NIKKE, When the Milky Way Blossoms

The next second, Deputy Minister Anpa, who had been a leader for over twenty years, said without hesitation:

"Call her back to work overtime."

"...Yes, Minister."

Chapter 230 Don't Disgrace Our Intelligence Department

Bang-dang——!

——Clang!

The elevator leading to the ground made a sound similar to that of a green train, moving at its own leisurely pace.

Outside the window, the dim yellow light from the elevator shaft flashed intermittently as the elevator car moved, like some kind of scanning device, constantly sweeping light from top to bottom across the solemn faces of the girls.

GQWRA-77063 is an experimental elevator located in the outer perimeter area that has been in service for decades. In addition to providing a constant temperature, constant pressure environment and oxygen supply, it even relies on such an absurd method for lighting.

Phoenix expressed his utter incomprehension about this.

The technical complexity of installing a few LED lights on the elevator ceiling... can't be more difficult than erecting an elevator several kilometers high, right?

then,

When the idle lieutenant asked this crucial question, all the other Nikis fell silent, except for Anise, who didn't want to attract attention and couldn't say anything.

yes……

Why not install a light? It wouldn't cost much...

Bang-dang——!

——Clang!

Eight minutes later, the entire ground intelligence special squadron arrived on the ground.

The moment Helen, who was at the back of the squadron, stepped out of the elevator, the elevator car above ground level quickly descended back into the Ark, and the alloy gate at the wellhead, which was a meter thick, also closed impatiently, leaving no room for anyone else to regret it.

By this time, the sun had already set.

The hazy, gray-blue sky brought a unique sense of loneliness to everyone, yet it was precisely this loneliness that made the girls inexplicably closer to each other.

This is a scene that the inferior canopy of the underground ark cannot simulate at all.

This is a masterpiece unique to nature.

"So this is what the ground looks like."

A gentle breeze ruffled Diesel's long black hair, slightly lifting the indigo coat draped over her shoulders.

Not only her, but also Helen and the other two, who had never been to the surface before, all had bright gleams in their eyes after witnessing this gray-blue world.

"...Even more beautiful than the CG scenery in movies!"

The outgoing and cheerful Master, who aspired to become a pirate, shouted excitedly:

"Lieutenant, have you ever been to the sea? Will we go to the sea someday?"

“We’re going to the far north. If we have time then, we can go a little further out and we should be able to see the sea.”

Phoenix patiently answered Master's questions while mentally reviewing the map, and then said:

"We need to go back to the K region first. The traces of the mass migration of several thousand Lechers cannot be covered up in just half a month."

If we're lucky, we can just follow the tracks; we won't even need navigation.

After saying that, the lieutenant looked up at the sky where the moon was already visible, and added another sentence.

"It's still early, everyone disperse and we must reach the nearest city before tonight."

"Yes! Commander!"

……

The wind whistled past my ears.

The footsteps generated by their high-speed movement echoed through the jungle like a torrential downpour.

A dozen figures moved like ghosts among the trees, almost unhindered by the terrain, and sped off at an eerie speed of forty kilometers per hour toward the northeast.

Shila-

Zila Zila——

"Hello? Hello, hello?"

"One, two, three, four, one, two, three, four... Hmm, the concentration of Ivira particles has decreased, communication established."

"Hello, Lieutenant Phoenix. This is Sheffield, an intelligence officer from my department. I will be providing you with the necessary materials and information for this mission."

The squadron's voice channel was filled with the plaintive voice of a young girl as she spoke to Phoenix and the others.

"With the commander's position as the relative origin, the nearest city to the squadron is about 33 degrees east of south, about 28 kilometers away."

If you continue heading east-northeast, the nearest county town is about 42 degrees east-northeast, 41 kilometers away.

How far are we from Region K?

Having cleared a huge rock and landed steadily, the lieutenant asked almost without catching his breath:

"At our current speed, can we reach Region K before midnight?"

Inside the intelligence room, Sheffield first glanced at the moving red dot on the contour map on the screen, then looked at the data in the lower right corner of the screen, blinking blankly.

"Current average speed... 37.92 km/h, time 8:21 PM, straight-line distance from K region is 93 km, theoretically we can reach the nearest K region 08 sub-district before midnight."

Having finished recounting the data on paper, the overtime girl, who was finally snapping out of her daze as the most talented ace intelligence officer in the department, suddenly narrowed her eyes and quickly changed her words:

"The straight-line distance covers multiple mountain ranges. I will calculate the best route and backup route for you immediately. Five... no, three minutes. Please wait three minutes, Lieutenant!"

The faint sound of clattering keyboards drifted through the voice channel, and after a few breaths, a message from Sheffield, whose microphone was still on, could be heard urging someone to speak.

"This is Sheffield. The ground intelligence special squadron's movement speed is exceeding expectations. I need to send two more route planning specialists. I repeat, I need two more route planning specialists..."

……

The long-absent red dot reappeared on the long-absent consciousness radar.

A detection range of 600 meters cannot guarantee 100% safety when placed on an open road.

However, once inside a dense jungle, with the trees providing visual obstruction, Phoenix can make good use of his awareness radar to detect Lecher in advance.

"Attention everyone, based on my facing direction, 60 degrees east of south, 550 meters, there are eight Selfless Rachels."

Prepare to annihilate them.

Tap tap tap tap tap—!

Following the lieutenant's order, Lapi immediately gave a sign signal to her second team members to follow her closely. Then, she turned around and formed a classic pincer movement with Phoenix's first team members, launching a surprise attack on the target location.

[500 meters... 450 meters... 400 meters... 350 meters... 300 meters, target enters the consciousness map scanning range, constructing a 3D map.]

Under Anik's control, trees made of simple green lines rose from the ground in the lieutenant's mind.

Immediately afterwards, eight white-framed Lechers quickly appeared in the mini-map made up of wireframes.

The geographical location is clear and easy to understand.

"One team spread out, and the second team will immediately wipe out Lecher after hearing the gunshots."

As he moved at high speed, Phoenix calmly drew his revolver from his waist, and once he was positioned to Leitch's left, he decisively pulled the trigger into the air.

boom--! ! !

The deafening gunshots startled the birds in the woods and successfully attracted the attention of eight small Lechers.

However, the moment Lecher and his men turned, the second team led by Lapi was already in position...

"Fire!"

Seven non-mass-produced Nikis facing eight selfless Rachels with their backs turned would have absolutely no chance of being turned around and killed by the enemy, even for new recruits like Helen, Master, and Anker.

Bang bang bang bang bang-! ! !

In an instant, the mechanical spiders' weapon systems were shattered by dozens of armor-piercing rounds.

Then, transformed into fish meat, they turned around in confusion and looked back, dumbfoundedly exposing their cores to Labi and the others.

boom! ! !

"Commander, target cleared."

After reporting the battle situation, the adjutant turned to his teammates with a blank expression and gestured for them to be at ease.

"Full speed ahead, rendezvous with the commander."

……

……

"Commander, target cleared."

"Full speed ahead, rendezvous with the commander."

In front of the computer screen, Sheffield, who was busy and overwhelmed, listened to the conversation on the squadron channel, her small mouth unconsciously forming an adorable "O" shape.