The giant corporations that started from Night City

Chapter 379: Farming and Infrastructure Development! Cooperation with Ranger Hyperion!

After hearing Paul's request, Pine was a little surprised. He asked back, "I did contact the Rangers, but what do you want from them?"

"There is no Zerg threat here now, so there is no reason for them to waste manpower to come to the rescue."

Payne didn't understand why the powerful world giant would be concerned about the tiny rangers.

"Just tell them directly that we, the Universal Corporation, are willing to cooperate with them, whether it is to resist the Zerg invasion or to overthrow the Terran Federation and establish a new order."

"As for our strength, you can tell Renault that you can rest assured."

Paul came straight to the point and said that since he wanted to win over the Rangers, he might as well lay out all his chips and details to show that a giant company of this size was definitely more worthy of serving than a small foundation.

Pine first looked at Paul seriously, then lowered his head and thought for a moment, as if he was making an important decision. Then he sighed and said:

"Okay, I'll help you with this. To tell you the truth, I'm actually an underground intelligence agent of the Rangers. I've been lurking in the federal system for three years."

"My code name is Pangolin."

The Rangers are indeed not short of "sponsors" at the moment, but they are very short of core resources, such as a large number of advanced weapons and solid logistical support.

Although the Mobis Foundation can provide some resource assistance to the Rangers, its size is still far less than that of the Universal Corporation.

Even if the Moebius Foundation once helped the Rangers, it cannot stop the Rangers from running towards a better financial sponsor!

When Pine frankly revealed his identity, Paul was a little surprised at first. It turned out that the Ranger's intelligence personnel could be so dormant that even he almost misjudged him.

But soon, Paul nodded calmly and responded: "Okay, I'll trouble you with this matter."

At this moment, Hyperion and other warships have arrived at the abandoned mining area.

The good news is that there are indeed quite a few energy crystal veins and high-energy gas vents here.

But the bad news is that a small group of Zerg troops have occupied this place and are constantly mining high-energy gas and crystal mines.

When Paul saw this scene from the Hyperion, he couldn't help but frown. The Protoss' Golden Fleet didn't check other areas carefully while eliminating insects.

There are still some bugs left here.

"It seems that we have to carefully search all the planets in this star system and completely wipe out the Zerg."

After that, Paul reported the situation here to the flagship headquarters. After obtaining permission from David Martinez, the Hyperion prepared to release the Scorpion virus.

Fortunately, the insect nest on this planet had obviously just been built, and apart from high-energy gas, there was not much life essence that could be absorbed.

Therefore, the Zerg troops here are not to be feared. In order to eliminate the troublesome bugs below as soon as possible, the AI ​​carrier-based aircraft was dispatched and quickly dropped a certain amount of Scorpion Tailed Lion virus spores.

As the black spores swept through the insect swarm like fallen leaves in the autumn wind, many insects were broken into pieces and destroyed before they could react to what was happening.

After watching the entire process of the giant company's efficient pest control, Pine looked at Paul with surprise, as if asking why you didn't use such an advanced pest control tool earlier.

Why send troops under the planet to rescue these survivors?

Isn't this simply a waste of time!

"Our Manticore virus has the ability to identify friend and foe. If we release these spores to the bugs, you will be killed as well."

Paul shrugged. Under normal circumstances, the world's giant companies do not often use Scorpion Tailed Lion virus spores. After all, it is quite troublesome to enter the genetic data of the giant companies' combat personnel.

"Is this the confidence that the Universal Corporation has gained in conquering so many universes?" This trip was an eye-opener for Pine. Even if the Terran Federation came, it would never be a match for the Universal Corporation.

Even the Zerg and the Terran Federation combined are not enough for the giant corporation to deal with!
He couldn't understand why such a big-name civilization with a maximum level would want to come to their small fish pond to fry fish. Is this fun?

"Strictly speaking, this is just one of our regular weapons."

Paul did not make this clear.

The most common attack method used by the giant corporations in the universe is still the main gun bombardment of the fleet. Large-scale killing weapons such as neutron annihilation, falling star spear, and scorpion tail lion virus are only aimed at individual targets.

Especially after the giant corporation created the giant structure [Burning Heaven Divine Weapon], the frequency of the use of large-scale lethal weapons by the giant corporation of the universe has become lower.

The deterrent effect of not shooting is actually greater than that of shooting. Once the shooting is done, there is no turning back. The species must be completely exterminated to ensure sufficient deterrence.

After the Scorpion Tail Virus completely decomposed the fungal carpet on the ground, the giant company sent troops to recover the virus spores while letting the engineering department's AI robots take over the mining task.

After confirming that there were no remaining insects, Paul turned to look at Pine and instructed him again:
"The task of contacting the Rangers is now given to you. This matter is very important to us. If you need anything, you can always ask for it. We will do our best to help you."

It would definitely save more time and cost to support an existing puppet force than to build a new one from scratch.

The Rangers are doomed to fail, even if the Mobis Foundation comes.

After explaining the task, Paul walked out of the room, turned around and went to the bridge headquarters, and asked Ding Jialin who was performing a patrol mission below:

"What's the situation here? Don't tell me there are still some damn bugs that haven't been dealt with."

Ding Jialin smiled and said, "Don't worry, the fungal blanket on this asteroid has been completely destroyed, and the landing team did not find any remaining bugs."

"How many energy crystals and high-energy gases are left now?" Paul asked.

"According to the preliminary detection of the scanner, the mineral veins and gas resources here are almost exhausted. If we want to mine more, we can only continue to dig deeper underground."

"It is estimated that less than 30% of the total amount remains."

After listening to Ding Jarin's report, Paul breathed a sigh of relief. This amount was not small for a planet whose resources were about to run out.

Although mining is more difficult than directly collecting along the veins, for giant companies that have moved mountains and filled the sea and done planet-level engineering projects, it is not difficult to dig out resources deep underground.

Even if we dig through the entire center of the earth, it wouldn't be difficult.

"Let's start digging as soon as possible. Energy crystals and high-energy gas are the funds for our next operation. Gold, silver and treasures won't work here."

Paul didn't expect to bring much energy help to the giant company with this amount of crystal and gas. What he needed most was some resources to bribe people to help him with the work.

Of course, energy crystals and high-energy gas are also one of the targets of competition among the world's giant companies.

In the "StarCraft" universe, the three species of civilizations, humans, Zerg, and Protoss, basically developed by relying on energy crystals and high-energy gas.

As long as they controlled the vast majority of crystals and gases, they would be able to curb the development momentum of the three forces and block the other party's civilization development progress.

Even if we develop new energy sources and change the industrial system, it is impossible to do it without a gradual change process!
At this time, Li Ang, who was far away at the headquarters of the Wanjie Base, was watching the engineering team on the front line begin to dig into the planetary mines and seize the resources therein.

Although the world giant currently only controls a small, depleted mining area, this is the first step in the giant's external expansion.

All things are difficult at the beginning. As long as we can gain a firm foothold here, it will be much simpler and easier to cooperate with and confront the three forces of the Terran Federation, the Zerg, and the Protoss.

"Paul has made a great contribution this time. If he hadn't insisted on leading the team to rescue people, our expeditionary force might still be wandering in this universe."

Secretary General Lucy could see that Leon admired Paul, so she said this in line with his wishes.

Li Ang smiled calmly. The huge number of talented people in Global Giant Corporation was the basis for his rapid expansion of territory and power. Judging from Paul's performance, he had the potential to succeed V!
"Boss, do you think Jim Raynor will choose to join our camp?" asked Morgan Blackhand.

Judging from Renault's information, he has served as a law enforcement officer and militia captain, and can be regarded as a top military and political figure in a small place.

However, due to Mengsk's various inhumane actions, he decided to rebel against the Terran Federation, determined to overthrow the Federation and establish a new political organization.

It is not easy to recruit a character like this who has political experience and has ideas of rebellion.

In the "Star Wars" universe, if the leader of the resistance, Saw Gerrera, was not too old and unable to stand up, it would probably not be so easy for him to cooperate with the giant corporation.

The ranger leader Jim Raynor is in his prime here, and if he extends an olive branch to the other party when she is already taken, it may not be accepted by the other party.

Who knows whether the giant enterprise might be an ambush set by the Earth Union or the Terran Federation.

"Whether he accepts or not will not affect our plan. All we want is to support the Rangers and use this golden signboard to make things easier."

"As for who is the leader of the Rangers, it doesn't matter."

Leon had already made plans for the worst. If Jim Raynor refused to obey, he would not tolerate him. He would only kill him and replace him with someone else.

Since the local federal people only believe that the Rangers are their saviors, they have to find a way to control the Rangers organization, either by impersonating or replacing them.

It doesn't matter even if you only use this shell.

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At this moment, the engineering team of the Universal Corporation has started construction. In order to dig deep into the mineral veins and gas, they brought dozens of giant worm Transformers. This type of worm-shaped Transformer is called the Drill Beast, which belongs to the Decepticon camp and can easily dig through the ground and even cut off a 100-meter building in half.

Such a treasure on a construction site should be used for construction. Using it in a war would be a waste of time and would be less practical than a few rounds of bombing.

Nowadays, the super shield machine of the world's giant enterprises is this drilling beast. They are basically used in digging minerals and carrying out demolition.

"Excavation!"

Following the order from the captain of the overseer team, dozens of huge mechanical worms immediately drilled deep into the underground of the asteroid.

These Transformers, which resemble sandworms, open and close their serrated fangs, chewing up the hard rocks in front of them and swallowing them like worms drilling into fruit.

With the help of these drilling beasts, the giant company's engineering team quickly opened a tunnel that led directly to the underground mine and deployed a suitable mining operation space.

Over the years, the largest expenditure of manpower and material resources by the world's giant companies has not been on war and destruction, but on large-scale infrastructure projects.

Farming, development, and infrastructure are three elements that have long been ingrained into Li Ang's soul. Under Li Ang's leadership, the engineering team of the giant company has already mastered various underground operations.

Before long, an underground mine was established inside the asteroid, and a steady supply of energy crystals and high-energy gas were transported to the Hyperion through pipelines.

Just as the giant enterprise's engineering team was successfully carrying out the mining mission, Pine also successfully contacted the Rangers.

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When Jim Raynor's face appeared on the holographic screen, the Hyperion quickly captured the source of the other party's communication signal.

[Paine, I didn't expect you to be alive. I heard that place had been burned to glass. By the time we received your message, it was too late.]

When Renault saw Pine, he was surprised for the first time, then felt deeply guilty, and then was delighted. No matter what, at least Pine was still alive.

"I guess I'm lucky. I encountered a human force with strong military power here, but their existence is far beyond our imagination."

Pine did not forget the task assigned to him by Paul, and he immediately drew Renault's attention to the global giant.

[Really? They can't be the people from the United Earth Council. The solar system is far away from here. Why are they here? ]

Jim Raynor's first reaction was to think of the Earth Union. In fact, he had thought about cooperating with the Earth Union to fight against the Terran Federation.

After all, in terms of blood and roots, the Earth Union is the orthodox human race. If they surrender and join the Earth Union, it can be regarded as returning to their roots.

But now the Earth Union's xenophobia is not only directed at alien species. Even humans who are cloned, genetically modified, and have prosthetic implants will be rejected by the Earth Union government.

In the Terran Federation, psychic power has long been an integral part of the human armed forces, and ghost agents are standard psychic warriors.

There are also humans among their rangers who use psychic powers or have psychic talents, but the Earth Alliance will not sincerely accept them.

"No, they are the Cosmos Corporation, a super civilization that spans the multiverse. Their executives have led humanity to conquer multiple universes. And now, they have come here."

"Reno, I know it's hard for you to believe this, but they did save me and the survivors of the colony here, so I can live to talk to you."

Pine did his best to describe to Renault the global giant in his mind. Of course, he would also restrain his inner excitement a little.

Otherwise it would look like he had entered a pyramid scheme. Pine didn't want to make himself look so exaggerated or funny, as long as he could express the information truthfully.

As expected, Pine's words aroused Renault's interest. Although he did not immediately believe the other party's words, he still smiled and responded jokingly:

"Paine, in the entire Koprulu sector, apart from us, no one cares about the lives of the people in the remote colonies. If it weren't for the signal source positioning on your side, I would have thought you had already fled to Korhal."

Faced with such outrageous words, Jim Raynor would of course think that Pine had been turned against by the Terran Federation and deliberately came back to lure him into a trap.

But after confirming that Pine's current location was not in the Terran capital of Korhal, Raynor did not hang up the conversation. Instead, he continued to communicate with Pine patiently to see what tricks he wanted to play.

"I know it's hard for you to believe this. I'll send you some video footage now. You can decide whether to come after you watch it."

"They want to cooperate with the Rangers. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. It's also our only chance to succeed in the revolution. If we miss it, there will be no chance again!"

After Pine finished speaking, he immediately passed the information he had prepared to the other party, including videos of the exchange of fire between the Universal Corporation's troops and the Zerg, footage of the Manticore virus exterminating insects, and scenes of the mining of crystal ore and gas.

Nearly half an hour later, Jim Raynor confirmed again and again that there was no sign of fraud in the video, and then he responded: "I understand. I will seriously consider it."

After he finished speaking, Renault hung up the video call.

The entire conversation between the two took place under Paul's watch. At first, Paul thought they would have to wait a few more days before getting any news.

But only six hours after the call, the Universal Corporation detected traces of a battleship on the outskirts of this star system.

Paul, who was in charge of the contact task, breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, Renault was invited. If the giant company took the initiative to call, the scene would not be good.

The task of receiving the Rangers this time naturally fell on Paul's head. David Martinez, the commander of the flagship headquarters, would certainly not easily meet with a rebel leader.

Not to mention Li Ang, the CEO of the giant company at the Wanjie Base headquarters, and other senior executives of the giant company.

Soon after, a battlecruiser slowly moored above the Enterprise's front-line base. It was the Rangers' flagship, the Hyperion.

The Hyperion is actually the Hyperion, an ordinary troop transport boat of the Universal Corporation. For the Rangers, it is the only "big treasure" they can show off.

The biggest feature of the Hyperion is that it has a hammerhead shark-like bulge at the front and the main gun installation in the middle that runs through the entire hull.

However, unlike the Hyperion of the Megacorp, the Ranger's Hyperion is also equipped with heavy laser cannon arrays on both sides of the battleship in order to maximize its power.

The point defense kinetic cannons deployed throughout the ship, coupled with the super alloy armor with a thickness of nearly 20 meters, make the Hyperion look more like a space fortress.

The giant company's Hyperion has undergone more modifications to its internal space in order to be able to carry more combat units and various combat equipment.

For giant companies, this type of battleship is more like a troop transport than a warship capable of carrying firepower attacks.

So when the Rangers saw the Hyperion of the Enterprise, they did not think that the models of the battleships of both sides were very similar.

"Your flagship is quite special. I wonder if it can escape if it encounters a Protoss or Zerg fleet."

Looking at the almost bloated Hyperion slowly descending, Paul couldn't help but half-jokingly say.

Pine shrugged and responded helplessly: "There's nothing we can do. This is our base camp and headquarters. In order to create more capacity, we can only sacrifice some aesthetic design and speed."

In fact, the Ranger's Hyperion was purchased by Raynor from Mengsk for free.

When Raynor decided to rebel, he led his trusted troops to seize Mengsk's flagship, which made Mengsk so angry that he issued a series of bounties for Raynor's head.

Since the Zerg invasion, in order to attract more talents and accept more interstellar refugees, the Hyperion has been converted into this multi-functional fortress.

When the Hyperion landed on the front-line base planet, a middle-aged man in gray power armor walked out of the cabin. There was a white skull pattern printed on his armored helmet.

As the power armor helmet unfolded, Jim Raynor's resolute and determined face appeared in front of Paul and others.

"Thank you for everything you have done for the civilians here. I am Jim Raynor, the leader of the Rangers!"

Renault extended his hand to Paul, and after the two shook hands, they began their formal cooperation and communication.

But to be on the safe side, Renault asked Paul to enter their Hyperion to discuss cooperation matters.

In response to this, Paul nodded calmly and accepted it. Since Jim Raynor had the guts to come to the front-line base of the giant enterprise in person, then he personally going to the Rangers' territory could be regarded as a response.

You can't let the other party laugh at you and think that people from big companies are timid.

After turning on the first-person perspective sharing so that the senior executives at the headquarters could see the situation here, Paul followed Renault all the way into the depths of the Hyperion.

Seeing that Paul came on board alone without any bodyguards or escorts, Renault couldn't help but look up to him in his heart. He asked curiously:

"Are you so confident in following me? Aren't you afraid that we will suspect that you are from the Terran Federation?"

Jim Raynor said this, but he had already believed what Pine said in his heart. After all, on the way here, he saw the giant ships and cannons of the giant enterprise and various mobile celestial-class battleships with his own eyes.

As a senior military officer who had served in the Terran Federation system, Renault dared to guarantee that these things would never appear in the Federation's troops.

Although he could not be sure whether the Universal Corporation was a force of the Earth Federation, he was certain that the boss behind the corporation would definitely not be the Terran Federation.

Paul chuckled calmly, "If you really suspected that we were from the Terran Federation, you wouldn't have come here. Since you're here, it means you want to cooperate with us."

As he finished speaking, Paul observed the surroundings of the Hyperion, the nervous Rangers, the nervous and awkward civilians who saw strangers, the dirty kids running around...

What Pine said was indeed true. The Hyperion was not so much a military battleship as it was a utopia composed of civilians.

Although the living conditions here are a bit difficult, they can unite here and feel the close-knit family atmosphere, instead of being persecuted by the evil Terran Federation.

(End of this chapter)