The majestic appearance of Emperor Butaria, who controlled one-third of the entire earth, appeared on the screen. After speaking, the atmosphere of the meeting seemed to become more solemn. These words seemed to be asking Lloyd to take action. A very easy way to leak information is to transmit Lancelot's information, or to submit an application for a new project.
"Your Majesty." Lloyd suddenly became respectful, bowed down to the emperor in the video, and began to explain himself: "I trust the empire's communication encryption very much, and I believe there will be no other The country can unencrypt our communications, and although Lancelot's research and development is indeed a secret, Lancelot itself is no longer a big secret. Countries are also competing to create the next generation of KF, and even do not hesitate to send out Spies use various methods to explore the progress of other countries, so compared to the instantaneous transmission of information, if I personally go to the country to submit a report, the possibility of the information being exposed will become greater. After all, Her Highness Cornelia is out of the picture. If something like that happens, all kinds of accidents are likely to happen on the way to your home country.”
Lloyd did not wait for others to respond, and then continued: "Besides, the report and new project research application I submitted only had normal performance parameters in the report, and the application only had a general outline of the direction. , as well as future development expectations, which do not contain any substantial core data. This is just a normal daily work progress report and a normal exchange of ideas."
What Lloyd was actually saying was that Cornelia had been attacked and injured on her own property. Then maybe if Lloyd returned to his country with a lot of information, he would probably be attacked as well. As a result, the information was completely leaked, and the reports and applications submitted were only necessary steps for daily work. Even if anything in them was leaked, it would not have any impact. It was just an application filing for a new project and the work completed by Lancelot. Notice, it is not enough to return to the country in person.
After listening to Lloyd's words, His Majesty the Emperor was silent for a moment, nodded slightly to acknowledge Lloyd's argument, and said: "I have already read your project application, which means that you already have In order to continue to develop a new generation of body preparations, as well as complete concepts and ideas, is that so?"
"Yes, Your Majesty." Lloyd said: "Although the report only explains the direction and outlook of the project, in fact I already have a clear idea of these projects and have made many calculations. If the project If it can be approved and carried out, with Lancelot as the foundation and training hand, I believe that a good result can be obtained in about a year."
"One year." The emperor pondered, and then said after a pause: "You should already know that the enemy who attacked Cornelia and the place where you are in District 11 across the sea have appeared. Standard machines, do you think the Lancelot you are studying can compete with those machines, and can the machine you can create within a short period of time compete with those machines."
Lloyd shook his head: "I have only seen the video record of the attack on Her Highness Cornelia. Judging from the machines that appeared in the record, those machines also have the absolute performance of completely annihilating and crushing the current KF. This is Like the Lancelot I developed, they both fall into the category of special-made aircraft. I think that if the Lancelot is piloted by a suitable pilot, it should be able to compete head-to-head with those aircraft. degree."
"In fact, if all the personal guards of Her Highness Cornelia had used a new era of KF like Lancelot, of course I am talking about the complete version here, then it is very likely that Her Highness Cornelia would be able to avoid If an injury occurs, it may even wipe out all the attackers.”
"It's just that the mass-produced Lancelot has reduced the absolute performance of the Lancelot in order to pursue costs. It may require a scale-level machine to compete with it. From this point, we can also see the super machine and the ace pilot. It can play an absolute role in the war."
"But if the development of the new machine in the information I submitted is completed, it will definitely have the performance to crush the current Lancelot again. Even if it is mass-produced, even if it is driven by an ordinary pilot, it should be able to compete with those unknown machines. ability.”
When Lloyd said this, Xiao Ran looked at this guy and smiled silently while listening, but he was a little unclear whether this guy Lloyd was telling lies with his eyes open, or if he really didn't understand those who attacked Cornelia. body condition.
The location of Cornelia's attack was in the military base to which Butalia belonged, and there were all records from the beginning to the end of the battle. Xiao Ran also watched it several times with Lloyd. From Xiao Ran's perspective , this was probably just an attack similar to a retaliatory action, and it was also a display of strength. It was not a deliberate attempt to kill Cornelia, so only a dozen machines were dispatched in total, and only one of them was B-level. In the end, it was obvious that they did not want to sacrifice themselves. When the situation gradually became anxious and the base side became obviously crazy, they took the initiative to retreat. Otherwise, Cornelia would have absolutely no reason to survive.
In the military base, there are a very large number of KFs. An entire army of KFs compete with this group of attackers. In Xiao Ran's opinion, although they are mainly KFs equal to D-level or D-level, but Combined with combat tanks, combat vehicles, fighter planes, etc., these machines outnumbered the attackers by at least a hundred times.
And there are Cornelia's personal guards, which are powerful guards that can basically display the strength of the C-level stage, and all the machines have been enhanced and transformed. Even if they have not completely reached the C-level level, the personal hard power of the pilot plus the transformation The body is almost stuck at the C-level point, and the cooperation between them is absolutely incomparable to participants who are accustomed to acting alone.
But even in this situation, Cornelia was still injured, and all the attackers evacuated. After all, under the entanglement of dozens of C-level machines, ordinary B-level pilots can easily fall into dangerous situations, but In addition to being the main culprit for Cornelia's injuries, that B-class machine also caused a lot of losses to Cornelia.
But in Xiao Ran's view, one B-level machine will definitely not be the entire strength of this legion. If there are a few more B-level machines, or a random A-level machine is brought out, it will really make the entire Buta... Riya's machine was completely destroyed, and the legion that appeared and attacked Cornelia's base this time, from Xiao Ran's current point of view, seems to be a bit suspected of being too big, if there is not that B-level machine to hold the battle. , it is estimated that those dozens of C-class machines may also become the ones that are completely wiped out.
Therefore, in this battle, there was a strange situation where the participant legion and the aboriginal people had a huge gap in real strength, but they abnormally showed a situation of mutual confrontation and opposition. Maybe it was like this The situation made Lloyd mistakenly believe that the opponent's strength was estimated to be like this.
From the perspective of these senior officials of the empire, this is a special force that emerged from nowhere and became the rebels of Butaria, and it also possesses advanced technology and powerful force. Could it be someone? The secret support of an anti-Butaria country has been making the empire's top officials a little worried. Naturally, they pay more attention to Lloyd's Lancelot. This is why Lloyd is The reason for this meeting emerged so soon after the report was submitted.
And unknowingly, so many weird machines have appeared in other countries, and now the one that the empire can really use is the just-completed Lancelot. This makes the empire, which has always been smooth sailing, The top management was a little hard to accept. Even if Lloyd hadn't submitted an application to develop a new machine, the development of another new generation of machine would be ready to start immediately. It just so happened that the almost completed Lancelot could be used as an intermediate stage. Supplement, but now Lloyd has not only reported that Lancelot has been completely completed and can be mass-produced, but also submitted a development plan for a new body, which looks decent, which also makes Lloyd suffer. More attention.
"Perhaps there will be some changes in the development of the war." His Majesty the Emperor said these words softly, and then said to Lloyd: "Send all of Lancelot's detailed technology back to the country as soon as possible. One year, I will give you one year. During this year, the empire will give you all its support, finish all the work at hand as soon as possible, and bring all the specially assigned people back to the country to start the research project on the new body."
"Your Majesty." Lloyd slowly stood up straight after hearing the emperor's words, and said calmly: "I hope that the development of the new project can still be carried out in District 11. The special agent has been in District 11 for a long time. During the time, an effective research and manufacturing process has been established. Leaving here will only disrupt this hard-established process. The relocation and modification of equipment will also waste more time, and the multiple problems of the new body The project is also inseparable from the large-scale consumption of cherry stones and the consumption of some special resources. Staying in District 11 is more conducive to the development of new projects."
"And I believe that Her Majesty Euphilia will have the same unconditional right to fully support the research work of the special mission. I promise that I will be able to come up with an answer that satisfies Your Majesty in one year."
Lloyd was actually very good at talking sometimes. First he refused to leave in an orderly manner, then he flattered the emperor a little, and then gave enough assurances. It was very reasonable and not too embarrassing. .
The emperor seemed to take a deep look at Lloyd through the screen over there, and nodded slowly: "Okay, then stay in District 11. Do you have any other requirements besides this requirement? "
Lloyd was not afraid or panic, and said directly: "Your Majesty, it would be even better if you could support us in sending a group of personnel. I need a series of materials, energy utilization, structural technology, etc." Experts and professional technicians are required to supplement, after all, the newly submitted airframe project is a completely new structure that is completely different from kf, and it will be very difficult to carry out all aspects of work just by relying on the number of people currently assigned."
The emperor said: "In terms of personnel, you can write a list yourself. I will ask the people on the list to help you. At the same time, I will also send some people to assist you in your research. You will also send the complete project plan and Lancelot The specific data will be sent over together.”
Lloyd bowed and said, "Yes."
After a brief silence, the screen went black, which meant that this short and special video conference was over. After Lloyd turned off the equipment required for the video conference, he turned and looked at where Xiao Ran was: " The project has been established, and I will start preparations for the new project today, and will do my best to deliver to you what you need within three months."
"It's just that you have to deal with the personnel sent to monitor you. Otherwise, I won't be able to do things for you unscrupulously."
"Yes." Xiao Ran nodded slightly and said, "When the time comes, you can find a way to get everyone together, and I will do the rest."
"Although I don't know what method you would use to do such a thing." Lloyd squinted his eyes and said with a smile: "But it doesn't matter. What you want to do is your business. I am only responsible for making you I want the machine, but I want to remind you that if it is the person sent by His Majesty, he probably will not be bribed by you so easily, and I have reason to believe that the escorts and surveillance personnel who led the team this time are very likely to be bribed by you. One or more of the Knights of the Round Table."
"You can't bribe just because the benefits of bribery are not enough." Xiao Ran stood up straight and chuckled: "And to be honest, you still know too little about the real world. Sometimes it is not easy to control someone. It’s just threats and bribes, and there are some powers beyond what ordinary people can imagine and understand.”
Lloyd showed a thoughtful expression: "Jeremiah's situation at that time... I see, if that's really the case, it would be a very interesting thing. Then should I also thank you? It's no use that Find a way to control me."
"Haha, I won't forcefully control other people's abilities like that." Xiao Ran smiled slightly and said noncommittally: "But if you want to see something, I can also help you get in touch."
Lloyd's eyes flickered twice: "Oh, then I really want to see it."
Xiao Ran nodded and said nothing, but he was thinking about another question in his mind: "The emperor's behavior was a bit too normal, and everyone in the video conference also acted too normal. Is he concerned about Lloyd's project research? It’s true, it’s true that you care, and it’s true that you’re eager, isn’t there any legion that chooses to join the empire’s camp? No, that’s not right!”
"Worried, yes, at least there was no worry on the emperor's face. Or is it that a legion has already joined the empire and has come into contact with His Majesty the Emperor?"