We are from the future ark

After Jessica put away her weapon, she pointed at Graythroat and couldn't help but smile.

"That's the smell of lady's cigarettes. I've smelled a similar smell on Miss Jessica."

"The smoke bomb you released... is odorless. The purpose is to prevent yourself from being contaminated by the smell and thus exposing yourself."

"But now, this odorless smoke bomb has exposed your position."

"..." Upon hearing this, Graythroat stared at Jessica in disbelief, but subconsciously smelled the scent on his body.

...Indeed, there was a faint smell of tobacco. Although it was very faint, to these snipers who were highly concentrated, it was as strong as the smell of an old smoker.

She had made all the preparations to win this battle...but this incident ruined her victory?

And in the final analysis...isn't it her fault?

"——I don't know why Miss Jessica doesn't worry about this, maybe because her skills mean she doesn't need to worry about being exposed, or maybe it's something else."

"But you are not Miss Jessica. You can't perfectly replicate her actions."

Graythroat's actions largely imitated Jessica's combat style. In combat, he would break down the opponent's psychological defenses through conversation, and then seize the opportunity to shoot and kill them - this was all Jessica's style of action.

But, Graythroat is not Jessica after all.

Not only did she fail to break down the psychological defenses of Cat Head, but she also made him more determined to fight. The [Smoke Screen] she designed not only failed to cover her up, but also became the key to her defeat.

This operation can be said to be a complete failure. If this was a life-and-death battle, Graythroat might not even know how he died.

"……I lost."

After being shocked, Gray Throat quickly calmed down, looked at Jessica in front of him, and said lightly:

"I finally understand why the teacher asked me to compare with you."

"…You do have unlimited potential."

"Perhaps, I can learn a lot from you."

At this point, a faint smile suddenly appeared on Graythroat's usually cold face. Although it was fleeting, it disappeared before Jessica could react.

"But I won't give up."

"Next time, I will definitely beat you."

Having said this, Graythroat nimbly retreated and left the simulation training ground.

And Jessica, after taking a look at the gun in her hand, unconsciously exerted a little more force and revealed a genuine smile.

Although tears began to fall unconsciously, it was a smile of tears of joy.

From today on, she has truly taken her first step towards determination.

Chapter 83: Life is counting down, but we still need to move forward

In the cooperation negotiations with Heigang International, Chen Qi did not interfere too much from beginning to end, he just pointed out a way for Jessica.

The cooperation negotiations with Black Steel International went smoothly without any problems. As a part of the cooperation exchange, the trio of Razer, Franka, and Jessica came to Rhodes Island as cooperative operators, awaiting Rhodes Island's orders.

It’s not that Chen Qi doesn’t want to intervene, but there is always someone accompanying him. Whenever he wants to deal with some matters, one or two people will suddenly jump out from all directions and immediately snatch the documents from his hands.

"You are still in the recovery period, don't do this kind of work." - Almost everyone said this to him, sometimes Ifrit, sometimes Skadi or others.

Sometimes, even when there was no one around Chen Qi, Hong would suddenly appear from nowhere, snatch the document from Chen Qi's hand, and say to Chen Qi indifferently:

"Chen Qi, you didn't listen to Kal'tsit...you're a bad boy."

...Every time Hong said this, she would look at Chen Qi with a subtle look that was both disappointed and uncomfortable, which caught Chen Qi off guard and filled his heart with guilt.

This matter seemed to have unified everyone's opinion. During this period of time, when Chen Qi was doing rehabilitation training inside Rhodes Island, he often passed by many employees' work areas. Therefore, many people felt relieved after seeing the young master, the backbone of their hearts, for the first time in a long time.

However, this also made many people begin to feel that Chen Qi had almost recovered and his backbone was back.

When Chen Qi fell ill, many jobs were "paralyzed" for a period of time due to his illness. Although Kal'tsit and his team finally got everything back on track, there was still a lot of work that had accumulated and could not be handled.

However, when some brave employees tremblingly handed the information to Chen Qi, hoping that he could take a look at it, the people around Chen Qi who were responsible for taking care of him would stare at them with terrifying eyes. After a while, no one dared to come anymore.

After Kal'tsit learned about this incident, she even held a brief group meeting in Rhodes Island.

"——Rhodes Island has not yet reached the point where we need to exploit the surplus value of the injured and sick."

"It's just this once, it won't happen again."

It was brief and very intimidating. Not only Kal'tsit, but also the Doctor and Rhodes Island's current leader Amiya, who were standing with Kal'tsit in the conference room at the time, looked at everyone with a very intimidating look, as if warning them.

Facing the three top executives of Rhodes Island, who dared to say no? They all nodded tremblingly.

As for the work that could not be handled, another person stepped forward at this moment.

"——I know you are all waiting for Chen Qi to recover, but I am putting this here. He is a patient now, and I do not allow you to continue to disturb him."

"Even if he recovers, I will not allow you to exploit his labor like this."

The heroic and dashing Senior Superintendent of Longmen, holding the Scarlet Sky in his hand, stood beside Kal'tsit and spoke to all the employees of Rhodes Island word by word:

"He is an excellent person, but before he is excellent, he is a 'human being'."

"I also hope that you all don't make any mistakes."

"——From now on, any missions that ordinary operators are not capable of performing, or any tasks that you cannot decide on, can be handed over to me."

At that time, although Chen was just a person who had just entered Rhodes Island and was not even a real Rhodes Island operator, when the senior police inspector of Lungmen spoke, he still made everyone obedient.

In fact, everyone did what Chen said. All the work that should have been transferred to Chen Qi was accepted by Chen without exception. Even Chen Qi's office was temporarily requisitioned by Chen.

…and no one ever saw Chen come out again.

It was late at night and no one knew whether Chen had left the office. The only thing was that the next day, in Kal'tsit's office, there were bursts of women's quarrels that could not even be covered by the walls.

Of course, most of the time it's just one person's voice.

At first, some people tried to mediate the fight, but as they retreated soon after the doctor entered, it was clear that the clash between these two women was not something that anyone could intervene in.

No one knew what stage the argument between Kal'tsit and Chen had reached. All they saw was that Chen walked out angrily in the end. Kal'tsit sat back in her seat right after the argument and drank a lot of water, which was unusual for her.

However, no one dared to offend these two people, and even they were a little afraid to watch. The moment Chen walked out of the office, people left like birds, as if they were afraid of being caught.

Just like that, a strange and tense atmosphere began to spread in Rhodes Island, and in such an environment, many employees of Rhodes Island also spent this truly "most difficult" time in Rhodes Island in such a strange and tense environment, trembling with fear.

——Until Chen Qi's body finally recovered.

"…You can barely pass the physical examination, but starting today, I will have Yaye keep an eye on your sleeping and working hours."

Kal'tsit took a look at Chen Qi's recent physical examination report and nodded reluctantly. In the past month, Chen Qi's recovery progress was too slow, so slow that it was a bit frightening.

Kal'tsit, who experienced the moment when Chen Qi fell down, was very concerned about Chen Qi's recovery. Especially after witnessing how difficult it was for Chen Qi's body to recover after falling ill, she showed her own rigidity in this regard.

"Besides, I won't allow you to use your Originium skills casually."

After a moment of hesitation, Kal'tsit grabbed Chen Qi's hand without saying a word, and then handcuffed a blue ring-shaped object on Chen Qi's finger.

"This is a limiter. With this, your Originium skills can be controlled. You can still release Originium skills, but the maximum output each time will be affected."

"I originally wanted Amiya to use her Originium skills to relieve some of your pressure, but Amiya's [Emotional Infection] is ineffective against your almost stubborn mental world, even when you are weak."

"…This is a little unreasonable, but, I don't care right now."

Kal'tsit looked at Chen Qi's pale and slightly childish face, which still showed a hint of someone who had just recovered from a serious illness. After a long while, she said calmly:

"You should be very clear about your current state, so I hope you can... cherish yourself."

"Even if it's not for me, for your ideals, you must not fall here, understand?"

"… Just consider it as my request."

For the first time, Kal'tsit lowered her head. Although she was at a disadvantage in the argument with Chen Qi more than once, she always stuck to her own opinion and did not give in too much.

But this time, she gave in. In order to make the boy really listen to her for once, she gave in.

Dignity and the like... For Kal'tsit, it's no big deal. As long as she can preserve everything, letting her sell out her dignity is just a small matter. Kal'tsit has always been able to bend and stretch.

It's just... I haven't found a reason to bend and stretch myself.

Chen Qi had nothing to refute about this.

His own physical condition... Chen Qi was very clear about it. Although he looked very energetic, he was actually just hovering on the edge of collapse.

The reason why everything was intact in the past was that everything had been handled and there was no need to add to the burden.

But now, with everything starting from scratch, Chen Qi finally felt that he was incapable of doing it.

As he said before… he couldn’t die yet.

At least, he couldn't die in peace until all this was over.

Even though his life is counting down, as long as he is still alive, he will arrange all these things properly.

Chapter 84: Return of Gavial, Severe Originium Disease Infection

“Everyone’s life is a countdown, but some people don’t even bother to calculate it, while others can.”

"I thought that even if my body was broken, I could hold on until the end, but now it seems that this may have been a pipe dream."

"Well, now is the time to think about it. If one day, even if I leave suddenly, I can still put everything in order."

...After writing down the last few words, Chen Qi put the notes back into the drawer, scrambled the combination lock, and stood up again.

His life is now counting down - in fact, Chen Qi knew it a long time ago, even after he finished his battle on the battlefield in the future and before he came here, he already knew it.

Chimera will not live long... This is no secret. Chen Qi himself knows that an artificially cultivated life form like himself cannot live long.

Unlike Amiya, Amiya has something... um... something that Chen Qi doesn't have. Chen Qi doesn't know how to explain it, probably the so-called [fate].

At least, the symptoms that Chimera should have, did not appear on Amiya. However, this does not mean that the theorem has been broken.

What's more, even if Chen Qi could use some means to prolong his life, it would be of no avail. As long as his Originium skill of [Emotional Infection] was still in use, sooner or later he would collapse due to the increasing burden on his brain.

Last time, he only served as a medium to come to Xia Guang's spiritual world through Lin Guang and Zofia, and the message he received was enough to nearly kill Chen Qi. It was estimated that from now on, if Chen Qi still wanted to stay alive, he could no longer use [Emotional Infection] to try to explore the other party's spiritual world.

Of course, there is another way to reduce Chen Qi's burden... but, as Kal'tsit said, even Amiya's [Emotion Absorption] can't do it.

The reason... is that the [thing] in Chen Qi's mind is not [emotion] in the true sense, but should be called [data].

No matter how powerful the Originium technique is, it is impossible to directly read data from the human brain. This is not part of the emotion, so the burden of that part is what Amiya cannot successfully extract.

What’s next... Chen Qi still has some things that need to be dealt with.

……

"...Aren't you busy today?"

In the laboratory, Ifrit looked at Chen Qi, who neither came to prepare medicine nor went to the office to review documents, but kept entering strings of codes and data into the laboratory's database. After a long while, he couldn't help but ask.

"…I don't need to interfere with the management and operation of Rhodes Island for the time being."

Chen Qi paused for a moment, without turning his head, and said calmly:

"Now we need to get Rhodes Island to digest these days' things as quickly as possible and form a complete industrial chain. In this way, even if we are no longer in Rhodes Island, they can continue to operate according to the industrial chain."

"…You changed your gender?"

Ifrit was slightly stunned and looked at Chen Qi in surprise. It was the first time she heard such words from Chen Qi's mouth.

In the past, this guy wanted to monopolize power and take charge of all things by himself, but now, he actually said such words. Ifrit had never heard of them before.

...This is not a particularly good sign. Ifrit vaguely sensed something.

"Why do you suddenly say that? Chen Qi?"

"...Nothing, don't guess blindly." Chen Qi did not answer directly. He stopped what he was doing, turned around and looked at Ifrit, and continued:

"It's just that when I was sick last time, many things in Rhodes Island made me think a lot more clearly."

"Many things we will do in the future cannot be completely replicated now. We need to design plans that match the characteristics of this place, rather than mechanically copying our template from the future."

"……Yeah?"

This statement is reasonable and Ifrit should accept it without any worries.

But... for some reason, when Ifrit thought of Chen Qi's previous serious illness and his sudden transformation, he felt vaguely uneasy.

It’s hard to describe this feeling, I just feel that... the sudden change of the most familiar person in front of her makes her a little uncomfortable.