Planet of Sand and Oasis of Iron

Chapter 306 305. Then tell me whether you are really useful (Three more)
After a short wait, Seifer and his group finally drank...sparkling water.

It tasted a bit like the sparkling water that Sefer made in the car, but it was sweeter and more bubbly, but the color was a strange purple instead of black.

——This is what Weiliwei said, and Weiliwei is now squatting in front of a pile of weapons design drawings that should be discarded, and is quite interested in the contents recorded on them.

As for the others... the minister was sleeping in a weird L-shape in the locker because he had stayed up too late, so the only one who could communicate was Xiao Tao, who had just been introduced.

"Our technical department has submitted more than twenty excellent works so far, and they are quite famous among various colleges."

She began by boasting, "Even schools founded by other companies have people who occasionally express envy of our creativity and inventions on the school's communication board."

Cypher thought for a few seconds and asked her if she had any inventions that were particularly worth boasting about.

Then Xiao Tao took a bowl with a lid, poured some water into it, covered it, and turned on the switch. The water began to heat up visibly.

"This bowl was invented by our minister when he was hungry in the middle of the night. It doesn't require any external energy source; just flip a switch and it heats up automatically!"

To be fair, Cypher was also intimidated at first, but this was clearly not right, so he remained calm: "How does it work?"

"The principle is to utilize the auxiliary systems throughout the Node City to trick it into thinking that the heating part of the bowl needs energy support!"

You guys are stealing electricity!
But you know what, reconstructing something reasonably within the rules is quite clever from a mental point of view.

Then Seifer saw that it could resist gravity within a certain range, but the device that supported it was a strange and useless thing that was large and heavy, with an effective range of five centimeters.

And a stun gun that can deliver indiscriminate electric shocks to anyone within a ten-meter radius, but requires holding down a button to discharge the electric shock.

Very good, it’s the Garbage Manufacturing Technology Department again.

Seeing that Seifer was unmoved, Xiao Tao's eyes widened. "You can't blame us for not striving for progress. If we had the funds, we would definitely be able to build a vehicle body that can match that gun..."

Oh, so it seems like they really have to build an armored vehicle from scratch... Seifer lowered his head, tapped his forehead lightly, and at the same time glanced at Feldrich next to him inconspicuously.

I noticed her expression of "That's it?" and decided I should keep this financial sponsor.

On the bright side, as an independent mercenary, Seifer currently has no source of funding. If Feldrich is willing to pay, he might be able to get a job.

It's like opening a sluice gate. When it's closed, no one has water to drink. But after it opens, it should be okay to just insert a straw and drink from it.

"Okay, okay, I understand the general situation. You're currently short of funds and talent, and you need to deal with some crises."

"Can you tell me about that... machine we saw outside earlier?"

Changing the subject so that the other party wouldn't get too nervous, Seifer guided the conversation and finally calmed Xiao Tao down. She nodded and said, "Ah, that, that's one of the problems."

"With the recent increasing frequency of exchanges between academies, each academy has begun to regard 'Special License' mercenaries as a symbol of courage and wisdom."

Feldrich chuckled, as if he had thought of something.

This is not wrong. You have to know that the environment outside is changeable. The body is an extension of mercenary technology. When it can withstand the terrifying G-force, the power it bursts out is really not to be underestimated.

"So, that machine is a real thing?"

"No, that machine is actually a kind of data, but it's obviously controlled by someone behind the scenes... Oh, you don't know this either?"

Realizing that she had to start from the beginning, Xiaotao's energy level dropped significantly. She scratched her head, went over to wake up her sister, and continued shaking her while she was still sleepy.

"Good morning..." "It's not early! The teacher is here!"

"Oh...oh, hello, teacher..."

The younger sister, who was obviously quieter and more organized than her older sister, sat up, observed for a moment with half-closed eyes, patted her school uniform and stood up.

"Um, I'm the head of the property management team in the technical department. My name is Ram..."

Seifer had a good impression of her, but he had some doubts: "Isn't her name Xiaotao? Why don't your names have...similarities?"

"Well... that's my sister's online name. She said she wants to be a famous research mercenary in the future, so she needs to come up with a code name first..."

To be honest, Cypher had never seen any research mercenaries before. He turned around and asked Feldrich if such a unit existed in the world, and the answer he got was quite clear.

She sneered, seeming to just want to have fun.

"Sis's busy now, so I'll explain. Actually, the students here in the Academy City are very good at fighting... and, to train corporate mercenaries, they have a special mecha piloting course!"

From her description, Seifer roughly understood... It was a detachable cockpit. Students went in and tied themselves up, and then that thing could simulate the activities inside the cockpit to a certain extent.

That’s not all. At the same time, in designated and limited areas, by connecting to the city’s management system, a ‘machine’ will be directly constructed to carry out activities, combat or training.

The benefits of doing this are obvious, that is, it will not affect the actual school construction, etc.

The disadvantage is probably that it is impossible to stick those overconfident students on the wall, and there may be a delay in remote operation, and perhaps someone can cause sabotage outside the venue, etc.

"Simply put, if we want to do any experiments outside now, we'll likely be targeted by that strange machine. We'll even have to wait for the school to send someone to take our car back... and that'll make us even poorer."

Ram spread his hands and hesitated to look for his white coat, but found that the washing machine was rumbling, so he had to give up.

To be honest, these two sisters look a bit alike except for their faces, otherwise...

Ram continued, "Don't be fooled by the weird hair look. It's because she secretly drank the unfinished product from the president's midnight snack. She'll be back to normal after the effect wears off in the afternoon."

It turns out that it's not just the highlights that are the effect of drugs, even the base color is the effect of drugs, it's too weird.

The others were still sleeping, Xiaotao (suspicious) was squatting in front of the washing machine waiting, so only Ramu (sister) could explain the situation.

After briefly understanding the technical department's predicament and current strengths, Cypher turned back and said, "Well, it's got a lot of potential, right? With the resources the school can provide, they can create a limited-range anti-gravity device and even manually build the main gun of that armored vehicle."

Ram blinked, looked at the main gun, then turned back: "Ah, that's not an ordinary main gun, it doesn't use shells."

"Ok?"

"That's a laser cannon. To address potential supply difficulties on the battlefield, we spent a whole year's research budget developing it. It can be mounted on a mobile train, but we made a slight miscalculation regarding the power supply..."

Sefer had an inexplicable bad feeling in his heart, and he took another look at the complicated cannon.

"That thing...how much energy does it need?"

"Only a small mobile base-level DC energy supply can achieve full power output, right? If it's loaded with energy blocks, it can only be a conventional concentrated bombardment, but the power is..."

Feldrich stood up quickly, with an expression as if his time was wasted, and walked out.

(End of this chapter)