I'm living off a woman in Arknights.

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She's so beautiful...

No, although it's very beautiful—but doesn't that imply it was there from the very beginning?!

Suppressing the effects of his emotions on his body, Yun Yi walked back to his original spot and said helplessly, "You should have at least said something when you arrived. You scared me."

"Hehe, I've been in the lobby the whole time, why should I make a sound?" Lappland chuckled and asked in return.

Yun Yi choked, realizing that everyone had indeed been walking back and forth in the bar lobby the whole time.

“Yunyi, you’re just not sensitive enough to your surroundings, that’s why you’re like this.”

Swire patted the stunned Yun Yi and said sincerely, "My suggestion is—you really need to practice basic observation skills like paying attention to your surroundings when you speak."

When Lappland finished her conversation with her boss, Texas, and walked over, she deliberately made her footsteps louder, but Yun Yi still acted as if he was deaf and didn't notice at all.

"Let's talk about it later." After completely suppressing the effects of his emotions on his body, Yun Yi calmly chose to stall for time.

Rather than honing software-like observation skills, she prefers to prioritize improving hardware-like abilities such as combat prowess.

After all, Terra is generally full of martial spirit, so she needs to prioritize the ability to protect herself.

Volume 2: Fireworks at Dragon Gate, Chapter 90: Is the allure of wolf ears also a pre-battle tactic?

"Instead of training my environmental awareness, let Yun Yi fight me first." Lappland directly refused, unlike Yun Yi's tactful approach.

Swire's leisurely swaying tiger tail paused, his pupils contracted for a moment, and he immediately realized that Lappland was just referring to fighting in the literal sense.

Moreover, this was agreed upon a long time ago.

She immediately relaxed and nodded. "We should take care of the things we agreed on first—where are you planning to fight? Yunyi can't leave the bar right now, are there any seats available?"

Lappland shook her finger. "No, no, no, it's not a bar. Miss Yunyi said she wanted to go to a nice place that requires your authorization, so we came back specifically to ask you if you agree."

Yun Yichao's thin lips moved slightly, silently forming the shape of "Nirvana".

Lappland was standing close enough to see the lip movements clearly, but since both her employer and the person she was supposed to fight with were being very secretive, she decided to stick to her intermittent professional ethics and pretend she hadn't seen anything.

However, Lapland was overthinking it.

Yun Yi's silence wasn't to protect her at all—after all, she had signed a contract to live off a woman, and according to the terms, she couldn't leak Yun Yi's information.

Yunyi was really wary of the penguin who was drinking enthusiastically not far away, and Luper who was crunching away as he finished another box of cookies and was mixing drinks for the boss.

“This place…” Swire was referring to the large open space in the cockpit, but wasn’t Yun Yi in complete control of the Nirvana?

She doesn't have Nirvana's permissions, so why would she need to authorize entry?

Shi Huaiya rubbed her thumb and forefinger together, and a dazzling band of light extended from it, wrapping around Yun Yi's wrist to form a private channel.

"The Nirvana doesn't need my authorization to enter," Swire said confidently over the channel, then pressed, "Did you have some considerations when you pulled Lappland in front of me?"

That's right, if someone is brought back for no reason, there must be another purpose behind it.

She could think of several, I wonder how many Yun Yi could think of.

—There should be two or three considerations, right?

Shi Huaiya raised her hand to her lips, subtly conveying a hint of encouragement to Yun Yi.

Yun Yi replied with a big question mark, followed by a long string of words, "What considerations? None?"

"Why doesn't the Nirvana need your authorization to enter—it's clearly our common property, isn't it?"

"Then I need your permission and authorization to use it to entertain others."

“…” Swire paused for a moment, muttering to herself, “So this is what kind of authorization it is…”

Why not just ask her directly with the doll whether she agrees or not?

Yun Yi could sense that Swire was confused about something. She sent a message: "The reason I came to ask her in person is because I want Lappland to clearly understand that the Nirvana is something we share, so that she won't want it."

Yun Yi then sent a bunch of rambling messages.

The gist of it is that Lappland seems to be the kind of person who is very comfortable with the survival of the fittest mentality. If he loses this time, the Nirvana, with its large space, might be taken away as a trophy in the eyes of the other party.

She didn't reject the idea, but since the Nirvana was joint property and couldn't be given away, it was better to make it clear in person beforehand to avoid the other party not believing her.

Swire was speechless after reading it. What kind of inappropriate image did Lappland have in Yun Yi's heart?

She quickly texted to interrupt Yun Yi's rambling, "Yun Yi, just tell Miss Lappland about this. Even if she doesn't believe you, she won't want the Nirvana..."

Halfway through her sentence, Shi Huaiya suddenly realized that this was a perfect opportunity.

She swayed her tiger tail slightly and continued speaking to Yun Yi, "How about this, you observe Miss Lappland more carefully later and test whether what I said is correct."

“Miss Lappland is indeed a complex and difficult person to understand. Perhaps you are right this time.”

After reading it, Yun Yi became interested instantly. Lappland was hard to identify?

I feel like she has a pretty distinct personality, could it be that she has some kind of inner contrast that I haven't noticed, or... a second personality?

Lappland is sometimes erratic, sometimes very calm; it seems possible.

Yun Yi, who had always been curious about the second personality, immediately agreed: "I will try my best to observe!"

Shi Huaiya smiled. Wouldn't this help hone Yunyi's observation skills? Perfect!

As expected of me, even after so long, I can still use the skills I learned when I was a volunteer at the kindergarten so skillfully!

Swire had no idea that Yun Yi wasn't actually driven by a thirst for knowledge as she had expected, but rather had his mind filled with a second personality.

She smugly disconnected the light band, turned to Lappland who was waiting patiently, and nodded. "Of course, you and Yunyi can go. I'll explain to the Emperor and Texas."

Explain? Explain what?

This time, it was Lapland's turn to have a question mark on her head.

Before she could even decide whether to ask, her vision blurred, and she felt a slight dizziness.

Lappland shook her head, her long silver hair swaying lightly with the movement, drawing soft curves in the air and becoming even more fluffy.

As soon as the hair was turned upside down, the soft, smooth ears bounced back and forth, their bouncy and lively appearance particularly eye-catching.

Yun Yi's gaze immediately focused on it.

The short wolf ears, the same color but appearing grayish-white in the light due to their length, intertwine and stick up with the long silver hair, reflecting a smooth luster, like the beautiful fur of a show-quality American Eskimo Dog, constantly exuding an aura of "you'd be missing out if you didn't touch them."

Just looking at it makes you feel as if you can touch the soft texture of the clouds, making you imagine how incredibly pleasurable it would be to brush your fingertips against the downy feathers.

Yun Yi suppressed the urge to reach out and rub his face, letting his burning emotions subside.

Before the other party could react, she suddenly spread her five fingers and made a slight mental movement.

The next second, a battle arena covered in golden sand and with no end in sight was instantly created from nothing.

When Lappland opened her eyes after the dizziness subsided, she saw an endless, deserted "golden desert".

The fine golden sand gleamed with a cold luster under the light, and when you stepped on it, you felt the unique soft resistance of the desert.

Clearly, she was taken to a place that was definitely not in Lungmen.

Lappland glanced at the real scene around her and Yun Yi standing in front of her.

She instantly connected Swire's explanation with the dizziness she had just experienced, and quickly came to the conclusion: Yun Yi possessed Originium Arts related to spatial manipulation or related artifacts.

But none of this mattered to her.

Once the location was confirmed, Lappland ignored everything else, her eyes fixed solely on Yun Yi, who was about to become her opponent in battle.

She suddenly took a step back, her nimble, ghostly steps leaving a trail of afterimages that dazzled Yun Yi.

By the time Yun Yi could see her clearly, Lappland was already standing ten steps away, the twin swords that had been hanging at her waist now drawn and held in her hand.

Volume 2: Fireworks at Longmen: Chapter 91 Lappland/Yun Yi: You're a tortoise/hare, aren't you!

The blade tip was as thin as a needle, and the blade itself resembled an armor-piercing sword capable of penetrating chainmail.

As Yun Yi was observing curiously, Lappland, without showing any force, suddenly swept the ground with the tip of her blade, stirring up fine golden sand.

The blade flipped and turned on her wrist, drawing a silver arc before slashing upwards.

As it reached mid-air, the longsword stabilized under its master's ultimate control, its blade pointing directly at Yun Yi's brow from a distance.

Behind the blade, Lappland's grey eyes shimmered with a misty, fragmented light, swirling with a sense of crisis.

In the blink of an eye, Yun Yi only saw her raise her hand, and a flurry of blades enveloped him. The madness, suppressed to its extreme and now unleashed, filled Yun Yi's ears: "Come on! Try and see if you can kill me! Hahaha—"

A sneak attack? That's incredibly unsportsmanlike!

Yun Yi was taken aback and took a moment to conjure the exoskeleton armor.

Fortunately, before the overwhelming blades of light that obscured her entire vision arrived, the futuristic gray-blue armor instantly covered her entire body.

The sharp blades struck Yun Yi's joints almost simultaneously with a series of clangs, only to be deflected and shattered by the armored defenses covering them.

The fragments of the shattered blade shot into the surrounding golden sand, creating a sand wall that obscured Lappland's rapidly approaching figure and her frenzied eyes.

Yun Yi breathed a sigh of relief and quickly summoned the system shop. 'System, find the most cost-effective combat technique I can currently afford!'

A bright blue panel popped up quickly, displaying the message: "[System upgrade in progress, please wait patiently...]"

"Tsk!" Yun Yi clicked his tongue, realizing that he had forgotten the system was upgrading in his panic.

I'll have to search for it myself.

With a thought, Yun Yi directly searched for the basic skills in the shop's search bar.

After a quick look, she immediately purchased [Basic Skills - Weapon Skills] and [Basic Techniques - Sword - Horse-Slaying Sword].

The moment her points were reset to zero, a mysterious and profound wave entered her mind, imprinting the skills and techniques deep within her memory and fusing them together.

The moment of complete fusion, Yun Yi suddenly felt a sharp pain in his right shoulder—it wasn't an injury, but a premonition that he was about to be cut off.

Yun Yi subconsciously followed his instincts and condensed a titanium gray horse-slaying sword.

The moment the sword appeared out of thin air, she deftly gripped the hilt with both hands, spun around, and slashed powerfully to the right and behind her.

The sword is over 2 meters long, but its handsome and sharp appearance does not make it look heavy.

Thanks to his basic skills, he was incredibly agile in the hands of the 1.68-meter-tall Yun Yi, and even his hurried slashes drew beautiful arcs.

The moment the blade touched the spot behind her, with two clangs, the saber was easily deflected by two needle-like blades that lightly tapped it.

—It was Lappland; she had somehow sneaked up behind Yun Yi and launched an attack.

Lappland's attack was blocked, and her face immediately broke into an even more enthusiastic smile, her smooth wolf ears standing up slightly in response to her emotions. "Again!"

As she shouted wildly, she kept moving, accompanied by a piercing "clang," as Lappland's longsword pressed down on the horse-slaying sword and slashed towards Yun Yi's hands.

Yun Yi stared intently without saying a word. As she turned over, she plunged her saber into the sand. Amidst the swirling dust, she leaped up, using the saber as leverage, and kicked towards Lappland's head.

Instead of retreating, Lappland advanced, laughing as she raised her blade and mercilessly thrust it straight at the gap in the armor on Yun Yi's raised leg.

Just as the blade was about to pierce the gap, the armor on Yun Yi's legs suddenly hummed and lit up, accelerating and changing direction with a roar.

Using the power provided by the armor, Yun Yi leaped up again, stepping on the golden sand and creating a waterfall of golden waves.

Amidst the golden light filling the sky, she spun around with both hands wielding her sword, then used the momentum to slash down.

The blade hummed as it sliced ​​through the air, aiming straight for Lappland's forehead, only to be deflected by what appeared to be a delicate needle tip. This caused Yun Yi's powerful slash to land squarely on the sand, leaving the area wide open.

Taking advantage of the moment, Lappland stabbed with both swords.

The Yunyi armor immediately made a series of clanging sounds, but not a single spark was thrown out.

So hard!

Lappland decisively changed tactics. She swept away Yun Yi's pursuing horse-slaying sword with a slash, then created some distance and began to guerrilla-style maneuvering around Yun Yi.

As Lappland strolled leisurely through Yun Yi's field of vision, she would occasionally stab him with the tip of her knife while chuckling, which annoyed Yun Yi greatly.

She immediately chased after her and attacked, but her vision couldn't keep up with the agile Lappland. Not only did she miss every time, but she was also stabbed several times by the opponent.

Unbeknownst to her, even with the Nirvana Armor protecting her from 99.99% of the damage, Yun Yi's stamina was rapidly decreasing.

[Current stamina bar: 51 → 50/100]

Seeing that his stamina bar was about to be half depleted, Yun Yi immediately abandoned the cat-and-mouse game and stood still, wanting to try a defensive counterattack.

Seeing this, Lappland gave her no chance, standing still and raising her left and right hands to unleash a continuous stream of sword light. "Give it your all! Hahaha!"

A barrage of dense slashes rained down on Yun Yi, suppressing her so much that she couldn't lift her head.