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Chapter 189 Chip Equipment

Chapter 189 Chip Equipment
After Zhang Tao and Jin Zhong left, Chen Jian was quite pessimistic about the negotiations that would follow.

After all, all your men have come to warn me. Isn't it obvious to everyone what you want to do?
However, the final result was far beyond his expectations.

The so-called "saint" Jin Cheng determined the negotiation location two hours before the deadline, preliminarily prepared the materials needed by Chen Jian, arrived at the venue in advance to wait, and completed the negotiation in an extremely friendly atmosphere.

The process went so smoothly that Chen Jian couldn't even believe it.

The other party agreed to almost all of his resource requirements, with the only objection being that everything could not be delivered at once, but had to be delivered in stages on a monthly basis.

Chen Jian had no way of refutation of such a reasonable request, and in the end, the negotiations were over in less than two hours.

Jincheng even prepared a dinner for all the Huaxia troops, including Chen Jian.

Wine, meat, fruits, vegetables, even candy and other extremely luxurious things in the wasteland were placed on the table. Although after the baptism of canned braised pork and canned yellow peaches, the Chinese army had somewhat "looked down on" these foods, but the extravagance of this banquet still surprised Chen Jian.

Is this really a high-level reception?
What exactly do they want to do?
There were a lot of flattering words and friendly remarks one after another.

For a moment, Chen Jian even doubted whether they had really figured it out.

Especially after seeing the kind and humble smile on Jincheng's face, even if Chen Jian wanted to question or find fault, he didn't know where to start.

“It was indeed our problem before.”

Jin Cheng stood in front of Chen Jian and said respectfully:

"We were caught up in some inexplicable inertia and hostility, which led us to misjudge you."

"Associating you with those brutal, vicious, and inhumane mimetic heretics is the biggest mistake we have ever made."

"Even in the long history of the Adeptus Mechanicus, this is a huge mistake."

"But fortunately, such mistakes were corrected in time."

"Although we lost an entire elite brigade of guards in Huangshi in vain, perhaps it was fate that you saved us in another way."

“I have to say, it’s an amazing story.”

"And our greatest hope is to let such beautiful stories continue."

Hearing his words, Chen Jian nodded slowly.

He almost believed in Jincheng's sincerity.

But the interrogation and counter-interrogation techniques he learned were not in vain.

He was keenly aware that the other party deliberately avoided any remarks related to religion, and such language logic was obviously inconsistent with his identity.

This means that the other party's words must have been carefully designed.

Any carefully crafted speech is naturally unreliable.

Therefore, Chen Jian did not show much enthusiasm. He just said a few perfunctory words and ended the conversation with Jin Cheng.

After waiting and observing for a few minutes, Chen Jian led the team away from the banquet with a feeling of confusion, suspicion and vigilance.

After returning to the manor, Chen Jian immediately established a small-scale electromagnetic shielding, and then, Fuxi's voice sounded in his ears.

"The latest information has been interpreted and archived."

"The credibility of the key target Jincheng has dropped to 24%."

"Commander, the attitude he displayed at the banquet is completely untrustworthy. Please treat it with caution."

"I know."

Chen Jian nodded, then turned to the others and asked:
"What do you think he means?"

Hearing his words, Lei Jie immediately replied:
"Whatever he meant, I was already very uneasy about him behaving like this."

"I think our defense right now is not really impenetrable and if they want to do something against us, they will find a way."

"And it's a method we can't even imagine."

"I suggest you retreat to base 011 as soon as possible and re-establish defense there."

"Jinling City is someone else's territory after all. There are too many uncertainties. Staying here will only increase our risks."

"Anyway, now everything has been basically settled, there's no need for us to stay any longer."

"That's what I mean too."

Shen Yue frowned for a rare moment, then said:
"This kind of smiling tiger is the most terrifying. You never know when he will jump up and bite you."

"Withdraw."

"Leave one or two representatives behind, or let Wang Lizi from the Yuanhuan Chamber of Commerce be our representative to be responsible for the subsequent material transportation. We will withdraw directly and stop getting entangled with them."

As Shen Yue finished speaking, Ji Xing suddenly raised his hand.

Chen Jian nodded at her, and she immediately said:
"I understand your concerns."

"But the question is, if we are worried that the Pope of the Mechanicus will pose a threat to us, why don't we just kill him?"

"I mean, we totally have the ability to do this, right?"

"Moreover, the Zhang Tao who came to visit today has shown obvious tendencies towards apostasy."

“Why can’t we take advantage of this?”

"Killing the Pope, supporting a new person to take the position, and establishing a truly solid cooperative relationship, isn't this the option that truly maximizes benefits?"

".Not really."

Chen Jian sighed, then said:
"It's not that we can't get rid of the Pope and replace him, it's that we can't get rid of the Pope and replace him at this point in time."

"The Adeptus Mechanicus is not the Holy Blood Temple. It is a religious group."

"And the internal closeness and solidarity of religious groups is unpredictable."

"You can't see a potential rebel and assume that everyone in it is a rebel - not to mention, we don't even know if Zhang Tao is acting or not."

"We are not well prepared and our mass base is quite weak."

"If we kill the Pope now, we will end up with a chaotic Jinling City."

"And this city will greatly distract us and affect our cold start plan."

"So, relatively speaking, the most advantageous option is to let Jinling City and the Mechanicus maintain the status quo."

"We will wait until we have the ability to 'take over this city' before we figure out a way to do it."

“And right now, the time is not right.”

"Understood"

Ji Xing nodded suddenly, and then said thoughtfully:

"Now, the brainless believers they have developed have become their strongest wall."

"Who says it's not?"

Chen Jian sighed slowly, then asked:
"What about the others? If everyone agrees, then we'll be ready to withdraw."

"But we can't give up Jinling."

"We need someone to set up a party cell here - to set up a liaison station to make sure our power is there."

"Who will do this job?"

"Let me do it."

He Shuo raised his hand and said:

"I, Zeng Yi, will allocate some more protective equipment to us, so safety won't be a big problem."

"Okay, leave it to you."

Chen Jian nodded, and then said:

"Fuxi, calculate the equipment needed to ensure the minimum safety requirements, increase it by 20% and distribute it."

"Understood. The distribution and marking have been completed. Comrade He Shuo, Comrade Zeng Yi, I wish you all the best."

After Fuxi finished speaking, everyone looked at each other with complicated expressions. This would be the first time that this team would conduct a truly dispersed operation.

At the same time, this is the first time that this spark has emitted flames.

The road to a prairie fire may begin from this moment.

Chen Jian let out a long sigh, then said:
"There are no other opinions."

"It's 11 o'clock now. Tomorrow morning at 6 o'clock, we will leave Jinling City on time and return to Fortification 011."

"Agree?"

"agree!"

At 6 a.m. the next day, according to the original plan, Chen Jian led a large force to evacuate outside the city of Jinling.

When seeing this "huge" team leaving Jinling City, the city's top officials all breathed a sigh of relief.

They knew that this meant that the peace agreement between the two sides had come into effect and their lives were temporarily guaranteed.

In contrast, those people at the bottom of society cannot help but feel regretful.

They may also think that the so-called "Most Holy Eight One" was here to protect them and will always protect them.

But now, they are gone?

No one knows what is going on.

The only thing that could comfort them was that not all the combat machines operated by the machine spirits had left.

They can still be seen on the streets, but in far fewer numbers.

Perhaps, the Most Holy Bayi has more important things to do?

They will come back after they have done those more important things.

So when will they come back and how will they come back?

This question lingered in the minds of ordinary people. At this time, they did not realize how dangerous this "seemingly normal" expectation they had was to the Mechanicus.

As they watched the team led by Chen Jian move away, thunderous cheers of farewell rang out.

Chen Jian, who was sitting on the cat car, looked back and wanted to say something, but finally shut up.

Shen Yue, who was standing by, noticed his expression and asked with a hint of sarcasm:

"You're not going to leave a message? Like, 'Next time we come we'll bring you liberation' or something like that?"

"Come on, do these people know what liberation is?"

Chen Jian shook his head and said:
"There's no need to force things, just let it happen naturally."

“Great things are not said, but done.”

"When our team enters Jinling City again, the Mechanicus will be destroyed."

"However, this matter is still a bit far--let's not talk about this for now. Is the list promised by the Mechanicus in place?"

"It's in place."

Lei Jie on the side replied:
"This is a really good harvest. We can almost say that we have everything we want."

"Food, fuel, metal materials, and even rare metals."

"What the Jiangnan Chamber of Commerce can't get, the Mechanicus can."

"And judging by the samples they provided, they really have quite a few."

"It seems that the Mechanicus's foundation is still there. At least the high-ranking members of the Mechanicus are definitely able to understand more profound knowledge and technology."

"It's just that they haven't passed on this knowledge and technology to the lower levels."

"I can tell."

Chen Jian nodded and said:
“The fact that they can operate and maintain an internal combustion engine speaks volumes.”

"I think their high-level technology reserves should be at the stage of the second industrial revolution."

"That is to say, the potential of this organization has not yet been fully revealed to us. No wonder they can maintain such a large organization in this world and persist for such a long time."

"really."

Reggie agreed:

"Don't underestimate the heroes of the world. Although they can't be considered heroes, we should still be lenient with them."

"According to this logic, the Ring Chamber of Commerce is not simple either."

"I think that group of people might be a group of lunatics who don't know how to make artillery shells but know how to make nuclear bombs."

"By the way, what did they send? What did they find in the ruins of Luzhou?"

"You didn't see it?"

Chen Jian was surprised and said:
"It's right behind, go and see for yourself."

"I've seen it today, and I can only say that it's no wonder those people from the Circle Chamber of Commerce couldn't understand what it was."

"If Fuxi wasn't here, I wouldn't understand it either."

“So high-end?”

Lei Jie jumped off the cat car curiously and climbed onto the electric truck following the team.

Then he opened the cargo hold lid and lifted the top cover of the standardized shipping box.

And when the contents appeared before his eyes, he cried out.

"What the hell is this?!"

"Lithography?!"

"Is this a photolithography machine? No, this doesn't seem to be a photolithography machine."

"But this looks like a chip template. What's the situation?"

Lei Jie sighed in an incoherent and self-contradictory manner, and subconsciously wanted to reach out and touch the equipment inside, but finally pulled his hand back.

He was afraid of damaging the things inside.

Because he knew that this thing was of great value to them now.

If this is really a lithography machine, then combined with other relatively simpler equipment, it would be possible to make chips by hand in the wasteland.

In this way, the goal of intelligent industry can be taken a big step forward!

Lei Jie took a breath of cold air and asked again:
"Fuxi, can you see the device in front of me? Do you know what this is?"

"of course."

Fuxi's voice sounded in the headphones.

"Professor Lei, as you can see, this is indeed a device used to manufacture chips."

"However, this is a rather contradictory device that still has a lot of room for improvement."

"But for our purposes, this equipment is more than adequate."

"Just tell me the result!"

Lei Jie couldn't wait to interrupt Fuxi, and Fuxi immediately stopped the useless introduction and replied briefly:

"To be precise, these are two devices."

“Two pieces of equipment used to make chips.”

"A growth-type chip manufacturing machine based on the vapor deposition method."