For humanity, burn the stars.

Chapter 106 Awakening

Behind [Deep Sea Salted Fish], players were giving him thumbs up in the chat, surprised that he could speak so eloquently on the spot.

After hearing the answer from the "deep-sea salted fish," Adela fell silent.

Adela looked at the players in front of her, her gaze sweeping across their faces.

Although they were disheveled and exhausted from just returning from the battlefield.

But their eyes were bright, showing no worry or fear about the future.

In the past, Adela found it difficult to understand the atmosphere and environment of the Starsea Federation.

Whether it's replicating people's birth or sending them to the battlefield, she believes it's wrong.

But given their current situation, it was something that absolutely had to be done, she couldn't deny.

Although I've always wanted to understand it, I feel like I can never truly grasp it.

After all, language is so powerless to express their true beliefs when their ideas differ.

Everyone is like someone in a tower, able to convey only meaningless symbols through language.

So-called understanding is just trying to decipher, but in the end you will only get some fragments.

But now, Adela finally understands.

They were not clone soldiers who were forced or inhumanely thrown into the battlefield.

They were soldiers who truly understood the meaning of war and knew the dangers of engaging in it, yet still chose war for a certain belief.

Through their determination, Adela finally understood why she had never been able to understand it all.

Because deep down, unbeknownst to her, there was always a preconceived perspective from the Starsea Federation.

A nation that forces soldiers into bloody battles is undoubtedly unfit, but a place that soldiers are willing to give their lives to protect is one for which we must condemn its inhumanity with a condescending attitude.

That was utterly trampling on the soldiers' resolve.

This still insignificant human alliance has already begun to gather real power.

That's something more powerful than weapons—it's belief, it's unity.

After a while, under the concerned gaze of many players, Adela, who had been deep in thought, raised her head and spoke softly: "I'm so sorry, I seem to be a disqualified medical consultant—"

Even though the clones had already come to this realization, she, who initially followed Qin Heling, still hadn't fully adapted.

The players were quite surprised and wondered what had happened to Adela. They immediately rushed forward and began to ask her all sorts of questions.

Adela waved to the players around her to indicate that she was alright, and smiled at the [Deep Sea Saltfish] in front of her.

"Therefore, I will no longer say things like 'Be careful not to hurt yourself.'"

"For soldiers, wanting to avoid injury is a pipe dream, isn't it?"

Taking a deep breath, Adela looked at the players in front of her and continued softly, "So, once you step onto the battlefield, please don't have any reservations."

"As long as I'm careful not to lose my life, I will do everything I can to treat him."

"Because this is my responsibility to do well, I want to be your support."

Let's use your hands, and my hands, to create a future that belongs to humanity!

The surrounding players were somewhat surprised, mainly because they had never really thought much of Miss Adela.

Moreover, she has always taken care of the players, and is practically a universally recognized mother figure.

As for those admonitions to avoid getting hurt, the players were actually quite happy to hear them.

Why would the other party consider it sarcastic remarks? Just because she felt she hadn't been on the battlefield?

In the eyes of the players, the other party is a member of this spaceship, so it is perfectly normal for their character settings and functions to be different.

Although they didn't know what Miss Adela was thinking, they still responded enthusiastically.

That's how players are; they don't spoil the fun, and they always get a response as soon as you speak.

Meanwhile, on the other side of the spaceship, the other players were considering other things.

At this moment, what's more important for them is to find ways to improve their combat capabilities.

In the [Senjouhara] squad, the members who didn't need healing gathered together to discuss what would happen next.

[Hirogi] drew the map based on the maps from previous detectors and his personal experience.

As for that underground lair, the difficulty of conquering it would be greatly reduced if a map could be drawn.

Beside him, [Atomic Bomb] looked at his other teammates, seeking their opinions.

"So, everyone, what are your thoughts on the upcoming battle?"

"Are we planning to press on and organize people to continue every day, or should we take a break and rest for a while?"

"Or rather, you can suggest any tactics you like, and we can implement them together."

The team members thought for a moment, and then started talking all at once: "Let's rest for half a day. There are 30 hours in a day, and it's almost the second day now. We can't afford to not have enough rest to maintain our strength."

"Pretty much. It's really tiring to do it. Even just pulling people up there without going down is exhausting."

"I think we need to upgrade our equipment quickly, otherwise we won't be able to snowball our points."

Amidst the discussion, an idea suddenly popped into my head: "Hey, don't you guys think that down there would be perfect for setting off a fire or an explosion?"

[Atomic Bomb] turned his head and looked at the speaker, [Explosion is Art].

He raised an eyebrow, pondered for a moment, and nodded.

"This—is indeed an idea."

"Whether it's fire, flooding, or explosion, it's all very effective —"

After a moment of silence, [Atomic Bomb] shrugged at the team members around him and said helplessly, "But the problem is—where are we going to get explosives? We don't even have fuel right now."

Upon hearing this, the other teammates were completely speechless, having no way to implement it.

Just then, Li Erniu, who was on his way to find Qin Heling, passed by and stopped when he heard some keywords.

"Oh? You guys want to get explosives?"

"Well, I happen to have a bold idea that might actually work!"

Because of the previous barbecue party and the conversation about milling machine processing, everyone was already quite familiar with each other.

Seeing that Li Erniu seemed to have some ideas, everyone quickly pressed him for details.

[Li Erniu] pointed to the milling machine that hadn't started operating yet and explained to them, "Actually, I plan to set up my own rudimentary steelmaking facility."

"It's quite inconvenient to mill cast iron nowadays; it has to be machined in many situations."

"So I thought, could I find the captain and persuade him to develop the coal mines over there?"

"If we can develop coal mines, we can naturally look for materials to make gunpowder, and coal itself can also be used as fuel to make steel."

Upon hearing Li Erniu's idea, the players of the Battlefield team immediately brightened up.

[Atomic Bomb] immediately stood up and said excitedly, "That's right, we can always ask the captain to add new items when we're exchanging them."

"This game isn't the traditional kind at all, where you have to get quests from NPCs, and our actions can affect the storyline!"

The team members realized what was happening and headed towards the captain's cabin.

"Let's go, let's go quickly and jointly petition!"

"Even if we can't activate that resource collector, we can dig it ourselves!"