Arknights: Iron-Blooded Savior

After saying goodbye to Amia temporarily, because it was late, and Rankopel himself had also used the Source Stone Technique to the extent that his body was overdrawn.

So Rankopel said hello to the Doctor and his iron guards, and quickly returned to his dormitory alone, took a hot shower and fell asleep.

......

Following.

"Hahh... I slept really hard last night, and I didn't have any dreams. When

Rankopel got up from bed sleepily, he moved his shoulders, thinking that he would sleep until noon again today, but he did not expect that it was only eight o'clock in the morning.

"The body has recovered about seventy percent... Not much, but adequate. He

clenched his fists and felt the flow of qi and blood in his body, and after constantly fighting to the death with strong enemies, Rankopel's resilience gradually improved.

After sleeping, you can recover well, and the rest of the day should be able to enter a full state again.

“...... Eat some fruit. "

I always have some fruits and yogurt in my dormitory for my own use, and the fruits in the world of Terra are not much different from their previous lives, and the colors, shapes, tastes and names are similar.

"[Chewing and swallowing]..." After

eating some fruit and drinking a cup of yogurt, Rankopel sorted the garbage separately, stretched his muscles, put on a custom-made Rhode Island uniform, pushed open the door of the dormitory and strode away.

Rankopel's assigned dormitory was a separate lounge area, away from the roar of the Genstone engine, and there were no more facilities around it that could have noise.

"Oh... Good morning, Mr. Rankopel. As

a result, he had just turned a few corners when he ran into the Rhode Island operator who had seen him several times before.

"Good morning, bitter root... Was it okay to rest last night?" Not

to mention that Rankopel appreciated Kugen's bold and straightforward personality, stepped forward and patted him on the shoulder and greeted him friendly.

"Very well, Mr. Rankopel. Bitter

Root replied with a smile:

"I was in the rest area next door with the gentlemen under your command, and I could have heard them all sleeping deeply last night, and when I opened the door, I could hear a large snoring sound in the corridor.

"But rest assured, the door of the dormitory is very soundproof, but I don't feel any effect, not to mention that I am a super sleep gentleman who can stand and sleep in the thunder of lightning!"

Rankopel was also happy on the spot when he heard this nickname, and said:

"Then your sleep quality really makes people who don't know how many people who have insomnia envious and jealous."

"

In my previous life, I often lost sleep, so I felt this deeply.

"Ahhh... By the way, did you see

Kelsey and the Doctor, bitter root?" thought

to Rankopel, and then decided to go to Kelsey and the Doctor first.

The two of them estimated that after getting the real activated source stone sample and the microscope left by Fick, I am afraid that they could not bear to sleep all night and studied all night.

So I wanted to go right away to see if the Doctor and Kelsey had researched anything.

"Ahhh... You said Dr. Kelsey and Dr. Kelsey.

Bitter Root patted his head and immediately replied:

"They have been immersed in the laboratory since they came back last night, and I was the last to leave after supplying the Rhode Island convoy last night."

"On the way to the dormitory, I passed the lab and saw Kelsey and the Doctor working brightly inside, but I was tired and sleepy, and I didn't see or hear what they were up to. It

turned out that the operator Kugen was also one of the Rhode Island logistics operators who was waiting for the Rhode Island convoy to resupply last night.

"Where is that lab,

Bitter Root?"

Rankopel immediately asked Bitter Root.

"Let me take you there, Mr. Rankopel, just one floor above, the lab is the highest in Rhode Island, and usually only Kelsey and the Doctor have access to it." Kugen

immediately said to Rankopel very enthusiastically.

"That's hard work on you, bitter root. Rankopel

nodded and said to Bitterroot in a grateful tone.

"Where... If you want to talk about hard work, honestly speaking... My job is usually the safest and most relaxed, come with me, Mr. Rankopel. Bitter

Root waved his hand and said to Rankopel, then turned to lead the way.

Rankopel nodded and followed.

This area is all rest areas, and at eight o'clock it is already the time for many operators to get up, and one after another, there are Rhode Island operators who have just come out of the dormitory and know themselves and bitter roots will greet them very warmly.

And in his chat with Kugen all the way, Lankoper also learned that Kugen also shifts the sleeping staff in this rest area from time to time to check whether anything abnormal has occurred.

On one occasion, Kugen discovered that an operator had secretly used some kind of high-power electrical appliance in the dormitory, and almost burned the source stone meter in the entire corridor.

Fortunately, the bitter root was found in time and handled properly.

He quickly eliminated the direct source of the fire with a fire extinguisher, and then quickly contacted the control room to open the air circulation system of the entire corridor to remove the toxic exhaust gases and smoke in time.

The operator who used the electrical appliance illegally was also criticized and educated, but later found that it was actually a problem with the product, and the power amount of the electrical appliance was marked with a zero.

......

In short, Rankopel and Rankopel were talking and laughing, and you shared their own interesting stories

with each other - and this caused the already short distance to be shortened to seem to be only as close as a corridor, and Bitterroot and Rankopel ended their jokes, because the destination had arrived.

"Kelsey and the Doctor are still inside, and they probably never came out. Bitterroot

gave a thumbs up and compared to the laboratory in front of him, and there was a huge side glass in the corridor over there, and he could already clearly see Kelsey and the Doctor busy inside.

"Thank you for leading the way, bitter root. Rankopel

once again expressed his sincere gratitude to Kugen.

"It's a trifle, Mr. Rankopel.

"To be honest, you are so strong and respect ordinary operators like us, no wonder you often hear the iron guards under your command praise you. Bitter

finally said to Rankopel

, "Go, Mr. Rankopel, I have some other matters to attend to over there,

so let's talk about it when you have time."

"To be honest, even in the uniform of Rhode Island, you may at first glance look like a cold blood demon nobleman who is not easy to mess with, but you are actually quite a talkative person. Rankopel

laughed and replied

, "Ha, then I will accept your evaluation unceremoniously,

goodbye, bitter root." "

......

After saying goodbye to the bitter root, Rankopel continued on, and when he reached the middle of the glass that was transparent on the side, Kelsey had already turned and saw himself.

Then, she immediately walked quickly to the door of the laboratory, unlocked the door from the inside, and welcomed Rankopel in.

"Good morning, Doctor, Kelsey. Rankopel

first said good morning to both the Doctor and Kelsey.

"Good morning, Rankopel.

Both the Doctor and Kelsey responded to themselves, and then it was Kelsey who spoke again:

"You should have come for the research on the source stone, in fact, the Doctor and I have planned to try to contact you again about half an hour late and ask you to come here." Rankopel

nodded and decided to get straight to the point:

"So... How's the research going?"

said Kelsey with a solemn expression

, "I suggest you take a look at this,

Rankopel." "

......

Soon, Rankopel was taken by Kelsey to a test bench, where Fick's microscope had been activated and the precision apparatus was running very stably.

"After three hours of trying with Dr. me at night, we basically mastered the steps of using this microscope.

Kelsey said to Rankopel, and Rankopel also saw that under the lens of the microscope's objective, there was a small piece of bright red source stone stripping placed in the bottom of the medium.

This awakened source stone usually produces strong interference, and ordinary microscopes cannot function at all, but the microscope made by Fick can ignore this effect.

In addition, the ultra-precision microscope manufactured by FCA not only has many functions, but also magnification can even reach hundreds of millions of times theoretically, which is the limit value he adjusted all the way.

"The indicator light in the penultimate slot of the microscope has been lit. Kelsey

said to Rankopel:

"According to repeated confirmations, it is used to detect whether it meets the physiological characteristics of living organisms - whether animals, plants, fungi or bacteria, microorganisms, and now... It has been lit.

"You can see for yourself, Rankopel. Rankopel

nodded, then stepped forward and aimed his eyes at the top of the microscope's eyepiece and began to observe.

"Sure enough..."

He clearly saw that countless extremely small and dense things were frantically moving his body.

Combined with what Kelsey said before and his judgment when he fought with the source stone vein, it can basically be confirmed that the source stone is not a mineral at all, but a living creature composed of countless densely packed small creatures!"

At present, Kelsey and I have come to the preliminary conclusion that this should be a huge amount of consciousness and emotion, but it is distorted and deformed for some unknown reason.

At this point, the Doctor spoke to Rankopel.

"A combination of consciousness and emotion, what is this?"

Rankopel didn't understand for a moment what the Doctor meant.

"This is actually very difficult to explain, because this phenomenon is difficult to establish from all existing theories - but the current example, the source stone, really exists, right in front of us."

The Doctor was silent for a moment, and then said to

Rankopel, "There is a saying,

Rankopel.

"The human body is only a container, and the human consciousness and emotions are where the true soul is."

"But the former is a real embodiment of the concept of flesh and blood, bones, organs, nerves, what we can see, what we can feel, this is the human flesh."

"But the latter... The soul forged by human consciousness and emotions... Just an ethereal abstraction, Rankopel. After

listening to it, Rankopel seemed to understand what the Doctor wanted to say, and he also thought of something very shocking, and pointed to the awakened source stone and said:

"The Doctor... You mean?!"

the Doctor sighed, answering himself in a complex but affirmative tone:

"Yes... Rankopel.

"That's exactly what is called consciousness and emotion, and even the soul..."

"