Chapter 126: Cost

In a modern war, the key to determining the outcome of a war is not a brilliant military command or high-tech weaponry, but a strong ability to replenish troop resources and reproduce equipment.

In a war, even if a million people are killed, as long as there are enough manpower and material reserves, the war side can quickly pull up another team and continue to fight, and through this continuous investment, the enemy will be consumed until the opponent is crushed.

The Red Guard Regiment was once spurned by many adventurers due to the fact that it could not be taken out of the world in which it was located, but its strong reproduction capacity made it possible for users to theoretically produce a steady stream of troops to crush their opponents as long as they had enough resources.

No matter how strong the adventurers are, under such a steady stream of troops, they can only be defeated.

And they will be very embarrassed by the defeat - they can't even touch the adventurers of the enemy side, and they can't do it if they want to pull their backs on the verge of death.

For Edmund, if the Three-Region Alliance didn't run at that time, with the huge attrition of the adventurers at that time, Edmund would definitely choose to attack.

But since the Three-District Alliance wants to exchange space for time and time for recovery, Edmund doesn't mind letting them know that time is actually on his side.

So he was not in a hurry to attack, but gave way to the Red Alert formation, which was in the rear, to continue production.

The physical strength consumed can be restored, the spirit can be increased, but the used medicines and props will not be restored, and the adventurers who died in battle will not be able to come back to life......

Some strengths, if they disappear, they disappear forever.

At this moment, after understanding Edmund's thoughts, everyone's faces became extremely ugly.

"So what do we do now? we can't just wait here until Edmund is raising an army to deal with us, right?" said one adventurer.

Shen Yihua, Tianrui and others were silent in thought.

The current situation is neither offensive nor defensive.

Attack, the three-district alliance has run so far, and now they are running back to find trouble with others, it is tossing themselves, and the other party is waiting for work, which is enough to catch them off guard.

Defense, that is, waiting for the enemy to replenish his forces, and another wave.

In the defensive battle of Ankhed, the three-sector alliance first took the lead in the geographical advantage, then surrounded and ambushed, and finally used bloodlines to kill most of the troops, and thus paid the price of the death of eleven adventurers.

If there is another wave, I am afraid it will be completely destroyed.

Everyone is thinking, but no one is coming up with a good solution.

Wei Chibai finally couldn't hold his breath a little longer: "We can't wait any longer, no matter what, we can't let the Purgatory Sect organize another legion to come and encircle and suppress us." We rushed back and smashed their home and destroyed their base lines. ”

Shen Yi said lightly: "First, we don't know where their base production line is. Second, even if we can find it, there may be a large number of troops there. Third, even if there are no troops, with Eva there, as long as Edmund dismisses the field, they can go back to support at any time. rushed over, it was to send the sheep into the tiger's mouth. ”

"It's better than waiting to die here!" said Nguyen Chang Hyeok.

"Wait for death? Shen Yi said suddenly.

Hua Tianrui heard the meaning of this, and he looked at Shen Yi: "Do you have an idea?"

Shen Yi smiled: "I can't say any ideas, but I have a few questions." By the way, King Huaying, King Lin Tianwang, there is a question I have always wanted to ask you. ”

"What?" said in unison.

"Why do you bet only a few million in each district? I originally thought that with the strength of the four major organizations, if you want to bet, you have to press tens of millions, right?"

Lin Weisheng smiled: "You should be all you? Can you earn millions of bloody points on a mission? That's right, the four major organizations are big businesses, but they are not companies after all." ”

Lim's words point to the biggest difference between the Big Four and traditional companies, that is, the relationship between risk-takers and organizations, which is not as interdependent as companies and employees.

Between the company and employees, it is through the pooling of multiple people to achieve a certain revenue goal. Employees create benefits for the company, and the company distributes dividends to employees.

In the Bloody City, due to the limited number of people in the mission world, it is almost impossible for major organizations to carry out tasks together, and the tasks in which adventurers participate are basically unrelated to the organization, and their independence is extremely strong.

Major organizations strengthen ties through bloodline, mentorship and other ties, but in terms of benefit distribution, they do not have the right to make adventurers hand over the bloody points they have earned so desperately.

They can only collect a small number of points through membership dues, religious offerings, and filial piety, but in a society where money is life, even fanatical believers rarely hand over most of their adventure gains, so their benefits are always limited.

The benefits of the major organizations are still mainly concentrated in the wilderness, which is obtained by demarcating some areas.

However, the wilderness is too big for the major organizations to eat so much, and adventurers will not run to places occupied by others to pay protection money without special needs. Even the Broken Blade team is in the wilderness, and when they encounter the areas demarcated by major organizations, they basically take a detour.

As a result, the Big Four organizations have always lacked a clear profit growth point.

The lack of a long-term goal is a congenital limitation of the four major organizations, which is not subject to human will.

It is precisely for this reason that the four major organizations are not in essence a unified organization that exists for the purpose of grabbing profits, but a loose alliance organization with joint self-protection, information sharing, and communication as the basic needs.

For the same reason, in such a gambling game that concerns the interests of major organizations, millions of dollars are already a big gamble.

If you really want to calculate it, a few million is the value of a four-difficulty adventurer. After a war is fought, the value of the adventurer who dies far exceeds the profit of the gamble.

But for major organizations, dead adventurers can be recruited again, but the profits from gambling are really their own, which is quite a bit of a demeanor that damages the interests of the country and fattens itself.

Therefore, for the loss of adventurers, the Supreme Council is actually more heartbroken than the major organizations. If we look at the major organizations as state-owned enterprises, the Supreme Council as the central government, then the heads of the major organizations are the executives, and the risk-takers themselves are interests, then we can understand all this.

Shen Yi suddenly asked this question, which made Lin Weisheng a little puzzled, but he knew that Shen Yi would not ask questions for no reason, so he just looked at Shen Yi.

Shen Yi had already nodded: "In other words, for the Purgatory Sect, in fact, the investment of millions of bloody points is not a small investment, right?"

"Of course, it can't be a small investment for anyone...... Well, for you, I've heard that your big universe project has invested tens of millions of dollars. Lin Weisheng smiled: "Even for an organization, it is not easy to do this step. ”

"That's going to be easy. Shen Yi nodded and said, "As long as Edmund is not extravagant enough to be able to smash millions of points, I'm sure that his next troops won't be too many." ”

Hua Tianrui understood what he meant: "The construction of the Red Guard Corps needs resources, but it also needs blood. The cost of points depends on the resources obtained locally. The more resources you get on the spot, the less points you will consume, but no matter what, the most basic points will be consumed. Tatooine is not a bonanza planet, and Edmund wants to build such a force in a short period of time, and the number of points invested is probably not less than three or four million. ”

Lin Weisheng also understood what Shen Yi meant: "The advantage of the Purgatory Sect is actually based on Edmund's blood, as long as he can win, the proceeds from the gambling game will naturally make up for him." ”

"That's not all!" Shen Yi replied, "Before the deathmatch, the Purgatory Sect was attacked by the three major organizations, paying a heavy price and losing prestige, and Edmund desperately needed a war to make up for everything lost. Therefore, for him, saving face is the first priority, and the bloody point is second. If I were Edmund, I would choose to make a comprehensive estimate and spend all the possible gains on the cost of the operation!"

"Yes, Edmund was actually prepaying his gambling profits to his advantage...... This guy is really willing to spend his money!" Hua Tianrui couldn't help but admire.

Other organizations wanted to take advantage of this opportunity, but Edmund gambled on the basis of giving up all profits, and it was because of this that he was able to make the three districts united in a mess.

"Then why can't there be more?" asked Lin Weisheng.

"Because the investment is not proportional to the return. Edmund can win prestige by giving up profits, at least the Purgatory Sect did not lose money in this war, and because of the victory, the strength of the four major organizations has been reduced to one another, and the Purgatory Sect is equivalent to earning. But if the Purgatory Sect invests tens of millions of dollars in order to win, instead of getting the expected profits, it pays a lot, such a victory is absolutely unacceptable to the sect members. The reason why I asked you why the major organizations only invest a few million is to know if these millions are important to the major organizations. Since it's important, Edmund can't just burn it!"

"That's right. King Kong agreed: "That's why he wants to fight us first after gathering the first army." Look at the gaps and decide on the next investment. Otherwise, why would he bother to produce it in batches? Five hundred Apocalypse is better than three hundred, isn't it?"

"The problem is that millions can't be burned casually, hundreds of thousands are still okay. At least Edmund himself could afford the money. Gently reminded.

"No!" Shen Yi immediately shook his head: "The cost line is a psychological watershed. If the input does not exceed the cost line, then it is only a matter of earning more or less for the Purgatory Sect. Once the cost line is crossed, even if it loses a bloody point, it is equivalent to the Purgatory Sect is trading at a loss. Edmund either kept his input below the cost line, or he simply risked everything to win. In the last battle, we lost eleven people, and the situation was already very unfavorable to us, so there was no need for him to go out and just go crazy. ”

"I support Shen Yi's view. Hua Tianrui immediately said, he was the heir of the Dragon Alliance, and he knew very well that Edmund's status in the Purgatory Sect was not inaccessible. War in the Bloody City is not a real-time strategy game, and there is no such thing as spending all your money for victory.

The military serves politics.

Edmund could not have accepted the result of winning a war and losing internal support.

So he is now full of calculations, that is, to put the remaining expected profits into manufacturing, but he will never cross the cost line that Shen Yi said.

"But if he finds out that he still can't win, he's going to go crazy. Zhishan, a monk who doesn't like to talk, finally spoke.

Not exceeding the cost is based on victory, if you can't win the three-zone alliance in this way, and you can't even get the expected gambling gains, you are already a loss. At that point, I believe that Edmund will no longer care about the cost line problem, just like a red-eyed gambler, the only way to get him back is to increase investment.

"So in the next battle, we are afraid that we will not be able to run, and we must not give him a third chance to build troops. Shen Yi sighed. The guerrilla warfare plan, because of Edmund's arsenal, is completely scrapped, and some things still have to be solved by fists after all.

Everyone was still talking, and Frost came over from a distance and made a gesture to Shen Yi.

Shen Yi comprehended and said to everyone: "I still have something to do, leave first." ”

He walked up to Frost and asked, "What's the matter?"

Frost replied in a low voice, "Michelle has news." ”

Shen Yi hurriedly stopped Frost, and the two walked towards no one together.

Seeing Shen Yi leaving, everyone lost the interest in discussing it further. While Edmund was still building troops, everyone should seize the time to rest.

The unfavorable situation made everyone a little less confident in victory.

The positive ones think hard about countermeasures, the negative ones drink to relieve their worries, the actionists hurry up and prepare for it, the optimists boost morale, and of course there are those who are nervous and don't care about the upcoming threat, but their minds wander in other aspects.

With her back against the rock, her right leg against the wall and her left leg upright, she is repairing her nails with a small nail clipper. After repairing, she stretched out her slender jade hand and shone it on the sun, reflecting the colorful light of Kodan.

Then she took out a makeup case and dressed it up in front of the small mirror on it.

Hong Lang walked over.

Leaning on the stone beside the enchantress, he said in a big way: "Sure enough, you women are all idle, and you don't forget to dress up in this case." ”

A smile appeared on the face of the Variety Enchantress: "You men are not bad, and you don't forget to pick up girls in this case." ”

Hong Lang looked up to the sky and laughed dryly: "There is nothing, but you are idle, you are idle, I see that you are very lonely, I will talk to you." ”

He raised his hand in a lazy waist position, and when he put it down, it naturally landed on the neck of the Variety Enchantress.

A standard tentative action when a man seduces a woman.

The Variety Enchantress really didn't push Hong Lang's left arm away, she just said lightly: "I like men who order directly." ”

Hong Lang immediately said, "I want to sleep with you." ”

Strike!

Not far away, Gentle suddenly burst out laughing.

Hong Lang glared at her fiercely.

The woman who loves to listen to the root of the wall is really the most annoying.

The Variety Enchantress also smiled, and looked at Hong Lang with her eyebrows like flowers: "Why are you looking for me?"

She pointed to Kim Seung-hee in the distance with her chin and said, "Isn't she also good?"

"You're different...... Hong Lang coughed lightly, and he leaned close to the ear of the Ever-Changing Enchantress: "Aren't you able to transform? I heard that you became Eva's little girl's skin last time? With you, it is equivalent to having women all over the world." ”

I see.

The relationship is that when he heard about himself and Bogas, this bastard thought that he also had a chance......

The Variety Enchantress looked at Hong Lang with a playful look: "That's it...... So who do you want me to be?"

Hong Lang glanced at Gentle, only to see that Gentle's gaze was stabbing at him like a knife, and his heart was terrified, and then he looked at Zhao Ling'er, only to see that Zhao Ling'er was also looking at him coldly, and he was taken aback in his heart. ”

The Variety Enchantress covered her mouth and chuckled: "I want to go for a walk, are you interested in accompanying me?"

"I'm happy to accompany you!" Hong Lang knew that he had gotten a good start.

"Then come with me. The Variety Enchantress gave Hong Lang a wink and took the lead towards the back of the mountain.

The flood waves happily followed.

Looking at the back of the two leaving, Zhou Yiyu said with jealousy: "I bet on washing dishes for a day, he can't get on that woman, he is just being played by that woman." ”

"I bet on him, in fact, in the eyes of women, the wave ball is still attractive, and the action school is always more attractive than the language school. "King Kong interface.

"Shen Yi definitely doesn't support your argument, so I bet he can't, three days. Gentle also smiled.

"Then let me do the same. Hua Tianrui suddenly walked over and said, "I bet that Hong Lang will be half the battle." ”

"What does it mean to be half the battle?"

Hua Tianrui smiled: "Then you will know what it means, if I win, I want you to tell me, in this place, in addition to the tattered Great Wall of steel, what other arrangements and backhands does Shen Yi have?"

Everyone changed color at the same time.

At the same time, not far from the small jungle.

The waves and the enchantress are rolling enthusiastically.

Hong Lang galloped across the woman's body with the wildest posture, and the white and delicate skin showed one red halo after another under the attack of his greedy mouth.

The woman let out a high-pitched panting beneath her, which stimulated the excitement of the waves more and more.

She transforms in excitement and becomes Kim Seung-hee and is making/having sex with Hong Lang.

This made Hong Lang even more excited: "I knew you could do it!"

The Variety Enchantress smiled more and more happily: "What do you still want me to become?"

"Audrey Hepburn, she's my goddess!"

So in the next moment, the Enchantress has become Audrey Hepburn's appearance and has fun with the waves.

Hong Lang twitched more and more excitedly: "This is simply wonderful, today I learned that the Demon Girl is the most valuable ability." ”

"It's a pity that I'll never have an extra layer of blue ......skin that I can't shake off," Variety Enchantress sighed.

"Didn't you solve this problem?"

"Who said I solved it?" The Hundred Variety Demon Queen glanced at Hong Lang: "People just never want to use their books to embody the form!"

Hong Lang's thrusting speed slowed down significantly, and he glared at the Variety Enchantress: "You...... You mean...... It turned out to be ...... That ......"

"That's my usual form, but after a long time, everyone thinks that's what I am. The Variety Enchantress looked at Hong Lang playfully and said.

I see.

"That'...... Then you...... What are you ...... What does it look like?" asked Hong Lang curiously.

"Do you want to see it?"

"Of course. ”

"You won't like it. The woman replied leisurely.

The stunner in front of him began to change, the beautiful face gradually disappeared, and Hong Lang's heart gradually fell to the bottom.

He felt as if something had pushed him out.

All the good is shattered in the heart.

"Oh, no...... Not ......"

In the small jungle, the screams of the waves like killing pigs sounded violently, echoing in the four fields:

"Man...... Oh my God...... You're a man!!"