Chapter 126 "Wolf" Love "Stealing" Meaning

Due to the previous energy impact, the villa that the Iron Empire temporarily used to guard Poseidon was completely destroyed this time. [*] The wooden structure house with no pop-up windows is basically a mobile house. It doesn't even have a foundation. Let alone the house now, even the ruins are just a few broken boards with no shape. Of course, the house is definitely not the problem. With the construction technology of the Iron Empire, a wooden house is really nothing. If you want to build it, just send a few people to build it in a day or two. But the problem is, it is not just the house that is damaged!

"Hey, are you okay?" I asked worriedly as I helped up a guard lying on the ground.

After I helped the guy up, he shook his head hard, and then after seeing my appearance clearly, he asked, "What happened just now?"

"Uh... there was a little accident. You also know that our friend has been in a comatose state, so we thought of some way to wake her up, but we didn't expect that we didn't control the intensity well enough to blow up your house. Lost."

The guard said weakly: "The house doesn't matter. It's just a temporary building anyway. As long as you don't get hurt, it's fine. By the way, where are my companions?"

"it's here."

Following the guard's question, Ling and Xiaochun immediately came over, and each of them supported a guard who was walking unsteadily. Fortunately, although the explosion is quite powerful, it is not offensive in itself, and there are not many constraints. The power of the explosion is dispersed in all directions, so the actual power is not very great. The reason why these people look shaky now is not caused by injuries, but by shock waves, just like the sequelae of a concussion.

Since Poseidon was picked up by us and the house was completely reimbursed, the guards no longer need to stay here, but returned to the city with us to resume their lives.

Speaking of which, the Iron Empire actually only has one city in total. After all, they are an island country, and their area is quite small. If you wear telescopes, you can directly see both ends of the island as long as you have a way to fly over the island, so There really isn't much room for such a big place. However, although the area is quite small, the surface of the island of the Iron Empire does not look like a steel jungle as imagined. Instead, it is a natural scenery with almost no trace of construction.

The ring of forts on the periphery of the island are all built on cliff-like cliffs, and including the ring of exposed forts on the top, they all have telescopic mechanisms. When they are in closed mode, they will be protected by camouflage boards that are exactly the same as the rock walls. The weapon system is completely blocked. If you don't know in advance that this is an artillery position, you may not find a bunch of cannons hidden under your feet even if you walk past the position.

The situation inside the island is slightly different from that outside the island. Instead of using a camouflage board structure, a large area of ​​greening is used to ensure the concealment of the city. In fact, the main part of the city in the Iron Empire is not a ground city. The ground city here basically only has a small area, and most of them are military facilities, which are equivalent to frontline fortresses. Moreover, except for the necessary roads, this fortress is almost completely covered with plants. If you were to fly over your head in a plane, you would not notice that there is actually a city hidden below, and you would think that it is a vast area. jungle. Of course, it is impossible for us to ignore these huge buildings on the ground.

When we entered the city, a local commander first told us that we had received Poseidon. Of course, they were also very curious about Poseidon, because Poseidon had hardly woken up since he was captured. The other party was deeply curious about this magical sleeping ability, but because Poseidon seemed to hate talking about it, the other party didn't ask too much.

After solving the problem of Poseidon, the commanders of the other side warmly invited us to visit their city and attend a dinner specially prepared for us tonight. Poseidon was not interested in this, she was anxious to return to Poseidon, but I was very interested. It’s not that I want to attend the dinner, but I am very interested in Iron Empire’s technology and want to communicate with them to see if we can have some cooperation. In addition to the talent recruitment factors, R&D funding and national strength are also very important factors in improving BiJing's technical strength.

If there is no money, many studies can only be carried out theoretical derivation without verification, and because of the need to save money, many experiments must be tried carefully. This certainly improves the success rate, but the overall research progress is inevitable. will slow down. On the contrary, if you don't care about money at all, it would be simple. Experiments can run multiple processes at a time. Even if most of them fail, even if one succeeds, it means a breakthrough in research. This way of spending money will definitely speed up research. The only way to progress. In addition, national strength or group strength is also an important auxiliary to technological research, because a strong country means it has more resources. You must know that experiment is just a reasonable integration of existing resources and materials. If your country is weak and cannot obtain certain special substances, then even if you have thoroughly studied the theory, it will only pile up in the database and grow moldy. , because you don’t have the materials to achieve your research success. This is like a country that cannot obtain nuclear materials, even if it obtains a complete set of nuclear weapons manufacturing technology, it will be useless. Without radioactive materials, even if you have the ability to build a fully automatic nuclear weapons production line like a car production line, it will be useless, no matter how awesome the production equipment is. Without the raw materials, I can only stare. Creating something out of nothing is the preserve of magicians, not scientists.

The current technical strength of the Iron Empire seems to be pretty good, which shows that they have a good foundation. It can also be seen from previous contacts that the basic education in this country is quite strong, so they are definitely not lacking in talent, the rest is funds and strength. It seems that there is no shortage of funds to start a family, because this country seems to have a pretty perfect social system, which feels like a utopia. Of course, this is because the country is too small. This kind of system is basically unplayable after the entrance exceeds 10,000. I switched, but no matter what, at least the productivity of society is highly developed and the country is quite wealthy, so there is basically no shortage of money for research. As for the last question about strength... I think this is an opportunity for cooperation.

The combat quality of Iron Empire may be quite good. I have personally tested the power of the coastal defense guns before, as well as the individual rifles. These are very powerful weapons. Although one or two guns couldn't hurt me, it was quite scary when there were more of them. But the problem lies in this quantity. The entrance to the Iron Empire seems to have just exceeded 10,000. I have already inquired about the previous coastal defense guns. They are all remotely controlled. Each gunner has to control more than a dozen guns at the same time. There are still many guns without controllers, so they can only Whichever side the enemy invades from, the gunners will focus on controlling the forts in that direction. If the enemy invades from the direction, they can only temporarily be in a state of no control. As for domestic weapons, they are basically the same. There is a lot of equipment and a high level of automation, but not enough is purchased. Many weapons are not used, and there is only quality but no quantity. Moreover, as an island country, the Iron Empire still has a very serious problem, that is, they have no navy.

An island country without a navy, what strength do you expect it to have? Coupled with the low overall combat effectiveness, this country's strength can be directly classified into the level of fifth- and sixth-tier countries.

A country that has the equipment and strength of a first-class powerful country, but whose overall combat effectiveness is not as good as those of backward countries, isn't this just a big cake that has no one to guard? How can I not take a bite of this kind of thing?

As an outsider, I roughly understood the situation of the Steel Empire just by taking a brief tour. How could the top brass of the Steel Empire, as local managers, not understand the current situation. This was basically the purpose of consciously excluding outsiders before. The reason why they fired so many cannons on the shore and made the weapons and equipment so that even the protoss were afraid was because they knew that they were young and could easily be bullied, so they specially created This look of being armed to the teeth is intimidating. As for why they were so enthusiastic about me and even took the initiative to invite me to visit and show their value, there is actually a reason for this.

Don’t the top brass of the Steel Empire know that they are like a child holding gold in their hands? Of course, they also know that they are unable to protect the gold, so the method they adopted before was to hide the gold and put on a mad dog posture, which meant telling others, "I am a mad dog with nothing, who of you dare to come close" You have to be prepared to have a piece of meat bitten off by me, and you don’t expect to get any benefits from me.”

Other forces may have discovered the existence of the Iron Empire a long time ago, but they are too lazy to touch something that has no value at all and is covered in thorns. The Iron Empire relies on this strategy to exist until now. As for the gold piece of war against me, it seems stupid on the surface, but it is actually an extremely smart approach. First of all, unlike those forces who were scared away, I have already broken through, so continuing to show my teeth at this time is tantamount to seeking death. Secondly, my performance after entering here shows that I am not the kind of aggressive enemy, so even if I discover the benefits here, I will not use barbaric methods to directly rob them. After understanding these two points, Iron Empire's decision became very clear. They just want to show their strength and the piece of "gold", so that I can understand that they are not a child holding a golden egg, but a hen that can lay golden eggs. For a child holding a golden egg, others would only think of snatching the golden elixir, and maybe even kill the child by the way. But for a hen that can lay golden eggs, it is estimated that only the kind of mentally retarded scholar would do it. I would consider killing him. The normal idea would be to take the chicken home as soon as possible, serve it with delicious food and drink, and hope that this chicken will lay more golden eggs.

In the eyes of the senior management of the Iron Empire, my performance was completely within the scope of normal people, and what satisfied them most was that I provided them with information before going to meet Poseidon to prove that I did not come from a barbaric country that believes that violence is beauty. I am originally from a force with a very good technical foundation, which means that I can understand their value and better understand their needs.

Since I have already broken through into the hinterland of the Iron Empire, the conditions for adding me look good, so the top management of the Iron Empire actually has an intention to cooperate. Whether it is a full-scale merger or a limited cooperation, we have to look at this before deciding. Because of this idea, the senior management of the Steel Empire had a plan to invite us to visit and attend the banquet. I also guessed their intention, so I immediately agreed.

Although Poseidon didn't want to stay, she saw that I was resolute, so she couldn't refute. Bi Jing would probably hang out with me in the future. Even if the transfer hadn't happened yet, she should show off in advance. If you quarrel with your boss, you should be prepared to get fired. If you don't want to be fired and continue to quarrel with your boss, that's pure cheating! Poseidon was obviously no different, and staying a little longer wasn't a big deal, so she naturally chose to stay.

We nodded and the senior executives of the Iron Empire immediately started taking action. However, I also knew that Poseidon might not be interested in this, so I asked the Iron Empire to prepare a plan for her on the grounds that she had just recovered from physical discomfort. I rested in the room. Of course, I didn't dare to let her stay alone, and Ling couldn't get close to her. In the end, I decided to let Xiao Longnu, Aina and Yeyue accompany her. These three people had nothing to do with her, and Xiao Longnu and Yeyue were strong enough. Even if Poseidon suddenly lost his temper, they could still do it. It can be controlled. As for Auntina, she is naturally a pure chat partner. After all, they are all beautiful, so there should be some common topics? Besides, A Di Na is far more tactful than Ye Yue, a straight person, and Xiao Long Nu, a pure girl, so I plan to rely on A Di Na to help me get information. After all, Poseidon, a member of the protoss, suddenly changed his gender, and his race also changed. There must be people of all ages who know the secret, and they really feel uneasy if they don't understand it clearly.

After settling here, I started to visit the Iron Empire with the members of the Iron Empire. However, for convenience, I only let the most knowledgeable Ling out. After all, he is a loyal demon pet, so the treatment is naturally different. Besides, Ling is also She is indeed a erudite scholar who knows Yao's literature and geography. She can ask her to answer many questions directly. She is simply an encyclopedia.

As a guide, the one sent by the Steel Empire was of course not one of their country's top officials. After all, the gang members had different identities. No matter how distinguished I was as a guest, they couldn't always accompany me shopping, so the ones assigned in the end were three people from different backgrounds. Admissions to the field and six guards.

Two of these three guides are middle-aged, one is very fat, this kind of figure is quite rare in the Iron Empire, and the other is quite tall, standing there like a bear with his head in shape, this is common in the Iron Empire. In terms of body shape, it can be considered an alternative. The last guide was an old man, and he was actually sitting in a suspended wheelchair, which made me drool. Of course I was not interested in the old man, so I took his wheelchair.

"How does your thing resist gravity? What is the maximum load? How much energy does it consume per unit time? Is the control flexible? Is the manufacturing complicated? Is it energy efficient?"

As soon as the old man appeared, he was stunned by my series of questions. Lao Ruijia Bi Jing's reaction was slower, but he didn't expect that I started spraying like a machine cannon and it didn't stop. He was so stunned that Lao Ruijia was a little bit confused. I can't keep up with the rhythm.

To be continued