"Jessie!"
Oran stretched out his hand and stood in front of the perishing man: "Let him finish speaking first."
Zero looked at Jesse, shook his head and said, "I'm just making a hypothesis. We have heard about Sauron, and such a person is definitely not a good ally, so we will take Istar. Coincidentally, the rescued Franklin on the sea is now my mate."
"Then, Captain Zero has already seen Istar, is he disappointed?" Oran showed a self-deprecating smile: "Now we are eager to escape from this place like bereaved dogs."
"Disappointment can't be called disappointment, it can only be called accident. I don't know what plans you two have in the future?"
At the end of Orlando's reply, Jesse cut the conversation and said, "Of course I want to seek revenge from Sauron. As long as comrades from all over the mainland know that Master Ursen died in battle, then everyone will be able to take down the city of New Rome in one fell swoop." !"
"is that so?"
Zero nodded: "I see, then I wish you two all the best." Then he looked at Franklin and said, "Let's go, I have bid farewell to Ursen, you should have no regrets."
Franklin was slightly surprised, and Olan was also surprised by his sudden change of attitude, and immediately said: "Captain Zero, I thought we could cooperate."
"Cooperation?" Zero smiled lightly: "Yeah, I thought so before that too. Presumably Master Oran has also seen that we have people. Not ordinary people, but real powerhouses, this is exactly what you Yi What Star lacks. You also have people and a large number of soldiers, which is also what we need. After all, it is impossible for a high-level to complete everything, so we can take what we need, strategically and other Collaborate in terms of form.”
"It's just a pity that I won't let my team cooperate with an army that is ready to commit suicide. I can be said to be another form of businessman, and businessmen don't make investments without returns."
"Fart!" Jesse said angrily, "Who is going to commit suicide? Have you figured out the situation?"
Zero snorted and said, "You are the one who doesn't know the situation! That's right, Istar has not yet reached the point where he has no power to resist. But now the main base has been destroyed and the leader has been killed. Once the news spreads, Have you ever thought about what kind of consequences that would be. The same hatred? That's just your unilateral idea. Believe me, when the news spreads, Sauron only needs to make a gesture, and your other comrades hiding in the mainland will surely You will lose your will to fight!"
"Let me guess again. With your strength, it is impossible to resist the Pope Hall for so long. Whether it is the number of troops, weapons and equipment, or the number of ability users, you are far inferior. The reason why you can resist until now is because you have benefited Due to the special geographical location of Istar; secondly, there are pirates to restrain you; thirdly, I am afraid that there are also people in the Pope Hall who are dissatisfied with Sauron to fund you, and even exchange information?" Zero sneered: "Now Istar no longer exists, and Sauron is afraid that he will attack the pirates next. Under such a situation, once your sponsors feel that there is no chance of winning, will they continue to invest? In this way, all kinds of losses will be lost. You who are superior still want to attack the Pope's Hall. Please tell me, this is not suicide or anything!"
Jessie's face turned blue and white, and he was very excited, but he couldn't refute what Ling said. Oran sighed secretly, thinking that Jesse was too naive and immature. No matter from any aspect, it cannot be compared with the young man in front of him who is similar to his age. The watchman humbly said: "Then what should we do according to Captain Ling's intention?"
Zero sighed, and said: "We are always outsiders, and the information we have is limited at present, but we know a general situation in the Western Continent. Many of the details are unclear, so how can we have any qualifications to tell you what to do. I can only It is recommended that you try not to disclose the fact that Urson died in battle. You just need to find someone who is somewhat similar to Urson to make a gesture to show the outside world that only wounds are not dead. Then even if Sauron reports the news If it gets out, it won't hit your other comrades on the mainland or your sponsors inside the Pope's Hall too much, so you still have hope."
"As for more, I'm sorry, I have limited information, and I can't make more detailed suggestions."
After all, Zero winked at Franklin. The latter nodded, followed Zero and left the Tower of Harvest.
On the other side of the sea, night began to fall. When the remaining daylight was still shining on the ruins of the building, Jesse said in a deep voice: "You don't believe him, do you? He is just an outsider and knows nothing. That so-called illusion is not feasible at all, Olan you Think about it with your brain, once people know the truth, it will only be more detrimental to us!"
"Perhaps, but it is undeniable that this method can help us get through the most difficult period right now." Oran said, looking at the tall hats of Anchai and Ursen.
Jessie's chest heaved violently, and finally said: "If you plan to do this, it's a pity, I will never listen to your orders again!"
He walked away, leaving Oran alone on the rooftop.
The skylight hit Oran's face from the side, and the flat glasses on the watcher's face reflected the afterglow light, making it impossible to see her eyes clearly, but a drop of crystal clear liquid slipped down from the glasses, floated to the ground, and hit the ground. Falling on the side of the shadow. At this moment, Olan showed unprecedented weakness, like any woman who suddenly lost her support, hesitant and confused.
She sat next to An Rui, tears kept rolling down, but Oran didn't seem to notice. There was only this lonely rapier in his eyes. Oran gritted his silver teeth, stretched out the rapier and said softly: "I'm sorry, Ursen. Please fight with us for a while... I swear , I will definitely not let Ista just disappear like this. I will inherit your legacy!"
Standing up again, Olan took off his glasses, wiped away his eyes, and returned to his icy appearance. She picked up the shadow and left the building. On the roof of the building, only Ursen's tall hat remained. It was pressed against a stone and swayed gently in the wind.
When we returned to the pier, the last light of the dusk quietly disappeared. Under the night, the hull of the Destiny has flames flowing along some kind of circuit from time to time. Zero and Franklin got on the boat, and they informed Feng to gather in the meeting room. Cinderella came too, she appeared with Leah. The two women with very different personalities have gotten along fairly well these days, thanks to Leah's generosity. As Zero's first woman, she knew that her current strength could not keep up with Zero's pace. All Leah could do was to try her best to improve her own ability and not restrict Zero's pace.
So she identifies with Beyoncé, and now she has Cinderella. The former can help Zero in terms of economy and management, while the latter has strong power and the local advantages of the Western Continent. In the past few days of getting along, Leah knew that zero and she had not had a physical relationship. But when Cinderella described the wonderful spiritual communication between the two, Leah knew that it was no different from a physical relationship, and even more capable of conquering Cinderella's heart.
This also knows Zero's intentions from another aspect.
Having known Zero for so long, Leah still knew that this man was a relatively conservative person in some respects. It is unique for Zero to have a certain level of relationship with Cinderella within 24 hours of knowing each other. The only possibility is that Cinderella's strength and her identity are given priority, and this woman will be a key for Zero to open the Western Continent.
This is exploit, yes. But Zero chooses to communicate with her spiritually instead of simply sharing physical happiness, which also shows that Zero will use his emotions in return. After all, spiritual communication is two-way. When Zero explored Cinderella, he also opened his heart. The resonance between the two parties in the heart and spirit will be more profound than the secular emotions.
Zero has planted the seeds, and the seeds will eventually grow into towering trees. In the future, the relationship between Cinderella and Zero will not be much less than that between him and Leah and Beyoncé. If the big tree does not break due to accidents.
Leah understood Zero's intentions, knowing that no matter how unwilling she was, Zero had already made a choice. She couldn't reverse this result, so she had to follow the development of the matter and accept Cinderella to join this small circle. It's just that she understands it, but there is such a trace of sadness between Liya's brows unconsciously.
When she and Cinderella walked in, Zero noticed. It's just that now is not the time for the two of them to talk to each other, not to mention that he has more important matters to deal with, so he can only temporarily put them aside. Soon, all the important people on board had arrived. In addition to the core team members Feng, Su, and Berrien, Billy, Dr. Ji Ya, and even a few operators in the control room were also able to observe.
Everyone knew that if Zero did this, the next thing must be very important, so everyone pricked up their ears.
Seeing that all the staff had arrived, Zero stood up and said, "Everyone must know that I originally planned to cooperate with Istar. Unfortunately, Istar has changed beyond recognition now, and I have seen their two leaders just now. I am very disappointed by the words and actions of one of them, so tomorrow we will leave Istar."
"Although we haven't really set foot on the Western Continent, judging from what we've heard, heard, and known, I don't know if you have noticed a very special phenomenon." Don't pretend to be a joke, and said directly: "There are very few capable people! Yes, I don't know the situation in the Pope's Hall, but we have seen it in the rebellion army. Only their three leaders can be called masters, and the watcher Austrian Lan doesn't seem to be a combat-type ability user yet, and may be a high-level person in the perception domain. As for the soldiers below, those who have carried out landing operations should be very clear. To the fourth level or so."
"Such a small group of capable users can fight against the Pope's Hall for so long, leaving aside some third-party factors, such as the rebel eyeliner inside the Pope's Hall, etc. What is certain is that even if the abilities of the Pope's Hall are stronger than Ista's There are many, but the number will be extremely limited. Probably only the leader level has reached the high-level level, while the ability users of the middle class will be very rare, and generally the third-level and fourth-level ability users should be the majority. This is different from the area where we are. The mainland is completely in two forms."
Zero looked at Cinderella again: "Interestingly, I learned from Captain Cinderella these days that there are very few alien races in the western continent. Even the mutant beasts on land are very limited in terms of species, so they dominate this area. The mainland is human, and humans have incomparable advantages. I personally guess that the scarcity of alien races has caused the humans in the Western Continent to lack competitors on the evolutionary path, which has led to a corresponding shortage of capable humans. Comparable to it , but their technology should not be underestimated."
"Captain Franklin once fought against the powerhouse of the Pope's Hall on Ista. According to Franklin, the opponent was operating a mecha. And it was a large mecha over ten meters... "
As soon as this remark came out, a little excitement arose in the conference room. Zero coughed dryly, and said: "Everyone knows that in our mainland, power mechas have only been developed in recent years. It is a kind of individual soldier developed to allow ordinary people to have the power to fight against low-level abilities. Weapons. For us, this is already a very cutting-edge technological product, but as far as the Western Continent is concerned, our so-called cutting-edge mechas are probably old antiques that can be destroyed in their eyes."
"Captain Franklin also told me about the process of fighting against other troops in the Pope's Hall. In it, there are two other forms of mechas. One is a looter similar to Green City, which is bulky but carries such A machine gun with heavy firepower. The other is a light mecha with the ability to fly at low altitudes and use guided missiles as the main means of attack. Coupled with the large mecha that appeared in the Battle of Ishtar, then the Pope Hall will at least They have mastered three different types of power mechas, and this is only what we know. If there is no accident, they will have at least one or two secret mechas. In other words, the technological civilization of the Western Continent will surpass the theme of the era of ability users civilization."
Zero emphasized: "But don't underestimate the technological civilization of the Pope's hall because of this. Both Captain Franklin and Ulsen, the leader who died in the battle of Istana, possessed high-level power, and according to Mr. Franklin, at that time Sauron Driving a large mecha to fight against two. The final result is that Wu Ersen was killed and Franklin was seriously injured. From this, it can be seen that the high-level mechas in the Pope's Hall are actually comparable to, or even surpassing, the strength of ordinary high-level mechas!"
"And our opponent is such a technological kingdom! The irony is that such a cutting-edge mecha civilization has been developed, but this kingdom believes in theocracy, so I have to say that this is really a deformed country." Ling shook his head. .
After summarizing the general situation of the Western Continent, Zero clapped his hands and said: "The basic situation is like this, and we need to collect more information to find out. Then, let's talk freely. In IS Now that the Tower is no longer able to cooperate, please tell us how we will intervene in the dispute in the Western Continent."
After Zero finished speaking, Leah pondered: "In the past few days, I have roughly learned from the conversations with Sister Cinderella that the pirates in the Western Continent were originally composed of people who did not want to be oppressed by Sauron. At the beginning, the pirates plundered Basically, they are military merchant ships that travel between the city of Rome and the colonial island. It is only now that some of the newer pirates have become whatever they want. The civilians who started it belonged to a group that was completely unrestrained."
"I was thinking, if Ishtar can't cooperate, can we recruit these pirates and turn them into an army of our own?"
After Liya finished speaking, Su shook her head and said, "I'm afraid it won't work. The original intention of the boss is not to overthrow the Pope Hall and become the master of this continent. I said before that we are outsiders. Even if we can do this, we will Therefore, we were rejected. For the same reason, if these lawless pirates are used, I am afraid that we will only be regarded by others as another larger pirate group."
"Su is right, but Liya's method may not be impossible." Feng smiled and said: "If those guys are unpopular, then let us buy people's hearts. Everyone saw it in the island of yellow sand before." When we arrived, the people on the outer islands lived very hard, and the city of Rome didn't treat them as their own people, and didn't even treat them like civilians on the colonial island. Instead, they were left to fend for themselves. If we show them good, Bringing these people on our warships will naturally blur the perception of being unable to pirate, won't it?"
Driven by these people, the discussion gradually entered into a climax. Everyone rushed to put forward their own suggestions, some of which were indeed naive and immature, but some of them were very pertinent and constructive. Zero kept smiling and didn't say a word, letting the people under him play their role, while he himself silently collected everyone's opinions, corrected them and gradually formed a clear train of thought.
As a superior, leadership styles vary from person to person. In terms of the power structure of this era, most people in power will adopt dictator-like tactics. The advantage of this method is that there is always only one voice, and the disadvantage is the one-sidedness of the strategy. Zero doesn't like this method, but at the moment he doesn't approve of the kind of democracy that puts the decision-making power in the hands of votes.
The former is too arbitrary, while the latter is decentralized. In this era, if one can only choose one of these two methods, then obviously the first one is more suitable. But Zero has his own style, he is more inclined to lead. After screening the opinions of everyone, refer to them and guide them to the direction planned by themselves. In this way, neither will there be a sense of arbitrariness, nor will the entire command system be too bloated and cumbersome because power is too dispersed.
More importantly, everyone below will have a feeling of participating in the orders issued by him after being guided, so they will naturally work harder to implement them. This is an imperial method, and it is also one of the results of Xisi's thorough communication with Zero before he went to the City of Dawn.
After everyone put forward their opinions, Zero stood up and naturally focused everyone's attention on him. He scanned everyone's face and said: "Based on everyone's opinions, I have selected some pertinent and feasible ones, and added some of my own ideas to roughly form a relatively clear plan. This plan will be divided into There are several parts, and the first part is, as Leah said, incorporating the power of pirates. But it doesn’t just refer to those who can’t pirate, but all of them!”
"Yes, just use the rules among pirates. I will challenge the captains of all pirate ships. I want them and make me king!"
There was silence in the meeting room, and Cinderella lowered her head quietly, with a wry smile on her face. She could already foresee that the turbulent undercurrent in this continent was about to boil completely when Zero was born. Just near the Istar that Sauron personally destroyed, his strongest opponent is quietly rising!
No one could predict the future direction of the Western Continent when Zero made this decision.