Arknights, please stop going crazy over the streamer's operators.

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"They started so quickly, that's quite efficient."

The weapon I just sent out to scout was to find the locations of the other fusion faction's temporary outposts.

Together with Ines, the two of them conducted a thorough search on both sides, looking for all the Fusionists they could find.

The task of 'finding the source' is still not complete, so there's no reason not to continue taking advantage of the lucrative side quests.

What Li Ji needs to do tonight is to farm all the money-making opportunities around him!

It's also part of his job to help those who have gone astray change the colors on the map.

Arturo is also a map!

So before returning here, he sent Armor to escort Arturo to find the marked Fusion camp.

"Doctor, we've found Tianyi's body."

The sound of Flame Shadow Reed came from the center of the ruins in the distance. After hearing it, Li Ji also skipped and jumped, dodging the corpses on the ground, and rushed towards Flame Shadow Reed.

……

At this moment, in the center of the ruins, the pungent smell of blood assaulted Li Ji's brain. If he hadn't kept these corpses for the time being, he probably would have burned them to ashes by Flame Shadow Reeds long ago.

"He died a rather gruesome death; he was ruthless enough to do that."

Li Ji approached Yan Yingweicao and looked at the headless male corpse covered in wounds in front of her, and sighed softly.

If it weren't for the fact that the clothes were somewhat recognizable, he wouldn't have dared to imagine that the corpse right under his nose was Tianyi's.

Not only was his body covered in knife wounds, but there were also burn marks. It was hard to imagine how long the people around him had been harboring resentment towards him.

It seems that all of this was vented through Arturo's Originium Arts.

It's important to understand that the hierarchy here is more akin to the relationship between supervisors and pigs in a cattle and horse company than the leaders and employees of such a company.

Although a large portion of the Unificationists are fanatical members of religious organizations, they hold Unificationist beliefs in their hearts.

However, being used as 'bait' and subjected to various acts of disregard for human life still generates significant resentment towards those in power.

Who could have predicted that they might be next?

Therefore, it is not surprising that Tianyi has ended up in this situation.

"Well, thankfully the people I brought today are all very determined and won't be easily influenced by Arturo's Originium Arts."

Li Ji shook his head and muttered under his breath, "That's not right either. I'm an honest boss, even if green garlic doesn't end up on my head!"

He pursed his lips and tapped Tianyi's clothes with the wooden stick in his hand.

Li Ji didn't find the act of desecrating a corpse enjoyable; he simply wanted to check if any sealing crystals were hidden in Tianyi's clothes by tapping on them.

But even after Li Ji thoroughly searched the area and used his longsword to cut open all of Tian Yi's pockets, he still couldn't find any extra sealing crystals.

"So many people don't have any... and you only have two?"

As he spoke, Li Ji looked at Yan Yingweicao beside him and asked, "Were any sealing crystals found on the others?"

"No, Ines and I have searched most of the people here. Apart from weapons and some daily necessities, we found nothing else of value."

Is this thing really that rare...?

Even the Heavenly Yi, which is directly under the twelve earthly branches, only has two stars.

Li Ji took out another sealing crystal from his pocket, the one that Tianyi had just handed to Ines and which she had thrown away.

Although Ines looked cool when she threw away the stone... now that he knows how few of these sealing crystals there are, Li Ji can't help but feel a chill of fear.

Thankfully, this sealing crystal has the property of being 'drop-resistant king', otherwise if it had been bumped or broken, there wouldn't have been a single one left!

"seal up!"

"seal!"

"Operator Template Sealing!"

After Li Ji used the sealing crystal to test the Flame Shadow Reed with various methods and commands he could think of, the sealing crystal did not work directly like Tianyi's.

Conversely, the same applies if you use Flame Shadow Reed on Ines.

"It seems... we still need to capture someone alive to question them; this thing must have something special about it."

Li Ji sighed and said.

Just as Li Ji was unwilling to give up and wanted to try again, a strange woman's voice suddenly came through the radio next to Tian Yi.

"Hey, hey, hey, my dear Captain Wanfeng, can you hear me? Hey, hey, hey, idol? Please answer if you hear me!"

The person affectionately called out "Captain Wanfeng" and "Idol," his voice sounding like that of a fervent fan who had finally overcome countless hardships to shake hands with their idol at an offline meet-and-greet.

But now, amidst the carnage, a voice that Li Ji didn't recognize came through the Fusion faction's radio... It can only be said that this fan is definitely not a good person.

I've missed your live streams so much these past few days!

"Can you please stop pretending you can't hear me, idol? I know you're nearby. If you keep pretending you can't hear me... I'm going to hang up, okay?"

Although the voice on the radio was urging Li Ji on, she showed no sign of impatience; in fact, she was talking to herself on the radio.

"Can you answer me? It's so boring talking to myself here. There must be other special agents next to you. I'm not going to do anything to you."

"Sigh, why is it so hard to talk to my idol? You've given away so many of my people to you, and you seem to be having a lot of fun killing them, haven't you?"

"It's the integration faction again..."

After listening to the radio, Li Ji was increasingly convinced that the crazy woman was someone who had escaped from a mental hospital and hadn't been caught yet.

But how could she be so sure she was listening nearby...? Were there any other cameras around? "How about I teach you how to use the sealing crystal? You came back to find this, right? You still have one, right?"

"If you don't say anything... how about I just kill all the teams nearby? You're not afraid of the seal, but they might not be."

Li Ji pinched his philtrum, feeling a bit of a headache.

I wondered what kind of high-level toxic fan this was?

Although he is not a good person and does not want to pay attention to this kind of moral blackmail, he ultimately does not want to implicate others.

In the end, he decided to talk to the crazy woman on the radio.

"Tell me, who are you?"

He picked up the radio and asked the other person in his calmest tone.

"Sigh, he has absolutely no charm. It's only thanks to those useless, drifting people that my idol gets to say a word to me..."

The madwoman's tone sounded somewhat disappointed, but she quickly regained her composure and continued speaking to Li Ji in her usual insane manner:

"That's not right, you haven't seen me yet, hehehe. But it's a pity that my idol can't see me right now... My idol should like my figure, right? No, no, idol, you're not looking at my figure. Although I think I'm not bad compared to Mace and Silent Texas, that strength..."

"Let's get down to business!"

Li Ji spoke seriously to the woman on the radio.

He had no idea what this woman was thinking, and as she spoke, her thoughts drifted back to him.

Li Ji wasn't afraid of being bothered or having people keep an eye on him, but being targeted by such a crazy person would still make him feel uncomfortable.

"Look how impatient you are. If you join us, you'll be able to use this ability very quickly. I can provide you with a great live streaming room. How about the location in my basement?"

"Let's get down to business!"

Li Ji reiterated this point once again.

"I already said, all you have to do is join us... In other words, as long as you consume the sealing crystal, you can resonate with the sealing crystals outside and then seal the operator's template."

This time, the 'female fan' on the radio didn't change the subject. Instead, she told Li Ji, somewhat aggrieved, how to use the sealing crystal.

"However... your body can only withstand three times of being unsealed. After that, as long as you leave the sealing range, you will be greeted with an unexpected surprise."

"surprise?"

After listening, Li Ji frowned slightly.

Given the current situation, his plan to seal off the operators is basically over.

He couldn't possibly swallow the sealing crystal, nor could he allow an operator to swallow it.

Tianyi's act of having Ines consume the sealing crystal just now was clearly not well-intentioned.

Once this stone is swallowed, it will probably only be tied to the Fusion Faction's chariot heading towards the cliff!

"If I tell you about a surprise, it's not a surprise anymore. But that's okay, this surprise, along with the surprise I've prepared for you, will soon be revealed to you!"

"Unfortunately, I have something to do right now. I hope that when I talk to you again next time, it won't be through such a rudimentary method as radio."

As he spoke, the radio call was cut off.

At the very moment of the cut, the corpse in the ruins suddenly underwent a strange transformation.

The group looked down and discovered that crystals were suddenly growing on the surrounding corpses at an almost frenzied rate.

The once silent ruins now seem to have been given new life.

The growth of crystals is not silent, but is accompanied by a subtle, almost imperceptible clicking sound, like countless tiny gears slowly turning.

At first, these crystals emerged from under the corpse's skin like tiny needles, shimmering with a cold, eerie light.

This scene made Li Ji, Ines, and Flame Shadow Reeds involuntarily connect it to a very similar situation... Oripathy!