Chapter 149 Technology Madman

"You said this thing is powered by magic crystal?"

"Of course." Father Hill nodded very firmly, which shocked Ashford and I.

"Is this thing powered by magic crystal?" Ashford ran over excitedly and wanted to get one out and open it to take a look, but as soon as he stretched out his hand, I grabbed him.

"Why are you dragging me?" Ashford looked at me without knowing why.

I gestured towards Father Hill, and then said, "Do you want to see the technical achievements of the owner without asking the owner's opinion? At least you have been around for a while, so you have a bit of an image, okay?"

Ashford also just reacted, then turned around and apologized to Hill's father: "Is this right? I'm too excited!"

In fact, I can understand Ashford's reaction. If I hadn't been a dragon and Yaosheng would not be easily excited, I would have probably reacted even more exaggeratedly than Ashford. Although magic crystal power itself is not an exaggeration, if you say that this spider-shaped golem has magic crystal power installed in its body, it would be a bit scary.

Although Magic Crystal Power is currently considered a relatively popular technology, the technical level of various guilds is uneven. Among them, our guild and the Iron Crusaders are both guilds that have mastered the core technology in this regard. Moreover, our magic crystal power equipment leads the world in terms of energy utilization and output power. However, whether it is us or the Iron Crusaders, the minimum size of our magic crystal power equipment is as big as a cantaloupe.

A melon-sized magic crystal power device actually looks very small, but the problem is that there cannot be only one power device inside this spider-shaped golem, and other devices need to be filled in. This determines that the power device must not be too big, so if If this spider-shaped golem really uses magic crystal power in its body, it means that Hill's father has definitely mastered a technology of miniaturizing magic crystal power, and it has entered the practical stage.

"Excuse me, how big is the magic crystal power equipment in your spider-shaped golem?" I asked quickly after Ashford apologized.

Father Hill stretched out his hand to show us, and then said: "It's just that big."

"Only this big?" We looked at Father Hill's fingers in surprise, because the size he compared was definitely not more than the size of a longan. According to our understanding of the golem, if this spider-shaped golem really uses magic crystal power, then the volume given by Hill's father is actually the most normal volume, because only the power part of the golem can be compressed to Within this volume, there is enough space to install other parts of the spider golem. Therefore, the volume mentioned by Hill's father should not be made up.

"Well... may I ask... what is the conversion rate of the magic crystal power core you designed? What standard can the output data meet? For example, data such as peak output, instantaneous output, and response time of energy output. Have you tested these things?”

After hearing what I said, Father Hill looked at me again in surprise, and then asked, "Are you also a mechanic?"

"No." I quickly replied: "But our guild has invested a lot in this area and has achieved a lot of results. As the president, I have a relatively comprehensive understanding of the magic puppets, so I will give you The golem is so interested."

"What about him?" Father Hill pointed at Ashford.

Ashford said quickly: "I am Ashford, the president of the Iron Cross. You should know us."

"Iron Crusaders?" Hill's father was stunned for a moment, then nodded: "That's no wonder. Your technical level is indeed very high. Then this..."

"Dad Hill, this is our president Ziri, he is the president of the Frost Rose Alliance." Oresia introduced.

"A member of the Frost Rose Alliance?" Father Hill looked at me in surprise and then said to Oresia: "Didn't you lie to me before? Are they really members of the Frost Rose Alliance?"

"Why did I lie to you?" Aurecia explained: "These three are all members of the Frost Rose Alliance. If you don't believe it, look at their guild badges and the badge on President Ziri's chest. You Look, only the president can have this kind of three-dimensional logo. Is it fake that you praise the Frost Rose Alliance’s technology all day long? How come you don’t even recognize the Frost Rose Alliance’s Frozen Rose emblem?”

"I thought it was your little girl joking with me again, but who knew it was true." Father Hill came over a little embarrassed and said, "I'm sorry! I didn't know you old man was so big before. I actually like to do research. As a mechanical enthusiast, I have studied some golem-related technologies since I entered the game. I have admired the technology of your Frost Rose Alliance for a long time."

I didn't expect that Father Hill would be our admirer. This actually made me happy. After a few polite words, I asked the previous question again.

Father Hill immediately replied this time: "Oh, what do you mean by this magic crystal power core? The conversion rate of this power core I invented is only 47%. If it is made larger, more auxiliary equipment can be added. , the conversion rate can be stable between 53% and 56%, but this conversion rate requires sacrificing the volume advantage, which is not worth the loss.”

Like me, Ashford, who was quite excited at first, immediately frowned when he heard this data. Then Ashford asked: "Is the conversion rate so low? Is it a problem of volume compression? Or is it you? Is this conversion rate the core driving force of design?”

Father Hill immediately said: "It's not the reason for miniaturization, but the core power of my design is this conversion rate."

After hearing this answer, our faces immediately returned to normal, because if this is the case, it means that the low conversion rate is not caused by miniaturization. If this is the case, then there is still room for improvement. No matter how powerful Father Hill is, he is still an advanced inventor. He designs everything by himself. It is impossible to compare with us in various auxiliary equipment and investment, so it is understandable that his power core is flawed.

I don’t know what the power core conversion rate of the Iron Crusaders is, but the power core conversion rate of our guild is generally between 85% and 91%. Some special models, such as Essinger’s total core, have a conversion rate of The rate can reach over 99.7%, but it is a giant core that cannot be accommodated even on ordinary battleships. What can be equipped on mobile warriors and battleships are conventional cores, and the conversion rate of those cores is between 85% and 91%, with few exceptions. Daddy Hill's power core may not be up to par in some other technical aspects. If we can get his miniaturization technology and then integrate it into our power core, it is estimated that even if it will lead to a decrease in conversion rate, it should be It won't be lower than 80%.

"The conversion rate is indeed a little low, but I don't know how the output data is?" I asked again.

Father Hill was very excited this time and said: "I'm not bragging. Although the conversion rate of my power core is low, the output is definitely great. A miniature power core like this can do regular output. When it reaches more than 75 magic points, the peak output can be doubled to 150 points. How about it? Isn’t it amazing?"

The output energy of the power core is not electrical energy, but magic power. Since all players have magic power slots, we simply use the units on the magic power slot to measure the output units of the power core. Of course, the Frost Rose Alliance has another unit system, but that one is for large equipment. To the outside world, we still talk about how many units of magic power we have, so as to facilitate communication.

Hearing Father Hill's answer, Ashford and I both felt a little weird. It wasn't because the output of the core in that hole was too high, but because it was too low.

The reason why Father Hill was very modest about the conversion rate before was because he knew that his power core conversion rate was much worse than that of our guild. Father Hill doesn't know the specific conversion rate of our power cores, but our Frost Rose Alliance and Ashford's Iron Crusaders both have export-type power cores, and these power cores are sold to other guilds. in use. Just like modern engine technology, there are many countries that can build cars, but not many that can build excellent engines.

Our guild and the Iron Crusaders are both guilds that master the core technology of power cores, so we will also sell power cores to other guilds to assemble some of their magic crystal power equipment. Of course, the export model is Iwei The downshifted model is incomparable to the model used by our guild. But even if it is an export model, the conversion rate of our power core can reach more than 70%. This is why Mr. Hill dare not say that the conversion rate of his equipment is very good. However, although the conversion rate can be easily checked, the output of the power core is kept secret.

It's like a country buying weapons from another country. You can find out how much it cost, roughly what you bought, and maintenance costs, etc., but when you go home, you will be told about the range, power, and other aspects of the weapon. Some data? Whether it is a seller or a buyer, they definitely don’t want others to know too much in detail, otherwise the weapon’s combat effectiveness is likely to be greatly reduced. Like the major arms dealers that publish data to the outside world, they are all published standard data for conventional models. In fact, the specific data of the actual weapons purchased by various countries are different. You will never be able to check these specific data unless they are internally recruited. If it is found, even if it is found, it is eliminated data or false information.

Our guild has confidentiality agreements with all the guilds that have bought our guild’s power cores. Only we and the buyers know the specific output of the power cores we buy, and confidentiality is conducive to the interests of both of us, so There was no leakage at all.

If we don't leak the secret, Father Hill naturally doesn't know what the output of our power core is, so he dares to say that the core output in his hole is very strong.

Although Father Hill boasted about his power core, he was not stupid. He quickly noticed our expressions and asked with some uncertainty: "What? Could it be that the output of my power core is has a problem?"

Ashford is a standard German, so most of the time this guy speaks directly, and rarely makes any detours with you, especially about technical matters. When Father Hill asked this question, he directly replied: "There is indeed a problem. Although your power core is miniaturized, the output is too low, right?"

"Oh...? Low?" Father Hill looked at us in surprise and asked, "What is the output of a normal power core?"

I originally wanted to show him a sample, but suddenly I remembered that I was restricted by the mission system and could not open the Phoenix Dragon Space, so I had to give him a sign and said: "It's bigger than yours, and it's also the smallest in our guild. The power core is almost as big as a medium-sized cantaloupe. The stable output is between 15,000 and 18,000 points. This mainly depends on the material. Special models are replaced with precious magic materials, and the stable output can reach 21,000 points. Easy. The peak output is generally 1.5 times the normal output, which is between 23,000 and 27,000, and special models can reach around 35,000."

"Tens of thousands?" Father Hill trembled and looked at us and asked, "How did you do it? My stable output is less than a hundred, but you actually have tens of thousands? The volume of your power core is only Is it more than ten times the size of mine?"

"You want us to tell you how our power core is made. We can't tell you for a while, but I think there may be some key technologies that you don't have. After all, both the Frost Rose Alliance and the Iron Crusaders have dozens of them in their hands. For this core technology, this kind of improvement is not just a little bit, and with so many improvement methods integrated together, the performance is obviously even more exaggerated.”

"It's so powerful!" Hill's father asked enviously: "How much output can the maximum power core you create have?"

Ashford directly shook his hand and said: "Don't look at me, the biggest one is in their Frost Rose Alliance!"

Since Ashford said so. I had no choice but to tell the truth. Anyway, it’s useless if you don’t know about this thing. "At present, the largest power core of our guild is the power core installed in Essinger Mobile Fortress, because it must support the anti-gravity construction of Essinger Mobile Fortress, maintain the operation of the city, and even support the diffusion of weapons to the city. It is a magic energy radiant cannon, so the output power is very exaggerated. Although we have not tested the ultimate power, the stable power can definitely reach 150 billion points. We have used this power to test the machine continuously for more than a month, and the results are a little There are no signs of overheating or overloading, indicating that this output is far from the limit.”

"What? Fifteen trillion? Are you sure you got it right?" Father Hill was obviously frightened.

Ashford said on the side: "Don't believe it, this value is actually normal. Think about it, that power core is going to make the entire Essinger Mobile Fortress fly. How much power do you think it needs? That's a city, not Remote control model. For something so big to be levitated against the gravity of the earth, the output is definitely not that small. Also, the diffusion radiation cannon used against the city is a city-level weapon. One shot will destroy a city, and Because this weapon is directly under Essinger Mobile Fortress, Essinger Mobile Fortress must be suspended above the opponent's head before it can fire. You said that this must ensure the power and stable flight of the weapon. Why is the instantaneous output so small? Besides, it’s not just anti-gravity devices that require energy in the city, there are also protective shields, various energy weapons, lift gates, movable mechanisms, and charging of their guild’s mobile warriors. These outputs must be extracted from the power core in the end. This output is actually quite reasonable.”

Father Hill, who didn't really believe it at first, began to believe it after hearing this explanation. After all, he had heard of Essinger Mobile Fortress. In order to compete for the status of the German ruling guild, Ashford hired Essinger Mobile Fortress from our guild to help them level several cities of hostile guilds. The countries in Europe are not big. Many countries are only the size of a province in China. The surrounding countries basically know about what happened in Germany, so of course Father Hill, the famous man of Essinger Mobile Fortress, has heard of it. And not only had he heard about it, he had also seen the video of it on the forum.

For such a big city to be suspended in the sky, no matter how high the output power is, it is not an exaggeration. Moreover, after doing some mental calculations, Mr. Hill found that the output power was not high at all, but rather too small. Calculated based on this data, the energy consumption of the suspension device of our Essinger Mobile Fortress must be very low, definitely exceeding any anti-gravity device known to Father Hill.

"It's terrible. Your power core is really amazing." Father Hill exclaimed, "May I ask what the average output of your conventional power core is?"

"It ranges from about 20,000 to 100,000." I replied: "The kind I told you before is the smallest power core. It is a dedicated core for the thruster module used by the mobile warriors of our guild. It only It provides auxiliary power output when the mobile warrior accelerates its flight. The mobile warrior itself is usually equipped with a regular model with a magic output of 40,000 points. However, our guild has many models of mobile warriors, some of which are equipped with extra-large thrusters. , this is another matter.”

"I've heard about your guild's mobile warriors." Father Hill said excitedly, "I've even bought two of them."

"What? Have you bought it?" This time I was surprised.

Our guild has indeed sold a lot of mobile warriors, so it is not surprising that there are mobile warriors out there. In terms of the sales plan of the mobile robot, we adopt the strategy of reserve one generation, use one generation and sell one generation. In other words, we are using 4th-generation machines ourselves and have mastered the practical technology of 5th-generation machines. Only then will we start selling 3rd-generation machines and previous models. If we sell 4th-generation machines, then only This shows that we have completely replaced the fifth-generation aircraft, and have completed the mass production design plan of the sixth-generation model in the laboratory and have verified that it is indeed feasible.

However, although we also sell mobile warriors, even die-hard allies like the Iron Crusaders can buy some of our guild's in-production models of mobile warriors. Of course, the quantity will be controlled. However, no matter what model of mobile phone it is, we have never sold it to individual users. Those who buy our mobile tools are guild organizations, and we have never sold them to individual players. Another point is... our mobile phones are very expensive.

Exactly how expensive is it? Anyway, we sell them according to the configuration and usage cost of the later generation after adding an extra %.

How to understand this strategy? It should be said like this. Just like now, our guild is planning to gradually phase out the 4th generation models and then completely replace them with 5th generation models. However, our 4th generation models will not be sold at the price of the 4th generation models, but will be sold at the price of the 5th generation models. The sum of the design, manufacturing and subsequent use and maintenance costs of the model is then multiplied by 1%, and then the actual sales price of the fourth-generation machine is obtained.

At this price, if we sell all the 4th generation machines, then our guild will have to pay for the research costs, manufacturing costs and future use costs of the 5th generation machines. Plus, we make an extra %. Of course, this is just a guide price, and the actual sales price may fluctuate. However, based on the current situation, it has only gone up and has never been lowered. If you can buy it at the guide price, you are already a guild that has a strong relationship with us. . Some guilds will even buy mobile warriors that are several times the guide price. That is normal. In addition, the mobile robots we sell are not only obsolete goods, but also second-hand goods, not new ones. However, there is one thing in these second-hand goods that is new, and that is the working soul circuit. Of course, buyers actually prefer the 1ri version of this thing, but it’s a pity that we never sell it.

The artificial intelligence circuit used by mobile robots is equivalent to the computer system of the machine, and it is not only the hardware, but also the software. Although the bodies of these obsolete second-hand mobile warriors are worn out and damaged in various ways, their working souls come from the battlefield, which makes them veterans. You said that for the same money, which one do you want, a group of veterans who have withdrawn from the battlefield or a group of recruits who have just come out of training camp? Obviously veterans are more popular. However, we never sell this. Every time we want to sell a mobile warrior, we will help it replace the labor soul circuit, and then use the excuse of upgrading to replace it with a labor soul that is indeed more advanced, but in fact the combat data is all zero. Go up. As for those working souls that record battlefield data like veterans, of course they are upgraded first and then directly installed on the newly produced advanced mobile warriors of our guild.

This should be evident from our guild’s proactive sales strategy. The mobile warriors in our guild are basically all cheap, with no special features, just one word - expensive.

As an individual player without a guild, Father Hill not only bought a mobile warrior that was not sold to individual players, but he also had more than one. Isn't this a bit too exaggerated? Putting aside where he got his connections, the price alone is already staggering. You must know that our mobile robots are not cabbage, and they are expensive. Our guild is so wealthy that we don’t dare to equip ourselves with more equipment. How expensive can this thing be?

As if he was afraid that we wouldn't believe it, Father Hill actually threw out the two mobile warriors with a wave of his hand. The space props on his body are obviously relatively large. It was surprising enough to see so many spider demons being released before. Now he turned around and actually threw out two more mobile warriors. This guy's space equipment is outside our guild. It's definitely rare.

"How's it going? Look, this is the Mobile Ranger I bought. Isn't it good?" Father Hill showed off excitedly.

I walked up to take a look, then frowned and asked, "What model is this?"

Before Father Hill could answer, Oresia next to me asked me in surprise: "Guild President, aren't you? You don't even know anything about your own guild?"

Ashford explained to me: "But this has obviously been modified. See for yourself where there is still a bit of the original look?"

Just like many people now like to modify various things after buying a private car. At the end of the day, they also put some car stickers on it, and then put on some decorative strips. If you meet a modification enthusiast, you can even modify the car to the point where even the manufacturer cannot recognize that it is produced by them. Father Hill is obviously this kind of person, but what he modified was not a car, but a motorbike in our guild. Although this thing can still be guessed to be a mobile warrior, the model number is really hard to see. This thing has completely transformed into something else. Its shape is so different from the original one that it is completely unrecognizable!

"Are you sure this is a mobile warrior produced by our guild?"

"Of course. I got this from the black market." Father Hill said excitedly.

I asked in surprise: "Is there a black market for mobile warriors?"

Father Hill said excitedly: "You don't know that the mobile warriors in your guild are treasures in the eyes of some technical players. Sometimes some mobile warriors with special parts are simply worthless. I I had to spend a lot of crystal coins to get these two mobile warriors."

I asked exaggeratedly: "How much did you spend on this?"

"This one costs 7 million crystal coins, and that one costs 6.9 million."

"Pfft..." Ashford sprayed directly. "How much did you say you spent?"

"A total of 13.9 million crystal coins."

"You are really rich! Can you afford this thing?" Ashford looked like he was worshiping. Although he is considered super rich, the price flexibility allows him to easily buy hundreds of them, but that’s not how money is spent, right? If you were a multimillionaire, would you spend tens of thousands of dollars to buy an egg? You definitely don't care about the money, but the problem is that for eggs that cost tens of thousands of yuan each, the price/performance ratio is a bit too low, right?

"Ashford, please don't be so exaggerated in your reaction, okay? This is called everyone's consumption. Don't those who like to collect stamps still throw away millions and tens of millions just to buy a piece of paper that originally costs a few dollars? So, as long as you can afford it, you don’t need to measure the things you like according to ordinary logic. I am willing to call it hard to buy with money. Do you understand? "

Ashford nodded and said: "I understand, but the price is indeed a bit exaggerated! Having said that, Father Hill, you are also a rich man in reality, right?"

"Of course." Father Hill said: "How can ordinary people have so much money to play this?"

"A person with this kind of money can still earn a lot, but someone as crazy as you can't earn much!" Ashford sighed.

While caressing the mobile robot, Father Hill said: "You may wonder why Oresia wants me, Father Hill. In fact, I am fifty-seven years old in reality. Although I am not old yet. He is immobile, but he is definitely much older than your father, right? It is even possible that your grandfather is only my age."

"But your appearance..." I looked at Father Hill and asked in confusion.

"Zero" allows players to adjust their appearance, but there are restrictions. It does not mean that they can be adjusted casually. A veteran in his fifties, no matter how you adjust, he should still be able to tell that he is forty years old. But now Father Hill's appearance looks like he's only about thirty, which is really a bit abnormal.

Sure enough, Hill's father explained: "Because my profession is a mechanic, and my race is a constructed creature, my appearance can be stabilized in a youthful state. After all, machines will not grow old."

"So that's what it is."

After we nodded, Father Hill continued: "I am fifty-seven years old. My wife has passed away long ago. My son and daughter don't live with me, and I don't want to leave them too much inheritance for them to live in for the rest of their lives." I'm waiting to die, so in addition to preparing a legacy for them to make them a little richer, I still have a lot of money that I can't spend. So now until I die, I don't need to save anything. Whatever you like, don’t worry about money at all. When I die, if there is anything left unspent, I will donate it all to charity, so that I won’t have any regrets in my life.”

"You are really free and easy!" Ashford said: "My father is much richer than you, but unfortunately he is a miser. He can't wait to break a gold mark in half."

I patted Ashford and said, "When you have several companies of our scale, you can't help yourself. Believe it or not, if your dad spends money as hard as Mr. Hill, he won't be able to make any money." Will you and your son be assassinated in three months?"

Ashford nodded to express his understanding, and then said: "Let's not talk about it. Dad Hill, we have talked so much with you, but we are actually very interested in your technology. Can you sell your technology to us? ?”

I slapped Ashford again, and then said: "What are you talking about? How can such a big man not see O? Only third-rate businessmen buy their inventions. Even if we can't be a first-rate businessman, I have to be a second-rate person." After saying that, I turned to Father Hill and said, "Would you like to join our Frost Rose Alliance as a golem designer?"

"You want me?" Father Hill asked in surprise.

Ashford shouted from the side: "Yes, of course. Join our Iron Cross Army? We will get favorable treatment!"

"Hey, can I say it first? There is a first-come, first-served basis, right?"

"Why do you care about first come first served at this time?" Ashford pulled me behind and continued to encourage: "Don't worry, Father Hill, we will never point fingers at your research, and we can We will give you sufficient research funds and auxiliary equipment, and there will be many people to study with you. Of course, the core technologies of our guild can also be made available to you."

"Don't listen to him. Our guild has much more core technologies than they do. And who doesn't know that our Frost Rose Alliance has the largest investment in technology?"

"Don't be fooled." Ashford pulled away from me and said: "The Frost Rose Alliance does invest more than us, but their technical research direction is relatively broad, and the actual investment in golem technology is actually not as much as ours. . Our guild specializes in golem and magic crystal power technology. It would be better for you to join us to make full use of your expertise."

"You're a guy who knows how to slander. When did our guild disperse its funds? Although we have many research directions, we still have goals, and the cost of a single investment is still the first in the world." At this point, I suddenly looked at Xi Dad Er said: "Also, your favorite mobile warrior is a product of our guild. As long as you join us, not only can you own all previous models of mobile warriors, but you can also get the products currently in service in our guild. Fourth-generation mobile warriors. By the way, there are several fifth-generation models that have been completed at the research institute, but the people outside have never even seen them."

My words were like the voice of the devil, instantly attracting Father Hill. I guess the devil used my emphasis when he tricked people into selling their souls. After all, the effect was very obvious.

"I want to join the Frost Rose Alliance." Father Hill shouted.

"Damn it, you robbed me again." Ashford said angrily.

"Haha, this is what we call strength." I showed off proudly, and then said to Father Hill: "Very good, after I complete the mission this time, I will take you and Oresia back to join our Frost Rose Alliance. , I can do everything I promised before. Mobile robots are collectibles that are sold at very high prices outside, and there are a lot of them in our guild, especially at the research institute, where there are various unlisted models. Guaranteed to suit your interests.”

The so-called uninstalled models are models that have been researched but have not been mass-produced due to duplication of functions or unreasonable price/performance ratio. This kind of mobile robot is meaningless to ordinary people, but to real puppet lovers, this type of mobile robot is like the kind of wrong tickets, recycled tickets, etc. in the eyes of stamp collectors. A rare thing that you can show off if you just get one.

Of course, there are a lot of unlisted models of mobile robots that are absolutely unobtainable to other enthusiasts in our guild's laboratory. Although it is not listed, since it was built, it must have some special features, otherwise it would not have been designed. Therefore, although these mobile warriors cannot be equipped in large quantities, it is still necessary to retain a few samples for research.

We were discussing the matter of Father Hill when suddenly I heard a popping sound in front of me, and I woke up from our chat. We didn't stand and talk along the way, but talked as we walked, and now unknowingly we have reached the area where the previous caves were inhabited. The sound just now was clearly the sound of a weapon firing like a grenade that I had heard before.

"Oops, everyone retreat! No fight back!"