I'm living off a woman in Arknights.

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"Chirp chirp!" Commander! 001 happily pounced into Yun Yi's arms, rubbing against him excitedly.

Yun Yi laughed out loud as 001's fur rubbed against his thin shirt, tickling him. The gloom that had risen in his heart because of the scumbag also dissipated.

She couldn't help but pick up the little guy, snuggle her face against his, and then sink completely into his soft fur, her mind filled with thoughts of how incredibly soft he was.

As a commander-obsessed character, Manjuu001 was made to feel ethereal by Commander Yunyi's initiative to get close to her. She hugged Yunyi's soft white hair with her little wings and chuckled.

The two on one side were so engrossed in their fairytale-like interaction that they couldn't tear themselves away. The two people next to them were speechless for a moment, and then subconsciously looked at each other.

As they locked eyes, Swire gently swayed her tiger tail, raised the new terminal, and waved it. Without her needing to elaborate, 002 instinctively put away its wrench, floated forward, took the new terminal, and chirped as it swiped open the screen, nimbly typing on it with its wings.

"Chirp (What does Miss want to know?)"

After several meetings, the astute 002 had already discerned the commander's trust in the orc woman before him, as well as her pragmatic style.

I guess it's now used to determine the product's status.

As expected, seeing its straightforwardness, Shi Huaiya skipped the useless pleasantries and went straight to the point, "Yunyi and I plan to promote the version of the terminal you made throughout the continent. As a professional, do you think this is feasible? If so, I would like to confirm some information about the terminal."

002 nodded, "(It's feasible, but it would be best if I could test and debug it several times before release. Also, for each major region release, it would be best if I or a specialist who understands these things could conduct a field trial, just in case.)"

"Chirp (What's the question? I'll try my best to answer.)"

After reading what 002 had typed, Swire couldn't help but sigh inwardly. It seemed that 002 was very confident in the mass production of terminals and the ability to spread signal towers throughout Terra—truly impressive research capabilities.

Volume Two: Fireworks at Longmen: Chapter 112 Shi Huaiya: In every strategic game, one must proceed cautiously step by step.

After expressing his feelings, Shi Huaiya, with his tiger ears perked up, began to ask his questions: "You just said that it's best to conduct a pilot test in each large region—can the performance and stability of this version of the terminal be guaranteed?"

"Chirp (Generally, it can be guaranteed. The pilot test is to investigate extreme situations. After all, I haven't seen any universal materials here. Extremely high or low external temperatures, abnormal air pressure, etc., may cause problems with chips, systems, etc. that are not made of durable materials. (Six) Wing Ni suspected you pulled four! Ba affected performance stability.)"

002 raised her signature puffy eyebrows into a V-shape, saying, "(If better materials could be provided, these wouldn't be a problem.)"

“Hmm… better materials?” Swire frowned. “That involves the cost.”

Good materials mean high costs, and high costs mean high selling prices, which is not conducive to promotion.

Selling at a loss? Impossible. This is a business targeting the entire mainland. If we don't guarantee a certain level of profit to maintain our core business, a break in the cash flow would actually delay the entire process and make promotion even more difficult.

Are we only allowed to release standard and special editions for different tiers?

Swire hesitated. This sale was different from her previous ones, which were for making money or achieving a political goal. Instead, it was in line with Yun Yi's idea to do it purely "for the people".

If we create another different version, will it affect the perception of the terminal among ordinary people and skilled players in various regions, leading to errors?

While Swire was struggling with her decision, Yun Yi, who had finished petting the fluffy creature, noticed that she suddenly stopped talking. He then hugged the well-behaved 001 and snuggled up to her, curiously glancing at the words 002 had typed: "Want better materials? You can exchange them in the shop."

As for the cost issue...

Yun Yi brought up the system panel, switched to the store interface and began searching. "I remember seeing a machine before that could convert various metals, stones and other materials without loss."

"By using the parameters for rare materials, and then directly converting them with ordinary materials, we don't have to worry about costs."

"After all, I remember that many materials are expensive simply because they are precious and scarce—found it, this is it! My memory is indeed quite good!" Yun Yi laughed and readily shared the product information with Swire's subsystem.

Is it a leverage system?

That's true. Many things that are beyond our control are a piece of cake for the system.

Swire looked up at the floating subsystem panel.

[Item: Zero Reconstruction Machine]

[Source: A technological world, a one-of-a-kind, unrepeatable miracle]

[Description: Input parameters, input quality, lossless conversion]

[Price: 15000]

"Huh? Fifteen thousand!!" Swire's pupils shrank, and she turned sharply to look at the leisurely Yun Yi. "Are you kidding me! If you used that many points to improve yourself, you could directly take over Lungmen. With the entire Lungmen in your hands, would you still be afraid of not finding suitable materials?"

With 1500+ points, Yunyi can easily destroy mountains after arming himself; with 15000+ points, resisting a nation is absolutely effortless for Yunyi.

With this strength, after Yun Yi takes down Longmen and demonstrates her martial prowess, she can easily gain a considerable window of opportunity. By the time that window passes, she may have already grown into a truly invincible being.

Yun Yi scratched his face, puzzled, and asked, "But didn't you say before that I should hide myself well?"

Why did it jump straight to controlling the Dragon Gate?

“Yunyi, the reason I advised you not to stand out before was because you didn’t have such grand ambitions. You are a person, you just want to avoid the possibility of being imprisoned, and your default enemy is all the madmen on this land. Therefore, the more inconspicuous you are, the better for you.”

Swire waved the panel away, tapped the armrest with her fingertip, and said seriously, "But what do you want to do now? Don't just stare at me blankly, answer me this question."

"Combate human trafficking through the terminal program." Although he didn't understand her rhetorical question, Yun Yi still answered her, "Reduce the number of victims like that in prisons, the fewer the better, ideally none at all."

“That’s right,” Swire said, her tiger tail standing on end, its fur ruffled and swaying wildly. “In all of this, whether it’s selling terminals, using terminals to guide public opinion, secretly cracking down on injustice, or eventually having a direct war with various countries, it’s no longer just your business. Many people will be involved.”

"We can't stay behind the scenes forever—our initial capital doesn't allow us to create a situation where there are companies behind companies, and forces behind forces, from the very beginning, unless some sucker just walks in..."

Yun Yi got a headache listening to her long-winded explanation and quickly called for a stop: "I understand, you mean I can no longer act with a lone wolf mentality and have to consider overall efficiency?"

Swire shook his head and disagreed, saying, "It's true that we shouldn't think like lone wolves, but we shouldn't be considering overall benefits."

"What is that?" Yun Yi pinched 001 to cover the lower half of his face, revealing his bright eyes as he looked at Shi Huaiya and made a demand with a straight face: "It's best to keep it short, I can't remember it if you say too much."

Swire, overwhelmed by the adorable beams emanating from both black bean eyes and golden-red eyes, couldn't help but turn her head away, raising a finger to her lips to suppress the ever-growing corners of her mouth. "What you need to consider is how to achieve your goal as quickly as possible with the least amount of loss."

“You yourself will also be a pawn in achieving your goals—of course, this is just my opinion.” Swire suppressed her laughter, her mood relaxed a bit, and she was no longer as aggressive as before. “You can do it your own way, at worst we’ll just have to put in a little more effort.”

"With your abilities, I believe achieving your goal is only a matter of time."

"Am I also my own pawn?" Yun Yi rubbed the 001 in his hand, a passage he had once read in his mind.

She couldn't remember the specifics, but she remembered the gist was that "a leader only needs to place the right people in the right positions and understand their own place."

Although she is not a leader, the principles are the same.

"I'll listen to you; you know these things better." Yun Yi adjusted his mindset, then looked at the system panel and said with some regret, "But, are we really not going to replace the Reforging Machine? I think it's definitely very useful!"

This is a miracle of the world, a magical artifact that can unconditionally transform anything!

Even the Nirvana, with its incredible capabilities, could only perform rudimentary conversions of common metals and energy. (Liu Yi (Seven =) > Erba. Si)

She was immediately awestruck when she saw it and memorized it perfectly.

It's such a shame we can't exchange it.

Facing Yun Yi's longing gaze, Swire ruthlessly stated the facts, "Your strength is the most important thing. Once you are strong enough, you can exchange for a hundred Reshaping Machines, but now is really not the right time."

"Alright." Yun Yi sighed, burying his face in 001's fluffy fur, and said in a muffled voice, "So, how do you plan to solve the material and cost issues?"

Without a reforging machine, simply exchanging materials from the store won't be enough; that might be more expensive than acquiring rare materials from outside sources.

"If we can't use the system's shop, we can use contracts." Swire actually thought of Fang Yinling's method, thanks to Yun Yi's reminder.

The system is such a great thing; how can we not use it?

"A contract?" Yun Yi's mind raced, and he immediately realized what was going on. He looked up and asked, "You don't mean you're planning to make me sign a contract with someone who can provide a lot of good materials, so I can get them for free or recruit them into my group?"

"What do you mean by 'freebie'? I never said that. It's clearly a win-win cooperation, an equal exchange!" Swire coughed and immediately denied it.

She then nodded and said, "That's right. We can use the fact that your contract cannot be betrayed to recruit people to join us, and purchase materials through the lowest price and most direct sales channels to lower costs."

As she spoke, she turned to look at 002, who had taken out a wrench and was staring at it blankly. "In addition, the market price and even the types of materials are not static. 002 has such strong research capabilities. If we provide it with more materials, it may be able to synthesize materials that are both cheap and suitable."

Upon hearing this, 002 nodded and chirped. It was indeed possible, but the time required was uncertain.

Yun Yi immediately relayed 002's words, then raised his eyebrows and said, "Aren't we aiming for the shortest time? Is it okay if the time is uncertain?"

“No problem, this is just a backup plan.” Swire looked into Yun Yi’s eyes. “The most important issue now is whether you have someone like that among the people you can sign a contract with.”

"If there is one, then we will arrange for the construction of the signal tower and set off immediately to persuade the other party. If there isn't one, that's okay too. We can start by manufacturing and selling ordinary terminals and upgrade them gradually."

"Anyway, a product itself needs to be constantly iterated."

These words made Yunyi feel that all roads lead to Rome, and it seemed that anything was possible. It really did prove what Swire said: they would definitely succeed.

But before this primary issue, there is another problem.

Yun Yi brought up the system panel, and the system status bar read "[Thinking, please do not disturb]". As expected of the system, it was as unreliable as ever.

She told Swire: "The system hasn't returned yet, which means it hasn't filled the list. We don't know when we'll know if there are any suitable people among those I can contract with."

“Perhaps the range of people you can contract with is wider than we imagine, and there’s more data to process, which slows down the system’s processing efficiency,” Swire calmly analyzed.

Yun Yi felt that the system's failure to resolve the issue of the number of names and the amount of data was not related to the system's performance, but rather to the system's own shortcomings, such as forgetting where the data was or being unable to find it.

Yun Yi's internal monologue about the system was naturally unheard by Shi Huaiya.

She then elaborated on her analysis and proposed a solution: "It's okay, we can first implement the signal tower cluster and process the cases of all the victims. This will take about two or three days. By then, the system should have finished processing all the data it needs to handle."

To put it simply, it's about waiting.

It's not about waiting, it's about taking it one step at a time.

"Okay, let's do it this way." Yun Yi thought it was feasible. Although the system was unreliable, it wasn't so unreliable that it couldn't do anything. Two or three days would give her a buffer.

Suddenly having to sit at the table and compete with other countries to save lives, even though it was her own decision, made her feel somewhat dazed and unreal when she calmed down and thought about it.

PS:

Writing three chapters feels impossible, but writing two chapters is much easier.

In order to win the semi-annual award, if conditions permit, some chapters may contain 3000 words (sometimes the author gets carried away while writing and may even have that many).

Of course, if you prefer 2,000 words, you can tell the author, and the author can try to overcome that and use three chapters.

In short, good night, good morning, and good afternoon everyone.

Volume Two: Fireworks at Longmen: Chapter 113 Yun Yi: Resign?!

Noticing the slight emptiness behind Yun Yi's quick acceptance, Shi Huaiya's throat tightened slightly, but in the end, she only raised her hand to touch her frost-like hair.

The warmth of his hands, accompanied by gentle strokes, slowly seeped into Yunyi's scalp through his thick white hair.

Yun Yi unconsciously narrowed his eyes, his lips slightly raised, revealing a lazy and enjoying expression.

This warmth is like the feeling of fine golden spots formed by the morning light falling all over your body when you draw back the curtains in the morning. A warm, itchy sensation spreads from the top of your head all the way up, eventually enveloping your trembling heart.

Yun Yi felt comfortable on one hand, but on the other hand, he had the illusion that the other person seemed to be full of maternal radiance.

Yun Yi shook off the offensive thought and turned his mind back to the important matter.

She suddenly realized that using monopolistic terminals to secretly interfere with people from different countries was nothing short of information warfare.

Yun Yi instantly recalled a book he had read in his previous life called "Information Warfare".

The book's account of the outrageous actions taken by various countries in her past life made her realize that the world is a giant makeshift operation, and it also gave her a clear understanding of information warfare between nations—it is extremely deadly.

It is a crisis that spreads subtly. Often, while the people are still laughing at the mix of true and false information, some distorted and false ideas and tendencies that can shake the foundation of the country quietly take root in their hearts.

Hard to guard against.

In her past life, she could only witness these events online as an observer, but now she's stepping into the fray and becoming a dominant force—she's the one wielding this deadly weapon now, and she wonders if the nation of Terra can withstand it.

Although information warfare is dangerous, a hint of schadenfreude still welled up in Yun Yi's mind.

After all, in her previous life, various countries could generate so much entertainment by spreading false and misleading information and muddying the waters. She, on the other hand, was going to spread real information, and eye-catching real information at that.

Yun Yi imagined a classic ghost story where the various countries of Terra were led by her true information to mock and suppress each other, and then devour themselves. He couldn't help but laugh out loud.

Seeing this, Swire paused in her hand that was stroking her head, her tiger ears twitched, and she asked curiously, "What good thing have you thought of that makes you so happy?"

"Thinking about our resounding success in the information war—right, we need to find a way to ensure that our information is not tampered with."

After Yun Yi explained the situation truthfully, his thoughts suddenly shifted. "Looking at the terminal you gave me before, it seems to have some outdated technology, but I remember Terra's technology is actually quite outrageous."

Mature artificial intelligence technology, gene modification technology, supercomputer technology...

It's hard to imagine that a technologically advanced civilization could produce a terminal that's even more outdated and boring than an old man's mobile phone.

Swire thought Yunyi was overthinking it. "The terminals on the market have stuck to the same few functions since they were released. It's not that they haven't thought about changing or don't have the ability to do it, but that changing them might not be enough to break even."

"Therefore, the core selling point of our terminals has never been the rich features that 002 researched,"

Shi Huaiya picked up a strand of Yun Yi's hair, the pure white strand almost transparent in the light, "but it is a communication signal unique to us across the entire continent."

"But what does this have to do with the possibility that our information might be tampered with? A signal is a signal, and information is information, right?"

After asking the question, Yun Yi turned his head to look at his hair that had been lifted up, watching it sway in Shi Huai Ya's fingertips.

This familiar scene made her wonder if Swire really liked her hair.

This time, last time, and the time before that, it seems like I've been patted on the head so many times.