Arknights Welcome to Terra Continent

"It's strange, why is it so dark again? The corridor is bright and clear."

Beichen opened the door and frowned as he looked at the pitch-dark room in front of him.

Huh? Why is it completely empty?

Of course Beichen wouldn't just walk in like that, but the results of his ability detection told him that this was an empty room.

The only difference between this room and the other rooms he had entered was that the height of this room seemed a little too high.

Beichen walked towards the center of the room, and suddenly a pungent smell entered his nostrils. It was not unpleasant, and was even a little bit intoxicating.

The sound of the gate being deflated? Maybe some secret door is about to open.

Humph, I knew it. There was no way they could use an empty room to deal with me.

Beichen turned around, squinted his eyes, and looked in the direction of the sound.

"By the way, Nian, this big guy shouldn't be used against me."

"There's no need to use this type of weapon against you."

Nian rolled his eyes and spoke.

At this time, the two of them were staring at the computer screen. Soon, the images and sounds of the scene came over. Of course, Beichen was in the center of the screen.

"I want to see if this guy you brought here is as powerful as you said."

Nian put on the noise-cancelling headphones on his head, as if to isolate himself from Xi's noise interference. Then he pinched both ends of the terminal in his hand and pulled them outwards, and several joysticks and buttons appeared.

What terminal? It should be a game console!

"Just sit still, Xi, and don't even think about helping him, or I'll beat you up too."

"Oh, okay, okay, I definitely won't run around."

boom!

It was the sound of a heavy object falling to the ground. In the darkness, Beichen couldn't tell for a moment what it was... No, he couldn't find a suitable quantifier to describe this thing. In short, its shape was very irregular.

A strange sound was heard from the flow of electric current, or perhaps some other unknown energy. The lights in the room flickered twice, as if it was caused by unstable voltage.

So what on earth is this? It can't be a bunch of iron falling down to hit me.

Just as Beichen was about to walk closer to observe what it was, a light bulb suddenly exploded above his head.

That’s right, the word “explosion” is the most appropriate. We don’t know why this light makes a sound similar to a drone exploding when it’s on. Maybe it’s Nian’s bad taste? Anyway, Beichen was really startled.

Then more light bulbs lit up, and the aperture continued to move forward, eventually illuminating the entire room. Beichen finally saw the true appearance of this thing.

Uh, it seems like it really is just a big lump of iron.

梆 梆

Beichen knocked twice casually, and the slightly dull sound echoed in the empty room.

It was bright and smooth, and could even be used as a mirror. However, because the background light was too strong, Beichen was unable to open his eyes.

But Beichen didn't notice at all that two blue lights suddenly appeared in the gaps between the iron blocks, looking down at Beichen from top to bottom.

"Then, let's get started."

I pressed the button on the controller that corresponds to the "A" key. (Oh, I'm still using an Xbox controller.)

Energy patterns that were almost identical to those on the exterior of the building began to spread across the metal surface.

Wherever it goes, cracks will appear on the originally smooth metal surface. No, there should be regular bumps and depressions.

Move, move! Could it be, could it be that thing!

Beichen turned his back and closed his eyes, completely ignoring what was happening behind him.

"Hey, kid, why are you so scared that you don't dare to look?"

A rather dissatisfied voice came from above.

“No, no, no, I’m just waiting for a surprise. I hope you won’t let me down, Sister Nian. Maybe I’ll just surrender because I don’t want to ruin it.”

"If you can't even beat it, you can't help me solve the problem!"

"Well, let me see this big guy!"

Beichen turned around, and the first thing that caught his eye was, of course, the same thing Xi saw at that time, a large iron pillar, if you completely ignore the details on it.

"Why, are you stunned? This is my masterpiece."

"Xi, this is what I want. As expected, I like the real thing that makes the sound of hydraulic rods when in action and emits hot steam when dissipating heat more than the empty shell!"

This is the mecha I want!

Really, there was everything in the dream. I had always wanted Nian to make something similar, but I never opened my mouth.

Before Xi could complain, Nian on the side became unhappy.

"Hey, don't compare my stuff with Victoria's stupid thing. The transmission part doesn't use hydraulic rods. Also, I've eliminated several versions of that old-fashioned heat dissipation design!"

"Ah, so it's not one of those big mechanical things that exude heaviness and power."

Damn it, what does it mean that you suddenly look disappointed?

"I have already discarded that type of machine! Really, why would I like such a clumsy thing that is inconvenient to move? Obviously, the new design has both flexibility and..."

Once Nian starts talking about these things, he can't stop talking at all, even though it's time to fight now.

Beichen seemed happy to, no, must refute Nian's point of view.

"I don't agree! You've made this thing so big, why don't you............ (many words omitted below)"

"Huh? Have you read too many novels? How can you load enough weapons if the machine is not bigger? How can a small machine that is only one meter tall have enough firepower? What's more,... (n+ words omitted below)"

It seems that the two of them are going to fight or not, so let's discuss this issue here.

Xi also realized something was wrong after listening to a while. She secretly poked Nian on the back and said in a low voice.

"Hey, Nian, weren't you going to test Beichen's strength? Why did you start a quarrel?"

Nian, whose face flushed a little, also reacted. Instead of talking nonsense, it would be better to use his strength to make the other party realize that what he said was right.

"Look, now I'll let you know that my design is absolutely correct!"

There was no sound of mechanical gears, only the vibration coming from the ground.

"If I win, you have to apologize to those so-called stupid guys. No, you should give me one!"

"Defeat me first!"

The blue light on the mecha's face turned red again. (So this design is to prevent others from noticing that you have entered combat mode?)

ps: Happy New Year!