A Maybach on a rainy night? Talk to my Levadin!

Alright, alright, I see now. You two are both highly skilled. Okay, I'll go find someone.

Zhao Zizhan took Kroos's hand: "Let's go, I'll take you to take a bath."

"Going to take a shower!" There was no fear of the unknown in Kroos's eyes, only a longing for the hamburger.

"Please guard our camp for a bit, I'll be right back."

"You still need to tell me?"

Why are you acting all high and mighty?

Zhao Zizhan, holding Kroos's hand, swiftly opened two doors and arrived at the Rhodes Island main ship.

"The sky has become lower!!" Kroos didn't know what spatial teleportation was; all she saw was that the once high and distant sky had suddenly turned into the ceiling.

"It's not that the sky has gotten lower, it's that we've moved indoors."

"We've moved indoors."

Clearly, the little one didn't understand what the sentence meant, but the unfamiliar environment made her a little nervous. Her tail drooped, and she gripped her staff tightly in her hand, which was the only thing she could rely on.

She walked beside Zhao Zizhan, not daring to stray too far, nor daring to get too close.

Zhao Zizhan didn't make a point of greeting him. At this time, Kerber was still in a tense state of being in an unfamiliar environment. So, it was best not to provoke him and to make him feel that he was in a safe environment. He would then gradually calm down.

"Raidian, is Raidian here?" Zhao Zizhan began searching for her as soon as he entered the logistics department.

"What's wrong, Xiao Zizhan?" Raidian asked curiously, following the sound. He then saw Kroos behind Zhao Zizhan.

"Is this the child you rescued?" Raidian looked at Kroos's condition, her face filled with shock and heartache. "My God, poor child, she must have suffered so much."

“Yes, I met this child in the wasteland…” Zhao Zizhan didn’t mention the attack he had been attacked, but briefly recounted how they met before getting straight to the point: “Sister Raidian, I’d like you to take this child to get a bath first. She’s really filthy right now, and it’s not good for her health to stay like this.”

"I see... Don't worry, leave it to me!" Raidian slowly half-squatted in front of Kroos, trying to shrink her size and reduce her threat level; "Little cutie, how about I take you to take a bath?"

Upon hearing the word "bath," Kroos wagged her tail, but quickly glanced at Zhao Zizhan, then at Raidian, before hiding behind him.

"It seems this child trusts you a lot..." Raidian wasn't embarrassed or annoyed that his enthusiasm had been met with a cold reception; instead, he smiled and praised Zhao Zizhan.

"Take her with you. Having someone she trusts around will make the child feel more relaxed."

Zhao Zizhan naturally had an inescapable responsibility; he was the one who brought the people here, so he also had a duty to take good care of them.

Kroos was led to the bathroom in the rest area, where Zhao Zizhan stood at the door, earnestly admonishing, "Don't worry, it's just a matter of cleaning your body..."

"Why don't you go in?" Kroos looked at Zhao Zizhan curiously, her hand gripping Zhao Zizhan's clothes tightly and refusing to let go.

Faced with the child's question and Raidian Zhao Zizhan's smirking, a bead of sweat appeared on his forehead: "This... I'm not very professional. This lady is much better at cleaning than I am. I also need to prepare some hamburgers for you in the meantime. When we're out in the wild, we have to hunt, don't we?"

“Oh right.” Krobe didn’t understand what “profession” or “expertise” meant, but she knew that finding food required hunting!

Despite feeling uneasy, Kroos released Zhao Zizhan's hand.

While he was at it, Zhao Zizhan went to KFC and packed a lot of fried chicken and hamburgers, so that his child could eat them after taking a bath.

The waiting time was always long, so Zhao Zizhan chose to use it to work on math problems.

He used to be not very bright and couldn't understand math problems. He always thought, "How could anyone find math problems interesting?"

Now that my brain is working properly, I've discovered that this thing is actually quite interesting.

Although it was a bit strange to sit there doing math problems at the bathroom door, especially since many of the operators couldn't read, making it look like Zhao Zizhan was scribbling incantations at the bathroom door, Zhao Zizhan didn't care too much about it so that the little guy could see him as soon as he came out and reduce his anxiety.

You have to find something to do, right?

After waiting for a long time, finally, click, the bathroom door opened, and Raidian came out with his brand-new Keober.

At this moment, Ceobe finally looked like the adorable character Zhao Zizhan had seen in the character illustration. Her golden fur was smooth and shiny, and her face was a little thin, but it made her pink eyes stand out even more. Her pink eyes were wet and seemed to be able to speak. Ceobe was wearing a changed Rhodes Island operator outfit, which made her look even cuter.

As soon as it came out of the bathroom, Kroos heard Zhao Zizhan's voice. A look of joy appeared on its face, and it ran over with its tail wagging loudly.

"I want a hamburger!"

“This kid is a bit hard to manage. He kept asking for hamburgers inside, and it took me a lot of effort,” Raidian said with a smile as he watched Zhao Zizhan and Kroos interact.

Zhao Zizhan casually took out a hamburger and handed it to Kroos, then withdrew his hand before the other could open his mouth in surprise and take a bite: "Take it with your hand!"

Chapter Sixty: What is the Goal?

After a day of trekking, followed by nights of fighting, bathing, and eating, Kerber was clearly exhausted and yawned incessantly after Zhao Zizhan led him back to camp.

After Zhao Zizhan helped her lay out her sleeping bag in the tent, she crawled in and slept soundly, though she kept clutching her precious magic staff in her hand.

Stepping out of the tent, Surtr was still gazing at the campfire in front of her. Zhao Zizhan sat down beside her and let out a long sigh.

It's like starting a business halfway through, only to pick up a child along the way.

"Tell me, what are your plans?" Surtr asked, tossing a piece of firewood into the fire and seeing no movement from inside the tent.

"what?"

"Stop pretending. I saw you driving during the day and didn't ask you anything. You said you had a clue to cure your illness, but your current state clearly indicates that you have a specific goal. Is there someone you're looking for in Ursus?"

Zhao Zizhan thought to himself that the heroes of the world were indeed as numerous as carp crossing a river, and that his little thoughts could not be hidden from others at all.

Come to think of it, he was a novelist in his past life, how much cunning could he possibly have? He's probably killed more people than he's ever eaten salt.

Since he was practically one of their own, there was no point in hiding it, so Zhao Zizhan simply laid it all out: "That's right, I do have a clear goal."

"who is it?"

Have you heard of the Reunion Movement?

"no"

"It's normal that you haven't heard of it. This organization was only recently established and isn't very well-known yet. You're often in the wilderness, so it's understandable that you're not well-informed."

Surtr glanced at Zhao Zizhan. "The organization is newly established. How did you know that?"

Surtr had gotten somewhat used to Zhao Zizhan's prophetic behavior. He had been acting strangely when they first met, so his current behavior wasn't considered out of line.

"You mean the person you're looking for is in this Reunion Movement?"

“No seats!”

Zhao Zizhan crossed his legs.

"Don't underestimate my intelligence network. According to my intelligence, Talulah, the new leader of the Reunion Movement, is the person I'm looking for—someone with Draco's bloodline!"

"That makes things easier. All we need to do is find her, ask her for some blood, and we can go back." Surtr had prepared himself for a needle in a haystack in Ursus, but he didn't expect it to be so easy.

"Actually, it's not that simple. This matter is not so straightforward," Zhao Zizhan shook his head.

"What do you mean? Is this Talulah difficult to get along with?"

"On the contrary, this Talulah is very easy to talk to. If we say that we need some of her blood for research because of a bloodline disease, she will most likely agree."

"So what's so complicated about it? If you keep pacing around like that and don't speak properly, I'll chop you to death!"

Zhao Zizhan shrank back: "That's so violent... This won't do. We're a legitimate pharmaceutical company... You'll scare the children like this..."

It would have been better if the children hadn't been mentioned, but bringing them up made Surtr even angrier: "You made me do that kind of work and then said I'd scare the children!"

"Let's talk about Talulah. Actually, the Reunion Movement is an Infected mutual aid organization. It mainly aims to..." Zhao Zizhan briefly introduced the Reunion Movement, then softened his tone, giving Surtr time to think. After a while, he asked, "Well, did you notice anything amiss?"

“Something is definitely not right... If this containment law is followed, where will their supplies come from?”

People need to eat to live in this world. With so many people, and since Ursus is arresting people everywhere and they are migrating south, it is obviously impossible for them to settle down and carry out any production work. So where will their living supplies come from?

“One word: snatch,” Zhao Zizhan said, holding up one finger.

"Rob?" Surtr frowned.

"Wouldn't that make it a large-scale terrorist organization?"

A large group of people, who do not engage in production but only know how to plunder, and are filled with hatred for ordinary people, are constantly increasing in number...

"Have you noticed the problem? This organization has had serious environmental problems since its inception. The environment of Ursus forces them to live this way, and the more they live this way, the more hostile they become to Ursus. As more and more people like this emerge, one day, this hatred will not be limited to a village or a town, but will be directed at the large mobile cities of Ursus. Otherwise, it will be difficult to support their ever-expanding system."

"But wouldn't that invite the Ursus army? Even if they succeed, wouldn't facing an army's encirclement and annihilation only exacerbate the tragedy?"

"So the situation here is very complicated. The development of the Reunion Movement has been tacitly approved by a certain big shot. That person just wants to see this happen."

"How could there be such a person?" Surtr hadn't studied politics, so she didn't quite understand why anyone would condone a group of people instigating unrest in their own country.

"So, this Talulah is a madwoman who drags infected people around causing chaos?" Surtr muttered to himself, but quickly contradicted himself: "But didn't you say that Talulah is a good person?"

Zhao Zizhan smiled without saying a word: "This matter is rather complicated. You'll understand gradually once we get there."

Is Talulah a good person? Of course she is, but there's a venomous snake lurking within her.

This black snake lives by possessing other people's bodies all day long. Looking at Talulah's top-tier mobile suit with Draco and Dragon, this Gundam pilot is practically drooling. Who could resist that? But top-tier mobile suits aren't easy to pilot. The top-of-the-line configuration also gives Talulah top-tier magic resistance. Unless she's willing, the black snake will never be able to pilot a Gundam in his lifetime.

So this guy has to cosplay as Huang Mei inside Talulah's body all day long, constantly pulling tricks that reverse cause and effect, and then subtly instilling in Talulah the idea that, "Look, Jin Chanzi, I've won again," in order to weaken the other party's psychological defenses.

Black Snake is the real Yellow Eyebrow, but Talulah is not the real Golden Cicada. She doesn't have the Golden Cicada's theoretical mindset of treating her senior brother like an idiot. She has been receiving dark education for years. The fact that she can resist Black Snake's bewitching influence, maintain her original heart, not use secret language, and even kill her opponent is already a superhuman performance.

With Black Snake and Yellow Eyebrows's tricks, they could easily fool uneducated Tang people. Black Snake also knew that, under normal circumstances, Talulah's mind was as hard as iron.

But she still has weaknesses, doesn't she?

As long as it can drill a crack, it is confident that it can squeeze in and hollow it out completely!

P.S.: I got heatstroke, everyone. The temperature was 43 degrees Celsius, it was killing me. I drank ice water like crazy, turned off the air conditioner for a while, went outside for a bit, and came back feeling dizzy. I didn't regain consciousness until 4 a.m. The book will be available for purchase on Friday, so don't worry, I will release five chapters on the day of release, no less. Thank you all for your support!

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Chapter 61: Drones

The problems of the Reunion Movement could be solved by killing Black Serpent, but it's unlikely that killing Black Serpent would solve the problem.

The core reason is that it is not just Black Serpent, but also represents the will of a considerable number of the upper-class nobles of Ursus.

Aside from the new emperor, everyone in Ursus wanted a new war to divert attention from domestic conflicts and to make the most of those gray animals.

To this end, they were willing to use the entire mobile city of Chernobog and its inhabitants as fuel to ignite the war.

As for those infected individuals, they should die after completing their mission.

In this situation, simply dealing with Black Snake will not solve the integration problem.

We need to use some forces from outside the world to intervene.

...

The next morning, Zhao Zizhan woke up to find a small face close to his face.

Zhao Zizhan suddenly sat up with a start, only then realizing that this was a cypress that he had just picked up yesterday.

When Ceobe saw Zhao Zizhan wake up, its tail immediately wagged, and it opened its mouth with a strong voice: "Hungry!"

Wiping his face to clear his head, Zhao Zizhan noticed that the dog in front of him was fully armed. After confirming safety last night, Kroos's weapons had all been returned to her, otherwise she wouldn't have fallen asleep so quickly.

"What's wrong with you...?"

"Hunting, catching food!" Actually, Krobe could go hunting by herself, but Zhao Zizhan gave her food last night, and she thought Zhao Zizhan was a good person, so she planned to let him participate as well.

"Okay, wait for me to wash up..." Zhao Zizhan teleported back to his dormitory, cleaned himself up, and then teleported back. There was no other way; in Ursus's weather, if you wanted to brush your teeth and took your water cup out, it would freeze solid, and the toothbrush would turn into a razor blade in no time.

Since coming into this world, Zhao Zizhan had never gone hunting before. Since this child wanted to invite him, Zhao Zizhan didn't want to be a spoilsport, so he decided to treat it as a morning exercise.

Surtr was fast asleep in the car. She found the car seats much more comfortable than a sleeping bag when laid flat, and Zhao Zizhan expressed his respect and understanding.

As she passed the tracked vehicle, Little Ceobe moved noticeably softer, the dog cowering and not daring to make a sound, it seemed that Surtr had left a deep impression on her last night.

Zhao Zizhan chuckled to himself and waved in Surtr's direction, confident that the other would see it.

Surtr waved from inside.

"Are you planning to take her with you?"

In the morning, while eating a sandwich, Surtr casually asked Zhao Zizhan.

He also tossed the two strange beasts he had hunted to Rhodes Island's kitchen, treating them as a small side dish of wild game.

"How can such a small child survive alone in the wilderness? Besides, having this little guy makes my plans much more secure."

"What plan?" Surtr asked, puzzled.

Zhao Zizhan smiled but remained silent.