“Fine.”
“There’s nobody here except you and me anyway.”
“Even if I embarrass myself, nobody will know.”
Xia Ling pressed Support Recruitment without hesitation.
In the next instant—
A long row of portraits appeared across the screen.
“Whoa!”
“That many?”
Xia Ling genuinely jumped.
She had not expected herself to be unexpectedly popular.
[See?]
[I told Host not to underestimate yourself so much.]
[When are you going to fix that personality trait…?]
Xia Ling looked carefully.
Most of the available portraits belonged to students in her class specializing in protection or drawing enemy fire.
Then—
She noticed a very familiar face.
“Huh?”
“Why is Bronya here?”
Xia Ling looked puzzled.
“Does Bronya really count as a Defender?”
[Of course Bronya counts as a Defender.]
[Even though the main trio haven’t obtained proper Valkyrie battlesuits yet, Project Bunny definitely qualifies.]
[The word Heavy is literally in its name.]
“Hiss…”
“When you put it that way…”
“That makes a disturbing amount of sense.”
Xia Ling nodded.
Then immediately extrapolated.
“So if I refresh enough times, could Theresa or Himeko appear?”
“If one of them carries me, forget Floor Five—Floor Three should be free.”
[Unfortunately, Host, Support Operators also require promotion.]
[Without it, they can only display Elite 1-level abilities.]
[Furthermore, a Support Operator’s power cannot exceed Host’s strongest current body.]
[So even if you recruit Himeko or Theresa, you’ll only receive a version roughly equivalent to a B-rank Valkyrie.]
[Their superior combat experience would still let them perform better than average, though.]
“I see.”
“Then there’s no reason to keep rerolling.”
“Bronya it is.”
Xia Ling selected Bronya’s portrait and confirmed recruitment.
Looking at her squad—
For the first time, she was no longer alone.
Tears of emotion practically appeared in her eyes.
“Finally.”
“Finally, I have a teammate!”
Once formation selection was complete, Xia Ling expertly retrieved the backpack from the left tent.
Inside were thirty-six Originium Ingots and the detector.
Then she stared eagerly toward the right tent.
“Big Sister Xia Ling.”
“Is this your weapon?”
“I brought it out.”
A familiar milky, emotionless voice came from inside.
Bronya lifted the tent flap and emerged holding Crescent Rose.
“Eh?”
“System.”
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The question momentarily stunned Xia Ling.
She immediately asked internally.
[Uh… more or less.]
[Support Recruitment works differently from the simple simulated intelligence used by the Defender.]
[It directly connects to the supporter’s mental world.]
[From the supporter’s perspective, this Trial becomes something like a dream they will forget after waking.]
[During the Support period, besides their memories of Host, they receive implanted basic knowledge about the Trial.]
“A dream?”
“So they might remember?”
[No.]
[Unless they possess specialized mental perception, or something on the level of the Herrscher of Sentience.]
[However, if Host wants, I can slightly modify this dream and allow them to recall it later.]
[Why?]
[Host has ideas?]
“I was just thinking there might be some risk…”
“But if you can modify the contents, then it’s fine.”
“In fact, it could potentially reinforce the backstory I constructed.”
Xia Ling took Crescent Rose from Bronya.
Then she activated the detector and checked the Foresight.
[Upon clearing this floor, obtain Cipher Plate: Question.]
While examining the screen, Xia Ling casually asked,
“Bronya.”
“You remember our objective?”
“Of course.”
Bronya answered expressionlessly.
“We must explore as deeply into the Sami icefields as possible.”
“Our goal is to provide the expedition team with additional routes and data.”
That really is convenient…
Silently marveling at the Support system, Xia Ling put on the backpack.
“Good.”
“Let’s move.”
Bronya nodded and floated behind her.
“Oh, right.”
“Bronya.”
“What weapon did you bring?”
“Bronya usually relies on Project Bunny for close combat.”
She answered calmly.
“For long-range combat, Bronya mainly uses this.”
A heavy cannon materialized in her hands.
“Oh.”
“This thing.”
“SU-22 Howitzer.”
Xia Ling immediately recognized it.
She had barely used the weapon herself, but it was impossible not to recognize.
It was the default starting weapon for cannon users.
And the only green-rarity cannon.
Wait.
If we classify Bronya according to Arknights branches…
She’s a Defender with melee ability and ultra-long-range artillery.
Doesn’t that make her…
A Fortress?
Oh no.
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Xia Ling checked the detector.
Ahead, the path split as usual.
One route led to a camp beside a deep pool.
The other led toward a prison.
“Four Strikes…”
“And Death Row.”
She continued inspecting later nodes.
Death Row split again afterward.
One route showed nothing—
Probably an Encounter.
The other displayed another combat node.
Behind Four Strikes…
“Good.”
“Red Emergency Operation.”
The third column displayed nothing whatsoever.
The so-called—
Mysterious Premonition.
Both branches were the same.
“Then there’s nothing to think about.”
With a teammate beside her, Xia Ling’s confidence exploded.
“We take Four Strikes.”
“Then we go directly into the Emergency Operation.”
[Host is unusually brave this time.]
“Our goal is Floor Three.”
“I need to obtain as many Collectibles and Cipher Plates as possible on the first two floors.”
“If I avoid early Emergency Operations…”
“I probably won’t beat the boss either.”
Xia Ling spoke as though this were obvious.
Following the detector, she and Bronya gradually approached the camp below.
Unlike Xia Ling’s previous runs—
This time, another petite figure floated beside her.
After walking along the lakeside path for seven or eight minutes—
They could already see the camp in the distance.
“Wait, Big Sister Xia Ling.”
Bronya stopped Xia Ling from continuing.
“We don’t need to go down yet.”
“The camp is already within Bronya’s firing range.”
“We can perform preliminary bombardment.”
“Bombardment?”
Xia Ling looked toward Bronya’s cannon.
“Your range reaches?”
“Easily.”
Bronya answered without hesitation.
“Good.”
“Then we’ll stay here.”
“This position is already high ground.”
“As far as I remember, this stage shouldn’t contain any enemies capable of attacking us from the camp.”
Xia Ling swung her weapon backward.
Crescent Rose unfolded into its giant scythe form.
“I’ll intercept any high-threat targets that break through your fire and rush toward you.”
“As for ordinary trash…”
“You can handle that yourself.”
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