Arknights, Suika's Messenger Journey

"Everyone has to face death one day. I've lived enough at my age. I just want everyone in the village and you to be safe."

Suika nodded "You're a good person."

Then he picked up the things beside him and turned away without hesitation.

After watching Suika disappear in front of him, he sat by the fire, looking at the dark clouds getting closer and closer in the distance. His body couldn't help but shiver slightly, but his face was filled with a smile called happiness.

"Susan, I'm here...Forgive me for being so late..."

The next second, his eyes went dark and he lost consciousness.

Suika walked out from the shadows

“Uh, although.

You are indeed a good person, you shouldn’t die here, and I can’t bear to watch you die here…”

After she finished speaking, she carried the instrument in one hand and George in the other and flew down the mountain.

When Suixiang carried him to the village, she saw Andrew directing the evacuation of the last group of people.

"Take him with you!" Suika came to the wooden cart and handed the unconscious George to Andrew who was standing on the carriage.

"What happened to him?" Andrew asked George, who was unconscious.

"I don't know, probably fainted from exhaustion... Oh, these are his equipment, I put them here too."

As Suika spoke, she threw the instrument in her other hand onto the carriage.

"What about you? Do you want to come with us? We have a carriage that can go faster!"

Village Chief Andrew raised his head and looked at the nearby mountain. At this time, clear crystals could be seen on the top of the mountain.

The crystal cluster spread downwards like a spreading abyss.

To be precise, if it weren't for this mountain that blocked the natural disaster for the village, the high-density crystals brought by the disaster would have already spread throughout their village.

"No, you guys go ahead. I have a way to get out safely. This cricket plague can't do anything to me."

After saying that, Suika waved her hand, and then under Andrew's gaze, she floated up and flew towards the direction of the natural disaster.

"...Good luck, kid, and make sure you return safely."

Ten minutes later, Suika stood at the top of the mountain, and the big fan blowing beside her made her clothes rustle.

The Originium crystals, swept by the strong wind, cut through all the matter between heaven and earth.

When the tiny Originium crystals hit her skin, a sharp tearing sound like metal hitting metal was heard.

At this moment, Suixiang looked at her coat with a torn hole in her eyes with heartache.

When she came up just now, she forgot to control her clothes, which resulted in a big hole being torn open by the Originium crystal cluster.

Although he completed the spread of his ability in the next second, it was too late and could only be regarded as closing the fold after the horse has bolted.

Fortunately, I was the only one in this natural disaster, so I didn't have to worry about exposing myself. But I only had two sets of clothes, and if one of them was damaged, I would have to wait for the next town to buy a new one.

Suixiang took out her Fengshen Polaroid camera, pointed it at the natural disaster in front of her and started taking pictures.

Among the countless people on Terra, from scholars to experts, there are countless people studying Originium and natural disasters that are closely related to everyone.

The former has made remarkable progress while the latter has struggled. The reason is simple: almost all equipment relies on Originium to operate.

Under natural disasters, the Originium in the area fluctuates violently, and the shock waves caused by resonance will destroy all equipment within the range that relies on Originium.

No matter how advanced a detector is, if it cannot be used it is just a piece of scrap metal.

Currently, most of our understanding of natural disasters comes from oral accounts of people who escaped the disasters and surveys of the areas where the disasters passed after the disasters.

But ongoing research inside natural disasters has always been the most cutting-edge and challenging proposition in this discipline.

Although these photos taken by Cuixiang are just photos, they are first-hand information about natural disasters. Once they are released, they can support countless related researchers and publish countless related papers.

After taking dozens of photos, Suixiang put away the camera contentedly.

Looking back towards the village, the natural disaster was about to spread there, and the villagers had already fled several kilometers away.

Suixiang estimated that if nothing unexpected happened, these people should be able to just outrun the natural disaster.

However, accidents are difficult to avoid when fleeing. Just like Murphy's Law says, if something bad can happen, no matter how small the probability is, it will always happen and cause the greatest loss.

Looking at the crowd that was as small as ants, Suixiang opened her arms and her whole body began to swell.

She described the chaotic world in front of her as a huge water tank, and recalled the posture of stirring the water tank when she watched Tai Chi Zhang Sanfeng as a child.

"It seems that the cricket disaster is nothing more than this. After eating a Tai Chi magic skill, the teeth are bitten!"

After she finished speaking, she waved her hands, creating strong gusts of wind between heaven and earth, and forced the chaotic and uncertain wind direction to form a vortex in front of her.

Then he swung his fists with both hands and smashed the vortex into pieces. The strong wind was also forcibly broken away by this sudden punch, revealing a brief period of leisure.

At this moment, Andrew, who was far away from here, suddenly felt something and looked back subconsciously.

I saw a "small" giant between heaven and earth, holding up his hands, standing upright like a god in mythology, blocking the natural disaster in front of him.

He couldn't help but kneel down in the direction of Suika, his eyes filled with tears.

On the other side, Suixiang decided to run away after successfully delaying the natural disaster's advance by swinging a bunch of fists at it.

After all, she had done her best. Standing on the top of the mountain, she wiped away the non-existent sweat.

"I've paid my tuition, and I haven't taken advantage of you at all!"

After that, she took out George's book about his life's experience in natural disaster detection and made an appointment for dinner.

And all around her, there were clusters of Originium crystals stuck in the ground.

The natural disaster did not subside until the afternoon of the next day.

By the time the sky cleared up again and the sun shone on the land, the mountains in front and behind had already been completely destroyed by natural disasters.

The former village was almost razed to the ground, and the crystals covering the ground made this place unsuitable for human habitation for at least a few years.

When the exploration team related to the natural disaster reached the top of the mountain, they were surprised to find that there was a strange area on the top of the mountain, which should have been severely damaged.

In this place that should be completely covered with Originium crystal clusters, there is a small piece that shouldn't exist, a place for everyone to rest, like two footprints.

Chapter 117: Encountering a Golden-haired Druid

Wild seeds, by a stream

Suixiang sat on a clean stone, carefully flipping through the notebook in front of her that looked a bit old and had been read countless times.

"So that's how it is... Is there such a thing?!"

As she flipped through the pages, Cuixiang sighed that these disaster exploration records handwritten by first-line disaster messengers were indeed priceless treasures to some regions or even countries.

This notebook records all the natural disasters that occurred in or affected the Duchy of Godotin over the past few decades.

It includes the time, place and climate of the occurrence, the direction of movement during the period, and the time and place of disappearance... as well as detailed post-disaster survey reports of the areas where the natural disaster occurred and various speculations and evaluations with subjective opinions.

As a messenger of natural disasters, he always fights on the front line of observing natural disasters, so the content is terrifyingly detailed.

Even someone like Suika, who has absolutely no foundation, can become a qualified messenger of natural disasters in most places if he can read and thoroughly study this entire record.

After reading another detailed natural disaster report, Suixiang looked at the setting sun in the sky, put the notebook in her arms, and walked to the river to look for food for the evening.

Scanning the river, Suixiang soon found her target.

She cautiously reached out and grabbed the ear of a passing cloud beast and pulled it up.

"Wuhu, let's have roasted rabbit tonight!"

Looking at the cloud beast shaking desperately in fear in her hand, Suixiang stretched out her other hand and flicked the finger on its forehead. In an instant, the cloud beast kicked its legs and lost consciousness.

Suixiang happily walked back to her own fire and was preparing to barbecue when she suddenly heard whispers behind her.

She looked over warily and found that a blonde woman was walking in front, and behind her were several timid middle-aged people, both men and women. They seemed a little nervous when they saw Suika.

"Sorry to bother you... Can we use the open space here as a campsite to rest for one night?" The woman in the front looked at Suixiang in surprise. After finding that she had no signs of being infected, she stretched out her hand to signal the others to step back, and then asked politely.

Suixiang nodded. She was not a cockroach bully. Even for a short stay, she needed to occupy a large area as her territory. As long as these people did not disturb her and did not covet her things, Suixiang would not care even if they wanted to join in the fun.

After all, when a person has been walking in the wilderness for a long time, he really hopes to have someone to chat with.

After seeing Suika agreed, the woman stood up and said a few words to those people. Then those people walked to the open space and started to set up a rest area.

Only that woman came over

"Can we chat for a minute?"

Cuixiang pointed to the place next to her, then looked at the roasted cloud beast, broke off a piece of its hind leg and handed it over.

"Of course, you can sit down...Would you like something to eat?"

"Thank you, I brought some dry food." The blonde woman took out a dry bread and gestured.

Suika looked at the bread in the other person's hand, and then looked at the fat hind leg in her own hand. The surprised look made the woman put her bread back in embarrassment.

"Well, the bread doesn't taste very good."

At this time, the sound of swallowing saliva was heard from not far away. Cuixiang looked at her roasted cloud beast and saw that it was obviously not enough to feed everyone, so she said

"There are a lot of unicornfish in this river, and there are also many small animals near the river. Why don't you catch some and grill them? If you don't have seasoning, I can provide you with some salt."

After hearing this, the woman expressed her gratitude. After hearing this, except for a few people who stayed here to build a resting place, the others ran to the nearby river to find food.

"You are not a local, why are you here alone?"

The blonde asked curiously as she sat down again and looked at Suika.

"Yes, I'm from Hebei Province... I came here just to travel..."

Although Suika felt that the person in front of her looked a little familiar, she couldn't remember who it was at the moment, so she chose to use nonsense to disrupt the other person's thinking.

"I'm sorry, I was rude." The woman also felt Suika's vigilance, stood up apologetically and prepared to leave.

Just then, Suika saw a familiar symbol on the shoulder of the other person's clothes.

"Wait, are you from Rhodes Island?" Suika vaguely remembered something, but couldn't remember the other person's name for a moment.

“You know Rhode Island?

Yes, my name is Xia Li. I'm sorry, I've only been with Rhodes Island for half a year, so I don't know many people there. Are you from Rhodes Island too?"

Hearing what Suika said, the woman looked over in surprise, and only continued to ask after seeing no malice in Suika's eyes.

At this time, Suixiang also remembered who the person in front of her was. Isn't this the big sister who brought Pink Pig to the island?

Speaking of which, my next destination is Caraton, and the other party's activity range is also around Godoting, so it is reasonable to meet her.

"I'm not from Rhodes Island right now, but I know some of your colleagues.

Since you are from Rhodes Island, you are a friend.

Hello, my name is Ibuki Suika, I'm from Da Yan, and I'm a disaster messenger currently traveling around the continent."

After remembering the other person's identity, Suixiang became much more enthusiastic.

Because the other party's identity was pointed out in advance, Xia Li only thought that the other party did have a good relationship with certain people in Rhodes Island, and did not expect that the other party would be so enthusiastic because he recognized him.

“Thank you very much.

But, you are the messenger of natural disasters?

I know quite a few Scourge Messengers, they are in the wilderness..."

Xia Li glanced at Cuixiang's thin arms and legs, and there was no protection on her body. Not to mention the messenger of natural disasters, even ordinary passers-by walking in the wilderness were not dressed as revealingly as she was.

After all, the wilderness is full of dangers, and the way she is dressed makes her look more like a young lady going out for an outing than a messenger of natural disasters, so it seems fine to others.

"So, if you see a Scourge Messenger dressed warmly in the wilderness, he might be a man of some ability. But if he's dressed like me and dares to stay alone in the wilderness, then he's got more than just a little ability."

Suika replied with a smile.

When I thought about the fact that the other party claimed that she came here from Dayan, thousands of miles away, it was a miracle that she could come here safely after walking so far alone, not to mention what she was wearing.

At this time, Xia Li saw the iron chain hanging under Cuixiang's clothes around her waist. Generally speaking, no one except prisoners likes to walk around outside with such a heavy thing hanging on them, but she still looked indifferent. For a moment, he was really confused about the girl's identity.

Chapter 118: Beliefs Need Action to Maintain

At this time, the hunters came here not far away.

They held plump, scaly fish in their hands, their faces filled with happy smiles.

"This is salt. It's enough for you!" Cuixiang took out a sealed box from her backpack, poured some salt from it onto a thin piece of stone that looked like a dinner plate, and handed it to Xia Li.

"By the way, Karaton is heading this way!" After doing all this, Suixiang looked up at the other party.