"Search those rooms over there thoroughly!"
As soon as they exited the facility and arrived on the streets of Chernobog, members of the Reunion movement were already looting and burning throughout the city.
A cat-eared girl clutching a plush toy stood alone on the street, tears welling up in her eyes.
Woman: "Let him go... No!! You..."
Horrifying scenes were unfolding in every corner of the town.
Amiya couldn't bear to watch any longer. She turned to the Doctor and said, "We should launch an immediate surprise attack on Reunion."
"Otherwise, if we wait until they disperse to act... it will consume a great deal of time and effort."
Dobermann: "All squads, listen up."
"Remember, resolve this swiftly and decisively!"
Moji exclaimed in anger, "Damn it!"
"We must crush these inhumane bastards!!"
The viewers also felt indignant at this scene.
'Damn Reunion!'
'While I know Infected people are pitiable, these beasts who lay their filthy hands on civilians deserve no pity!'
'It's clear that while both are composed of Infected, Rhodes Island and Reunion have taken completely different paths.'
...
Under the joint command of Dobermann and Moji, Rhodes Island successfully repelled the Reunion movement.
The battle concluded.
Amiya's voice was sonorous and powerful. After the battle, the young girl was like a rose of steel: "—If battle is necessary, then we fight to the very end!"
Her gaze was resolute, her heart burning with passion!
Amiya's valiant and heroic figure revealed a side of her that was both serious and brave, surprising everyone who saw her as just a delicate and huggable little rabbit.
They not only repelled the Reunion movement but also rescued a woman and her child from their clutches.
However, upon seeing the Originium crystals on Amiya's body, they recoiled in fear.
Woman: "...You, you're also Infected?"
"What are you going to do! My, my child... Don't hurt us, please, I..."
Amiya lowered her eyelids, her expression dejected, "Because I have a sickness."
"I, Dobermann, and most people at Rhodes Island, we all have a sickness."
"Even the Reunion members from just now..."
"We have a very serious sickness, a sickness that frightens people..."
*Swish!*
Her heart felt as if it were pricked by a needle, and Moji's chest spasmed.
At this moment, she felt immense sympathy for this young girl with rabbit ears.
She was just a child, yet she had shouldered responsibilities far beyond her years.
Using her slender frame to bridge the gap between Infected and humans.
Moji longed to embrace Amiya, to cherish her dearly and offer her warmth.
"Consolidate the team and depart!"
Instructor Dobermann's cold voice interrupted Moji's brewing emotions.
This was merely Mission 0-1 of the main story. After the cutscene, Moji, having achieved a three-star clear, received an Originium shard and several other basic rewards.
Following this,
everyone regrouped and proceeded towards the rendezvous point.
"How much longer do we have?" Amiya asked.
"In three hours, a Catastrophe will descend upon this city," Dobermann replied.
"Cough..."
The painful cough of a Ursus soldier interrupted their steps.
A large number of Reunion members were gathering by the roadside, launching an overwhelming assault on the police force.
"We've already eliminated more than three times our enemy!" the Ursus military captain declared, raising his weapon. "After eliminating three more times the enemy, this battle will be over!"
This was truly a man of courage!
He fiercely resisted against enemies six times his number.
"We can no longer utilize vehicles to operate separately..." Amiya analyzed the situation, looking at everything before her.
Dobermann: "Indeed, the rescue team must reach a certain scale to effectively eliminate the Reunion enemies entrenched on the roads."
Before they could even devise a plan, they were spotted by the military police.
Amidst the dispute.
Thick smoke enveloped the battlefield.
A Reunion cadre made a silent appearance.
Leather jacket, leather hood, even the mask was made of leather.
Frostnova!
Moji had seen this individual in a preview trailer before; she was one of Talulah's many leaders. She hadn't expected to encounter her so soon.
"Infected rabbit, I don't care what your purpose is for being here or what you intend to do."
The Ursus captain clearly didn't want to face two factions of Infected at once. He snarled, "You Infected, all of you, get out."
He turned to face Frostnova and said, "Every Ursus knows not to turn their backs on the enemy."
With a few simple strokes, a warrior determined to defend their land came to life.
Realistic!
This was Moji's first impression of "Arknights."
"This game doesn't seem to position itself as a simple tower defense game at all. I can feel the designer has put a great deal of effort into the plot and character development."
Moji commented, "My first feeling playing this game is realism."
"Realistic Amiya."
"Realistic captain."
"Realistic conflict."
"Realistic world where everyone and every faction is desperately struggling to survive."
Moji's voice was very engaging, and the audience's emotions were stirred.
In an instant, gift effects rained down in the livestream chat.
'For a moment, I felt so sorry for this Infected rabbit and the others at Rhodes Island.'
'I'm not really that interested in anime, but after watching the streamer's trial, I feel like I've been drawn into the game.'
'Even though it's an anime theme, the core game principles of the developer haven't changed.'
'Excellent games shine regardless of the skin they wear.'
...
In the game.
After enduring this minor turbulence,
the group proceeded to the location of Rhodes Island's elite operator, Ace.
"Ace!" Dobermann called out.
"It seems you are all safe and sound." Ace was a burly middle-aged man wielding a great axe and an iron shield, wearing cool red tactical goggles.
He had come alone to confirm everyone's safety.
However, Reunion clearly had no intention of letting Amiya and her group go. They quickly pursued them: "Quick, it's them, the ones who escaped from the core area, don't let them leave!"
Another wave of enemy attack began.
"E3 Squad, support Dobermann!" Big Brother Ace commanded methodically. He looked up at the dark clouds in the sky with a slight frown. "The Catastrophe is already hovering above us and could descend at any moment."
"Chernobog has been completely paralyzed by Reunion," Dobermann stated.
Mobile cities are designed to evade Catastrophes. Chernobog failed to split and move to evade the Catastrophe before its arrival, indicating that the core had been occupied by Reunion.
With the core devices destroyed, the city's inhabitants could only watch as the Catastrophe struck them.
Although their goal was to improve the situation for Infected people, Reunion's methods were clearly more extreme.
They fed Infected people with hatred, instilling fear of Infected individuals in the public and even the government.
As long as they wore clothes and an armband, any Infected person could be a member of Reunion.
Hatred continued to breed, driving these people to madness.
Moji absorbed a vast amount of world-building information from the conversation between the two elite operators.
Meanwhile,
the Reunion movement was also not idle.
A wave of mist approached, and the small leader who had attacked the military police, Frostnova.
She had arrived!
...