Arknights: Just Tell Me If the Mission's Done
Chapter 117

You can cure a cult addiction by handing out food? (33) / Watch this amazing trick: FrostNova, bare-handed!

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Close your eyes!

Ten minutes later!

I still can't fall asleep.

Aaaaaah!

Why did he say it was the first time he'd ever taken a girl home? Why did he think there would be any special feeling associated with taking a girl home?

Chapter 161 Can delivering food help cure addiction to teaching? (33)

The next morning, the sun shone on the earth.

However, FrostNova did not greet the new day with her usual energy; instead, she appeared tired and haggard with heavy dark circles under her eyes.

Last night, as she was preparing to drift off to sleep, Luo Chen's words echoed in her ears like a curse.

Those words, those details about the first time he walked a girl home, played on repeat in her mind like a melody, keeping her awake at night.

"This was the first time Luo Chen had ever escorted a girl home! He had never had such an experience before, and that girl... was me."

FrostNova silently repeated the sentence in her heart, feeling both surprised and delighted.

After all, in her view, this meant that she held a special place in Luo Chen's heart.

However, this special treatment also made her feel a strange pressure.

She didn't know whether she should be happy for Luo Chen's first time.

When it was time for FrostNova to go to work with Luo Chen, she could only go to find Luo Chen with a heavy head.

Seeing the dark circles under FrostNova's eyes, Luo Chen couldn't help but smile.

"Little White, you don't seem to be feeling very well."

"No, it's nothing..."

"Really? If you're not feeling well, you can take a day off to rest."

If Luo Chen hadn't said that, FrostNova might have been thinking about finding a chance to rest.

But when Luo Chen said that, and combined with what Luo Chen had told her the night before, she suddenly realized that she should rest on her first day of work.

This will definitely lower my impression on Luo Chen.

FrostNova pouted:

"No need... In combat on the snowy plains, it's quite normal to go several days without sleep."

Luo Chen instantly revealed a smug smile, and pulled out a small notebook from his pocket:

"Okay, if you doze off during work hours, I'll have to deduct your salary."

"Whatever..." FrostNova didn't care about having her salary deducted, since she'd never even seen her salary before, so she figured Luo Chen could just take it.

Seeing that FrostNova wasn't afraid, Luo Chen lost interest.

He tossed the notebook aside and began discussing serious matters with FrostNova:

"Last night, after careful consideration, I realized you're Little White, Xiaobai. We can't use violence to directly break their addiction."

"So, you're planning to do what you did yesterday..."

Hearing that her suggestion had been adopted, FrostNova instantly perked up.

However, Luo Chen immediately rejected her suggestion.

No, that won't do either.

"This approach is too mild. As the saying goes, 'A fall into a pit, a gain in your wit.' If we want them to quit cults, we must show them the harm they cause."

"We need to give them a vivid lesson, so they can truly realize how ridiculous it is to place their hopes in God."

"What are you going to do?" FrostNova tilted her head, completely clueless as to what Luo Chen was trying to do.

Luo Chen raised his head, took a deep breath, and laughed:

"Simple, just give them a windfall."

"Come on, let's change our clothes."

Ten minutes later.

FrostNova changed into the exact same red robes as the priest from yesterday, then stared blankly at the transport vehicle ahead.

Next to the transport vehicle, members of the Reunion Movement were working busily.

They systematically unloaded the food from the logistics trucks and carefully placed it on the pack animals that could travel through the mountains.

Qianxun

Looking at the bags of brand-new grain, FrostNova's mouth almost watered.

With Luo Chen providing food, why would they need to build a logistics camp? They could just stay here.

However, Luo Chen's next words made FrostNova's heart clench.

"We will then distribute all this grain to the nearby villagers."

FrostNova stood there, stunned, her brow furrowed.

"Ah... Luo Chen, even though you're rich, you can't waste money like this!"

"Even if you give grain to the villagers, you won't solve the problem of the cult. On the contrary, they will contribute the grain you give to the cult."

"Isn't this just wasting our food?"

FrostNova was clearly terrified of poverty, and she panicked as soon as she heard that Luo Chen was going to waste so much grain.

"Luo Chen, I know you're a kind person, but others aren't as kind as you."

"You can't win someone's heart by giving them something for nothing."

FrostNova, fearing that Luo Chen might not believe it, repeated the instructions twice more.

"I never expected to win their sincerity."

Listening to FrostNova's instructions, Luo Chen had a strange feeling that Ghost Sis was nagging him beside him.

"That would be even worse, such a waste." FrostNova sized up Luo Chen and said:

"Even though you're the chief of Lungmen and you provide all the resources, it wasn't easy for you to get this food, was it?"

"I don't know what kind of work you did in Lungmen, but Infected are treated at the very bottom in any city."

"You've managed to earn this much by leading the most vulnerable Infected; it goes without saying that you've put in a tremendous amount of effort."

"We can't waste it."

Luo Chen scrutinized FrostNova intently.

The people who lived in that frozen, snowy place must have been really good at managing their lives.

It's only a dozen tons of grain, yet they keep talking about it.

Moreover, this grain isn't given away for free; it's meant to be returned ten or twenty times over.

"FrostNova!" Luo Chen solemnly uttered her name.

"Hmm?" FrostNova looked at him in confusion, wondering why he wasn't mentioning the nickname he had given her.

Luo Chen stared at this girl who had not a single bad idea in her head.

I knew that simply talking about theory wouldn't be enough to make the other person understand.

So Luo Chen raised his hands and said to her:

"Can you stop talking? From now on, just follow my instructions and watch my actions, understand?"

"All right."

Although FrostNova agreed, she still unconsciously clenched her hands as she watched the bags of grain being loaded onto the pack animals to be delivered.

About two minutes later.

"Luo Chen... can you tell me why you're sending them food?"

"You may not understand the mindset of the wilderness people. They are all quite practical. It's easy for you to give them food, but it's a lot more difficult to get them to return it."

As expected, supplementary teaching materials are the most suitable for Cautus's students.

Being so free means you haven't done enough practice problems.

"Just do whatever the boss says, don't ask so many questions."

Luo Chen frowned slightly and raised his hand to tap FrostNova on the head.

However, this tap didn't do anything to FrostNova, but it did frostbite Luo Chen's hand.

Looking at the deep red frostbite on the back of his hand, Luo Chen suddenly thought of a rather efficient way to charlatan himself, which would make those ignorant villagers believe that he was the spokesperson for the True God.

"Luo Chen, are you alright?"

FrostNova stared intently at the back of Luo Chen's hand, her expression somewhat complicated.

Without waiting for Luo Chen's reply, she turned and left.

A short while later, FrostNova arrived with a female Yeti.

"Let me see?" Petrova asked Luo Chen.

"It's nothing," Luo Chen waved his hand.

FrostNova gave Petrova a wink, and without a word, the latter grabbed the back of her hand, looking at the pale red patch on it:

"It's alright, the frostbite isn't too severe."

"Apply some medicine, and it will be fine in a few days."

As she spoke, Petrova pulled a jar of green herbal paste from her bosom.

He picked out a little and smeared it on Luo Chen's hand.

Chapter 162 Showcases a unique skill: FrostNova with bare hands.

"From now on, you should keep your distance from me."

"My Originium Arts will freeze you."

FrostNova lowered her head, her eyes as pure as ice crystals.

At this moment, however, she was staring at Luo Chen's hands, which had been frostbitten by her Originium Arts.

A deep sense of helplessness welled up in FrostNova's eyes.

That's just how Originium Arts are; while protecting themselves, they always end up hurting anyone who tries to get close to them.

It started more than a decade ago when she first came into contact with this power.

This coldness, like a shadow, always accompanied her, growing colder day by day.

It doesn't discriminate between friend and foe; anyone who tries to approach it will be harmed by its coldness.

But she had no way to deal with it.

Father.

Brothers and sisters.

Comrades-in-arms.

They were all injured because of this.

Even her close friends and family members considered her feelings.

I have never complained about this issue.

But the herbs they carried and the extra clothing they wore suggested this.

She is not an ordinary person.

He wasn't even an ordinary Infected.

For the sake of those who trust and love you, you must control your personal emotions.

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