Starting From Zero

Chapter 18 National Weapons Crisis

The general and lieutenant colonel watched the performance for three days. In the end, the general directly selected a 130 billion procurement contract. The other 180 billion contract had to be discussed with the central government before the general could decide. I had to put the general and lieutenant colonel on the plane before I was relieved. I stood upright and followed General Yan to look at the equipment for three days. My waist almost broke! I really didn’t expect that when soldiers choose weapons, they are no worse than women when choosing clothes! The lieutenant general and colonel have tried almost everything we have in the past three days. If it weren't for dad's instructions and the hundreds of billions of procurement plans he has, I would have quit!

After seeing off the general, I hurried back to the office at the base to contact my dad to ask for something. Although I look like a girl, I am a boy after all. What boy wouldn't want these guns and stuff? People won't let it go if they don't have conditions, but of course I can't let it go if I have conditions.

"Son! Is the matter done?" Dad's background is actually in a mountain forest.

"It's done! The decision was made on the spot for 130 billion. Another 180 billion will have to wait for some time before the results are announced, but I guarantee that the worst will not be less than 100 billion!" I assured with confidence, patting my chest. "Hey! By the way, where are you? Why does it look like a tropical rain forest behind you?"

"I'm in a simulated ecological base. These are the first animals to immigrate to space in the future! How about it?" Dad picked up a huge red thing. "This is a new fruit I planted. It's a little bigger, but it tastes very good! Do you want to bring some back to you?"

"That's no need! I want what you promised now!" I had to strike while the iron was hot and fool my dad first before I could lie to him.

"Did you find what you were looking for so quickly?" Dad paused and then suddenly shouted. "Aren't you interested in the things from the experimental base?"

I didn't answer but just laughed. Dad immediately knew what I meant. "I'm warning you! Those 'messy' things are not acceptable!"

"What is considered a mess?" I wanted to see if my target was in my father's contraband catalog first.

"No discussion of biological weapons!"

"I'm not a terrorist, what do you want with that thing?"

“Nuclear weapons won’t do!”

“Does nuclear power count?”

"Nuclear power? How big do you want it to be?" Dad looked a little embarrassed.

"Not big, not big! It's not as big as my car!" This is the truth. The total weight of the armor is two and a half tons, and the height is only two and a half meters, which is not as big as a car!

"Just tell me what it is! Let me see if that works!" Dad asked impatiently.

"tssfta iron armor!"

"That thing!" Dad pondered for a moment. "You can do it if you insist, but some things need to be demolished! You call Dr. Wang, and I'll talk to him."

"Okay!" I immediately rushed out to the laboratory, grabbed the chief researcher Dr. Wang, and ran to the office.

Dr. Wang helped me stumble to the office. "People are coming!"

Dad said to Dr. Wang: "Wang Xing, help me modify an armor for Shenlin."

"No problem, how do I change it?"

"Just dismantle all the weapons for me!"

Dr. Wang said in surprise: "Hasn't it all been dismantled? This armor is an empty shell except for the weapons!"

I ran over and said, "The weapons are all dismantled. Can I put some other things on it?"

"What are you pretending to be?" Dad looked at me and felt guilty, fearing that I would open my mouth.

"I've tried the cockpit of that thing, and it's much more comfortable than my bed. Can I integrate the "Zero" gaming helmet into it?"

"That's trivial." Dad turned to Dr. Wang and said, "As long as it's not a weapon, you can install it for him, and I will allocate the cost to you from my personal savings."

"Okay!" Dr. Wang said to me, "Let's go and help you lose weight!"

"Losing weight?" I didn't understand what was going on at first, but I finally understood it after I saw a lot of workers removing the mountain-like parts from the original armor! The original armor, which weighed 2.73 tons, was stripped down to only 0.97 tons. I walked over and knocked on the iron sheet, which made a hollow sound. "All empty?"

Dr. Wang looked at me matter-of-factly. "This is a military robot. What else does it have besides weapons? The driving device and computer are not big!"

"Halt! What a big loss!" Only now did I realize that I had been fooled. The original armor was worth 00,000, but now this one is worth at most 500,000! No, I have to make up for the losses. "Okay, everything that needs to be dismantled has been removed. You can start to help me install the things I want."

"No problem, I have everything. Tell me what you want, right?"

"Help me put this in first." I pointed to a machine on the shelf next to me.

"Molecular illusion device (that is, a cloaking device)? What do you want this for?"

"Don't worry about it, just install it! And this." I picked up the powerful thruster. "It's not heavy enough to weigh one ton now. If you install this, you should be able to fly, right?"

"It should be OK!" Dr. Wang was directing the installation while watching me tinkering with things.

"this."

"Strengthen the TBD force field generator? What do you want to do?"

"Don't worry! Just install it!" In fact, I was looking at the price, and I installed whatever was expensive. "I want this, this,..., this, and this!"

"Biological detector? Electromagnetic anomaly detector? Supercomputer?..." Ten hours later, Dr. Wang and a bunch of researchers were lying on the ground foaming at the mouth and leaning against the wall, looking at my modified prototype armor. Now the total value of my super toy is 10 million yuan, which is still the cost price! Ha ha! Finally I earned it! Now it is the most advanced toy in the world, and what satisfies me the most is that after three hours of coercion and inducement, Dr. Wang helped me install a stun gun on it. It doesn’t look like it has any weapons. That’s it! Finally, I measured it with a floor scale, and it was 1.3 tons. It seems that these things are expensive but not heavy enough! Because the space was too big, Dr. Wang gathered everything together, and as a result, there was an extra storage box on the back of the armor!

What makes me most satisfied is the molecular phantom device and the wireless connector. The molecular phantom device can disguise the armor as anything. I can even make it simulate a car and run around on the road, and others will just think it is. It's just a car. As for the main function of the wireless connector, I can let the gaming helmet inside the armor wirelessly access the network at any time. In fact, the helmet didn't move at all. It turns out that the armor is exactly the same as the helmet used in "Zero", but it has two operating systems installed!

"Goodbye!" I put the armor on the roof of my car and drove out of the base. The molecular illusion device demonstrated the armor very well. Although it was just lying on the roof of my car, others couldn't see anything. It was very difficult for them to see it there. It's just air!

The car was running back, and I was eager to try out my alternative game cabin. It took a lot of effort to run directly back to the dormitory. The armor was a bit big. Although I could barely pass through the corridor, I would definitely bump into people on the way (the armor was still invisible and invisible people would definitely bump into them). Besides, I said 'fuck' If your skills are not good, it would be bad if the stairs collapse! In the end, I decided to go in from the balcony. Although the armor still weighed a ton after losing weight, it was still as light as a swallow compared to its power!

I once jumped onto the balcony and accidentally bent the railing. It took me a long time to get it back. Although it was still bent, let's make do with it! I ran into the dormitory, but Ah Wei wasn’t there! Why isn't this kid here? No matter what, turn off the stealth function, turn on the network connection antenna, and start playing the game!

"Zi Ri!" Someone called me as soon as I came in. The sound sounded like the eagle was very anxious.

"Eagle! What's going on?"

"We found a player who wants to sell equipment." Ying's voice sounded really anxious.

"Just sell it! You want it? Just buy it if you want it! You don't have money, do you? I don't have money to lend you. Bingbing gave me part of the disguised robe last time. You can afford it! I only have more than 300 crystal coins on me now, you have to take them first, there is nothing I can do if you get more!"

"I'm not asking you to borrow money! Do you know what he is selling?"

"What is it? No matter how good it is, can it be more powerful than my artifact suit?"

"What he sells is one of China's national weapons!" Ying's voice began to change its tone!

"What? National weapon? Where is it?" Now I started to get nervous. We actually encountered the second Chinese national weapon so quickly!

"The auction house in the center of Goddess City! Come here quickly. There are a few Japanese hanging around here. It seems that they know that their national weapons cannot be recovered, so they want to dismantle our Chinese national weapons too!"

"Have you contacted the seller?"

"No one was seen! It is said that he is a mage, his name is the Great Necromancer! The people at the auction venue said that the equipment was delivered yesterday morning. We looked everywhere for you but couldn't find you. Even Ah Wei is missing!"

I thought about it calmly. "Then I won't go there yet!"

"What are you doing?" Eagle looked even more anxious.

"If you send something to the auction house, you can't take it back for any reason, so unless the equipment fails to be auctioned, you have to spend money to buy it! I didn't work with you in the past, and I can't help!"

"Then what are you doing? You can't just do nothing, right?"

"I'm looking for money!"

"Huh?" Eagle didn't understand what I meant.

"I'm going to find the money to buy it!" I explained.

"The properties of that thing have been posted. I saw it and it's worth at least 500,000 crystal coins!"

"Damn! That's not God!" I complained. "Why is it worth so much? What is it? What is its attribute?"

"It is a Taoist priest equipped with Tianzun's battle robe, with a defense power of 700, double the attack power of all Taoist spells, 50% resistance to attribute damage, 25% quick magic regeneration, and comes with the skill Tiangang Shield (automatic defense, absorbing % damage). As long as the Taoist priest wears this thing, he can stand and fight with the warriors! Also, doesn’t the gold coin I met last time have cloud rabbit boots?”

"What?"

"This robe and those boots are a set! They are both parts of the Tianzun series!"

"Hi! That's still necessary! I'll go and think of a solution!"

"Okay, but you have to hurry up, the auction will start tomorrow night!"

"I know! I'll try my best!" After cutting off contact, I started to worry about what to do! Exchange money from outside? Dad has already said that you must not invest another penny in it. If you put one penny into it, there will be two. You can’t start this way! Looking for it in the game? How to find it! I am still short of debt! Do you want me to make money by doing business? But what kind of business should I do to make enough money in such a short period of time?

As the saying goes, rare things are valuable. What is rare and important at the same time? The answer is obvious, equipment and familiars. Last time I talked to Ying and the others about magic pet eggs. It seems that this thing is extremely rare. Any rubbish magic pet is worth tens of thousands of diamond coins. In this case, I will catch some magic pets to sell. I wonder if it will be very profitable!

Quickly connect to Ying's private chat. "Eagle! Do you know which level of magic pet is more popular now?"

"Why do you ask?"

"Didn't you say that the magic pet market is very tight? I want to catch some and sell them!"

"Yes! How could I forget! Aren't you very good at catching demon pets?"

"Say it quickly!"

"I don't know which grade is more popular, but the higher the grade, the more popular it is. We are in a hurry, so we don't have time to raise the price, so we can't sell the grade that is too high. It's not easy if the price is too high. Get rid of it! Besides, it’s inconvenient for you to catch it. In my opinion, average magic pets around level 500 must be very popular.”

"What is average?" I was confused by him!

"It has average attributes. Almost none of your magic pets are average. Although they are very good, fewer people buy them! Just like your dart, it is obviously good at speed, but not other things, so People who buy that type must be a special group of people! We are in a hurry to get money and must choose something that everyone likes!”

"Okay! Okay! I'll figure it out myself!" I quickly interrupted his explanation, and the more he spoke, the more 'chaotic' I became! "You'd better help me contact the buyer first."

"OK!"

Around level 500! When I think about it, it’s the mini-boss monsters around the city! I teleported directly to the grassland outside the Goddess City and rushed all the way to the advanced monster area deep in the grassland. Goddess City is also one of the three main cities in the system, and there are so many players around it! Fortunately, I now have this disguised mage robe worth 10,000 crystal coins and a shielding wrist wheel. In the eyes of ordinary players, I am just an ordinary mage. If there's anything that stands out, it's that this robe is a bit gorgeous. Plus, my face can't be covered now. The robe even obscures the effect of my cloak!

In the surprised eyes of the players around me, I, the fake mage, flew all the way to the depths of the grassland. Occasionally, some monsters would come over to harass me. I usually walked around, but the players behind me were stunned. . They have never seen a mage with such high agility, and sometimes I was caught by monsters a few times and continued to rush forward as if nothing was wrong. How can a mage with low HP rush like this without opening his shield and keeping his head down?

As I was running, I suddenly remembered what I would do if the monsters were running around all over the place when I was trying to catch them! I have caught them in the mountains and forests before, but this is the first time I have caught them in an open field. I don’t want to run a marathon chasing a monster!

Looking at the small leveling groups around me, I suddenly thought of a good idea. "Hire bodyguards at a high price!" It may not be possible to find a group of people to act as temporary shepherds and ask them to kill monsters. It shouldn't be a problem to help me chase and intercept them! As long as they drive the monster I designated near me, it will be easier for me to take action. At least it will be better than just following behind and running around alone!

As soon as I finished shouting, everyone around me gathered around me and started making dumplings! Everyone is shouting!

"How much?" shouted a tenor.

"How many people do you want?" A rich male voice said.

"How long?" There is also a girl's voice!

"What monster are you killing?" This is a young man!

"Do you want to give me cash?" Businessman!

There were a lot of people around, talking about all kinds of problems! I quickly raised my hands to signal for silence. "I'm going to the depths of the grassland and need to face monsters around level 500. And I only want a team, not individual players!" This is purposeful. The team members cooperate well. If elites are collected from the surroundings, the combat effectiveness will probably increase. Yeah, the coordination is absolutely messed up!

After hearing what I said, many players dispersed around, some of them were single players, and others felt that the level of 500 monsters was a bit high. Even if we teamed up, it would still be very dangerous, and if we teamed up, it didn't mean that the monsters would definitely be alone!

Seeing that there were still a lot of people around, I started to talk about the conditions. "I have something urgent, so I have to work all night, start right away. I may have to work very late today, and I have to continue working tomorrow morning. It won't be finished until 4 o'clock tomorrow afternoon!"

Someone next to him said: "At worst, it will be an all-nighter. Who among the tourists has not stayed up all night once or twice!" Although he said this, there were still some people who were unwilling and another group of people left.

There are not many people left now. Looking at them clearly standing in three piles, you can tell that these are originally three groups. I continued: "If all three of you groups can do it, I will take them all. I have a lot of needs as a mission worker. I will give you a total of three hundred crystal coins. It is your business to divide them. You can divide the things you produce during the mission, but I don't." Intervene, but you are responsible for the consumption of medicines and equipment. I will pay you fifty crystal coins at the beginning of the mission, another fifty when you go offline tonight, and another fifty when you go online tomorrow morning, and pay the rest at the end. ."

When I said this, everyone around me started counting people. It was obvious that everyone was calculating how much they could share. There are five people in the team on the far left, two male warriors (the warriors, archers, mages, etc. here are all collectively referred to, because the game is too detailed so it is impossible to identify everyone's profession), a female elf archer, and a female Master Bai actually has a rare male priest! There were four people in the middle group, one female warrior, two male black mages, and one male knight. Khan, they were all on the opposite side! On the far right is a team of six, three male elf archers, a female priest, a female Taoist priest, and a woman wearing a mage robe and holding a two-handed sword in her hand. I can't figure out what profession it is! There are 15 people in total, and each person can get 3 crystal coins based on their head. This is considered a high income!

"I'm going to catch monsters to make magic pet eggs. Failure has nothing to do with you. If you succeed, each person can get two more crystal coins. Your task is to help me drive the monsters I like into the encirclement. Then you just don't let me As long as he runs away!"

"It's not a big problem! Let's take over!" The male priest in the first team actually came out to express his position. It seemed that he was the captain. At first, I thought one of the two soldiers was the captain!

The female warrior in the second team came out and expressed her acceptance of the mission. The captain of the third team turned out to be the woman who couldn't figure out her profession, and they agreed to do it. It seemed that the temptation of the crystal coins was not small!

"Since everyone agrees, go back and prepare quickly. You have brought enough medicine and everything. I will wait for you here. I will give you a few minutes. If you don't come after the time, it will be considered that you have given up the mission!"

After hearing what I said, the people around me immediately started discussing in circles. Soon, each of the three groups sent a representative back to the city to purchase medicines and repair equipment. However, the third group had too many things and sent two people. go back. The others started waiting here with me.

Of course it was boring to wait, so the captains of the three teams all started chatting with me as representatives of their own teams. "Are you practicing as an auxiliary profession?" The person who asked the question was the unknown profession.

"No, I practiced the combat profession!"

"Isn't it difficult for you to catch a demon pet?" The female warrior from the second team asked: "Now even people who are professional in catching demon pets find it difficult to catch demon pets. You are not a professional yet, so how can you hope for success?" Isn’t it very low?”

"I'm just trying!" I don't want to tell too many truths to someone I just met. "Anyway, you have nothing to lose! Oh, by the way, I think this mission is very difficult. Why did you all take it? I thought no one would take such a dangerous mission! The penalty for dropping a level here is very severe!"

The male pastor said: "If you pay so much, even if you tell me that you will definitely lose one level, I will do it!"

"How much? Is there a lot of crystal coins for one person?" I just calculated it according to Longyuan's standards. The daily salary of the lowest-level official employee of Longyuan Group is 180 yuan. If I give them crystal coins, it will be 0 yuan. I think it is actually not much at all. Not much, I gave them this arrangement because I only have more than 300 crystal coins left on me, and I can’t afford any more! “That’s all the minimum standards of Longyuan Group!”

"Oh my God!" the female warrior exclaimed. "How dare we compete with the people from Longyuan! Longyuan's wages are notoriously high, otherwise people from outside would try to squeeze into the Longyuan Group! The wages of the lowest-level employees in Longyuan are not even higher than those of other companies. How much less is the manager! The daily salary of us low-level employees in small companies is only more than 70 yuan. If you give crystal coins, it will be 0 yuan, and my salary will be paid out in three days!"

"I'm still a student, and this is the first time I've seen someone getting paid for playing games." The unknown professional also followed up and said, "I used to exchange money to buy medicine, and also spend money to buy some cards to recharge game time. , now you have helped me solve the problem, I don’t have to eat steamed buns every day this month!”

Tell her and everyone laughs. The cute female Taoist priest in the team behind her hugged her and said, "Sister, if you run out of money, come to me and I'll treat you to instant noodles. It's better than steamed buns anyway!"

"Hahahaha!" Everyone laughed even more happily, but I was the only one who was a little anxious! If we don’t raise enough money this time, China’s national weapons will most likely be taken away by little Japan. This is no joke. Without this thing, when the country goes to war, it will be equivalent to a country’s national flag being taken away. almost! My catching skills are indeed very high, but there will always be some accidents. What if I fail to catch the magic pet! I need a backup plan!

robbery? It’s a good method, but it’s dangerous! This plan can only be implemented once. If Little Japan gets China's national weapons, they will definitely hope to send them back to Japan to show off. But if Little Japan knows that someone is trying to take them back and they think they can't send them back to Japan, then they will definitely retreat. The second choice is no longer online, at least the Chinese will no longer be able to get that national weapon! It's not safe even if you think about it! Besides, what if Little Japan quits as soon as he buys it? It seems that they still can’t buy it. Success or failure depends on this!

I was depressed alone there, but the others were chatting lively, and their looks were becoming more and more familiar! In this way, if they are more familiar with each other and cooperate better, I will have less trouble!

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