"Hehehe, you foolish Anis. You've only just realized, but it's far too late!"
Although Mo Wang hadn't quite figured out what was wrong with Anis, he still went along with his good buddy's act.
"Anis, there's only one path left for you. Obediently become my plaything. Serve me well, and I'll make sure you have all the snacks and soda you could ever want, and you won't even have to work."
"For realsies? Commander-sama~! I can really get all the snacks and drinks I want just by being your plaything?"
"Guaranteed. And I'll get you all the designer bags and clothes you want. How about it? Make a contract with me, young lady." At this moment, Mo Wang's smile was on par with Kyubey's.
"Commander, I'm not that kind of easy woman." Anis looked at Mo Wang with a serious expression. "I just wanted to ask, what position do you prefer? I can role-play as a maid or a rich young lady for you. As for SM and the like, I might need a little more time..." As she spoke, Anis's grip on Mo Wang's leg tightened.
"Anis! Calm down!"
Rapi couldn't watch anymore. Her teammate was lowering the bar for all Nikkes.
Couldn't she see that Marian, on the side, had already completely short-circuited?
"But, Rapi, the Commander is offering room and board, plus designer bags! This is a long-term meal ticket! If we miss this chance, it's gone forever!"
In truth, although Anis was acting, at least half of it was genuine.
From Mo Wang's attitude towards them, Anis could already tell.
The Mo Wang before her genuinely saw them as living individuals, not as tools.
In fact, despite the large number of Nikkes in the Ark, many of whom held important positions, in the eyes of most commanders, their status was perhaps even lower than that of the Raptures.
At best, they were considered weapons, or slaves.
With a status like that, being a plaything for someone like Mo Wang was better than the constant uncertainty of dying any day now, right?
Of course, Anis would never actually choose that path.
If she really wanted to be a plaything, she wouldn't have chosen to become a Nikke in the first place.
"Alright, Miss Anis, please let go of the Commander. We should prioritize the mission right now."
In the end, it was Marian who stepped in and pried Anis off of Mo Wang's leg.
"But I was being serious," Anis muttered, feeling her long-term meal ticket slipping away.
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On the barren battlefield, Raptures roamed aimlessly like headless flies. The surroundings were a wasteland of ruins, former buildings reduced to ash, the air thick with the smell of gunpowder and the chill of metal.
Their movements were mechanical and monotonous, as if they were merely carrying out their instinctual patrol routes, completely unaware of the approaching danger.
Suddenly, a CRACKLE! pierced the silence. A strange object fell from the sky, crashing heavily into the center of the Rapture swarm.
The Raptures gathered around it in confusion, trying to analyze the sudden object. However, the next moment, the object abruptly exploded, releasing a powerful electromagnetic pulse.
An electric current spread through the air like lightning, instantly disrupting the Raptures' sensors.
Immediately after, a dull roar came from the distance, and a storm of bullets and shells descended upon them. The Raptures' reactions were sluggish, and they had no time to respond.
Thousands of metal bodies were instantly torn apart, reduced to fragments. Under the impact of the artillery, their tough outer armor seemed as fragile as paper, offering no resistance.
The smaller Raptures had no chance of survival, instantly crushed by the overwhelming firepower. Even the larger Raptures could not escape their fate, their heavy armor rendered useless in the face of the dense barrage.
The battlefield was a scene of chaos, dust flying everywhere, the screech of metal and the roar of explosions intertwined. In the blink of an eye, nearly a third of the massive Rapture force had been eliminated.
"Such amazing firepower! Is this the power of the new equipment?!"
Anis watched the explosions in the distance, completely hyped!
At the same time, even Marian and Rapi felt an unprecedented sense of exhilaration from this extraordinary firepower.
Before, this kind of firepower advantage had mostly been on the side of the Raptures. Nikkes could only hide as much as possible, relying on the commander's tactics to eliminate them piece by piece.
Now, they could actually stand here and fight back with absolute firepower superiority.
The Raptures in the distance didn't even have time to react to their suppressing fire. For the Nikkes, was there anything more satisfying than this?
And Mo Wang was not surprised by this situation at all.
After all, this pile of weapons was a hodgepodge version he had created by referencing weapons from Honkai Impact 3rd and Star Rail.
These things could even be used to fight aliens without any pressure.
Dealing with these small-fry Raptures was simply a joy.
It proved that hack-and-slash games like Dynasty Warriors still had a huge market.
"Commander, Commander! Although your weapons are strong, they're still too slow. Do you have anything stronger and simpler?" Anis asked Mo Wang.
"I do, my friend, I do."
"Oh? What is it? A cruise missile?" Anis looked at Mo Wang with anticipation.
"A cruise missile? Isn't that a waste to use in a place like this? I have a simpler method."
Under Anis's curious gaze, Mo Wang directly threw a pile of C4 and a bunch of drones at her.
"Um... what is this?" Anis asked, looking at Mo Wang with a strange expression.
"It's simple: a drone plus a pack of C4. The Russians use it and say it works great!"
Mo Wang gave Anis a big thumbs-up.
"You call this new equipment? It's too crude," Anis said, looking at Mo Wang strangely. Shouldn't he have pulled out some kind of black-tech weapon?
"Don't be ridiculous. In a situation like this, this stuff is much more useful than a missile. A few dozen drones are enough to blow these Raptures to smithereens."
Mo Wang complained that this girl just didn't know good stuff when she saw it.
The Russians had already tested it. This thing was much more cost-effective than a missile.
Cheap, fast, wide range! And it didn't even need precise targeting.
Both in reality and in games, it had been proven that drones were just plain useful.
"Commander! We have a situation! The target we located has started moving!"
Just then, Rapi suddenly shouted at Mo Wang.
"Hmm? It's moving?"
"Yes, it seems... it's heading straight for us!"
Just then, a giant Rapture, several sizes larger than the large ones, appeared before them.
"As expected. The Tyrant-class Rapture has appeared."
Looking at the familiar figure, Mo Wang couldn't help but instinctively lick his lips.