The red glow flashes.

A meteor streaked across the sky and landed in the easternmost part of the Zhongzhou Continent, smashing heavily into a field.

The muffled sound could be heard hundreds of meters away, not to mention Wang Dashan, who was working in the fields with a tractor.

"... What was that? “

Startled by the sound, the raunchy man jumped out of the tractor, pulled out the shotgun hanging from the cab, and shoved a shotgun into the chamber as he walked in the direction from which the sound came from.

It is located on the border of Yunjian Province, and it is also the northwest corner of the untouched area.

Usually no one would come to this poor place, and even the merchants thought that there was too little oil and water, and would rather go further and try their luck in the province next door.

But things are not absolute.

Last month, he had met several mutants, presumably deserters who had been broken up by the corporate patrol.

Those ugly guys, even if they just look at them from afar, he thinks they are disgusting enough.

It was a pit more than ten meters wide, as if it had been blasted out by a cannonball.

Looking at the destroyed crops, Wang Dashan's heart ached, but he still leaned over carefully.

There seems to be something in the pit.

He glanced at the Geiger counter on his wrist to make sure the radiation was normal, and then leaned in to take a look.

I saw a silver-white metal sphere lying in the pit, and there was a trace of heat around it, and the scorching heat even evaporated the water in the soil

"What the hell is this?"

Looking at the metal ball in the pit, Wang Dashan studied it for a long time and didn't understand it.

Pressing the communicator on his shoulder, he reported the situation to the village guards.

It wasn't long before a pair of headlights appeared at the edge of the field, and the exoskeleton-clad guard jumped out of the car and strode towards him.

"What happened?"

As soon as he said this, the guard noticed the dirt pit in front of him, and shone into it with a flashlight, his eyes narrowing slightly.

Wang Dashan, who was standing on the side, hurriedly said.

"I was working in the field just now, and suddenly I heard a loud noise, so I came over and took a look... And then I found it in the field. ”

The guard continued.

"Do you see where he fell from?"

Wang Dashan pointed to the top of his head.

"Heavenly."

"Heavenly?"

The guard had a surprised expression on his face, looked up at the sky, then at the metal ball, and suddenly seemed to remember something, and his eyes suddenly floated.

"You're watching here, I'm going to call Enterprise One—"

The voice just fell.

Before Wang Dashan, who was standing next to him, could agree, he saw a black shadow flying in the distance.

That's the plane of the enterprise.

The pitch-black fuselage is about ten meters wide, like a big bird, and the two drum engines rotate slowly, spraying blue arc light from the back.

It became a downward blow.

The air wave overwhelmed the wheat in the field, and the plane landed smoothly in the field.

As the hatch opened, six soldiers wearing exoskeletons stepped out of the cabin one after another.

One of them carried a large box that rose above his head, and he walked straight into the pit, picked up the silver ball, and put it in the box.

"Hey, wait, you guys broke my one"

Seeing that these people were about to leave after taking their things, Wang Dashan, who was holding a shotgun, chased after them, plucked up the courage and shouted.

However, before he could finish speaking, a bill was shoved into his hand, blocking the words from his mouth.

The soldier in the exoskeleton stared at him and asked succinctly.

"Is that enough?"

"Enough, enough, hehe..."

Looking at the banknotes in his hand, Wang Dashan's originally indignant expression instantly smiled, and politely watched the soldiers return to the plane.

100Cr。

Not to mention the crushed wheat, it was more than enough to buy all the crops in his field.

The guard gave the guy an envious look and turned back to his car.

If only he had found out earlier, he would have had a share of the money.

Helping enterprises to work will never suffer, and it has almost become a common sense to travel in the clouds.

Those people are not generous, but they are never stingy with their rewards...

If there is any place in this wasteland where you can see the last afterglow of the People's Union, it is undoubtedly the pearl of the East Coast, the utopia called "Ideal City".

Layers of concrete and steel skeletons stretch from the surface to the sky, and when you look up from the surface, you can't even see the end at a glance.

The neon-lit light pollution is the most vivid portrayal of the city, and the holograms projected on the outermost buildings can be seen even from tens of kilometers away.

No matter how prosperous the wasteland comes from, they will stare around like dirt buns, and be overwhelmed by the flickering lights and traffic in all directions.

Maglev trains shuttle between high-rise buildings, like schools of fish swimming among seaweed.

Only a few big fish can swim to the top and enjoy the first rays of the early morning sun...

Standing in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, the man quietly looked out the window, as if admiring the fish tank in the living room.

His name is Luo Yong, and he is one of the core members of the board of directors of Silver Wing, holding 17% of the shares.

"Emergency means of communication...... It looks like our Trailblazer is really in trouble. The guest sitting on the sofa looked at the wine glass in his hand with great interest, and suddenly spoke casually.

His name is Kang Lok and he is one of the core members of the board of directors of Kang Mao Group.

Unlike Yinyi Group, which is mainly engaged in the manufacture of heavy engineering equipment, Kangmao Group's business scope is mainly auxiliary equipment and medical equipment.

Although the two are drinking friends, when they get together, the topic of discussion is always unrelated to wine.

"Hmm."

"I heard your son was on the Pioneer?"

"Yes."

Seeing that this guy was so calm, Kang Le raised his eyebrows slightly in surprise.

"Aren't you worried?"

"Don't you have a custom cloning business, just clone another one." Luo Yong said in a casual tone, and there was not a trace of waves in his calm voice.

Kang Le raised his eyebrows slightly, and looked at him twice in surprise, as if he didn't expect him to say that.

Looking away from his back in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, he said with a faint smile.

“… We can clone cells, but we can't clone memories, let alone souls. “

"Do you still believe in that thing?"

"It doesn't matter believe it or not, that's just an abstract statement. In my opinion, human beings are a concept that distinguishes them from things, and flesh and blood are only the carriers of this concept. It's easy to make containers, we could have done it a long time ago, and we can even do it better than what was born naturally, but we still can't transfer abstract ideas from one container to another..."

Kang Le continued to talk, but Luo Yong, who was standing in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, didn't want to listen, just looked out the window intently.

Not far away, an "electric ray" transport plane slowly passed through the rows of high-rise buildings and landed on the tarmac on the roof.

He saw several soldiers walking briskly into the building with a suitcase.

Soon the satellites in that box will be sent to a professional technical department to disassemble and download the data inside.

Although he had not yet read the data stored in the satellite, Luo Yong could already guess what was written inside.

This means of emergency communication can be used only in the most critical moments.

Since the satellite left its orbit and landed here, it already contains a lot of information in itself...

I'm not interested in your theories. “

Retracting his gaze from the window, Luo Yong interrupted Kangle's gushing.

Staring at the man sitting on the couch, he continued in a serious tone.

"The Vault is the faith of the inhabitants of Ideal City, and after two centuries we have finally found it. If we can open that door, we can put an end to all the chaos in the wasteland and return the land to that great era. ”

Kang Le was slightly stunned, and then laughed out loud as if he had heard some funny joke.

He shook his head and put the glass back on the table.

“…… You ridicule me for believing in souls, but you yourself believe in an even less reliable legend. “

Royong corrected his words and said.

"That's not a legend, it's a conclusion made through rigorous and precise calculations."

There has been no change in the attitude of Kangle.

"Calculate... Hehe, if there really was that kind of technology to deduce the future, those guys lying in the grave never thought that it would become what it is today? ”

"What can be deduced is not the future, but the possibility in the sense of probability, isn't our existence the best proof?"

The Ideal City was built on top of Vault 6, and everything here is strictly a product of the "Bastion" project.

Unable to refute this sentence, Kang Le was silent for a while, and suddenly said in a very soft voice.

”… Let's assume that the Vault does have what it takes to correct the chaos in this wasteland, and who can guarantee that it won't affect our current prosperity? ”

If only the Trailblazer was just out and about.

Whether it's spreading the idea of a business, sowing the seeds of civilization, or flaunting prosperity and power...... It's all good for businesses.

After all, if you do business with a group of primitive people, you can get a few shells or a few hides at most.

But if you sell the miner's exoskeleton and the drill machine to the Wastelanders, like those Wastelanders who show the good life of the Ideal City, when their caravan passes by again, it only takes a few pieces of paper to exchange for a cartload of ore.

Expeditions for ideals are just a slogan, and even if they come back with nothing, no one will blame them.

However, no one expected that the group of Lentou Qingzhen had found the number of shelters.

It is precisely because of this that the attitudes of the major groups that originally supported the expedition began to warm. Confused.

The only unwavering supporter of the expedition was the Silver Wing Group.

It's not for any lofty ideals, it's mainly that the Trailblazer was built by them.

The land fortress is not only the embodiment of their hard work, but the crew on it is the elite backbone cultivated by the group.

Not to mention others.

His son was on that fortress ...

Although it is said that it is good to have another one after death, but that is just talk.

Technology can solve many problems, but not all problems can be solved with technology.

Luo Yong looked at Kang Le who was sitting on the sofa and said in a serious tone.

"I don't expect to convince you by reasoning, let's talk about the conditions."

Without asking for conditions, Kang Le looked at him.

"Oh? What do you want me to help you? ”

"In another two hours, the parsing of the data should be complete"

Luo Yong picked open the cuffs with his index finger and glanced at the time on his watch, "We will submit a plan to expand the scale of reinforcements at noon today, we have already received the support of the Changge Group, and we are only one vote away. I hope you will convince the Board of Directors of Comon Group to support our proposal at the meeting of the company's top directors. ”

Changge Group is the largest arms dealer in Ideal City.

Kang Le was not surprised that Silver Wing Group had the support of those guys.

Those arms dealers are eager to fight outside, and their favorite thing to do every day is to give discounts and promotions to their own products, and at the same time shout that the company's armament is unbearable, and demand that the size of the commando team be expanded.

Although there are tens of thousands of companies, and each company that holds shares in the parent company has the right to vote on major resolutions, since the vast majority of the equity is in the hands of five giants, there is no suspense about the passage of a proposal when it is supported by three giants.

On the contrary, if three giants oppose it, a proposal will not pass anyway.

Kang Le thought in his heart, this guy found his head, and it was like he had hit a wall in the other two.

Come to think of it, the "Endpoint" group, which is mainly engaged in intelligent business, and the "ideal" group, which is mainly engaged in public utilities and urban construction, are completely indifferent to the affairs of the wasteland.

It seems that the only one who may be co-opted is his own side.

"Expand the scale of the increase. Kangmao Group can accept equipment and financial assistance, but it can only accept this. I don't know what agreement you made with the Changge Group, but the size of the commando team is big enough, and you don't want to see those war maniacs get bigger, right? ”

Luo Yong's expression said without any change.

"The agreement we reached with them has nothing to do with expanding the size of the commando team, it is about other areas."

Kang Le stared at him for a moment and nodded slowly.

"Okay, I can help you, but I'm just a shareholder on the board of directors of Kangmao Group, and you can't expect me to convince anyone else with just one mouth.

Luo Yong didn't speak, waiting for him to continue to speak and make conditions.

After a pause, Kang Le continued.

"If you're willing to relentless on the proposal for androids to participate in public affairs. I think they'll accede to your request. ”

Hearing this request, Luo Yong breathed a sigh of relief, and his tense expression finally stretched a smile.

"Deal."

Distant river valley provinces.

When the sky finally dawned, the residents of Dawn City opened their windows and walked out of their homes to welcome the new day.

At the moment, someone in Vault 44 had not slept all night, still sitting in high spirits in front of a sleek-looking computer.

"Unbelievable, guess what I found out of that data?!"

didn't look at Yin Fang, whose eye bags were deeper than the panda, Chu Guang, who was sitting on the sofa next to him, replied absentmindedly and casually.

"What?"

"Order for the Lagrange Space Station Connection Module Renovation Project!" With a happy expression on his face, Yin Fang continued quickly,

"I knew that it would not be easy for a research institute to have an independent research satellite!"

The Lagrange station is ok.

That's far enough.

Right now, the legion is approaching step by step, and Chu Guang can't think about things so far away for the time being.

He cares more about the reinforcements on the East Coast than about far-flung space technology.

Still, he joked casually.

"Are you going to fulfill the order for them?"

Hearing this, Yin Fang couldn't help but roll his eyes.

"What are you kidding, it was all an order from more than 200 years ago! By the time the Battle of Doomsday broke out in 2125, the design work had been completed

50%."

Chu Guang: "And then?" ”

Then, they plan to replace the telescope on Arm 41 with a two-kilometer-long mass accelerator. Then, we found some technologies from the list that can be recycled. ”

"This includes 12 electromagnetic control related technologies, as well as 4 key technologies for gas molecular manipulation, of which 5 have reached the grade standard, 3 technologies have reached the D standard, and 2 have reached the C standard!"

Good guys, C-grade technology!

And it's two!?

With a surprised expression on his face, Chu Guang, who was originally lacking interest, suddenly sat up straight from the sofa.

At present, there are only two C-level technologies mastered by the new alliance, one is solid hydrogen, and the other is A3 aerospace aluminum alloy.

The high-end technical reserves have directly doubled, which can be said to have completely exceeded his expectations.

Science and technology are fundamental to the development of the Alliance.

For Chu Guang, recycling new technology is even more exciting than seeing more and more players break through LV2.

"Can you elaborate on that level of technology?"

"I'm going to do that."

Yin Fang's face showed a smug expression, and he cleared the noise and continued.

"One is the synthesis path of the 10-anionic azide compound used to eject the cushion airbag.... It's about the same as solid hydrogen, and it's extremely energy-dense. However, unlike solid-state hydrogen, azide compounds are inherently unstable and are more suitable for bombs than batteries. “

"There's also one about nitrogen molecule control. You should be familiar with the ability to form a gas shield through the gas manipulation field, and your hammer uses a similar technique. However, this thing consumes a lot of energy, and there is no portable reactor, so it can only be used for a short time by adding chemical batteries and capacitors. ”

Chu Guang said with a smile.

"It's okay! My shelter dwellers won't mind! By the way, what is that electromagnetic control-related technology? ”

"That's related to the mass accelerator, simply put, it's an electromagnetic cannon, you can't use it for the time being... Well, but not necessarily. “

Speaking of this, Yin Fang suddenly paused for a moment, and then continued.

"When the fusion reactor in Xizhou City is re-ignited, it should be no problem to get a few mass accelerators as anti-aircraft guns."

"It's not too hard to get the materials you need, it's a lot better than your artillery."

Electromagnetic cannon!

Thinking of the electromagnetic point defense system on the Pioneer that could even stop shells, Chu Guang was suddenly excited.

Can you put a mass accelerator on a tank? ”

As if guessing that he would ask.

Almost at the same time as Chu Guang's words fell, Yin Fang shook his head and said.

"Don't think about it, unless you can get the technology for the miniaturization of the electromagnetic cannon, which is an electromagnetic cannon for the space station, and needs to be used with a fusion reactor. No matter how much you shrink it, you won't be able to put it in the car. ”

Nuclear fusion again...

"Well, when I didn't ask."

Reining his excited expression, Chu Guang sighed slightly regretfully.

It would be nice when the alliance can produce fusion reactors on its own.

But it doesn't seem useful to think about it now.

More critical than the fusion technology itself is the nuclear fuel needed for fusion.

The closest helium-3 station to him is 380,000 kilometers away on the moon.

Looking at Chu Guang's still dissatisfied expression, Yin Fang couldn't help but complain.

"Be content, two C-class technologies! In the Academy, this credit is enough for a D-class prospector to be promoted to C-class. ”

"No, I'm not dissatisfied, I'm just wondering when our reinforcements will arrive."

"Then you'll have to ask the people in the business, but I advise you not to expect too much, those people may not be easy to deal with." When he said this, Yin Fang's expression was a little subtle.

Looking at that subtle expression, Chu Guang suddenly thought of something and spoke.

"Speaking of which, there's one thing I've always been curious about."

"What's the matter?"

"The relationship between the academy and the enterprise doesn't seem to be very good?"

Yin Fang thought seriously for a while.

"That's true, and while I personally don't hate corporate people, we do have a lot of differences with them on some things.

"Because of their exploitation of the ruins?" Chu Guang said thoughtfully.

Yin Fang smiled faintly.

"It's just a façade, it's their freedom to use the ruins... What is ultimately disappointing is that they have a valuable heritage in possession but are not enterprising. Whether it's territory or knowledge, you can see that they are not so hungry. Wealth? Maybe count,

But I think it's not so much the desire for wealth as the greed for enjoyment. ”

"You can see that they decorate their homes beautifully, and the luxury is almost the same as in the Age of Prosperity, and many of the wastelanders and old popsicles dream of living there for the rest of their lives. But it seems to me that it is the farthest place from the Age of Prosperity. ”

"The Boom Era left behind a lot of things, whether it's unused fusion batteries, recyclable garbage and black boxes that can turn garbage into treasure... But sooner or later, all these things will be used up one day, either today or tomorrow. ”

"As soon as we're done sorting out the technology left over from previous civilizations, we'll immediately start exploring new topics and finding ways to restore the planet's ecology to its pre-war level."

"And they're just squandering their small inheritance."

Speaking of this, Yin Fang paused for a moment.

"Of course, there are some respectable people in the business, and looking for a shelter is a good idea... I remember that the academy had also sent scientific expeditions into the desert before. ”

Chu Guang was slightly stunned.

"The academy has also been to Vault Zero?"

"That was many years ago," Yin Fang sighed, "I just remember that the expedition team disappeared into the desert and no one ever mentioned it again." ”

(Thanks to "Sincerely.")

The leader of the "Cloud Cliff" rewards! )

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