This "Transdimensional Channel," this chat group, seemed to have certain functions that required specific actions to trigger.
After all, A2 had never had a "livestream" function before, nor anything like private channels.
So Kain also tried to see whether he could dig out more hidden features.
The result was nothing.
Or rather, perhaps some features required certain conditions to activate.
For example, completing some kind of task. But he did not even see a task panel, so there was no way to know.
And these past few days, whenever he logged in, he had not really chatted or interacted with the group members.
Mainly because when he logged on, most people were not online, and he was not the type to stay online waiting for others. He still had to coordinate with Commander White on certain performative "politician-style" visits, boosting the morale of the androids on the front line.
He even joined several joint operations, so the androids would be certain that humanity still existed.
In other words, the Transdimensional Channel had no message notifications. There were no little red dots like normal apps, no "you have X new messages," and it would not retain chat history. Naturally, that made it difficult to know who had been online, and when.
"A2, when the fighting starts, I'll need you to turn on a livestream as well."
Kain suddenly said this to A2 beside him.
Maybe it needed the host, A2, to trigger it.
A2 had also told him before: when she was fighting an ultra-giant Machine Lifeform, a prompt had automatically popped up asking whether she wanted to start a livestream, seemingly for requesting help.
After that, private channels appeared as well.
So, could it be that he had read too many "chat-group system" novels, and that livestreaming could bring some kind of benefit, thereby unlocking more functions?
As for "when the fighting starts," the androids were planning to launch a major campaign: establishing a permanent foothold on the surface.
After all, if they needed to manufacture large quantities of melt charges, doing it on the ground would be far more convenient. Producing them in space would be far too costly.
So the targeted region was territory currently occupied by the Machine Lifeforms.
And the reason that region was chosen was that the raw materials for manufacturing melt charges were most abundant there, and the easiest to extract.
This time, they were launching a large-scale battle because they now had confidence in melt charges as a foundation.
In just three days, they had already produced a considerable stockpile of ammunition.
And there was more: the rocket-propulsion technology used for bullets would also be applied to certain weapons.
"Understood."
A2 agreed without hesitation. By now, she practically trusted him completely.
2B, beside them, did not understand what they were talking about. She tilted her head slightly, making a puzzled gesture.
If those two had the same hairstyle and the same outfit, it would be hard to tell them apart. They were like twins.
After all, 2B herself was the next generation manufactured using A2 as the prototype.
"What is it? Confused about something, 2B?"
Kain felt that 2B, who carried the air of a young woman, was hesitating as if she wanted to speak but did not know how.
As for A2, her temperament felt more like a mature woman.
"I'm confused about one thing. When Lord Kain looks at me sometimes, my heartbeat rises for no apparent reason. I don't understand."
Most of the time she was normal, but sometimes her heart rate would suddenly accelerate for no reason, and she would drift a little out of focus. It left 2B perplexed as to why her pulse would become abnormal like that.
"Ah, that…"
Kain's expression immediately turned a bit unnatural, because, at that moment, his mind had been conjuring up less-than-wholesome images.
After all, 2B was extremely famous in the "3D SFM" scene, and he had seen plenty.
So when he actually saw the real her, those memories resurfaced again without him meaning them to.
Of course, seeing a real person in front of you is still obviously different from a created 3D character.
It was like when someone cosplays a character, cosplays 2B. It looks similar, but it is only similar in elements: the clothes, the hair, the colored contacts, the blindfold. That kind of "similar."
But the 2B before him was, of course, even more exquisitely perfect than the 3D videos. She was more like 2B than "2B in the videos."
Well, the figure in front of him was 2B herself.
So, as an emotional creature, and a male with desires and passions, it was impossible for him to look at a character like this and have no lustful thoughts at all.
If someone truly had none, then they would be a saint. The difference is only a matter of "how big," and a matter of self-control.
"Because…"
Kain planned to explain it honestly.
Of course, he was not going to say anything about what he had watched in the "3D" scene. He would frame it simply as a man's desire toward beautiful things.
If you said something like that to a young woman in a normal world, she would absolutely sweep you with the look people reserve for trash.
However, just as he opened his mouth, a piercing alarm blared throughout the aircraft carrier.
Yes, right now he was standing on the deck of an aircraft carrier, with large numbers of fighters parked around him.
And all around, escort warships sailed in formation.
The destination of this fleet was the target of their assault.
As the alarm sounded, some of the warships' missiles were already lifting into the air, streaking toward the horizon ahead.
As for this war, since he had chosen to cooperate with the androids, he would naturally participate.
After all, taking a stable base would make it easier to rapidly manufacture STC products once he brought the STC over in the future.
He did not actually have to take part, but he was doing so in order to familiarize himself with the weapon systems here.
If he could bring them back, he would be able to put them into the battlefield immediately with full familiarity.
Besides, he did not think the Machine Lifeforms would be more dangerous than the predicament awaiting him when he returned to his own side.
If he could not handle things here, then there was no need to talk about surviving over there.
But if he died here, he feared he truly would not be able to resurrect.
If that happened, then that would simply be his fate.
…
In another world, an armed organization independent of any nation, Mithril, had a submarine captain who, after taking a bath, was ready to throw herself onto the bed and rest properly.
She had just intervened in a terrorist incident and struck hard at its terror forces, so the tension she had been holding could finally loosen.
And because of that military intervention, she had not logged in for three days. She had needed to focus entirely on the situation on her side.
So, sitting down on the bed and about to sleep, she still decided to log in and take a look.
Although it was late at night on her side, it might not be late night in other worlds. Someone could be online.
Login.
Huh? Someone really was online, but only Ms. A2?
Wait, livestreaming was unlocked too?
Without hesitation, she opened it and entered A2's livestream. What was playing was—
Hmm?
Captain Teletha "Tessa" Testarossa, who had just lain down, could not help but sit up. Her expression turned serious.
This scene… this was a military operation.
A fleet that included an aircraft carrier was beginning to enter combat.
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