One Hundred and Seventy: A Small Abacus
On the Sandwich Islands, the last of the robot's power is concentrated on two adjacent islands... This is the base camp of the robot side, and it is also the last bit of territory in their hands. All but these two islands have been taken back by the humans, and will no longer belong to the robots.
In the middle of one of the slightly larger islands, at the highest point, there is a complex of buildings with towering minarets and Gothic style... Inside one of the largest and most beautifully decorated buildings, three members of the original [Chess] codenamed R7 (Rook7--- Chariot VII), R8, and R9 sat around a small conference table.
Behind each of them stood two young, beautiful, exotic beauties----- some wearing professional skirts, rimless glasses, some wearing LOVE brand home clothes, some dressed as cat girls, and cute, cute, cold and noble outfits... In short, the six beauties have six distinct styles, and they are each distinctive, glamorous, and I don't know where these people came from, but they can also make these six beauties stay behind them quietly like kittens.
R7 is a sturdy man in his thirties with a full beard, and he has the absolute advantage of the three in terms of technical prowess and physical fitness, which makes him the supreme leader of the robot side of the Sandwich Islands.
R8 is a young man in his twenties with dark skin, darker than coal, but white teeth, a young man with a warm and sunny smile.
R9 looked to be about thirty years old, with short brown hair, unsmiling, and a gloomy face... I don't know if he is like this, or because the current situation is not optimistic, and the three of them are extremely unfriendly.
After a moment of silence, R8 glanced at the beautiful women behind R7 and R9 out of the corner of his eye and whispered, "Brothers, the current situation is very unfavorable for us!" What do we do next? ”
R8 gently lifted his right hand on the conference table and knocked on the table twice, looking like he was thinking... After a while, R8 glanced at R9, then turned his head to scan the six beauties around him and behind him in turn, and then waved his hand and said in a rough voice: "You guys go out first, no one is allowed to approach the conference room without my order." ”
The six amorous beauties each looked at the man in front of them, and after seeing them nodding in succession, they each bowed and exited the conference room.
It wasn't until the door of the conference room was gently closed that R7, who seemed rude but was actually careful, spoke again: "Brothers, you all know the situation outside, so you don't need to talk about it!" ”
R8 looked at the two people next to him with some weakness and said, "Boss, you just say what we should do now!" What are you talking about useless? ”
R7 nodded his chin slightly and did not answer the question, but looked at R9 very solemnly and asked, "What do you think?" ”
R9 didn't even raise his head, and said slowly, "What else can I do?" Now it can only depend on personal luck. ”
R8 is still relatively young and anxious, and when he heard R9's words, his eyes immediately widened in displeasure and said, "Listen to what you mean, are you ready to tide over the difficulties with us?" ”
"Huh." R9 looked up at R8 and sneered, "Tide over the difficulties together? Excuse me... (Look at R8 for a long time without speaking.) How old are you, little brother? Why are you still so naïve. ”
"Hmph~" R8 countered dissatisfiedly and said, "I'm naïve? Yes, I am naïve, if I am not naïve, how can I get mixed with you, how can I be reduced to this point? ”
Seeing that these two people were arguing, R7, as the boss of the team, knocked on the table expressionlessly and said, "Enough, when is this coming?" Are you two still in the mood to say this? Interesting? Does it make sense? If you have this time, you might as well think about how to live, live better, are you willing to give up everything we have so easily? ”
R8: "Of course I don't want to, but we don't have any support or help right now, with the strength of our enemies... (Silent for a moment), what else can we do but be caught? ”
"Out of breath." R9 coldly highlighted two words and then closed his mouth again, as if he had locked his upper and lower lips with a zipper.
"You..." R8 holds the table with both hands and tries to stand up and reason with R9, but when he sees R7's glaring eyes, he quickly sits back on the couch and lowers his head and doesn't speak.
Seeing this, R7 cleared his throat and said: "What Lao Jiu said also has a certain amount of truth, it is definitely not okay to be caught with your hands tied, and you should know better than anyone else what we have done ourselves." Whatever the reason, whatever the reason, as long as it falls into the hands of anyone on the Sandwich Islands, we will definitely not be happy, and at that time, I am afraid that even death will become a very extravagant wish. ”
R8: "So what are we going to do?" Why don't we get out of here now! We still have a large number of warships, a large number of robot teams, and a huge amount of resources and wealth looted on the Sandwich Islands before... These things are enough for us to live safely on the sea for a long time. ”
R9: "If you get out safely with these things, and if you escape the enemy." You wouldn't think that the people on the Sandwich Islands are unprepared for this! Would people be stupid enough to watch you leave with everything? (shakes his head slightly)"
R8: "So what? All the warships on the Sandwich Islands are in our hands, and even if they know what we are going to do, what can they do with us? Could it be that they can still smash and sink our warship with rotten eggs? As long as we can get out of here, when we reach the boundless sea, they won't be able to find us even if they want to! Then let's hide carefully for a while, and when everything settles, let's just change and return to modern society, anyway, no one has seen our true faces, and no one knows us. We have such a huge fortune in our hands, and when the time comes, we will not be able to do whatever we want, and we will do whatever we want. ”
Looking at R8's confident appearance, R9 didn't mean to refute at all, and didn't want to continue to argue fearlessly with him, but pursed the corners of his lips disdainfully, turned to look at R7 and said, "What do you mean?" ”
R7 didn't intend to answer this question, but instead asked, "What do you mean?" ”
"Huh." R9 chuckled, "I didn't mean anything. ”
R7 nodded and said, "I see." ”
You got it? What do you know? How come I don't know anything?
R8 looked at R7 with a question mark, and then looked at R9 with a confused face, he really didn't understand what the conversation between these two people just nowt meant... Technically, R8 is a bit more powerful than R9, otherwise he and R9's codename would have been reversed; But in terms of life and intrigue, the young R8 is not a star and a half worse than the R9, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is far from a star.
Of course, even at the technical level, R8 is not necessarily stronger than R9, which is likely to be thought that R9 has been hiding its strength all along, and it is very possible to see R9's performance and personality all along.
And R7 and R9 didn't seem to say anything in the previous conversation, but both of them understood each other's intentions... That is, they don't want to act with each other, and they don't want to tell each other about their next actions.
This is in line with the old saying: husband and wife are originally birds of the same forest, and they fly separately when disaster comes.
Husbands and wives are like this, not to mention the three of them who are united by interests, plastic brothers... At this critical juncture related to one's own life and death, it is already very, very, very good not to directly sell the other party in exchange for their own interests, and you still want to let them help each other and tide over the difficulties together?
No kidding, if they really walked together at the last minute, I'm afraid both of them would be worried that the other party would stab themselves in the back at a critical moment... Instead of being so scared, instead of guarding against the 'brothers' around you on the way to escape and hide, it is really better to act separately and secure their destiny.
Trust is a wonderful thing, in the sharing of glory and wealth, trust this kind of thing may not be important, but in the time of common suffering, trust is indeed the foundation and bridge of cooperation between the two sides, a little less will make people hesitate, and even produce fear.
After knowing each other's intentions, there was no need for this small meeting of only three people to continue, but for the sake of apparent harmony, this meeting could not end very abruptly... However, it was no longer possible to touch on any of the core facts related to the theme of the meeting--- that is, information about what they were going to do and how to get out of the Sandwich Islands while ensuring their own safety.
Next, R7 immediately retrieved six beauties who had exited the conference room, and asked them to bring them high-end and expensive red wine, as well as some fresh fruits... There is also the indispensable massage service that everyone enjoys from behind.
Half an hour later, R8 and R9 left one after the other, while R7 sat in place with no intention of leaving. However, his face immediately turned gloomy the moment the two of them walked out of the room, as if he could freeze the dripping water into ice.
The composition of this three-person group itself has a lot of utilitarian elements... At the beginning, there were not only three of them who sent the Sandwich Islands to [Chess], but only the three of them were the strongest.
As for the other members... The only three of them left to lead the robots on the Sandwich Islands, and the fate of the others is already obvious.
If they had to imagine the whereabouts of the other members... Some people may be able to think of the place where those people threw their bodies, but as for the bones or something, it is estimated that they have long been eaten by all kinds of fish on the bottom of the sea!
In the end, there were only three of them left on the Sandwich Islands, not because the three of them had any friendship, but because the strength of the three of them was almost the same... In a one-on-one situation, it is very, very, very difficult for anyone to kill the other party, and even if they can kill the other party, they will definitely pay an extremely tragic price, and this price is not willing to be borne by anyone.
Even, even if two people join forces to deal with the other, it is not easy... Especially when everyone is prepared, it is absolutely impossible to eliminate anyone without paying enough price.
The most important thing is that no one dares to trust anyone but themselves, not even the youngest R8, who is also wary of his other two companions... What if after killing another person, your former companion suddenly turns around and kills you?
Even if another companion does not have such a mind, no one can guarantee that he will not become the target of others when he attacks others; In the unlikely event that the attacked party recognizes one person and beats them to death, thus severely injuring an enemy attacking them (R7, R8, R9, these three guys are also prepared to be attacked by two other people while guarding against the other two. )··· So, what will the person who has lost much of his strength do next?
He must take advantage of his illness and take his life, and seize this golden opportunity to kill all the so-called 'companions' who threaten him and affect his rule over the Sandwich Islands... This is intended to pull a person on his back when he is dying. In any case, as long as someone attacks them, the attacked party is not prepared to make the others feel better.
People are selfish, especially those who are bloody, accustomed to betrayal, but have to join [chess] for profit and other reasons, and then become competitors and enemies, until they come to the Sandwich Islands, and combine them for self-preservation and greater gain... Self-preservation in competition and killing has long been deeply engraved in their bones, and has even become an instinct, even the youngest of them, R8, who looks stupid and naïve, has enough means of self-protection and vigilance against his companions, otherwise he would have become someone else's prey a long time ago, and would not have survived until now, and he has been quite nourished.
Because these three men were jealous of each other's strength, and in order to preserve their strength, they ruled the Sandwich Islands, and finally they were forced to unite and kill other rivals, and then divided their own territory and began to obtain their own interests.
On the surface, these three people are a group and have a close relationship... However, all this is an illusion, and they deliberately show it for others to see.
If it weren't for the instability of the internal situation, full of scruples and intrigues, and the desire of everyone to waste the strength of others in order to make themselves the final and only victor, the robot side of the Sandwich Islands would not have failed so quickly, let alone so completely.
As long as these three people are willing to cooperate sincerely, it is impossible for the human side of the Sandwich Islands to win so easily, even if they have the support of Chen in many ways, they will have to pay a heavy price to defeat the robot and reclaim all the land from the robot.
Don't R7 and others understand such a simple truth? No, every one of them understands it, but they don't believe it, and they can't trust anyone but themselves.
In this case, finding a way back for yourself and leaving the Sandwich Islands unharmed with the wealth you have looted before is undoubtedly the best and only option.
As for the comeback... Forget it! Without a strong backing support, without the support of science and technology, manpower and material resources, it is definitely a dream to make a comeback, and you can't even dream of such a beautiful thing.
With their current strength... Not to mention a continental confrontation, even if it is only one of the territories, a very small, very small territory is not something that any one of them can touch.
If they can leave here with all their wealth, the best outcome for them after that is to go incognito, hide in some remote and backward place for the rest of their lives... Of course, with the wealth they have, even if they don't do anything in the future, just stay at home, it will be enough for them to spend the rest of their lives luxuriously.
The question is, are the people on the Sandwich Islands willing to let them leave easily? Not to mention taking all the wealth looted from the Sandwich Islands, even if they were the only ones who wanted to escape.
These people are still waiting to catch them, and then use their lives and souls to atone for what they have done before... Perhaps, you can also let the people on the Sandwich Islands vent, and by the way, improve their status in the eyes of the general public, so that their future path will be a little smoother---- if they can successfully reach the top and reach the peak of life.
And the premise of wanting to do all this must be based on catching the culprit, even if only one is caught, it is enough for them to give an explanation to the ordinary people on the Sandwich Islands... As for who was caught last? Then it depends on who is easier to catch and who is slower to chase.
Anyway, among the human forces on the Sandwich Islands, catching the culprit is only a means they use to capture the hearts and minds of the people, not the ultimate goal, and who can catch one or several people in the end? Does this matter to them? It really doesn't matter!
Because of this, the three leaders of the robot side must be even more vigilant and careful that they are used as scapegoats by their previous 'partners'... It can be said that R7, R8 and R9 each have their own little calculations in their hearts, and they all want to use others as scapegoats, so that they can quietly leave here, get rid of everyone's tracking, and then live the life of their dreams.
Of course, it's not easy to do that... The most, the most, the most difficult is the sneak attack from the 'companions'.
The so-called 'open guns are easy to dodge and dark arrows are difficult to defend', no one knows whether they will be sold by the so-called 'companions' on the way to escape together... This is one of the reasons why R9 is reluctant to flee with the other two people; That's right, one of the reasons and not the whole of it.
In addition to not wanting to be plotted by others, R9 also intends to use R7 and R8 to attract attention, so that his escape process will be easier and safer.
As for the specific plan... Naturally, keep an eye on R7 and R8 all the time, and when they are ready and about to leave, leak their news through special channels, so that they can attract the crowds of people on the Sandwich Islands to pursue and encircle them.
What the? Is it immoral and unrighteous to do so? What is this talking about? R9 doesn't have such a concept in his mind.
Moreover, R9 believes that it is very likely that the other two guys have the same intentions... It is very likely that he will stumble on others at a critical moment, or even stab him in the back.
But when it comes to the actual implementation of this plan, the most important criterion is indeed patience, only with enough patience can we wait for others to make mistakes, only when others make mistakes can we find opportunities, find opportunities to kill with one hit... But more patient----- R9 believes that he will never lose to anyone in this regard.
Of course, before that, he also had to prepare the belongings he had looted and the necessary means of transportation... If you don't make all the preparations in advance, it's really too late to wait until everyone else is gone. If he didn't seize the opportunity to leave at that time, even if he didn't want to be someone else's scapegoat.
Indeed, both R7 and R8 want to use other people as shields and scapegoats, drawing everyone's attention to others, so that they can leave safely; And the two of them are indeed the same as R9 guessed, and they really can't match R9 in terms of patience. But these two goods are much more insidious than R9... R7, who is rude and arrogant on the surface, but is actually meticulous, and R8, who is innocent and ignorant on the surface, but is actually extremely cunning, both of these guys have put their ideas on their companions, and they are the companions who left with them.
Shortly after the meeting, R7 first called R8 and expressed his desire to leave with R8... R7's preparation is exactly what R8 wants, and he naturally won't refuse R7's invitation.
As for the belongings... They've already made arrangements and are ready to leave at any time.
Although on the surface, each of them had a large, large treasure trove, and every plundered wealth would be placed in it, but in reality, there was not much in it, and the real wealth was removed by them a long time ago... Everyone knows this.,It's just that no one has broken it.。。
Wealth is moving, in case it attracts the eyes of others because of this huge and covetous wealth, and even causes unnecessary trouble... Although the relationship between the three of them is very good on the surface, and they are unwilling to break this fragile balance, it is not certain whether they will make some small moves in private!
After all, if they can't find evidence, even if their 'treasure house' is stolen or even robbed, they can't go to other people's troubles.