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RRC 951-960RRC 951Chapter 951: Can I Pay the Balance?"Why are you looking at me like that? Ahem, to be honest, although the biological laboratory on this ship is a little scary at first glance, I've almost adapted to it after going there a few times. I've also taken a closer look at the experimental equipment. I feel that the conditions here are pretty good."Does she think they are three-year-old children?When she said this, she didn’t even look at her expression. Her cheeks were puffed up, and she kept chewing.She couldn’t hold back her smile at all.That’s it? She’s still making excuses, saying that the conditions are good?It’s obvious that you’re greedy and think you can eat here to your heart’s content!"You don’t want to work here like Susanna, do you? This is a security contracting company, not a biological research institute. You...""Hey, hey! Why can’t I stay here? Renault has both a vertical farm and a biological research laboratory on board. Why can’t I stay here? At most, I don’t want a salary! Just provide meals every day!"Hearing what Catherine said, Leone became anxious, and her heart began to fluster.After all, she had never thought about this before.Susanna was hired so easily and even got a new body for free.But now, if she thinks about it carefully, there are still big differences between her and Susanna.First of all, Susanna is a doll, not a human, so she is easy to manage. Secondly, even if there are vertical farms and biological laboratories on the ship, Catherine is right. After all, they are a security contracting company, and her expertise may not be used at all.The most important thing is... she hasn’t asked Renault about this!What if—what if he doesn’t think highly of her biology...? No, no, no! It’s not certain yet! You have to ask to know!When she thought of this, Leone couldn’t sit still. She turned around suddenly without caring that her neck wasn’t healed yet..."Hiss! It hurts!"The severe pain made Leone’s feet soften.She fell to her knees with a plop, supporting her neck with both hands, and kneeling on the ground with her head on the floor.Coincidentally, just when Leone fell to the ground, gasping for air and groaning, Renault opened the door of the workshop and walked in."Are you worshipping some gods?"To be honest, Renault had never expected this scene. Although he had noticed the situation in the workshop in advance, he wouldn’t keep staring at it.Moreover, Leone had changed from standing up to bowing in the time it took to open the door..."Eh!? Hiss! It hurts! Ouch! Boss Renault! Ahem! My neck hurts a little... Let me take it slowly..."Renault’s eyes twitched. He stepped aside to let this unsightly person pass.He just came to the studio to get some things. He had put the data of the dolls when they replaced the biomass bodies in the workshop, and he came here to retrieve it this time.Although the first batch of biomass bodies has replaced a batch of dolls, the growth rate of the biomass bodies is still a bit slow.Just look at Susanna’s miserable appearance this time.After just coming out of the culture tank, the toughness of her body is equivalent to that of ordinary people. Although it will gradually become stronger over time, the speed is obviously slower, especially when the dolls themselves do not realize that they need to become stronger.You should know that the biomass bodies of the dolls are already the second optimized bodies, and the first batch is naturally Renate.The optimized biomass bodies can reach 30% of the expected level of the body in about one to two weeks of training, intentionally or unintentionally, by the dolls. This level of body is already very strong for humans and is almost comparable to the top tactical dolls—special dolls specially made by Statesec, such as AK12.After another two weeks of growth, the performance will be the same as the high-strength alloy steel body used originally.But it takes a full month in total, and this development period is still a bit long for Renault.Besides, just like Susanna now, not all dolls will think about strengthening their own bodies.Among the previous batch of dolls, the most obvious ones are the driver P226 and the medical staff UL-Nurse.This situation is particularly obvious in P226, because she spends most of her time sitting in the driver’s seat, and her physical fitness and strength have hardly increased significantly.After such a long time, she has only reached to the average level of civilian dolls.There may be factors in the dolls’ self-awareness, but the more important thing is that they have not been trained.Among this batch of replaced dolls, Sophia and Yulia have been working in the kitchen for a long time, so their body strength has been greatly enhanced. Their strength has even exceeded the maximum output of alloy steel bodies.The IDW trio making trouble all day long have enhanced their body agility and flexibility, which has caused a lot of headaches for G36 and G3 during this period.Other dolls have also been strengthened to varying degrees in their daily activities.Renault is not dissatisfied with this differentiation. After all, dolls have their strengths and weaknesses, and their mental models have a great influence on this.But if you don’t exercise, you won’t get stronger.Although it sounds very reasonable, Renault still thinks that this level of body must be optimized again. After all, just like P226 and UL-Nurse, because of work, it is impossible to have enough time to exercise every day, right?After getting the tablet, Renault naturally won’t stay in the workshop. There is nothing to do here, so of course he has to go to the biological laboratory.Just as he turned around, he was stopped by Leone who hadn’t gotten up yet."Wait! Wait! Boss Renault! Are you hiring here? I want to apply!""Hmm? Sorry, I may not have a suitable position for you.""Wait! Wait! It doesn’t matter if the position is suitable! I can do it even if it’s not my job! Even driving a sweeper is fine!"It’s the kind of sweeper that M1897 drives. She can do this kind of job, right?After all, she is a highly educated top student! How could driving a sweeper be something too difficult for her?"Uh, I'm afraid you'll drive the sweeper into a ditch."Although there is no ditch on the ship, there is an elevator shaft. Falling into the elevator shaft is no laughing matter."I!" Faced with this, Leone was speechless. "No! It was an accident! It was an accident! And it was clearly Catherine holding the steering wheel at that time!""Eh? How did this involve me? It has nothing to do with me!""Huh!? How can it have nothing to do with you! I remember it very clearly. It was because I couldn’t get up at that time that I asked you for help!""That was just to help you! You can't blame me! What's more, it was an accident!"Seeing Leone and Catherine start to argue, Renault shook his head and left the workshop with the tablet. These two probably wouldn’t stop for a while.What surprised Renault was that Leone looked determined to stay here. He had just reached the door of the biological laboratory when Leone caught up with him, covering her neck with both hands.Looking at this comedian, Renault shook his head helplessly. He opened the door of the biological laboratory, and walked in. Leone followed him in, almost getting caught in the middle of the closing door."Wait, wait, wait! Renault! Think about it again! I'm really capable! I can do any job! I just need food and accommodation!"Leone’s whining voice fell into Renault's ears, as well as into the ears of Helian who had been waiting for Renault in the biological laboratory.Helian who was coaxing the three Nytos with a smile suddenly turned cold when she heard Leone's words.The three Nytos looking up at Helian shrank their necks and turned their heads to look at the door.Just in time to see Leone lower her arms with a grin, then stretch out her hands to try to grab Renault's sleeves."Hey, Helian’s mother.""It seems there’s a new vixen.""And it’s a fat fox."When the last Nyto said this, she glanced at Renate sitting not far away.Feeling that she was being targeted for no reason, Renate rolled her eyes and turned her head, trying to ignore the situation.However, her natural curiosity drove her to prick up her invisible fox ears and listen to Renault’s movements.But unfortunately, there was no further action.Although the three Nytos were speaking softly, there was no one else in the biological laboratory. As long as the Nytos didn’t speak, the place remained very quiet.Hearing the words of the three Nytos, Leone stood frozen in place, sweating and unsure whether to leave or argue... No, she needed to explain!Yes! Explain! I want to explain...But, facing Helian's cold eyes, Leone felt Helian must have misunderstood something. She just wanted to find a place where she could make a living for a long time!Oh, maybe she could also study collapse radiation antibodies...What would be the outcome of the confrontation between Helian and Leone? Renault could only shrug. Anyway, he couldn’t get involved."Didn’t you think about exercising a little?" Looking at UL-Nurse who was trimming her nails, Renault asked helplessly. This person whose physical fitness is obviously the worst has no ambition in this regard?"Why? I’m just a civilian doll. I’m already very satisfied with my current body.""Satisfied?" Hearing UL-Nurse’s words, Renate shifted her attention from Helian and Leone, squinting as she looked UL-Nurse up and down. "From my observations, your waistline seems to have increased by two centimeters since you first changed your biomass body."Renate’s words caused an immediate shift in UL-Nurse’s expression. She froze, the foxy smile she usually wore faltering.The corners of her eyes twitched as she turned her head away, trying to distract herself by looking at the culture fluid in the culture tank.But it didn’t work."I’m not fat!""No, no, you’re fat, and you’ve gained 2.5 kilograms.""I’m not fat!""You’re fat...""Renate! I think you’re the fat fox, right? Your head must be full of fat now! Don’t worry! I’ve got a complete liposuction operation, and I can definitely help you get rid of all that fat!"Seeing the two chase each other, Renault wasn’t surprised. This situation had happened before, and Helian had to comfort them for a long time before they calmed down.Now, it’s starting again.As for why UL-Nurse had this big reaction, it was naturally because of Renate.Usually, she was slacking off with her, but Renate’s weight never changed. Her figure stayed the same, and her body fat percentage remained perfect.But UL-Nurse wasn’t like that. Not only did she gain 2.5 kilograms, but she also had fat around her waist.It’s normal to feel unbalanced when dealing with these changes.Why is Renate in such good physical condition? It’s because of the effect of her training. It’s normal for a fully trained body to maintain its condition for a long time.…"Too slow. When they get here, it will be too late."Angelia put down the communicator and sighed, but her hand was already on the phone in her pocket."You don’t want to call Renault again, do you? I remember your account has been cleared, and the action funds are almost used up. We’re practically broke now. If that person isn’t paid, he’ll definitely come after you, right?"AK12’s words struck a nerve with Angelia. When she thought of the activity funds she had spent, she felt her heart bleed.However, Angelia loosened her grip on the phone.Since when had she resorted to calling Renault directly when facing a problem? Is it because it’s so convenient? Or is it because Renault is too efficient?It won’t work this way... And she had a bad feeling now, like Renault might not be working as hard as they were...Shaking her head, Angelia sighed, "Anyway, let’s contact Gentiane first. It’s no use for us to fight alone now.""Okay."AK12 had Gentiane’s contact info and quickly contacted her through the encrypted line.Seeing AK12 nod at her, Angelia rubbed her forehead. "Long time no see, Commander Gentiane.""Angelia? Are you still here?! Can I settle the commission from Statesec?!"Having expected a more serious greeting from Gentiane, Angelia found herself caught off guard.When did Gentiane become like this?! Where’s the serious Commander Griffin she knew!?Where did she hide it?!-------Chapter 952: Don't Come Here in Vain"Hiss! It's too high! No! I feel dizzy! Susanna! Help me!"Seeing the cargo door slowly opening which was at least 20 meters above the ground, the impatient Leone shrank back on the spot, shouting and retreating, fearing that she might fall off the edge."By the way, can't we stop at the Universal Anything airport this time? It looks like an industrial port here, right?""The internal airport of Universal Anything is not large enough. If our ship were to dock there, their airport would have to shut down entirely, and its load-bearing capacity would probably be insufficient."As the dolls conversed, they watched the slowly descending cargo door. Although the cargo door of the new ship was quite large, the layout of the two ships didn’t differ much, so the dolls weren’t particularly surprised.Unlike the dolls waiting to disembark, ME79 seemed somewhat frustrated, directing M200 and MG34 while watching the two SCVs weld the connecting channel between the two spacecrafts.Initially, ME79 hadn't anticipated that "ordinary" humans like Leone would be aboard, so the elevator between the two spacecrafts had only been equipped with basic guardrails.But now it seems that guardrails weren’t enough, and there had to be a fully enclosed, solid channel to ensure people and goods could travel safely, whether in the sky or underwater.Fortunately, she had already prepared a construction plan, and the channel components were ready. Now, it would only take about ten more minutes of welding to finish the work.However, looking at the meticulous work of M200 and MG34, they were apparently in no rush."No, aren’t you two in a hurry? Everyone else has already disembarked."ME79 glanced toward the cargo hold door, but the hull obstructed her view, so she couldn’t see what was happening there."Disembark? It shouldn't be that fast, right? This is a port, and the cargo hold door shouldn't open that quickly. Plus, it will take some time for us to adapt to the local doll network. We should be able to catch up even if we take our time." M200 continued working and explained slowly.The speed of opening the cargo door varies greatly between combat and non-combat situations.In combat, there’s no concern for the surrounding environment, but in a port, which is an open industrial area, the cargo hold door must be opened slowly. Otherwise, if it were suddenly lowered, the commander would have to consider the cost of compensating the port.The cargo door of the new ship is over 100 meters long, several meters thick, and more than 100 meters wide. If it were to fall straight down, it would be like dropping a destroyer directly onto the port.The direct or indirect damage would result in an astronomical cost. Well, the commander certainly wouldn’t be able to afford that.Pah!When M200 said this, ME79 slapped her forehead, cursing herself for forgetting this important detail.As M200 had said, the cargo door opening lasted a full ten minutes, with several adjustments in between to ensure it allowed the transport vehicle to pass through without damaging the port ground.Once the cargo door opened, Renault took Scarecrow and walked toward the Universal Anything Company office building. The doll body ordered by Maggie was in the port warehouse, so he needed to retrieve it first.Helian didn’t go with Renault but instead teamed up with G36, pulling two boxes of supplies on a cart and heading toward the port.She hadn't forgotten that she had some business to take care of before arriving here, so she naturally needed to bring some samples to discuss business. However, Renault wasn’t optimistic about this. After all, the things produced on the ship didn’t have any certifications. Though the taste was excellent, not everyone had the courage to eat them casually these days.Ordinary people might not mind quality inspection and certification, as long as the food was edible, but based on the price Helian negotiated, the ones interested in buying were likely large restaurants or hotels.It wouldn’t be so easy to make a deal in these places.The island hadn’t experienced any collapse radiation pollution, so there might not be a shortage of these fruits and vegetables.Except for Renault and Helian who were out doing business, the other dolls didn’t wait at the port and instead headed directly toward the city outside.G36 went out with Helian to handle the business, and the kitchen on the ship was completely closed. Although the dolls who could cook could feed themselves in the kitchen, they had already come to the city. Why cook when there were restaurants?The scattered dolls were like hounds in search of food. Their first target was the direction from which the smell of rice wafted."Isn't Renault worried about them going out like this?"Watching the dolls leave the spaceship in twos and threes, Leone couldn’t help but feel a little surprised.Although the place looked prosperous, she couldn’t guarantee that no one would target these dolls. Wasn't Renault worried that some dolls might get lost?"Worried? Well, the commander is indeed a little concerned. I think I overheard the commander and Helian mention it before. They seem to worry that these dolls will use those toys to harm people."A slightly unfamiliar voice suddenly spoke into Leone and Susanna’s ears. The two of them turned around but found no figure at all."Down here."The two looked down and saw a doll standing behind them, chewing bubble gum and wearing round glasses. She looked very quiet."Who are you?"Although they had been on the ship for a short time, Leone obviously did not recognize all the dolls on board.After all, Renault had not called all the dolls together to introduce themselves to Leone and Susanna."Just call me Type-80. I will follow you in a while. Well, make sure you two don’t get hit by a club while wandering around.""Ah, this..."Upon hearing this, Leone and the others looked at each other, comparing their height with that of Type-80.They even stretched out their hands to gesture the position of their chests. Susanna was taller, and Leone was a little shorter, but even so, Type-80 was only below Leone's shoulders, more than a head shorter.Seeing the two judging strength by height, Type-80 rolled her eye. She stretched out het hands, and directly grabbed the belts of the two and lifted them up.One was just a human who had eaten a lot of food on the ship and had slightly enhanced his physical fitness, and the other was a rookie who had just changed into a biomass body and had not been trained."Hey, hey, hey! No, no, no! Put us down!"The two lifted by Type-80 kicked their legs and looked panicked. In addition, they were standing not far from the cargo hold door at the moment, and there was a large slope with a height difference of dozens of meters next to them. If they were not careful, they would fall and roll all the way down!"We can't go back to the infirmary before we have time to go out! And they just saw UL-Nurse and Renate go out together! No one will treat us if we're injured!""Humph." As soon as she let go and threw the two down, Type-80 pulled the corner of her mouth."Huh, really, no one can underestimate Renault... Uh, cough, what is that toy you just mentioned?" Leone got up from the ground and patted the loose soil while muttering softly.However, before she finished speaking, she saw Type-80's previously emotionless eyes staring at her through round lenses, and she could only change the subject forcibly.Type-80 lifted her small cape and showed the hilt of the lightsaber hanging on her waist to the two of them."This? Lightsaber?"Although she usually doesn't pay much attention to these things, Leone subconsciously thought of the lightsaber in the movie with such a distinctive handle, which is deliberately wrapped with cloth for anti-slip."Yeah.""Really!?"Leone and Susanna were shocked at once. They didn't expect Renault to actually have these things in his hand."But... what does 'toy' mean?""Literally." Seeing Leone and Susanna still looking confused, Type-80 had to sigh and continued, "The lightsabers they hold are not very powerful. At most, they can only burn themselves."That's true for the 'T-dolls' themselves, but if they are used against humans or other dolls... that's not necessarily true."Well, is the one in your hand also?"Hearing the two of them ask, even Type-80 couldn't help but pull the corners of her mouth with some pride. "No, mine is the real thing."Buzz!As she said that, Type-80 took the hilt directly from her waist, stood in front of her, and flipped the switch.A blood-red beam of light spurted out directly from the hilt, and Leone and the others standing on both sides of Type-80 suddenly felt a scorching heat wave hit them. Their hair which had just been washed not long ago began to curl.Hiss!Seeing the real thing in Type-80's hand, the two of them immediately took a breath of cold... hot air.After showing off her sword to the two, Type-80 made a sword flourish, then turned off the switch and put the hilt back. "Okay, if you want to go out for a walk, you'd better do it as soon as possible. The spaceship won't stay in this port for too long. We’ll move to another place after Helian finishes h rbusiness.""Move? Don't you want to stay here for a while?" Susanna was a little surprised. After all, Scarecrow No. 2 said that they would come here for vacation."We must stay, but not here. This is an industrial port. We’re just staying here for the convenience of docking. ME79 has already modified the connecting channel between the two spaceships. There's no need to deliberately stop at the port in the future."M1 Garand and M1911 also went out for shopping, but they went there with a mission, and the same was true for P38 and P90. They needed to purchase some daily necessities in this city adjacent to the port, things that were usually used but too troublesome to make by themselves.Of course, the dolls can buy whatever they want. The spaceship stops here and opens the cargo door to facilitate the dolls in carrying things.After buying things, the spaceship can find a place with a beach and plenty of sunshine, and then stop to rest for a few days.If nothing goes wrong, it should be a private beach under Universal Anything. There are few people, and there are special doll services, so it doesn’t cost much.Although finding an uninhabited island can have the same effect and is more cost-effective without spending a dime, there are definitely no corresponding facilities on the island, and it is still troublesome to prepare everything by yourself.To be honest, Type-80 actually prefers to find an uninhabited island; after all, it saves money, but in this way, wouldn’t it be equivalent to coming to Mauritius for nothing?So Renault directly rejected the proposal to find an uninhabited island. After all, uninhabited islands are easy to find, but they rarely go to places like scenic spots.While talking, the three finally took a step and walked down the spaceship along the cargo door. Just as the dolls were getting off the ship, Renault also received the three doll bodies ordered from Universal Anything."I'm so sorry for bothering you to come here in person, but the model of the doll bodies you ordered is a bit special, and only my branch has stock. After all, they are all products from many years ago. Do you really not consider the latest models developed by our company?""No, these bodies are only wanted by others, I don’t need them myself."After looking at the three doll bodies curled up in the box and confirming that there was no problem with the main structure, Renault waved his hand."Um, sorry, I forgot that you are a security contracting company. By the way, we have a batch of new goods here, all of which are military-grade..."Looking at the man who was talking endlessly about the doll body, Renault sighed helplessly, "No need, and if there is anything else, just say it."As he said, Renault bent down and stacked the three boxes containing doll bodies together, and then lifted the three boxes with one hand."This...!?"Seeing that Renault lifted at least 200 kilograms of things with just one hand, the man looked at Renault in astonishment, not expecting such a scene at all. "This... Mr. Renault, did you install a prosthesis?""No."Renault had long felt that this man was deliberately dragging him in order to find a good excuse.It was most likely not to sell those doll parts, but to ask Renault to help transport a batch of goods.A cargo ship they had sent out earlier encountered a collapse particle cloud midway, and then a thunderstorm at sea, and they could not be contacted for a while.But a cargo owner had already urged them to transport the goods quickly. If the goods could not be delivered in time, the other party would probably return the goods directly, so... Renault Security Contracting Company, which had experience in escorting goods before, was naturally the best choice.What's more, they also had a spaceship, so their speed was definitely not slow!-------Chapter 953: Business That Comes to Your Door?"Delivery? How much?"After hearing the price shouted by the other party which would definitely satisfy him, Renault stood still, turned around, and looked at the person.His spaceship would need to stay here for a while because the dolls on board had already agreed to stay for a few days before leaving.So whether he would accept this job from Universal Anything depended on what price the other party could offer.He would definitely not agree to the normal freight price because his is air transportation, not those cargo ships that need to linger at sea for ten days or more.Besides, if goods need to be transported, it's not very convenient for either large or small ships right now. The large ship still has Sangvis dolls that have not been settled, and the small ship has various scattered items from the dolls.Previously, a short-distance jump had been made in a hurry to rescue Leone, resulting in a lot of damage to the Dinergates and Prowlers, although these Dinergates and Prowlers only served as pets for fun and mini trailers for transporting supplies.But it was obviously not worth such a small amount of money, unless the price was raised.After all, the two droids, the Dinergate and the Prowler, were initially modified from civilian equipment. The Dinergate is a pet dog, and the Prowler is a general-purpose machine. Replacement parts are easy to buy, and it's not difficult to make them yourself.The man who heard Renault's question immediately stretched out a hand with five fingers spread apart.Seeing the gesture, Renault curled his lips and turned away.This guy probably saw his ship slowly approaching the port from the sea and assumed it was a cargo ship.Five thousand per container? This price wasn’t even cheap before the Third World War.Besides, his spaceship was transported by air, so it was naturally charged according to air freight prices. If it were calculated based on sea freight container prices, it wouldn’t make much money at all.When Renault turned around and started to leave, the man was stunned and hurriedly stepped forward to catch up. "Don’t! Wait! Mr. Renault! The price can be negotiated! Please don’t leave in a hurry!"Renault glared at the man who was blocking his path. If the other party hadn't made it possible for his spacecraft to dock, he would have definitely pushed the man aside.Seeing Renault's unkind glare, the man grew nervous and wiped the cold sweat from his forehead. "Well, how about 10,000 per standard container..."Before he finished speaking, Renault had already started walking away.Renault knew the other party’s bottom-line price was 20,000 per container. To be honest, even at 20,000 per container, this price wasn't expensive in the industry—it was even slightly below average.After all, current sea transportation is far less safe than before the Third World War. The climate at sea is secondary; the main concern is things like collapse particle clouds. Cargo ships at sea are at risk of losing contact at any moment. If they’re unlucky enough to encounter thunderstorms, they might not even be able to find the ships.It was clear that the general manager of the Universal Anything branch in front of him wanted to save money, so Renault didn’t need to waste time with the man. He just needed to quote a fair price and speak frankly. Then, everything would be fine. Otherwise, it was out of the question.Besides, he wasn't a professional in this business, so there was no need to worry about those things."Wait! Fifteen thousand! No! Twenty thousand! Twenty thousand! I can only offer this price! I don’t have the money for more!" Seeing Renault’s footsteps, the man was nearly in tears.The goods on the previous freighter were all orders from the company. The cargo ship he had hired was unreliable and had lost contact halfway, with no news until now.The contract would expire in ten days or so, and he could only re-ship the goods temporarily. Although he could use the company’s goods, he had to pay for the freight himself.After all, normal transportation costs were always paid by the company’s internal accounts, with payments settled quarterly or regularly. It was impossible to ask Renault for help this time. Even if he wanted to, Renault would have to accept this payment method."That’s about right. What’s your name?""Huh? Megan, just call me Megan. If this price works, can you please send the goods as soon as possible…""A total of 6,347 containers, including 3,320 dry cargo containers, 479 refrigerated containers, 1,109 tank containers, and 1,439 bulk containers. Each costs 20,000, which adds up to 126,940,000, right?""Huh? Ah? Oh, right..."Wait, I don’t think I said anything yet?Megan had already calculated this number several times in his head and was very familiar with it. So when she heard these figures, he responded reflexively, but then realized that Renault hadn’t said anything except his name!"You also know that this price is based on sea transportation, so the delivery speed will definitely not be that fast. The girls under my command want to play here for a few days, and it will take at least a week. However, I can deliver this batch of goods directly to the destination, saving you the trouble of unloading from the port to land transportation. The delivery will be made before the contract's delivery date.""Ah? Then... OK...""So, I’ve helped you a lot, and it just so happens that the expenses for my dolls at your hotel are...""No problem! Absolutely! Free of charge! I still have that right!"Even if not! He’d have to pay out of his own pocket!It’s just that some dolls eat and drink at the hotel—how much could it cost? What’s more, the hotel under Universal Anything isn’t closed, and the other guests haven’t all left. How much loss could it suffer if it continues to operate as usual?Besides, there are only seven days left, and he, as the general manager of the branch, still has some authority.Hearing this, Renault curled his lips. The cost of the dolls eating, drinking, and having fun here is the biggest expense. If it can be completely waived, it would indeed reduce a lot of financial pressure on him.However, just as Megan thought, a group of dolls eating and drinking doesn’t cost much money. Compared to the cost of transporting this cargo, it’s not even a fraction."That’s good. My ship will be at the port in the next two days. The cargo door will be open, and there are universal fixing devices on the ground. You just need to hurry up and load the ship.""Okay! I’ll have people start right away!" LAlthough Renault’s ship is different from ordinary cargo ships and cannot use the port's cranes, there are now many closed cargo ships like his, so they have special transportation equipment.Similarly, Universal Anything uses all dolls here, and there are many androids at the port to manage various tasks.It's just that the dolls here are not as youthful and beautiful as ordinary civilian dolls. Most of them are square and autonomous dolls, resembling those used in the military.Renault left the number for the transfer and departed. Megan was stunned by his quick and efficient manner. After a while, he took out the communicator he carried and mobilized the dolls in the port area to start moving the goods, scratching his head in a confused manner.How should he put it? This deal was a bit strange. He had just opened his mouth, and the other party already knew what he wanted to say, even knowing how many boxes he wanted to transport this time.Tsk, are all security contractors so well-informed now? Do they know what's going on inside Universal Anything? Or is Renault actually supported by the company's internal staff?After all, this Renault Security Contracting Company had also been recommended by the company's internal staff. If that were the case, it wouldn't be surprising. It’s just that when they recommended it, they only mentioned the name of Renault Security Contracting Firm and didn’t say anything else.If he hadn’t seen Renault’s massive cargo ship, he wouldn’t have dared to talk to him about transporting goods.After all, it’s not reliable. Which security contractor is also involved in freight business? He’s dealing with thousands of cargo containers. Without a cargo ship of 100,000 tons, that would be unthinkable.So when he saw the ship today, he was fortunate not to dislocate his jaw. This ship is big and square, and it can carry a lot of cargo. It’s estimated that these more than 6,000 containers don’t even occupy half of the space inside the ship.It wasn’t until Megan arrived at the cargo hold with a doll and drove the truck in that he noticed something was off.Although Renault’s ship is big and tall, the layout of the cargo hold is clearly different from that of ordinary closed cargo ships.When he passed through the cargo hold door, he also noticed the thickness of the hull...Several meters thick... Battleship armor from hundreds of years ago didn’t have this thickness...In addition to the hull's thickness, the interior space of the cargo hold was also different from what he had expected.There was nothing wrong with the width and height of the cargo hold, but the key was the length, which was probably only one-third of Renault’s ship. A small part of the upper area had even been converted into an open platform.There were several meters-high mechas parked there... Exactly twenty of them.Although the items loaded onto the arms of those mechas looked like engineering machinery, Megan had no doubt about the destructive power of those things.Just kidding, they’re at least two stories high. It’s not something you’d want to mess with at first glance!As for what was in the cabin at the front of the cargo hold, Megan didn’t plan to investigate further, nor did he have time to. He had just noticed the dolls Renault had mentioned who were helping deal with the containers.A group of Sangvis Ferri dolls.Good grief, a group of them were just standing in the cargo hold, staring at them with red eyes. If these guys didn’t have weapons in their hands, Megan would’ve run away.But even without weapons, he was still scared. It was as terrifying as turning around and seeing a group of zombies standing in his living room!The news about Sangvis Ferri dolls going berserk had been a hot topic before. After several years of trouble, they had completely disappeared not long ago. Yet here they were, on Renault’s ship!It must be said, this security contractor is really bold. They even dare to take Sangvis Ferri dolls? Aren’t they worried about riots?Fortunately, these Sangvis Ferri dolls looked scary, but they were clearly not novices. Some of them looked like experts. Without him saying anything, they had already sent the relevant locks and cargo box placement plans to the receiving terminals of all the dolls.Seeing the Sangvis Ferri dolls skillfully docking with the self-disciplined dolls and taking over the cargo box handling work, Megan felt relieved. He didn’t need to keep watching. There were more than 6,000 cargo boxes. Even if he wasn’t the one working, he couldn’t stand watching the whole time....“It’s so quiet. There’s no sound in the corridor.” Catherine stared eagerly at the door of the workshop.Since half an hour ago, the dolls on the ship seemed to have disappeared, and the entire ship had become eerily quiet.“Hm? Look, there’s some movement—at least there’s a Dinergate.” Maggie was also sitting in front of the window of the mental space, bored, and pointed at a Dinergate sitting on the ground near the workshop door, tapping the ground with its two legs.“Well, Dinergates don’t count, and Prowlers don’t count either! Anyway, even Scarecrow and the others are gone. They must have gone off the ship for vacation!”“Maybe…”Wow.Maggie was about to suggest that the dolls might have been delayed by something. After all, it was hard to believe that there were no dolls left on Renault’s ship, right? But before she could speak, Renault had already opened the workshop door, holding three stacked doll boxes in his hand.“The bodies for both of you have arrived.”“Eh!? You’ve got them already? That was fast!?” Seeing the boxes in Renault’s hand, Catherine asked, somewhat surprised. She had expected to wait a day or two. After all, whenever she bought things from those black market parts dealers, she never got the goods that quickly.“The place where the spacecraft is docked is the industrial port of Universal Anything. They naturally had everything here ready for me.”The implication being that the people from Universal Anything would have put everything here in advance upon knowing he was coming.“Is that so? Does Boss Renault have a good relationship with Universal Anything?”“Generally, I just take on a few orders for Universal Anything. Okay, if you have any questions, wait until you change your bodies. For now, return to your own neural core, or I won’t be responsible if something goes wrong later.”Since the two hadn’t mentioned joining the company, Renault didn’t feel the need to replace their neural cores. He couldn’t say he wasn’t good at maintaining the neural data, but he just found it a bit troublesome.Besides, although it was just redundant data, the dolls could clean it up themselves. The fact that he hadn’t done so yet was clearly due to Maggie and Catherine’s reluctance to clear it.Some redundant data didn’t affect the dolls. In fact, it might even improve their ability to respond in certain scenarios.However, there was too much redundant data, especially since the two were still using the small, old neural cores. This excess data would significantly impact the dolls' actions.The external manifestation would probably be increased energy consumption, more frequent charging, or the need for frequent dormant states to ensure energy supply.------Chapter 954: Charging! Don't forget to charge!It was just installing the neural core into the doll body. It was not difficult for Renault at all. Moreover, because it was a prefabricated body, the manufacturer had even thoughtfully left a self-repairing simulated cortex at the location of the neural core.In this way, Renault saved even the simulated skin repair materials. He just stuffed the neural core in, then activated Maggie and Catherine's bodies.The activation of the two dolls did not last long. Soon, the two opened their eyes one after another. While sorting out the redundant data in their minds, they looked around in a daze."Your clothes have been washed by M1897, and the broken parts have been repaired by P90. Your personal belongings are all here. Everything found in the car is here. You can only go back to find the lost things yourself."As he spoke, Renault broke open the clothes of the two and a storage box, placing them on the workbench.Hearing Renault's words, Maggie immediately sat up, tore off the anti-static bag from her body, and reached out to grab her clothes."You just watch?" Looking at Renault, who was sitting on the chair and didn't intend to avoid her at all, Maggie felt that her understanding of Renault was little insufficient..."What else? It's not like I haven't seen it before." Although he said so, Renault still shook his head, took out his tablet, and began to confirm the situation in the cargo hold to see if the Sangvis Ferri Dolls had any conflicts with the other Dolls at the port.Obviously, Renault had no intention of moving because of the two of them. Catherine who also sat up shrugged her shoulders, took her clothes, and quickly dressed."What are your plans? Get off the ship directly here? Or wait until we return to Europe before going down?"Maggie did not answer immediately, but directly transferred the previous purchase of the doll body and the previous commission fee to Renault's public account."Forget about getting off the ship now. I'm not familiar with this place. I've never been here before. God knows how much the return ticket will cost."What's more, that's if they can successfully buy tickets.But the two of them are dolls without an employer after all. In an uncertain situation, there is a high probability that they can't buy tickets at all, or they can buy tickets but need to squeeze in with some messy goods, with the added risk of sinking or crashing.She had just changed into a new body and didn't want to be passively soaked in seawater soon after escaping death."Whatever, if you want to get off the ship and go around the city, it's best to find a companion. Of course, if you're confident in your own jammer, you don't have to find one. Just come back before the ship leaves the port."Pointing to the coin in Maggie's hand, Renault waved his hand. This doll is a professional liar who roams the underground world. If she doesn't have some skills, she can't make big business."Leave the port? When?""Before tomorrow evening. According to the efficiency of the dolls in the port, the loading will be almost complete by then. Be careful when you leave the cargo hold. They're moving containers over there.""Got it." Maggie shook her leather jacket with a police badge and raised her eyebrows in surprise. She clearly remembered that this jacket appeared to have been ripped open by those guys from Paradeus before. She didn't expect it to be repaired.Tsk, tsk, the dolls under Renault are really versatile.Maggie and the others didn't stay long. They followed the route map sent by Renault and came to the cargo hold. On the way, they even went to the lounge where Leone and Susanna were staying temporarily.But there was no one there now. There was nothing in the room except Leone and Susanna's belongings. The only thing worth seeing was probably the viewing window in the lounge.Because the lounge where Leone and Susanna were was on the top floor, standing here, they could take in all the conditions of the port."This place is quite big, and there are quite a few dolls below. Is Boss Renault's business quite big?" Catherine said in surprise, looking at the android dolls that were moving back and forth like ants among the containers below.Looking at the number of containers, it was clear that the transportation cost of so many goods was definitely not a small amount. So it seems that they were really lucky that Renault accepted the commission to rescue them before?"Having said that, don't you think there is something wrong with this port?""Wrong? Where? Uh, it seems there are a few cargo ships here?""Not a few, but none at all. The only one is an LNG ship. There are too many cargoes piled up at the port. It looks like the transportation here has been stopped for at least one to two weeks.""So what? What does it have to do with us?""It doesn't matter. Let's go."Although she looked relaxed, Maggie also found Susanna's previous contact number at this moment. She wanted to try to contact Susanna. Just like Renault said, find a companion; it's safer.The situation in this ship was a little off. The unusual circumstances made Maggie feel a little insecure.It's a pity that Susanna had just changed into a biomass body, as she hadn't yet learned to communicate with the human mind plane. What's more, Susanna's original communication number had long disappeared. Calling the original number would only result in an invalid number.........Looking at the customer who left in a hurry, Helian's face was slightly displeased, but she sighed immediately.Although she had anticipated that the other party would ask for the inspection certificate from the relevant agency, Helian did not expect them to leave so easily.After all, while there was no paper certificate for the items in the vertical farm at home, the quality was beyond doubt. Consuming them could even strengthen the body and resist collapse radiation.Such a remarkable product, yet few buyers were familiar with it. One of them, Leone, had lost her job and had completely become one of the workers on the ship.Helian was truly puzzled now. Wasn't their luck a bit outrageous? Honestly, this kind of thing, with its incredible effects, would have been popular worldwide if revealed, yet there were hardly any people pursuing it.As a result, Griffin, who had bought a lot of this product, didn't spread the news, and even Mrs. Graven's attempts at publicity had been in vain.On one hand, no one was paying attention; on the other, no one believed it...Tsk!"In that case, let's send these things back first. The commander will definitely think of something else." G36 also shook her head helplessly."It's the only option, but it's okay. Are you going shopping later?""Well, I'm free today, so I could check out some local special dishes.""Hey, G36, since you have nothing else to do, don't think about work all the time. Today's a holiday, right? How about we go shopping together for some clothes?""If it's clothes, P90...""P90 is also off today, so come with me! That's settled!"Helian waved her hand and said, but then leaned close to G36's ear and whispered a few words.G36's cheeks flushed slightly upon hearing Helian's words, and then she squinted and nodded."Those two people over there should be Helian and G36, right? Don't you want to say hello to them?" Seeing the two figures dragging supply boxes gradually leaving, Catherine scratched her head, wondering why Maggie suddenly stopped."Um, I just turned my head to look at the TV. Did you see someone and call me?" Maggie immediately rolled her eyes at Catherine. What was she doing standing there without saying anything?"I thought you saw someone. Now, Maggie, let's find a place to eat. I feel like I could eat a cow now!""How is that possible? Don't talk nonsense. You probably just didn't charge..."Maggie was stunned when she said this. Indeed, whether it was Catherine or herself, they both ran out directly after waking up and didn't think about charging at all.Maybe they had stayed with the dolls on Renault's ship for too long. Maggie and Catherine had never seen the dolls on the Renault ship charging... As a result, after a few days, they almost forgot about it...Too much redundant data, so their thinking circuit was getting slower and slower?Maggie narrowed her eyes, sighed, and waved to Catherine. "Let's go back. It seems we can't go shopping today. We'll have to wait until tomorrow.""Well, at least let's buy some food. I heard that the restaurant on Renault's ship is closed in these two days..."The dolls ran out and were busy, so there was no need to open the restaurant."What are you thinking about? Let's go! If you run out of power and collapse, I'll leave you behind!"Looking at the remaining 7% power of her body, Maggie was genuinely a little panicked. Normally, there would definitely be a warning notification for such low power.But there was too much redundant data in her neural cloud. A lot of unnecessary alarms went off when she woke up, and she had turned them off out of habit.The result was that before the two of them even walked a street, the bionic module of their bodies started constantly reminding them to charge in the form of hunger.Running back to the spaceship, the two lowered their heads in embarrassment as they passed a group of Sangvis dolls. They rushed into the elevator without stopping and went straight to Renault's workshop.After connecting to the charging interface, they finally relaxed. At the same time, they began complaining that Universal Anything wasn't doing their job properly, as they didn't even charge the doll bodies they sold!"It seems you can't go anywhere today. Want to eat something later?"Seeing the two get dust on their hands from grabbing the charging cable, Renault raised an eyebrow. The charging equipment in his workshop hadn't been used by any dolls for a long time.Currently, the only ones on the ship who needed to charge regularly were the Sangvis dolls, except for Jaeger. However, the Sangvis dolls also had charging equipment in their dormitories, so they didn't need to run to the workshop."Eat." Sighing, the two responded in a dejected tone. Facing Renault's teasing eyes, they wanted to jump up and give this guy a flying kick. He had definitely noticed that their bodies were low on power, but said nothing."I want to eat..." Catherine was about to say what she wanted to eat, but unfortunately, Renault didn't accept reservations."Whatever you have.""Ah, this..."..."Charge! Charge!" Looking at SOP2Jr. holding up a thin charging cable and urging her to charge, M4 felt a bit embarrassed.After all, SOP2 Jr. was so small. How much power could it store? She probably would just be finished charging and would shut down due to isufficient power again.Not long ago, under Gentiane's command, M4 had been tracking a Nyto who had been hiding in or appeared in the downtown area. Her neural core had started to overload so suddenly, and the power consumption had increased dramatically.At the same time, the temperature of her body rose sharply. She was almost in a similar state of a human with a high fever, but she couldn't identify the problem in her body.If she continued at this speed, she might run out of power before returning to the safe house."M4! How's it going? How much energy do you have left? I'll be there soon!"M16's somewhat anxious voice echoed in the communication protocol.At that moment, M16 was carrying the emergency power supply found in the safe house and was running towards M4's location."My situation is fine, but...""But what!?""SOP2 Jr. has been urging me to charge, and she even pulled out a charging cable from her body...""Well, although I feel sorry for SOP2, you should try to replenish your power. By the way, see if there are any public charging cables nearby. I'll be there soon! Hang on!" M16 said, touching the fire support module behind her. She feared she might need to use it today.M4's location at the moment wasn't safe. Since she encountered this situation while chasing Nyto, there was no doubt it was a trap set by Paradeus!If all went well, the enemy might simply want to organize M4 to continue tracking. But if they changed their plans and intended to capture M4 here...Damn it! She have been careless! She have been a bit slack lately! She didn't consider that the enemy might change the mission target halfway and turn it toward M4!Hearing what M16 said, M4 sighed, took the charging cable from SOP2 Jr., and smiled helplessly.Even though SOP2 added a charging function to SOP2 Jr., this level of a small body could probably only charge mobile phones or tablets, right?Thinking this, M4 connected the seemingly inconspicuous charging cable to the port at the urging of SOP2 Jr..--Zi!-----------Chapter 955: What Is It?"What is this? Is it grass?"Seeing the handful of grass-like things in Renault's hand, Catherine was stunned.Although Renault said he would eat whatever he had, Catherine didn’t expect him to bring back a handful of grass..."This is garlic sprouts.""Oh. No, why did you bring it to the workshop? Can't you bring it here after it's done in the kitchen?"Looking at the green and fresh garlic sprouts in Renault's hand, Maggie was a little puzzled.After all, this was a workshop.The things placed everywhere were all related to doll maintenance, and there were only a few miscellaneous items."The kitchen is inconvenient and troublesome."Although Renault, as the boss, can enter the kitchen and use the cooking equipment at any time, today, before going out, G36 carefully cleaned the entire kitchen and put everything in order. After moving the kitchen, he must help clean it up. Now even M1897 is on vacation and no one is available to help.As for the Sangvis Dolls? Aren’t they busy taking care of the cargo hold? Why would he call someone up who were in the middle of work just to clean the kitchen?Before Maggie could ask further, Renault moved the box next to him, revealing a small refrigerator hidden behind a pile of parts."Uh, there’s actually a refrigerator there? I was wondering why Scarecrow always likes to stay here."Obviously, the pile of parts blocking the small refrigerator had been placed intentionally by Scarecrow.If it wasn’t hidden, that refrigerator would likely be emptied quickly by some greedy dolls.Renault took out a few ingredients from the refrigerator and placed the boxes back in place. Then, in the eyes of Maggie and the others, he effortlessly pulled out a complete set of stoves and range hoods from the wall.Folding kitchen utensils... Why install these equipment in the workshop?It wasn’t an unreasonable choice, though. The cabin where the workshop was located had originally been planned as a living room. It was meant to be transformed into a guest room or dormitory for dolls.But plans change. Renault had originally put the workshop here for convenience, but he did not expect that the cabin next to it would be used as a warehouse by the dolls. It probably started with Nagant Revolver tossing a bunch of doll parts into the room next door...Fresh garlic sprouts, a large box of white rice that was probably left over from yesterday or the day before, a few sausages that had been hidden here by someone, and, of course, seven or eight eggs that Renault took out of his pocket.After watching Renault cut a few ingredients half-heartedly, he heated the oil in the pan and cracked the eggs straight into it, without bothering to beat them first.It was all very perfunctory. Maggie and Catherine sitting by the wall charging their batteries saw nothing but indifference from Renault. They were beginning to wonder if Renault would even eat the food himself.Renault was just frying some food, but it didn’t take long before he placed two large bowls of fried rice in front of Maggie and Catherine, using a supply box as a table."It smells fine..." Catherine hesitated to pick up her spoon, eyeing the green, red, white, and yellow fried rice in her bowl, while Maggie next to her sighed helplessly at the rice grains still clumping together in the bowl.Regardless of whether the two of them would eat it, Renault was going to eat anyway. He didn’t use a bowl, instead finding a stainless steel basin the size of a soup bowl, pouring the remaining half of the pot of fried rice into it, and began eating directly from the basin.Ah, this...Seeing Renault wolfing down the food, the two dolls were stunned and almost dropped the spoons they had just picked up....Da da da!The crisp sound of assault rifle bursts echoed in the sewer. M16’s anxiety grew as she heard the noise. She took the biggest step and rushed toward the source of the gunfire!A few minutes earlier, she had lost contact with M4, and as she entered the city sewer, the strong interference prevented her from hearing even Gentiane’s communication.Paradeus had snuck into the sewer without her knowing and set up high-intensity jamming devices here.Jamming devices hadn't been present a few days ago, and the routes near this sewer had always been safe passages left by the informant, or K.After M4’s body showed signs of abnormality, it was already approaching the safe house, following a route they had traveled many times without any issues.But they didn’t expect to be attacked by Paradeus not far from the safe house.M16 couldn’t have misheard the gunshots. It must have been M4. Since M4 was still able to shoot, though the situation was definitely not good, she was definitely not dead!“M4!” M16 shouted loudly when approaching the corner, so as not to be mistaken by M4 for a Paradeus who had suddenly appeared.“M16!?”M4’s voice rang out, “I’m here! I can deal with these guys soon!”Hmm? What’s this?After hearing the voice, M16 rushed around the corner and saw M4 attacking the Paradeus shooter not far away.How is this situation different from what she imagined? Didn’t M4 say her battery was insufficient and her body’s movement ability had decreased a lot? Why does it seem that M4’s physical capabilities haven’t decreased, and she’s even showing great power to directly knock down this team of shooters?The remains of the shooters in the sewer were almost lying on the ground. A rough count showed there were at least more than 20 shooters lying here, with a few hiding behind the bunker not far away. Adding them together, the total number should be over 30.Thirty shooters are nothing to M4, but that’s when she’s in good condition and carrying a full complement of tactical dolls.Since they entered the city and started acting, they’ve not been equipped with dummy dolls. A few tactical dolls acting together are eye-catching enough. If they added dummies of the tactical dolls…That’s not enough to describe it with the word “eye-catching.”So, on the way back to the safe house, M4 was only accompanied by the SOP2 Jr. sent by SOP2. The members of the Griffin forces were still scattered in the city following some key targets.M4 who faced the pursuit of Paradeus alone, overcame the dilemma of insufficient power and even killed these Paradeus shooters.This situation is really different from what M16 expected. M4 now seems to have no problems except for the ammunition running low.Da Da Da!Without asking too many questions, M16 rushed forward and helped M4 deal with the remaining shooters. Then she turned around and took a good look at M4. “What’s wrong with you? Didn’t you say the battery was insufficient before?”“Well, it’s true, but this problem is probably solved…” M4 scratched her head a little embarrassedly, raised her hand, and pointed at her neck, where a charging cable was connected. Occasionally, subtle sparks could be seen at the junction.“What is this? Huh? Hmm? How is it connected to SOP2 Jr.? Could it be that your power is supplied by this little guy!?”“Indeed, although I don’t know the principle, SOP2 Jr. seems to have a miniaturized energy engine.”“Energy engine? Well, speaking of it, I really don’t think I’ve seen this little guy charged. Could her energy engine…”“It can be used for a hundred years! A hundred years!”SOP2 Jr. lying on top of M4’s head suddenly shouted, even repeating the word “a hundred years” with a stronger tone.“One hundred… is it one hundred years of keeping the current state, or one hundred years without charging M4?”“The current state! At least one hundred years!” SOP2 Jr. felt underestimated, so she waved her two little hands and shouted fiercely.Hearing this, even the charging M4 was startled, and M16 stared in surprise. “Hey, hey, hey, I didn’t read much, but don’t lie to me?"“Humph! Dummies don’t lie to dummies!”After thinking about it, SOP2 Jr. had no reason to lie. That is, the energy engine in this little guy’s body can indeed supply M4, and the current energy consumption of M4 has been greatly reduced for at least one hundred years.“My goodness, the service life of our body parts is not as long as this energy engine can supply energy, right?”While talking, the two trotted and evacuated towards the safe house. A battle had just occurred here. Although it was in the underground sewer, it was still not a place to stay for long. It was better to leave as soon as possible to avoid anyone following the gunshots from earlier.At the same time, when M4 and M16 returned to the safe house together, Gentiane had already summoned all the dolls scattered in the city.Although leaving the dolls outside could collect some information and intelligence, it was ultimately useless. They had to conserve their strength now, and every tactical dolls was very valuable.There was no news about Griffin’s follow-up support, and the heavy armored team had not arrived yet. K was also stingy and didn’t provide any support.There weren’t many dolls who came with her to track down Angelia this time. Insufficient strength didn’t even begin to describe her current situation.Paradeus had mechas and armored vehicles, and now these ordinary Paradeus shooters had appeared. It was clear there would be other combat units, and it was unwise to rely on luck.There were fewer than a dozen dummies, and the rebellious team on Angelia’s side, the total number was only a bit more than 20 dummies at most.What one could do with such a small number of tactical dolls? Even if they were security guards at the conference venue, they might not be able to control the several exits of the entire venue, let alone handle security for the entire event.What’s more, Angelia only contacted her to say she would assist them, but in the end, she was just like a Riddler. She didn’t reveal much useful information and only said she would help, but she hadn’t even shown her face until now.Although she knew that Angelia must be hiding for secret operations, Gentiane still felt a little uncomfortable.Speaking of which, this action was unreasonable from the start. For such a large conference, all the relevant personnel attending the meeting stood by and watched, hoping that the lone security contractor like her could turn the tide here.This is not appropriate! Not at all!And now Paradeus’s spies, insiders, and combat units are hiding as if they have disappeared. Gentiane can imagine how chaotic the city will be once Paradeus really takes action.A group of people with abnormal brains dare to hold a meeting in a place where the forces of multiple parties are weak? How do you know if the locals are planning to wipe you all out?Now, even she, the foreign aid invited, has been targeted by Paradeus. If these guys waiting for the meeting to start are a little more stupid, they’ll be killed here one by one!But speaking of it, it seems Paradeus has already targeted M4. She just doesn't know whether they took action against M4 simply to capture her, or to stop their pursuit, or both?Her mind was in a mess, but Gentiane was relieved only when she saw M16 bringing M4 back to the safe house.Fortunately, M4 was fine.“M4, how are you? Are you okay? How’s your condition now? Do you need to contact Persica to help you see what’s going on?”“The situation is still stable, but it is necessary to keep charging continuously. The specific reason for the increase in the energy consumption of the body is still uncertain,” M4 spoke, shaking her head helplessly. She still didn’t understand what was going on.Her body was working fine before, but the sudden increase in energy consumption felt like God suddenly remembered something and threw something at her.“Must you keep charging continuously? What are you doing now?” But M4 looked normal now, except for… the power cord connected to the SOP2Jr.“It’s charging. SOP2 appeared to have installed something extraordinary for the SOP2Jr..” M16 spread her hands and spoke with some relief. Fortunately, SOP2 finally did something reliable this time, otherwise, she would have to worry about how to get M4 back from Paradeus.“SOP2? Where is it? And what extraordinary thing? What happened to M4?”As she was talking, Persica’s voice sounded from the communicator. Persica in the holographic image was leaning sideways, as if she was looking for M4.“SOP2 is not here. M4’s energy consumption suddenly increased about ten minutes ago. Now she must keep charging to maintain her actions.” Although she just asked M4 whether to call Persica, in fact, Gentiane had already contacted her before M4 and the others came back.It’s just that Persica didn’t have time to call at that time, so she called now.Gentiane said, reaching out and pulling M4 into the framing range of the holographic image.----------Chapter 956: Things Change"You look like you're in a good mood. Didn't those little guys cause trouble today?"Helian came back with a lot of bags and a smile on her face. It was obvious that she was in a good mood."No way. Those little troublemakers just ran off with RFB and Ouroboros. We couldn't stop them even if we shouted."But there was no need to worry about safety issues. Even if RFB and Ouroboros were unreliable, they were at least a tactical doll and Sangvis Ferri Elite doll. They wouldn't be unable to keep an eye on people.Besides, even if these two guys were unreliable, there were still G11 and HK416 following them.G11 naturally joined RFB and the others' playgroup without any sense of disobedience, and HK416 could only follow them reluctantly."Here, these are yours. Hurry up and change to see if they fit." Without waiting for Renault to get up, Helian stuffed a bunch of handbags into Renault's hand."Ah?"Looking at the at least twenty bulging handbags in his hands, Renault was a little confused."What? Go! I'm not asking for your opinion!"Listening to Helian's overbearing words, she directly pulled Renault up from the chair and pushed him out of the workshop. Maggie and Catherine who were still sitting there charging opened their mouths, feeling they had something to say."No? Why do I feel that Boss Renault's position in the company is a little weird?" Catherine scratched her head.All the dolls went out to have fun on holiday, but Renault, as the boss, stayed on the ship to watch the loading and unloading work in the cargo hold.The employees under him didn't look like workers at all; they looked overbearing, right? Doesn't Renault have a temper?"Well, maybe it's a family business?" Maggie didn't think it was strange.She could tell from Helian's expression. Her blushing face pretending to be domineering looked like... um? Acting like a spoiled child?Hiss!Maggie shuddered and held back the discomfort in her heart. She reached out and took off the charging cable. Although only two or three hours had passed, the remaining power had reached half.Half of the power was enough for the two of them to move around for a day or two."Don't you want to leave before you charge it?""Leave? Where to? You have to come back at night. Do you want to spend a lot of money to stay in a hotel outside?"Catherine imitated Maggie's movements to take off the charging cable. Before she got up, Maggie rolled her eyes at her.Although dolls can connect to the public doll network at any time and quickly understand the city through various information on the network, the doll public network is not a peaceful place. If you want to get information, you must pay something.If you're unlucky, someone may even cheat on the public network and defraud money from dolls with low computing power. After all, these days, people are not as easy to cheat as dolls, and no one will come out to complain to dolls if they are cheated.Well, after all, she was an insider, and she knows more about this aspect, so she will be subconsciously on guard."No, no, no! I won't stay in a hotel! Those places are so expensive! And there may not be a dedicated charging port in the room."But the more likely situation is that the store will not let ownerless dolls stay there.After all, the treatment of dolls is worrying now. What kind of situation will they encounter, whether they will be difficult to deal with by the store, etc., is completely unknown.Compared to Renault where there is food, drink, and charging, it is naturally more appropriate to go back to the ship to spend the night and go out the next day."That's it. We'll definitely come back anyway, otherwise, it'll be difficult for us to leave this island and return to the northern hemisphere."Although the Colt Express black market run by Maggie is on the intercontinental train, her and Catherine's range of activities is obviously not like the real intercontinental train across the entire Eurasian continent. They are only active on a small route, and there is no train that can go directly to Europe from this island.Taking a cruise ship or a cargo ship, they are afraid of encountering thunderstorms or collapse particle clouds that may cause the ship to capsize or something..."Well, why are we going out then? Isn't it good to charge here?" Catherine didn't want to go out much when she heard Maggie say that they would come back."Go for a walk! Can't you spend all the money you've earned? This time, I almost ran out of money. What if I run into an accident again next time?" Maggie raised her hand and flicked the brim of her hat, then walked out with brisk steps."It sounds like it makes sense..."..."Something went wrong? M4?" Angelia frowned. She felt a bad feeling.Although the military had thought of capturing M4 before and had indeed carried it out, the intensity of the action wasn't very strong in Angelia's opinion, so she did not take M4 into consideration this time.It was just that she did not expect that a momentary negligence would lead to such a loophole.Obviously, the current situation has changed. The people from Paradeus are not rigid idiots. The arrival of Griffin Tactical Dolls and M4 has given them another target for action.In the previous investigation, it seemed she missed some important information because everything went too smoothly.Paradeus's purpose is likely not just to cause trouble during the peace conference. Beneath this seemingly straightforward and clear goal, there must be something hidden that she did not expect!"Apart from the situation with M4, are there any other abnormal situations in the city?""If we exclude Paradeus's activities, there are no other abnormal situations at present. However, judging by the current circumstances, Paradeus alone is enough to give Commander Gentiane a headache. She have been urging Griffin to send more HOCs these past two days."AK12 shrugged. She was not expecting much from Gentiane's actions. After all, Griffin is just a security contractor. It's nearly impossible to send heavy firepower into the city in a fair and just manner.However, there are undercurrents in the city at this moment. If Gentiane can mobilize heavy firepower in some less formal ways, there is still a small possibility.But the local military manages this matter very strictly, and she doesn't know if Gentiane can get what she wants.The number of Paradeus is probably far beyond Gentiane's imagination. It has to be said that it's a bit naive to think she can control the situation with only the heavy firepower G&K has at hand.Those are indeed heavy weapons, but they are designed to deal with heavy armor units. If used against large numbers of Paradeus soldiers, the effect might be unsatisfactory."Heavy firepower? Gentiane is not that... Wait, Gentiane must have some intelligence she hasn't shared with us. Tsk! What is this? Is it just a matter of time?"Angelia didn't think Gentiane was rushing to mobilize heavy firepower just to deal with the ordinary soldiers of Paradeus. If Griffin only had to face ordinary Paradeus soldiers, mobilizing a few more tactical dolls with heavy machine guns would be simpler and more effective than sending in heavy firepower.So when she communicated with Gentiane before, Gentiane who had always racked her brains to extract intelligence from Angelia now had information that Angelia herself didn't know about.What is this? What goes around comes around? Or is it a role swap?Annoyed, Angelia scratched her head with a headache. She had originally planned to continue the secret activities and assist Gentiane and the others, but now it seemed that Gentiane had long been tired of this approach; otherwise, she wouldn't have hidden this information from her.After all, the Griffin commander Gentiane has been forced into this position, pushed from the battle with Sangvis Ferri to the current confrontation with Paradeus.There must be some unhappiness in her heart, and it's likely to be very deep. No one in this world wants to be a spinning top, whipped and forced to spin every day.The most important thing is that every time she spins, she drags some of her cherished affairs into the ditch along with her.In this situation, unless she completely accepts her fate, even a scabby dog will bark twice.What's more, Angelia doesn't think Gentiane's someone who would accept her fate. She's still far from completely giving up on thinking."So, do we need to get new information from Commander Gentiane?" The silent RPK16 turned around with a smile, as if she had seen something amusing."Yes and no. So, did you get anything?" Seeing the expression on RPK16's face, Angelia rubbed her eyebrows. That smile always made her feel like RPK16 was a little out of tune with the others.It's not that the smile creeps her out, but RPK16 kept it for so long. Wouldn't the bionic muscles on her face get stiff?But she seemed a little confused about whether the bionic muscles on RPK16's face would actually stiffen. How could doll's bionic muscles stiffen? Even if that girl kept her fox-like smile until the end of the world, they might not get stiff."Yes, but it's very limited. In addition to the area we've explored before, there's still a large signal blank area in the city. It's possible that Paradeus has set up a signal blocker.""What happened before? Didn't you say that this had happened before?""Yes, but you said it was because of the ancient buildings in the city." RPK16 spread her hands. Actually, the situation this time is similar to the last one, but the signal blank area has expanded a little.If that weren't the case, RPK16 wouldn't have brought it up again. If it had really been because of the ancient buildings causing the signal blank area, then the results this time should be no different from last time.But the problem is that this time is different, and some of the signal blank areas are even moving."Uh, tsk, then okay, I'll contact first..."Sighing helplessly, Angelia took out the communicator. She just looked at it in her hand, then thought of the signal blank areas RPK16 mentioned, put it back, and took out the mobile phone she got from Renault.Compared to the communicator she brought from Statesec, Renault's mobile phone is more reliable. At least, there's no need to worry about someone intercepting her conversation with Gentiane...."Um, Mr. Renault, all the containers have been loaded. May I ask if you are..."In the evening, while a large number of dolls returned to the spacecraft with large and small bags, the large cargo boxes that had been stored at the port were also loaded, with cooperation from both the Sangvis Ferri dolls and the Port dolls. Megan also found Renault.Looking at Renault who was wearing a T-shirt from a local souvenir shop, Megan felt a little guilty.He was now worried about whether the other party could deliver the goods to the scheduled port within the delivery period, and he didn't want him to mix everything up... And not all the containers here belong to Universal Anything; some contain goods from other companies.Damage and loss all cost money!"Just prepare the money, and we'll definitely deliver the goods to the destination on time, with guaranteed quality and quantity. By the way, Mr. Megan, about the expenses for the Universal Hotel as agreed before...""Uh? Mr. Renault? Aren't you coming back after delivering the goods?"Why does Renault sound like he's going on vacation and will deliver the goods later!?Wouldn't that be too late!?"Of course, otherwise we'll have to make two trips, which would be too troublesome and unnecessary.""But... the delivery deadline..."There are only twelve days left! Even if you can deliver it to the port in time, the goods still have to be transported by land! That takes time too!"Don't worry, it'll definitely be delivered on time, directly to the inland cargo transfer station, ensuring that you have enough time to deliver the goods." Patting Megan on the shoulder, Renault reassured him.However, it was more than just words. It was a good opportunity for Megan, the "big customer", to see their strength while all the dolls had returned to the spaceship's interior, so he wouldn't worry about this and that anymore."Panacea, have you and P226 returned to the bridge?""Yes, we've arrived. Commander, are we taking off now?" Panacea had just returned to the bridge and hadn't changed clothes when she heard Renault, she nodded and waved at P226 to take a seat."Take off. The destination is the resort in the northeast of the island. If I remember correctly, it should be the property of Universal Anything now, right?" Renault glanced at Megan beside him, and nodded in satisfaction after getting confirmation from the other party's complaints.Originally, he had planned to leave the port tomorrow evening, but after the dolls returned and said they'll had enough shopping and there was nothing else to see, he naturally didn't need to stay any longer.Anyway, the containers have been loaded, and the spaceship will have the same effect whether it stops here or at sea.-------Chapter 957: It's Your Own Fault?"This, this, this, this!?"It wasn't until he stood in the middle of the bridge and saw the island below getting smaller and smaller from the viewing window that Megan understood why Renault said their freight price was incredibly cheap for him.It turns out that this thing is not a freighter at all! This thing can fly!"With the speed of my ship, it only takes two days to deliver the goods to the designated location, even if it flies slowly, so there is still plenty of time, and the delivery deadline will not be missed."The pat on the shoulder brought Megan back to his senses from the shock. He took a deep breath and calmed his excitement.But it must be said that this was truly shocking. After all, the difference between the value of a sea freighter and a spaceship that can fly into the sky is the difference between heaven and earth. Hundreds of thousands of tons of cargo ships are not uncommon, and closed cargo ships of that size are not outrageous in this era.But a spaceship that can fly with a load of at least 100,000 tons... He couldn't help but wonder if this thing is some kind of alien technology.The most important thing was that he had observed Renault's ship before. Except for the section on the top deck that wasn't very clear due to the angle, he still had a rough idea of the entire ship's size.The length of the cargo hold on this ship occupies less than one-third of the entire ship, and from what he had seen all along, there was still a lot of empty space in the ship.Thinking that Renault is actually a security contractor... It doesn't seem too difficult to guess that there are other weapons aboard.A huge spaceship, with very thick armor, unusual load capacity, and possibly large weapons... Could this thing be a battleship?Thinking of this, Megan suddenly felt his throat dry. He began to hesitate in his mind about whether it was a good or bad decision to ask Renault to help transport the goods this time.The process of the spaceship taking off was very stable. Megan, standing on the bridge, couldn't even feel the slightest vibration.The flight process was even shorter than expected. It took less than a quarter of an hour to travel dozens of kilometers. This speed left ordinary aircraft far behind.The most important thing was that during the flight, he couldn't even feel the spaceship accelerating...It wasn't until he disembarked from the spaceship and checked in with Renault and the others in a daze that Megan came back to his senses. His head was already a mess. When he thought of Renault's ship, he became worried about whether he would be considered an accomplice in the future.Unlike Megan who was worried, Renault and the dolls on board didn't think too much about it. Although they arrived at the resort a day earlier, most of the dolls had no objection, except for a few who were addicted to games and hadn’t played enough."Are we lucky? We just arrived and encountered such an easy commission? It's not a trap, right?"Looking at the contract on the tablet and Megan's signature, Helian raised her eyebrows in surprise.This is too much of a coincidence. The doll bodies Maggie ordered are out of stock, but there are stocks in the warehouse here. And there’s a problem with the freighter here...If it happens once or twice, it could be called a coincidence, but when a series of things accumulate, how can there be such a coincidence?"What's the trap? They just think it's dangerous for us to hang around in the northern sky."Leone and the others’ incident wasn’t designed, but after Leone was rescued on the ship, the next step was probably intentional.They were being led away from the northern sky to buy some time and act safely. Renault had also learned a bit about the situation from Megan earlier. Megan really didn’t know anything; he was just an unlucky guy who happened to encounter the disappearance of the freighter."So, has Scarecrow been targeted since she ordered the body from Universal Anything?""It should have been at that time, but it can't be said to be targeted. It's probably just a coincidence."After all, the other party isn’t foolish. This kind of trick is insignificant to Renault.If it was the previous spaceship, it would have taken longer. If it was cruising slowly, it would take about three to four days. That would make it a seven- or eight-day round trip.Well, that's if it was flying slowly without speeding up.But his new ship has been built, and the warp engine can operate normally. If something urgent happens, he can start the warp engine and reach the destination in less than half an hour—this includes the time it takes for the dolls to pack their belongings.Otherwise, ten minutes would be enough.So the guy who messed this up is probably just testing things. It would be best if they could slow them down. If not... there’s nothing they can do."Okay, what about this freight entrustment?""What’s the problem with the entrustment? The contract has been signed, and the advance payment has been received. If Universal Anything refuses to pay, we can just find a storage transfer station to move some things."Listening to Renault’s robber-like speech, Helian wiped her sweat in exasperation.Only Renault would dare to say such a thing. If Universal Anything really withheld the balance, Renault would seriously do it.The military couldn’t stop Renault, so how could a giant company like Universal Anything do anything?"In this way, the funding problem can be slightly alleviated. Speaking of which, why don’t we find Universal Anything? With their channels, it should be easy to clear out the inventory on the ship, right?""That’s true, but if we hand it over to Universal Anything, we won’t need to worry about whether they can sell it. Anyway, these guys will definitely not suffer any losses. They’ll probably make the most money at that point."Just as Helian and Renault were discussing how to deal with the inventory on the spacecraft, Leone who had just come back with Susanna to get clothes heard these words and rushed out anxiously."Wait, wait! Those vegetables can’t be sold! Those are all plant gold that has ELID antibodies that can be extracted!"In this world full of collapse radiation, the crops in Renault’s hands that can extract ELID antibodies are equivalent to gold! They’re even more precious!After all, gold is at best a precious metal, but the vegetables in Renault’s hands can really save lives!"Vegetables?""Hmm?"Helian and Renault glanced at Leone in silence.They hadn’t said they were going to sell anything, had they?However, it wasn’t a rare thing to be able to extract ELID antibodies. Helian certainly knew the effects of these crops produced by her family, and Panacea had mentioned extracting ELID antibodies once.It wasn’t a difficult task either. Panacea had succeeded in her free time, and now there was a batch stored in the warehouse next to the biological laboratory.It’s a shame, though—after this process, it was useless to the dolls.As for the inventory that Helian and Renault just mentioned, it was naturally not those fresh vegetables. Even if the spacecraft had sufficient energy, Renault had never thought of converting those warehouses directly into fresh-keeping rooms to store the vegetables.After all, even if it was a fresh-keeping room, there was no way to keep those vegetables fresh all the time.So, the inventory mentioned by the two was actually those products that had been processed twice, mainly canned food, dairy products, and alcoholic beverages, which are easy to store.Among these inventories, the largest number is alcoholic beverages, followed by dairy products, and finally canned food.Because it is necessary to supply a large amount of food to the dolls at ordinary times, vegetables and fruits are the least left. Of course, they are relatively few; otherwise, Renault would not have been able to take out a large number of fresh vegetables to sell before."Don't shout, the vegetables at home can't be sold without a quality inspection certificate. Speaking of which, Miss Leone, regarding Renault's biological laboratory expansion plan, it may take a long time to start. Before that, can you go to the factory department to help?"The factory department on the ship was initially responsible for helping Renault roughly process some metal materials and occasionally assisting the dolls in making some sturdy metal utensils.However, as time went on, there were more and more pieces of equipment for the deep processing of various ingredients, and the factory department, in charge of the M1 Garand and M1911, became more complicated.Making canned food? The work of the factory department. Processing liquid storage tanks? The factory department's work. Making beds for dolls? The factory department's work. Even the hibernation capsules for Sangvis Dinergates and Prowlers are made by the factory department.Of course, it is impossible for M1 Garand and M1911 to do all the work alone. Other dolls must come to help. It cannot be said to be helping, but it can be regarded as part-time work.This is also the norm at home. Even if there are a large number of idle Sangvis dolls, without a few dolls to command, things may not be completed safely and properly."Ah... this..." Leone who shouted in a hurry was dumbfounded at this moment. She opened her mouth but didn't know what to say. Looking at Helian's narrowed eyes, she felt like she had pitted herself.If she hadn't jumped out just now, would Helian not have noticed her?After spending a few days on Renault's ship, although she spent most of the first two days in the lounge, she also learned a lot about the situation on the ship from CAWS and Super-Shorty.For example, there are several famous slackers on the ship, such as MDR, Intruder, and RFB, and Ouroboros who are addicted to games all day long.Leone is very sure that if any of these slackers were brought to the factory department to help, they would be several times more effective than her. After all, they are dolls and can communicate with other dolls directly with their brains. Their information transmission efficiency is not at the same level as hers, right?"Of course, not now. Let's enjoy this hard-earned vacation now."Seeing the stiff expression on Leone's face, Helian nodded with satisfaction and sent Leone away with a smile.After Leone left, Renault shrugged his shoulders. "Don't we have holidays all year round? When did holidays become hard to come by?"Helian rolled her eyes at Renault. "Think about it slowly.""Huh?"........."...Are you sure these things will really appear? This is not a joke..."Looking through the information on the tablet, Angelica's eyes twitched.Although she also thought that the situation might get worse, she didn't expect Paradeus to be able to take out these heavy armored units, and they were all equipped with Force Shields!he dolls she had didn't have weapons that could deal with these things."Of course... I'm not sure, but did you miss something? These things are not the point. The key is the last one, the units named Nyto. The electronic warfare capabilities of those girls are not at the same level as normal dolls."Gentiane spread her hands, then pinched her eyebrows with a headache. In the past few days, RO had been paying attention to those signal blank areas that could move. There are not many, but it is definitely not a small number. And because no signal was detected at all, the identification code sent by AR15 was completely useless. So far, she could confirm that the number of Nytos was definitely no less than ten.This was at least ten, and there might even be more."Have you encountered them?""You could say that, but there is no 'eyewitness' evidence, and there is no video footage. Those Nytos can perfectly simulate the appearance of humans. I suspect that those guys can even change their appearance at any time."Anyway, Gentiane couldn't see those guys through the drone and human eyes.Gentiane's words were like putting an ice bucket on Angelica's head, chilling her from top to bottom.The information provided by AR15 had been written very clearly. Nytos have strong electronic warfare capabilities. At the same time, different Nytos have different focuses. Some may be good at close combat, while others are good at sniping.In short, just like a living person, they are good at a variety of things. Unless you see it with your own eyes, you can't confirm what job a particular Nyto excels in.The most important thing is that the Nyto unit is used as a combat commander in the combat sequence of Paradeus. The command structure is somewhat similar to the Ringleaders made by Sangvis Ferri Manufacturing, but it is somewhat different.But just knowing this is enough. There are at least ten Nytos, which means that there are at least ten or more Paradeus combat forces in this city.The number is unknown, and the number of heavy armored units is also unknown. The most important thing is that because of the collapse particle cloud near this city, the intensity of collapse radiation has increased a lot, and the number of ELID-infected people outside the city has also begun to increase.Just go to the quarantine wall, and you will find that the defenders on the wall can kill more than a dozen severely ELID-infected people almost every day.Not even mentioning the number of ordinary infected people has completely exceeded the normal level near a green zone city. It won’t be long before the outside of the city will change from a green zone to a yellow zone or even a red zone...Internal and external troubles? Attacked from both inside and outside? This city is probably going to be destroyed!------Chapter 958: Tired, Destroy"Anyway, I only do what I can, and the final result isn't something I can control."There is no end to wars, and there is no end to business. After seeing Renault's life like a god every day, it would be a lie for Gentiane to say that she doesn't regret it now.They are both security contractors, but she spends her days running around putting out fires, while Renault is either on vacation or just relaxing, and he still manages to make money from Griffin?What kind of security contractor is that? He doesn't handle other people's business but specializes in fleecing the same industry?Unfortunately, there’s no such thing as regret medicine in this world, and Gentiane has no plans to change jobs like Helian.After all, Helian is alone, so she can change jobs, but Gentiane... well, she's a little reluctant to leave the big family of dolls under her care...She can't abandon them. With so many dolls, it's probably impossible for her to give them up and leave Griffin.Tsk tsk, Helian is probably enjoying herself at Renault's, taking holidays all day and getting paid for nothing... Oh no, it seems her goal isn’t just finding a company with good benefits—she’s aiming to become the boss’s wife. She wonders if she’s succeeded yet."Hey hey! Gentiane! Come back to your senses! What are you thinking about? You look like you're daydreaming!" Angelia raised her voice and called Gentiane back to reality.Although Gentiane’s words sounded discouraging, at least the other party hasn’t completely given up, right?"Yeah, I'm listening. So, in addition to the forces at hand, can't we really call for some external help? And speaking of which, didn’t K say that what we’re doing is actually covering for you? Is your mission over?""Yeah? Did he say that? Tsk, does he know we’re in direct contact now?""It’s not certain yet." Gentiane said, turning her head to raise her eyebrows at M16, asking if there were any surveillance devices left by the other party in the safe house.After M16 raised her hand to make a "safe" gesture, Gentiane curled her lips. "It should be fine, but I don’t think it would make any difference if that man knew about this. The current situation is completely beyond the ability of a combat commander of a security contractor like me to handle."K, at best, would only hold her accountable verbally. In the end, it's up to her to deal with it."Having said that, have you shared this information with K?""Ah, I’ve shown it to him. Although it's a bit of a loss to give away free information, it’s my life on the line, so it’s not a good idea to be stingy at this point.""Then he didn’t offer any support?""He said everything except support.""Huh? What kind of idiotic talk is this? Can a normal person say this?!"Angelia was furious upon hearing what Gentiane said. The man who said this is simply an idiot! If he doesn’t want to offer support, just say it! What’s the point of saying this kind of nonsense?"And it’s precisely because of this information that my dolls’ previous operation to clear out the Paradeus units in the city went so smoothly. Now those guys have turned around and started targeting my dolls, but I can’t even find their location."Angelia frowned. The information that Gentiane got was very detailed, even including the internal identification codes of those Paradeus.With this, it should be easy to find those hidden Paradeus units. So why couldn’t they find their location? Isn’t this contradictory?"Isn’t that right? You didn’t have a smooth time before..." Angelia's face darkened halfway through her words. It was exactly because things went too smoothly that it felt wrong.The identification codes of those ordinary Paradeus units should have been fine. The problem likely lies with those Nytos who specialize in electronic warfare. Changing an identification code is something almost any doll specialized in electronic warfare can do, not to mention those Nytos from Paradeus. Identification codes can be changed at will, given the right command authority.As for why they could still find those ordinary Paradeus units, it’s simply because their identification characteristics are so obvious. They wear white armor, practically like parading in fancy clothes in the city. Even without the information from AR15, it would only take a little longer to find them."Those Nytos are misleading us? They did it on purpose?""It seems so. While they’re maneuvering, they casually throw out a few eye-catching Paradeus units to distract us. Most of the Paradeus units we and K have found recently are not high-level units, and Nyto hasn't been seen at all.""This is really bad news, but I have something worse. The number of ELID-infected outside the quarantine wall has been increasing in recent days, and...""Tsk, if there are infected people, why not let the garrison open fire and clear them out? Is this really bad news?""Listen to me, okay? The trouble is that the collapse radiation index around the city is rising, and the number of severely infected people among the ELID infected is increasing. The garrison cannot use the city defense artillery because of the meeting. The most important thing is that a large thunderstorm is coming soon."After hearing what Angelia said, Gentiane's eyes suddenly became deadpan. She looked like she wanted to give up.A large number of ELID infected + a large number of severely ELID infected + thunderstorms accompanied by collapse particle clouds + a large number of Paradeus combat units + Paradeus heavy units + Paradeus electronic warfare expert Nyto + a contact person who knows how to speak in riddles all day long = K?She's tired, destroy it—all of them are bastards who don't do their jobs!ELID infected have gathered outside the city, and you still prohibit the garrison from using heavy firepower? A thunderstorm is coming, and instead of focusing on that, you want to hold a meeting? Maybe there's a hole in your head and the acid rain from the sky poured all the acid into it, huh?More importantly, she had found two or three hundred Paradeus combat units in and outside the city in these past few days, maybe even four or five hundred. So many Paradeus combat units, still equipped with a full set of gear and hand-held weapons—don't the local garrisons care about this?This doesn't even include the peripheral members of Paradeus who aren't combat units. If we include the civilian dolls controlled by Paradeus, the number probably comes close to four digits, right?"Gentiane? Are you still listening?" Angelia asked helplessly when she saw that Gentiane hadn't moved for a long time after she finished speaking."Ange, tell me the truth. Do you have any money on hand?""You want money? Shouldn't you ask your boss for it? Come to me... Hey, you don't want to..."..."Fortunately, I don't have to spend money myself. The price is really terrible!" Looking at the price list on the tablet, Catherine touched her small wallet in horror."Isn't this a good thing? Why are you so surprised? Can't you see that Susanna has completely adapted to it?" Maggie pushed the hat on her head helplessly. She looked at Susanna.who was building a sandcastle with several dolls on the beach."It's different! That girl has already joined the company. She's completely one of Renault's own people. And... I always felt that Susanna's body is a little too good now. Isn't she afraid of a short circuit caused by water ingress?"The waves were lapping under the feet of Susanna and several other dolls. A few dolls were floundering in the shallow water not far away. The splashing water made Maggie and her hesitate to approach. They could only lie under the parasol and enjoy the sea breeze.This situation at the seaside is very dangerous for the body of civilian dolls because if you're not careful, you’ll be splashed by sea water, which could cause a short circuit. There is no pattern to the waves and the splashes raised by the dolls. If you get too close, you won't be able to hide in time.Although the bodies of civilian dolls have a certain waterproof function, it’s for emergencies—not for dolls to run into the sea like humans.If not cleaned up, it will corrode and mold in less than half a day, and the brand-new body will become an old body in need of major repairs.They’ve finally got their new bodies, so they can't just ruin them.But the dolls on Renault's side obviously don't have this worry. Whether they’re splashing in the seawater or walking on the beach, these dolls don't care about the water that doesn't reach their calves, as if they don’t have to worry about getting water inside and rusting.There are even a few dolls who don’t even wear diving goggles, they qjust dived into the water and play scuba diving...Hey, the waterproofing is too good, right? Professional waterproof doll bodies are very expensive!"Um, M1911, aren't they afraid of water getting in their bodies?" Turning her head, Maggie looked at M1911, who was sitting directly on the blanket next to her."No, the only ones who are afraid of water at home are the ordinary Dinergates and Prowlers, right?"M1911 calculated the status of the doll bodies at home and figured that only the Dinergates and Prowlers were afraid of water.Ordinary Sangvis dolls are not afraid of water. Their bodies are designed for all-weather combat, so they naturally have some waterproof function. Although they can’t go into the sea as easily as the dolls who’ve changed their bodies, they can still run and jump on the beach.However, the Sangvis dolls are still a bit intimidating to ordinary people, so Renault contacted Megan and specially divided a beach separated from the public beach for those Sangvis dolls to have fun on their own."Uh? Hmm? Are all you dolls waterproof? Susanna’s too? But why didn’t you and M1 Garand go near the beach?"Although many dolls were having fun in the sea, Maggie also noticed that many dolls on Renault's side didn’t go too close to the sea. They were just sunbathing on the beach or playing volleyball."Ah, they just don’t want to get stuck in the mud. Look at C96 and the others over there. The dolls they use are the same as ours, and they’re also waterproof, but they’re just a little heavier."Hearing this, Catherine immediately understood. No wonder M1911 and M1 Garand were just sitting on the blanket. She was wondering why these girls had to sit on the blanket when they had beach chairs ready.But then Catherine felt something was wrong.A little heavy? The business premises under Universal Anything are high-end, and the beach chairs they put out can’t be inferior products.Even if a fat man lies on it, there won’t be a problem, right?Of course, those who break the record for weight don’t count..."Um, then please, What is..."Catherine wanted to ask how much they weighed, but unfortunately, as soon as she said it, she attracted the stares of several dolls around her.Maggie quickly raised her hand to cover Catherine's mouth to keep her from offending anyone."Ahem, she wanted to ask, is it true that she can change to the same body as you after joining the company?""The same? That's not the case. The body we use is from the previous generation. Susanna's new body is much lighter and slightly better than the one we use, but there are pros and cons."M1911 tilted her head, explaining that their current body, in terms of combat effectiveness, is still stronger than the biomass body that Susanna and the others replace.Of course, that’s only temporary, and the new body will continue to grow over time.Whether in strength or physical endurance, it will eventually surpass the current body. The most important thing is that the weight will stay almost the same as a normal person’s. It sounds a bit magical, but M1911 and the others have long been accustomed to this kind of thing."Ah? The newcomer can use new things!?""It’s just convenient. It’s very troublesome to go back and make the old model body."M1 Garand understood what Renault was thinking. After all, the metals used in the original bodies had to be smelted from scratch, which was much more complicated than the current biomass bodies.Convenient? Just for that reason... They don't need to worry about other dolls who don’t use the new body feel unbalanced... Well, if it’s a normal doll, there won’t be any such feeling at all, unless it’s an illegal doll like them...Just when Maggie thought of this, she suddenly had a flash of inspiration and looked at M1911, M1 Garand, and others in a daze.During her time spent with these dolls under Renault, she had always felt that something was off.The autonomy and activity of these dolls... was far beyond the normal level.Just like the three IDWs who were floundering in the water over there, these dolls which were originally home security models were the most active among all normal dolls, but these three IDWs were obviously more out of the ordinary than the dolls of the same model she had seen.Anyway, since they came to this beach, more than half a day had passed, and these three guys had never settled down."Excuse me, is your root protocol agreement still there?" Maggie asked M1 Garand with some curiosity, lowering her voice.----------Chapter 959: Caught?Maggie leaned back in her chair numbly, staring at the parasol above her head. Her mind was echoing with M1 Garand's words, spoken in a nonchalant tone:“The root protocol? Well, it was all deleted when I joined the company a few years ago.”It turns out all these dolls are illegal dolls!?This isn’t a proper security contractor at all!The whole group is made up of illegal dolls. Would the employer really trust this kind of security contractor? Aren’t they afraid that one of these dolls might suddenly lose control and shoot them?M1 Garand probably has a point, because no employer would willingly ask to check the status of a doll’s base protocol.Anyone who dared to ask would have already had their legs broken by Renault.If you’re not sure, don’t approach him. Moreover, there’s no strict rule in the security contractor industry that requires employers to check the mental state of dolls.At best, security contractors check on their own. Griffin was an exception. After all, they cooperated with the military or Statesec. If they wanted to check, would Griffin dare refuse?You try to say one thing? They’d be turned into illegal dolls in minutes and dismantled.…Renault and his dolls stayed at Universal Anything’s hotel for a whole week.During this time, the dolls didn’t run wild on the beach every day. They had fun on the beach for the first two days, but in the following days, they calmed down and found other entertainment activities.Watching Renault and Helian together, and seeing Renault’s dolls wander around causing trouble and running around the resort, Megan’s life was miserable.He wanted to run to Renault and ask him to deliver the goods immediately, but the Sangvis dolls who periodically came over to provoke him made Megan abandon this unrealistic idea.Like Megan, Maggie who had been fishing at sea for a few days was also confused.Since learning that all of Renault’s dolls had deleted their base root protocols, she’d been thinking whether she and Catherine should just join the group.But the business they were originally engaged in made money fast, so Maggie hesitated. Although Renault’s dolls were well-treated, if they didn’t go on missions, they only received pocket money, which was equivalent to a fixed salary.Do you want stability? Or do you want to make a lot of money?Extremely conflicted, Maggie held the fishing rod tightly until the line was pulled by a fish, almost slipping out of her hand.“Maggie! It’s time to pack up and get ready to go!”Just as Maggie mechanically turned the reel and reeled in the fishing line, Catherine, who had changed clothes in the distance, waved her arms and shouted to Maggie sitting on the dock.Hmm?Maggie looked in the direction of the sound and immediately saw Catherine and Susanna standing nearby.Both were holding a bunch of gifts that seemed to be things they had found at the local market over the past few days.Catherine and Susanna still had some savings. Although they weren’t necessarily wealthier than Renault’s dolls, they were good at saving money. After all, the prices here weren’t too outrageous, unlike the black market prices they were used to.Besides, with Leone and Susanna having changed into new bodies, the locals couldn’t tell whether Susanna was a living person or a doll.Otherwise, if they sold things to strange dolls, they’d be inhuman if they didn’t raise the price.“Pack your things? Are you leaving now? Why didn’t anyone notify me?”“I’m notifying you right now. What have you been thinking about these past few days? You can’t even see the public channel communication, and you still had to fish so far away! Hurry up! Hurry up! Don’t say I didn’t notify you if you get left behind on this island!”Susanna put her hands on her hips, speaking unhappily. After changing her body, she’d get tired after running so far.“Yes, yes, let’s go quickly. Besides, I rode here. Who knew you two would run all the way here?” After packing up the fishing gear she’d bought a few days ago, Maggie dragged out a rusty bicycle from the corner of the pier.It was a second-hand item from the second-hand market. Though it didn’t look great, it was rideable.Just as Maggie stepped onto the bike, tapped the back seat, and was about to ask Catherine and Susanna who wanted a ride, Susanna raised her hand and snapped her fingers.Snap!Buzz—!Two Prowlers came speeding over immediately, with two seats with shock absorbers hanging behind the fuselage.“What? What is this? Who modified the Prowler into this?”Maggie was filled with questions when she saw this. Didn’t Susanna just say she ran here?“Is this what you mean by ‘running here’?” Seeing Catherine and Susanna sitting on the rear seats of the Prowler with ease, Maggie frowned. Are these two playing word games with her?“Yes, running here in a Prowler. You don’t really think I could run from the hotel to this pier in ten minutes, do you?”Catherine spread her hands. Renault had been swift and decisive. He really left as soon as he said he would.But all the dolls in his group acted quickly. After Renault’s order was given, although it wasn’t immediate, they at least packed up their things fast.When the two of them went out to look for Maggie, the dolls at the hotel had already packed their things and gone to the beach to wait for the gunship to return to the spaceship.The beach near the hotel was all shallow sea, and Renault’s spaceship couldn’t get too close to the coastline, so most of them had flown in by gunship before.Fortunately, there were no air defense systems in the hotel resort; otherwise, the two gunships going back and forth would have likely given the local defenders a heart attack.It was also thanks to the Prowler external seat that Nagan Revolver and G11 had tinkered with; otherwise, the two of them would probably have had to ride on the head of the Prowler.When Susanna used a fishing rod to pull Maggie who was riding a bicycle back to the hotel, most of the dolls had returned to the spaceship. Now there were only a few dolls who had not finished packing their things and those Sangvis Ferris."Hurry up, you're the only ones missing!"Nagan Revolver stood next to the Sangvis Ferri team and waved to Catherine and the others. If she hadn't been responsible for counting the number of people, she would have gone back with C96 and the others just now.Fortunately, although Maggie had bought a lot of things these days, this was a hotel after all, so she naturally wouldn't pack as much as Susanna and Catherine.She packed up much faster than the two of them. She packed the suitcases that had been prepared long ago, carried her fishing gear, and pushed her bike. Maggie successfully arrived at the meeting place before Catherine and Susanna."Well, we came just in time. The last batch of Sangvis Ferris has been sent back. Now there are only a few of us left, but... why do we have to bring bicycles?"And even by the standards of Nagant Revolvers, this bicycle is completely unusable.Not to mention that the bicycle is already rusty and the parts are aging; the fragile frame alone can't bear her own weight. It's okay for those dolls who have replaced their new bodies.But obviously, bicycles are not used on the spacecraft, and riding a bicycle in the passage is a bit too dangerous—well, in all senses, whether it's being hit or hitting people.Those who hit the bicycle must be strong, and those who will be hit by the bicycle must be weak.Nagant Revolver who asked this question blinked and then scratched her head with some understanding. "Oh, you haven't made up your mind yet? To be honest, other places will not have the same generous treatment as ours, and the most important thing is that there is no need to worry about logistics."If she hadn't changed her current body, Renault would definitely meet the needs of the dolls for different functional modules, but after changing the body, it would not be so troublesome. Just go online to find the corresponding functional module and download it.Anyway, the capacity of the neural core is completely sufficient, and installing dozens of them is not a problem at all.Unfortunately, not many dolls choose to do this. Most of the dolls just load the module data they once had into the new neural core.Habits are terrible. Of course, maybe it's just because they are a little lazy."Logistics... Come to think of it, is the body you are using now also made by Renault himself?""Yes, but the commander disliked this type of body being too heavy, so a new biomass body was developed some time ago. A small number of dolls have already been replaced, including those you saw before, those who often swim in the sea, and Susanna who is with you.""This..." Maggie pursed her lips.A new body, a new neural core, a safe working environment, worry-free logistics support, plus strong technical strength, and a spacecraft that can go wherever it wants, even the moon..."By the way, can I ask why you didn't all change to new bodies? I saw that Susanna changed her body very quickly before."Together with the replacement of the neural core and the replacement of the new body, the total time is about one day. If the dolls on Renault's side want to change their bodies, it should be very easy.But as far as she could see, there were only about ten dolls who had replaced their new bodies, except for Susanna, and the number of dolls on Renault's ship far exceeded this number.Could it be that there were some hidden dangers in the new bodies?"Hmm? This is just to ensure combat effectiveness. The doll bodies are replaced in batches. This new body needs time to grow. When the new body is just replaced, the body is still very fragile. Susanna was hit by a flatbed truck and broke her bones on the first day."One is that it takes time to grow, and the other is that Renault is constantly adjusting the growth curve of the biomass body to speed up the growth process as much as possible without affecting the body's growth ability.Adjustment also takes time.After the bodies of the first batch of Sangvis Ferried elite dolls who replaced the biomass bodies have grown almost, you can start replacing the biomass bodies of other dolls.Of course, in addition to Hunter No. 2, Executioner No. 2, and Scarecrow No. 2, there are also Architect and Gager, as well as CAWS who have just arrived. When the next batch of dolls change their bodies, they can also serve as the family's standing combat force.After hearing what Nagant Revolver said, Maggie suddenly realized that she had thought the new body had some hidden dangers before, but it turned out to be just to ensure that the dolls on the ship would not be left unavailable due to the simultaneous replacement of their bodies.Thinking of this, Maggie really felt that there was nothing wrong with joining the company directly, and not all the dolls on Renault's ship would choose combat positions.Similar to the pastry chef G3 in Renault's house and Springfield who specializes in managing the cafe, they usually don't participate in combat matters.Perhaps after joining the company, she can ask Helian or Renault to help her find a job that doesn't require her to work hard?"Wait for me! Wait for us!"Just as she was thinking, Catherine and Susanna also came late, with a lot of handbags hanging on their bodies and the cruisers under them. Obviously, these two girls never thought of packing their luggage at ordinary times and could only cram at the last minute."I'm waiting for you two. It's too slow. If you keep this speed, you'll suffer when the spacecraft takes off urgently or accelerates in the future."Looking at Catherine and the two people who looked embarrassed, Nagant Revolver told unhappily. Originally, they were asked to find someone, but the person was found, yet they dragged their feet—not as fast as Maggie, who came later."Ah? Suffer... Maggie? Do you agree?"Nagant Revolver's words—why did they sound like she had also joined Renault's security contracting company?Catherine looked at Maggie in surprise. Didn't Maggie say she would consider it before?"No... um, no, I just feel...""No need to feel! I can guess what you're thinking as soon as I see your expression!" Nagant Revolver patted Maggie's elbow with a smile.That is to say, Nagant Revolver had already noticed that Maggie had wavered, so she informed her of the news about the biomass body. Otherwise, she would not casually tell anyone about these things.After several people boarded the gunship driven by Simonov, Nagant Revolver jumped directly into the co-pilot seat and picked up the communicator. "Helian, the mission is completed! I want to apply for a large activity room!""Well, thank you for your hard work. There is no problem with the activity room, but you need to prepare the interior decoration and furnishings yourselves.""Okay! No problem!"Listening to the conversation between Nagant Revolver and Helian, Maggie opened her mouth and then smiled helplessly. She was completely controlled by someone.But she had to admit that this week was probably the most comfortable time in her doll career.--------Chapter 960: What is the bad news?"Renault, have you considered the landing permission issue at the unloading point? The cargo in the cargo hold cannot be transported by gunships repeatedly this time."Thousands of cargo boxes—if only two gunships were used to transport them back and forth—it would take at least two or three thousand trips.Not to mention the efficiency issue, the back-and-forth trips alone are enough to give Simonov and SPAS-12 a headache."Who cares? That place is the logistics transfer center of Universal Anything. It's because they didn't make room for us to land. It has nothing to do with us not delivering the goods.""No, I mean the city's anti-aircraft firepower.""Oh, but haven't I upgraded my stealth system? Just sneak in. They can't see us anyway. After landing, can they forcibly lift our spaceship and throw it out of the city?"As long as the fact that the spaceship has landed in the city is established, then his goal will be achieved. It's just unloading. Let the people of Universal Anything deal with it. When the things are unloaded, they will take off and leave directly.As for whether the city defense army will directly use tough means to attack his spaceship? Are you kidding? Don't you see where they landed?Universal Anything's logistics transfer center.If a war breaks out here, won't Universal Anything's business stop?Many cities rely on this logistics transfer center to replenish various supplies. Besides, the defense of the spaceship is very good. Ordinary individual weapons can't even be considered scraping. They can only pull out heavy weapons.Once we talk about heavy weapons, the question goes back to what we just mentioned. Will they use heavy firepower to blow up the logistics center of Universal Anything?Don't think about it. It's impossible.Helian also thought about it along with Renault's words, and then she realized that if they followed Renault's method, they would probably become an impossible-to-get piece of meat from head to toe. They could just not fight, and they have many ways to fight. If the situation changed, they could just take off and leave....No wonder Renault had to tinker with the spacecraft twice..."Okay, have Maggie and Catherine changed their bodies?""The bodies are still growing, and they are estimated to be able to come out of the culture tank in two or three hours. They are more experienced and can help you manage the sale of materials at that time."Hearing this, Helian was relieved. It's good to have someone to help. She had been in Griffin for a long time before and usually handled most matters with a tough attitude. This wouldn't be a problem within Griffin's security contractor. After all, it was military management.But when it comes to business sales, it's a bit reluctant. She also thinks that if she had a better attitude before, the buyer who negotiated with them wouldn't have left so resolutely."Don't worry too much. After this deal is done, our funds will be able to support us for a while. Just take your time with sales."Renault was not in a hurry at all. After all, even if the crops in the vertical farm on the spacecraft did not have the effect of suppressing collapse radiation, they had an unmatched advantage over the crops in other vertical farms.That is, the growth rate is very fast!After all, the area of the vertical farm on the spacecraft was not too large, with an equivalent area of only seven or eight acres.Such a small space can supply a bunch of dolls at home while accumulating a large amount of unconsumable inventory. When a larger vertical farm is set up in the new ship, the output may be even higher.Just as Renault's spacecraft quietly passed several air defense zones and flew straight toward the Global Logistics Center, a certain Griffin commander was encountering some minor troubles at the moment..."This signal category... isn't it? Isn't this the identification signal of Sangvis Ferri? Why are they here?"Since the last military encirclement and suppression, the word "Sangvis Ferri" seems to have completely disappeared from Gentiane's life.But she never thought she would see them again one day, and in such a dangerous situation."Maybe it's just a coincidence? After all, when the military encircled and suppressed, The Mastermind also ran away because of the intervention of Boss Renault. I just don't know where they ran to." M16 shrugged and told this.But having said that, M16 still has some guesses about the whereabouts of Sangvis Ferri. After all, the action mode of Sangvis Ferri is not difficult to guess. If she guessed correctly, those Sangvis Ferri should have returned to the original Sangvis Ferri control area.There are a large number of Sangvis Ferri factories in those places. If they want to regain their strength, they cannot do without those infrastructures.Although most of those facilities have been destroyed by the military, The Mastermind is not an ordinary doll that can't do anything without a factory.It is the Mainframe that can coordinate and activate an entire Sangvis Ferri Factory. Relying on the remaining factory facilities, it is not difficult for The Mastermind to rebuild the entire Sangvis Ferri General Factory.In addition, the Sangvis Ferri control area has always been located in the polluted area because of the collapse particle cloud. Even if the military is willing to clean it up thoroughly, it is definitely powerless.The threat faced by the military is not only Sangvis Ferri. For some Sangvis Ferri dolls that are no longer a threat in their eyes, it is very unprofitable to transfer the military's army to the polluted area.And the problem of logistics supply can completely drag them down.If it were so easy to occupy the polluted area, there wouldn't be so many polluted areas in the world, and those human cities wouldn't become amusement parks for the infected one after another."No, it shouldn't be a coincidence. There must be something in this city..." Gentiane frowned. She remembered that Havier had mentioned that the Ogas system used by Sangvis Ferri was originally born from the relic technology.If the Sangvis Ferri Mastermind is still pursuing something, she thinks the relic technology itself is more suspicious than the industrial resources that can be seen everywhere in some polluted areas.M16 shrugged and could only doubt it. After all, she herself did not come into contact with any key information. Persica was not very interested in the relic technology recently, but maybe it was just because M4 and RO were both busy recently?Well, no, Persica was still very interested in these things. After all, as soon as she came here, she called M4 back from Gentiane to check.I don't know what the current situation of M4 is. Although there is a SOP2Jr. to charge M4, which temporarily solves the energy problem, this is not a long-term solution after all. M4 can't be connected to the SOP2Jr. with a power cord every day.In that case, not only will it be inconvenient to perform the mission, but if the power cord is damaged during the operation, M4 may even crash directly in the battlefield environment.The risk is too great."Hello? Gentiane, don't worry about the Sangvis Ferri signal source for the time being. They are just a few ordinary scouts. Although they may be Sangvis Ferri's spies, there is no need to worry about a large number of them appearing for the time being."Just as Gentiane was pondering, Angelia operating in the outer city also called and informed the true identity of the Sangvis Ferri signal source.Unfortunately, this piece of news not only failed to eliminate Gentiane's concerns but made her bad premonition even more intense.Just sending a few ordinary scouts to investigate? This way of action is completely different from Sangvis Ferri's previous behavior. When did Sangvis Ferri start doing things so cautiously?"Well, I hope so.""Okay, even if Sangvis Ferri really appears, I'm afraid it won't have any impact on your mission this time. They should not be involved in the upcoming meeting. I don't think they'll be involved in attacking important people. They have always been straightforward and pushed down anything that gets in the way."Those politicians have nothing to do with Sangvis Ferri at all."Apart from Sangvis Ferri, are there any new discoveries? Those guys from Paradeus are so well hidden. I've seen Nyto on the street several times before, but they all ran away." Gentiane asked with a headache.Nyto, it's Nyto's existence that gives her the most headache!Every time she feels that everything is fine, she jumps out to show her presence, but when she wants to track her, she disappears completely in the crowd like a fish returning to the sea.And these Nyto can even interfere with the perception system of dolls, and even AN94 has been affected.Angelia's elite dolls are like this, and her dolls are even worse. RO is still okay, but the other dolls are played with by Nyto almost every now and then.This feeling of being led around by the nose makes Gentiane so depressed that she almost wants to vomit blood! It's so annoying!What's the point of running around? Are all the guys in Paradeus such bastards who dare not face them head-on?Gentiane wants to gather all her dolls back to avoid being played by Paradeus again, but the current situation does not allow her to do so. K is watching and comes to urge her every now and then!But she can't argue with this man! The bastard who doesn't even want to give more support!Knock, knock, search! When something really happens, that man must kneel down and beg her!In her mind, she was planning how to deal with the arrogant K, and her hands kept moving, constantly issuing various orders to the dolls on the command terminal.Although she was often confused by Nyto, she did not gain nothing. She and Angelia worked together to find some of Paradeus' hidden forces in the city.It's just that the number is not large. Sometimes it is a team of Paradeus shooters, and sometimes it is a few Rodeleros that have not yet started.These Paradeus combat units are scattered in various locations in the city, more or less.Although the number found each time is not large, if added up, it is already a very large number.If combat units of this level are really organized and attack the city's defense forces from within, then the city defense forces will definitely suffer heavy losses, even if they are not completely defeated.If we also consider the news that Paradeus may have instigated a considerable part of the city defense forces to rebel... it is almost equivalent to the city being broken.Neither Gentiane nor Angelia could help the city defense army, so they could only start with the important facilities in the city, the purification tower and the quarantine wall.Around these key facilities, they did find a lot of Paradeus combat units and eliminated some hidden dangers.But in fact, the more Paradeus they found, the more uneasy Gentiane felt, because so far, they have not found a heavy armored unit from Paradeus.Whether it is an armored vehicle or a large mecha, the scale of Paradeus' operation this time is so large that there is no reason for them to hide those weapons."What a headache! Why don't we have a spaceship like Renault! If we had a spaceship, we could just drive the ship to crash into it! I wouldn't even need the ship's guns! They'd all be crushed into cakes!" Gentiane shouted in a state of collapse, pulling her hair."Don't even think about the spacecraft. It's not something we can control if you don't want to be regarded as a thorn in the eyes of the whole world.""Persica! You finally came out! How is the situation with M4?" Hearing this voice, Gentiane turned her head with some surprise, hoping to hear some good news from Persica.With heavy dark circles under her eyes, Persica held a cup full of sugar stains in her hand and poured the "sugar water" from the cup into her mouth expressionlessly."Fortunately, there is good news and bad news. Which one do you want to hear first?""Of course, the good news!" Gentiane urgently needs good news to dispel her boredom!"The good news is that the previous issue with M4 has been resolved. Under normal circumstances, she will no longer suddenly shut down due to energy loss." Smacking her lips, Persica immediately drank the remaining sugar water in the cup in one gulp, and glanced at M16 next to her.M16 was not as optimistic as Gentiane. She was more concerned about what the bad news was that Persica was talking about.What Persica called bad news must not be a trivial matter!"What's the bad news?" M16 frowned and asked without waiting for Gentiane to ask."The bad news is that there is a tenant in M4's neural cloud, occupying the core computing power of M4's neural cloud."Hearing this, Gentiane's originally happy expression suddenly froze. "What does this mean? What is a tenant? Can there be two mental models in the neural core?""Smart, that's what I mean! But there is no danger yet, and nothing can be seen in the laboratory. Just be more careful when you act later." Persica raised her eyebrows and nodded in agreement.Hearing this, both M16 and Gentiane were a little dumbfounded. Although they had guessed that the bad news must be serious, they didn't expect it to be so serious!There is an extra mind in the neural core... and it's of unknown origin! It's like a split personality! If this problem is not serious, then what else is serious!?