Walk through the structure of the Ark and wander on the continent of Terra

"Alfa..." Little Zina looked timidly at Alpha, asking for her opinion, "I want to drink juice."

"Of course, please ask Aunt Kelsey to make a glass of juice for little Zina, and I'll just drink a glass of water."

The super sweet juice quickly attracted the little one's attention. She sat on the sofa in the office and smacked her lips, sipping in small sips, as if she regarded the juice in her hand as a treasure and could not bear to take a breath. Finished.

Seeing that the little guy became quiet, Kelsey sighed. She looked at Alpha's innocent look and said, "That little girl is the unfortunate Zina. Am I right?"

"Well, for some reasons, I used the fragments of consciousness I collected to resurrect one without permission. To be precise, it was her copy."

"I understand, that's fine..." Kelsey nodded, "The technology used in her body must have been brought over from the previous world by you."

"Yes, her current body is a military-grade structure. I have adopted a bionic structure. She can obtain energy through normal eating. Her body surface is covered with bionic skin except for her arms. I reserve this to express the difference between her and a natural person.”

"Are there any restrictions on the machine's output?" Kyle Heath asked for a moment, "I think you want Rhode Island to help take care of her, right?"

Alpha nodded without hesitation, "There are only a few fragments of her original memory left, and there are varying degrees of defects in all aspects. Her current mental level is only equivalent to that of a five or six-year-old child. I hope she can be like other children." We stay together so that she can have a normal childhood. As you said, I have specially adjusted the body's output and have a set of procedures to restrain her body from exceeding the strength of ordinary people."

Kelsey agreed to Alpha's request. She believed in Alpha's technical and moral standards.But this partner is really rude.

……

In the afternoon, Xu Yu, Hemo and White-faced Owl, who had completed the experimental project, walked out of the laboratory and heard the sound of play coming from the corridor. The source of the sound was the canteen upstairs.

When they came to the cafeteria, the three of them found that Koloff and Petrova were playing with a little girl. Xu Yu recognized the little girl as Zina. They were also from Xueyuan and seemed to get along very well.

Alpha was leaning against the door, watching the three people playing around. Seeing Xu Yu and the others coming, she felt a little emotional.

"Zina was originally their comrade, and she was rescued from the mine when Petrova first participated in the battle. Her impression of her still remains in her memory. When they first met, they were both Cried."

"That feeling is very uncomfortable."

"Yeah, it's unspeakably uncomfortable," Alpha looked at Xu Yu in front of him, "That's why you wanted to leave in the first place."

"Alfa, we plan to watch a movie together tonight. I heard that you are back, and I wanted to call you over..." Xu Yu smiled, and then abruptly changed the subject.

"Go ahead, I've put everything on you during this period. It's really hard on you. Take a good rest..." Alpha wanted to continue to accompany little Zina, but didn't want to disrupt Xu Yu's party. Tangled.

At this moment, a childish voice with a loud voice came through the corridor, "Hermer! I heard that there is a new classmate here! I, Lady Ifrit, will bring everyone to greet her!" followed closely. There was also a noise of children's voices.

"Why is Ifrit here?" Helmer was a little confused.But she found that Alpha didn't seem to be very clear about it. At this moment, everyone saw Alina leading a group of children out of the elevator, "I told them."

The children were very excited when they heard that they had new friends. They ran over in a swarm. The adults who stayed at the door could only try their best to maintain order and prevent them from tripping on the door threshold of the restaurant.

Ifrit ran into the room first and rushed to Zina who was sitting on Petrova's lap. "Hello, I am Ifrit, the boss here. What is your name?"

Little Zina looked at Ifrit in front of her with vigilance, and reluctantly shrank into Petrova's arms, "You are not my boss, Petrova is the boss!"

"Okay, okay, don't make trouble." Petrova put down little Zina, "Ifrit is a good child, Zina is also a good child, Perolo is the boss, and Ifrit can do it too He is the boss, everyone should get along well and not get into trouble."

"Oh, okay..." Little Zina hesitated, and finally stretched out her little hand to Ifrit, "My name is Zina, hello Ifrit."

Humer, who was standing by, poked Alpha who was watching indifferently, and found that her expression was a little strange, "Alpha, what's wrong with you?"

"It's okay, I just lament that you all know how to take care of children, but I really can't..." Alpha doesn't want to bring Zina to be a "good role model child" like No. 21 and Nocti, but after three lifetimes, she is I really have no experience raising children.

"Alfa, there are still things you don't know how to do." Hemer patted his friend on the shoulder, "The little guys have come running over. Let's prepare some snacks together and let them play here first."

"What you said makes sense, but aren't you planning to watch a movie?"

The three people in front of them looked at Alpha with a smile. Xu Yu shook the storybook in his hand and said, "You can watch the movie next time. Let's tell stories with the children today."

62. Clouds and Flags part.1-Chiecheng Urgent News

After Alpha came back to take charge of the situation, many things have been greatly promoted. The new inhibitor production line completed all assembly, debugging, and passed acceptance within three months. This also included an overhaul of the base Walker's production line. Time spent on maintenance.

The new drug went through all pre-clinical testing steps in accordance with Rhode Island's standards and achieved exciting results in the experiments. Kelsey agreed on the spot to conduct small-scale clinical trials of the drug and prepared for its official clinical launch. Use to prepare.

At the same time, the public relations affairs that were originally handled separately were handed over to the relevant departments of Rhode Island to take full charge. After jointly defeating several conspiracies and conducting a series of public announcements and publicity, things were considered to be on the right track.

During this period of work, Kelsey even realized that it was much easier to solve many things with Alpha around. She once jokingly said in a chat that Alpha was definitely a gift from God to this land.

As all the work progressed, everyone's work stabilized, and the adults and children lived a lot more relaxedly. Once, when Seria was drinking with her at the bar, she looked at the wine in the glass. Liquid, said that she looked at the current situation of Hemo Everett, White-faced Owl and the others, and really hoped that it could continue like this.

Yes, peaceful days are so precious in this land. After staying peacefully in Rhode Island for so long, Alpha even became familiar with several elite operators who had never seen the dragon before and after them, especially It was the ACE brother who was knocked out of the ring by his own two punches.

Until one day in late October of 1096 in the Terra calendar, Kelsey called Alpha into her office in a hurry.

"Alfa, when we first met, you mentioned to me the natural disaster that might occur in Chernobog in Ursus." Kelsey's expression was serious, "Generally speaking, such predictions are not realistic. I won't accept the evidence, but you are the one who raised this matter..."

As she spoke, she handed a report to Alpha, "So in the middle of the year, I sent an absolutely reliable natural disaster messenger to secretly go to Chernobog's Rhode Island office as a clerk. And this is the message she just sent back using the emergency encrypted link."

Alpha opened the report. The text of the report only contained a very concise paragraph - "The source of energy field changes near Chernobog have reached an energy level that can cause a natural disaster. A large-scale disaster is imminent, but the authorities have not taken any measures." measures, it is impossible to determine whether it is the negligence of the local natural disaster messenger."

It was just as she expected, but in October, was this time a little too early?Alpha was a little annoyed that she had not researched and verified the timeline in detail. She only remembered that Rhode Island's incident in Qicheng happened at the end of the year.

"What do you plan to do next?"

"I asked her to submit a private proposal to the local government of Qicheng in accordance with industry practice, fulfill our obligations, and then evacuate the local area, but I have no way to confirm their status before the next communication."

"You did the right thing, and asking them to withdraw from the disputed area as soon as possible is the right choice."

"But there is one more thing that Rhode Island may have to do..." Kelsey hesitated a little, wondering whether she should tell Alpha the secret of Checheng Core City. She was not worried about keeping this matter secret. , just hesitating, not knowing whether he has the position to bring Alpha closer to this dangerous and controversial matter.

"You want to say that Rhode Island must go to the inner structure of Chernobog's core city and rescue someone from the 'sarcophagus' located in the core. I'm right."

"You...you still know."

"Do you have any other information about Qicheng?"

"Yes, I don't know if you have watched the news recently."

Alpha nodded. Paying attention to news reports from various channels every day was part of Disel's ongoing public intelligence collection and compilation work. She would spend five minutes every day browsing the compiled information.

“In the central part of Ursus, riots and uprisings of infected people of varying sizes broke out in several cities. Due to their small scale, they were quickly suppressed by the Ursus authorities, and many of them were under the banner of integration movements. But after leaving the center, that is, just crossing Yansk on the Devon River, the riots disappeared. The intelligence I collected from various channels showed that there was only one integrated movement eastward from Yansk on the Devon River. The city where there are traces of activity is Chernobog. Taking into account that report of yours, I think that in Devonyansk there was some kind of change in the integration movement that caused their activities to move from semi-public to completely underground."

"It's consistent with my prediction, Kelsey." Alpha looked at Kelsey seriously, "The matter of Qicheng is my responsibility. No matter how you decide, I will definitely go."

"I understand, then we will hold intelligence seminars every day to prepare preliminary plans. In addition, if Rhode Island really wants to enter the city, armed conflict with all parties will probably be unavoidable."

"It doesn't matter, I know more about integrated sports than you think and I can provide tactical guidance and help."

"..." Kelsey was a little confused. She knew that Alpha once held a free clinic in the snowfield, and she also knew that the first three members of the Star of Life were all members of the Integration Movement, and even they are now. Why is Alpha still willing to face the possibility of an outbreak? In the conflict, he stood on the side of Rhode Island and faced off with his friends?

"You know why I have ultra-long-range communication equipment and a high-altitude long-endurance drone with a range that can cover half of Ursus and Great Yan from here, but I have never contacted those who I have been away for half a year. Friends we met on the snowfield?”

Kelsey shook her head. This matter had always been her doubt. She had many speculations, but they all lacked evidence. It was better to let Alpha speak out for himself.

"I'm casting a long line to catch a big fish, and if you've heard the name of Tallulah's child and her life story so far, I think you can easily guess who the big fish I'm trying to catch is ."

"What you know is really beyond my imagination. If you are talking about the black-scaled venomous snake entrenched in the south of the ice desert...those are secrets that most Grand Dukes of Ursus may not know."

"Hmm~!"

Kelsey didn't ask any more questions. She called Amiya who was reading and studying in the library. She needed to participate in the discussion on the rest of the things.

"In addition, notify all departments and navigators, and contact the Route Management Bureau of Gantry. We are going to prepare to set off and formulate a route close to Chernobog."

"Do you need my Life Star to serve as a vanguard for Rhode Island? She is more or less a professional military sand patrol ship."

"That would be troublesome."

63. Clouds and Flags part.2

It takes a very long time for a large land cruiser of the size of Rhode Island to set sail from anchorage, so even if the next action plan has not been finalized, it has not even been discussed whether to go there. In Chernobog, Lucille had already led the engineers from the engineering department to conduct an overall inspection of the Rhode Island's power system and walking system.

This is the main reason why Kelsey, who had confirmed the news and made the decision to sail, still arranged the urgent and important internal meeting for the next day. No matter how anxious he was, the land cruiser was neglected. maintenance, when the time comes to anchor in the wilderness, no matter what magical powers everyone has, they will have to wait for rescue.

Fortunately, Rhode Island has a good equipment maintenance and preparation system. During the time it was anchored near the gantry, the engineering department's maintenance and inspection operations continued, so the preparations before sailing only took two to three days.

In comparison, the departure process of the Life Star, which is smaller in tonnage and more technologically advanced, is very simple. Diesel used the whole ship status management and control network assembly to complete the voyage self-inspection and comprehensive power system in 5 minutes. After starting, the ship easily left the Rhode Island's berthing bay and came to the ground to provide support for the engineering department's inspection work.

……

On the morning of the next day, Kelsey held a Rhode Island management meeting and an enlarged general meeting, finalizing the decision to go to Chernobog and take appropriate action depending on the opportunity.

In the next 24 hours, during the final maintenance process, the Penguin Logistics Fleet hired by Rhode Island and the Life Star, which was withdrawn from maintenance and support tasks, transferred the last batch of [-] tons of emergency purchases from the gantry. Supplies supplies.On the afternoon of the third day, the logistics department conducted a final inventory of the ship's supplies and personnel, and Rhode Island was ready to sail.

"This is the Star of Life. The unmanned reconnaissance aircraft has taken off and the lead reconnaissance is ready." Alpha's familiar voice came through the communication. It was already the night of the third day, and the stars in the sky were shining silently on the earth.

On the bridge of Rhode Island, Amiya glanced at Kelsey's eyes, then looked forward, "Unlock the anchor and set sail!"

Rhode Island's Originium Reactor entered full power operation, and the huge traveling mechanism crawler set made a low roar, pushing the more than 600-meter-long behemoth into the night, turning the bow and heading north.

"Each team is responsible for the patrol inspection in their respective areas, and please report any situation immediately. The Rhode Island ship will travel to the Chernobog border at cruising speed. Taking into account the detour route, the estimated time of the entire voyage is four sky."

The distance between Longmen and Chernobog is very short, only a few hundred kilometers, and a considerable part of the separated area is flat and solid ground that is convenient for land craft to travel.If we didn't need to maintain a formation sailing with Rhodes Island, and still have to detour through some dangerous areas, with the lightning speed of the base walkers, it would only take a few hours to arrive.Even compared to the desert rogue's Sakala-class expedition carrier, which can race in the desert to 110 miles per hour, Rhode Island's cruising speed of more than 30 kilometers per hour is considered slow, but this speed is considered slow on Terra. It is already very fast among land cruisers.

After entering normal navigation, Alpha asked Koloff to keep an eye on the situation on the bridge, and she ran to the workshop. Everyone on the ship heard her waving the welding and quality printers inside, but everyone had a tacit understanding and did not disturb her. she.

Before that, little Zina got a Rhode Island standard sword. During this time, because of Ifrit's influence, little Zina, who knew that she had great power, also longed to protect those who were with Ifrit. "Little follower", so little Zina often seeks advice on swordsmanship, and Alpha also taught her some skills. At least she has the ability to hold a weapon and protect herself in critical moments.

In the equipment preparation room, Alina and Xu Yu are learning how to wear and use the Northern Alliance infantry carrying gear and protective gear stored in the vehicle under the guidance of Petrova. After some local modifications, these equipment Both performance and protection are excellent, and it can provide good protection even without a powered exoskeleton.

Beilian's original powered exoskeleton is in the storage device, but it uses neural interface conduction and does not have a corresponding implant. No one can use it. We can only wait for Alpha to be free and modify them.

"Xu Yu, are you going too? The situation in the city will be very complicated and dangerous."

"I have to go. Alina's medical skills are not skilled enough, so I don't trust her."

Petrova looked at her firm eyes, thought for a moment, and then added an anti-ablative insert to her protective vest to resist spell attacks, "Did Alpha allow you to go...the battlefield?" It's extremely dangerous for us, and for your body, I'm afraid..."

"I will protect myself." Xu Yu smiled sweetly, picked up a Northern Alliance-style individual self-defense weapon from the table, skillfully disassembled the electromagnetic weapon, checked its condition, and then put it Recovery, the whole process is as skillful as a well-trained veteran.

"Okay, if you take that thing, even a group of Sakaz mercenaries will have to walk around you when they see you. When did you learn how to do it?"

"She pestered Alpha to learn it after watching a strange movie collected by Alpha." Alina mercilessly exposed Xu Yu's little mystery.

……

The navigation process was very smooth, because the Life Star used explosives to open the way. Rhode Island smoothly and without any hindrance bypassed the route that was often blocked by the Originium crystals created by natural disasters, and arrived at the Ursus border at the scheduled time. nearby.

What is very strange is that after repeated confirmations from the Life Star high-power radar team and unmanned reconnaissance aircraft, all the Ursus border patrol forces in this area have disappeared. The subsequent reconnaissance team reported that those border posts were all gone. It was an orderly evacuation. It seemed that someone deliberately withdrew the defense forces from this protruding part of the Ursus border.

"I'm afraid the Ursus people have abandoned this city, and even the border is undefended." Kelsey looked out the window at the natural disaster clouds gathering in the far distance on the horizon, and there was something dark and dense in the clouds. Falling slowly from a high place, "Based on the data, calculate the core impact range of the Source Stone meteorite collision. I need to get the most accurate data as soon as possible."

At this time, a familiar radio wave with an identification code came from the wilderness. The code name of the communication identification code was, Earth Spirit.

"This is the Star of Life. The surveillance system captured a motion signal and was identified as two people riding an old-fashioned sidecar motorcycle. Their identification codes were also detected and they were Rhode Island operators."

The base walkers immediately went out and took in the two Rhode Island operators who were trying to escape from the natural disaster. The first words the natural disaster messenger codenamed Earth Spirit said when he saw Petrova wearing the Rhode Island armband was, "This is The second wave of Originium meteorite impact covered [-]% of Chernobog's urban area. A large number of people were trapped and needed rescue and evacuation!"

64. Clouds and Flags part.3