Arknights? Yesterday's Arknights!!

Now he is leading the Reunion Movement in a different direction, in short, the "if" scenario.

It is very likely that the choices we make next will determine the fate of several people.

He didn't know what the Integration Movement was like in reality, let alone what path they had taken.

But he didn't want the White Rabbit, Talulah, and the commissar he knew to disappear in the "if" scenario that only he knew about.

That would be too lonely.

An Xin needed to accumulate 200,000 points, but he only had one-tenth of them. However, the game system was as if it were dead, not even giving him a choice when facing the Emperor's guards.

It is quite possible that the historical Unification Movement, even without him, would have repelled the emperor's inner guard.

After finishing his teaching for the day, he remembered that he had other things to do that day.

Alina's political commissar team seems to be going to nearby villages to spread communist ideology, and is also responsible for contacting villagers in various places to exchange supplies and intelligence.

There wasn't much to do in the fourth regiment, and An Xin was actually the most idle among them.

Especially with the advent of mobile cities, people no longer need to walk, saving everyone's time.

After stretching his muscles, An Xin prepared to go find Alina. He couldn't very well let her take the political commissar to the village, so he planned to bring a company with him to accompany Alina.

As a result, he completely missed Alina. When he arrived at the office, his colleague told him that Alina had already left.

Just then, a game system window popped up.

Should we search for Alina?

One: Yes

【Two: No】

An Xin felt a buzzing in her head as the system gave her this choice.

This means that Alina's trip is dangerous.

Chapter Forty-Four: Rescue

[You selected "Yes," earning 5,000 points, bringing your total to 34,500 points.]

An Xin no longer cared about the system's points rewards; he just wanted to find Alina as quickly as possible.

How could there be any danger?

They had all gone south, with the army as their guarantee, and the political commissars had learned some martial arts from him.

He had already scanned Alina with his Detective Eyes, so he could use them to find her.

Before that, he needed to find out which village Xiao Lu had gone to. He asked a few people and found out the answer clearly. An Xin didn't stop and rushed out of the room.

Before they had gone a kilometer, An Xin saw Talulah and Yelena walking back side by side. He quickly ran over and grabbed Talulah's arm.

"Where's Alina?"

"What are you doing here?" Talulah asked, surprised.

The three of them went to find An Xin, only to find that their morning exercise had already ended. Alina then said she had other things to do and led the group to a nearby village.

But now An Xin ran over from the direction of the office, grabbed her arm, and asked Alina.

"They've already left. What happened?"

"I think she's in danger. Besides those few civilian staff and the political commissar, she didn't bring anyone with her, did she?"

An Xin was a little agitated, unconsciously raising her voice and tightening her fingers.

Talulah looked puzzled and reassured her, "You're too agitated. What happened? It's impossible for anything to have gone wrong. Even if Alina didn't bring any soldiers, she brought more than a dozen people with her. Several of them know boxing and have also learned some swordsmanship."

"No, I want to go there."

An Xin let go of his hand, quickly took two steps, and ran towards the village.

“I’ll go with you.” Talulah chased after her, leaving Yelena behind.

The mobile city is not far from the village; it's only a 30-minute walk.

An Xin practically ran all the way to the small village.

The place is dilapidated and corrupt. A broken-down car is parked in front of the village, its interior hollowed out, leaving only a frame. Looking along a small path, the whole village gives off a gloomy feeling.

There was only one villager in sight. He saw Talulah in her Ursus military uniform and Anxin in her horn-buttoned coat, and unconsciously lowered his head.

"Your Majesty, what brings you two officers here? Our village has already paid its taxes this year, but the harvest was poor. If we need more grain, it will be our death."

"I'm asking you, have any infected people come over today?" An Xin's voice was low.

"An infected person? No, are you from the patrol team? There are no infected people in our village." A hint of panic flashed in the villager's eyes. He put his hands behind his back, avoided eye contact with the young man, and answered in a low voice.

An Xin didn't have the patience. She knew Alina was there, but this person was unreliable. He might not actually do anything, but he could scare people.

The blond youth drew his longsword, his brows furrowed in a cold glare. "I'll ask you one more time: this morning, there shouldn't have been even an hour of infected people entering your village!"

"Who are you people? There are really no infected people in our village." The villager was frightened, took a step back, and his face turned pale.

“We are the infected. Tell us where they are.” Talulah had finally realized what was happening. Although she didn’t know where Anxin had gotten the information, Alina had indeed met with an accident.

Suddenly, she felt a headache.

The sounds seemed to penetrate her ears and be imprinted directly into her brain.

Talulah was momentarily dazed, then grabbed Anxin's arm, her expression shifting from confusion to anger.

"Are you alright? What happened to you?" An Xin asked with concern, putting her arm around Talulah's shoulder to help her with some of her weight.

She waved her hand, "It's nothing, I don't know why, I just heard some noises."

Upon hearing Talulah say that she was infected, the villagers were terrified and wanted to leave.

“Wait a minute, the sounds I heard are related to you.” Talulah’s face showed anger. “I don’t need you to lead the way. I know where they are. You actually locked all the infected in the warehouse to starve to death.”

Even if you drive them away and kill them, you still use the most heinous methods to lure them into the warehouse, where they starve to death, leaving behind bloody handprints in their despair.

“You…” The villagers were surprised. How did Talulah know these things?

“Talulah!” Anxin grasped her hand and gently stroked her trembling back, her eyes filled with concern.

Her fingers were slender and strong, not as smooth and delicate as a young girl's, but full of calluses from sword practice. Even with conscious care, these were already benefits of her red dragon bloodline in this tundra.

The young man whispered in her ear: "Don't be fooled. I told you when you were little that you need to understand that the world is not just black and white, but also has a gray area."

We cannot expect everyone to be reasonable or saintly. They all have flaws, but that is not their fault; it is the Ursus Empire that has made them who they are.

Our efforts today are for a world where only white exists, and for a bright and clear world to be restored.

Talulah, you are too upright.

Too much rigidity leads to breakage. Sometimes, the world can't be completely devoid of gray. I wish the world were only black and white, and I look forward to you creating such a world.

"Yes, I understand. I'm sorry to have worried you." Talulah's gaze remained fierce as she stared intently at the villager.

The red dragon's oppressive aura was not something anyone could withstand. He seemed to be terrified, and with a thud, he knelt on the ground, begging Talulah not to kill him.

An Xin grasped her fingers, and she took a deep breath, turning her handshake into an interlocking of fingers. It was as if An Xin was by her side, just like his name, which made her feel truly at ease.

She led An Xin through the village, which had only twenty or thirty households, and they easily found the warehouse.

"Yah~"

A beam of light shone through the door into the warehouse, where the walls were covered with bloody handprints. Seven or eight people were sitting in a circle, and they all turned around instantly.

Against the light, they saw the people they most wanted to see: a red dragon and a qilin.

"Talulah!" Alina called out, but hugged Anxin tightly. "You scared me to death! I thought you wouldn't come to rescue us until tonight."

"It's alright, it's alright now." An Xin stroked Xiao Lu's hair.

A smile spread across her face. "I wasn't worried at all; I knew you'd come."

Everyone else was celebrating their survival, but Talulah, who was standing to the side, noticed something different as she watched his subtle movements.

As expected, An Xin only had a good impression of them.

Regardless, the person was saved.

Alina bit her lip. "What do you plan to do with these villagers?"

The others started talking all at once, which made An Xin frown a little.

Chapter 45 Tianduan

"Alright, I know they are victims of the old society, and not everyone of them deserves to die, but I still think they are a bunch of scum who killed people. They should be brought to court, the ringleaders should be executed, and the accomplices should be forced to do community service for life."

An Xin remained calm, stopping their revenge plan, and continued speaking.

“None of us died or were even injured. They are the bad guys who killed people. I don’t want to make excuses for them.”

However, all our efforts so far have been to ensure that no ordinary person has to live like this anymore, where infected people are either driven away or killed.

What's the point of killing them? Will it only make the other villagers more afraid of us?