In the laboratory, Ji Ya smiled when she saw the information sent by the brain, and said, "Boss, you really know how to think." Then she left the laboratory directly and came to the command room. Ling was a little surprised, Ji Yaming who pushed the door to enter was obviously just an ordinary ability user, but at this moment the aura was enough to stand shoulder to shoulder with a high-ranking person. Dr. Ji Ya's eyes lit up and said: "Mass production of the eighth stage is indeed a crazy idea, but I like it. But these things are not enough to support this level of development, I need a whole set of biological modulation system and assistants! Give me enough resources, and I'll give you an army!"
"I will find a way." Zero nodded.
A messenger ran in and said, "Report, Master Oran of Istar is here."
"Oh, it came so fast." This is another place that surprised zero.
Ji Ya went down knowingly and interestingly, and before leaving, she did not forget to remind Ling about what she needed. A moment later, Oran was led by the soldiers to the command room. The watchman of Ishtar still looked like an office girl. She entered the room alone, and when the soldiers closed the door, there were only her and Zero in the room.
Zero and Oran shook hands to show their friendship. 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 would be in Canon Fortress. Master Zero, I can't Not to mention, you are indeed a person who brings miracles."
"It's just good luck." Zero showed a perfect smile, pointed at the front of the fortress in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows, and said, "Look at the city wall components we are replacing now. These things were supposed to be used to upgrade the fortress next year. In the pope's hall It’s not all useless people, they also noticed that Canon’s defense system has not kept up with the changes of the times. If we don’t attack now, then we are facing a real steel fortress.”
"Luck is also a kind of strength, and when you kill Canon at this time, the timing is very accurate." Oran straightened his body slightly, and said: "According to the information we have obtained, Sauron is already mobilizing the army. Prepare to fight over. However, from the mobilization and assembly of the army, to the allocation of various materials and logistics, by the time they arrive across this blood-stained road, it may already be winter. Winter, in this season In terms of climate, it should be more favorable for you.”
"Perhaps." Zero looked at Oran, trying to see something from this beauty. A piece of information that Oran seemed to say casually contained many meanings in it. The counterattack of the Pope's Hall is not surprising, but what is surprising is that Oran has such a precise grasp of their movements and timing, so it is certain that the person standing behind Istar, or that organization should be in the Pope's Hall Otherwise, how could such accurate information flow out.
"Okay, don't look at me like that. The lord who funded us is a big shot in the Pope's hall. He has already seen the premise of cooperation between the two parties for you to take down Istar in such a short period of time. It's a month later, and sooner." In ten days, he will secretly come to have a detailed talk with you." Oran smiled.
Zero frowned, and said, "One month later? This is not the right time. If the lord arrives just in time for the counterattack of the Pope's Hall, I can't guarantee his safety."
"Don't worry, it will take two months at the earliest for the Pope's Hall to arrive here. The time just now is only theoretical, but in reality, people will always have such and such accidents, right?" Oran said quite meaningfully.
Zero showed a relieved expression: "Are you also planning to participate?"
Now it was Oran's turn to be surprised, she sighed softly: "Master Zero, I am very glad that we are friends and not enemies. Otherwise we will be very distressed, yes, we have entered the mainland secretly. Soon, Jie Xi will cause some troubles for the Vatican. Since they want to transfer from the army, then we don't care about leaving such a delicious cake, don't we?"
"I can predict that Sauron will probably be furious." Zero smiled lightly.
"I'd love to see it with my own eyes, but I can't," Oran said.
Zero shook his head, and said: "There will be a day when we enter the city of Rome, you can slowly appreciate it."
It seemed to be a joke, but from this sentence, Leo Lan heard a flat but unquestionable confidence. Oran's sign, and it took a while to return to normal. She lowered her head to hide the unnatural expression that flitted across her face. When she looked up again, she was still the same Oran. Ke Ling kept all this in his eyes, and he sighed inwardly. Although standing on the opposite side of the Pope's Hall, Oran and the others didn't have enough confidence to attack the city of Rome in the face of a behemoth like the city of Rome. Especially after Ursen's death, if it wasn't for his arrival, if he hadn't won two beautiful battles in succession, the Istar rebels might have found a place to hide. As for the day when the courage will be regained and come out to confront the city of Rome, no one knows.
"The business is over, let's talk about the deal now." Oran showed a charming smile. At this moment, she was no longer the Big Three of Ista, but more like a shrewd businesswoman.
Zero was also taken aback. To be honest, Oran is much more charming now than when we met on Istar. It seems that when it comes to transactions, her whole body will shine. Laughing in his heart, he nodded and said, "I'm extremely happy. I just happen to have a batch of things here that I want to exchange for money or equipment as soon as possible."
In the following afternoon, Zero and Oran fought a life-and-death battle over the resources and price of the transaction, and finally achieved a relatively satisfactory result.
The main resource that Zero took out was the nearly 100 tons of crude oil, which had limited effect in Zero's hands. But Istar can directly use it in his secret factory, so Oran won it at a price slightly higher than the market price, 550,000 gold coins. The extra 50,000 is a small amount of money for subsidizing zero.
Originally, Oran thought that the most tempting thing for Zero to take out was crude oil, but in fact it was the same. In the list listed next, everything from the special machine guns for paladin mechas to the cloud iron produced in the Eternal Mountains and the iron wood of the Emerald Forest are common goods. But in total, it was about 300,000 gold coins.
But when Zero threw out the parts of the Griffin Rider and the outer mech of the Sky Angel, Oran was really taken aback. Only then did she know that these things came from the military base in Tucson Town. Oran and the others had investigated that military base before, and there was indeed an arsenal in it, but the information Ista got was that they mainly produced various firearms and ammunition. For the needs of Canon Fortress.
Unexpectedly, that arsenal also secretly produced parts for Griffin Riders, and there were quite a few of them. As for the outer mechas of the Sky Angels, it was an unexpected accident. Istar knew that the Pope's Hall was conducting research on these four generations of mechas, but he didn't expect that they could already be mass-produced on a small scale. Whether it is scientific and technological information or strategic intelligence, the significance of these outer mechs is not simple.
Even though what Tucson produced were only components of the Griffin Rider, they were no strangers to this kind of mech Istar. In the secret factories of Istar, the structure of the Griffin Rider has long been researched and analyzed. Oran took all the parts of the Griffin Rider without hesitation. After taking these things back, as long as he assembles and installs the control system by himself, it means that Istar also has its own Griffin Rider.
Oran, the outer mecha of those Sky Angels, did not let go. From the outer mecha, Istar can reversely interpret the production process of these mechas, and thus infer the performance of some Sky Angels. This will play a huge role in the future research on the countermeasures against the Sky Angel, not to mention that these outer mechs are light and thin, and with proper processing, they can also be made into excellent tactical armor.
So these two parts were bought by Oran at a price of 1.3 million. Zero was also surprised by the price far exceeding crude oil, and then he said that the arsenal in Tucson could continue to produce these two things, as long as there were raw materials. Auran immediately stated that they can provide raw materials, but the purchase price of the Griffin Rider in the future can only be traded at 70% of this purchase. As for the outer mecha of Sky Angel, after their technical team researches to confirm whether it is necessary to notify Zero again, Zero agrees.
Next, Zero also got orders for next month's crude oil and Griffin Knight parts. With this order alone, Zero next month's finances will be able to get no less than 1 million in revenue. And Oran can pay a deposit of 200,000 yuan for this, so after summarizing, 2.35 million yuan will be credited in one afternoon. But soon, most of the money flowed into Oran's pocket.
Oran just dropped a brain to Zero, which listed a list of equipment available for trade. On this list, Zero sees a lot of decently powerful and affordable weapons. And these things were not mentioned in Oran in the House of Sea last time. From this, it can be seen that Istar's cooperation was only a tentative cooperation at that time, and it is only now that Ista has really opened up some truly powerful equipment to him.
Istar has been established for more than ten years now, and although they cannot compete with the Pope's Hall, they have developed extreme force. This force comes from the research on weaponry and equipment. Unlike the Pope's hall, which takes the mecha route with all its strength, Istar pays more attention to the ultimateization of individual equipment. Of course, a soldier cannot fight against a mecha, not even the most backward paladin mecha.
But according to the list on Oran Intellectual Brain, if they are matched properly, then ten soldiers can basically deal with one paladin mecha. The important thing is that the number of soldiers is far greater than that of mechas. Even the most numerous paladin mechas can't make up for this distance.
This is Ishtar's path of resistance.
This time Oran opened up to Zero a lot of weapons list, 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 smaller version of a rotary machine gun. The volume is about the same as an ordinary rifle, but the weight is three times that of the rifle. It's a bit heavy, but not too heavy to carry. It consists of six pocket gun barrels fitted into a metal gun. When the trigger is pulled, the metal gun will move a pocket gun barrel to the chamber at a frequency of one-sixth of a second, and the striker will hit the bullet. The bullet in the chamber is ejected from the barrel.
It only takes one second for the metal disc to complete one revolution. In other words, this pocket-sized six-barreled cannon can fire six bullets in one second. This machine gun does not have particularly strict requirements for bullets, from standard bullets to electric pulse bullets that can interfere with Paladin mechs are all within its scope of use. So in this way, its versatility is greatly improved.
However, the description next to this weapon suggests that their main role is to deal with Griffin Riders. The Griffon Knight is known for its low-altitude cruising ability and high-speed movement. Although the batch of electromagnetic guns purchased from Istar can also pose a threat to the Griffon Knight, the threat is very limited. And because of the advantages of this six-barreled cannon in terms of range and rate of fire, once a firepower network is formed, it will pose a serious threat to the Griffon Knight.
This machine gun is called the Ahn'Qiraj six-tube linkage gun, or Ahn'Qiraj for short. Named after its inventor, the price of each Ahn'Qiraj cannon is 5,000 gold coins, and Zero ordered 50 of them in one go, totaling 250,000 gold coins. Each machine gun comes with an electromagnetic bomb ammunition box, which can be regarded as Istar's support for Zero.
In addition to the 50 ammunition boxes that came with it, Zero asked for another 50 by the way, so another 50,000 gold coins were spent.
Then there is a piece of equipment called Guardian Wrist, which is an energy shield device that can be activated three times a day. Each time it can last for 10 minutes, the activated energy shield will form an energy force field directly in front of the user, which has certain defensive power against ordinary rifles, laser beams, even sniper rifles and abilities below the eighth level. Of course, it is impossible to defend against a large-caliber revolving cannon like a paladin mech, which already exceeds the maximum defense value that the energy shield can provide.
A piece of equipment like this costs 500 gold coins each. The service life is one year, and the built-in high-energy battery can be used one hundred times, which means that if it is used every day, the battery must be replaced after one month. Zero ordered 1,000 sets of this equipment, with a total of 500,000 gold coins. Istar gave an additional two thousand special batteries, so that even if zero soldiers use it every day, it can guarantee uninterrupted use for three months.
The defense of the energy shield is not so heaven-defying, but it is enough for ordinary soldiers to use. It can be stimulated three times a day, each time for 10 minutes, a total of half an hour of use time. If used well, it is enough to save their lives.
Although soldiers are consumables, the functions of a veteran and a recruit are completely different. If possible, Zero doesn't want his army to change blood too frequently. He hopes to train these soldiers through war, so that they can meet each other. As the war intensifies, he will have more and more soldiers. At this time, those veterans who survived the war will be promoted to captains and various officers, and these guards are equipped for these officers.
An experienced officer is definitely worth more than a soldier.
The last thing Zero fancy is a one-time consumable equipment, which Istar named Predator. The Predator takes the form of a bullet that activates and throws when needed. The Predator will split into four components, and a laser grid will be formed between the components. The grid will produce a discharge effect when it covers the target. Once the grid is discharged, the explosive devices inside the four components will activate.
The power of the explosion will be superimposed within a limited range, thus forming a violent blasting impact. According to Istar's experiments, one Predator can bomb two paladin mechs, after all, the coverage of the power grid they stretched reaches an exaggerated 30-meter square. Similarly, if it is a dense array, such a power grid is enough to pull 50 soldiers into hell. This does not count the power bonus after the Predator explodes, but it is not a big problem to blow hundreds of soldiers to pieces.
What's more important is its selling price. Each weapon like this only costs 500 gold coins, which is much cheaper than electromagnetic bombs. And Oran also admitted that the Predator is actually an upgraded version of the electromagnetic bomb, and its applicability is wider, and with the improvement of technology, its cost has been reduced.
A predator like this would cost 1,000 gold coins in one go, a total of 500,000 gold coins.
Calculated in this way, for these three types of equipment alone, Zero spent 1.3 million in one go. As fast as his money came, he spent it just as fast. As for the other equipment listed above by Ishta, they all perform well, but they are only conventional equipment. Zero now owns an arsenal in Tucson, the factory's inventory and production capacity are enough to supply an army of 3,000 people.
Therefore, in terms of conventional equipment, there is not much demand for zero.
After an equipment order was finalized, Zero asked again: "I need two more things, I wonder if you can get them?"
"Just talk." Oran said in a deep voice.
"First of all, I need a biological modulation system and about 20 special assistants. They don't have to be PhD-level talents, but they must have some experience in biological research."
Oran's eyes lit up: "Master Zero, you have great ambitions. You just took down a Canon, and you are already going to get involved in the development of biological weapons?"
"It just so happens that there is such a talent in this area, so I don't want to waste it. How about it, can I get it." Of course, Zero will not disclose Lei Ming's situation.
Olan nodded: "It's a bit difficult, but it's not impossible. Give me half a month. I can only provide the basic biological deployment system, which requires one million gold coins. If you need to upgrade and expand the equipment, you need to pay separately."
"fair enough."
"As for talents, I can find them for you. But you need to discuss the remuneration with them themselves. According to the standards of the Pope's Hall, their monthly salary for an assistant is about 100 gold coins."
"I'll give them 300." Zero raised the price in one breath.
This time it was Oran's turn to nod: "It's fair, after all, it's still a little dangerous to work for you."
"Then the second thing, I need to build a dedicated network that requires myself. I hope that its main function is in the aspect of overall planning and calculation, and the scope of application tends to be logistics registration. The important thing is that it is foreseeable that as the fortress personnel With the expansion, there will be more and more people here. If everyone uses gold coins to settle their salaries, then the circulation of gold coins alone will become very cumbersome."
"I hope that a system can be used to replace the income and expenditure of gold coins, for example, everyone's gold coins can be replaced by fractions. In the fortress, even in the sphere of influence I will control in the future, they can use fractions to trade whatever they need Of course, this kind of points can also be exchanged for gold coins. But a redemption baseline must be set, which can be exchanged above the baseline. Another condition is that they need to leave for more than three months and can no longer provide me with any services , all points can be exchanged for gold coins unconditionally."
"I see. It's a mechanism similar to *." Oran nodded.