Chapter 291 Nine Opponents (Six Thousand Chapters)

As soon as Thuram said that there was something to talk about, Xia Fei immediately thought of Xiaoyu, and the bloody matrix not only did not make Xia Fei forget when he saw it, but his thoughts were even stronger.

Thuram smiled a little awkwardly, "I'm sorry, the Secret Investigation Department, the Enforcement Department, the Pursuit Department, all the relevant departments have been busy like ants on a hot pot these days, but unfortunately the traces of that group of people have still not been found." ”

Xia Fei was slightly disappointed, he lit a cigarette and put it to his mouth, "When those people left, I found that their warships were equipped with stealth systems, and the alliance has very strict control over strategic-level devices such as stealth systems, maybe there will be some clues when you investigate the sales records of stealth systems of major companies." ”

Thuram said: "Our adjudicator union is not the Ministry of Military Affairs, and it has no right to investigate other people's databases, at most let them hand over the data themselves, it depends on whether people are willing or not, after all, customer information is a trade secret, and ordinary companies rarely disclose it to the outside world, it's not that simple." ”

Xia Fei thought for a while and said, "In that case, why don't you report the matter of the missing candidates to the military department and let them assist in the investigation?" ”

Thuram laughed, "What are you kidding, who are we, there are one hundred and seventy-five of the largest warrior organizations of the Pan-Human Alliance of the dignified adjudicator union alone, and the number of non-integrated fleets is innumerable, and the hundreds of millions of members have always been something to be solved by the military department and the adjudicators, and the two major trade unions of the hermit cultivators, how can there be a reason for the adjudicator union to ask the military department." ”

Xia Fei pursed his lips, like other large forces, the adjudicator union attaches great importance to face, and it will investigate the disappearance of the examinee at all costs for the sake of face, and it is also for the sake of face if he does not seek help from the military department, so that although face is saved, because he cannot cooperate with other institutions, he can only deal with it alone.

"It's no secret that the stealth system is no longer a secret, recently the alliance has found small underground factories that produce stealth equipment in many places, and it is said that the biggest mystery of the stealth system, the reverse coding system, has been cracked, resulting in some workshops having the ability to produce battleship stealth devices, due to the high profits of the stealth system, many people are still willing to take risks to manufacture stealth devices that are listed as contraband by the alliance." Thuram said with a sigh.

Xia Fei was slightly stunned, it turned out that the core technology of the stealth system had been secretly transmitted to the people, and he secretly considered whether to buy a vampire and install it, after all, installing the stealth system would increase tactical flexibility to a large extent.

"Uncle, what is the matter with you coming to me in person this time?" Xia Fei asked.

Thuram said, "Actually, I didn't come to see you, there happened to be some things nearby, so I stopped by, but I really have two things to tell you." ”

"First, I heard that the battleship modification finals in a few days will be watched by bigwigs from the alliance's military department, I haven't inquired about who it is, it is estimated that it will be one of the three giants of the military department, haven't you always wanted to push the energy shield booster to the entire alliance, this is a great opportunity."

"Although the energy shield synergist has a good response within the adjudicator union, the military department is two completely different systems from the adjudicator after all, our adjudicator is relatively flexible in the assembly of its fleet, and it is not necessarily that all warships must be uniformly equipped, but the military department is different, once they fancy what equipment they like, they will purchase it in large quantities, and quickly popularize it in all fleets, assuming that if you can really win the order of the military department, I am afraid that you will laugh in your dreams at night when the time comes."

Xia Fei nodded, "Uncle, thank you for telling me this, as long as I can enter the finals, I will definitely perform well, don't worry." ”

Thuram nodded and said, "Well, the most important thing is to have a calm heart, do you know why the military's order is so difficult to do?" ”

Xia Fei was puzzled: "Because of their high technical requirements? ”

Thuram smiled slightly, patted Xia Fei on the shoulder and said: "Look at your kid who is quite clever on weekdays, why can't you even figure out this truth, you go to look through the procurement details of the military department over the years, you will know that in fact, there are only a few companies that provide equipment to the military department, and a large part of them are owned by the military department itself, after all, the equipment used by the army can not be sloppy, and there can be no flaws, so the military department trusts the products of its own companies more." ”

"Most of the other commercial companies that can receive orders from the military department have strong capital, such as the four warship companies, the four of them are not too high in the league, but everyone knows that their strength is actually enough to squeeze into the top ten in the league, but why are their annual financial statements not very good? The reason is that they have made too many orders from the military department and various sovereign countries, don't look at the military department, which conducts product bidding every year, but that is just the purchase of some irrelevant logistics and ammunition and other equipment, as for warships, artillery and other products related to the strength of the army, when have they been publicly tendered? It's all done in private. ”

"Each of the four warship companies has its own account book that cannot be made public, and it is full of orders from the military department, which are all secrets and naturally cannot be shown to the world, so every time the top 500 commercial institutions in the alliance are released, the ranking of the four major companies will be so low."

Xia Fei listened to Thuram's words and asked: "Uncle, thank you for your guidance, so it is not easy to receive an order from the military department, I originally thought that as long as the product is good, the military department will purchase it, but now it seems that it is too simple." ”

Thuram said: "This is all a fact, even if the military department takes a fancy to your energy shield synergist, it will put forward some harsh conditions, such as priority purchase rights, payment in installments, etc., I just hope you will prepare early." ”

Xia Fei nodded, "What about the second thing?" ”

Thuram smiled: "This second thing is very beneficial to you, I talked to Rakshasa and he wants to transfer you to the secret investigation department, which is responsible for investigating cases related to the disappearance of candidates, this is an opportunity to enter the core of the union, and there will be better prospects for development in the union." ”

Xia Fei frowned and said, "It is said that I have no friendship with Minister Rakshasa, how could he want to transfer me to the Secret Investigation Department at this time?" ”

Thuram said: "The reason is very simple, first, you have seen those people who are with Xiao Ruoyu, and you are a witness to the incident, Rakshasa thinks it may be helpful to the investigation, second, your own cultivation is still a little far from entering the core organization of the trade union, but the development prospects are not bad, barely enough to qualify, and you have a good relationship with Qin Mang's old thing, Rakshasa probably also wants to push the boat down the river and sell Qin Mang's favor." ”

"You don't have to answer me now, you can think about it for a while, I know that you don't like to be constrained, but this is really an opportunity for you, I can reveal some of you here, in fact, Qin Mang has long had the idea of pushing you to the management of the trade union, but because you don't have a contract with the union and are young, so you haven't implemented it, don't doubt Qin Mang's ability, even I can't predict how much he can do."

Xia Fei smiled slightly, "Uncle Thuram, I don't treat you as an outsider, I can tell you now that I don't have much interest in entering the upper echelons of the trade union, and under the current circumstances, I still give top priority to developing my own strength first, as the old saying goes, it is better to rely on yourself than on anyone." ”

Thuram was not surprised, he and Xia Fei had a brief conversation and turned to leave, in order not to affect Xia Fei, Avril had been silently following behind him, and when he saw Thuram leaving her, he stepped forward and grabbed Xia Fei's arm.

"What do you seem to have on your mind?" Avril asked curiously.

Xia Fei said: "Actually, it's nothing, it's just that there was an opportunity to look for Xiaoyu, but I rejected it, so I felt a little lost." ”

Avril was slightly stunned, "Why did you refuse?" Isn't it what you've always wanted to do to bring Sister Xiaoyu back? ”

Xia Fei looked at the west and went to the sun, "That's right, but I know that I can't do it alone, so I need to become strong as soon as possible, if a thousand people are not enough to find her, I will hire 10,000, 10,000 if 10,000 can't work, as long as it is within the scope of my financial resources, I will do my best to do it." ”

Avril leaned her head on Xia Fei's arm and asked softly, "Assuming that the missing person is not Xiaoyu but me, will you do the same?" ”

Xia Fei said softly: "No." ”

Avril was shocked, she couldn't believe Xia Fei's answer, but Xia Fei's next words made her smile as bright as a flower.

"If it were you, I would have found it even if I turned the whole universe upside down."

……

The three-day ship refit period has passed, and the ships of the contestants have been mothballed, and no further changes can be made until the official start of the competition.

Each player can choose parts worth 50 million star coins to install freely, Xia Fei spent a total of 41.22 million star coins in the modification fee, and the remaining funds will be kept as a backup until the final stage of the competition, when the time comes, if the battleship is damaged, it will also need to temporarily replace the parts, so reserve funds are also necessary.

Konstantin and Li Mo did not need to participate in the group knockout rounds in the first two days because of the points lead, while Xia Fei had to participate in all the competitions due to the bottom few points, in a sense, Li Mo had already taken the lead from the beginning of the game, while Xia Fei had to face a difficult schedule.

Early in the morning, Xia, before setting off, check the battleship again, Xia Fei knew very well in his heart that the beam between himself and Li Mo was concluded, and it was not so easy to dissolve, maybe when and where Li Mo would come up with some new means to deal with him.

Surprisingly, Li Mo is as quiet as a house cat these days, and he hurries to and from a large number of men every day, Xia Fei has met him a few times, and the two of them have not said anything, passing each other.

In fact, there is no need to say much, the warrior has a natural sensitivity to his enemies, and in Xia Fei's opinion, Li Mo is his enemy, and he is far from having the idea of stopping there.

The large number of bodyguards around Li Mo still revealed the uneasiness in his heart, otherwise, there was no need to be so active in this heavily guarded capital star circle, Xia Fei was very satisfied with this, this was one of his plans, as for the reason, he did not disclose it, but according to the ghost, Xia Fei must have a deep meaning in doing this.

Li Mo didn't have a game today, so he didn't show up at the gathering place of the players, but it was Konstantin's unexpected arrival, Xia Fei chatted with him a few words, he said that he didn't have any relatives and friends in the capital star circle, so he came here to see today's game if he had nothing to do, and by the way, he inspected his future opponent.

Xia Fei said that you can also watch it through the Star Network in the dormitory, but Konstantin said that the computer light curtain in the dormitory is too small and not as clear as the big screen in the arena.

Konstantin and Xia Fei didn't have any deep hatred, plus he was already ahead and a lot in scores, Xia Fei had no chance to overtake, so the atmosphere of the conversation between the two became very relaxed.

In the group knockout round, players are divided into groups of 10 and compete with each other, with only the first place winner advancing to the next round.

More than 300 players were divided into more than 30 groups by lot, and Xia Fei drew the number seven, that is, in the seventh group.

The time has come, Xia Fei boarded the battleship and clicked on the automatic navigation system, the battleship race is different from those technical competitions in the past, it has a certain danger, so the competition will be set in a space beyond the jump.

The route was predetermined by the competition, and more than 100 warships flew into space, opening bright passages and escaping into the sea of stars.

This is today's contestant, and the rest of the 100-odd contest will be held tomorrow.

The battleship burrowed out of the wormhole, only to see that there was an empty space in the space, and ten shiny landmarks were placed in different areas, and the battleship needed to reach its position first, and they were all a thousand kilometers away from each other.

There are no protective measures in the arena, once the battleship is seriously damaged, the players need to carry out the cockpit ejection operation, abandon the battleship to save their lives, of course, the attack catapult pod is not allowed by the club, the fire control system has been modified, and the escape pod cannot be locked.

Assuming that the opponent's firepower is really fierce and accidentally penetrates the reactor and causes an explosion, then it can only be regarded as the player's own bad luck.

Each player has signed the terms of participation, and even if he dies, he cannot recover the responsibility of the Mechanics Association, and the competition party will at most give a sum of money to the family of the deceased, and the large union organizations such as the Mechanics Association and the Adjudicator Guild are not wealthy, and this compensation will not be cared about at all.

Xia Fei felt that the reason why so many viewers liked to watch the battleship race might also be because he smelled blood, and he wished that there would be an accident in the game, and he would be happy to watch it.

Human nature is evil and cruel, which can be proved by the popularity of the bloody matrix, on the surface, human beings who have entered a high degree of civilization actually have some characteristics of beasts in their bones, but with the advancement of civilization, today's human beings are more and more able to disguise.

All the battleships lined up, and soon, the instructions of the race came, and the ten frigates rushed to their respective positions first, ready to go.

Xia Fei didn't look at the light curtain, but stood at the porthole to observe with his own eyes, fortunately, he had practiced the Beast Spirit Codex, although it was far away, he could still see a rough idea.

"There seem to be some drawbacks to this kind of competition." Xia Fei lit a cigarette and muttered to himself.

"What drawbacks? Everything seems fair. The ghost said.

Xia Fei shook his head slightly, "It seems like this, but what if several people besiege one?" Ten people are distributed in different directions, as long as anyone accidentally enters the battle circle first, they will face the siege of all enemies, if you want to win, you must first ensure your own safety, and you must not rush into the range of other people's firepower. ”

"Makes sense." The ghost thought for a moment and said, "The field of play is strictly limited, no matter which direction you move, you will quickly approach your opponent, and if you accidentally fall into the middle of two people, or more, it is indeed troublesome. ”

As he spoke, the first round of the competition had begun, and as soon as the indicator light flashed, a battleship numbered 12553 rushed into the center of the arena, so that it became a target for everyone, and it took less than thirty seconds to be destroyed by other warships.

The battle situation was extremely anxious, ten warships of the same type were crammed into a narrow space and desperately attacked each other, and missiles whizzed past, bringing out strings of beautiful tails.

"It's so chaotic that you can't tell who's fighting whom, it's just a chaotic battle." The ghost said, shaking his head.

Xia Fei said: "It is difficult to distinguish the advantages and disadvantages in the melee, because the firepower is not even, and I think it is difficult for even the best battleships to resist the simultaneous attack of several warships." ”

"We must try to avoid falling into a scuffle, in that case, no matter how good the Energy Shield Booster is, it will not be able to use its full strength." The ghost reminded Xia Feidao.

……

Li Mo did not participate in today's game, but he still lay comfortably on the sofa and waited for the game to start.

"Do you think Xia Fei will find out this time?" Li Mo took a sip of wine and said.

"No, young master, we have been safe with him for the past few days, and we haven't made trouble with him, I believe Xia Fei would never have thought that we were waiting for him here, and besides, the matter of buying off the contestants is extremely secret, Xia Fei will never know." The figure-eight beard bent over.

Li Mo snorted coldly, "Hmph, the hook swore that Xia Fei would definitely die, but what about the result?"

Bazihu hurriedly said: "Young master, this time we are not the same as the bloody matrix, now we are taking advantage of the flaws in the rules to attack Xia Fei openly, no matter how smart he is, he would never have thought that the seventh group he is in has been bought by us, and the draw is also arranged in advance." ”

"The reason why we fell short in the end in the bloody matrix was not because of how strong Xia Fei was, but because the hook was too light on the enemy, and we were fully prepared this time, Xia Fei couldn't have guessed that we would be unfavorable to him in the game."

Li Mo nodded lightly and said coldly: "I hope it is as you said, what I want is the result, as for the process, I don't care, if you still can't take Xia Fei down this time, you know what to do." ”

Bazi Hu only felt that cold sweat was breaking out on his forehead, as the saying goes, a companion is like a tiger, and he has done so many things by Li Mo's side in the past few years, which can be said to have made great contributions to him, but all this is false, as long as Li Mo is not happy, he will still be punished.

"By the way, how did you solve the problem about the escape pod, in case Xia Fei escaped through the escape pod, other warships could not attack him, so he would escape." Li Mo asked.

Bazi Hu said confidently: "Young Master, don't worry about this matter, don't forget, the participating battleships can also carry additional weapons in addition to missiles, as long as they are controlled within the budget of 50 million star coins, it is true that guided weapons need fire control system guidance, but there are also some weapons that can be attacked without computer command, that is, if Xia Fei's escape capsule happens to be attacked indiscriminately..."

Li Mo slapped his thigh and said excitedly, "You mean to say..."

"That's right, you'll be fine, young master."

……

The game went faster than expected, and the defense of the escort-class warship was not very good, and this kind of Gadari Company's Chayalc-class frigate sacrificed a lot of armor and propulsion in order to achieve the strongest firepower, and it was easy to be shot down once it got into a melee, not to mention that the Chafalcon-class carried an extremely accurate missile system.

A fire lit up outside the window, and several oval-shaped escape pods floated slowly in the dark night sky.

Xia Fei pursed his lips and said, "This time, dozens of frigates have been scrapped, how much does it cost?" It's a shame that if you give me all these ships, you can build a whole new defensive fleet on Earth. ”

Ghost Shadow smiled: "The sponsor is the Gadari Company, one of the four warship companies, not to mention a large enterprise like them, even if the Shadow Killing Gate bears these losses, after all, this is an alliance-level competition, some losses are nothing at all, it can't be said that the Mechanic Guild is too extravagant, it's just that you are too poor." ”

Xia Fei was speechless for a while, for these giant enterprise groups, scrapping a few frigates is as simple as throwing away a few pieces of waste paper, just talking about the Gadari company that provides the warships, the number of warships they build in a year is uncountable, and the value of the warships scrapped every day because of experiments is far more than these, so they don't care at all.

People are like that, once the wealth reaches a certain level, it becomes a pure number and no longer has any meaning.

Moments later, the sixth round ended, and the tournament sent a message to Xia Fei, prompting him to go to his place immediately, and the seventh round began immediately.

Xia Fei switched the battleship to manual operation and drove the battleship to the starting point, although the computer control was accurate, but it was not as fast as Xia Fei in terms of reaction, after all, he was a high-level speed ability, and he had a high-speed nervous system that computers could not match.

Xia Fei handed over the control to himself, but the firepower and other auxiliary systems were still handled by the computer, and he only needed to operate the movement of the battleship wholeheartedly.

The light curtain began to enter the three-minute countdown, and Xia Fei grabbed the rudder with both hands, his eyes fixed on the front.

"All missile reflectors turn on the ammunition to enter the automatic loading and unloading program, the power system is 100% running, the energy shield is fully opened, the shield synergistic device is rechecked for the last time, the radar system is ready to do an accurate scan, I want to know what is the speed of each missile attacking me, and who launched it...."

One order after another was calmly deployed by Xia Fei, but Xia Fei didn't know at all that he was not facing one opponent, but nine