Chapter 48 Intelligence

Rose and the others are responsible for sending away those who have not bought the city, while I am specifically responsible for those guilds that have bought the city. I took these people to see the cities they bought. The presidents of those guilds were very satisfied. After confirmation, these presidents returned to Essinger to sign the final agreement with us.

After signing the agreement, I treated them to a meal in the cafeteria. The auction was not short, and everyone was almost hungry, so we just went to have something to bond with. My dad once told me that most business deals are done at the dinner table, not at the negotiation table. The dining table can bring people closer together, and it is often easier to simplify complex things at the dining table. Now I am experimenting with this theory in Essinger, and the target is the guild presidents who bought the city.

There was nothing special about the meal, but I turned it into a battlefield, and all the participating guilds after the meal became our friendly guilds. It seems that dad's theory does have some truth to it. When everyone walked out of the cafeteria, the president of a guild suddenly asked: "President Ziri?"

"Well, what are you doing?"

"When I first came here, I saw something standing on the corner of your city. It looked like a door cannon. Am I right?"

I asked in confusion: "Where did you see it?"

"I'm...!" The president turned around and couldn't remember which direction he was in. "Where is the teleportation array?"

"Over there." There are many teleportation arrays in Essinger, but I know he is talking about the one next to the auditorium, because that's where they came in. I pointed in the direction: "Over there."

He immediately said: "I know, it should be over there."

"Over there?" I took out the leaves of the city tree, and the leaves lit up immediately.

"Is something wrong?" The city tree has already sensed the leaves on my side, and the sound coming from the leaves startled the people around me.

"Someone just told me that artillery was found on the southern section of the second city wall. Do you know what happened? Shouldn't the cannons be put into the gun rooms now? Why are they still on the city wall?"

City Tree replied calmly: "I know this. I raised it. There was a mechanical failure at gun position 36379 in the southern section of the second city wall. Emergency repairs are being carried out. I raised it for easy inspection. Is there any problem? "

"It's okay, I'm just asking. By the way, make the place where I am a little brighter, the street lights here are all out!"

"This is in accordance with your request. In order to save energy, the auxiliary lighting equipment will not be activated at night in non-combat conditions."

"This is a special case tonight. Help me turn on the lights."

"Understood. The power furnace is warming up and the lights will be turned on in seconds. Is there anything else?"

"No more." I collected the leaves and said to the president: "You're right, that's a door cannon." I suddenly realized that no one was listening. They were all looking at both sides of the road as if waiting. What are you wearing?

At first, I followed them and looked around, not knowing what they were looking at. After a few seconds, I suddenly understood that they were waiting for the light. The sound of City Tree blared from loudspeakers in the city. "Attention all streets, Essinger lighting equipment is activated. To avoid local overload, please do not activate large equipment for the time being."

As soon as the sound ended, the Spirit Gathering Tower in the center of Essinger suddenly emitted green light from top to bottom. The entire tower was like a big fluorescent stick, emitting a majestic and terrifying light. The presidents around them all made exclamations of surprise at the same time.

After the Juling Tower was activated, various streets in the city began to light up one after another, and soon we reached our street. First, one end of the street lit up. Then the magic lights for lighting came on one after another, and the whole street became brightly lit in a flash.

A president came over and asked, "Is your city automated?"

"It's not automatic, but there are NPCs specifically responsible for controlling it."

"How do you hire an NPC like this?"

"I'm sorry, this NPC is actually a tree. We all call him the City Tree. As long as he takes root in the city, he can control the entire city's equipment. I can talk to him at any time as long as I hold his leaves. Communicate. But this tree is a rare species and we don’t even have enough of it ourselves.”

The president who asked me about the cannon at the beginning came back again. "Trees are a rare species, cannons can always be produced, right?" The guild leader said sincerely: "We are a small guild, not a big group like you. We established a village some time ago but failed to hold it, leaving the monsters to peace. Now it’s hard to raise funds to buy a city. We don’t want any more accidents, so we want to buy some cannons and go back.”

When he said this, the surrounding guilds became excited. "Yes! We also want to buy cannons..." Everyone was in chaos. Except for the Northern Alliance and those guilds with backstage, most of the guilds asked us to sell them some cannons.

"Everyone, be quiet. Be quiet..." He finally suppressed them. "Okay, let's do this. Cannons can be sold, but you want me to send away those presidents who don't buy cannons first?"

After saying this, everyone calmed down, and I quickly asked them to separate themselves, leaving those who wanted to buy cannons to wait. If you don’t want to buy it, I’ll send them to the teleportation array first. I ran back after all the guilds that didn't buy cannons left. The guild leader took these remaining guild leaders to Essinger's museum, where all models of our guild's products are parked.

"Okay. Since you want to buy cannons, let's talk about the artillery issue. The place where you are standing now is the front hall of our guild's museum. Here are the things that our guild can produce. This is just the foyer, the artillery is in In the hall on the left, follow me."

After entering the artillery display area, rows of cannons were deployed in order. Each cannon has a detailed layout description, and there is a game video of the test firing next to it, so that everyone can see it intuitively. The presidents of the guilds all started to drool when they saw these things, and they wanted to go over the railing and touch them.

Seeing their extreme behavior, I had to stop them. "President, please stand back a little. The isolation guardrail in front of you is made of crystal glass, but it can't handle such a crowd!"

"Oh! I'm sorry!" The president quickly retreated.

The exhibition hall is long, and the artillery is placed on both sides of the exhibition hall. Some presidents ran all the way to the farthest artillery exhibition stand. "President Ziri, how much does one of these guns cost?" This is our guild's own showroom, not for selling things, so the price is not included in the description.

I took a look and said, "Hey guys, these people are really good at picking. Not only is the magic crystal cannon they pointed at, it's also the biggest one." "Don't look at that. Come over and take a look at the cannon here."

"Why?" Those presidents said angrily: "President Ziri, you are not being honest! We treat you as a friend, but you are blocking us. You clearly say you are selling cannons but you are not willing to sell the best land. What do you mean?"

I was not angry, but smiled and said: "Don't be angry first, it's because I didn't explain it clearly. There are indeed many cannons here, but the prices vary greatly. The one you are looking at is a magic crystal cannon, and it is the most powerful one so far. A model, like the miniature city you bought, as long as it takes 5 rounds, the city will cease to exist."

The people over there stuck out their tongues. "Is it so powerful?"

I walked over there and said, "It's just because it's too powerful. So the output is not high. And this is a special gun, not a regular weapon. It's a waste if you buy it back."

That president is still very stubborn. "I just like it. How much would it cost?"

"If you insist on buying it, I can't help it. Since you bought our city, I will also give you a discount on this cannon."

The president immediately said with a smile on his face: "Thank you, thank you."

I took out an abacus and said while pulling it: "The material cost of a giant magic crystal cannon is 30 million crystal coins, the labor cost is about 15 million crystal coins, the loss of production equipment is 5 million crystal coins, and the technology patent is 100,000 crystal coins." The cost is 30 million crystal coins, and the energy consumption during production is about 1 million crystal coins, which totals 81 million crystal coins. The military material system requires a tax of 50% of the production cost, which is 40.5 million crystal coins. In other words, a We have to bear the cost of 121.5 million crystal coins to build the giant magic crystal cannon. Although we have to give you a discount. But I can't work for you in vain. Our production equipment is also very busy now. To produce the cannon for you, we will have to work hard. If your plan is stopped, you must bear this loss. The sales price of arms is generally 10 to 10 times the cost price. I will only charge you double, which is 243 million crystal coins per cannon. The magic crystal cannon fires The energy of the magic crystal will be consumed every time. You can dig the magic crystal by yourself or buy it from others, or you can buy it from me. If you buy it from me, I can give you a preferential price. The price of the system city is per 6 million crystal coins per kilogram. I know an NPC who can get the internal price of 5 million per kilogram. I will charge you a 5% agency fee and sell it to you for 5.25 million crystal coins per kilogram. This is the lowest price, and I will also get a rebate. I can’t get a single copper plate from that NPC, but I’m just helping you in vain for the sake of everyone’s friends. In addition, I can repair the magic crystal cannon for free in the future, but if you need to replace parts, you You have to pay for it yourself. If you decide to want it, pay a % deposit first, which is 48.6 million crystal coins. I will start the factory immediately and it will be completed tomorrow. We will deliver the goods to your door by then, and you will pay the remaining balance. The final payment for the land. What do you think?" I finished doing the calculations and when I looked up, the person was gone. "Strange! Where is the person?" When he lowered his head, he saw the guy lying on the ground foaming at the mouth. "Ah, why are you on the ground? You must not have epilepsy, right?"

In fact, what I just said was to scare him deliberately. The cost of the giant magic crystal cannon is not that high at all. The deposit I asked him to pay is enough to build two cannons. However, I cannot easily sell this super weapon. Yes, of course you have to increase it severely. It's fine if he doesn't buy it, but I'm not afraid if he does. With his money, I can build another door. Isn't it that the door can't deal with one door? As for technical leaks, there is no need to worry. The technology of the magic crystal cannon was obtained by me from the Dark Temple. In other words, it is the technology set up by the system. Not everyone can imitate it. As for the other artillery, they all have the magic imprint specially made by Vina for me. Who dares to Just prepare to fly to outer space.

After my intimidation, those presidents actually became honest. They read whatever I introduce, and they don’t consider it at all if I don’t introduce it. Take them on a tour of one of our old cannons. "What you see now is a naval gun we produced before. It was specially installed on battleships to fight the fortress guns in the port, so its power and range are very good. If you really want to buy a gun, I suggest you Buy this kind. The battleships in our guild are basically equipped with cannons now. The production equipment of this kind of cannon is in a semi-idle state, so it can be produced quickly without consuming resources." I took out the abacus again and pulled it. "Let's do this. One million crystal coins for each cannon. In addition, we will give away 100 rounds of artillery shells. Do you think it's okay?"

"Can this gun handle enemy artillery?"

"You're kidding! This is a naval gun designed to fight against fortress guns. Do you think it can fight against enemy artillery?"

Another president asked: "What should I do with the artillery shells? How can I buy them after the 100 rounds are used up? There is also after-sales service. How will maintenance problems be calculated?"

"There are many kinds of artillery shells, but you are using them on land, so you won't need armor-piercing shells and the like. I recommend that you buy two kinds of artillery shells, one is a high-explosive incendiary bomb, which is specially designed to deal with enemy siege weapons, and the other is Shrapnel. Specially designed to deal with ground personnel. Incendiary bombs are slightly more expensive at 30 crystal coins per shot, but they are not used much. A city only needs to prepare thirty or fifty rounds. The price of shrapnel is crystal coins per shot. Is it cheap?”

"Yes. That's right. Cannonballs are very reasonable." A guild president nodded and said: "I know a guild. They can't produce cannons, but they can produce their own cannonballs. The cannonballs they sell cost more than 70 crystal coins per round. They are more expensive than yours. too much."

One person asked in a low voice: "Is there a quality problem with your cannonballs being so cheap?"

"You can rest assured of the quality, it is absolutely reliable. Our shells are cheap because we have an assembly line for making shells, which is fast and consumes less, so the cost is low. Low cost means cheaper."

"What about repairs?"

"If the artillery itself has a mechanical failure, we will be responsible for repairing it at our own expense, and we will provide door-to-door service. If it cannot be repaired, we will replace it with a new one for you. If it is damaged by the enemy in any way, it is your own responsibility, and you will pay for all the repair costs. . We only charge for replacement parts, and the labor costs are free of charge, but you are responsible for sending the cannon to us, and we don’t care about door-to-door repairs!"

"Yes, very reasonable." The president said: "I want 50 cannons. In addition to the cannons, give me 1,000 rounds of incendiary bombs and 100,000 rounds of shrapnel."

"I also want……!"

"..."

"Don't worry! Come one by one!"

The Zhen Gang people are just like crazy people. Fight desperately. It’s not like there aren’t enough points! At the end of the day I did the math, excluding the cost. These cannons and shells netted 15 million crystal coins. In fact, these are all used cannons that are being sold. I told them that they were produced overnight, but in fact they were refurbished overnight. These are cannons that were eliminated from previous battleships. They still take up space anyway, so we might as well sell them and still make them. than a small fortune. Although these guns are obsolete from ours, they have not been used for a long time, and compared with the artillery of other countries, they are still very advanced, so those guilds will not suffer any loss if they buy them back. I tell them that these are new weapons and they feel a little happier. Anyway, these things are better than the cannons of System City and other guilds. Even if they show them off when they go back, will they see that they are obsolete?

In the evening, a large group of workers were busy in the workshop of Steel City, and all our artillery pieces were working hard to renovate them. The barrels were re-planed with a metal plane so they would shine. The inside of the barrel should also be turned over, and a wire brush should be used to go all over the inside. This will leave some marks on the inside of the barrel, but not much. When the time comes, tell them that we test-fired two shells for each gun before leaving the factory to ensure quality, so there is a little mark in the chamber.

It was a great harvest today. Not counting the fact that we sold so many hot-potato dangerous cities, we also got rid of the obsolete cannons. Su Mei just came to tell me that the urban concentration area used to make the name is complete, and asked me to go over and take a look. I'm in a good mood now, so I went to visit all 12 satellite cities and the central city. Overall, these cities are in good repair. The City of Honor has been expanded by nearly half of its area, and is now almost as big as Yunxiao City. The city wall was raised to 50 meters and thickened to 40 meters. We designed 6 city gates. After all, opening 12 canyons is a bit too much.

The mountains outside the City of Honor have been processed into 70-meter-high vertical cliffs, and the top of each cliff is a city. To prevent enemies from climbing. Su Mei asked Master Men to mirror the mountain, and then applied some lubricant we used on the battleship bearings. Now this cliff will slide down even if a fly lands on it. It is said that in order to prevent enemies from digging holes in the mountains, they also permanently reinforced the rocks. These rocks are as hard as steel plates. Although they are very expensive, they are really strong.

There are no civil buildings or city walls in these satellite cities. They are originally on the top of the mountain. There is no point in having a wall. There are forts one after another in the city, and there are ammunition depots and a few command rooms inside the mountain. This design is to make the best use of the materials on the basis of economy. Anyway, they are used to supplement the number, and it is also a waste to build civil buildings.

After the visit, we returned to Essinger. Unexpectedly, someone was waiting for me here.

"Emperor Atlantis, White Shark Clan Leader? Why are you here?" It is indeed strange that these two enemies who have been enemies for many years appear in Essinger at the same time. "Don't you have any conflicts again? Didn't I send someone to help you coordinate during my absence? Did the negotiation fail?"

The leader of the White Shark clan smiled and said: "No, Miss Bingbing helped our two clans coordinate the negotiations while you were away. Our negotiations were successful. Now our two clans have decided to merge the cities together."

"Merge?" How come these two old guys like to go to extremes! Some time ago, we were fighting to the death. Suddenly we are brothers!

The Great Emperor of Atlantis said: "Mainly because the city of Atlantis was too badly damaged, and the Shemo tribe's invasion made us very scared. Even if Atlantis is rebuilt, we still can't defend it."

The leader of the White Shark clan also said: "We are the same. Last time we barely defended the attack but lost a large number of people. If this continues, it will be over sooner or later, so we want to merge everyone and live together. The combined expertise of the two clans should be able to withstand the Shemo clan's attack." Invasion."

I asked how these two old slickers suddenly became brothers. It took a long time because the enemy was too powerful and they had to join forces. Their two races are like two countries. It is said that even if both parties agree, such a matter of national merger will take a long time to be completed. They completed such a complicated matter in a few days because objective conditions forced them to exterminate the clan if they did not merge. At this time, survival is paramount, and politicians no longer need to talk about it. They can just merge first, and other things can be easily discussed.

I looked at the two of them and said: "It's a good thing that you plan to merge. At least my assistance will be more convenient, and you won't say who I am partial to. So what are you looking for me now? Do you have any requirements?"

"No, no, no." Emperor Atlantis said, "This time we are here for your benefit."

"For me?" I laughed: "Tell me about it."

The leader of the White Shark clan said: "That's it. Our two clans found a place to rebuild the city, and the two clans will live together in the future. But the place was suddenly raised into an island by a powerful force."

"You mean the sea bed there is rising?"

"Not the entire seabed, but that part, a very regular shape, suddenly rose up like a pillar, completely straight up and down."

"Straight up and down? Isn't it like a skyscraper built on the bottom of the sea?"

The leader of the White Shark clan immediately nodded and said, "Yes, your description is very appropriate. It's like a super building built on the bottom of the sea, with the top floor sticking out of the water."

"This kind of place is very suitable for a base." I suddenly remembered. Just now, the leader of the White Shark clan said that there was a sudden rise by a powerful force. Could it be that...? "Have you ever gone to the island to see it?"

Emperor Atlantis said: "We know you can definitely guess it. Yes. It is indeed a man-made base. The entire island has turned into a city. And it is surrounded by ports. Our scouts saw a lot of A battleship. And the battleship’s flag is a red circle on a white flag.”

"Japanese?"

The leader of the White Shark tribe said: "I have had contact with the Japanese before. They used magic crystals to buy our technology. After the people sent by Emperor Atlantis came back to report, I immediately knew that it was a Japanese base. And it contains the guild that originally traded with us."

"You mean the Black Dragon Society?"

"right."

I thought for a while and asked, "Where is that island?"

"Right between you and Japan."

"Isn't that a storm zone?"

"There is indeed a storm belt there, but this island is protected by a certain force. The sea area extending 5 kilometers outward from the land part of the island is calm, and the island is also sunny. This area is not affected by the storm belt at all, but this circle The weather outside is very stormy and extremely bad.”

I immediately said: "Follow me."

I took the two of them to the top of Juling Tower. Here is our resonance crystal transmitting station. The two of them knew what it was as soon as they saw it. I directly connected to Leichuan City, which was lurking in Japan, and the voice came out in one mm. "This is Leichuan, what's the matter?"

"I am Ziri."

"Oh, hello, President. What's going on?"

"The Black Dragon Society has built an island in the storm zone, did you know?"

"I haven't heard of it, but I can go find out."

"Then hurry up."

"Don't worry, we have placed people in many guilds."

Only five minutes later, the girl came back. "Guild President, I asked. The Black Dragon Society did a guild mission some time ago. For this reason, almost all members of their guild lost 10 levels, but the mission was finally completed. The mission reward was given by God Tianzhao to any of them on the sea. The location is an island raised by the Black Dragon Society, and the shape and location are chosen by the Black Dragon Society itself. God Tianzhao will add a magic shield over the island, so that any adverse natural conditions will not affect the island."

"Okay, I understand, thank you. Tell Xiaochui that we will go there soon to establish the starting point city, and let her be ready to take over."

"clear."

After cutting off the communication, I turned around and said to them: "It seems that the matter is very clear. The Black Dragon Society has created such a place in the storm zone. It is just to serve as a springboard to attack China. We cannot let this place exist."

Emperor Atlantis said: "You don't have to destroy this place, as long as it is not in the hands of the enemy."

"You're right." Emperor Atlantis is indeed a cunning old man. "Then I will immediately summon the fleet to attack here."

The leader of the White Shark clan was even more cunning: "They have a lot of warships. Although your warships are of higher quality, even if you wipe them all out, you will lose at least one-third of the warships."

"Then what do you mean?"

The leader of the White Shark clan smiled sinisterly and said, "Didn't we give you the Great White Shark of our White Shark clan?"

"You mean transporting people to the island for a sneak attack?"

"With such a big underwater dock, why not make good use of it?"

"Well, you're right." I nodded: "I'll gather people right away and raid them tomorrow. By the way. Can you help?"

The two guys shook their heads together: "We have been beaten like that, where are the people to help you?"

I know this is a system limitation. NPC forces like them cannot participate in players' battles without any reason, but the system will let them make up various reasons to evade without directly mentioning system limitations. This way it will be more realistic and they will not always think about themselves. Play the game as if it were the real world. Essinger's NPC guards cannot leave the city because of system restrictions. But when Vader was triggered by the system, he only said that it was dangerous to leave the city, not that it was restricted by the system. It was the same.

Since the two undersea races cannot directly participate in the war, let them help indirectly. "I understand that you can't participate in the war, but you have to provide some other support, right?"

"What kind of support?" Both of them were worried, fearing that I, the lion, would open my mouth. This was their common understanding of me.

"Actually, I don't want any reinforcements from you, I just want you to assist me. You can send people to help me do preliminary reconnaissance. Then tell me the information. Isn't this difficult?"

"It's not difficult, it's not difficult." The two clan leaders nodded quickly, and Emperor Atlantis even wiped away the cold sweat.

"I will launch an attack at noon tomorrow. You still have 10 hours to conduct reconnaissance. I will give you benefits after this is over."

"There is no need for benefits. As long as you transport our relief supplies on time, you will be doing us a big favor."

"Well, you go quickly."

It's really unimaginable that the Japanese actually built an island in the storm belt. If they hadn't happened to be discovered by Atlantis the Great, it would have been a disaster. But don't worry now, only the enemy hidden in the dark is invincible, because you don't know how to attack him at all, but now this base is exposed, as long as it is discovered, even the strong city will fall. one day.

At this time, in the Japanese maritime base, Masamoto Matsumoto was giving a report to a large group of juniors. "Tomorrow..." He looked at the time. "Oh no, it should be today. It's already early in the morning. We will raid Essinger in the evening. They have just finished fighting. Most of them will definitely not be online tomorrow. We will raid just in time. There will be people from the mainland tomorrow morning Reinforce us, and then everyone will set off together in the afternoon, and this time we must include Isinger in our territory of Great Japan."

"Must win!" The Japanese players all took out a headband with the word "Must Win" in red letters and tied it on their heads. Then they went offline one after another to recharge themselves for the evening attack.