Chapter 68 Blackmail

"It's nothing! I just calculated that Heaven owes us a total of 1.7 billion crystal coins in benefits, but I said, you don't need to pay us, you can convert it into soldiers to replenish it. Unfortunately, the Jade Emperor said that Heaven also has time to train heavenly soldiers, so I couldn't give too much at the moment. Seeing that they were in a difficult situation, I only brought out seven or eight million heavenly soldiers. After all, I had to leave some for others to look after. But later I discovered that there were many treasures in heaven, so I counted the treasures as well. I made money to offset part of the accounts, and finally brought a lot of equipment back to Isengard. What's the matter? Is the Jade Emperor angry? "

"No. I'm not angry at all, but the Jade Emperor made you crazy. Now this has become a beggar's den. When I first arrived, I thought the heaven was being robbed, but now it seems that I encountered bandits! I fell out with Buddhism at the beginning Heaven has never done anything so miserable, you are simply more powerful than the entire Buddhist sect put together!"

"They are all doing it for you, and you actually blame them!"

"I didn't say you did anything wrong. But how on earth did you calculate that Heaven owes us so much money?"

"Hehe, this is just a little bit of cleverness. If you need to, it's easy for me to assume that we owe them something."

"I admire you. Then you go about your business first, and I'll see if I can find a way to negotiate with Heaven to get some benefits."

When Rose heard what I said, she quickly reminded me: "You can't ask for treasures from others anymore, otherwise the Jade Emperor will get angry! I think it would be OK to just get some soldiers or mythical beasts, otherwise Heaven would send gods It’s okay to join the war.”

"You said it lightly, forget it. I'd better find a way to talk to them myself." After cutting off the contact, I turned back to the Jade Emperor, and saw that the Jade Emperor was holding a broken teacup with a missing mouth and was pretending to be a model. I'm having a cup of tea there. I deliberately walked near the Jade Emperor and took a long breath. "Oh, it smells so good. This top-quality Qingtian tea is rare in the world! I wonder how the Jade Emperor drank such good tea from such a broken teacup? Isn't this a waste?"

"Pfft..." The Jade Emperor spat out all the tea in his mouth when I said that. Although he changed the utensils, furnishings and clothes, heaven is still heaven after all, and the Jade Emperor asked the fairy to make tea. Of course, the fairy was out of habit and brought the tea that the Jade Emperor used to drink. Little did she know that the current situation is like someone chewing a bear's paw and crying to you about poverty.

"This is the last bit of top-quality tea left in Heaven. We expected you to come today, so we brought out good things to receive you. After you leave, we will never be able to drink such good tea again! "Taibai Jinxing is really cunning and cunning, and Jiang is still very old.

"Oh, that really gives me face." I deliberately picked up the tea and pretended to drink it, then put it down when I brought it to my mouth. At the same time, two lines of tears were forced out of my eyes. "No, Heaven has taken me so well, how can I just sit back and ignore it! Let's do this! Since there is an economic crisis in Heaven, I think it's better for me to contribute money to help you alleviate it?"

"You want to give us money?" When the Jade Emperor heard this, his neck stretched out like a giraffe. I guess I gave him too much shock. In their impression, the people in our guild are basically like debt collectors, but I actually said that I would give them money. Can the Jade Emperor not be surprised?

I nodded deliberately and seriously, and then continued. "I'm not that kind of ungrateful person. How could I really see Heaven in trouble and not help? Besides, it's not a big thing that I can't do. It's just a matter of money and land. It's nothing to me. .”

"Ah! It's true that a friend in need is a friend indeed! You are really my good brother!" The Jade Emperor no longer cared about his image at this moment, he hugged me and kept praising me. Anyway, flattering doesn't cost money, it just costs some saliva.

An evil smile appeared on the corner of my mouth inadvertently, but none of the Jade Emperor and the others saw it. The smile disappeared in a flash, and I soon changed to a compassionate expression. "So how much money does the Jade Emperor think I can give you to solve your urgent needs?"

"This...?" The Jade Emperor suddenly backed away. Then with a slight wave of his hand, the nearby gods showed their identities as lightning and gathered around the Jade Emperor. Then a group of people gathered in a circle and murmured for a while. Finally, the Jade Emperor turned around and smiled and stretched out a finger.

I can roughly guess how much the Jade Emperor wants by looking at his fingers, but of course I have my own plans. Seeing the one he played, I immediately shook my head and held out five fingers, and said at the same time: "How can one billion crystal coins be enough? I think it's still five billion, Jade Emperor, don't be too little." ! I can’t bring out any more brothers. This is the limit of what I can mobilize!”

"Ah? Five billion?" I knew why the Jade Emperor was so surprised, because the one he compared was actually 100 million crystal coins, and I increased it fifty times for him with just one turn. It would be strange for him not to be surprised. But... is my money so easy to get?

"Hehe, it's mainly because brother, I have to go to war recently, and I really don't have any spare money! Otherwise, I wouldn't have only spent five billion."

The Jade Emperor immediately beamed after hearing my words. Rose just got good stuff worth almost 10 billion crystal coins from him, and now I'm sending back another 5 billion, which can be considered as filling some of the shortfall. After the Jade Emperor finished laughing, he immediately said in a pretentious manner: "But you have also seen the economic situation in heaven. We probably don't have much money to pay for a while. Do you think this...?"

The Jade Emperor's meaning is already obvious, he is just pretending to be polite. It means that they don’t want to pay back the money and ask me not to ask for it in the future. Even if they give the five billion as a gift, how can I come back empty-handed if I use such a big piece of meat like five billion to lure fish?

Immediately after the Jade Emperor finished speaking, I said impassionedly: "Jade Emperor, don't say anything. I know your difficulties, and I also know the attitude of Heaven. In fact, according to my opinion, this money is considered as sponsoring Heaven, and it doesn't matter at all." You don’t need to pay it back.” When the Jade Emperor heard this, he immediately wanted to say thank you with excitement, but I changed the topic and beat him to it and continued: “But I know that Heaven will never take advantage of small guilds like us in the lower world. Yes, Jade Emperor, you have great ambitions and noble temperament, so naturally you will not accept charity."

hey-hey. No matter what you do, let me first determine your character. Either you will go all out to show off your face, or you will knock out your teeth and swallow your blood. Heaven cares about face, it’s not just a day or two. It is said that a country is easy to change but its nature is hard to change. Therefore, they will never be shameless. Let Heaven remember that there are some advantages that cannot be taken advantage of.

Seeing the huge change in the Jade Emperor's face, I immediately followed up proudly: "The Jade Emperor is so righteous. If I insist not to do it, I will be looking down on you, the Jade Emperor, and also looking down on the heaven. So I can't get a generous place name for myself." The reputation of Heavenly Court has been ruined by just making such a sound. Naturally, Heavenly Court is so righteous that I can’t be a villain.” Wow haha! First, I will lift you up to the sky with a high hat. Let's see how you guys step down soon. "So, I decided to settle the matter according to the loan method. Although others will say that I am not generous enough, in order to preserve the integrity of Heaven and the face of the Jade Emperor, what does it matter if I suffer a little grievance?" Humph, I I don’t believe that Heaven would dare to do anything to me after saying this.

The Jade Emperor was obviously confused, but Taibai Jinxing next to him reacted quickly enough, knowing that he could no longer step down. It's better to figure out the current situation first. "Well, may I ask what kind of loan method Ziri Fairy is planning to use?"

"According to the general principle of lending, I pay, Heaven takes the money, and then we set a time. Repay the money slowly according to the schedule. Of course, in order to prevent others from poking the back of Heaven and saying that you are taking advantage of me, the interest will naturally be We can't save it." Taibai Jinxing knew it was going to be bad when he heard about the interest rate, but it was a pity that he was old after all. The reaction was not as fast as ours, but I was overtaken again. "But don't worry, I won't charge you such exaggerated interest rates as loan sharks. In fact, this interest rate is just to preserve the reputation of Heavenly Court, and it's just for fun. In fact, I personally don't care much about money, so you There is no need to pay back the money, how about just folding it into real objects?" Just as the Jade Emperor was about to interject, I spoke first: "By the way, isn't the Jade Emperor worried that there are too many people to support him? I think it's better to give them all. Me? I'll help Heaven with raising them. This way Heaven won't have to spend money to raise so many Heavenly soldiers in a short period of time."

"No……"

"Don't be polite to me." I said first, "I can still afford a few soldiers, so how about we determine the time for repaying the money and how to calculate the interest?"

"this……!"

"There is no need for this or that place. Our Frost Rose Alliance and Heavenly Court are one and the same. There is no need to be polite to me. I don't think there is any need to pay for this method of repaying the money. I think it would be good to give me some heavenly soldiers and mythical beasts. On the one hand, it will continue to lower Heavenly Court's On the one hand, it’s a burden and I won’t let outsiders poke the back of Tianting. Others will look like I’ve taken advantage of you, and Tianting will definitely have more face. Don’t worry. I don’t care if others poke my back. As long as I keep Tianting’s face.”

The Jade Emperor was almost dying from what I said, but he couldn't get a word in. I could only mutter in my heart: "If we continue like this, Heaven will become a beggar's den."

Of course I know what the Jade Emperor is thinking, but I won't give him the chance to say it at all. "That Jade Emperor! I think the Heavenly Soldiers converting it into funds to cover my losses is actually me helping Heavenly Court share the crisis, so it doesn't have to be so expensive. In this way, I can help you share more! Therefore, I think the Heavenly Soldiers all press How about giving me a 10% discount?”

"One fold?" Just as the Jade Emperor shouted, I interrupted him again.

"I know that the Jade Emperor is afraid that I will suffer a loss, but don't worry, I will bear it completely. How about this, after the discount, I will return five thousandths of the profit to Heaven as my reward. In this way, my burden will be slightly smaller, and Heaven will You don’t have to worry about it so much.”

"Counter profit? What is counter profit?"

"This is a long story. Please listen and I will explain it to you slowly. ..."

I chatted with the Jade Emperor and others for more than two hours at a stretch. It was just a lot of economic terms. In short, the gods in heaven were completely stunned by my talk. In the last part of the discussion, the Jade Emperor really felt the feeling of being a god, because he had been listening to my speech in a fog, but he was listening anyway. I don’t understand.

After I spent a whole afternoon chatting with the gods, a bunch of dizzy gods signed the following agreement with me.

Regarding the Frost Rose Alliance’s funding agreement for Heaven:

1. Based on the principle of reciprocity between Heaven and the Frost Rose Alliance, the Frost Rose Alliance will pay Heaven a special loan totaling 5 billion crystal coins. The funds were paid in three installments. Except for the first one-time payment of three billion crystal coins, the last two payments were one billion crystal coins each time.

2. In line with the principle of reducing the burden on Heaven, at the same time as this agreement comes into effect, the Frost Rose Alliance can transfer five million heavenly soldiers and three types of mythical beast cultivation licenses from Heaven at once.

3. Taking into account Tianting’s repayment ability, the repayment method of the special loan will be changed to in-kind repayment. Heaven will begin to repay the loan thirty natural days after the agreement takes effect. The repayment method is to deliver 2.5 million heavenly soldiers to the Frost Rose Alliance each time. The ratio of troops can be chosen by the Frost Rose Alliance. The interval between each two repayments is one natural month in the human world. If Heaven has the ability, it can repay the share of the next month in advance. The balance will be settled after a total of one hundred months of repayment.

4. The interest on the principal funds has been included in the monthly repayment range. If Heavenly Court fails to provide sufficient Heavenly Soldiers on time in a certain month, additional interest will be calculated based on the benefit of each Heavenly Soldier generating one crystal coin per month. The Heavenly Soldiers who are delivered in advance can be calculated as Each day's soldiers correspond to one gold coin per month, and the calculation method reduces the interest.

5. Regarding the additional benefit difference generated during the exchange of special subsidy funds, all special items or personnel selected by Heavenly Court will be repaid, but the selection must be approved by the Frost Rose Alliance before it can take effect.

The above five items may not seem like much, but they actually have to be as ruthless as they are. If the Jade Emperor hadn't been completely stunned by my chatter, I probably wouldn't have signed the land even if I beat him to death. But after all, this is an agreement that has been notarized by the system. Even heaven can't regret it.

After signing the treaty, I immediately put it away with a smile and prepared to sweep up the items and run away. Unfortunately, the Jade Emperor was too prescient. There is nothing left in the entire heaven. I want to find valuable things and steal them. It's really not easy. Fortunately, we brought so many heavenly soldiers back, so this trip was not in vain.

To put it bluntly, this agreement is that our guild has signed a huge contract with Heavenly Court using 5 billion crystal coins. The content is that Heavenly Court will send 2.5 million heavenly soldiers to our guild every month, and it must send 100,000 heavenly soldiers continuously. The month is over. Calculated in this way, the price of the Heavenly Soldier is almost the same as picking it up for free. It's really cheap. Of course, we can't let Bingshuang pay out all the 5 billion, and besides, I don't have that much working capital, right? My idea is to sell troops. Anyway, our heavenly soldiers are very popular in our country and several foreign guilds that are friendly to our guild. As long as I am willing to sell them, they will definitely eat as much as I bring out. They will still get angry if you sell less, so there is no need to worry about not being able to sell. I made preliminary calculations myself. As long as half a million of the two and a half million heavenly soldiers are sold every month, the remaining two million will be equal to all the money that has not been spent. It will go to our guild. However, I estimate that there may not be so many roses left. The most likely way is to sell 1.5 million and only keep 1 million per month. This way our guild can better arrange the tasks of the heavenly soldiers, otherwise the NPC troops will be too strong. It’s no wonder it gives me a headache! I can't play Total War with others every two days, right?

When I returned to Essinger with the agreement, before I had time to take out the things for everyone to see, I saw a person rushing to me and hugging my legs. "Ziri, you must help me!"

"Hey... Ashford, let go, what are you doing?"

"Unless you agree to send troops to help, I won't let you go." Ashford played rogue with me.

"How about you, you have some fucking spirit! Don't you Teutonic warriors claim that you don't know what it means to be afraid?"

"I'm not a Teutonic warrior, I'm a leader. A leader. If I can save my guild by being soft, it doesn't matter if I lose a little face personally."

"You know how to grasp the key points." In any case, Ashford and I are considered senior figures. I can understand what Ashford said is indeed the last word, but... this guy is too disgusting. ! "Hey, can you get up first? When did I say I won't help you?"

"What?" Ashford jumped three feet high and turned back to glare at Hongyue. "Ziri said he didn't tell me, why did you tell me that your guild doesn't want to help us defend the city?"

Hongyue immediately shouted back with a louder voice than Ashford with a confident look. "I said I didn't plan to help you defend the city, but we have planned a strategy to surround Wei and save Zhao. Who told you to run away without listening?"

"Ah? Is that so?" Ashford pretended to be stupid with a very innocent expression on his face.

I patted Ashford on the shoulder and said, "Why do I feel that you have become more and more like a street gangster recently? Where has the aristocratic bearing of your Ashford family gone?"

"I have to blame you for this." Ashford countered: "You have a saying in China: Those who are close to vermillion are red and those who are close to ink are black. I just walked too close to you, so I was dyed black by you."

"How dare you say that I dyed you black? Okay. I decided not to help you."

"Don't! I give up. I can't do it myself. But then again, I understand what you are doing to besiege Wei and save Zhao. But the problem is that you have no problem besieging Wei. I, who is Zhao, have to bear all the pressure. Huh? Don’t you mean anything?”

"I said, why did you come all the way to Essinger! Are you here to gain a good relationship?"

"Hehe. Speaking of which, it's all your fault. Otherwise, our Iron Crusaders wouldn't be implicated. RB and us have no enmity, so they're all taking the blame for you? Why don't you shed some blood? Should it?”

"Then don't take any of the benefits this time."

"Why don't we want the benefits? Even if there are benefits, we can get them by ourselves. Why don't we? In short, if you don't give me some benefits, I will rely on you."

"Okay, okay, I'm afraid of you!" I reluctantly took out the agreement I just signed with Heaven. In fact, what I mentioned before was just the general principles, and there were a lot of details later. A scroll more than ten meters long is filled with writing.

Ashford took the scroll and read it line by line for a long time, and finally shouted: "Your country's heaven is too easy to deceive, isn't it? This thing is obviously a unilateral treaty! You see, this number is almost the same as that of the powerful If you buy the same thing, you are too black, right?"

"You don't have to worry about it. Anyway, you just need to know that we have a stable supply of 2.5 million heavenly soldiers every month. What I mean is to dig some from here and sell it to you. Of course, the price can't be so cheap. I still make the profit." Yes, after all, I went out of my way to get the price back, and our favors offset part of the funds. You must acknowledge this invisible expense."

Ashford usually pretends to be stupid when confronting me, but he is unambiguous at critical moments. He nodded immediately after hearing my words and said: "That's it. I will give you one billion crystal coins at once, and from now on I will give you 50 million every month." Crystal Coin, you give me 800,000 heavenly soldiers today, and 500,000 heavenly soldiers every month from now on. I really can’t afford any more."

I thought for a moment, then nodded: "Theoretically, I agree with your request, but I have to add a side agreement, that is, you cannot sell these heavenly soldiers to others. And you must not use them to do anything detrimental to our guild. "

"make a deal."

After Ashford signed the agreement, he immediately handed me a document and said, "This is your offensive coordination manual that Hongyue just showed me. I think some parts need to be changed. You can take another look."

I took over the messy manual drawn by Ashford and flipped through it, but there were so many things in it that I couldn't finish it at the moment, so I had no choice but to call the God of War for help. The speed at which the God of War turned the pages of the book was definitely not much slower than counting money on a money counter. Ashford was shocked when he turned the pages over and over again.

"Isn't your friend's reading speed too exaggerated?"

I leaned into Ashford's ear and whispered: "How do you feel?"

"How about what?"

"Let me tell you, how effective do you think my subordinate is?"

Ashford nodded. “Absolutely top notch.”

"Would you like to buy one?"

"Buy?...one?" Ashford's expression instantly became exaggerated. "Is he...?"

I quickly pressed his mouth. "Buddha said, don't say... don't say..."

"Oh, I understand. Can you really sell this thing? It's not included in the national import and export restrictions, right?"

"Hey, hey. How did you become the prince of a German industrial group? You don't understand this? Let's put it this way. You said that Americans restrict the export of high-tech products to China, but why don't they restrict the export of flying saucers to China? ?”

Ashford was not an idiot and immediately exclaimed: "The Chinese 'government' doesn't know that this thing has been successfully developed?"

I smiled and nodded, but actually I was muttering in my mind: "The Chinese 'government' does not know about the success of Military God's research, but even if it knew, it would still dare to sell it, because Military God is just a large-scale management computer, and it is half biological and half electronic computer. There is non-replicability, and selling it will not cause the spread of technology. There is no need to ban exports. Of course. If I put it in another way, Ashford's attitude towards us will be much better. After all, he thinks This is something I secretly decided to sell to the Chinese 'government' without telling him. How can you not give me some emotional points?"

"By the way, how much do you want?" I asked Ashford. "This is not a home computer. It is very troublesome to produce!"

Ashford suddenly asked with some embarrassment: "Um... do you sell technology?"

I nodded: "The price is right enough to sell it, but the problem is...!"

"Okay, stop talking, I guess I can't afford it. How much does the finished product cost?"

"It depends on what you plan to do. This thing is called the battlefield information management center. It is actually a fully automatic unmanned management platform, but it must be optimized according to different needs. The national internal affairs service system costs 30 billion yuan per unit. Comprehensive The battlefield management system can be purchased for RMB 8 billion, and the local battlefield guidance model can be purchased for RMB 100 million."

"What about your station?" Ashford asked me, pointing at the God of War.

"It is an original model, and its functions are probably similar to those of the national internal affairs service system. However, because it has not been optimized, the actual computing effect is between the performance of the comprehensive battlefield management type and the local battlefield guidance type."

"What can he do?"

"You can command soldiers, and...accurately down to individual soldiers."

Ashford looked at the Army God again in surprise and then asked: "Individual guidance?"

I nodded: "It doesn't matter if he is a junior officer or not, and he can accurately calculate everything and roughly estimate the battlefield situation after a period of time based on the battlefield environment and respond in advance. We used to use He guessed the behavior pattern of the enemy leader, and the hit rate was as high as over 70%."

"Isn't that the same as turning the other party's commanders into spies for you?"

"Theoretically it's almost the same."

Ashford frowned and said: "This thing is not something used in games. You are probably using it just to test its performance. I can't afford it, but our country will definitely use it. Wait until I get back." I’ll ask my old man later. I’ll tell you after I get a rough idea of ​​the situation, but I guess I’ll definitely buy a few terraces. It would be a fool not to buy such a good thing.”

"It doesn't matter, I didn't plan on this thing anyway. I just said casually, considering everyone's relationship, I will sell it to you if you want it. It doesn't matter if you don't want it."

"So what do you think we should do about the battlefield?" Although Ashford said to me, his eyes had already turned to the God of War. After all, the manual he revised was read by the God of War, and I didn't even finish reading it.

The God of War immediately spoke after receiving my glance: "The modification is generally feasible, but some areas still need to be improved, such as the problem of dispersing troops as you mentioned. We think it is a complete failure. In our opinion The manual has made it clear that the purpose of gathering troops is to focus on defending key cities. Anyway, you can capture a large number of enemy cities later. At that time, you will find that your manpower is simply not enough to manage so many cities and you will have to abandon some small cities. Since we have to give up in the future, isn’t it a waste of troops to defend now? If a large city falls just for that little force, I don’t think you want to see that kind of result, right?”

"Then what can you do?" I asked casually.

The God of War quickly said: "Although Ashford's opinion is not feasible, it has given us a creative opinion. You two also know that I lack creative thinking. But I am better than you at sorting out the ideas that have emerged. It’s much more comprehensive and detailed. Although Ashford’s suggestion cannot be adopted, it opens up an idea. That is why do we give these small cities away for nothing? Can we sell them at all!”

"Sell it? That's right! Why didn't I think of that!" Ashford and I both shouted. The Japanese people united with French forces to attack the Iron Crusaders in order to attract the strength of our guild, and it is not good for us to defend those small cities. Instead of doing this, it would be better to sell them all before the battle begins. Anyway, the goal of the RB people is to attract us. They definitely don’t want to involve irrelevant guilds and increase their burden, so the cities they sell are absolutely safe. Although we will lose these small cities for this, after all, we have the money, and we are not losing money in terms of the total amount of funds. Moreover, as the God of War said, we can't control so many guilds after the war anyway. Instead of selling later, it is better to streamline it now and sell all the cities that are beyond our control or that are unnecessary.

Once this idea was confirmed, things became much easier for us to handle. Because there are no worries. After the God of War drastically changed Ashford's plan, he quickly wrote a new manual. After reviewing it, we thought it was very good, so we decided to stick to it.

After Ashford left with the collaboration manual, I called Rose back. If the Iron Crusaders sell the city, we have to sell it too. Our bank has a policy of focusing on elite troops, so there are too few people. We usually rely on the NPC army to support the scene. But in such a large-scale battle, there will definitely be times when we cannot take care of them. It would be better to deal with some cities that are not in good locations or have little value.

After listening to my opinion, Rose immediately started to take action and contacted the heads of various guilds to hold a city auction. Maybe I am too incompetent as the guild leader. It was not until I sold the cities today that I realized that the total number of cities in our guild has exceeded double digits. I don’t even know when these cities were conquered.

Seeing my surprised look, Hongyue explained to me: "Actually, it's not that you are incompetent. The main reason is that the division of labor in our guild is too detailed. Each leader leads a group of people to fight outside. In addition to leading their own The ground soldiers, no one else knows what they are doing. Just like the American front troops of the Frost Rose Alliance under the Shura Purple Band, they have occupied six cities in the United States. But we don’t even know. As for my side’s rb Not to mention, sometimes two or three cities are conquered in one day. Although most of these cities are sold immediately, after all, some with particularly good locations are still retained. If you hadn't today It was said that we would sell some cities to streamline the size of the guild. We didn’t even know that there were so many cities in our guild.”

While I was talking to Hongyue, Rose had already made appointments with people from domestic and foreign guilds. After all, we still have the reputation of being the world's number one guild, so the invitation letter still carries a lot of weight, and those international guilds have to give us some face. Those who heard that we were going to sell the city would of course have to be there, so they could sell us face. Secondly, they also know that the cities left behind by our guild are all good cities, and they will definitely get a lot of benefits by buying them now.

Of course, everything has two sides. While we were having a lively auction with guilds from various countries, Nobunaga Ghost Hand was holding a meeting with a large group of people from the Anti-Frost Alliance.

Shadow Dancer was the first to speak: "Do you think the Frost Rose Alliance is targeting us by selling the city at this time?"

Ghost-hand Nobunaga shook his head: "It seems that our plan has not been leaked yet. It shouldn't be, but such a coincidence is really...!"

The president of the National H Guild suddenly said: "After Bingshuang sold so many cities in one go, all their remaining troops will definitely be concentrated in the remaining cities, which will increase the difficulty of our raid."

A girl from Country H who wore very revealing clothes also said: "I have done the math. The cities sold are more than half of the cities currently occupied by Frost, which means that the defense forces of other cities except Essinger are all It will be doubled, and if this continues, our chances of winning will be halved. Do you think we still need to continue implementing the plan?"

"There is no turning back. The plan has been launched. We have used so much manpower and material resources. Once we give up, all these things will be thrown away. We can't give up." Shadow Dancer has become more determined than anyone else. Woke up.

"But what if...!"

The ghost-hand Nobunaga smashed the table in front of him with a bang. "There is no such thing as a chance. We will definitely win the final victory."

"This is a multi-party joint meeting. It is not an internal affairs meeting of your guild. Please pay attention to your tone." The speaker was a Frenchman. Although he looks very young, the twinkling light in his eyes shows that he is a man with a sharp mind.

"Shanks, what do you mean by this?" Ghost-hand Nobunaga was obviously not happy.

Shanks sneered. "Joint operations are based on interests. If we determine that the interests of this war no longer exist, withdrawal is a matter of course. But so far, I still think this matter has execution value, so I am still sitting here. But you'd better pay attention to your attitude. Although you are the commander-in-chief of this temporary alliance, we are not your subordinates. We are temporarily waiting for dispatch only out of interests. I heard that in your rb and h countries, the boss is You can beat, scold and insult your subordinates at will, but I am French and we advocate freedom. It is best not to bring your things to us, and besides, I am not your subordinate."

"I think it's better for us to put aside those 'messy' habits first, otherwise we will start a civil war within ourselves before we can fight the Frost Rose Alliance."

"So what do you think we should do next?" Shanks asked.

The girl from country H said: "It is indeed our bad luck that the Frost Rose Alliance sells the city at this time, but think about it on the other hand, if they didn't discover our secret, isn't it our luck?"

"That makes sense, but we can't just stick to the original plan now, right? With the original strength, I guess we won't be able to attract enough Frost Rose Alliance soldiers. If this strategic goal cannot be achieved, your subsequent actions will only be I can give up."

"But we no longer have any extra troops for you to use!" said a guy covered in a cloak sitting next to Ghost Hand Nobunaga.

"You have to find ways to get soldiers if you don't have them. The Frost Rose Alliance is not the only one selling cities this time. The Iron Crusaders also sold almost one-third of the small cities. I always feel that this is not right. After streamlining, they The number of cities in the city will decrease, and the troops will be relatively concentrated, so that we will not be able to threaten the security of Iron Cross City at all. That damn Iron Cross City was completely modeled after Essinger, and the walls are so high that it scares people to death. We don’t want to use our guild’s soldiers to fill that bottomless moat.”

"Shanks, calm down first. The city is dead after all. Anyone can get over it if there is no one."

"But the problem now is that their underground walls are full of people. Do you really want us to fight and lose both sides?" Shanks' words were obviously angry.

Ghost Hand Nobunaga suddenly said: "Otherwise, our guilds responsible for the main attack will collect another 100 million for you, and then you can buy some NPC legions. I think it should be enough to cope with it, right?"

"One hundred million?" Shanks asked angrily: "Do you know what the strength base of the Iron Crusaders is? One hundred million is only enough to fill the city wall. It is not enough to truly threaten the city."

Red Lotus Phoenix, who had been silent until now, suddenly said: "Your mission is a feint attack. No one wants you to really knock down Iron Cross City, as long as it threatens them enough."

"But as soon as my troops are deployed, they can see whether the city can be defended. If I don't act like I really want to take down Iron Cross City, they won't be afraid at all. If they don't attack the Frost Rose Alliance, Ask for help. In the end, you will be the unlucky ones."

"Let's do this!" Ghost Hand Nobunaga said helplessly: "I will ask them to help you raise another 100 million, and then I will personally supplement you with 100 million. If it is more, there is really nothing we can do!"

Shanks also nodded: "Then I'll try my best to scare them with these soldiers! But let me tell you first, don't blame me for those who can't summon Frost."

The president of the National Guild, who had been nestling in the corner, suddenly interjected in a low voice: "Generally speaking, there is no reason for the Frost Rose Alliance to suddenly sell the city, right? Shouldn't they be preparing to attack someone before streamlining the guild staff in advance? "

If the people in our guild heard what he said, they would definitely praise this guy for being smart. Unfortunately, Nobunaga and the others did not pay attention to what the president of this small guild said. He was not a member of a big guild in the first place. Speaking in such an alliance also requires strength. It doesn't mean that others must listen to you just because you have brains. At least the people of rb and h are convinced that only those with big fists are suitable to be the boss.

Under the premise of ignoring the most important sentence in this meeting, the subsequent meetings naturally failed to discuss anything substantive. It was nothing more than that each guild would spend money to increase troops, and the rest would basically follow the original plan. The plan is implemented.

Basically, at the same time as this meeting was going on, our auction was also a complete success. The cities that our bank will sell are model projects in terms of strategic location and internal construction, so the prices are also very high. However, while everyone in the guild was cheering for joy, Rose and I discovered a phenomenon we had been waiting for for a long time with great understanding, that is, the funds of these international guilds were obviously getting richer and richer.

The original design of "Zero" was to build economies across other countries. When the social chain was cut off, it would lead to abnormal and false prosperity in the social situation. Now we see that these guilds are all generous. It is obvious that serious problems have arisen in the economic chains of various countries. The next step is probably a total collapse. However, judging from the current situation, we seem to have underestimated the speed of "Zero" in absorbing funds. If this crazy development continues, the big collapse may come sooner than expected, which is not a good thing for us.

Rose quietly leaned next to me and whispered: "Did you notice it? It seems that our plan went too fast!"

"Then what should I do? Is it possible to apply the brakes?"

"There is actually a way to slow down the pace of this false prosperity."

"You mean to drive some people out?"

Rose nodded, obviously thinking about me. "As long as some people are driven out of the game, then these people can only survive in the real world. Their existence will temporarily repair the social chain, which can slow down our development. But this degree must be mastered and the attack If the attack is too powerful, it might help those countries to have a soft landing. If the attack is too little, it may not be enough to limit the excessive development of "Zero"!"

"Who told you to exaggerate the capital absorption model of "Zero" in the first place? Now "Zero" itself has almost developed into a financial monster! A few days ago, I asked Nuwa about the accounting status of the Group and learned that "Zero" 》Intangible assets worth RMB 70,000 billion were actually involved internally. As a result, the company now has too much liquidity, which makes the investment departments no longer know how to operate. Last month’s profit rate of return was not even the previous level. It’s less than one-third, you’re really shooting yourself in the foot!”

Rose comforted me and said: "After all, what we are attacking is the economic system of the world. Longyuan is also a large international group, so it is normal for it to hit itself."

"I'm not worried about money. At least so far, Longyuan still has a return on assets of more than 8%. It's pretty good among international companies. What I'm really worried about is throwing all the money into my own hands. It will be troublesome if it becomes an internal economic ring!"

Rose also frowned and said: "This is a problem, but it's a pity that we can't use the money to buy supplies from other countries. Now the economic systems of various countries are on the verge of collapse, and it's not like other countries don't have economic experts, and they all know the situation. It's critical. It's just that they are unable to reverse the situation. But if we use the money to buy their products, their economic industry chain will completely collapse. If this continues, it will not only fail to slow down the development speed, but may also lead to a full-scale economic crisis in advance. "

What Rose said is actually easy to understand. It is like a worker sitting on the side of the road waiting for work. As long as he doesn't work, he won't have money to eat, but now he hasn't eaten for a long time. If he continues to sit and wait until there is nothing left to do, once someone actually hires him, he will faint from hunger as soon as he stands up. This is the current situation of the economic systems of various countries. "Zero" took away funds, consumer groups and labor force. These three-pronged approach quickly broke the economic chain, and the economy is like a river. If funds do not flow in it, even if every individual in this link will If you hold on to money and supplies, the economic system will still collapse.

Others are celebrating making a fortune selling unused cities. But Rose and I could only lean together and look sad. We were so sorry that we couldn't let others know. Although the people here are all guild leaders, no one except Ziyue and Military God can tell what the two of us are really doing.

"Hey, what are you two talking about there?" The red moon suddenly appeared from behind me and Roseland.

"Nothing, I'm talking about the auction." I quickly changed the subject and said, "By the way, how much disposable funds do we have left after taxes are deducted from the auction proceeds?"

"More than 700 million."

After listening, I turned around and asked Rose: "How much liquidity does our guild have left?"

"There are less than 10 million left, what are you going to do? We have bought too many heavenly soldiers recently, although the unit price is extremely cheap. But in this breath, we have almost bought 20 to 30 million heavenly soldiers. How can there be any more? Have some spare money?"

"I'm wondering if Steel City needs to go to the European Temple of Light to do some research."

"What are you doing there? Doesn't the Temple of Light make the decision now?" Hong Yue asked curiously.

"Hehe, we need to take care of them just because they are dead. I want to see if it is possible to knock out some backbones from the European Temple of Light."

"Still knocking? Do you know what we saw at Nantianmen when our guild later sent people to Heaven to contact the follow-up matters?"

"What did you see?" I asked Hongyue curiously.

Hongyue said with a smile: "A sign."

"brand?"

"Well, there is a big sign erected outside the Nantianmen, which says something like a lot of air, water, and heaven. Our people summarized it and it can be summarized as the heaven has recently been in conflict with men with purple characters in their names. If such a person enters the Nantianmen, it will affect the heaven and the person's own fortune, so it is best not to enter the Nantianmen for any male with the word "purple" in his name."

"Damn it. They could just put up a sign saying Ziri and dogs are not allowed inside!"

After hearing this, Rose couldn't help but smile and said: "I guess Heaven must have wanted to write it this way, but I wrote it a little more tactfully to avoid you getting angry."

"Writing like this won't make me angry? Next time I go there, I'll definitely knock them on something, but I have to find a way to sneak in first."

"You'd better be honest and go to the European Temple of Light to find that backbone!"

"Understood, you guys are busy first, I'll go." I said and turned the teleportation ring on my hand to directly enter Essinger's transnational teleportation array, and then passed the teleportation array to Tianyu City and then teleported to the location of the New Light Temple in France. .

Due to my personal intervention, France now has two completely independent systems of the Temple of Light. One of them is the Temple of Light headed by Marilyn Xiyuda, the original official goddess of light, but usually we call this the Old Temple of Light. The other branch is the Temple of Light formed by Philindil, the original candidate goddess. We generally call this the New Temple of Light to distinguish Marilyn's old temple system. However, no matter which light force they are, the temple buildings used now are all newly built, because the original Holy Mountain of Light has been flattened by my uncle's Essinger Mobile Fortress.

Although there are temples of light on both sides, the supporters are different after all, so the power is not certain. Marilyn, the original goddess, seems to be more favored by players, but the original elders of the European Temple of Light before the split basically did not support her. Therefore, her power is mainly concentrated among players, and she looks more like a guild leader than a goddess. Although Philindil was originally a candidate goddess, due to the strong support from our guild, its power has now grown relatively large, and its NPC power system is relatively complete. Strictly speaking, the landlord system in "Zero" is still dominated by the temple force of Philindil. Because many business transactions can only be done at her temple, Marilyn usually only issues some tasks. However, considering that the system business cannot be changed at will, the tasks can be arranged at will. On the contrary, Marilyn's side is more worthy of the players' favor. After all, if you are a nurse from the light department and reach an upgraded level. Philindil has to help you go through the formalities even if he doesn't like you, but Marilyn doesn't have to give you a task as long as he doesn't like you, or he can give you a task that you can't complete or there is no reward for completing it. Land garbage task.

Although the forces on both sides have their own merits, after all, they cannot think in one place and exert all their efforts in one place, so their external restriction ability is obviously not as strong as that of the unified Dark Temple. However, I personally feel that this is more beneficial to our guild. Besides, this split situation seems to have been caused by me. The purpose of continuing to maintain relations with them now is to make better use of their power. Although it is a bit insidious, it is best not to be too merciful to a terrorist-level organization like the Temple of Light.

What? You said that the Temple of Light is not a terrorist? You can find it by looking through the information. Americans once said: "Fundamentalists are all terrorists." Although this statement is a bit of a cover-up, it is generally recognized by countries around the world, which means that everyone recognizes that fundamentalists are indeed Terrorists. As for what a fundamentalist is, this is easy to understand. It doesn't matter what religion, political system or culture you believe in, but as long as you believe that the religion, political system or culture you believe in must be forcibly promoted to the people of the world by force, then you are a fundamentalist.

The Temple of Light believes in the power of light, and they have been blatantly shouting: "Everything that is not light is evil and must be purified." Listen, this is not called fundamentalism. What else is it called? What's more, they not only shouted, they also formed the Knights of Light. And they also launched a conquest against the Dark Temple every three days. This is definitely the behavior of action-minded terrorists. You said that if such an organization allowed them to be idle, wouldn't they be planning to "purify" this and "save" that all day long? Anyway, in my opinion, those who are purified are dead, and those who are saved may not be much better. Anyway, killing is also called saving.

While thinking that I have arrived at the New Light Temple where Philindil is located, our relationship is still relatively close anyway. As for Marilyn, we are basically in a semi-hostile state.

As soon as I reached the gate of the temple, I heard a crash, and two swords were pressed against my chest, blocking my way. "Evil creatures of darkness dare to invade the sacred land of light. I order you to kneel before the temple immediately and accept our purification."

The scolding of the Guardian Knight of Light immediately attracted the attention of nearby players who were waiting for their friends to come up to handle private business. Since most of the light power is auxiliary and healing spells, the nurses in the player team basically come from here. Considering that nurses need special protection, they have to bring their leveling team with them even when changing jobs. However, the status of the members in the leveling team is relatively mixed. Many people with evil attributes like me will definitely be unlucky if they enter the temple, so later everyone developed a habit. As long as they are not in the light profession, they are usually in front of the temple. Waiting at the bottom of the stairs, this group of bored people noticed that I was stopped and immediately gathered around to see the excitement and kill some time.

I didn't pay any attention to the Bright Knight in front of me. In the past, when I saw an NPC guarding the gate like this, I would always humiliate and compromise, but what can I do? At that time, our level was only three or four hundred. What else can we do in the face of a level 100 NPC guard? Besides, at that time, compared to these large NPC forces, Frost was just an inconspicuous small guild among the many collaborators. If I don’t compromise a little, why should others take the initiative to curry favor with me? However, things are different now. I'm over a thousand levels already, and the NPC's combat effectiveness is not as good as that of players at the same level. Not to mention someone who is one or two hundred levels higher. Also, the current Frost is no longer the small guild with no development potential. Now we are also a super guild that stomps around and the earth shakes. An abandoned organization like the European Temple of Light has no qualifications to be in the guild. Show off your power in front of us.

See I don't stop at all. The two knights immediately became angry. One of them raised his sword to cut, and I caught the long sword he extended with just two fingers. Then with a flick, the long sword broke with a clang, and the knight staggered back a few steps before standing. stable.

The two in front of me are just guards on the periphery of the temple. They are not even elites. They have just reached level 800. But I already have level 1,120, which is more than 300 levels higher than this guy. Of course, my strength is not on the same level. At the beginning, when I was only level 400 or 500, those level 800 NPCs could play with me just like they did just now.

After clipping off the knight's sword, I glared at the other knight who was stupidly standing aside. "Are you two new here?"

"Huh?" The knight was stunned by my question, and his momentum was immediately suppressed by me. Something like the aura of a tortoise does exist, but it is not an aura that is randomly exuded from the body, but refers to a kind of mental suppression of others. This very domineering temperament usually requires subtle coordination of eyes, tone, and movements. If you have to find a category for it. I think the bastard spirit should actually be regarded as an entry-level hypnosis technique. The knight in front of me is now in an absolute lock of our bastard spirit, and his whole body is breaking out in cold sweat. I feel like a rabbit being targeted by a jackal. I saw that the effect was almost done, so I walked up to the guy with my hands behind my back and kicked the guy quickly but lightly. "Hey, what do I want to ask you?"

"Huh? Oh... I... eh... he and I were both recent knights last month. We used to be ordinary infantrymen of the Army of Light."

"Infantry of the Army of Light? Which army are you from? The Fourth Army?" I just finished asking that guy and was about to speak, but I got in front of him and said as if talking to myself: "It's impossible , when passing through that canyon, the Fourth Army seemed to have been bombed by us and only a few cart pullers were left. So are you from the Second, Sixth or Seventh Army?" The knight was about to answer me and said before me: "It's impossible. Those three troops seemed to have been made dumplings by our plant mage in the forest. In the end, only a few people ran back. I understand, you must be from the first army. At that time, they fell Finally, before I could order the ambush troops to attack you, you suddenly and inexplicably ran back."

In fact, our guild did not send anyone to ambush the last unit at that time, and I know the reason for the sudden turn of the Army of Light. The reason why I say this is purely to increase the shock.

Sure enough, when they heard this, the two knights fell down. "Um...are you from the Frost Rose Alliance?"

Don't talk about me this time, the people behind you can't help it anymore. A big man shouted: "Are you stupid? Every guild has its own logo. Frost's logo seems to be a blood-dropping rose. Look to see if he is wearing one."

Those watching were all behind me, and the badge was only on the front, so they didn’t know it. But the two knights saw the three-dimensional badge shining brightly on my chest at a glance. The knight who was beaten before was speechless. "You, you, you are the president of Frost?"

"President?" A player behind him immediately shouted: "I wonder why this guy looks so familiar from behind! It turns out to be Ziri. I've seen him participate in battles before."

Another player immediately said: "I heard that Frost's boss Zi Ri has exceeded level 1,000."

"What! It's more than 1,100. I have a friend who is a reserve member of Frost. That guy always brags to me that their boss is over 1,100 levels. Dealing with players like us is like pinching ants."

"No wonder he could easily break the sword of the guardian knight just now. It turns out that he is more than 300 levels higher than him. I am already level 830. Find me a level 500 monster and I can play like this."

The commotion at the door didn't last long when a priest who looked like a senior official suddenly ran out of the hall in a panic. "Why didn't you notify us that President Ziri is here?" The priest scolded the two knights as soon as he arrived in front of us, obviously just to show me. I guess these guys knew I was blocked and were afraid I would get angry. The Temple of Light now has no pride at all, otherwise they wouldn't care about my feelings.

"Who are you……?"

"I am the senior priest of the goddess. The high priest and the others are inside preparing to welcome you. I am here to lead you."

"Oh, then just lead the way. I have something to do with Philindil."

"Eh..." The priest looked at my face and hesitated for a long time before speaking in a low voice: "Um... within the scope of the Temple of Light, can you reluctantly call me a goddess for the time being? You call me the goddess directly. It’s not that the name is not allowed, it’s just that here…!”

I raised a hand to stop him from continuing. "Okay, it's okay to give Philindil a little face. You can lead the way." Huh, you can't be too polite to people in this kind of place.