Chapter 41: The Deal of the White Wolf with Empty Gloves
"As for what we want." Wang Peng waved his hand arrogantly, "It depends on what you have." ”
"What do we have?" Weilan turned off the microphone and said to himself, "David, what do you say we can do in exchange?" ”
"Mr. Welan, based on the differences in their origins, each civilization will have its own direction of expertise." David reminded in a whisper while helping Wei Lan massage to restore his body functions.
"Ah, by the way, I remember this sentence, it was a hypothesis proposed by a famous science fiction writer." Wei Lan recalled for a while, and flipped out this sentence from the corner of his memory, "A very interesting conjecture. ”
"Let's go." As he put on the assistive exoskeleton, Wayland whispered, "I hope they can help me." ”
Wang Peng waited for a while, and then met the sponsor of the entire Prometheus Project, the founder of the Welland Industrial Group, and the life of Wellland Yutani, who was running out.
Wei Lan looked at Wang Peng, and stretched out his hand with difficulty to make a gesture of please, "Please come with me, I think we need to have a good talk." ”
"We need to start cleaning up the planet as soon as possible, so let's get straight to the point." Wang Peng stretched out his hand to stop Wei Lan's invitation, "So, do you have anything to trade?" ”
Wei Lan nodded at David, who took out a 3D holographic data storage device from his arms and placed it on the ground not far away to open it.
Wei Lan pointed to the holographic screen floating in mid-air, "These seven categories are all the knowledge I have in my hands. ”
Wang Peng looked at it for a while, didn't know how to choose, rolled his eyes, and asked, "Then what do you want?" ”
"My life is coming to an end." Wei Lan pointed to the old age spots on his face, "And I don't want to leave like this. ”
"You and I are of different races, and I can't do anything about your situation." A cold electronic voice sounded, shattering the expectation in Wei Lan's eyes, "However, if you are indeed the creation of the 'Engineers' clan, then you are in luck. ”
"This is the biology lab of the 'Engineers', and it is likely that your life data is stored." Seeing the renewed hope in Wei Lan's eyes, Wang Peng deliberately said, "But unfortunately, we are only an armed advance team, and we don't know the writing of the 'engineers' clan, I'm afraid you will have to wait for the arrival of our follow-up army." ”
Wei Lan's lips trembled, "Excuse me, how long will it take for your follow-up army?" ”
"Who knows? In the vast universe, there are countless hidden opportunities, and this is just an inconspicuous corner. ”
Wei Lan could clearly feel that life was passing, he glanced at David and made up his mind, "If it's about 'engineer', maybe we can help you." ”
"Why?" Wang Peng rejected Wei Lan's proposal, "If you help, we will pay the price, but I don't think this price must be paid." ”
The implication is simple, the follow-up army, which may arrive at any time, is not worth paying for this little time.
Wei Lan smiled bitterly, the inequality of information made the conversation passive from the beginning, this was definitely the most deal he had ever talked about in his life.
Charlie on the side suddenly interjected, "I guess you haven't gotten the exact time yet, right?" Seeing Wang Peng's gaze shift, Charlie calmly continued to speak, "You have just arrived on this planet, haven't you?" So, you don't know how long it will take for the follow-up to arrive, maybe one circle around the star, maybe ten circles, am I right? ”
Wang Peng was silent, as if he had been told what he was talking about.
In the cockpit, Eli pointed to the power armor in the picture, "Judging from this external structure, it is likely that the creatures inside are also humanoids walking upright with both hands and feet, I think that's why they are willing to communicate with us, in the vast universe, it is always an unexpected surprise to be able to meet intelligent races with similar shapes." ”
"So as long as we come up with enough chips, they're likely to do our part and meet our reasonable demands?" With that, Miss Vic connected to Wayland's headset and told her about Elly's analysis.
Wei Lan gritted his teeth and lowered the terms of the transaction, "Take this knowledge in exchange for the right to act with you!" ”
Wang Peng screamed in his heart, and replied calmly, "Yes, the technology of different civilizations may be able to bring us some reference." ”
Perhaps in the desire to gain the Creator's praise, the Prometheus spacecraft stored all the knowledge that the Welland Company could gather, including culture and ideas.
These things are cheap Long Ying, Wang Peng, who got these things with white teeth, didn't mention how beautiful they were, and he quietly took Wei Lan and his party to the spaceship of the 'engineer' clan buried in the ground.
Walking through the dark passageway, a faint tactical formation protected Wei Lan's group in the middle, and a bearded man with tattooed arms released several floating detectors.
Three words flashed in Wang Peng's mind, "Anti-gravity!" ”
Although his eyes were hot, Wang Peng did not make any reaction, but only warned everyone, "You can't touch anything without our permission!" Otherwise, don't blame us for losing your life! ”
Because of Wayland's presence, David did not hide his familiarity with the 'Engineers', and quickly fumbled to open the holographic replay similar to surveillance inside the spaceship.
Looking at several tall figures running from a distance, Wang Peng said lightly, "These people wearing armor are the 'engineers' family." ”
Charlie looked at the holographic projection excitedly and smiled at Ellie, "Ellie, did you see it?" It's them! It really is them! ”
The group couldn't help but quicken their pace, moving quickly, and soon came to a gate, David took out a ladder, unfolded it, climbed up, and opened the closed gate after manipulating the complex text.
Looking at Yili's move of wanting to take the head of the 'engineer' away, Wang Peng sneered, "Think about what kind of place this is, and how they ended up in this situation. ”
Charlie pulled Ellie up and shouted, "Everyone, be careful! This is the Engineer's weapons testing ground, and everything is dangerous! ”
At the same time, as the floodgates were opened, the temperature in the air began to skyrocket, the neatly arranged tanks on the ground began to thaw, and some black fluid slowly seeped into the soil below, apparently as a simple defense mechanism.
Wang Peng looked at this scene and secretly told all the soldiers to be vigilant, and then said to Wei Lan, "Let's go to the cockpit, if we are lucky, there should be a surviving 'engineer'." ”