It was already four days after returning to Asgard, the middle-aged man, after a bumpy journey, Zero finally returned to the heavenly city of the Kingdom of God. After the four went to Doomhammer's military aircraft to report and sell vacations, Zero bid farewell to them for a while, and drove alone to an open field in the western suburbs of the city. There is an abandoned factory building, a small power station in disrepair and two working dormitories on this vacant lot.
This was originally one of the many food processing factories in Asgard, owned by the merchant Pross. But years ago, after Pross owed a large debt and was unable to repay it, he mortgaged it to Asgard. Because no suitable successor was found, the factory has been vacant until now. After learning that Zero was looking for an experimental site, under the instruction of Ben, this factory was leased to Zero at a very low price, and the required instruments and related personnel were purchased for it.
At present, the factory can be put into use after simple transformation. Personnel and equipment were also in place one after another. When Zero arrived, the last truck transporting equipment was about to leave. Ling parked the car at the gate of the factory, just in time to see Victor directing the staff to assemble the instruments. The doctor's radiant face was very different from the alcoholic face that Zero had when he first met him.
"Move the incubator over, gentlemen, and handle with care."
"Damn it, why is there no electricity? What about the electrician, turn on the power quickly, all instruments must be tested for the first time!"
Victor opened his throat and yelled in the big factory. The contents of the factory have completed the preliminary transformation, and the training area, office, computer room, disinfection area and other functional areas have been established. But cables of various colors can be seen everywhere on the ground, and the staff should be careful not to trip over these things while walking. Despite being messy, it feels busy and angry.
In addition to assisting Victor's technicians, Asgard also specially deployed six guards for the laboratory. They were drawn from the city's public security system, but no matter the monthly expenses for guards, technicians, or equipment, they had to pay for themselves. Therefore, seeing this busy laboratory, I feel like I have started my career, and at the same time, I understand that the burden on my shoulders has dropped a bit.
In this way, he is glad that he took the time to go to the Blue Ridge Mountains. Although it will take at least three months for Parkland's financial dividend to remit the first funds, everything is finally off to a good start. It's just that in these three months, Zero has a lot to do. In addition to paying the fees required for the program, a general account for foreign exchange funds is required for collection.
In addition to developing domestic demand, Asgard also has economic relations with other cities in the wilderness. For this purpose, Asgardli provides banking services. Therefore, it is not difficult to handle general-purpose accounts. What makes Zero a headache is the issue of income. In addition to the lease of the site, the deposit of equipment, materials and the first quarter salary of the personnel issued by the loan, there is not much money left.
Even if Parkland received the first dividend three months later, it would not be enough to support the mid-to-late stages of the plan. Therefore, Zero is now very poor and short of money.
When he quickly analyzed the current situation, Victor finally noticed his arrival. The doctor yelled his name, bringing Zero back to his senses. Victor strode up and gave him a firm hug.
"I didn't expect this kind of city to exist in the world. My God, this place is like a paradise." Victor said excitedly.
While Zero and others left Nu Reef City for the Blue Ridge Mountains, Zero applied to Asgard for Victor's temporary residence rights. Because Ben had already said hello, the application was quickly approved, and on the third day, Asgard personnel came to pick up the doctor. When he arrived at Asgard, the city of the kingdom of God, Victor was more shocked than Zero that day.
Zero can understand his feelings, in Asgard, people are like returning to the old days. The environment and atmosphere that this city strives to manage is not found in other cities. Victor fell in love with it immediately, and in fact, very few people come to Asgard and still want to leave, and Victor is no exception. In this regard, Ling said that he could find a way to allow Victor to obtain the right of permanent residence.
Hearing Zero's words, Victor was very happy, and hoped that after settling down, his wife's ashes could be moved here so that she could rest in peace in this paradise. The doctor's request was trivial, and Zero naturally had no reason to refuse. In fact, before that, Zero also considered letting Victor stay in Asgard for a long time. In addition to the rebirth plan, Victor can also become the team's personal doctor.
After the plan is completed, this laboratory can also be kept. Zero decided to let Victor become the director of this laboratory. The laboratory can be used to research and manufacture drugs in the future. If Zero can obtain more resources, it can even research and produce genetic medicine. Originally, Zero was worried that Victor would not like living here, and he would leave once the plan was successful, but now the problem has been solved.
Next, Victor took Zero on a brief tour of the transformed laboratory. When he came to the cultivation area, Zero saw that the cultivation tank had been installed and was being disinfected and cleaned. This is the core area of the entire laboratory. After Leah's blood is separated and released various genetic information, it will be output through combination, and will finally be reborn in the culture tank.
The * * technology of the new era is already very advanced. As long as the genetic samples are preserved, a * body that is no different from the original body can be constructed. And the biochemical technology of the Hall of Valor and the Dark Council can even produce capable people. * There is no difference in personality, physique, or ability among the capable users who come out, so it is also regarded as another way of immortality.
It's just that this highest-level *technique is extremely expensive, so only those at the mastermind level are eligible to leave a backup of their genes in case they are needed.
Naturally, this laboratory cannot carry out the highest level of * technology, but it is still possible to * produce an ordinary girl like Liya.
Gently stroking the icy isolation cover of the culture tank with his hand, Ling secretly said in his heart: Leah, you will wake up soon.
"Get your hands off the hood!"
Unexpectedly, a loud cry sounded behind Ling, and the voice was quite familiar. Zero looked back, but saw Eva in overalls. This dangerous woman is biting a ballpoint pen and holding a folder in her hand. She walked in quickly, patted Ling's hand away and said: "You layman, don't delay our work, please leave if you have nothing to do."
Eva forcefully blasted Zero and Victor out of the training area, and after sweeping them out of the entrance and exit of the area, she loudly ordered the staff to adjust various instruments. That imposing appearance, as if the training area is her home field.
"Miss Eva said that she is your friend, and I talked to her, she is indeed extraordinary in biochemical technology, and has many ideas that I have never thought of. So I invited her to join, she... "Victor looked at Zero and asked.
"She is indeed my friend."
Zero's affirmative answer made Victor nod in relief, but he didn't see the wry smile on Zero's face. Eva was indeed his friend, just classified as trouble by Zero, and the highest level of trouble at that.
By the time they left the laboratory, Asgard's holographic panel had already reflected the red clouds in the evening. After saying goodbye to Victor, Zero drove away. The rebirth plan has been carried out step by step, all that Zero has to do now is to make money. In the rearview mirror, the laboratory was only a vague shadow in the simulated sunset, but there was zero hope for that place.
What Ling didn't know was that this small laboratory was the prototype of a science and technology academy in charge of biochemical research in his future kingdom!
It was already nine o'clock in the evening when I was lying on the bed of Zero's own dormitory. Zero was wearing plain white pajamas, lying flat in a relaxed posture. The so-called relaxation is to allow 70% of the body's sense organs to enter a state of rest to make up for the loss caused by long-term tension. This kind of relaxation is a very luxurious thing for Zero, recalling the days of living in the wilderness, even in a safe base, Zero's body is resting, but the senses are still working to monitor those sudden dangers.
While resting, he closed his eyes and silently calculated the evolution points he had gained over the past few days. The data flowed like flowing water, and the remaining senses continued to work, and then a number was quickly reported to him: 51.
The 51 evolutionary points are the results that Zero has accumulated in battles since he was promoted to the present. Among them, killing Gunabel, a sixth-level ability user, brought him a total of 13 evolution points!
You have to know that Zero only got 20 evolution points by attacking and killing so many different creatures in the Cossacks military base, and taking away the life of Sarton in one shot in the Parkland Territory only gave him 4 evolution points. Evolution point, it can be seen how rich the benefits of killing enemies are. It's just that profits are often accompanied by risks. If it is not necessary, Zero doesn't want to do it anymore.
After all, evolution points can be earned in nearly infinite ways. However, Zero has only one life.
During the thought, the evolution points were zero-injected one by one to strengthen one's own ability. Different evolutionary points are required for each enhancement of the advanced ability, and 4 evolutionary points are required to upgrade from the first level to the second level. And every time you advance to a rank, you will directly double it, which is not as cheap as improving your basic ability.
51 evolutionary points may seem like a lot, but when Lingsuo's four advancement abilities have all been promoted to the second level, he only has 7 evolutionary points left. This is also the reason why he had raised the "Gallery Shot" to the second level before, otherwise there would be even fewer evolutionary points left.
But in any case, the improvement of capabilities has brought direct benefits to Zero. For example, the limit of multiple shots has been increased from the original 3 to 4, and the spirit mark has also been extended from 300 meters to 500 meters. The extent of improvement seems to be absent, but in actual combat, no matter how small the improvement is, it often plays a decisive role.
And when Zero has raised all his advancement abilities to the fourth level, he will then usher in the evolutionary node mentioned by Valkyrie. At that time, without the help of a debugging machine, Zero's genes will also deduce high-level occupations and corresponding abilities according to the planned sequence.
Zero's current occupation is the popular shooter, and according to the evolution tree, when he meets the prerequisites for evolution, he can evolve into the high-level occupation of the shadow wanderer. On the basis of strengthening the characteristics of the popular shooter, the shadow wanderer has evolved a high-level profession with a certain space stealth and hiding ability. It is a qualitative leap, and Zero is very much looking forward to it.
But now, what Zero needs to do is rest. Then enter the headquarters the next morning to receive tasks, get rewards and strengthen yourself through battles. There are no shortcuts in the path of evolution, there are only enough potential talents and necessary efforts.
Sleep, this way of rest, is already a synonym for low-level life for ability users. For ordinary people, sleep can make up for the mental and energy consumption of the day. But for ability users, there are many ways to replenish energy. And when the energy reaches a certain level, the capable user can stay awake for several days, until the energy level drops, and then recover the body's energy through low-level means such as rest.
But this recovery method is very simple and slow, even for a low-level ability user, after sleeping for seven hours, the energy recovered is less than 20% of the total energy. As for high-level ability users, the energy that can be restored by sleep is even lower.
For Zero, however, sleep is more of a habit, and it is also a means for Zero to still feel like a human being. Although from another point of view, capable people have already broken away from the category that humans should have.
The period of deep sleep can be very long or very short. When consciousness is wrapped in darkness, time loses its meaning. But Zero set his biological clock to sleep for seven hours before going to bed, so when the biological clock counted down to 0, he opened his eyes and saw the hazy sky outside the window.
Zero stretched in bed, originally this was an action to help the body wake up. But now, this action has more meaning than actual effect to Zero. At the same time as he woke up, the nerve center had already sent massive data to the nerve endings of the body. After less than a second of synchronization and coordination, Ling's body had already entered the optimal state of activity, completely without the assistance of other movements.
It's just that Zero enjoys this action very much. After all, only ordinary people can enjoy this action.
He jumped out of bed, did a simple grooming, and changed into a brand new uniform that had already been made. When the standard uniform of Doomhammer was put on behind him, a handsome and tall figure was reflected in the floor-to-ceiling mirror. Against the backdrop of this black uniform, Zero in the mirror and the golden light in his right eye are even more dazzling.
It's just that Zero doesn't like being too special, so he opened the drawer and put on the eye patch that he prepared for himself early in the morning to cover up that special pupil.
After doing all this, Zero left the dormitory. And his destination was the headquarters office building.
At eight o'clock in the morning, when Zero and Feng came to the headquarters office building, the building had just opened. In the mission hall on the first floor, the electronic board started to work, and posted missions on the electronic board one by one for the convenience of screening.
The headquarters office building in Asgard replaced the common trade union hall in the wilderness city. Here you can register the adventurer team, receive missions and complete delivery, etc. And above the third floor, it is the office area that ordinary people are not allowed to enter. Asgartli, the adventurer team registered at the headquarters is not only composed of soldiers from the military system, but also partly composed of civilians with abilities. It's just that these ability users can't compare with the squads from the military system in terms of literacy or strength, especially Doomhammer, which was originally formed in the form of a squad, is a frequent visitor to the headquarters building.
Among the five major legions, Doomhammer's soldiers have a higher degree of freedom. During the non-combat period, soldiers do not need to receive conventional training, but can freely accept tasks in the headquarters. Freedom is the privilege of every warrior-level member. And the higher the rank, the greater the degree of freedom.
Ling and Feng came to the headquarters early in the morning, naturally to take on the task and make money. It's just because there are no mission records, and the team's grade evaluation is currently the lowest E-level, so the missions that meet the viewing conditions are all low-difficulty and low-income missions, which makes the two of them lack interest. Just when the two were about to take over all the E-level missions, an office worker in uniform appeared in front of them.
"Two gentlemen, who is Ling?" This is a beautiful woman with long golden hair. The long hair was tied together by her, creating a dignified hairstyle. And even though she was wearing a hard uniform, it did not prevent her pair of heroic peaks and straight buttocks from attracting the fiery eyes of male creatures.
Hearing that he was being named, he took a step forward and revealed his identity. The woman's expression didn't change, she just said lightly: "Please come with me, Chief Cario is waiting for you in the strategy room."
Hearing Cario, Zero's eyes lit up. However, he was puzzled at the same time, how could this recruit instructor, Cario, appear in the headquarters.
Leaving Feng in the lobby, Zero followed the office girl all the way into the elevator dedicated to the building's staff. The elevator can accommodate fifteen people at the same time, but now there are only two people, Zero and the blonde. Whether intentionally or not, the office girl stood straight in front of Zero. Moreover, she stood relatively close, and she was no shorter than Ling. When she stood like this, her upturned buttocks always touched Ling's body intentionally or unintentionally.
When the elevator door opened, the brief "harassment" ended temporarily. The girl led Ling to the door of an office, but before leaving, she whispered to Ling: "I'm free tonight."
No matter how stupid people are, they can understand the meaning of this sentence, and of course Zero understands it. In fact, the Doomhammer uniform on him is already a status symbol. The warrior class is already at the middle and lower levels of the power class in Asgard. If an ordinary woman can hook up with Zero's status The man who loves her is tantamount to finding a better home for herself. Especially Zero is still so young, so he fully meets the requirements and image of a husband in a woman's mind.
Ling smiled, but didn't take this easy-to-reach affair to heart. Compared with this kind of encounter, Zero believes that Feng is more interested.
He pushed open the oak door of the office, and saw Cario standing by the window with his back to him. Hearing the sound of the door opening, Cario turned around and said with a smile on his face still holding a cigar: "You are here, a bit slower than I expected, it seems that the little golden cat doesn't want to let go you."