The town of Riesenburg, a grain warehouse.

"Mr. Horkbarry, after all this time of communication, you still can't trust my ability to continue supplying?"

Wang Shui smiled, in an hour, he had used many methods to convince the short and fat little old man in front of him, but his half-baked words and deception skills were useless at all.

"I have no intention of snooping into Mr. Via's secrets, but I still can't believe that there is any steady food production in such an area, which is not a grain-producing area, with deserts to the east and unexplored wastelands to the west.

Moreover, there are only 400 tons of wheat, which is not a particularly large amount, and if you can come up with ten times the cargo, I will reassess your statement, this is the principle as a merchant. ”

Wang Shui was very helpless, he couldn't even ask the businessman for a kickback or something, this little old man was the owner of the grain station who happened to be free, not an ordinary purchaser.

"Even so, harvesting wheat with an 8% moisture content at a price of 12% is the principle of a businessman?" Wang Shui restrained his smile, looked out the window a little helplessly, and then stopped being verbose, "600, this is the price of second-grade quality, if you eat this one, I will provide more than ten times the supply of wheat in next year's wheat season." ”

"570, I will keep an eye on your company." The pudgy old man offered a compromise that was much higher than the initial price.

"It's a pleasure to work with." Wang Shui also chose to compromise.

After that, the procedures were very fast, both parties were directly responsible, from signing the contract to ordering the freight train, to the outbound boarding, and the payment, the whole process took only one week.

"Is this a merchant, the baht must be compared." Sylvia watched the whole deal from the sidelines, and counting the preparations, it was really long-winded to the point of boredom.

"It's much better than I expected, if it were me, I wouldn't believe that a batch of surplus grain would suddenly appear in this area, and we asked for a quick settlement, obviously in an urgent need for money, exposing our weaknesses, and it was strange that the other party didn't take a bite."

Wang Shui expressed understanding, but his tone was cold.

"I can't open retail channels in a short period of time, and factories with deep grain processing can't settle payments quickly, and it's hard to make money quickly, but I have found professionals, and logistics and food companies will soon be active.

Oh, the country that has a laissez-faire capital market is fantastic, with such lax regulations on food, if it weren't for the fact that there is not enough production and productivity here, businessmen alone would have been able to subvert and control the country and then control the world.

By the way, don't you have a special merchant in your hunting group? Didn't come across something that required a business approach? ”

"We have a special financial staff, that is, the deputy head of logistics, but he is only good at running hunting groups and business issues...... There are not many business opportunities in the battlefield world, and as for the fantasy world, they are more inclined to penetrate directly. ”

Okay, Wang Shui understands.

Sylvia didn't care, she just shared the distant surveillance perspective, and said:

"Let's get down to business, the new base in the crater area, the core grain factory is 30% complete, the constructs are building defenses on the periphery, and some of the planting areas are already usable. The whole mountainous area is desolate and remote, and you really have chosen a good place. ”

"On the one hand, this place was chosen for concealment, and on the other hand, the crust here is active, the dragon veins are strong, and there is plenty of energy. It is already on the edge of the country, there are no human settlements nearby, and it is not too far from the nearest large city [Nancheng], which is convenient for the construction of transportation routes, which is quite perfect. ”

Of course, the most important thing is that Wang Shui discovered the underground [Land Refining Array] passage.

The base must be filmed outside the national refining array, he hasn't seen the plot in detail, but for this kind of old fan, he has seen the general spoiler video, this large refining array all over the country is closely monitored by the villains.

If this is dug together, it will inevitably be a little embarrassing.

Wang Shui didn't want to replace the protagonist to crusade against the big boss [villain in a bottle], he just wanted to fish in troubled waters and get enough time for himself to grow, so for the original plot, he still kept an eye on it but didn't cut in.

Yes, he just wants to pay attention to the fact that the industrial revolution in the SAO was just an accident! He didn't want to make any more moths in this world.

Thinking in his heart not to do it, Wang Shui issued a new order:

"[Soul Workshop], activate the 322nd batch of constructs, and all 200 constructs and robots in the town will set off for the new base in the crater together, they are responsible for starting the construction plan of the underground railway, and build an additional ground warehouse outside the circle I drew, and then the grain will be directly transported there and distributed from [Nancheng] to the whole country."

"Roger. The command has been executed. ”

Wang Shui gave an order through the [Sylvia Network], and the artificial soul was more obedient than Sylvia, and they just replied with a wooden expression to indicate that they had received it.

"To lay the railway, we need to build a base station first, and this part of the work needs to be done by the two of us."

Sylvia was interested in expanding the base station, which was a fun experience for her to teleport to any network device node with just a few clicks.

"It's too slow," Wang Shui shook his head, "I've been prepared for a long time, new instructions, and the smart server is launched." ”

"The self-test of [Core Computing Cloud Cluster, Crater] has been completed, and the network authority has been taken over, and the permission of [Artificial Soul Computing Cloud Cluster: Richenburg Soul Workshop] has been reduced and transferred to a special channel, all equipment in the network will be fully self-tested in one hour, all equipment and structure personnel, please end the work at hand as soon as possible."

The new voice is connected to the "Hill Network", this new computing center, used up the calculation cards brought by Wang Shui, Wang Shui needs a brain that can help him coordinate big data, obviously Sylvia's network core is not smart enough, she can only act as half of the network cable.

"New instructions, prepare to launch [Stratospheric Aerial Drone Vulture 1] after self-test, and now, activate the remote refining laboratory."

"Roger, the transaction has entered the queue timing, and the remote alchemy laboratory has started."

Wang Shui quickly sensed the device that had taken the initiative to contact him, he took out ten rings from his pocket, put them on his ten fingers according to the mark, and then clasped his hands together, and a slight blue lightning burst out at his fingertips.

At the same time, hundreds of kilometers away on the edge of the border, in the hollowed-out mountains of the mountains, a neat laboratory suddenly burst into lightning!

The thick plasma licked the instruments in the room, and on the alloy plate of the central laboratory table, the complex alchemy array that had been engraved long ago began to activate.

Wang Shui currently has mastered three types of alchemy – Modern Alchemy in the Overworld, Equivalent Alchemy, and Dragon Vein Alchemy.

There are not many similarities between them in principle, and Aqua Wang did not force them to merge, but only integrated their technologies separately so that they could work in harmony.

The refining lasted for two minutes, and the activated alloy plate turned into a silver-black metal ball, with dense text-like lines on the outside.

"Dashan (crater smart brain), add this [high-power mobile base station] to the network, install it on the aerial drone to be launched, and the aerial cruise line is set above the railway to be built."

"Roger, executing."

In the network that contains Sylvia's excitement, everything is going on in an orderly manner.

Wang Shui put away the props made by remote refining, nested in the sofa to soothe his spirit, different from research, the overall situation brings different mental exhaustion, but this feeling of his will being executed efficiently is quite good, much cooler than commanding a group of people with different thoughts.

"Hey, it's almost night, and you can't leave behind in martial arts training, with my personal guidance, you haven't reached the intermediate level for more than a year, don't I want to lose face?"

"I'm so tired, Lord Ciel, why don't you fight with my body and your own structure, and I'll take a long look at it."

"Nope! Can! In order to! It's not like you haven't seen it! Your [Physical Fitness] and [Coordination] attributes have both reached the extreme value of "5", if you want to break through the limits of your body, you must know your body well enough!"

Yes, Wang Shui didn't expect that in more than a year, his two attributes of physical sensitivity actually reached the extreme value before the three attributes of [Perception], [Thinking], and [Mind], Sylvia's exercise plan was too efficient, and coupled with his own hard work, Wang Shui's personal attributes gradually became buckets.

"Ah~ No, I've also trained to level 9, Lord Hill, do you want to help me upgrade to the first level first?"

"Get out of this world, the system will naturally guide you to your level, don't talk nonsense! I'll take control of your second-order mobile armor tonight and fight against you, and if you remove all the loads and suppressors, I won't believe it! ”

Wang Shui kept wailing in the "Hill Net", and he did not escape the training at night.

The battle with Sylvia is not just a simple master's feeding move, in the opening minute, Wang Shui, who took off his weight and could run out of the afterimage on the ground, had already fallen into a pool of blood with 18 swords in his body.

[Core Computing Cloud Cluster: Crater] immediately notified the special individuals in the artificial soul to launch the remote alchemy, and a complex dragon vein alchemy pattern rose on the ground of the battle square, and under the surge of dragon vein energy, the wounds on Wang Shui's body quickly healed, and even some of the blood spilled out flowed back into his body.

Yes, I don't know if it's because the Internet is mixed with the thinking of aqua regia, and the artificial souls after the activation of self-consciousness are generally able to use alchemy.

It's just that not all of them are interested in researching, and their computing power is locked to the level of ordinary people, and they can't use too complex alchemy.

Because the artificial souls in the mental network are all dull Sylvia images, Sylvia ontology calls it "water pollution".

The individual who treated Shui Wang was a special soul, and she was very talented in alchemy, so she was dug into the crater cloud by Shui Wang alone, and assigned her more computing power, so that she could specialize in the healing effects of alchemy.

Shui Wang, who is slowly recovering, can still feel the pain in the wound, because of the therapeutic "Sister Hill", Sylvia is extremely heavy today, and she would deliberately let go of Shui Wang's hands in the past, so that he can treat himself.

Well, now - aqua regia can only show his middle finger strong in paralysis and pain.

Sylvia's attacks were powerful and deadly, and even in the full resistance of Wang Shui, she was still able to control her strength with ease, and she restrained the lethal attacks to the point of serious injury.

The slightly bulky [Daylight Rock Goat] mobile armor resembles a light dancer under her control.

"Don't pretend to be dead, the night is still very long, if you want to prevent my one-and-a-half moves, you must at least raise the foundation of mecha fighting skills or your martial arts to the intermediate level."

"The foundation of martial arts is too difficult to improve, I have studied the move information almost the same, in terms of physical fitness, I have long exceeded the standard of ordinary martial artists, and the actual combat has also been trained by you, but it just doesn't improve, is the low-level and high-level is its upper limit?"

"Yes and no." Sylvia, who was quite accomplished in combat, shook her head, "Your skills are far from the limits of mortals, you just have a physical fitness that exceeds the application of those martial arts, and you just rely on strength and reflexes to fight blindly." ”

"What do you mean?"

"Don't you feel it? After you run out of one move, you still have a lot of strength and time to spare, but you never make a proper connection.

What are you thinking? You're just piecing together what you've learned, looking for smooth moves in the ocean of martial arts knowledge, but these moves are designed by those martial artists for the reaction speed and strength of normal people's bodies.

You don't grasp the fighting philosophy of the martial artists, you don't flow, you lock yourself in a cage of cognition. I don't know martial arts, and the combat techniques I've learned are themselves built for extraordinary bodies, but I can feel the philosophy of the martial arts you're learning – efficient, flexible, and lethal. ”

Philosophy of fighting?

Wang Shui is not diligent, he is more interested in learning, and when he is interested, he will burst out with strong concentration and learning ability.

Sylvia's words were like an initiation, which not only opened Wang Shui's mind, but also stimulated his interest.

Wang Shui slowly got up and picked up his long sword at the same time, this is a two-handed long sword, the total length is 150 cm, the hilt is slightly shorter than the regular system, Wang Shui basically uses it with one hand.

"I seem to understand a little, now you defend, focus on breaking moves, and I'll attack."

"Hmm—okay." Sylvia reluctantly agreed.

"You just want to stab me, right?"

"Otherwise~"

A minute later, the remote treatment was activated again, and this time Wang Shui was more powerful, carrying twenty-two swords before falling.

"Alas, what is the risk, epiphany refers to the brain, not the body, your brain moves and the body can't keep up, but there are more flaws."

Sylvia sighed and shook her head, just short of a sentence "Rotten wood can't be carved."

"Again." This time, there was no gag in Wang Shui's tone.

"Alas, okay, okay, I'll change to a blunt sword, you put on protective equipment, first help you adapt to the new combat ideas, and you also pay attention to recall the extraordinary swordsmanship I taught you, fusion, do you understand fusion. It won't bleed, but my counterattack won't weaken, so don't waste your time playing the sacrificial attack. ”

Wang Shui nodded, put on a multi-layer impact armor that resisted blunt blows, and focused on it.

Facing his familiar mobile armor, Wang Shui lowered his posture and charged to meet him.

There is no such long-distance sprint tactic in traditional martial arts, this kind of distance is either with a bow and arrow or a hidden weapon, and you directly run over to waste your physical strength and disrupt your own position.

If necessary, it is generally approached slowly, or jogged in a long stance, and there is no such thing as a full-speed sprint like Aqua regia.

But now there is, at the end of the powerful sprint, Wang Shui twisted his body like a whip, and the blade quickly cut through the air.

Sylvia chose to quickly retreat first, quickly passing the blade of Aqua regia, and then lifting her sword upwards at a small angle and shoving it into Aqua regia's throat.

The king's forward momentum was still there, and he jumped to his feet, trying to jump over Sylvia to dodge the sword, while also attacking from behind.

But Sylvia just sighed secretly, the mecha load was full, and the originally aggressive sword turned into a false move, she quickly withdrew the blunt sword, turned her wrist and threw it behind her back, an attack similar to Su Qin's back sword, with a powerful force, it was thrown on Wang Shui's shoulder.

Aqua regia lost its balance and was knocked to the ground.

"Let's play with the ground first and then do the work, heh, jump up, at your speed, isn't jumping up the target? Or have you mastered the art of borrowing power from the air? ”

Wang Shui rubbed his shoulder, it hurt, but it wasn't serious.

"Understood, continue."

Wang Shui charged again, and Sylvia continued to use the routine of retreating first and then advancing in order to feed the move, and also continued to use the sword of lifting. Wang Shui left tactical leeway this time, and at the end he retracted his strength and stepped out of the way, finding the sword point to attack again.

Sylvia chose to block with her sword, Wang Shui quickly stood firm, and then launched a fierce and rapid slash, standing firm did not mean not moving, Wang Shui tried to send the blade in, while controlling the distance between the two with footwork.

The sense of distance is also the focus of the fight.

Suddenly, Wang Shui felt that his hands were empty, and it turned out that Sylvia had seen through the law of Wang Shui's attack and returned to his hand, and expected that this sword was a feint, so he reduced the blocking power and guided Wang Shui's movements to deform.

Sure enough, Aqua regia ate the trap in the move, and Sylvia picked up Aqua Aqua's sword with one of them, and then stabbed it violently with both hands!

Wang Shui's eyes flashed, and while jumping back, he swung the blade again unscientifically, the silver-white moonlight flashed flat, Sylvia's blunt sword was slashed down, and Wang Shui instantly raised his hand and it was another piece of moonlight!

Sylvia had already begun to turn sideways before the second rays of moonlight arrived, and she dodged a thunderous upward lift very lightly, then raised her sword and stabbed it again, striking Wang Shui in the chest, sending him flying two or three meters.

"Heh, you dare to use my moves against me...... Wrong! Why can you use [Luna Slash]?! This is the exclusive ability of [Moon Penumbra]! ”

Wang Shui was also stunned for a moment, he opened the character panel and saw that there was an additional passive skill of [Moon Penumbra (Elementary)] in his skill bar.

This skill is not only self-contained, but also has its own color and background screen, as well as an arrow that can be opened, and inside it is the skill of [Luna Slash]!

Above all skills, on the dark silver text named [Talent Awakening: Arrogant Knower], the moonlight glows like water.

(End of chapter)