National Juggernaut

Chapter 690: An Interrupted Development Opportunity

Chapter 690: An Interrupted Development Opportunity

War never waits for you to be ready.

".I see, we will send people to fight. Don't worry, we are not fools, and we will not miss the best opportunity. Isn't staying power at this time to cause trouble for ourselves?"

The communication with other legions is quite smooth. The rules of this world determine the lower limit of everyone's awareness. It doesn't matter how you usually behave, but if you lag behind in the survival war, you will be regarded as an untrustworthy and unreliable "heterogeneous" ".

In the environment of cruel competition for survival, being a different kind is not unconventional, but equal to the slow death of becoming an "exile".

No one will punish you, and no one will rescue you. When you cut yourself off from the group, you will naturally disappear into the boundless world.

Rules, or "rules", always exist. When a warband is independent from the world, no one will kindly teach you to follow the rules.

Zheng Li put down the communication equipment and sighed helplessly. Some things really cannot be avoided.

"Don't worry, since that unlucky god wants to die, let's send him where he should go."

".I'm just annoyed that our current plan has been disrupted. Our scheduled assembly location is the second-line camp, about 20 days later, which means we can only stay here for a maximum of ten days, and many of our plans have just been rolled out."

It wasn't the war itself that gave Zheng Li a headache. The three-year journey had made him used to going from one battlefield to another.

"It's not that there are no good things at all. This time, we can test the strength of our new partners."

Song Ying pointed out the window, where the horsemen were practicing throwing javelins, which was their traditional skill.

"Boom!"

There was a loud noise, and the hall on the third floor shook slightly. The target and the surrounding land had become scorched earth.

The enlightened horse people have received military training, and as the best test products of "ancient inheritance", they are the most suitable heirs, and they have obtained most of the starlight inheritance.

But in fact, their progress is quite fast, as if these things have been lodged in the flesh and blood, and the best of them have been able to accumulate the Starlight Spear, which can cause a range explosion with one activation.

Judging from the current effect, the power is quite good, but the consumption is a bit high.

"...As expected of a descendant of the ancient gods, you can achieve this level just after awakening your ability."

"The premise of being able to 'reproduce' with 'limbs' is that the limbs themselves are independent and contain most of the inheritance information of the ethnic group. This is a kind of natural spiritual creature, and the body and soul are united from birth to birth. Existence, the potential will not be lower than the spiritual race."

Glancing at the horseman below, Song Ying took a sip of her coffee without much interest, and yawned a little tiredly. Her laboratory had already had so many experimental products that there was no room for them, so she had no interest at all.

Her recent key topic is actually the hybrid of the psychic race and the centaur, a creature with a strong mind and a creature with a strong body (spirit and flesh), which look like a natural pair.

It's just that her benefactor, Team Leader Zheng, always asks her to devote her energy to the research and development of useless "applied technologies". The tedious and uninteresting trial and error process does not appreciate the hard work and fun of developers at all.

"How about the prosthetic? Last time it was version V17? Didn't you say that the somatic cells of the centaur are very helpful to your artificial prosthetic technology? How is the situation?"

"Did I say that? Oh oh oh, cheating funding. That's what I said when I applied for funding. Don't look at me like that, you are also a researcher, know that I didn't fool you, this is true, at least until the results are out , you just listen carefully."

Hearing this, Zheng Li didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Of course he knew it was true, but for these researchers, his own interests and goals were the key points, and the results and economic value were just incidental.

"...It seems that I am too generous to you, I should let you work harder, and taste what it is like to earn your own research expenses."

As a boss, Zheng Li also feels that he is sometimes taken too seriously. If project management and funding review are strengthened, the life of the R&D department will probably not be so easy.

"Forgive me, Boss, we must work hard and help you get out the V20 version as soon as possible. Is it called a military exoskeleton? It is obviously the same thing as a prosthetic limb. If you have to create a different project name, everyone says you are the only one. He is a master at defrauding funds”

Zheng Li was a little speechless, and rubbed his nose to recognize it.

These things are actually not easy to explain. For most people in this era, "prosthetic limbs" are configurations that make up for the shortcomings of fighters, or supplements to a few "multi-armed sword masters".

But for those who have experienced the iron age, Zheng Li certainly knows how practical the "enhanced exoskeleton" is. It is not only the defense that is improved, but the substantial increase in basic attributes and the reduction in the consumption of combat stamina. The improvement of a fighter is all-round.

Although the master of the sword in this era is a superman, no one will refuse the additional basic attributes, but if it only stays at this level, the willingness to pay will not be too high.

"...Well, is there any sign of success for the Thor series?"

"No, it's stuck on the artificial power generating organ. It's not that the current technology can't do it, but the cost after it is done. Unless you are willing to revise the original 'consumable' positioning and greatly increase the expected selling price."

"That can't be done. If the price is too high, we can't get the market at all. We only have two target groups. One is newcomers who are hesitant about their own routes, and the other is veterans who need elemental power support at special moments. The former has no money, and the latter Those who don’t want to spend more money on spare parts.”

The "artificial prosthetics" of Thor, Fengshen, and Vulcan systems are the most recent key promotion projects of the R&D Department of the Peace Corps.

It is still an external artificial exoskeleton, but compared with the previous models, their basic attributes are relatively low. The advantage is that they can be used as artificial elements to control organs and perform external element control behaviors.

As Zheng Li said, this kind of thing is a successful research and development. Due to its external nature, it cannot be included in the sword master's psionic network, and it is destined to be just a consumable.

But for newcomers, it is an irresistible temptation to try to control the elements before obtaining the (expensive, high-fee) artificial psionic organs for element control, and it is a long-term investment that is even worth borrowing.

After all, most of the artificial organs that can control the elements are built-in in the body. Even in the "preset" stage, they often have long-term effects on the body. Once you find that your attributes are inappropriate and your talents are asymmetrical, you will have to pay a huge amount. cost.

Artificial psionic organs will evolve and grow after the preset stage is released. Many people invest in relatively low-cost artificial organs for the first time, and they will have to pay a greater price during this evolution, which may even become a weakness and a bottomless pit in their careers .

This is quite common among middle-level sword masters. After all, many people try to control the elements just with the mentality of trying, and then find that they really have the talent in this area. They can try to transform into elemental masters, but the "cheap goods" are already I can't refund it anymore. The extra money and blood and sweat I paid in middle age are all the impulse and water in my head when I was young.

If you can try the elemental power in advance and determine your talent without much cost, then even if you spend a little more money, it is completely acceptable.

Newcomers may not have much money, but as strategic materials to improve the overall combat power of the ethnic group, there must be quite a few big forces, big companies, and big cities that will collectively purchase them. As long as the price is right, this is a long-term deal.

As for using it as a backup tool for controlling the elements. Isn't all kinds of throwable magic swords, magic arrows, and chainsaws delicious? Zheng Li feels that it is difficult for him to beat those mature products in terms of cost.

"Let's intensify research and development, among other things, just a few hundred people in our Peace Corps take turns to equip for a period of time, let some of them dig out their own talent for controlling elements, and our combat power can grow a bit."

Along the way, in the "prosthetic limb" project, Zheng Li's investment is almost endless, but he has not seen commercial returns for a long time.

But invention, research and development, and opening up new roads are things like this. People who travel hundreds of miles will never see rewards until the end, and you don’t even know how far you are from the treasure, or the treasure is already in your hands. In your hand, it's just that you were blind and didn't notice it.

What Zheng Li valued was the high extensibility of the artificial prosthetic limbs. It was originally a sword master system built by an artificial psionic network similar to bioengineering. description, and finally determined the route.

Along the way, Song Ying's abilities, the treasures she obtained from the Battle of Double Autumn, the genes of the spiritual race, and the natural abilities of the centaur race all supported and helped this "project" in various aspects, coupled with the intervention of the master craftsman , the recent progress of research and development has been a bit fast, and it is no wonder that Zheng Li's request is really a bit floating.

"By the way, the local Beastmasters and Ten Thousand Beasts don't have clear psychic organs, but they can control lightning and use supernatural powers. Perhaps, they can also be used as research materials."

Song Ying made a request, and Zheng Li nodded, knowing it.

This is also one of the reasons why they attach so much importance to stationing in the world. The Peace Corps has developed to this point, and it has reached a bottleneck in three years after going the distance of others in 20 years.

Give them a world and abundant resources, and then give them a certain amount of time to develop steadily, and the Peace Corps will naturally complete all aspects of improvement.

As a comprehensive battle group, an emerging battle group with its own technology, combat power, research and development, and newcomer training, as long as Zheng Li is given a little space and time for development, he is sure to create a super group.

"... Hunting Beast King and King Beast will become a long-term task. Both the production line and your R&D department need more materials and research materials, but these days, the hunting team must rest."

At most one or two weeks, the core combat forces of the Peace Corps will go out to support the front line. At this time, it is unacceptable to consume combat power.

"By the way, have you notified the neighbor?"

"I have been notified, and they will definitely go too, but their situation is different from ours, so don't expect too much. But from another perspective, it is also possible for the whole group to set off."

As a member of the joint mission, Wei Erye and the others also applied to become the garrison battle group. Some of them chose this world (weaker battle group), and the other part, such as Wei Erye and the others, chose the nearby world. Garrison area.

This is the "firewall" that forms the war, and at the same time, it is also the division of the territory, giving the young bigwigs enough room for development. If someone loses the chain, it is also convenient to identify and replace them.

On Zheng Li's side, the frontline camps were easily settled, and when they even vaguely started to expand the wasteland, they also confirmed that there was no need for more manpower here, and they set off to do their own things.

Wei Erye, the farthest one, seems to be stationed in a nearby desert world, and has purchased water supplies several times from his own side. If he can't find a local water source within half a year, he may give up that area.

But now, with the tide of war coming, it's okay to say that the pressure on Zheng Li's end is not great, but the pressure on the other side that has just started to open up the wasteland is quite heavy.

Some people haven’t settled their camps yet, some are still struggling with the cruel natural environment, and some are even worse. As a whole, they are struggling with their own accounts, dancing between bankruptcy and deficit.

At this time, let alone participating in the war, just an extra expedition without pay can make some of them go bankrupt directly.

"Some people will rush over, join us and go to the front line together, which can be regarded as looting cars. Their carts may have to stay in the local area for guarding, and they can send active combat forces to work, which is considered a good job."

The loss rate of a rookie sword master within three years of his debut exceeds the sum of the next ten years. The new garrison regiment is also on the same path. Everyone has ambitions, but the ability to turn ambitions into reality is quite rare.

Judging from the gossip, in just a week or two, some battle groups have retreated, and some even disbanded on the spot and really lost the resources and support of the "big city", and dealt with everything outside alone. Talent finds itself never ready.

In fact, Zheng Li had some expectations for them. After all, they have developed and can become a barrier to the world, and they can also digest their excess production capacity.

But judging from the current situation, without a half-year stable development period, they can't even manage their own territory. Without enough food, water, and arms support, the price purchased directly from the rear is considered fair, and the unusually expensive freight in this century , will also bring them close to bankruptcy.

"It seems that even if they are on the front line, they can no longer be expected."

Not having expectations for the allies, or even always planning for the worst, may be one of the reasons why Zheng Li has developed all the way to this point.

But now, he is also busy, just making preparations before the war, and the great development of the rear after the resettlement, he has painstakingly worked hard.

(End of this chapter)