next to him and walked out.

[Can you call this good?] AK12 was furious.

"I think it's pretty good." AK15 added.

The three humanoids filled their own pockets and gave the remaining explosives to the remaining humans who looked pleasing to them.

Outside the room was a large open space where dozens of men and women, dressed in dirty clothes and armed with weapons, crowded together. Right in front of these people, a masked puppet was loudly teaching them how to use guns and some combat techniques.

Pai Sen remotely took over a puppet and taught them some combat techniques as much as possible. After noticing the three humanoids coming out, he asked about the next plan through the communication.

"These humans won't survive the next battle. Paison, use this puppet to continue training the people here, as many as you can. We must complete our mission ourselves. We don't need the blood of others to pave the way for us." AK12 said.

"That's best. This short time isn't enough for training. Our operation doesn't include considerations for the follow-up arrangements for these civilians... With so many people, they'll definitely be treated as militia. That's not good." While communicating, Pai Sen continued to explain some precautions for using weapons.

"We'll just do what we can and make things clear to them. We'll evacuate after we kill the target," AK15 said.

"Okay, leave this to me." Pai Sen agreed simply.

The citizens around them who were trying to figure out the weapons looked at the dozen or so people with extremely high fighting power as they left in confusion. Where were they going?

Many of them cried out when they saw this, and they ran to each other to tell their companions. They raised their weapons, shouted the name of the goddess of victory, and asked the figures to lead them into battle.

But Paison amplified his voice and silenced the citizens.

He began to explain the purpose of the troops coming here and the circumstances under which they could no longer stay here.

After completing their mission, they will leave here, but the various situations facing this city will still need these people to bear.

How to do it and what to do were all decided by the people here. All Pai Sen could do was teach everyone as much combat skill as possible in this short time.

Over there, Pai Sen was doing something he was not very good at, persuading the citizens, while the rebellious team was seriously preparing to massacre the police headquarters.

AN94 and AK12 formed a team, each with 4 puppets, and headed towards the headquarters. AK15 formed a separate team with puppets.

The place where they had been resting was a residential area, geographically closer to the Black Sea in the east, while the police station was to the west, near the city center.

Although there are many gangs in this city and the overall security situation is very poor, they are still divided into different levels.

Living conditions are better if you live closer to the city center, and you can find decent jobs. Transportation is convenient here, so it's good for long-distance driving or business.

The poorer people live near the coast, and their livelihoods are mainly manual labor and fishing, though some also engage in smuggling.

So it's quite difficult to tell who's a serious gang member and who's just helping out. The dolls don't care about that much, they just shoot at everything they've collected, recorded accurately, and rushed to the scene to fight back.

Their main task is to deal with matters related to smuggling to the slave island.

Although we don’t know how many people are involved in smuggling and how the smuggling route is planned, it doesn’t matter. We just need to find out the identities of the people involved and kill them all.

There's nothing more to do next. We can't really kill all the stakeholders here and then support local forces to take power, right? That would cause too much alarm.

Moreover, the people here may not necessarily be willing to have a foreign power come in to provide aid. Simply providing guns and artillery is useless; without supporting industry and talent, a country cannot be revived.

Therefore, Sun Yang's actions can only go as far as killing as many people as possible, and there is nothing else he can do.

Even if we take action here, it is only because we consider that someone might follow this clue to investigate further, so we have to act first and physically eliminate the relevant people here.

They were all worthless, so he could just kill them. As for whether the locals would lose their money due to smuggling and whether they could continue to survive... that wasn't something Sun Yang had to consider.

No one in Griffin is good at this kind of people's livelihood and infrastructure work. Instead of helping out regardless of the consequences, it is better not to consider such tasks in the first place.

But compared to all this, the city was currently in turmoil. For over ten hours, the relentless gunfire had broken out across the city, leaving the citizens no longer courageous enough to venture out. Aside from where Paison was giving his passionate speech, the entire city was completely silent.

[The police station has been sighted.] AN94 operated a small drone, landing on a nearby building. The drone was rapidly scanning the area in front of the police station.

[Let's finish this quickly, and consider it a day off for the people of this city.] AK12 stretched his limbs.

"This isn't really a holiday, is it? Anyway, I sent the enemy's equipment." AN94 shared the information.

"Two export ASTs, the rest of the troops are only equipped with standard exoskeletons, assault rifles, and heavy machine guns. No artillery units are visible. This firepower is very consistent with police levels—on par with the gangs here." AK12 teased.

"Ah..." AK15 sighed over the comms. "Is that all? But, after all, it's just the strength of the police headquarters."

"Why are you getting all sentimental, female gorilla? If nothing else, go format the Cloud Atlas and let's be friends again, okay? Honestly, you're really weird right now." AK12 immediately scoffed.

[…I don’t fit that tone? Is that so, 94?] AK15 returned to his cold and stiff demeanor.

[I think you're more approachable now.] AN94 spoke with high emotional intelligence.

"How frustrating," AK15 said, and rushed out, "ending the battle neatly."

The next second, a figure sprinting at the speed of sound ran out of the alley and rushed straight towards the panicked police headquarters troops.

"Kaha--!" AK15 tore apart all the enemies present with amazing momentum.

The battle lasted only a dozen minutes from the beginning to the end.

87 Wipe Ass

"Recently, a terrorist attack broke out in Constanta, Romania. Thousands of casualties were reported that day. According to the current Constanta Police Chief, the enemy armed forces numbered only a dozen or so, but they were equipped with the most advanced combat equipment. Constanta claimed that the Griffin Divine Punishment sect attacked the city. However, this station has not yet received accurate information."

"Constanta has always been a hard-hit area for Romania's smuggling industry. It has been confirmed that most of the deaths were local Romanian gang criminals."

"In this case, the Constanta authorities failed to maintain the city's security. The Director General, Bordo Sakliceni, has been impeached and replaced by a new Director, Romanov Chirnovsky."

"At present, the enemy armed personnel destroyed the police headquarters and quickly evacuated. The Constanta authorities said they are doing their utmost to hunt down the terrorists."

The camera lens left the panicked crowd and the lifeless streets and turned to the newly appointed director, who was still trembling in front of the camera.

"We, our soldiers, persevered to the bitter end under such an attack. Our sacrifice may have been in vain. But for the safety of the people of this city, they gave their lives and died gloriously. I ask for a moment of silence in our tribute."

After that, he led a half-minute silence. However, the flashes of the surrounding cameras continued to flash. No one paid any attention to his silence.

"How dare you say that! Bureaucrats all over the world are the same. All they do is talk nonsense. It's like if they don't go to meetings and talk nonsense, they're going to die."

Sun Yang suppressed the thought of running off to be murdered by the director. If wasting other people's time and talking a bunch of useless nonsense were the standard, the world would be missing millions of people.

After switching channels a few times and feeling that the reports were all focused on the police's inaction, Sun Yang turned off the TV and opened the window.

The disobedient team stood in a room, observing their punishment. Sun Yang connected the projector in that room and faced the three people before him. They remained calm as always. However, the incident they had caused was not so calm.

"Thank you for your hard work, Commander." AK12 said energetically.

"You all know that I'm covering for you. If there's really no one watching, just go ahead and do it?" Sun Yang sighed, turned over and stared at the wall.

The real situation is not the same as what is reported in the news. In fact, the news in various regions has modified and concealed the real situation in the local area.

Not a single local police officer who remained at the headquarters survived. From the junior officers holding the perimeter to the senior officers who attempted to flee overnight, not a single one escaped.

Those gang members who were protected under the pretext of detention, or who tried to escape by car, were also shot dead by the humanoids. Anyone who tried to move around, as long as they could still use their legs, would be caught up by the humanoids and shot in the head from hundreds of meters away.

The rebellious team truly killed everyone they could find, and then quickly evacuated after killing them, escaping unscathed without leaving anything behind for the enemy.

Because their efficiency in killing the enemy was so high, no one could stop the humanoid team when they evacuated.

Several humanoids and puppets fled south, even staying in a safe house for three days. During these three days, Constanta was in chaos, and the people around were completely unable to track the rebellious team's escape route.

So they stayed calm and waited until Sun Yang arrived nearby by plane from Africa and changed into diving equipment to pick them up.

Of course, the humanoids were able to escape so quickly thanks to the actions of the local people.

The locals were very dissatisfied with the police's collusion with the gangs and the government's long-term inaction. They refused to surrender their weapons and engaged in a second armed conflict with the military and police who came to support them.

The local citizens who had received two hours of training from Paison took up weapons and confronted those who were about to take over the weapons.

However, at this time, domestic and foreign journalists were in Constanta taking photos. The local government did not dare to actually shoot civilians, so they cordoned off this part of the community, preventing journalists from approaching and preventing people from leaving.

"I've asked Atlas to assign three special correspondents. The three of you will exchange bodies and station yourself in the community. The Romanian defenders will try to stop you, so you will infiltrate and wait. The defenders will definitely attack, and your mission is to counterattack and collect visual evidence of the Romanian army shooting at its own people. Atlas will handle the rest."

"Just lurking? How boring. Do we need to assassinate a few high-ranking government officials? Didn't Griffin's troops previously wipe out the Congolese leadership? How about we go against their will and wipe out the Romanian team?" AK12 said with a smirk.

"It's an interesting suggestion, but no. This time, the identities were provided by Atlas, and it would be very difficult for you to be discovered while attempting an assassination. I still need these people to defeat the US front. Planting a reporter to take pictures is the normal way, but planting a reporter to assassinate someone would cause problems."

[How long will this undercover mission last?] AN94 has accepted the current situation and is preparing for the next mission.

"Until the defenders start to move, with your ability, it should be no problem to break their defenses. Defeat them and then return quickly. If they still don't move, I will take you with me when I deploy troops across the United States."

"Then how long do we have to wait? Commander, I misjudged you. Your gentle and amiable demeanor is fake. You're just as badass as Anjie when it comes to being a bitch. You're worthy of being called Griffin's number one scumbag." AK12 said angrily, eyes closed.

"You guys are superfluous. Go pick out your equipment. Oh, and by the way, I have some magical weapons I got in the Dark Souls world in my room. They're all +10 weapons, so take them if you want to use them." Sun Yang suddenly remembered and gave a final reminder.

[Okay~ Let’s go 94. We have to go on a mission with the female gorilla again today~] AK12 pushed 94 out of the room.

But AK15 stayed where it was. She stared at Sun Yang on the screen in silence.

"Anything else, AK15?"

"You don't blame us for escalating the fighting?" AK15 asked.

"I have no intention of restricting your fighting. But fighting is one thing, and arming civilians is another. What you are doing is like throwing them into a fire pit. These citizens are not prepared to fight at all. That is why I am punishing you. Any other questions?"

[No.] AK15 saluted and turned to leave. Sun Yang wiped his lips and connected to another person's communication.

Pai Sen opened the communication with a calm expression.

88 surrounding news

"Patson. I don't know what motivates you to train these people, but if you only train them for such a short time, it will definitely kill these citizens. You should also prepare a base body to infiltrate and train them to the point where they can protect themselves."

[That's great, Commander.] Parsons grinned.

"Hmm?" Sun Yang looked at Pai Sen in confusion.

[Understood, Professor.] Python's expression returned to seriousness.

"Let me guess. You saw the people here being tortured badly by the gangs and wanted to save them, but you were too embarrassed to tell me. So you're using this roundabout way to get me to let you go?"

[...Yes, sir. I can't just stand by and watch those civilians. I need to train them to a sufficient level.] Paison responded.

"If your request isn't excessive, I'll do my best to meet it. Don't worry too much. Go change your body, take what you need, and then back up the cloud map. Once you're done, report to me with the Disobedient Squad."

Parson also bowed and left.

Phew—this mess was finally sorted out. Sun Yang pulled out four humanoid figures with new bodies, gave them Atlas IDs, a bunch of supplies, and sent them off.

They replaced it with a body powered by rune power. While it couldn't be improved by upgrading the power pack, it was easier to maintain. They could just dismantle it and replace it.

In addition, Rune Equipment is not afraid of EMP attacks or hacking. As long as the humanoids protect the area around their mind core, they can withstand electromagnetic pulses just like humans.

Furthermore, this equipment had previously been proven inoperable by ordinary humans. Indeed, the equipment R&D department had people from the End of the Americas try out these rune-enhanced armor, and the results were overwhelmingly negative, with some commenting that it was useless and worse off than having them.

Perhaps only units capable of harnessing the power of their souls could use rune limbs. While humanoids couldn't use their souls to strengthen themselves or cast spells, they were protected by Sun Yang's powerful soul, allowing them to control their limbs normally.

And there is a way. As long as we find better materials, the rune limbs can become stronger.

After Sun Yang confirmed that the four had left by boat, he also left to recover the huge amount of steel stored in the Atlas warehouse.

Atlas possessed a wealth of evidence unfavorable to the US. They had already successfully taken control of the Slave Island incident and were currently negotiating with US officials. Sun Yang had easily secured a reporter's spot because he had done a fantastic job.

If it were any other company, the chairman would have been assassinated long ago. But Irons was a legitimate mercenary and arms dealer, and he probably had more skilled fighters than the US military.

However, absorbing this benefit would take considerable time. In Irons's own words, he couldn't show any connection to the Griffin Divine Punishment Sect for at least several months.

However, Atlas's growth rate was frighteningly fast. On the one hand, he had benefited from the United States, and on the other hand, the prosthetic limbs delivered by Sun Yang were already useful.