Help Me with Something

The night passed quietly.

The next day, just as dawn broke, the firelight in the ruins of the wilderness slowly dimmed until it disappeared completely.

Fang Li and Alisa both emerged from the ruins, looked at the still pitch-black sky, and took a deep breath.

"Alright, I need to keep going," Fang Li said, turning to look at Alisa and asking, "What about you?"

Alisa didn't answer immediately, but remained silent for a while before replying, "I'll go too."

"Really?" Fang Li didn't show the slightest surprise, he just nodded.

Fang Li has already made everything clear.

Since Alisa has not given up on her goal and wants to continue her revenge, Fang Li has no reason to continue interfering.

After all, it was Alisa's own decision.

Alisa naturally knew about this as well.

"No matter what, my destination will not change." Alisa seemed to have regained her composure, and her tone returned to its somewhat cold tone from the beginning. She said, "Even if it's just to survive, I have to go. Otherwise, without food, being left alone in this wilderness will only lead to death."

"But going over there doesn't mean we'll be saved." Fang Li turned his gaze to the other end of the wilderness and said, "That's the most dangerous place in this war. Rather than risking our lives there, we should stay here and wait for rescue."

"Then you can do that." Alisa glanced at Fang Li and said expressionlessly, "But I don't want to stay here and wait for someone to rescue me."

After saying that, Alisa walked Fang Li and went forward.

Seeing this, Fang Li shrugged, wearing an indifferent expression, and stepped forward as well.

Before long, the two began to accelerate and gradually sprint forward, moving at a speed that was incomparable to that of ordinary people, and disappeared into the sandstorm.

After a night's rest, both Fang Li and Alisa had recovered to varying degrees in terms of injury and condition.

Therefore, the two of them traveled much faster today than yesterday.

In addition, both of them have extraordinary physical strength, so even if they keep running like this, they can keep going.

In any case, one of Fang Li's pieces of equipment has the effect of restoring one-tenth of his stamina every ten minutes. As long as he doesn't rush at his maximum speed and calculates his stamina well, he can keep running like this.

As God Eater, Alisa, with the amazing regenerative power of the Oracle Cell in her body, is not at any disadvantage compared to Fang Li.

So for a full hour, Fang Li and Alisa ran across the wilderness at a speed that seemed incredibly fast to ordinary people.

The two stopped when they encountered the Aragami's forces again.

Amidst the faint roars, a group of Oni-faced Giant-tailed Aragami appeared in droves, running across the wilderness just like Fang Li and Alisa.

Before Fang Li could react to the sight of the giant, masked Oni-faced Giant-tailed, Alisa spoke up.

"This time, I will also participate in the battle."

With that, Alisa gripped her divine weapon, not even glancing at Fang Li, and stepped forward one step at a time.

Just as Alisa was about to rush out, Fang Li spoke up.

"Do me a favor."

These words made Alisa stop in her tracks and look at Fang Li, her eyes filled with surprise.

Clearly, Alisa never expected that Fang Li, who had always been so assertive in front of her, would suddenly say such a thing.

Fang Li seemed oblivious to the surprise in Alisa's eyes and bluntly stated his thoughts.

"I need the cores of the Aragami, the more the better." Fang Li looked at Alisa and said, word by word, "If you participate in the battle, I hope you can help me hunt down those Aragami cores."

"The core?" Alisa frowned immediately.

For any God Eater, the core of the God Eater is not unfamiliar.

Because retrieving the core of the Aragami is also a very important part of the work of the God Eater.

As the most important part of the Aragami, the core of the Aragami has many functions.

For example, the development of weapons, the manufacture of ammunition, the polishing of equipment, the production of props, and so on—any project that requires Oracle Cell can use the core of the Aragami as material.

To put it bluntly, the number of core members can even affect the size and combat power of a Key Points.

Like the Divine Machine of the God Eater, it is a biological weapon made using the core of the Ara God as material. Without the core of the Ara God, the performance of the Divine Machine will definitely be greatly reduced.

Therefore, most of the God Eater's missions are related to retrieving cores, and often they even have to go on missions to defeat Aragami in order to obtain cores.

As for the method of recycling the core, there is a very simple means.

That is predation.

Melee-type sword-shaped Divine Machines all possess the ability to prey on prey; by activating the Divine Machine, it can devour its target.

In this way, melee-type God Arc wielder usually use predation to extract the core from the Aragami's body.

Alisa is a user of the new type of Divine Machine, and can also use Predator in sword form.

Fang Li wanted Alisa to help him retrieve the core of the Aragami, thus completing the Main Mission Two.

Unfortunately, the core is a very important resource.

As God Eater of the Russian Branch, Alisa had no reason to work for Fang Li, who belonged to the Far East Branch.

Therefore, Alisa said directly, "Why should I help you?"

Fang Li didn't answer, but simply opened his palm to Alisa.

In Fang Li's hand, a bag of slightly broken cookies lay on the ground.

Seeing this, Alisa was speechless.

It was only then that Alisa noticed a problem.

That means, without the food provided by Fang Li, I'm afraid I'd be starving right now, right?

Moreover, if Fang Li doesn't continue to provide food, he might really starve to death on the battlefield.

In other words, Fang Li had already paid the fee.

If Alisa chooses to ignore it, then last night's cookies were like feeding a thankless wretch.

How could Alisa, with her extremely high self-esteem, possibly bear this?

"...I understand." Alisa stared intently at Fang Li and said, "I will give you all the cores I've collected during this time, so I won't owe you anything, right?"

"That's it." Fang Li shrugged and said, "Although the remaining biscuits will probably only last the two of us for another three or four days, that should at least help us get out of the wilderness, right?"

"Understood." Alisa turned around and looked at the group of Aragami ahead.

"Alright, let's begin."