Steampunk Era: Mad Abield
Chapter 1123: Section 698: Oath (Part 2)

Chapter 1123: Section 698: Oath (Part 2)

After the isolation ended, Malin finally left the quarantine zone with Sage Lin, accompanied by the AI quartet. Speaking of these four guys, Malin once asked why they still needed to hibernate, to which he received an irrefutable answer: because they are all remote operations, and daily hibernation is meant to let these prosthetic bodies automatically clear junk data from their operating systems.

However, they still spent a fulfilling month, like Jason, who could simultaneously experience the joy of dog collection with at least forty games of Europa Universalis running on the screen. He often invited Malin to join him, but unfortunately, Malin did not like Europa Universalis because history is just history; it cannot be changed.

And there’s Sostack, who criticized Jason’s Greater East Asia ideology and in turn was criticized by Jason for his Greater European ideology. For he played Hearts of Iron III sixty times each day, either hunting with Martian Troopers against the Soviets near Moscow, with every square packed with troops; or waging a bloody battle against the Yankees at Omaha, depicting an operatic fantasy where Tiger tanks crush the beachhead and German elites angrily defeat Yankee rookies.

Malin thought, if only it were eight thousand years ago, you two AIs wouldn’t fare well at all.

"Is that why you play those romance games?" Jason and Sostak No.3 weren’t happy with Malin’s remark.

"I sometimes play Stellaris too." Malin argued confidently.

"Oh!" Jason’s eyes lit up: "You must be a player of pacifism and extreme egalitarianism!"

"No way! Lord Malin, you must be a player of extreme materialism and egalitarianism!" Sostak No.3 looked at Malin, waiting for the moment of revelation.

Malin chuckled: "Actually, I play with extreme authoritarianism and militarism."

Jason and Sostak No.3 were dumbfounded, while Bixiu Five stepped forward: "Lord Malin, you seem to prefer the template answer, don’t you?"

"Of course, I’m not interested in challenging any extremes or anything else, I just want to play what makes me happy. Pacifism doesn’t let me instantly obliterate cannibal races, egalitarianism doesn’t make me stronger against enemies. I never hold myself accountable to so-called correctness, I only answer to my beliefs, for my comrades, for victory, everything can be utilized." After speaking, Malin glanced back at Bixiu Five.

The latter smiled and nodded.

"Do you enjoy winning, Lord Malin?" Sage Lin turned around and asked upon hearing.

"In life, who would want to lose?" Malin said, then walked past Sage Lin: "By the way, is there anyone I need to see?"

"No, you can move freely in the city, but considering you might not know the way, please take Bei Luo along. Bixiu Five needs to return to work."

"Huh, why do I have to accompany Mr. Malin?" Bei Luo asked in confusion.

"Because you’re a civilian AI." After Sage Lin spoke, a motorcycle stopped in front of him; the sage jumped on it and headed to the airport—his governing province was in the North.

As Sage Lin left, he invited Malin to come ’visit’ the North.

"There’s plenty of Chaos in the North. If you want to come and hunt some for fun, please do so in two months because every autumn, those Peninsula mongrels invade our world."

This invitation made Malin very happy, immediately saying he’d bring Ails along for the occasion, making sure those Chaos henchmen taste a real beating.

Upon mentioning Ails, Sage Lin became curious, because Ails had a legion still hunting Chaos in the jungle of Southeast Asia. So he was pondering where Ails got that much manpower.

"Well..." Malin felt it was hard to explain—in the Southeast Asia region, there were too many destroyed cities and shelters, Ails had recently amassed at least three times the force, now striving to raise money to upgrade the equipment for his troops.

Malin really didn’t want to disclose this to Sage Lin, but opting not to say it now meant they would certainly learn about it later.

After thinking it over, Malin decided to tell him.

To his surprise, Sage Lin didn’t mind much: "If knowing that Mr. Ails uses their skeletons to kill Chaos, I imagine these deceased wouldn’t resent him."

Sage Lin’s statement could be seen as Sage Tower backing Ails.

Given this, Malin deliberated and decided to allocate some weapons to arm Ails, letting them gather more money in Southeast Asia—after all, no one needed the precious metals from those cities and shelters anymore. They might as well trade them with Malin or those in Mark City for other things.

In such times, when those Peninsula folks show up, Malin would certainly turn them into Soul Coins—see, becoming coins is far more beneficial to this world than becoming Chaos, at least as coins, they remain entities of value.

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Speaking of playing in the city, Malin was eventually greeted by Quyi and Lulu coming from the female checkpoint. These two girls somehow got hold of a large land-roaming chicken... hmm, the kind that using too detailed descriptions would likely invite a lawsuit.

With a front and rear saddle, it seemed harmless enough, yet as Malin approached, this chicken showed obvious annoyance.