The original Typhon was older.

In terms of overall performance, it can still be at the level of the middle and upper reaches in the same displacement level.

There are many bounty hunters who have been wandering in the abyss all year round,

The car that survives may not be as good as this old antique.

therefore

When the beautiful receptionist heard Meng Lei's words, her pretty little face was immediately full of shock.

She didn't think of it anyway,

A Blue Star player who has just arrived in Sil City can actually drive such a luxury submarine.

especially

The other party's age doesn't seem to be very old, and he is in his early twenties.

If this is placed in an alien society, it is definitely a proper rich second generation!

Time

The beautiful receptionist's slightly stiff professional smile suddenly became smart.

The slightly provocative gaze became more and more undisguised and aggressive.

"What do you call this gentleman?"

Intentionally or unintentionally, she moved closer to each other, and the beautiful receptionist looked at Meng Lei with burning eyes.

Meng Lei leaned back quietly and said with a smile:

"My name is Meng Lei."

Hearing this, the beautiful receptionist bowed slightly,

Under the full professional uniform, the snow-white arm was gently raised, and the slender wrist hung low in front of Meng Lei:

"Hello Mr. Meng, my name is Nona."

Meng Lei nodded slightly, and politely shook the receptionist's hand gently.

He was clear about the beauty's intentions.

However, he didn't have the time and mood.

I don't have that hobby to have a deeper contact with each other.

At that moment, Meng Lei went straight to the point and asked:

"For a submarine like mine, how many marks does it cost to maintain once?"

Nona didn't care about Meng Lei's incomprehensible amorous feelings.

Gently withdrew his little hand and said:

"The overall length of the original Typhon was fifty-two meters, the diameter was fifteen meters, and the displacement was three thousand tons.

Submarines of this size, as long as the damage to the hull is not particularly serious,

If you just do a single maintenance, you only need 3,000 marks. ”

Hearing this, Meng Lei took a deep breath imperceptibly.

Good guys, it's actually 3,000 marks for a maintenance, which is really not ordinarily expensive!

But when I think about it, it doesn't seem unacceptable.

After all, the dark meal just now directly ate the money he paid for a submarine maintenance.

And the latest handheld tablet is also sold for thousands of dollars.

So it seems that

It only costs 3,000 to maintain such a large submarine, which is not particularly excessive.

But Ning Wen didn't think so,

Hearing Nona's offer, he suddenly felt a pain in his flesh, and couldn't help but say:

"Brother Lei, we have to save money in the future, we can't be so extravagant, we will eat the maintenance fee for one meal, and we will be troubled if we still eat!

If I had known this, I might as well buy a few fish to grill and eat......"

The speaker has no intention and the listener has the intention.

Holding the latest handheld tablet of the alliance in her hand, she ate a month's basic salary in one meal.

In Nona's eyes,

Don't look at Meng Lei as a Blue Star player who has just entered the deep sea, and he has no social background.

But he is young and golden, and it is definitely a potential stock worth cultivating!

The mind turns,

Nona responded to Meng Lei's question while casually taking a brochure from the magazine shelf next to the table and placing it on the tea table in front of the sofa.

Then, Chong Menglei introduced:

"Mr. Meng,

Although the performance of the original Typhon boat is very different, the structural design is also quite ingenious.

But relatively speaking, many hardware devices are outdated.

After all, the original intention of designing it back then was only to sail in shallow waters within 3,500 meters.

At that time, there was a huge gap between the level of science and technology and now.

So, if you want to explore the deep zone,

For the sake of safety, and at the same time, to improve performance, to bring you a better sailing experience.

Here it is recommended that you can do a local upgrade and targeted transformation appropriately.

I don't know, do you have any intentions in this regard? ”

As it sounds, Nona's advice seems very pertinent and nothing wrong.

But the few people present knew very well that this remark was nothing more than a marketing tool.

In the final analysis, I still want Meng Lei to spend more money.

But then again,

If it was to promote something else, Meng Lei might just wave away.

But when it comes to the pitch for submarine upgrading, he can't refuse.

After all

It's what they live by, and who wouldn't want to make it more reliable?

Moreover, Meng Lei also wanted to take this opportunity to learn more about the transformation of ordinary submarines.

So he nodded, took the brochure in Nona's hand, and said:

"First of all, give me a general introduction to your upgrades."

Wen Yan,

The expression on Nona's face suddenly became happy, and she hurriedly said:

"That's right,

Although the original Typhon was sturdy and reliable, the channels in the deeper seas were mostly narrow and closed

It is necessary to travel through rock tunnels and cavities in the mountains.

Therefore, bumps are inevitable during the voyage.

It is recommended that you upgrade the hull of the submarine to increase the hardness.

This will not only better resist sea monster attacks, but also reduce the trauma caused by bumps.

Other than that

Many of the electrical components of the original Typhon boat are relatively outdated.

You can replace a batch of supercapacitors and add some spare battery packs.

In this way, you can avoid a series of safety hazards caused by unstable power in the event of an emergency.

Even after your reactor fails,

It is also possible to maintain the normal operation of the submarine for a certain period of time.

In addition to this, we can also retrofit you with railguns......"

Over the next half hour,

Nona kept introducing some upgrade options for Meng Lei.

And clearly point out all kinds of hidden dangers, as well as the comparison of advantages and disadvantages before and after the transformation.

Ning Wen roughly calculated on the side,

If you follow what Nona said, this Typhon boat will be completely revamped from the inside out.

Without eighty or ninety thousand marks, you can't get down at all!

With such a high cost, it is almost possible to buy two new submarines at the cheapest.

But

The benefits are also obvious.

At present, the overall evaluation of this Typhon boat is F, and after the transformation, it can reach the top of the F+ class!

If you can spend a little more money to change the structure of the submarine,

It is not impossible to jump directly out of the circle of F-class and jump into the ranks of E-class.

Meng Lei listened to Nona's dictation while flipping through the leaflets.

There are a dazzling array of product introductions inside, and I am dazzled by him for a while, and I am very excited!

But the funds on hand are really limited,

Now the fleet is still in the start-up period, and there are places everywhere to use money.

The next step is to recruit crew members and buy supplies......

If all the money is used to modify submarines, it will inevitably greatly affect the early development.

Eyes wandering over the options of the brochure,

It feels like each of them is very useful, and it makes him unbearable and entangled.

hesitated again and again,

Meng Lei finally gritted his teeth and made up his mind.

After some foundation reinforcement of the submarine hull, the overall structure will not move, and the water depth of 3,500 meters is barely enough for now.

Other than that

Replace a batch of supercapacitors with the submarine and install some battery packs.

In this way, the safety factor can be improved.

Even with full firepower, the submarine can be kept at full speed without worrying about stalling.

Besides

The installation of railguns is also necessary, and even the initial reclamation boat has railguns.

He is such a high-end car, and he doesn't even have a railgun, which is really unreasonable.

At least there must be a long-range heavy firepower body, and the heart can be steady.

Finally, there is a vital advanced defense system,

Solenoid coils!

This thing is mounted on the submarine hull and can be used to compensate for the firing dead spots of the battery.

Once it was approached by a large number of monsters, it stuck to the surface of the hull and tried to destroy the hull.

The solenoid coil is able to release a strong current in an instant,

Stun and paralyze all monsters within a certain range and incapacitate them, thus bringing the submarine out of danger.

Of course

When this solenoid coil is in use,

Not only does it generate thousands of watts of instantaneous power, but it also consumes a large amount of power reserves.

This is also the reason why Meng Lei wants to replace the supercapacitor and the battery pack.

And this kind of high-voltage current can only deal with small sea monsters such as creepers.

Big guys like the Hammerhead and Morok are bound to be ineffective.

But at least it can play a certain role in guard protection, and it is also a very practical equipment.

ultimately

Meng Lei sketched the renovation project he had carefully selected and handed it to Nona receptionist.

This alien beauty swept her gaze lightly, and it was bright red. The lips immediately drew a thrilling arc.

A single transaction reaches a transformation order of 40,000 marks,

At the Sil City shipyard, it has not been seen for a long time.

Most of the customers who frequented the area on weekdays were bounty hunters.

The Alliance fleet has its own independent military-industrial shipyards, which rarely have any intersection with the shipyards in the agglomeration.

And those bounty hunters will upgrade the submarine as soon as they make enough money to ensure the safety of their next voyage.

Therefore, the sales of a single transformation order are 40,000,

It's already quite impressive!

Although the beautiful receptionist Nona introduced so much, she didn't expect that Meng Lei was so generous.

At the moment, he excitedly hugged the transformation list, got up and said to Meng Lei:

"Mr. Meng, if you are sure, then let's go and sign the contract."

Meng Lei nodded.

Follow Nona to the negotiation room and sign the renovation agreement.

Then, under the guidance of Nona, I went to the financial office on the second floor to pay.

All formalities have been completed.

Nona put away the contract and said to Meng Lei:

"Mr. Meng, the overall transformation process of your submarine is expected to take four days.

Later there will be our crew to drive your submarine back to the shipyard dock.

After four days, you can just come and pick it up. ”

Meng Lei nodded and said:

"Good!"

With that, he turned around and was about to leave.

At this time, Nona suddenly stepped forward and approached Meng Lei.

The big watery eyes looked straight at him, and he exhaled like a lando:

"Mr. Meng, when you first arrived in Xi'er City, you still don't know much about everything here, right?

At this time, you should need a good guide who will show you around the charm of the city.

I don't know, can I have the honor of being your guide? ”

Facing the fire in front of you. Spicy and enthusiastic alien beauty, almost explicit invitation.

Meng Lei smiled slightly,

He shook his head very politely and said:

"No need, I still have something to do, I'll leave first!"

It's not that Meng Lei is too straight,

In fact, he doesn't have this hobby himself, and he really doesn't have time to talk about love and flirt.

Although Nona was rejected, she did not stop there.

The strange look in his eyes became richer.

Before Meng Lei turned to leave, she stopped Meng Lei again and asked for contact information.

This time

Meng Lei pondered for a moment, and finally didn't refuse again.

On this alien planet where social relations are blank, many friends have many paths.

When might you need the other person's help?

ultimately

Under Nona's contented gaze, Meng Lei and the three walked out of the reception hall of the shipyard one after the other.

Then, I called Chen Yu.

At this time, Chen Yu and the others were still wandering around the labor market.

However, after such a long time, Chen Yu and they did not have much gain.

The key is that many technical talents in the city have gone to sea with the bounty hunters.

And about the employment of these talents, they are all bought out on a monthly basis.

Someone else bought it for a month, and if they don't renew the contract, they can wait for the next financier to come to the door.

If the contract is renewed, then continue to follow the ship.

In less than a month, the captain will not let people go.

Fortunately, Meng Lei is not in a hurry at the moment.

It would take another four days for the pirate ship to be transformed, and they had four more days to wait.

During these four days, they can come and go around when they are fine.

In the end, if there is really no suitable candidate, then you can only settle for the next best, pick a few people on the ship, and run a few missions first.

Next, a group of people were not idle, and picked a place in the city to meet.

While getting acquainted with the city as soon as possible, we continued to purchase.

According to the news that Ning Wen heard before, plus the guidance of the head of the commercial bank.

The group first found the Alliance Arms Store in the city.

However, due to the control of the arms in the city of Sir, the goods are not abundant enough.

Here there are only a few ordinary underwater guns and ammunition for shipboard batteries, most of which can be made from the ship's engineering cabin.

So there's no need to waste money and choose to buy here.

In addition, through a conversation with the owner of the arms store, Meng Lei learned a new piece of information.

If you want to buy high-end weapons, you need to go to a deeper military outpost.

Living quarters such as gathering places will not have weapons and equipment with a high level of technology for sale.

moreover

Even if you want to replenish equipment at military outposts, you need enough Alliance prestige.

Otherwise, no matter how rich you are, you won't be able to buy anything, and you may not even be able to dock at the dock!

Of course

If it is one of those private arms giants, there must not be so many restrictions.

But the sites of these companies are generally found in deeper seas.

If you want to get in touch, it's not so easy.

Unless they can find their business people, communicate privately, agree on a time and place, and trade in the independent colonies.

However, the salesmen of several major arms companies are very secretive.

After all, the alliance is committed to cracking down on arms smuggling and will not tolerate it if it is discovered.

So in general,

They select some suitable partners and take the initiative to contact buyers.

It's hard to find them.

was popularized by the owner of the arms store, and everyone benefited a lot.

Before leaving,

Meng Lei walked around the store carefully, and finally found a few items that were not bad.

With a wave of his hand, he bought it, which was regarded as a generous lesson to the boss to show his gratitude.

And those few items are really practical and not wasteful.

Among them is a combat wetsuit that is more advanced than a regular wetsuit!

Like the PUCS radiation suit, this wetsuit can withstand water pressure at depths of up to 6,000 meters!

However, it is lighter than PUCS radiation suits.

The overall color is an incomparably deep dark red, close to the body and flexible, as if wearing a rubber suit.

The specific production materials are unknown, which caused Chen Yu to be curious.

kept whispering, and when I turned around, I must let the scientific researchers in the fleet study and study it well.

The price of this combat diving suit is as high as 7,000 marks!

Rao is a local tyrant like Meng Lei, and he is not willing to buy more.

In the end, only three sets were set to prepare for some special tasks.

It was agreed that in four days, the delivery would be made at the shipyard dock.

Out of the gate of the arms store, at Huo Ye's suggestion, several people went to the mall again and bought some change of clothes.

The clothes that they brought with them when they crossed over, everyone wore them for more than a week, and they had never been washed, and they were all about to stink on their bodies.

If you don't change your clothes and take a bath, you can imagine the smell in the submarine.

The point is, it's not hygienic.

When you enter the mall empty-handed, when you come out, everyone has a big bag in their hands.

Inside. Clothes, toiletries, shoes, etc......

Even, at the strong request of the people,

Meng Lei also bought a set of captain's uniform and wore a standard hat, and the whole person's temperament was immediately different.

is not particularly outstanding in appearance, hanging a delicate person who has just crossed puberty, a straight uniform, and a generous attitude.

The salesperson's eyes flashed, and she almost ran up to ask for contact information again.

A group of big men walked around the mall for a long time,

It can be regarded as experiencing the joy of a woman when she buys and buys.

At least at this time, I am afraid that there are only a few Blue Star players who can achieve financial freedom.

That spontaneous sense of superiority is incomparably exciting.

After buying daily necessities, everyone came to the bookstore again and purchased a batch of various magazines and books.

Like "Combat Manual", "Alien Creatures Illustrated", "Gardening Grand View", "66671 Channel Shallow Road Map", ......

And so on and so forth.

These books can not only pass the time during the boring voyage, but also quickly deepen the understanding of the alien marine environment.

For anyone, it's a great help.

In addition, everyone also found a lot of books purchased with mileage points in the bookstore.

They are all related professional books.

Although it is a little obscure, everyone has made more or less appropriate purchases to enrich their cognitive reserves of the world.

waited until about six o'clock in the afternoon,

There are too many things in everyone's hands to hold.

The two thick piles of cash exchanged from the comptoir are also shrinking sharply at this moment.

Nearly 20,000 yuan, unconsciously spent a clean one.

Even so, there are still many things that everyone has not had time to buy.

For example, the signal buoys used to explore the cave, the various seeds of flowers and plants planted in the submarine to relieve the mood, as well as healing potions, and the food stockpiled on the ship......

These things can only be said tomorrow.

After running down this day, everyone was tired enough.

After a brief dinner, everyone happily returned to Dock 59 with their purchases.

At this moment, the pirate ship has been driven away by the staff of the shipyard under the authorization of Meng Lei and upgraded.

Only the Guixu stopped quietly in place.

Meng Lei walked into this initial wasteland boat that had accompanied him for nearly a thousand kilometers, and felt a little reluctant when he thought of being about to separate.

Every upgrade in this, every transformation product, was made by him with his life.

Back to the alliance cheap, used as a rental business.

It felt like selling your own children.

Meng Lei suddenly decided,

Even if all the members of the Chongming fleet set sail in the future, they all entered the deep zone, and finally left the Guirus behind.

Even if it doesn't create any value by stopping here, the alliance must not be allowed to take the disaster.

Waiting for the opportunity to return to the shallow area, this is a precious memory anyway, a proof of his rise.

Put things away,

Meng Lei stepped into the familiar cockpit.

The central control screen in front of him is still in the private chat interface where Wang Qi issues development tasks to other fleet members.

At this time, the waterway communication channel is still in full swing.

And, Meng Lei also discovered something.

With the arrival of players in the channel, the daily speech limit on the communication channel has been lifted.

"The Sword Comes"

Now, everyone can communicate freely in the channel without restrictions.

The information refresh rate of the entire channel is even crazier than before!

Looking at the information that flashed like a waterfall, Meng Lei suddenly remembered a question.

Goldfinger once gave a hint that when 80% of the players have passed through the shallow zone, the world channel will be turned on.

The seven-day mission time limit has now passed.

It stands to reason that the player who should have arrived has arrived.

Players who do not arrive are either buried in the collapse. In the falling ice, they either hide in a cavity in the earth's crust.

Anyway,

The number of players who arrive at the gathering place through the shallow sea area is definitely more than 80%.

However, the World Channel is still not open.

On the interface of the center console, there is no text related to the World Channel at all.

"What's going on?"

Meng Lei frowned suspiciously.

"Could it be that the gathering place also belongs to the shallow sea area, and the player's arrival here is not the end.

Only after crossing the gathering place and going deep into the sea area of the flat area can it be considered to pass through the shallow area?

But if that's the case, everyone will change to a new submarine and continue to dive.

The initial reclamation boat was left here unmanned, what is the point of opening the World Channel? ”

Thinking of this question, Meng Lei was suddenly a little confused.

Then

Outside the hatch of the airlock chamber, there was a sudden ringing of a visitor's bell.

This is a visitor device set up at the docking station.

In order to protect personal privacy and avoid strangers boarding the ship without permission.

Outside the airlock door of each submarine, there is a security guard, which requires a code to open.

If a stranger wants to enter the cabin, they can only ring the bell outside the door to initiate an application.

Meng Lei thought it was Chen Yu and who of them came over, and he didn't care so much.

With a cigarette in his mouth, he ran barefoot to open the door.

Which Cheng thought,

After the hatch opened, there was a strange woman standing in the dock passage.

The woman was about thirty-four or five-year-old, wore gold-rimmed glasses, and looked intellectual.

Meng Lei was a little confused, scratched his head and asked suspiciously:

"Who are you?"

The other party was standing in the dock passage, without Meng Lei's permission, and had no intention of going into the cabin.

With a very natural smile on her face, the woman bowed slightly at Meng Lei and said:

"Hello, I'm the editor of Sil Weekly, Zhu Li, are you Captain Meng Leimeng?"

Hearing this, Meng Lei was slightly stunned.

At that time, Roger had mentioned to him his relationship with the pirate ship due to the D12 outpost incident.

It is possible that the Sil Weekly will come to the door and feature him.

At that time, Meng Lei didn't take it to heart,

In addition, I have been busy with messy things such as procurement and ship repair in the past two days, so I completely forgot about it.

Who knew that the editor of the magazine would actually come to the door?

"Hello, I'm Meng Lei."

At this moment, Meng Lei was a little dizzy, and he only felt that this thing was a little too sudden.

"That's right, the reason why I took the liberty to bother you this time,

In view of your amazing performance during the voyage and the legendary experience, we at the weekly would like to do an interview with you.

Get featured in our magazine and let more people know about your legend.

I don't know, do you have time now? ”

Sure enough, the editor of the magazine really wanted to interview him.

At this time, Meng Lei had already come to his senses.

At that moment, he hurriedly turned around, made a gesture of please, and said:

"Of course there's time, please come in."

The woman gently touched the frame on the bridge of her nose, smiled slightly, and said:

"Excuse me."

Saying,

The tapping of the heels sounded, and the woman stepped into the cabin of the Guixu.

"Is this the legendary Guiru submarine? Really...... Exquisite......"

After entering the door, the woman turned her neck to look around.

Originally, I just wanted to give a polite compliment.

But when his eyes inadvertently swept over the simple toilet in the corner,

The tone paused slightly, and suddenly became a little unnatural.

When Meng Lei noticed this detail, he couldn't help but sweat in his head, and he was embarrassed and wanted to pick the ground with his toes.

That's really ...... It's too bad!

The unlucky broken design, Meng Lei felt unreasonable from the beginning.

Fortunately, all the people I met along the way were big men, so I didn't feel anything.

Well, now, it's finally a thunderstorm!

Such an embarrassing scene really made him want to hit the wall.

"That...... There is a problem with the design of this submarine, and the living cabin environment is not very good, so let's go to the cockpit and talk. ”

After all, he can be regarded as a person who has seen a big scene,

Meng Lei quickly adjusted his mentality and diverted the topic.

The woman smiled slightly, didn't care, nodded and followed Meng Lei into the cockpit.

"Captain Meng, it's not early, and I won't disturb your rest.

Let's cut a long story short and be direct. ”

The woman behaved very capably, and after coming to the cockpit, she went straight to the point.

"Regarding the matter of you taking the first kill of the fairway, is it convenient to talk about the specific situation at that time?

Also, there's the D12 outpost.

How did you get into that undersea tunnel?

How did you snatch the Typhon-class submarine and finally escape? ”

For these problems, the City of Sil Security Office has made a comprehensive investigation,

And the relevant text report has been sorted out for a long time.

Therefore, Meng Lei has nothing to hide.

At the next 1510, I retold what happened again.

A female editor named Julie,

It's a constant to ask all kinds of questions.,While quickly making a record in the notebook.。

Meng Lei himself is not very old and lacks experience in this area.

Not to mention being interviewed by the media since he was a child, he came out of the orphanage, and he has never experienced a home visit!

So in the process of interviewing,

It has always been Julie who has been guiding the direction of the topic and has the absolute initiative.

However, the editor did not ask any excessive questions.

Adhering to the attitude of seeking truth from facts, he only made detailed inquiries on key issues such as abandoned outposts and submarines.

Half an hour later.

End of interview.

The whole process was relatively easy and enjoyable.

At this time, Meng Lei suddenly remembered a question he had considered before.

Before Julie was about to get up and leave, he asked:

"There are so many sections of the Sil Weekly, I want to publish a missing person notice in a suitable place among them, I wonder if it will work?"