"How are they? How are the little ones doing?"
UMP40 and BM59 had already brought all the cats from the vertical farm underground. After some time of recovery, the condition of the three cats had significantly improved. Now they could move around freely in the underground space.
"They should be fine now, but it seems like the two tabby cats are less active than before, probably because they were scared earlier."
The ragdoll cat was still behaving normally, as BM59's ragdoll cat was originally very well-behaved.
"As long as they're physically okay, they'll gradually recover." After carefully observing the two cats and not finding any signs of mutation towards the Zerg, Renault felt relieved.
After all, they had only eaten plants grown on the bacteria carpet, so it shouldn't have caused any direct genetic mutations in the cats.
But then again, besides their own animals and pets, it seemed like only Gentiane and Kalina in Gentiane's base were normal humans... these two guys... He wonders if they mutated...
...
Just as Renault was worrying about whether Gentiane and Kalina would mutate into Zerg directly, Gentiane was rubbing her forehead with a headache.
Not being able to capture Scarecrow naturally meant no intelligence was obtained. Information about M4A1's whereabouts had almost completely disappeared, and the search work could only resume by relying on T-Dolls patrolling around to find her location.
Moreover, Persica from 16Lab appeared unconcerned about M4A1's condition at all, allowing her to continue the search in this inefficient manner.
Not only that, but she even came over asking them to help collect some SF Doll data?
This woman? Doesn't she have any sense of crisis at all?
But the mission was passed on to Gentiane by Persica through the Griffin headquarters. A mission was a mission, and it had to be done after all.
And recently, she had acquired quite a few T-Dolls. Most of them were lost T-Dolls found in S09's jurisdiction.
What was the previous commander of S09 doing? Why were there so many T-Dolls and large troops wandering off?
But this was also thanks to Persica, otherwise how could she have spare time to send people to rescue these lost T-Dolls.
"Commander, is there no news from Renault's side? The things he sent last time are almost consumed these days."
While Gentiane was worrying about the rescue mission, Kalina as the logistics officer was also in distress.
With more and more people in the base, and the combat effectiveness of S09's jurisdiction increasing, it was indeed something to be happy about.
But when she thought about the amount of food and electricity consumed by so many T-Dolls every day, Kalina felt her head ache.
The supplies sent over from the headquarters before were about to be depleted. After all, when the supplies were distributed initially, they were based on the number of T-Dolls Gentiane had at the time. Although a portion of reserves had been left, the expansion rate of T-Dolls under Gentiane's command was a bit too fast!
If it weren't for the things Renault sent over before, plus the supplies the T-Dolls found in the city, they might have run out of food today!
"It's normal not to have any news, right? The commander of the adjacent jurisdiction cut off Sangvis Ferri's railway line directly after Renault appeared last time. Even if he wants to come over now, it's not that easy."
Most importantly, the attitude of the Griffin headquarters towards Renault appear to have changed a bit.
After all, Renault forcibly snatched Scarecrow from Griffin which directly disrupted their combat operations at the time. This blatant hostile behavior was not something Helian felt indifferent about. She heard that if it weren't for the boss's sake this time, Helian would have been fired.
"Ah... Renault's fruits are quite delicious. I didn't even have a few bites last time before the T-Dolls finished them all."
"If you want to eat them so badly, why don't you buy them from Renault yourself? I have Renault's contact information here. If you have enough money, he probably won't refuse."
As soon as she heard the word "money," Kalina immediately turned her head away.
It was better to forget about spending money.
The price of ordering fruit from the headquarters was already outrageous, and if Renault transported the goods by helicopter...
Then her savings of many years would probably be emptied in no time.
Of course, Kalina also knew that Renault wouldn't let them continue to freeload in the future. He had already made it clear last time that if they wanted to eat again, they would have to pay for it.
In this day and age, precious fruits + transportation fees for helicopters = bankruptcy!
"Commander! We've encountered a small group of Sangvis Ferri units here. We need support!" As the two were talking, Gentiane suddenly saw the communication system of the operation light up, and the timid voice of MAC-10 sounded from the communication channel.
If even the usually shy MAC-10 was asking for help, then the Sangvis Ferri units they encountered were obviously not just small groups.
During this period, the number of Sangvis Ferri T-Dolls in the S09 jurisdiction had been increasing. Fortunately, there were many T-Dolls in her household. Otherwise, they might not be able to cope with the current situation.
While Griffin was searching for the lost contact with M4A1, Sangvis Ferri was obviously also tracking down her exact location.
She didn't directly contact Griffin's side, probably also because she was worried about leading Sangvis Ferri's large troops directly to Griffin's base.
This behavior was undoubtedly unnecessary for Gentiane now. She had many T-Dolls under her command, and their combat effectiveness was not bad. They would soon catch up, surpass, or even surpass the strength of the two adjacent Griffin jurisdiction commanders.
Even if M4A1 attracted a large number of Sangvis Ferri units, she could still handle it. But in the current situation, not even a communication was received, and the location signal wasn't even given to her own people, which wasted a lot of Gentiane's energy searching around in the S09 jurisdiction.
If they could find M4A1 earlier, she would have completed the mission. By then, she could apply to headquarters for various supplies, even advanced Tactical Dolls.
"Understood, MAC-10 is closest to you now, and she will come over immediately. Hold on for as long as possible. If you can't hold on, retreat directly towards the direction of the base!" Gentiane instructed MAC-10 while notifying the nearest T-Dolls to support them.
Most of the T-Dolls were scattered outside now, either collecting resources or searching for the lost T-Doll, while also collecting data for Persica...
They were all scattered tasks. When could she take the initiative and directly drive out all the Sangvis Ferri occupying S09 jurisdiction?
Thinking like this, Gentiane couldn't help but sigh helplessly.