Chapter 53: Existence is Deterrence
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The sudden appearance of Isenger caused the entire battlefield to suddenly fall silent, and all the warships that were firing or preparing to fire all stopped. The shock of the crews was one of the reasons why these battleships stopped firing, and the other was deterrence. Issinger's greatest ability is not to directly participate in the war, but to deter. As long as Issinger stops near the battlefield, regardless of whether it directly participates in the battle or not, a powerful deterrent ability will completely destroy the opponent's will to fight. In the face of such a large mobile fortress, although the British had thousands of warships parked in this strait, none of them dared to continue firing guns.
The fleets of various countries were still in shock, and Isenger's side had already taken the lead. The huge city fortress first showed up a huge cannon, and then the city protection system was also activated, and millions of air cavalry and flying monsters appeared in the sky above the fleets of various countries. In this game, Esinger is a nuclear weapon, and the existence of zΓ i is deterrence, which can be effective without direct use.
In the face of the sudden change, the captains of the warships of various countries urgently ordered the gun positions to unload the loaded shells, so as to avoid misshooting due to nervousness, and if they hit Issinger by mistake, no one would want to see the result. Compared to on land, Isenger on the sea is definitely more dangerous. With its size, it doesn't need to attack directly, it just needs to suddenly turn off all the power and slam into the sea. Throwing a stone into the water can cause a wave, and everyone knows how big Issinger is. If it suddenly falls into the water, the waves that rise around it can be called a tsunami. Considering that Issinger has the power to destroy any fleet on the sea. Nor would any fleet commander consider a naval battle with Isenger. For the above reasons, it is quite understandable that these captains ordered the withdrawal of the shells.
Before the shells of the warships of various countries had completely withdrawn, a loud sound suddenly sounded in the sky above Isenger. To be precise, this is a person's voice coming out of multiple speakers. Esinger has a state-of-the-art PA system. Broadcasting to the outside world is very simple, and at this time Red Moon is sitting in front of the broadcast position and broadcasting to all the people in the surrounding sea. Since Red Moon had already activated the translation system, the voice that came out of the broadcast could be heard in the ears of each player in the default language they used when logging in. That's the benefit of the game system, as soon as the translation system is turned on, the player who needs to listen will automatically recognize the language type.
"Now the fleets of the countries gathered in this sea area pay attention, this is the Issinger Mobile Fortress belonging to the Frost Rose Alliance from China. The Great White Shark diving dock belonging to the Bank has recently been stranded in this sea area, thank you friends from all over the world for the protection of my stranded ship during this period, and now the rescue force of the Bank has arrived, there is no need for your protection for the time being, please return to their respective ports to leave space for us to move, and the Bank will once again express our gratitude to you. β
Everyone knows very well what the warships of these countries are doing, but what Red Moon is saying now cannot be called a lie. To be precise, the language that Hongyue uses now is called Zhengzhì. It is a lie that the whole world knows to be a lie, and the person who says it has no hope of deceiving people, and the person who listens knows what the person who said it wants to say.
Seeing the current situation, the fleets of various countries are also very wise. Unless Issinger lands, it is invincible at sea. It's impossible to turn the other cheek with us now. No one is stupid enough to shoot in front of us when I arrive at Isinger, that's completely impossible.
After considering the situation on the spot, the fleets of various countries began to turn around and leave, and staying any longer would only be a blow to their self-esteem, seeing that no guild in Issinger dared to say that he had an invincible armada or something. At present, none of the warships of various countries have weapons sufficient to destroy the main structure of Isenger. Therefore, the battleship has no ability to fight back in front of Isenger.
As the warships began to retreat, Isenger began to move above the Great White Shark, and hundreds of steel cables were lowered from under the city. The Great White Shark was too fast and rushed too far into the shallow waters, and it was likely to damage the hull structure by towing alone. We're going to just lift the Great White Shark in its entirety and carry it to the deep sea, and Isinger has enough power to lift the Great White Shark anyway.
The members below were busy connecting the cables, and Assailford climbed up to Issinger first. After seeing me and Red Moon, Ashford's excited speech was not normal. "You're finally here, it's unimaginable to be one step late! The bandits down there can't wait to get started, they just started a round of shelling before you arrived. If it weren't for your sudden appearance to shock them, my fleet would be ruined by now. β
"We were also in a hurry, just in time." The Red Moon emphasized that we had done our best.
I also said to Ashuford: "To be honest, this time it was really a fluke, and I almost didn't come." This also includes the black hole monster crystal nucleus you provided, otherwise we wouldn't have sent the whole of Isenger at once without this teleporter! At this point, I paused for a moment before looking at Ashford with a smile.
Ashuford cautiously took a half-step back. "What are you going to do with such a sinister smile?"
I approached him with a smile and said, "Calculate the aftermath with you." β
"I knew you were going to ask me for money." Ashford has worked with me for so long and knows my style very well. Although I am a generous person in some matters, in principle, I will not give up the interests that I should strive for. Ashuford said calmly: "Say it! I am responsible for the damage caused by the Great White Shark on the reef this time, and I will bear the reasonable expenses. β
"It's easy to do with your words." I took out a large notebook and was about to start reading it when Ashford stopped me.
"Hey, no! It's just stranded, how can you get such a big bill out? β
"Don't be afraid, this is my notebook. I'm just using it to make a note of it, and your bill doesn't have that much. β
"Surprise me!"
I smiled and said, "Okay, now let's settle the score." First of all, the grounding of the Great White Shark must have caused a certain hull collision. You will definitely be responsible for the maintenance costs. β
"Of course. Just give me the bill after you overhaul it. "Ashuford is so generous, what has been determined will not be bargaining with us.
I continued: "After this grounding, the warships that attracted so many countries gathered here to snatch the Great Jaws, in order to protect the Great Jaws, we had to temporarily find a way so that Issinger could quickly get here, but ......! I paused for a moment before continuing, "It cost a lot of money to make this equipment, but considering that this equipment is not useless for Issinger and can be used many times in the future, we will not ask you for the construction cost." However, the black hole monster's crystal nucleus that we took from you was used to build this device, so even if we settle the two, we won't pay you for the crystal nucleus again. β
"Yes." Asford nodded in agreement.
I smiled and said, "The last one is the account." Space jumping equipment consumes a lot of energy every time it is activated, and the source of energy is the priceless magic crystal, so the jump cost is very high. Our jump was entirely caused by your negligence in guiding the Great White Shark to run aground, so you should bear the cost of this jump. And we're going to have to make a jump on our return, and you should take it with you. β
"I'm okay with that." Ashford agreed to our request anyway.
"That's good, that's all for the accounts, I'll send someone to contact your guild after the details."
"Okay, don't worry about this, our Iron Cross is still very reputable."
"If you weren't reputable, I wouldn't have worked with you." I smiled and said to Ashford, "Since I jumped here this time, I don't plan to run back right away, I may be active here." Is there anything you can help with? Despite the opening, I promise that the fee is fair. β
"You're saying Isinger is renting it to you, but renting it as a group. There's no way I'm going to let anyone else manipulate Isengard. Besides, Isinger's control system is the city tree, and you can't control it! I'm just acting as a mercenary, and we'll help you out at your expense. What do you think? β
Asford thought for only a moment before agreeing, "I do have a mortal enemy, and his name is Slo Padrak. This guy's guild is a sworn enemy of our Iron Cross. There are currently three major guilds in Germany. Among them, the third-ranked guild is only a quarter of our guild's strength, and it is basically not a threat to us. But Padrak's guild is on par with ours, and they are always on the wrong side of us, and the two sides are constantly in conflict. In recent months, with the help of your guild, we have gradually begun to gain the upper hand, but Padraric's foundation is still good. At the current rate, it will be a long time before our guild will completely overwhelm them, so I want to borrow your forces to make a thorough move. In this way, our guild will be the overlord of Germany in the future, and it will be much safer for you to come to Germany again. β
His staff officer, who was following Ashford, also spoke: "Now there is a new rule in the system, if a certain guild territory has more than half of the total number of cities in a country, then this guild can apply to become the ruling guild of the country, regardless of whether other player guilds agree or not, the system will transfer all existing system cities within the country to this guild trusteeship, and this guild can represent the country's diplomatic rights to foreign forms." The only way to overthrow the ruling guild is to destroy its cities until they are less than half of the city's total. Cities hosted by the system to this guild are not counted in the number of cities in the guild. Therefore, this guild must ensure that it has the strength to ensure the safety of the city under its jurisdiction. If you help us completely destroy this hostile guild, our Iron Cross may become the ruler guild of Germany, and we can set up China as a German alliance in the future, so that the two countries can teleport to each other without activating the transnational teleportation array. β
"What? And such a thing? I looked back at the red moon in surprise. Have you heard of it? β
Hongyue nodded: "I've heard about it a long time ago. How can you be like you, so indifferent to the work of the guild, I knew this news half a month ago. But you haven't read all the news. Even if your guild becomes the guild of German rulers and recognizes China as an Allied power. Neither would it work, there had to be a guild that would become the rulers of China and recognize Germany as an Allied power. The two countries are truly able to achieve a thorough transmission channel. Moreover, there will be a systematic opening of space between the two countries, forming a connection similar to a land passage, and people from the two countries can travel freely. β
Asford immediately looked at me and said, "If you want to become a ruler's guild in China, I think only your guild will be." β
Eagle interrupted Ashford, "You're thinking a little too simple, aren't you?" China is not as good as Germany, your country is only 350,000 square kilometers, but our country has 9.6 million square kilometers, and the number of cities is quite scary compared to Germany. If we really want to control more than half of these cities, our guild needs to expand the number of members to at least 3.5 million, otherwise there is no need to count on it at all. China is too big for a guild of rulers to emerge. β
"You guys are really, in fact, you can use opportunistic methods!" Asford said, "Doesn't your guild have a city called Honor City?" There are also a circle of small cities around that city, isn't this actually a good idea? β
I looked at Ashuford and said, "You mean let's quickly build a whole bunch of micro-cities to increase the number. In this way, the purpose of controlling half of the total number is achieved? β
"Asford is right." Rose suddenly came from behind.
"Wife, why did you show up? Where did you just run? β
Rose came over and leaned coquettishly on my arms and said: "It's not all your fault, suddenly said that you want to find the crystal nucleus of the black hole monster, but I went to help you find it, who knows that as soon as I found one and returned to Isengh Ground City, I heard that you have gathered all the crystal nuclei and left, so I ran away in vain." β
"You just said that Ah Xiufu's method is right, how is it right?" I hurriedly interrupted lest the rose would be angry with me again.
Rose immediately explained to me, "Our country is indeed quite large, but the number of cities is not as terrifying as you think. It's because the country is big. Therefore, the density of cities is not as high as in European countries, and although large cities have large populations, they are only one no matter how large they are, so the number of cities in our country is not too exaggerated. In these cities where zΓ i already exists. Cities that are not occupied by the player's guild are not counted in the number of cities of that ruler, so what is really surpassed is only half of the total number of player cities. Many of these player cities are actually very miniaturized small cities, and these guilds are not very hungry. I think it's possible to bring these small guilds into our guild camp along with their cities through guΓ² annexation. This is equivalent to increasing the number of our own guilds and reducing the number of remaining cities, and in this way we can get the advantage of the number of cities with half the effort. Also, as Ashuford said. It's okay to build a lot of small cities, which aren't too big, as long as they don't get systematically recognized as villages. For example, the steel city is very suitable for these small cities. β
"Isn't Steel City a desert?"
"That's right." Rose said: "There is no city near the steel city, and the great desert is all empty. We can build small cities with steel cities as the center. These cities do not need to have a full set of facilities, as long as they are guaranteed to have the appearance of cities, and these cities can also become the factory area of the steel city. We imitate the workshop method of large factories to build a city, a city is equivalent to a factory, anyway, the expansion of the heavy industry base is inevitable, we simply kill two birds with one stone to increase the number of cities. β
"But it's a matter of funding. What should I do if there is still a security issue? β
"We can build a ring of defensive cities on the outskirts of the desert, and these cities are connected to each other by teleportation arrays, magic trains, and linear aircraft, so that they can quickly form a defense at any point of attack. No matter which side the enemy attacks from, there will be total resistance, so we don't have to worry about defense at all. The enemy can destroy a city at most, anyway, we don't care if it's a small city, and then we can wipe out the other party's members, such a large desert, the interior is dotted with small cities, and the number should be able to exceed half of the total number of player cities, and by the way, it is equivalent to governing the desert. β
"Oh my God! That's how much money it will cost! And there aren't enough people! β
Rose said seriously: "The status of the Ruler's Guild is not a vain, it has actual attribute abilities, so it will not suffer a loss if you work hard for it." It may cost some money to build those cities, but not much. Husband, don't take Issinger's standards to other cities. Issinger was designed and built according to the standards of a luxurious invincible fortress, and this time the construction around the steel city was an ordinary small industrialized city, which was only equivalent to the small factory area on the periphery of the steel city, and it didn't cost much money at all. However, it is definitely necessary to expand the number of players in the guild, and the current number of players is definitely insufficient, especially for non-combat players who do not directly participate in the war. β
Hongyue suddenly said: "Actually, non-combat players are easy to find, as long as you go to the commercial districts of major cities to collect people." No guild has ever openly recruited these non-combat players before, and although our guild has recruited them well, it doesn't take them seriously, if you really get serious, in fact, it's the best way to recruit them. After all, there are more non-combat class players than combat class players in this game, so we can easily replenish these people. β
"In that case, you should go back and recruit players in this area immediately, but you must pay attention to the personnel checks, even if our guild expands in scale, it must ensure the principle of elitism, I don't want traitors and idle people to save zΓ i. Also, the spies sent out by the Shadow Dancers to lurk inside our guild still haven't figured out who they are. Although I used them to set up a counter-plot last time, I still don't feel at ease if I don't dig them out. β
Rose said: "I have asked the guild affiliates Hell Eye and Fangs to investigate, and the results should be available soon." β
"Didn't I send Fangs to Russia and India? When did you return to China? "I didn't even know that the Fang-affiliated guild had returned to China.
Rose said very calmly: "Not all of them came back, only a third of them came back, and these people didn't come back together, they sent some special items back to China in batches." β
"Oh, I see."
What I had arranged was quickly carried out. Hongyue returned to the country with a large number of people to recruit new members, the current number of members of the bank is less than 120,000, and it is indeed a bit difficult to suddenly expand to 500,000, but this is also a helpless thing. More troublesome than this player recruitment is the number of NPCs. Players can also use various ways to convince each other to join, and the preferential treatment of our guild itself is easy to recruit, but NPCs are different. The number of NPCs in a city must exceed the number of players, but most of them are useless free NPCs, which is easier to do, as long as the city construction is completed, they will naturally pour in from nearby cities, and then they will quickly multiply and increase to fill up the number. I'm worried about class NPCs, or guild NPCs.
Professional NPCs generally have a higher level of intelligence, and they can take on a variety of jobs. The level of occupational NPCs in a city directly determines the efficiency and response speed of the city, and also affects the economic benefits of the city. Our guild's magic crystal research experts, Mage Lund, and those Seratisians are all professional NPCs, and their role is very large. But now that I'm suddenly going to build hundreds of cities, where can I find these NPCs? Class NPCs are not free NPCs to grab a handful, and their acquisition is no easier than finding good equipment!
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