Life as a mercenary turned into a girl is a bit difficult

After a few seconds of silence, Han Nianling's mouth finally showed a smile. This time it was different from the performative laugh he had just faced when facing Hiiragi Jing.

"That guy...hasn't changed at all."

Hiiragi didn't know what happened in the office after she left. She hurriedly hurried all the way, just wanting to get home before the curfew time and report the good news she got to the people waiting. Unknowingly, , she herself began to look forward to the so-called lectures that she was not originally interested in.

Chapter No.17 Lecture in progress

This academic lecture, which is a collaboration between the New City and the Southern Federal Government, has been announced to the residents of the New City through radio, newspapers and other channels as early as the arrival of the convoy. Naturally, a certain number of seats are available for this semi-public academic lecture. For residents interested in this lecture.

However, this piece of news did not stir up much excitement among the people of the New City. The so-called academic lectures are not even what the residents call after-dinner talk. After all, most people are still working hard for their own lives, and no one wants to spend the money. Spend hours listening to an academic lecture that has no impact on your ordinary life.

The Newborn City base government and the research institute had actually anticipated this situation. Most of the places to participate in the lecture were allocated to students from various schools and research institutes in the Newborn City. Only such a group of people would be interested in this lecture. With great enthusiasm.

Because the academic lectures were prepared in a hurry, there is no redundant review process to enter the institute. You can enter directly by showing your pass to verify your personal information.

"We...did we come a little too early..."

Under the guidance of Phil, an apprentice at the institute, Hiiragi quickly arrived at the venue where the lecture was held. She originally thought that this highly regarded academic lecture would be overcrowded, but what she saw was completely different from what she had expected. The empty venue was almost empty.

Just after lunch, she was hurriedly dragged out of the house by Phil before taking a break. Hiiragi thought Phil had received a notice that the lecture time had been temporarily changed, but the result was not what she expected at all.

There were only a few people sitting in different positions in the venue. Some were reading, some were concentrating with their eyes closed, and some were sitting in adjacent seats and talking quietly to each other. They were all obviously waiting for the lecture to start. .

The entire venue has a fan-shaped layout, and the stepped seats are higher toward the outside to ensure that every audience member has a relatively good viewing angle.

"It's already late. The students have already set off at this time. Due to the rush of time, no seats have been arranged. Hundreds of students will soon occupy all the seats at the front. Do you want to sit in the corner at the back? Are you here?" His foresight was ignored by Hiiragi, which made Phil remind him very dissatisfied.

"Students? How many are there?"

"Hmm... Judging from the numbers allocated to sixteen schools in advance, the number of students who will come to attend the lecture should be around 300." After pondering for a while, Phil gave the number he learned.

"There are only 300 students in sixteen schools?" This number surprised Hiiragi. On average, each school had less than nineteen places.

"It's already a lot. Although the preparation for this lecture is a bit hasty, the scale is the largest I have ever seen since I was a member of the institute..." Phil glanced at Hiiragi Jing with a vindictive look. He joked, "These three hundred students are all outstanding children, and their enthusiasm for learning this kind of knowledge is much higher than yours."

Phil's words made Hiiragi curl her lips. She was a mercenary who had experienced great storms, even breaking through abandoned cities and nuclear waste zones. However, she had to admit that these young students might be able to create and make huge contributions to all mankind. : "Will these students become trainees of the institute in the future?"

"This... is not necessarily..." Phil shook his head and said, "Only a very small number of people can truly become research talents. There are even fewer people who can achieve results in their own fields and become researchers. Not to mention A-level researchers like Instructor Han. In the past few years, Instructor Han was the only researcher in the entire Southern Federation who had received an A-level evaluation.

"It was Teacher Han who extracted a new type of ether-like substance from the inside of a monster's crystal core that made her obtain the A-level nomination. This ether-like substance looks similar to a bacteriophage, but it is not a virus. It is not protein or DNA. It can safely and effectively fuse with a variety of cells in the human body. For example, it can fuse with white blood cells and phagocytes to enhance the defense mechanism, create a certain resistance to pollutants that invade the human body, and inhibit the damage of pollution diseases. Stimulates adrenaline secretion, strengthens red and white muscle cells, etc... However, this effect is not permanent. Once the time limit is reached, such substances will decompose themselves as if they are burned out, and the overdrawn human body will also fall into a period of weakness..."

After listening to Phil's introduction, Hiiragi immediately thought of another thing from the institute: "That...isn't it..."

"Yes, activation potion." Seeing Hiiragi Jing's sudden realization, Phil nodded. She already knew what Hiiragi was going to say. "Although none of the forces have publicly acknowledged it, judging from the time when the activation potion appeared, , the activation potion is most likely a product developed based on Instructor Han’s discovery.”

"Actually, there is nothing to sigh about. Researcher is just one of many positions. Whether they enter a research institute, the army, a factory, or farmland, they will all play an important role in their respective fields..."

During the conversation, the students Phil mentioned had also arrived at the venue. Their arrival did not make the venue chaotic, but they consciously lined up to check in in an orderly manner.

These students are all young, the youngest is about eleven or twelve years old, and the oldest is only about the same age as Hiiragi Jing.

"What's wrong? You feel like you're wary of something?"

It was just an ordinary student entering the hall, but Hiiragi kept turning her head to observe her surroundings. This behavior puzzled Phil.

"No, nothing."

After being nervous for a while, Hiiragi leaned back in her chair again. The appearance of these young students reminded her of the girl who attacked her yesterday. Fortunately, these were ordinary students, and the girl did not mix in. My nerves are too sensitive.

In about ten minutes, the lecture was approaching time. People who entered the venue one after another found their seats and took their seats. Finally, the lights in the venue were turned on together, and a figure walked onto the podium. The tiny figures in the seats under the stage The discussion also disappeared.

He was an old man who looked obviously thin. His gray hair was very sparse. It looked like he had put a lot of effort into combing his hair to cover his exposed scalp. His straight clothes made people look energetic. The old man walked up to the podium lightly. After coughing twice, a breathy voice came from the speakers on both sides of the wall through the microphone on the podium.

"I am very happy that you can come to this lecture. I am Niekang, the director of the R&D Department of the institute. It is an honor to invite researchers from the Central Science Department of the Federal Government of the Federal Republic of South Africa to hold this lecture for you together with the New City Research Institute. I hope you can gain more from this lecture..."

It was just a simple opening. After saying this, the old man left the stage. Hiiragi's eyes deliberately followed Niekang for a while, but he found that after leaving the podium, he left directly from the back door on the side of the venue. His footsteps seemed very hurried. He originally thought that the other party He was so focused on appearance and was expected to make an appearance next, but he didn't expect that he would leave directly after just an opening remark.

"Dr. Nie's acting style is extremely serious, and he will not be sloppy even on such small things. This outfit is specially used for such times, so he often receives foreign visitors with Cheng Fang, or attends on behalf of the institute. Some activities for the public.”

While explaining, Phil motioned to Hiiragi to turn his attention back to the lecture. At this time, someone was standing in front of the podium in the place where Nie Kang had left. That person was the woman named Jiaheng whom Hiiragi met yesterday.

Jiaheng stepped onto the podium and stretched out his hand to adjust the microphone. There was nothing unusual about the kind smile on his face. However, when he recalled the little move this woman made on his back collar last night, Hiei Jing felt a sense of unhappiness. The self-proclaimed experienced person It's really inappropriate for a mercenary to let down his guard at that time.

"I am very happy to be invited to participate in this lecture. I am Jiaheng, a B-level researcher from the Central Science Department of the Southern Federation. I am currently doing research on the field of ether-like matter. I am very happy to share with you here the information of the Central Science Department. Based on the latest research results, I sincerely hope that both sides can conduct similar academic exchange activities more frequently to benefit all mankind in the new era."

Both sides knew how much sincerity there was behind the sterile opening remarks, but it was such beautiful words, especially after being elevated to the level of all human beings, that made the young students applaud excitedly.

'Sure enough, young people are simple-minded and easy to incite. '

Seeing that almost all of these students were leaving their seats and standing up, Hiiragi felt proud of his maturity, completely ignoring that he was about the same age as these students, or even younger.

"Since I study ether-like substances, let me tell you something related to them..." Jiaheng cleared his throat and seemed to get into the main topic of the lecture.

"As we all know, 'ether-like matter' does not specifically refer to a certain type of substance, but is an extremely general category. Its existence can be in any form of expression. The only thing in common with ether-like matter is that it will be accompanied by a kind of substance that has never been known. The unconventional energy previously discovered and recorded by humans is the so-called dark energy. Like the etheroid, the category of dark energy is also general. It is certain that this category does not exist in the concept of the pre-war world, just like monsters. It was also born in the new era world after the war. For example, the crystal core we call is a type of ether-like substance."

"It is said that ether-like matter and dark energy were discovered during an excavation of a pre-war library. Therefore, the discoverer selected 'ether-like' and 'dark energy' from an excavated book. Name them. Of course, this is just a rumor with high credibility. At least we still use these two names to this day..."

The lecture prepared by Jiaheng was very lively and she seemed to have prepared carefully. When her lecture ended, many people gave her warm applause.

But even Hiiragi heard it. Most of what Jiaheng said was related to the history of human discovery and research of ether-like substances. Unconfirmed rumors were also cited. Although the content was not boring or even extremely interesting, There wasn't much in it, and it couldn't really be called a rigorous academic lecture, but the young students didn't care about that.

"Are these researchers from the Southern Federal Ministry of Science...too watery?"

After listening to a lecture, Phil muttered to himself in confusion.

'No, her so-called useful information should be used as a bargaining chip in negotiations with Han Nianling. '

Hiiragi answered Phil's question in her mind.

Chapter 18 Lecture in progress 2 (with photos)

This short lecture lasted for almost 10 minutes, but it received warm applause from students and other participating residents. There were no unintelligible professional terms, nor boring descriptions. Such an interesting lecture at least evoked They are in high enough spirits.

Even Hiiragi herself learned some knowledge that she had never been exposed to before. At least this lecture was much more interesting than Hu Lan's class.

But for an insider like Phil, it seemed a bit boring. Just when Hiiragi was about to ask Phil about his negative views on this lecture, Phil's interest was suddenly raised, and he excitedly asked Hiiragi Jing motioned to look towards the podium.

Hiiragi Jing knew without guessing that the only person who could arouse Phil's emotions was Han Nianling. Phil's participation in this lecture was largely because of his mentor.

As expected, it was Han Nianling who succeeded Jiaheng on the podium.

What Hiiragi didn't expect was that not only Phil, but also most of the people present showed great enthusiasm. The audience had just stepped onto the podium and applauded warmly. It was not just Phil, Almost all the young students looked at her with admiration, which surprised Hiei Jing, who had been spending time with Han Nianling day and night... It seemed that Han Nianling was more famous than she had imagined...

"Han Nianling...is he really so famous?"

The intention was to mutter to herself, but Hiiragi didn't expect that she would actually get a response, and the answer was not Phil, but the person sitting on the other side of her.

"Dr. Han is the youngest A-level researcher in the entire Southern Federation. How can he not be famous?"

It was a female student who looked to be about the same age as Hiiragi. She had two clean braids on the left and right. Her ordinary appearance was not very beautiful, but just looking at her made people feel very close to her.

"It is said that Dr. Han was born as a refugee, but through his own efforts, he was admitted to a college affiliated to the institute from a human settlement outside Chusheng City. This is quite an achievement. Although it has little influence among the people, we students who dream of entering the institute can They all target her." The female student who mentioned Han Nianling's life experience was extremely enthusiastic, "By the way, classmate, which school are you from?"

which school?

I am a mercenary, and now I work part-time as Han Nianling's personal operator... Of course I can't say this answer out loud. Hiiragi turned her head slightly and looked at Phil, hoping that she could come to help rescue him. However, the other party was clearly sitting next to him. But he didn't seem to notice the situation here at all. At this time, Phil's whole mind was focused on Han Nianling.

In desperation, Hiiragi Jing had no choice but to change the topic to avoid the question: "Um...Dr. Han? Isn't Han Nianling an A-level researcher? When was he certified as a doctor?"

"Although not yet, I believe that the next doctor from the New City Research Institute must be Han Nianling. Not only is she the youngest A-level researcher, she will also become the youngest holder of a doctorate qualification." The female student did not He thought there was something wrong with his title, and he did not hide his admiration in his words, "When I graduate next year, I will definitely take the graduate student qualifications exam, and then become a student of Dr. Han."

A student of Han Nianling?It seems that she is working hard for the same purpose as Phil. If she really succeeds, then should Phil have another school girl...

At this moment, Han Nianling's suggestive coughs suddenly came from the speakers, and the previously agitated venue suddenly became quiet. The female student who was just talking about life ideals with Hiiragi Jing immediately left Hiiragi Jing behind. , seemed to have forgotten the conversation just now, and looked towards Han Nianling with all his attention, waiting for the next lecture.

Have you been ignored?But fortunately, the other party didn't have the time to worry about Hiiragi Jing's academic status. It happened that she also wanted to see what kind of lecture Han Nianling had prepared.

Han Nianling in front of the podium seemed to have returned to his previous state. His appearance last night was completely gone. Hiiragi breathed a sigh of relief... Wait, why should I worry about this hateful guy?

"Thank you very much for the excellent lectures brought by Jiaheng Research Institute. We will also respond positively to your cooperation initiative and work together to create higher achievements in the field of academic research..." Han Nian stood behind the desk. The opening of Ling's mouth was also a formulaic scene, but the main topic that followed made even the somewhat casual Hiiragi subconsciously hold his breath and focus.

"Since Researcher Jia is generous in giving advice in his field of expertise, let me also talk about the latest results in my research field. 'Witch' must be a topic that everyone is interested in."

witch?

When this word was spread to the entire venue through the speakers, there were several slight exclamations from the audience.

Who wouldn't be interested in a witch?This mysterious group has always been very popular among the people, and there are even some cults that organize spontaneous worship rituals for the notorious witch.

There is very little public information about witches, but various rumors about witches have never stopped. No one knows how much of it is false and how much is the truth, but what is certain is that these beautiful, mysterious and powerful beings are How eye-catching.

Can this kind of information be revealed in such a public setting?The various forces have always disclosed very little information about witches and the like to the public, and the exchange of information on witches between forces is also extremely confidential.

What Jingjing didn't know was that Cheng Fang, who was sitting in the last row, suddenly tensed up as if to stand up before Han Nianling could finish his words. This was completely different from the content of the lecture that Han Nianling had checked with him last night. , aren’t we talking about a new type of ether-like substance?Why did you suddenly mention the witch again?The most outrageous thing is that there was no discussion with him.

But when his eyes touched the dark figure standing behind the curtain above the podium, he relaxed and leaned back in his chair. Since that person had acquiesced, there was no need for him to intervene.

"What are witches? Why do they appear? When do they appear? What is their relationship with the apocalypse... Judging from the current research data, we have no way of knowing the answers to these questions. Human research on witches has always been It is extremely difficult, not only because there are too many mysteries about them, but also because their traces are difficult to find." In the extremely quiet venue, only Han Nianling's voice echoed, and everyone was listening to the rare information about the witch. content of the lecture.

"As we all know, the image of witches is a group of teenage girls. Yes... they are as young and beautiful as all the female students here. Obviously these are difficult to identify. The idea that they are hiding among humans is not delusional. Perhaps There might be a witch sitting somewhere among you, listening to my lecture."

As Han Nianling said this, his eyes swept across the audience, and the students below couldn't help but look at each other sideways, and chuckled from time to time.After being enlivened by this joke, the atmosphere in the venue became relaxed. After a short pause, Han Nianling continued to push the question: "In short, as long as the witch does not mobilize her own power for a short period of time, she will leave energy that can be detected by the detection equipment. Fluctuation, it is difficult to discover the witch hiding among humans with current methods."

This made Hiiragi couldn't help but recall the scene when she saw the tyrant in the abandoned city of JD. Indeed, it was difficult to identify the witch based on her appearance. Han Nianling stopped and set up equipment along the way just to find the tyrant's energy. fluctuation.

It's just that Hiiragi can't imagine that a witch like a tyrant can hide in human society. Even if the powerful power can be deliberately not used, the bloody and murderous intention and the disdain when looking at other creatures, including humans, are very Obviously, tyrants must disdain to do such things as hiding in human society.

"But there is no need to worry too much. There are still few incidents of witnessing or even contacting witches. Moreover, witches living in the wasteland of the outside world have difficulty adapting to the social life of human civilization. The establishment of the resident management system in each city base basically guarantees everyone's safety. Live a safe life." Han Nianling's relaxed words settled some restless speculations among the audience.

"Newborn City is located in a remote location, and witches rarely appear. Therefore, the research institute's research data on witches is difficult to obtain. However, the recent lack of data may be improved..."

At this point, Han Nianling deliberately delayed for a moment and pondered to gradually raise the audience's interest, "Not long ago, during the operation of JD to destroy the city by the Newborn City military, we discovered the whereabouts of the witch codenamed 'Tyrant' and successfully contacted her. We have made certain contacts, and a large amount of valuable research materials have refreshed the internal storage of the institute’s database.”

"It is precisely because of this that this meeting will inform you of some publicly available information..."

Actually said it? !

Hiiragi felt a little unbelievable. During the time she was hospitalized, the broadcasts and newspapers did not mention the 'tyrant' at all. This also represented the base government's intention to conceal the information about the witch, but now it actually did so without hesitation. In this lecture, he made it public and admitted that he had contact with the "tyrant".

Although what Han Nianling said is not entirely consistent with the facts: the discovery of the tyrant's whereabouts turned into a surprise discovered by JD during the city-destruction operation, rather than the real purpose that actually prompted JD's city-destruction military operation.Even so, the news itself is exciting enough.

As expected, everyone in the audience showed surprised expressions. Everyone knew that the information Han Nianling said next would be very shocking, but no one was shocked to this extent.

Immediately afterwards, as if deliberately challenging the audience's nerves, the large screen hanging on the wall of the podium suddenly lit up, and a photo with a resolution that was neither clear nor blurry was transmitted through the projector, although it was a back view taken from a distance. , but Hiiragi recognized the identity of the person in the photo just at the first glance.

"This is the picture of a tyrant captured."

"tyrant?!"

It's really her!

Based on the credibility of the institute and the truth about the tyrant witnessed by Hiiragi Jing, this photo is obviously not a composite.

It was a real photo of the Witch Tyrant. The tattered windbreaker and the huge scythe were not coded at all. Just looking at the photo, Hiiragi had a vague illusion of smelling blood. .

The appearance of the photos made the venue no longer able to suppress the noise and became noisy. Neither Han Nianling nor other staff members stopped the complicated sounds from fermenting in the venue.

What is the purpose of announcing the existence of a tyrant and then publishing the photo?

It was impossible for Han Nianling to perform the operation without the support of the research institute. After thinking for a moment, Hiei Jing suddenly looked in the direction of Jiaheng and other Southern Federation personnel. As expected, these people were not as shocked as others in the lecture. They were deeply He frowned deeply and fell into his own silence seriously.

With a flash of inspiration, Hiiragi seemed to understand something.

Judging from the information given by Hu Lan last night, Han Nianling's real purpose should be to fight back against Jiaheng's previous behavior of using the 'druid' as bait.

The other party intended to use Han Nianling's obsession with the witch "Druid" to directly extract information about the "tyrant" through her, and to obtain a large amount of information directly through Han Nianling with the smallest amount of information. The result was that Han Nianling did not take the bait at all. Instead, this lecture was used to openly throw out greater temptations and put the difficult decision in front of the other party.

The research institute has so much information that can be disclosed, but what about the information that cannot be disclosed?

This suspicion will continue to amplify in their minds and affect the pace of their subsequent negotiations.Now it seems that these members of the Southern Federal Team, who thought they were sure of victory, were indeed caught off guard.

Yesterday's contact confirmed that they came here to serve the 'tyrant', and revealed that the 'Druid' had just exposed part of the bargaining chips in his hands.

The Southern Federal Team's little plan failed, but they probably weren't 100% sure of the information on this matter. Now we can see who was the first to lose composure and speak first.

Thinking of this, Hiei Jing had to admire Han Nianling's character. It was obviously the 'Druid' who caused her misfortune in her childhood who prompted her to enter the research field. Now that the information about the 'Druid' is close at hand, she can It took her a night to quickly regain her composure and retaliate with great dexterity. In her knowledge, Han Nianling was the only one who could do this.

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Chapter 19 Uncle Lin’s future and the forest patrol team (with photos)

JD's military operation to destroy the city has officially come to an end, but the subsequent series of impacts on the Newborn City base government have not disappeared.

The most direct impact is the shortage of supplies after large-scale operations. Food issues have always been a top priority. Under normal circumstances, reserves alone would be enough to solve the problem. However, the problem lies in the "nascent" campaign that was launched not long ago. The city's public service construction plan has consumed a lot of reserves, and then the construction of the "primary education center" was put on the table. Both of them are big and expensive projects.

It is difficult for the production capacity of the Newborn City to withstand such a huge amount of consumption. The military's concession and initiative to reduce the size of the army is just one of the cost-saving measures. How to increase production and expand production and the establishment of the reclamation camp is the goal of the Newborn City base government. A new attempt.