Planet of Sand and Oasis of Iron

Chapter 207 206. Isn’t it easy to find a place to sell at a good price?

Seifer stood by the hangar, holding a bowl of fish noodles and fish soup he had prepared earlier as a lunch table in one hand.

Shengnai was sitting on a small bench eating lunch. She was quite curious about what was going on with all the clanging noises - she hadn't had breakfast.

Because even when moving at low speed, the strength of Safe's fighter body is much greater than that of the engineering machine. As soon as he got off the plane, Shengnai covered his mouth in a very indecent manner and left for a while. When he appeared again... his little face was pale.

On the other side, Tien was holding a bowl with noodles in it, looking very happy. She pointed at something that was being pieced together by various cranes and equipment and smiled: "Is this your new toy?"

"It's not complete yet. It's still missing a lot of things. Look, there are parts missing from the crucial suspension system. We have to buy them from somewhere else."

"And our craftsmen worked very slowly, so we had to wait a long, long time..."

Over there, a young girl's unhappy voice came: "Who said that! I've tried my best. This thing doesn't even have an instruction manual. I just installed it based on my own feelings!"

It feels like this... well, the core structure is directly connected to the legs, and then there's an upper body of an alien machine, which hasn't been aligned with the frame yet?

Cypher snapped his fingers, his hand holding the bowl not shaking at all. "I think this is a centaur."

"What's a centaur?" the girl's voice came from above, her tone weary. "Try to be brief and use fewer metaphors."

"It's a legendary creature with the lower half of a horse and the upper half of a human, two hands, four hooves, and a head."

Except for Shengnai who had been to school, most people present were illiterate, so he had to gesture a few times to explain to everyone what this thing looked like.

The green-haired girl hung upside down on the safety rope and thought for a moment: "No wonder the interface is so strange. If it had four legs and two arms, it would be understandable."

"It looks like it has four legs, but it's hard to understand why the upper body, which is the weakest part, is placed in front of the main body... Wait until I put it together for you, and then you can find a way to bring it over. Then we'll see how unique it is."

It's easy to say, but you really didn't mention the spending part at all.

After politely seeing her off, Seifer closed the hangar door and placed the remaining lunch bowl that Seina had already happily finished in Tien's hands.

"In summary, we have to find a way to make some money. Right now, there's fighting going on everywhere in Node City. Only the lower districts can still fight autonomous machines. Everywhere else, we have to compete with mercenaries."

Tien wiped her mouth. "That's not easy. Just go out and hunt. Remember that company you targeted and removed from the list? There are as many companies like these as you want. Catching any one of them is a big deal."

"But the risk is that if the enemy vehicle has enough firepower, I might be in big trouble."

"Then there's nothing we can do. Just go down and steal the meat from the mercenaries. You're not afraid of death anyway, so just grab whatever you want."

At this point, Seifer suddenly remembered, "Oh, by the way, I've been hanging out in Vision for so long. How's the progress of the negotiations with the various companies?"

Things like negotiation progress...

Strictly speaking, we are still in the stage of scrambling for territory. Every company is increasing its own bargaining chips, and transformation agencies are clearly the leaders among them.

As the founders of the city and the actual rulers of some areas, they are familiar with the city structure and can dispatch autonomous machines to help independent mercenaries.

A lot of the colors of the more than 40% occupied by Abian have been painted over, but they have grabbed more - the importance of early investment is thus demonstrated.

Other companies rushed in, leaving aside the number of mercenaries they were able to attract, Abian, through a series of persuasive contracts, gradually transformed independent mercenaries into its own thugs, so they held more cards.

A large number of people were sent to the bottom of the node city. These contracts that were not signed through the mercenary system were extremely binding. If they breached the contract, the mercenary system would lower their mercenary rating.

...Who told them not to carefully read the terms before signing? They were clearly spelled out. Whether it was due to circumstances or some other reason, once the contract was signed, the mission had to be completed quickly. However, under the leadership of that "excellent" Abian executive, if they wanted to complete a more difficult mission, they would sell them cheap new equipment.

With this gradual improvement, Abian's control over mercenaries was the most exaggerated, and the other companies couldn't even begin to catch up.

Seifer was quite familiar with this method, because the game his colleagues played seemed to work the same way. First, they would spend six yuan to buy a gift package with a huge discount, so that people who originally didn't plan to spend money would think that spending a little money was not a big deal, etc...

The transformation agency is indifferent to mercenaries, but they have strong self-discipline machines to help them. These things can be deployed quickly to reduce their own losses, so the mercenaries like them very much.

As for I/O Enterprise and Phantom Mist Group... these two may be the most uncomfortable, because compared with the other two, they really lack a certain foundation.

Even if they spent money, the number of mercenaries that came would not be as many as that of the opponent.

Under the dyeing plate, there is no reason to be optimistic - Sefer is still employed by the Phantom Mist Group, although the other party has not said whether he can take on work for the rival company during this period.

If we really go down to fight, we will be in trouble if we encounter mercenaries from the Phantom Mist Group.

After comprehensive consideration, Sefer thought about it and went to find Dr. Mei.

She was squatting next to the printer, watching it slowly print out the necessary components. Behind her, the so-called "complex calculator" was also nearing completion.

"Dr. Mei, do you have any familiar weapon craftsmen? Preferably one who is free."

"Do I look like I have it?"

Maybe there is? Why not give it a try? Seifer tried to sound less indifferent. "Who knows? For example, our financial sponsor may have a new idea recently."

Dr. Mei picked up the object being printed, then reached out and nodded his head. "Have you seen that there are companies distributing weapons and equipment for free?"

"Change your thinking. If you have technical resources, why not sell them to certain companies? At least they can buy them at a premium. As for which company you sell them to, you can guess."

You guess, I guess.

The time for guessing was over, and Seifer contacted the team leader of the Phantom Mist Group. He was obviously fighting over there, so the communication was transferred to another communicator of the group.

As soon as Seifer mentioned that he had the blueprints for the vision, the other party asked as if to confirm, "You are an independent mercenary, codenamed Red Crossbow T-59, correct?"

"Correct."

"We can purchase the blueprints you have, but we have one condition: the technology you sell to us cannot be sold to anyone else. To this end, we will prepare a special engraving component for you. Is this acceptable?"

Hiss... Is this what they call buying at a premium? Seifer was becoming increasingly curious about the anonymous financier.

Could it be that he is some kind of indispensable technical talent, just like that bad-tempered brat at Abian Company... ?
With this curiosity, Seifer agreed to the other party's arrangement, and then asked in return if he could forge equipment for himself - the answer was no problem.

The fleet they brought had a dedicated logistics department, and if Safe needed it, he could spend extra money on a comprehensive overhaul, not only of the vehicle but also of the aircraft.

Seifer refused with a smile.

Nothing else, just expensive.

(End of this chapter)