Arknights: Iron-Blooded Savior

"Team leader, apply for a break..."

At this time, the team was about halfway up the mountain, and it was the middle of the day, the extreme realm was already covered in sweat, and his tone was obviously thicker than before:

"The higher it goes, the hotter it gets, and even the noon sun feels closer, everyone is tired, and they also need to replenish their water and lower their body temperature, otherwise something is likely to happen."

Ayafara actually has a long time for everyone to rest on the spot, but just now has not found a suitable and safe place to rest, but now this area is just right.

The rock walls here are solid, there are no boulders that can fall at any time, the terrain is very flat, the view is excellent, and you can even see Scout's convoy with a high-powered telescope that has not completely gone far.

Ayafara had an intuition that if he missed this place, he would go straight up, and there would be no place to rest like this.

"Hmm... Everyone has worked hard, stay and rest, there are antipyretic stickers and cooling sprays in the backpack, but don't use too much at once, and at the same time replenish water in time.

So, Ayafara immediately beckoned everyone to find a place to sit, and Lena, the first to be so hot that she was about to stick out her tongue, immediately took out a cooling spray and insulated a large area around it.

Although it can only last for a few minutes, this time is enough time for everyone to drop their body temperature to a safe level first.

As a result, everyone's physical exertion was even more severe than expected, and when Extreme Realm really half lay on the ground to rest, he found that his bones seemed to be a little softened by the heat, and he couldn't get up at all.

"Alas... It still feels like I've been exercising outdoors less lately... At that time, I have to apply for a few more trips to the field with this ship, and I feel that my body and bones have been a little rusty after not moving for a long time.

Even the large cardboard box, the most athletic man in the Rhode Island team, rested the shield he was carrying at his hand, panting roughly, while saying with some shame to himself.

I can't blame him, although even by the physical standards of a man with rich hooves, the large cardboard box is also superior.

But counting the weight and the previous shield to erect a defensive line to block the Hidden Rock Fang Beast and some broken stones, his physical exertion is the largest in the team, and it is already valuable to be able to just gasp and hold on.

"Hmm... Let's all rest well, make sure you have no problem before you go..." And

Ayafara was very concerned to let everyone continue to rest first, but he was still next to the source stone energy detector that was turned on, and his eyes were meticulously continuing to work.

“...... Did you find anything? Ayafara? Rankopel

naturally had nothing to rest, and he slowly approached Ayafara's side and inquired about her.

"Hmm... Mr. Rankopel ... There may be some plants around here with source stone energy reactions... If I can get a sample, I should be able to analyze the current situation of the volcano at a deeper level..."

Ayafara answered herself while observing the source stone energy location on the screen.

"Little things, I'll go pick some now and come back, anyway, everyone is resting, I won't be too far from here, I'll be back soon... Well? What's wrong? Ayafara? At

the end, Ikeppel found that Ayafara rubbed his eyes several times, and his movements were very sluggish.

"Hmm... Not...... It's okay...... Mr. Rankopel..."

Ayaphala shook her head slightly, but said in a visibly tired tone:

"I just... A little sleepy... Maybe I didn't sleep well last night..." Before

Rankopel could say anything, the large cardboard box and stapler on the side had already stood up and came to her side, and said in a serious tone:

"Then you can take a good nap, leader, if you don't get enough sleep, it's easy to get into trouble, the two of us have almost recovered, so let's keep an eye on the situation nearby."

Rankopel also patted Ayafara on the shoulder and said:

"Yes, I have always cared about the team members, but my body collapsed but it was a joke, rest well, I asked Weiss to also come to watch, the sample will arrive soon."

......

After persuading Ayafara to take a break, Rankopel contacted Weiss to put him in charge of part of the guard.

And he took the anti-interference light analysis camera that Ayafara gave him last time and went to this neighborhood to look for traces of source stone energy plants.

Unexpectedly, this search trip did not take long, but it was less than 100 meters forward, over several magma fracture areas, and found his target.

Volcanoes are windows to the center of the earth, one of nature's most explosive forces, but life can also find its way here, as Rankopel demonstrated.

A flower blooms like a freestanding flower in a volcanic crevice... Golden flowers.

“...... It is the source stone flower. Rankopel

walked forward slowly, gently plucking it, the petals swaying gently, the stamen standing proudly, the harsh environment could not make it yield, and it breathed softly at its fingertips.

Absorbing the fugitive source stone can replace most of the nutrients it needs, photosynthesis does not mean much to it, and the petals of the source stone flower appear completely solidified translucent crystal clusters.

It's even like minerals, not plants.

"What a beautiful, indomitable life."

Lan Kepel looked at the source stone flower in his hand and sincerely admired it.

"Meh..."

But at this moment, something completely wrong seemed to come from behind Rankopel.

“？"

He immediately turned to look -

but found that he did not know when the pink trail was covered behind him, and at the end, a small black sheep emitting pink steam was facing him motionlessly.

“...... What is this? For

a moment, Rankopel thought that his eyes were hallucinating.

"The pink ... Little lamb?

Before Rankopel could confirm, a small black sheep wrapped in pink fluff jumped onto his shoulder, and a large ball of pink fluff basically rubbed half of his cheek.

"Meh~"

Then, it made a sheep cry that could no longer be standard.

Syllable!

The little black sheep bit the stem of the source stone flower in Lan Kepel's hand as soon as he shook his head, and he was afraid of hurting the sample and did not hold it tightly, and this time he was directly pulled out of his hand.

"Huh?! What is it?! Rankopelle

instinctively reacted to this, and the first action was to grasp with his hand.

Boom!

As a result, the moment his hand was raised, the little sheep slammed out of his shoulder, and magenta steam sprayed his face.

Hula ~

Rankopel casually brushed away the pink steam in front of him, but when he turned around, he saw a pink afterimage flash and disappeared.

This speed was even faintly faster than the Hidden Rock Fang Beast that burst out around the corner before, but the path it traveled left a very obvious magenta steam that had not yet dispersed.

"Yes! It's this magenta steam! And this speed and movement! It was the one who helped Extreme Realm remove the burning robe when climbing before! Rankopel

clapped his hands after fully reacting, fully understanding that he had seen them before when he was climbing - but he didn't see them clearly at the time.

"How could there be such a thing? It feels different from all the beasts..."

At this time, Rankopel saw that the pink trajectory was actually going straight to the camp, and immediately accelerated back to the camp, and the distance of nearly 100 meters containing the harsh terrain was swept by himself in ten seconds.

"This...?!"

As a result, he had just arrived at the gate of the camp when he found pink steam and tracks spread everywhere shortly after he left, and many small black sheep jumped past his eyes.

It was impossible to tell which one had just taken away its source stone flower.

"What is that?"

And at the moment when Rankopel's brain had not fully accepted reality, he suddenly saw a large cloud of extremely rich and active pink steam in front of him - and he actually felt that the other party also "saw" himself.

Huhu~

Hu ~ The huge pink steam slowly floated towards him, and he could clearly feel that no matter what it was, the other party absolutely did not have any malicious or even attack intent.

And Rankopel was like a ghost in silence, and gently stepped forward and opened his arms, actually wanting to hold the large floating pink steam in his hand.

But what happened next was really that a large pink cloud of steam leisurely flickered up and down, sometimes loose, like a cloud with residual heat above a volcano, sometimes compact, like a huge tumbling mass, floating towards his open arms.

Woohoohoo....

The huge pink steam mass soon floated to the center of Rankopel's open arms, and Rankopel was trying to concentrate on a closer look, but at this moment...

"Snap!"

With an unprecedented explosion of rich and violent pink steam, the pink sheep with the black crown on its head suddenly bloomed between its arms like a flower.

By the way, the snap just now is not an onomatopoeia.

It was the voice of the pink sheep bursting out of joy.

The huge pink sheep was wrapped around its arms like a bloom, and Rankopel saw with his own eyes that the huge pink sheep even gently turned its body and looked at himself.

"Not even weight...?"

At this time, the Rankope only felt that his arms were surrounded by a light cloud, but he could clearly feel the kindness of the other party.

"Hello... First meeting..." The

huge pink sheep actually spat out words, and its voice was very peculiar, it sounded like a cute child about ten years old, but it could hear a sense of longevity in the tail note.

"Mr. Rankopel."

Then it jumped softly off its arms and began to roll at its feet.