I'm living off a woman in Arknights.

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Because her health had improved somewhat, she sat up and looked at Shi Huaiyi and Er Ya, saying, "The truth is, as long as I don't pay attention, the so-called fatigue doesn't exist. Only when I feel I should be tired will my body simulate that scenario—"

Shi Huaiya, unable to bear it any longer, pinched Yun Yi's mouth shut, preventing him from continuing.

She maintained that posture, leaned closer, and sneered, "Fine, we'll talk about whether you're tired or not later, but for now you can only listen to me."

Unable to break free due to insufficient strength, Yun Yi narrowed his eyes, revealing a puzzled expression:

why?

“No time.” Swire picked Yunyi up from the ground and walked back to the control panel.

Although it's called a control console, it's actually just the place where the sci-fi membrane is generated, and it's also the place where the entire driving space is most closely connected to the mecha.

There is no platform here, nor anything used to control the mechs.

Swire carefully placed Yunyi, the true and only core of the mecha control, here, allowing her body to stand firmly against her.

The previously blocked view of the outside world was then revealed again.

Swire spotted the horned woman slowly pacing past a cage in the slightly brighter attic, seemingly inspecting it.

Swire released her hand from pinching his cheek and pointed at the woman, saying to Yun Yi, "She is the apparent person in charge of this hotel, and the actual controller of the underground boxing ring."

"This guy really realized something and came over immediately." Swire revealed a hint of anxiety, but quickly suppressed it and calmly stated the conclusion.

"Isn't this perfect? ​​We can take it all along; she must have a lot of information." Yun Yi, finally able to speak, couldn't wait to offer his opinion.

"On the contrary, the other party may be completely unaware of anything while equipping themselves with multiple detectors, locators, cameras, and eavesdropping devices, and there is a certain probability that they are carrying large-scale weapons."

Swire looked at the horned woman with a serious expression and said, "Once, she carried an Originium bomb and blew the enemy leader who had captured her and his base to pieces."

"Sounds like suicide squads." Yun Yi leaned against Shi Huaiya, his expression turning somewhat sullen. "Isn't she the person in charge here?"

“Just some special Originium Arts.” Swire lowered her eyes and met Yun Yi’s gaze, a glint of light in her eyes: “It can secretly control ‘living carriers’ and ‘mobile killing devices’, or it can seal off its own brain to avoid certain physical harm… We don’t have enough information to determine which one it is, or whether the person who came is the real person, or whether the purpose is to investigate the intruder or simply to destroy the intruder.”

Swire spoke at length, then briefly concluded: "Ignore this hedgehog. While she's still fishing, take the victims away first."

"Then you can think of using '0泣」亻尔彡溜斯揪/漆〤傘四〤〒-4' to destroy the hotel and the boxing ring, and then we'll go back to the coffee shop."

"And then what?" Upon hearing Swire's words, Yun Yi had a bad feeling: "Aren't you going to ignore the other operations?"

Swire's lips curled into a slightly sarcastic smile, her eyes unfriendly as she said, "You should mind your own business first!"

"I really think I'm completely fine..." Yun Yi was glared at by her and didn't dare to say it directly, so he could only mutter to himself in a low voice, unwilling to accept it.

But Shi Huaiya tilted his head slightly and still heard Yun Yi's soft voice.

She couldn't help but raise her eyebrows, as if she wanted to say something.

In the end, however, he let Yun Yi off the hook because he was feeling unwell, and patiently explained, "This operation was basically a failure because it didn't end before the other side could react."

“The victims and resources in other places have most likely already begun to move. The fact that we can still take the victims here is purely due to their habit of using themselves as bait.”

“Gangs are not isolated islands; they all have their own channels. Regardless of whether we, as intruders, continue, all relevant gangs will be placed under martial law and relocated.”

"Especially those gangs that are already feeling guilty, believing that they can't get the Rat King's protection and that they'll have to take the blame if something really happens."

“We could have obtained the intelligence from this person in charge, but she is now prepared and will no longer give us the opportunity to get intelligence from her.”

As Yun Yi listened, she gradually understood the situation. She said dejectedly, "Our targets are all gangs that can't get protection."

They can't get the transfer information now either.

Therefore, the operation failed as soon as it began—if Swire insisted on not letting her take the potion, she would not be able to keep up with the speed at which these gangs moved by relying solely on her own recovery.

"Don't think too much about it. It's not like we can only do this once." Swire turned her head away, not wanting to see the once spirited person looking so dejected.

To put it bluntly, the root cause of things turning out this way is her poor command.

Shi Huaiya felt deeply ashamed and somewhat disappointed by his own inadequacy.

Yun Yi failed to notice the barely perceptible shame in Shi Huaiya's eyes.

She understood from Swire's analysis that things were hopeless, so without thinking too much, she immediately put aside her resentment and decisively lay down: "Then there's nothing we can do. Maybe next time."

With a wave of her hand, she sucked all the victims in the attic, along with their cages, into the cockpit. She relaxed and lay down on the ground, leaving the rest to the mecha's autopilot program.

This thing isn't good at performing complex operations, but it can easily control the mech to avoid pedestrians and fly to a designated location.

The Nirvana then passed the horned woman without any crew.

She stared with a gloomy expression at the attic where the goods, along with the cages, had suddenly vanished completely. In front of her, a large explosive charge, almost as tall as a person, suddenly appeared.

Yunyi and Swire's attention was focused on each other at that moment, and only the program piloting the Nirvana could see this scene.

But lacking any cognitive ability, it simply bypassed the extra things and followed the guidance of the Star Track (I) Spirit Flag VIII 罒 Abandon Private (V) 6 Engravings, heading towards the coffee shop.

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Volume Two: Fireworks at Longmen - Chapter Thirty: What's the point of arguing about this? Let's give it to the Nirvana! (O_o)

Inside the driver's compartment.

After completing the last task, Yunyi left the return trip to the autopilot program and was too lazy to blow up the hotel boxing ring anymore—he'd leave that for his next mission!

With this thought in mind, Yun Yi stopped pretending and relaxed completely after shedding the pretense on both of them.

Her body immediately slid down to the floor, pressed against Swire, but Swire reacted quickly and squatted down to catch her.

Yun Yi subconsciously looked up and saw Shi Huaiya's delicate chin and her long, ginger-yellow curly hair, which swayed slightly with the violent movement, supporting her body contours.

Swire lowered her head and met Yun Yi's gaze again, her pale blue eyes brimming with turbulent emotions. She complained irritably, "Do you want to hurt yourself more? You didn't even tell me you were out of strength?"

"I just wanted to lie down on the ground..." Yun Yi chuckled awkwardly, "You see, you don't often see scenes like this in movies—characters just lie down on the spot because they're feeling down, looking at the sky and lamenting about life..."

As he spoke, Yun Yi became increasingly guilty.

Under Swire's now calm gaze, she shrank back, stopped the conversation, and asked, "What do we do next? Are we just going to leave those people on the other side of the cockpit like that?"

"Just dump the old man at the entrance of the Guard Bureau. As for the other victims, take care of them for now," Swire said calmly. "Those whose identities can be confirmed can be sent back if they want to, and those who don't can be placed in a similar place."

“I’ll investigate those whose identities are uncertain. If I can find them and they’re willing, I’ll send them back. If I can’t find them, I’ll keep them for now. When we’re together with the people rescued in the next operation, we’ll send them all to Victoria. I’ll arrange suitable identities and jobs for them.” As she spoke, Shi Huaiya raised her eyes, no longer looking at Yun Yi, and stared straight ahead calmly, saying, “In short, leave it all to me.”

That's really reliable!

Yun Yi couldn't help but sigh, then she noticed the key point and exclaimed in surprise, "Oh right, you just said it wouldn't be just this once, we'll have a next time!"

He had previously said he'd just go along with her nonsense this once, but when Yunyi's incompetence led to the mission's failure, he was willing to break his word and say he'd do it again...

Shi Huai-ya, where did this incredibly kind person come from!

Yun Yi was deeply moved. She looked up at Shi Huaiya, who was looking straight ahead, and promised, "You're such a good person. Don't worry, I'll be fully prepared for the next mission and won't hold you back!"

Swire glanced down at her, and after confirming that she wasn't being sarcastic, he fell silent for a moment.

She gave a rather complicated look and said, "You...you don't actually think this operation failed because of you, do you?"

"Otherwise?" Yun Yi tilted his head and recalled the whole process again: "Under your command and with the help of my skills, we successfully infiltrated, successfully found the target, successfully captured the suspect, successfully took the victim away, and successfully infiltrated out."

As he spoke, Yun Yi smiled and thought back on it. It was quite interesting to sneak into the bad guys' stronghold, capture the bad guys to use as his intelligence sources, and rescue the victims.

It's just a pity:

"I was immediately killed by the speeding Nirvana because of my poor physical condition, which caused us to miss the opportunity and the operation failed—" Yun Yi drew out his words and then sped up his speech to finish the next sentence: "There were only two of us involved in this operation. If this is not my problem, whose problem is it? Do you think it is the person who has always been right in command?"

"That's nonsense." Yun Yi chuckled and assured, "Don't worry, I'm not the kind of person who shifts all the blame, especially my own, onto my teammates. If it's mine, I'll admit it."

"..." Shi Huaiya opened her mouth, but didn't know how to reply to Yun Yi. However, she definitely couldn't say nothing.

The problem was that she didn't understand the situation properly and gave orders that were impossible to carry out!

“I…” Swire tried to explain, but found that her mouth was as if it were glued shut, and she could not utter a second syllable no matter what she did.

"..." She opened her mouth several times, but finally fell silent.

What's wrong with me?

Swire was puzzled, but then she found the answer herself: She was timid.

Being afraid of the shame and responsibility that comes with being honest.

She was afraid that someone else had already taken away the defeat, but she still had to rush forward and take back this result that she didn't like.

She was timid because Yun Yi was far more carefree than her, and wondered if there was any need to explain further—this was a kind of escapist mentality.

A look of surprise and disappointment flashed across Swire's eyes at her own terrible mindset, but then a fierce determination quickly ignited within her.

It's just one of so many failures. She'll only do better next time. What's so hard about that?

Of course, it has to be said.

With this resolve, Swire stared at Yunyi, who was looking up at her. After taking three deep breaths, she overcame her instinct to run away and forced herself to utter more than two syllables:

“Yun Yi…” Good! You said it! Swire’s heart jolted, and with her eyes closed, she mustered her courage and said in one breath, “This time it was my fault for giving poor command. I shouldn’t have let you push the limits of speed without understanding the burden of piloting a mecha! I’m sorry!”

Oh no! Why didn't I accidentally say "I'm sorry" too?

Oh well, I've already said it.

Shi Huaiya opened her eyes, her gaze resolute, intending to launch into a full-on self-criticism, but Yun Yi's barely suppressed laughter swallowed her back down.

She couldn't help but squint: "What I said is funny?"

If you dare say something funny, you're dead meat!

Swire's eyes were so threatening.

"No, what you said is very good, very good!" Although Yun Yi was so captivated by Swire's expression that he didn't quite hear what she said, he still gave her a thumbs up and rambled on, praising her haphazardly: "Your words are full of wisdom from every angle. The more I think about them, the more exquisite and profound they become. Every word is a gem, pointing straight to the essence and making people suddenly enlightened!"

"...You bastard! You weren't even listening to me!" Swire's anger surged.

She grabbed Yun Yi's head from above, fixing their gazes on each other. Her thick, furry tiger tail thumped against the floor excitedly. "I said! I'm sorry! It's my fault! I didn't understand the load a mecha pilot has to withstand before I let you go at its maximum speed!"

"Ah, it's okay..." Yun Yi replied seriously, trying his best not to look at Swire's ears, which were trembling with excitement.

Tiger ears look so fun and nice to touch, but, ε=(?ο｀*))) sigh, you can't touch them.

"Huh?" Swire withdrew her hand awkwardly, nervously coiled her tiger tail, and flicked the tip of her tail, saying, "Why, why are you reacting like this? I almost caused your death!"

Although Yun Yi was indeed fine, exceeding the limits and extreme suffocation could indeed be fatal.

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Volume Two: Fireworks at Longmen - Chapter Thirty-One: The Cat's Self-Cultivation (So Cute!)

"Huh? Ah, that..." Yun Yi was immediately drenched in sweat. She could no longer care about those tempting ears. She raised her hand to cover her face with one hand and said in a daze, "Well, actually I'm fine... I was just exaggerating a little bit when I said I was about to have 'gag'."

Yunyi used his other hand to make the classic pinching gesture of the fingertip universe.

"You're completely fine?" Swire's eyes flashed a reproachful look, as if to say, "You think you're implying I'm fine?!" She retorted, "You call that almost collapsing look 'completely fine'?!"

"Haha," Yun Yi laughed awkwardly, while calling up the system panel to send all the notifications from the previous period to Swire's subsystem, and explained guiltily, "It's really nothing, I didn't lose any stamina, the system would have notified me if I lost any."

"This stamina value is my current life state. When it's depleted, I'll fall into a coma, which is equivalent to death for a normal person. After I fall into a coma, I just need to wait for my stamina value to recover before I wake up." Yun Yi said with a smug smile, "That's also the fundamental reason why I said I can't die completely—I can only fall into a coma."

While it would be troublesome to expose one's immortality when one's strength is insufficient, it also proves that it is truly a valuable asset.

Therefore, although Yun Yi disliked the troubles that restricted her, she had no objection to the immortality that would give her endless time and countless opportunities to try and fail; on the contrary, she liked it very much.

I'm once again impressed by the high quality of the carefully selected newbie gifts from the system; they're truly exceptional.

Shi Huaiya couldn't hear Yun Yi's inner thoughts, but she could see the undisguised smugness on Yun Yi's face.

She ignored the smile that seemed a bit annoying to her and focused on reading the information Yun Yi had sent her.

As Yunyi said, after she received the notification that Swire's death was imminent, the system did not provide any information regarding stamina.

In other words, no matter how much Yun Yi reacted before, she was actually unharmed.

"..." Swire fell silent. What was the point of her previous guilt?

Guilt made Yun Yi experience a limited-edition, non-dangerous feeling of suffocation, leaving him dizzy and disoriented.

Who wouldn't want to experience this once when performing a dangerous mission?