My Chat Group is Just Too Strange
Chapter 46

My Chat Group Is Too Strange

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What kind of trash Little Red Riding Hood needed several days just to make Laphi feel alive? Mo Wang had only taken Laphi for one wild ride, and she was already marveling at the beauty of life.

Among the few who had yet to throw up, Marian was the only one left.

But obviously, Marian was hardly doing well either.

Marian forcibly endured the discomfort, covering her mouth with one hand.

It looked as though she would lose control and spew at any second, bringing an end to this beautiful girl's life.

"Seriously, aren't you guys way too weak? I haven't even gone all out, and you're already down?"

Mo Wang glanced at the NIKKEs behind him, all of whom had been wiped out, feeling that he had clearly wanted to do a few more laps.

"You've got the nerve to say that?! Who drives a car like it's a plane? If I get scrapped ahead of schedule, it'll definitely be because of you!" The moment Anis heard Mo Wang's words, she could no longer hold back her swearing.

When this guy drove, he did not even bother dodging Raptures or buildings.

The key was that the Raptures were dumbfounded when they saw Mo Wang's vehicle.

They could not blow it up, and it was absurdly fast. When it rammed into them, it smashed them to pieces.

What the hell was this thing? Had humanity started evolving again without them knowing?

Anis had wanted to curse a few more times, but the discomfort in her body made her shut up instead.

It took nearly five full minutes before the NIKKEs finally recovered.

"The target location is right ahead. But it looks like there are quite a lot of Raptures. I was thinking we could walk there, but seeing how weak you all look, how about we drive instead?"

Mo Wang asked Anis and the others beside him.

"No, no, no! Commander, I think walking will be fine." The moment Marian heard that Mo Wang wanted to drive again, her face turned green, and she hurriedly stopped him.

"Yeah, yeah, walking is best. I never wanted to ride in a car from the beginning anyway."

"That's right, Commander. With so many enemies ahead, driving would be far too conspicuous."

Though the three of them did not say it outright, they all meant only one thing.

Do not let Mo Wang drive again.

"Fine, no driving then. But speaking of which, can the equipment you're carrying handle that many enemies?"

Mo Wang looked over the number of enemies below.

He estimated that there were at least more than five hundred of them.

In games, NIKKE bullets seemed practically infinite. Reload once, and the ammo was instantly full again.

But since this was the real world, the ammunition the NIKKEs could carry was actually quite limited.

"If we charge straight in, we'll probably get torn to pieces, right?" Anis had no reservations about voicing what she was thinking.

As the most realistic person on the squad, she had no habit of spouting confident words before rushing in to die.

And knowing her own strength very well, she reckoned that she would be completely dead in about three seconds if she went in.

"That's true. With our current weapons, it'll be difficult to get inside. Commander, do you have any ideas?"

Laphi looked at Mo Wang, hoping he could offer a good solution.

"An idea? Easy. Change your equipment!"

Mo Wang gave Anis, Laphi, and the others a thumbs-up.

"Huh?"

Anis stared blankly at Mo Wang.

They had clearly been asking about combat tactics, so how had this guy suddenly started talking about changing equipment?

"Can you be serious, Commander?"

"How am I not serious? In a situation like this, what's wrong with switching to better equipment?"

Mo Wang looked at Anis before him, feeling that this girl was still too young.

As an outstanding commander who had dominated countless games, he was also a loyal believer in stats and the doctrine of firepower superiority.

Based on his many years of combat experience, getting stuck in a hard fight was always caused by equipment that was not good enough and stats that were not high enough.

It was like this: if you could already blanket every inch of enemy territory with bombs, who the hell would play tunnel warfare with you?

Excellent weapons could make up for every one of your shortcomings on the battlefield.

If you were still stuck in a hard fight, then your equipment simply was not good enough.

It was like getting stuck at a stage in a game. What was your first thought?

Most likely, either switch to better characters or put on new equipment.

If that was still not enough, it definitely was not a skill issue.

Now you could go greet the game designer's whole family.

"But where are we supposed to find new equipment now? We haven't changed this set in ages."

Come to think of it, NIKKEs really had it rough.

They were clearly frontline troops, yet most NIKKEs would never get a new set of equipment in their entire lives.

Rather than upgrading their existing NIKKEs, the people from The Three Major Companies preferred to simply make new ones.

That was also why the three little ones in the game had never received much of a boost. (If you count swimsuits as buffs, I have no objections.)

"Obviously, I'll handcraft a set for you right now. Wait a moment."

Mo Wang took out the projected hammer from before once more and began dismantling the off-road vehicle beside them, along with various materials, to handcraft weapons.

Laphi and Anis, seeing something like this for the first time, were completely dumbfounded.

"Wait, the Commander is going to forge weapons for us on the spot?! Is that even possible?"

"Nothing is impossible. After all... the Commander is Mo Wang." Marian, already used to this, calmly spoke to Anis and Laphi beside her.

"Wait, Mo Wang? Could he really be that one?!"

"Who else named Mo Wang could have an S-class confidentiality agreement and bring us here with such strange equipment?"

Marian asked Anis.

"Th-this-this!"

Anis: ( ?_ ? )

No, she had only wanted a reliable Commander. How had those people at the Ark directly sent them an ancestor?

Holy shit?! The president said to be about to become the Ark's fourth major company had actually come to be their Commander?

Was that even a thing?

"Alright, everything's finished. I didn't disappoint."

In less than five minutes, Mo Wang had hand-crafted weapons for all three NIKKEs.

Looking at those brand-new weapons, they seemed far better than anything made by The Three Major Companies just from appearance alone.

Handcrafting every piece of equipment NIKKEs needed... he could probably call himself Dora Mo Wang now, right?

"Anis, why are you looking at me like that?"

Just as Mo Wang was preparing to accept the NIKKEs' worshipful gazes, he discovered that something strange seemed to have appeared among the three of them.

"Lord Mo Wang!" Anis suddenly dropped to her knees and hugged Mo Wang's thigh.

"Lord Mo Wang! I truly didn't know it was you~ You're a generous man, so please don't sell me off! I'll definitely listen to you obediently from now on, please~!"

Mo Wang: ( ̄口 ̄)

What kind of madness was this girl having now?

Chapter 71: What Do Drones + Bombs Equal?

"Hehehe, foolish Anis. Realizing it only now is far too late!"

Although Mo Wang still did not understand what was wrong with Anis, he went along with his buddy's act anyway.

"Anis, there's only one path before you now. Be this master's RBQ obediently. Serve me well, and you'll have all the snacks and soda you want, plus you won't even need to work."

"Really, Commander-sama~?! I can gorge myself on snacks and drinks just by being an RBQ?"

"Guaranteed. And I'll get you all the designer bags and designer clothes you want. So, girl, make a contract with me." Mo Wang's smile was practically on par with QB's.

"Commander, I'm not that kind of casual woman." Anis looked at Mo Wang with a serious expression. "I just want to ask, what positions do you like? I can roleplay as either a maid or a rich young lady for you. As for BDSM, I might need a little more time..." As she spoke, Anis's grip around Mo Wang's thigh tightened further.

"Anis! Calm down!"

Laphi could no longer watch this. Her teammate was practically dragging down the lower limit of all NIKKEs.

Could she not see that Marian beside them had already crashed?

"But, Laphi, the Commander provides food and lodging, and he'll even give me designer bags. This is a long-term meal ticket. If I miss it, I won't get another one!"

Actually, although Anis was acting, at least half of what she said was sincere.

From Mo Wang's attitude toward them, Anis had already seen it.

The Mo Wang before her truly saw them as living individuals, not as tools.

In fact, although there were countless NIKKEs in the Ark, and they even held many important positions.

In the eyes of those Commanders, their status might not even be as high as a Rapture's.

At best, they were weapons and slaves.

With that kind of status, if she could truly become the RBQ of someone like Mo Wang, would that not still be better than dying someday without warning?

Of course, Anis definitely would not choose that.

If she truly wanted to be an RBQ, she would not have chosen to become a NIKKE in the first place.

"Alright, Miss Anis, let go of the Commander. We should prioritize the mission right now."

Marian finally stepped in and pulled Anis off Mo Wang's thigh.

"I was serious, though." Anis pouted, feeling as though a long-term meal ticket was slipping away from her.

On the empty battlefield, the Raptures wandered aimlessly like headless flies. All around them lay ruins, with former buildings reduced to ashes. The air was filled with the scent of gunpowder and the chill of metal. Their movements were mechanical and monotonous, as though they were merely carrying out instinctive patrols, completely unaware that lurking danger was approaching.

Suddenly, a sharp Crack! tore through the silence. A strange object fell from high above and slammed heavily into the center of the Raptures. Confused, the Raptures gathered around it, attempting to analyze the object that had appeared out of nowhere. Yet in the next instant, it exploded, unleashing a powerful electromagnetic pulse. Electricity spread through the air like lightning, instantly disrupting the Raptures' sensors.

Immediately afterward, a dull roar came from afar, and bullets and shells descended like a raging storm. The Raptures reacted too slowly to respond at all. Thousands of metal bodies were instantly torn apart and reduced to fragments. Under the bombardment, their hard outer shells seemed as fragile as paper, completely incapable of resisting.

The small Raptures had no chance of survival and were instantly crushed beneath the overwhelming firepower. Even the large Raptures could not escape disaster, their heavy armor appearing utterly powerless before the dense barrage. The battlefield was chaos, dust swirling everywhere as the shrieks of metal intertwined with thunderous explosions. In the blink of an eye, nearly a third of the enormous Rapture force had been destroyed.

"Such incredible firepower! Is this the power of the new equipment?!"

Anis watched the explosions in the distance and was completely hyped up.

Even Marian and Laphi felt an unprecedented sense of exhilaration amid this extraordinary firepower.

Before, this sort of firepower advantage had basically belonged only to the Raptures. NIKKEs could only hide as much as possible and rely on their Commander's tactics to eliminate them in scattered groups.

Now, they could actually stand here and counterattack with an absolute advantage in firepower.

Faced with everyone's suppressive fire, the Raptures in the distance did not even have time to react. For NIKKEs, was there anything more satisfying than this?

Mo Wang was not surprised by the situation at all.

After all, this pile of weapons had been cobbled together with reference to weapons from Honkai Impact 3rd and Star Rail.

These things could fight aliens without any trouble.

Dealing with trash little Raptures was simply far too enjoyable.

Facts proved that games about mowing down hordes of enemies still had a huge market.

"Commander, Commander, although these weapons are powerful, it's still too slow to wipe them out. Do you have anything stronger and simpler?" Anis asked Mo Wang.

"Yes, buddy. I do."

"Oh? What is it? Cruise missiles?" Anis looked at Mo Wang expectantly.

"Cruise missiles? Wouldn't that be a waste in a place like this? I've got a simpler method."

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