Chapter 922 The Smell of a Man

The resource cost of Stone Statue Fanatics is 1000 crystals and 750 gas, and the population occupies 4.

From this point of view, it is much smaller than the giant elephant.

In terms of skills, in addition to the regular upgrade items of Protoss ground units, Stone Statue Fanatics also have an active skill "Advance" and a passive skill "Detect Units". In other words, it can counter-invisibility.

After reading the commentary of the stone statue fanatic, he always has a sense of sight. After thinking about it for a moment, it suddenly dawned on me, isn't this the ghost king mecha in Red Alert 3?

By the way, Blizzard's staff are really lazy, just take other people's things and use them in their own works...

Of course, the Stone Statue Fanatic is much stronger than the Ghost King Mech. It should be a ground unit at the same level as the Human Race Odin Siege Mech, Archangel, Zerg Brutal Beast, and King Beast.

Unexpectedly, the Supreme Security Council and the Third Committee jointly raided the Dilar star system. The Dragon Whisperer not only arrived in time, wiped out the enemy, but also gave himself a big gift.

Archangels in the sky, gargoyles on the ground... This combination is really interesting.

As for the mysterious voice in the iron Xun, he hoped it was a message from the Dragon Whisperer.

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After coming out of Tie Xun, Chen Jian first asked him if he was injured, and after knowing that everything was fine, he asked him what happened to him down there, because besides Guang, the deputy head could still vaguely hear conversations.

Tang Fang shook his head, didn't say much, and walked towards the shuttle first.

It's pointless to tell them before they figure out the identity of that voice, it will only increase worry.

The sky has completely darkened, only the wind is still humming, rolling up fine gravel and hitting the horse's shell.

The broken ridge was buried in the night, and the iron xun at the core of the pit was still there, but the fixed-point energy reaction could no longer be detected.

Ten minutes later, the engine of the shuttle started, and the surging heat stirred up a circle of sandstorms on the ground. Accompanied by dragon-like flames, a silver light soared into the sky, piercing through the thin atmosphere, and plunged into the dark and deep space.

Back at the central starport, follow the instructions, and then rush to the ground to meet Sheridan, Ruskin, and Valentine's two students, and get a general idea of ​​the damage to the ground equipment.

Fortunately, Arsen Nicholas responded in a timely manner. As soon as the coalition forces of the Third Committee and the Supreme Security Council appeared, they informed Sheridan, Ruskin and others to evacuate the ground staff to a safe area, and there were no casualties.

After that, he held a staff meeting and told everyone that he had returned to Dilar with practical actions, and he no longer had to worry about threats from the Supreme Security Council and the Third Committee.

After the conference, he left some Terran units to help the park staff clean up the ruins and repair equipment, and then returned to the Angel.

The contact with the Babylonian star system has been connected, and Grant and Christian briefed him on the latest market situation in the free market. Affected by the war between the Star Alliance and the Monya Empire, the rare minerals needed to manufacture the dimensional lock became more and more difficult to acquire. Palladium, iridium, and rhenium mines were priceless, and the acquisition work fell into a difficult situation.

This has a lot to do with the new policy of governments in the Hillenbel region to deliberately control the export of valuable military supplies. His actions in the United Kingdom of Turanx and the recent intensive military mobilization of the Sauron Empire have further fueled this tension. situation.

Charles Federation, Dolanx Republic, Star Alliance, Monya Empire, Sulu Empire, Sauron Empire, United Kingdom of Turanx... Seven of the ten countries in the Hillenbel region may have been dragged into the quagmire of war , or is about to enter a state of war, which will inevitably have a huge impact on international trade, especially ore transactions related to the military industry.

This is a reasonable and expected thing. Tang Fang didn't have much emotional fluctuations, and told Grant and Christian not to worry, just take it slowly. Iridium ore, rhenium ore and other minerals related to military technology are difficult to acquire, so we can focus on the non-military materials needed to manufacture dimensional locks. For minerals that are difficult to acquire such as iridium, rhenium, and palladium, he finds his own way.

If all goes well with Turanx United Kingdom, he should be able to get these minerals through Henrietta.

Of course, the current situation is a bit sensitive, and it is not appropriate to have too many contacts with the old man, Elena and others at this time. Wait until the social situation in the United Kingdom of Turanx stabilizes, whether it is through feeding injections or morning star casting The military materials produced can be exchanged for those minerals in an open and honest manner.

Even Babylon's free market is difficult to purchase minerals such as iridium and rhenium. The situation faced by the Jakartapur star system where Walton, Radu Khan and others are located is naturally even worse.

Next, Grant asked about Dilar's losses, and he breathed a sigh of relief after knowing that there were only a few casualties. Christian told him that he had reached an agreement with the "Green Ark", and their engineering team would rush to the Dilar star system in a month. Shipped in one day, and can sail in a few days.

He was very surprised that the "Green Ark" successfully signed the planetary environment modification agreement. Once here, it is close to the no-man's land on the frontier of the Star Alliance. Although it is not on the front line, it is not a safe airspace. With the impact of the sneak attack on the Third Committee, it is hard to imagine that those people would come here without any scruples. It is more in line with the profit-seeking nature of businessmen to sit on the ground and raise prices.

Christian said that at the beginning, he didn't know what those people were thinking about, so they gave up this good opportunity to raise the price. After a lot of research, they found out that someone ventilated the person in charge of the "Green Ark", and this kind of situation appeared. situation.

He didn't know who the person who was helping him behind the scenes was. Anyway, for the time being, there were no advantages or disadvantages, so he was happy to maintain it.

Finally, Grant told him that Joey would fly the shuttle back to Dillard to reunite with Yuffie tomorrow.

After disconnecting the connection, Tang Fang left the bridge and returned to the captain's room to rest.

Lying on the bed, staring at the gradually dimming lights on the ceiling, I went through what happened today in my mind, from the current situation of the Dilar star system to the situation in the United Kingdom of Turanx, and then thought of the Third Committee and the Supreme Security Council , and finally transferred to the mysterious existence of Lachesis.

What is the origin of that voice? Why do you want to see yourself, and what do you see in yourself?

He was surrounded by chaotic thoughts, but when his consciousness became blurred and he was about to fall asleep, he suddenly sat up, and his eyes that had been absent-minded were radiant again.

I almost forgot... because I have been busy since I came to Dilar until now, and I almost missed the plan I made on the way back.

He walked to the relatively spacious area of ​​the living room, sank his consciousness into the system space, selected the human base, selected the Draken laser drill with the cursor, and stayed on the icon of Rory Swan.

Although the coalition forces formed by the Third Committee and the Supreme Security Council did not break through the central starport, they still caused great damage to a large number of space-based facilities and ground facilities in Christel, including quantum communication equipment, ground workstations, and warp speed early warning networks. The maintenance work of the system is progressing slowly. Even with the help of Egger Stetman and scv, it is difficult to restore the previous level in a short time.

What's more, the engineering team of the "Green Ark" and the transport fleet loaded with basic smelting equipment are about to set sail, but there are a group of medical scientific research workers on the Christel, and few people who understand machinery and smelting are worthy of the "proficient "There is no such word.

To hire a technical team with favorable treatment and high salary? Not to mention that real talents are divided up by military enterprises like Ward Heavy Industries and Rover Technology Consortium, so it is difficult to poach them. Even if someone is famous, would he dare to use it with confidence? God knows if it is a spy sent by a competitor.

Iger Stetman's professional specialty is mechanical engineering for the human body, and he also has profound attainments in nanotechnology and computer science, but he doesn't know much about mining, metal smelting, aerospace engineering, and military industry. He propped up the morning star and cast this mountain with his own strength. He needs to find a good partner for Iger Stetmann who can learn from each other's strengths and make up for his weaknesses, so as to support the rising star together.

Originally, he planned to summon Milo Kaczynski to assist Egg Stetman, but he did not expect that the flame core of the Djinn unlocked Rory Swan, which could just replace Milo Kaczynski and Egg Stetmann makes a perfect pair.

Since the Theta Quadrant left, the upper limit of hero units has been increased to 9. After summoning Abathur, there are currently 6 hero units, and there are still 3 places left. Even if Rory Swann is summoned, there are still 2 places available, which is enough To deal with emergencies.

He took a deep breath, pressed the summon hotkey, and the resource value in the upper right corner of the system subtracted 18w crystal and 12w gas, and the population increased by 8. In the next second, Rory Swan appeared next to the Draken drilling rig.

It was a more detailed unit than the model of Hammer Security, with a gun in the right hand and a pincer in the left hand, and the portable model of Agni Betty behind her.

The corners of Tang Fang's mouth curled up a bit, and he measured the free area of ​​the living room, and his thoughts moved slightly, calling him to the real space.

The modified cmc-600 is very thick, its head almost touches the ceiling, standing in the center of the living room is like a cold and heavy metal wall suddenly appearing.

The body like a hill directly blocked the light from behind, and the area Tang Fang was in suddenly became dark twice. Standing in the wide shadow of Rory Swan, looking at a pair of glowing red electronic eyes at an elevation angle of 45 degrees, he nodded and said, "Well...the clothes are not bad."

"Not bad? It's almost suffocating me." A rough voice came from the loudspeaker of the CMC heavy protective suit.

Then there was a bang, and it turned out that the Blazing Betty component at the back fell, almost smashing through the floor.

Swan began to disassemble the protective suit. Every time the parts fell, the dull impact made Tang Fang turn pale, "Hey, hey...be careful, this is my room, the floor is almost destroyed by you .”

A dwarf engineer with short stature, brown hair and a shaggy beard appeared on a pile of tin bumps. He wore goggles on his forehead, and was wearing a dark brown leather jacket. His left hand was replaced by a mechanical arm, which looked a bit oily, not very clean, and covered with a lot of dust.

Tang Fang already knew that he was a slovenly guy, but he never expected to be so sloppy.

Just when his face changed continuously, and he couldn't bear the sweaty guy in front of him, the other party kicked away a piece of iron protective gear nonchalantly, walked directly to the sofa not far away and sat down, reached out and took it from the bar behind. He downed the unfinished half bottle of whiskey, grabbed a small square glass, poured it full, brought it to his mouth, and drank half of it in one gulp.

"Ha... so happy." After saying this, seeing Tang Fang still standing there, he remembered that this was someone else's room, not his own kennel. Feeling a little embarrassed, he used his mechanical arm to slap the back of his head, and raised his hand The cup signaled: "This wine is really good, do you want to have a drink together?"

Tang Fang said, "Thank you, no need."

Unexpectedly, Rory Swann is not only a fiery temper, but also a familiar attribute.

He summoned a machine gunner and ordered the parts of the protective clothing on the floor to be transported back to the system space. Then he walked to the sofa opposite Rory Swan and sat down. Suddenly, he found that the guy had already dried up the half bottle of whiskey. He also impolitely put his feet on Claire's well-polished coffee table.

"Hi..." The wine belched loudly, and the smell of sweat mixed with the smell of alcohol was so sour.

Tang Fang frowned, turned his head away, and said, "We've met each other, and we've finished our wine. Let's talk about business."

Although Mr. Engineer is a familiar person, his attitude towards serious matters has always been serious, "I want to know what I can do for you."

Captain Tang rolled his eyelids lightly and said, "It's very simple, first help me clean up the captain's room."

"Damn it, did you call me out to do a job that this kind of servant would do?"

Fortunately, Claire wasn't there, otherwise a glass of water would have been poured over it long ago, giving this dumb guy some color.

Tang Fang said, "Change a job for you?"

"Of course." Rory Swan turned the iron tongs on his left arm and said, "Compared with perfume, I prefer the smell of motor oil and metal."

The perfume he was talking about was the air freshener that Claire put in the additive box of the indoor air conditioning system, and it had the same scent as the bluegrass shampoo she used.

"I finally know why you are a single dog." Tang Fang said: "Give you a peony, and you won't taste anything other than grass."

"I don't like peonies, and I don't like grass." Swan said: "Compared with them, I would rather listen to the roar of excavators, the roar of engines, the roar of engines...steel and sweat, oh...the smell of men !” (To be continued.)