When Mo Wang crawled out of the smoking cockpit, the tactical visor on his face was frantically displaying error reports.
He took off the deformed headset. The gold-stamped "Ark Aviation Special Supply" on the metal casing was peeling and curling.
"This piece of crap is even more ridiculous than Meituan!" he kicked open the jammed emergency hatch. "They promised a three-hour aerial cruise, but the actual experience was landing in half an hour. Anyone who didn't know better would think I was playing PUBG!"
An electronic prompt suddenly sounded from the wreckage pile. A scorched voice box was still stubbornly working: [Warning! Warning! Under attack. Please proceed to the rendezvous point immediately.]
"Tsk, the plane has disintegrated, but your damn broadcast is still working, huh? Did you guys learn from S.H.I.E.L.D., where the only thing working on the car is the air conditioner?"
Mo Wang grumbled as he got off the plane.
Looking at the ruins all around, he had a "confused black man" expression on his face.
Where the hell did he end up? Was this still the front lines?
"This is bad. I didn't expect to have to deal with something as stupid as getting lost."
Although Mo Wang had already prepared himself for the Boss's curse and a plane crash, he really hadn't expected to get lost.
After all, Nikke was different from other games. Most places in this godforsaken world didn't have maps.
Because the satellites in the sky had been gone for hundreds of years.
The existing maps were all drawn by the Nikkes who went out to explore.
"This is ridiculous. Can you really start the game like this?"
Mo Wang grumbled as he looked back at the helicopter.
"Whatever. Let's see if there's anything useful."
Although he was very disgusted with this transport plane that had disintegrated after one crash, Mo Wang still went back in to see if there was anything else he could use.
In the end, after rummaging through the entire plane, he only found this pile of things:
One broken water bottle.
Half a leftover chocolate bar. (The kind not made with real chocolate.)
Half a Nikke's remains. (Mo Wang had taken the brain, it wasn't completely dead yet.)
One steel pipe that wasn't bent.
"This is ridiculous. The only useful thing here is a steel pipe? What, am I supposed to change my class from Baseballer Man to Steel Pipe Man?"
Mo Wang looked at the steel pipe in his hand. If he wasn't mistaken, this damn thing wasn't even a military-grade product.
"Are they afraid I won't die a thorough enough death or something?"
Mo Wang grumbled as he put the things he had managed to find into his backpack.
What could he do? He was lost now, so he had to start a wilderness survival.
It was a good thing it was him. If it had been anyone else, they would have already gone to accompany the Boss.
BZZZ~ BZZZ!
Just then, a strange mechanical object seemed to have noticed Mo Wang's presence.
It flashed a red light and flew towards Mo Wang at an extremely fast speed.
"Trying to sneak attack me? I'll show you!" However, a small fry like this was naturally no match for Mo Wang.
Mo Wang directly swung the steel pipe in his hand. With a smack, this small Rapture was shattered into pieces by Mo Wang.
However, at the same time, the steel pipe in Mo Wang's hand also met its end.
"No way... just one hit? It was a one-time use weapon?"
Mo Wang looked at the bent steel pipe in his hand. Great, the only useful thing was now gone.
"So unlucky. Speaking of which, so this is a Rapture? To be honest, I've been in this world for so long, and this is the first time I've seen one alive."
Mo Wang said as he walked over to the freshly deceased Rapture and began to study it without any hesitation.
Purely mechanical construction, without any other objects mixed in.
It looked just like a robot.
The kind of robot made from scrap metal that you could find on the side of the road.
And this was the most basic combat Rapture in this world.
At this point, Mo Wang really wanted to complain.
Speaking of which, the worldview presented by the Raptures so far was probably just the same old AI crisis cliché.
His neighbors in Azur Lane, Girls' Frontline, and even Nier had already played this card.
It wasn't a very original setting.
However, the ridiculous thing was that the Raptures in Nikke seemed to be evolving a little too fast.
The way they infected Nikkes was also strange.
Originally, this thing could only paralyze Nikkes.
But thanks to a certain human traitor-dog, this thing directly evolved into something that could infect Nikkes and turn them into Heretics.
From what was shown in the story so far, it was more like an energy infection or a memetic infection.
You think it's a virus? In reality, it's the whispers of an old god.
The way it manifested, you could even believe it was Honkai energy.
What happens to a Nikke infected by the corruption?
First, low-level Nikkes would directly go rampant and turn into Raptures.
High-level Nikkes would get a second personality.
And their strength would skyrocket, and they could even self-heal with nanobots.
Hey, just listen to that effect. If you put it in Honkai, isn't it pretty much the same?
Of course, the ridiculousness didn't stop there. These things could even replenish their own energy, making them a disaster among disasters.
Even though the Ark had a ton of black technology, they still couldn't deal with these robots.
If it weren't for the fact that these robots couldn't break into the Ark for the time being, it would really be a Matrix-like plot.
Of course, Mo Wang himself felt that besides not wanting to fight, the main reason humanity couldn't win was because the Ark wasn't like the people in those other games.
This game was all about "the older, the stronger."
The Pilgrims from hundreds of years ago could now practically crush the so-called strongest hero among the Nikkes.
Not to mention the monsters from the Goddess Squad and the second generation of Fairytale.
"So, what exactly is this corruption? Is it really like the Herrscher of Corruption in Honkai, capable of memetic infection?"
Mo Wang was engrossed in studying the Rapture's remains, completely unaware that Raptures with glowing red eyes were slowly approaching him.
"Hmm? What's that noise?"
It wasn't until a bomb exploded next to him that Mo Wang realized he was surrounded by Raptures.
"Tsk, what bad timing. Can't you see I'm still doing research?" Mo Wang's face showed an expression of impatience as he looked at the Raptures surrounding him.
"But this is perfect. One Rapture isn't enough for my research. I can also catch one for a live experiment."
Looking at the Raptures before him, Mo Wang felt no fear. Instead, he showed a smile like a mad scientist from a movie.
BANG!
Just then, a bullet from an unknown source cleared out all the Raptures in front of Mo Wang.
"Hmm?"
Mo Wang turned his head curiously. A beautiful girl with a bust size of at least an E-cup and a voluptuous figure jumped out from the side and took care of the surrounding Raptures with a few shots.
And after dealing with the Raptures, the girl looked back at Mo Wang.
She breathed a sigh of relief after confirming that he was okay.
"Commander, are you alright? Are you injured anywhere?"
Hearing her sweet voice, Mo Wang finally came back to his senses.
He couldn't help but blurt out, "Holy crap, a passing heroine?!"