In the laboratory, seeing the information conveyed by the zero-use intelligent brain, Ji Ya smiled and said, "Head, you really want to." Then she left the lab and went straight to the command room. Zero was a little surprised, Ji Ya, who pushed the door in, was obviously just an ordinary ability, but the momentum at this moment was enough to stand shoulder to shoulder with the high-level. Doctor Ji Ya's eyes lit up and said, "It's indeed a crazy idea to mass-produce the eighth order, but I like it. But for now, these things are not enough to support this level of development, I need a whole biomodulation system and assistants! Give me plenty of resources, and I'll give you an army!"

"I'll figure it out. Zero nodded.

A messenger ran in and said, "Report, Master Orlan from Ista is here." ”

"Oh, it's coming so fast. "It's another place with zero surprises.

Ji Ya went down very knowingly, and before leaving, she didn't forget to remind Zero of what she needed. Moments later, Oran was led to the command room by the soldiers. The Ishtar watchman still looked like an office girl, and she entered the room alone, and when the soldier closed the door, she and Zero were the only ones left in the room.

Zero and Orlan shook hands to show friendship, and after the two exchanged pleasantries for a while, Oran said directly: "It's very surprising, I didn't expect that after more than a month, the place where we met turned out to be in Canon Fortress." Lord Zero, I have to say, you are indeed a miracle worker. ”

"It's just a matter of luck. Zero gave a perfect smile and pointed in front of the fort in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows, saying, "Look at the wall components we're replacing now, these things were supposed to be used to upgrade the fort next year." The Papal Chamber wasn't full of useless people, and they also noticed that Canon's defenses had fallen out of step with the times. If we don't strike now, we will face a real steel fortress. ”

"Luck is also a kind of strength, and you can play the canon at this time, and the timing is also very accurate. Orlan straightened up slightly and said, "According to the information we have obtained, Zoro is already mobilizing troops to prepare for the attack. However, from the mobilization of the army, the assembly, to the allocation of various materials and logistics, by the time they crossed this bloodstained road and arrived, I am afraid it was already winter. In winter, the climate should be more favorable for you in this season. ”

"Perhaps. Zero looked at Oran, wanting to see something in this beauty. Orlan seems to be a piece of information that he said casually, but it contains a lot of meaning. The Papal Hall's counterattack was not surprising, it was surprising that Oran had such a precise grasp of their movements and time, so it was certain that the person standing behind Ishta, or that organization, should be in the Pope's Hall, otherwise how could such accurate information flow out.

"Well, don't look at me like that, the lord who financed us is a big man in the papal chamber. For you to take Ishtar in such a short period of time, he has already seen the premise of cooperation between the two sides. It can be as slow as a month, as fast as ten days, and he will come to you secretly to talk to you in detail. Oran smiled.

Zero frowned, and said, "Slow is a month, this time is not right, in case this lord comes, just in time for the counterattack of the Pope's Palace, I dare not guarantee his safety." ”

"Don't worry, it will be two months before the Papal Hall arrives here at the earliest. The time just now is only theoretical, but in reality, people always have accidents of one kind or another, don't they?" Oran said with deep meaning.

Zero showed a relieved expression: "You guys are also going to participate?"

This time it was Orlan's turn to be surprised, and she sighed softly, "Master Zero, I am very glad that we are friends and not enemies. Otherwise we would be very distressed, yes, we have secretly entered the mainland. Soon, Jesse will cause some trouble for the Papal Chamber. Since they want to be transferred out of the army, then we don't bother to put such a delicious cake and don't eat it, do we?"

"I can expect Sauron to be in a state of outburst. Zero chuckled.

"I'd love to see it with my own eyes, but I can't. Oran said.

Zero shook his head and said, "There will come a day when we enter the city of Rome, you can enjoy it slowly." ”

It seemed to be a joke, but from this sentence Riolan heard a plain, but unquestionable confidence. Olan went on a march and returned to normal after a few moments. She lowered her head to hide the unnatural expression that swept across her face. When she looked up again, she was still the same Oran. But Zero took all this in his eyes, and he sighed in his heart. Although they stood on the opposite side of the Papal Chamber, they did not have enough confidence to attack the city of Rome in the face of the behemoth of Rome. Especially after Ulson's death, if it weren't for his arrival, if it weren't for the fact that he won two beautiful battles in a row, the Ishtar rebels might have found a place to hide. No one knows when he will regain the courage to come out and confront the city of Rome.

"Now let's talk about the deal. Oran smiled charmingly, at this moment she was no longer Ishtar's Big Three, more like a shrewd businesswoman.

Zero was also stunned, and to be honest, Oran was much more charming now than when they met at Ishta. It's as if when it comes to trading, her whole body will shine. Zero smiled in his heart, he nodded and said, "I am very happy, it just so happens that I have a batch of things here that I want to exchange for money or equipment as soon as possible." ”

The following afternoon, Zero and Orlan fought a life-and-death war over the resources and prices of the trade, and finally achieved a result that the two were relatively satisfied with.

The main resource that Zero has come up with is the nearly 100 tons of crude oil, which have a limited role in Zero's hands. However, Ishtar was able to use it directly in his secret factory, so Orlan won it at a price slightly above the market price, 550,000 gold coins. The extra 50,000 yuan is a little fund for subsidy.

Originally, Olam thought that the most tempting thing to take out zero was crude oil, and in fact it was the same. In the list that follows, from the special machine cannon for the Paladin Mecha to the cloud iron produced in the Eternal Mountain Range and the ironwood from the Emerald Forest are general goods, and there are many types and quantities of things in this part. can be a total of about 300,000 gold coins.

But when Zero then threw out the griffin knight's parts and the empty angel's outer mecha, Orlan was really startled. That's when she learned that these things came from the military base in Tucson Town, that military base Orlan they had investigated before, and there was indeed an arsenal inside, but Ista got the information that they mainly produced all kinds of guns and ammunition for the needs of Canon Fortress.

Unexpectedly, that arsenal also secretly produced parts for griffin knights, and there were quite a few of them. As for those empty angels' outer mechas, it was even more of an accident within an accident, Ishtar knew that the Pope's Hall was conducting research on these four generations of mechas, but he didn't expect that they could already carry out small-scale mass production. Whether it is scientific and technological information or strategic intelligence, the significance of these foreign mecha representatives is not simple.

Although Tucson is only a component of the Griffin Knight, it is no stranger to this mecha Istta. In those secret factories in Ishta, the structure of the griffon knight has long been studied and analyzed. Orlan didn't hesitate to sweep away all the griffin knights, and when they were brought back, as long as they assembled and installed the control system by themselves, it meant that Ista would have his own griffon knights.

Those Empty Angel's outer mecha Orlan is not spared, and Estar can reverse interpret the production process of these mecha from the outer mecha, so as to deduce the performance of some of the empty angels. This will be of great use in the future research on countermeasures against the Sky Angels, not to mention that these outer mechs are light and thin, and if they are properly processed, they can also be made into sophisticated tactical armor.

So these two parts, Orlan bought them for 1.3 million. Zero was also taken aback by the price of crude oil, which he later said that Tucson's arsenal could continue to produce both, as long as raw materials were available. Oran then said that they could provide the raw materials, but in the future, the purchase price of the Griffin Knight could only be traded at 70% of the purchase. As for the outer mecha of the Empty Angel, after their Jishu group researched it, they confirmed whether it was necessary to notify Zero again, to which Zero agreed.

Next, Zero also got an order for next month's crude oil and Griffin Knight parts. With this order alone, the finance department will be able to get no less than 1 million in revenue next to zero. And Orlan can pay a deposit of 200,000 yuan for this first, so after summarizing, 2.35 million will come in one afternoon. It was only very soon that most of the money flowed into Oran's pocket.

Orlan simply threw a brain to Zero, with a list of tradable equipment. On this list, Zero sees a number of weapons with decent power and moderate prices. And these things were mentioned in the last time in the Sea House, and it can be seen that at that time, the Ishtar side was only a tentative cooperation, and only now has some truly powerful equipment been opened to him.

Ishtar has been in existence for more than a decade now, and although they cannot compete with the Papal Chamber, they have developed extreme force. This force comes from the study of weapons and equipment, and unlike the Pope's Hall, which goes all out to take the mecha route, Ishtar pays more attention to the extreme of individual equipment. Of course, a soldier can't stand up to a mech, not even the most backward paladin mech.

But according to this list on Orlan's brain, if it is properly matched, then ten soldiers can basically deal with a paladin mecha. The important thing is that the number of soldiers is far more than the mechs, and even the Paladin mechs, which are currently the largest number, cannot make up for this distance.

This is Ishtar's path of resistance.

This time Orlan opened a lot of weapons to Zero, and Zero read it carefully and adjusted it according to his immediate needs to find out the most suitable equipment for his army.

The first is a special machine gun, which is like a miniature version of a miniator cannon. It's about the same size as a regular rifle, but it's three times as much as a rifle. It's a little heavier, but it's not so bad that it can't be carried. Six pocket barrels are attached to a metal roulette wheel that, when the trigger is pulled, moves a pocket barrel onto the chamber at a frequency of one-sixth of a second, at which point the firing pin strikes the chamber and the bullet is ejected from the barrel.

It only takes one second for the metal disc to complete a circle, which means that this pocket-sized six-barreled cannon can fire six bullets in a second. This cannon does not have particularly harsh requirements for bullets, ranging from standard bullets to electric pulse bullets that can interfere with paladin mechs. As a result, its versatility has been greatly improved.

However, the description next to this weapon suggests that their primary purpose is to use against Griffon Knights. Griffon Riders are known for their low-altitude cruising ability and high-speed movement, and the electromagnetic guns they purchased from Ishtar can also pose a threat to Griffon Riders, but this threat is limited. Because of the advantages of range and rate of fire, this six-barreled cannon will pose a serious air threat to the griffin knight once it forms a fire network.

This cannon is called the Angela Six-Barreled Joint Cannon, or Angela Cannon for short. Named after its inventor, the Angela cannon was priced at 5,000 gold coins each, and 50 of them were ordered in a fraction of the air, for a total of 250,000 gold coins. Each cannon comes with an electromagnetic bullet ammo box, which is considered Ishtar's support for zero.

In addition to the 50 ammo boxes that came with it, Zero asked for another 50 by the way, so another 50,000 gold coins were spent.

Then there's a piece of equipment called Wrist Guard, which is an energy shield device that can be activated three times a day. It lasts for 10 minutes at a time, and the activated energy shield forms an energy field directly in front of the user, which has some defense against ordinary rifles, laser beams, and even sniper rifles and abilities below the eighth tier. Of course, a large-caliber rotary gun like a paladin mech is impossible to defend against, and that is more than the maximum defense that an energy shield can provide.

Pieces of equipment like this cost 500 gold each. The service life is one year, and the built-in high-energy battery can be used a hundred times, which means that if you use it every day, then you must replace the battery after a month. For this kind of equipment, zero ordered 1,000 sets, a total of 500,000 gold coins, and Ishtar gave an additional 2,000 special batteries, so that even if zero soldiers use it every day, it can be used uninterrupted for three months.

The defense of the energy shield is not so rebellious, but it is enough for ordinary soldiers to use. It can be activated three times a day, each time for 10 minutes, for a total of half an hour. The use of haode words is enough to save their lives.

Although a soldier is a consumable, the role of a veteran and a recruit is very different. If he could, Zero didn't want his army to change blood too often. He hopes to train these soldiers through the war, so that they can meet, and as the war heats up, there will be more and more soldiers on his hands. At this time, those veterans who survived the war will be promoted to captains and various officers, and these guards are assigned to these officers.

An experienced officer is definitely worth more than a soldier.

Zuihou Zero has his eye on a one-time consumable piece of equipment, named the Predator by the Ishtar side. The Predator takes the form of a grenade that activates and throws it when needed. The predator will split into four components, and a laser grid will be formed between the components. The power grid creates a discharge effect when it covers the target, and once the grid is discharged, the explosive devices inside the four building blocks are activated.

The power of the explosion will stack over a limited area, resulting in a violent blasting impact. According to Isttar's experiments, a single Predator can bomb two paladin mechs, after all, they have an exaggerated 30-meter square of power grids. Again, in the case of a dense array, such a grid is enough to pull 50 soldiers into Hell, not counting the power bonus after the Predator explodes, but it is not much of a problem to blow hundreds of soldiers to pieces.

What's more important is the price, as each weapon costs only 500 gold, which is much cheaper than an electromagnetic bomb. And Oran also admitted that the Predator is actually an upgraded version of the electromagnetic bomb, and its application is wider, and with the improvement of Jishu, its cost has been reduced.

A predator like this will ask for 1,000 coins in one breath, totaling 500,000 gold coins.

In this way, these three types of equipment alone cost 1.3 million in one go. His money comes and goes as fast as he spends it. As for the other equipment listed above by Istah, the performance is quite good, but it is only regular equipment. Zero now sits on an arsenal in Tucson, which has enough inventory and production capacity to supply an army of three thousand men.

Therefore, there is not much demand for conventional equipment.

After an equipment order was finalized, Zero asked again, "I still need two more things, I wonder if you can get them?"

"Just talk about it. Orlan said in a deep voice.

"First of all, I need a biomodulation system and about 20 special assistants. They don't have to be PhD-level talents, but they do have to dabble in biological research. ”

Oran's eyes lit up: "Lord Zero, you have great ambitions. You've just gotten into the next canon, and you're already going to get involved in the development of biological weapons?"

"It's just that I happen to have that kind of talent in this area, so I don't want to waste it. How, can you get it? "Zero, of course, will not disclose the thundering situation.

Oran nodded: "It's a little difficult, but it's not impossible." Give me half a month, I can only provide the basic type of the creature mixing system, which requires one million gold coins. If you need to upgrade and expand your equipment, you will need to pay separately. ”

"Fair enough. ”

"As for talent, I can get it for you. But you need to negotiate the remuneration with them, according to the standards of the Papal Chamber, like an assistant, their monthly salary is about 100 gold coins. ”

"I give them 300. "Zero breath at a rate increase.

This time it was Oran's turn to nod: "It's fair, after all, it's still a bit dangerous to work for you." ”

"Then the second thing, I need to set up a private network that needs to be my own. I would like it to have a main function in terms of integrated computing, and the scope of application tends to be logistical registration. The important thing is that you can yujian, as the personnel of this fortress expands, there will be more and more people here. If everyone were to settle their salaries with gold coins, it would be very cumbersome to circulate gold coins alone. ”

"I hope that there can be a system to replace the income and expenditure of gold coins, such as replacing each person's gold coins with points. In the stronghold, and even within the Shili that I will control in the future, they can trade their scores for anything they need. Of course, this score can also be exchanged for gold coins. However, you must set an exchange baseline, which is higher than the base line before you can redeem. The other condition is that if they need to be away for more than three months and can no longer provide any services to me, they can unconditionally exchange all the points for gold. ”

"I see, a credit card-like mechanism. Oran nodded.