I'm living off a woman in Arknights.

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While Yun Yi pondered with slight doubt, the other three efficiently discussed and planned their next move.

Swire reached out and pinched Yunyi's shoulder under her trench coat, bringing her back to her attention. "What are you thinking about? It's time to get moving."

"So fast!" Yun Yi's eyes widened slightly. She'd already discussed it in the time it took her to lower her head? "So what's my task?"

“Once the framework is set, the filling will be quick.” Chen Huijie said as she turned her back to Yun Yi, and the dragon tail swayed from left to right.

She strode toward the edge of the disc directly opposite the icosahedron, her tail swaying back and forth as she did so. "You just need to catch two guards and throw them in; the rest are our responsibility."

Hoshiguma strode over to Yun Yi, carrying the Hannya, and smiled as she twirled her wrist, looking very energetic. "Two at a time. It's okay if you make a mistake. Don't worry about leaving them to us."

ps:

To prevent anyone from being as unclear about the details of Chen and Talulah as the author, this explanation is provided here.

Before the main storyline begins, Chen knows about Talulah, and Koschei took Talulah from her right in front of her, but she doesn't know that Talulah is her sister. Koschei's confrontation with Wei Yanwu wasn't said in front of Chen (according to the plot, this is the case, though the author might have misunderstood). (The plot of Arknights is such a mess, ugh!)

Chen only learned of her familial relationship with Talulah during a subsequent memory flashback. Before that, Talulah was known as a childhood friend → a kidnapped victim → Koschei's adopted daughter → a member of her clan who successfully assassinated Koschei and sought freedom → a blank slate → the leader of the Reunion Movement (she was unaware of this when she learned about the Reunion Movement, only realizing it after confronting her directly) → a prisoner of Rhodes Island → and finally, her sister.

If you have any objections, please feel free to explain, because the author is also a novice and didn't read the plot carefully at the time, but added it later to write the story.

Volume Two: Fireworks at Longmen: Chapter 185 Shi Huaiya (shy and warm-hearted): Bastard! Idiot! Shut up!

Shi Huaiya gently placed her hand on Yun Yi's shoulder, her tiger ears turning slightly, the downy hair at the tips of her ears shimmering with a warm glow, reflecting in Yun Yi's eyes with a soft arc. "This time, remember not to go all out with the restrictions. Let them say a word or two first."

“Afterwards, I will tell you—” Swire’s clear green eyes flashed with tiny sparkles.

She slightly curved her lips into a smile, elegantly tossing her long, ginger-yellow curls. The omnipresent light pierced through the flowing ends of her hair, bathing it in a hazy, pale gold hue. "Should the other party be kept or eliminated?"

Immediately, Swire withdrew her hand from Yun Yi's shoulder, confidently and brightly placed one hand on her hip, her eyes sparkling with a smile, "Don't worry, everything is as expected."

She seemed to think that Yun Yi's momentary lapse in concentration was due to concern about the current chaotic situation, and therefore presented her most reliable side.

He appears confident, fearless, and composed, giving the impression that no matter how chaotic things get, Swire can definitely handle it—of course, that's impossible.

Yun Yi, who had a clear understanding of Swire's abilities, quickly came to his senses from Swire's dazzling performance.

Yun Yi was somewhat moved, but more than that, he sighed inwardly, thinking that he should really exchange for the Space Fortress as soon as possible.

She glanced at the imposing Hoshiguma and Chen Huijie, then at herself and Swire, who were both quite subdued.

The group is quite well-rounded now, but their only weakness is that she and Swire's true forms are quite fragile, which lowers their average strength and defense, so they have to be careful in everything they do.

The thought of buying the fortress flashed through Yun Yi's mind, but he quickly returned to reality and nodded to the exuberant Swire, "I understand. Thank you for your concern, Swire. Leave the capture of the inner guards to me."

"Who, who cares about you!" Swire's confident and radiant demeanor instantly crumbled. Her pupils trembled slightly, and a few blushes appeared on her face. Her tiger tail, which had been swaying leisurely, stood up with a "snap." The next second, taking advantage of her embarrassed and annoyed mood, she lightly flicked Yun Yi on the back of the head. "Get back to work! Don't talk nonsense!"

When she spoke those two sentences in a distorted voice, almost shouting, Swire stiffened her long, slender neck and whispered in the ear of the other two people with her back to them.

The slight heat from her ears immediately seeped into her head through her thick, long hair. Realizing that her ears were red, Shi Huaiya's face flushed even more, and her eyes welled up with tears.

Yun Yi patted the head with his furry hand, but his gaze lingered on Shi Huaiya's graceful and shy figure, finally settling on her emerald green eyes rippling with water.

She is so good looking.

Yun Yi thought this in her heart and said it aloud, "You are so beautiful."

Her sincere and candid praise, her eyes reflecting Swire's figure, also revealed the genuine sincerity in her words.

%? @*!

Swire's mind went blank for a moment, then she trembled, her eyes instantly welling up with tears. She reacted quickly by raising her hand to cover her eyes to hide her obvious loss of composure, her voice trembling with barely concealed anger as she said, "Do you need to tell me! I'm beautiful!"

Swire's tiger tail swelled up behind her, its edges becoming extremely fluffy. It trembled eagerly, as if it would swing up and give Yun Yi a few more slaps at any moment.

"I appreciate it, of course I have to say it. But it's true, you're objectively beautiful, and you look good even like this." Yun Yi's eyes filled with a deep smile. She felt that Swire's tiger-like appearance was just as beautiful as her shy appearance just now, or rather, interesting and cute?

"You!" Swire gritted her teeth, lowered her hand, and glared fiercely at Yun Yi. She raised her hand and pushed her face, which seemed to say, "Fun, beautiful, I'm captivated, I want to see more, again and again," towards the projector. "You idiot, how bored are you! Stop this, you moron! Now, get to work!"

"Alright~" Yun Yi raised an eyebrow regretfully, pouted, and looked at the projection with a disappointed expression. He mentally instructed the Nirvana to reconnect to itself, his tone lacking enthusiasm, "Let's do it—"

Outside, the stealthy Nirvana let out a soft whistle and "whoosh" swept across the ruins of the Guard Bureau, which were covered with broken bricks and tiles, and flew straight towards an Inner Guard marked on the map.

Beside Yun Yi, seeing that she had finally stopped paying attention to her, Shi Huaiya breathed a sigh of relief. Belatedly realizing her headache and exhaustion, she rubbed her forehead and muttered under her breath, "I really don't understand..." What a troublesome guy!

Hoshiguma, who was watching from the sidelines, was amazed and minimized her presence.

Although she had teased the young lady with straightforward remarks, she could never say anything so bluntly; she would always embellish her words.

For example, you could say something like, "You look absolutely stunning today! This outfit really brings out your amazing style! You're so beautiful and cool, no wonder you're the face of Lungmen Guard Bureau," and then quickly change the subject to something else to divert the young lady's attention.

Dry and efficient, never giving the young lady a chance to fry something.

Yun Yi's praise was quite the opposite. It didn't feel like she was simply praising Swire's beauty, but rather that she was praising her charm from the inside out. It was a blatant way of telling Swire that Yun Yi was watching her and was captivated by her, and that she was now all he could think about.

Someone like Yun Yi, let alone the young lady, even she herself couldn't handle it.

Hoshiguma slightly shifted her gaze, silently wishing the young lady well—with Yun Yi's outspoken personality, the young lady would have a tough time in the future.

On the other side, Chen Huijie stood at the edge of the disc, her gaze like a cold measuring instrument, meticulously scanning the various pieces of equipment, some conspicuous and some concealed, worn by the Death Guard.

Even as Swire's unrestrained, loud shouts rang in her ears, her slightly narrowed red eyes did not waver in the slightest, for her mind was already filled with an assessment of the internal guards' weapons, backpacks, masks, tubes, and other equipment.

It was this focus that made Chen Huijie keenly notice that a wisp of black seemed to be mixed in with the slowly flowing, viscous air inside the icosahedron.

As time passed, the black streak grew larger and larger, expanding from something thinner than a hair and shorter than a fine hair to a size one-tenth the thickness of a little finger and half the length of a thumb.

And it continues to grow.

Its source was naturally the corpses of the inner guards, soaking in pools of blood.

Chen Huijie frowned, squatted down nimbly, and leaned forward slightly to get closer to the corpse so that she could see it more clearly.

Above the body of the inner guard, the sky was slightly distorted by an unknown force, barely perceptible to the naked eye. Only after a short distance could Chen Huijie see a few barely visible black dots that had condensed.

They flowed along the slightly condensed air into the wisp of black mist, causing Chen Huijie's hallucination of the black mist to grow even larger.

She withdrew her gaze and continued to look at the inner guards who were the source.

The other person's muscular physique was wrapped in a uniform, and his head was completely covered by a mask, making it impossible to see inside or determine whether the change was physical or mental.

Volume Two: Fireworks at Longmen: Chapter 186 (Main Story, Not a Post) Chen Huijie (referring to the interrogation): Inefficient, better to wield a knife

This is no problem for Chen Huijie; her eyes are her ruler (not really).

Beneath her long eyelashes, Chen Huijie's dark red eyes suddenly narrowed into chilling vertical pupils. She lowered her gaze expressionlessly, her eyes sweeping over the inner guards with a casual, condescending air, revealing the aura of a dragon predator.

Hoshiguma turned sharply to look at Chen Huijie, "Old Chen?"

Upon hearing this, Swire also turned her head to look, and pressed down on Yun Yi, who wanted to turn her head as well, signaling her to concentrate on piloting the Nirvana.

Yun Yi frowned slightly, but still obediently calmed down and started the mecha.

"There's something wrong with the body." Chen Huijie, who was being stared at by two pairs of eyes, gave a brief explanation without turning her head. Her eyes reflected the details of the inner guard hidden by his robes, and her ear tips twitched slightly as she listened to the subtle movements inside Zheng Ershi's body.

Something was growing extremely slowly, squeezing the flesh little by little, causing a slight, sticky "gurgling" sound.

Upon catching the sound, Chen Huijie's gaze sharpened. She strained her ears to listen intently, observing how Hoshiguma and Swire cooperated by lowering their breathing to reduce the disturbance to her.

Chen Huijie closed her eyes, and the surroundings became noisy in her ears. The sounds of her own breathing, blood flow, and internal organs working, as well as those of Shi Huaiya, Xingxiong, and Yunyi, were incessant.

With a slight flick of the tail, Chen Huijie skillfully eliminated these distractions from her mind, and the extremely faint, previously masked sound on the other side instantly became clear.

"Gurgle, gurgle"—the sticky sound of flesh and fascia rubbing and squeezing against each other.

The internal texture was torn apart with a "rip" sound, accompanied by a crisp, wet texture.

"Pfft—" The muffled sound of internal organs (?) being pierced and soft, wet flesh being squeezed out.

Amidst these reverberations, there were faint, almost imperceptible humming sounds of metal friction and intermittent rustling sounds of soft materials brushing against skin and clothing.

Chen Huijie quickly constructed a corresponding model in her mind and compared it with various scenes in her memory.

Soon, she witnessed a late-stage infected person's body collapsing before her eyes, and the sound she was hearing almost perfectly matched the scene she was hearing now.

"The Originium crystals are growing out of control?" Chen Huijie murmured uncertainly, patting the ground with his dragon tail in doubt. "No..." Something's not right.

As she pondered, she didn't forget to open her eyes and look at the most serious spots on the body guard's body that she had heard about.

With a target in mind, Chen Huijie carefully examined the area and discovered that the clothing in the inner guard's quarters was subtly bulging. Upon closer inspection, she could see that the small bulges were growing larger, accompanied by the reverberation of twisted flesh.

The source of the metallic friction sound can be seen near the inner guard's mask; upon closer inspection, one can see ripples of very small black dots that blend seamlessly with the airflow.

It seemed more like the Originium crystals were growing out of control. Chen Huijie wondered to herself, "Could it be that Ursus is using infected people to cultivate top-tier combat power?"

In a situation where there is blatant discrimination against those infected?

The idea that this guess would come true was too abstract, so Chen Huijie shook her head, dismissing the impossible speculation, and regrouped.

This time, she traced the source of the rustling sound. This sound was distributed throughout the entire body of the inner guard, appearing and ending in a chaotic and disorderly manner.

Chen Huijie ignored the other rustling sounds that occurred at the same time, focusing on one of them while listening and quickly locking onto it with her eyes. After repeating this several times, she determined the source.

Black mist emanated from the body of the guard, then swirled around his body until it emerged from the hem of his clothes, trouser legs, and mask, silently merging into the air.

Are black dots, black mist, and black fog assimilating the corpses of the Inner Guards? Chen Huijie, who had never actually witnessed the Inner Guards' special powers, still came to the correct conclusion.

Almost at the same time she reached her conclusion, another stiff figure suddenly appeared on the icosahedron.

The new guard's mask gleamed red, and he tried to adopt a professional defensive posture, but due to his slow movements, his posture looked particularly clumsy and strange.

"The first one! The second one will be here soon—it'll be quick!" Yun Yi's cheerful voice followed.

The guard paused noticeably at the sound, his breathing quickened almost imperceptibly, and he gripped the hilt of his knife warily.

Chen Huijie made a clear move by getting up, drawing the attention of the guards to herself.

She slightly raised her chin, and in the bright light, the pair of ferocious dragon horns on the side of her head gleamed with a striking, cold, and sharp light. Her cold red eyes lost their luster because her eyelashes blocked the light, leaving only her vertical pupils, which had a stronger ability to gather light, shining slightly.

“Give up the futile resistance,” she said.

Chen Huijie's eyes, sharp as ice-cold blades, were fixed on the inner guard, appearing extremely cold and impatient in the guard's eyes. "Tell me, what happened to the inner guard's corpse on the ground?"

She paused, her voice cold and hard, carrying an undeniable air of authority, "Explain yourself."

A dragon? The corpse of a colleague? The guard's hand gripping the knife tightened suddenly, but the process of restraint became slow and conspicuous.

Knowing that his mistake had exposed his emotions, the guard was secretly annoyed, and the pressure in his heart increased to a new level—what kind of hell place is this!

The guards did not respond in time. The air around Chen Huijie gradually distorted, and a layer of dark blue-black gas emerged, with specks of red inside.

A very obvious threatening posture.

But the inner guard hadn't started to panic yet—after all, what he feared was this region that inexplicably hindered his movements, the terrifying Yun Yi, and Chen Huijie's unique race, not Chen Huijie's strength, which was slightly weaker than his own.

Swire and Hoshiguma were both in a state of confusion.

They exchanged a glance.

"Is it okay for Old Chen to use Originium Arts? Won't it explode on the spot?" Swire asked with her eyes.

'It shouldn't be a problem? It's just a slight outward display, it should be fine, right?' Hoshiguma gripped the Hannya tightly, looking back at her, unsure whether he was trying to comfort Swire or himself.

Ultimately, trusting their companion, the two, despite their worries, did not stop Chen Huijie from leaving, but instead secretly prepared to save the day.

Chen Huijie, who had her back to them, was completely unaware of this. She stared at the person in front of her and ignored her, focusing on observing the guards around her. She put her hand on the hilt of the Crimson Cloud Sword and suddenly took it off, throwing four sword energies at the guards with swift and decisive movements.

The sword energy easily passed through the undefended icosahedron and continued to strike the inner guards at the same speed.

The guards, who were capable of dodging or parrying with their swords, were slowed down by their movement restrictions and could only helplessly use their masks to take the blows that contained extremely strong power.

The first three sword energies collided with the metal mask, producing crisp "clanging" sounds, while the last one made a "thud" that sent the guard staggering.

Then, with a cracking sound, his mask split open in several places, revealing more red light.

After being struck and managing to regain his footing, the guard managed to draw his knife. His eyes, hidden beneath his mask, twitched slightly. Damn it, this godforsaken place!

He regretted ignoring the dragon girl earlier. Although she was weaker than him, she could wear him down sooner or later in this awful environment.

This has enraged the other party. Can he really go back to serve the empire?

Despite his regret, the inner guards, upholding the honor of Ursus, still raised their blades, attempting to unleash the immense power within their bodies to self-destruct and break through the unknown limitations around them, teaching the arrogant dragon a lesson.

As for escaping and retreating? Under the relentless suppression from all sides and the oppressive presence of the unknown race not far away, the inner guards realized that there was no hope of this idea being realized.

Volume Two: Fireworks at Longmen: Chapter 187 (Main Story, Not Post) Yun Yi: The Inner Guard's Recall Mechanism is Quite Sound

Subsequently, the inner guard naturally and despairingly discovered that not only had the usually restless and violent demonic power within him inexplicably fallen silent and remained unresponsive, but even the Originium Arts that he used to be able to control with ease were equally listless and did not give him any reaction.

In this short period of time, the inner guard, who was trying to gauge his own strength, was forced to take a second round of slashes from Chen Huijie. The crack on his mask widened immediately, sending a chill down his spine.

This round of slashes contained more power than the last one, and his mask almost shattered.