Planet of Sand and Oasis of Iron

Chapter 31 31. If the other party shows enough sincerity and rewards, then...

(Tien)↓

As the saying goes, don't hit a smiling person, especially when others are asking you for help and are sincere.

The box contained various delicacies from the patrol team's canteen. There was even rationed alcohol, which was quite thoughtful.

Even before entering the door, Tien seriously asked Sefer if he would like to invite him to the car as a guest?
It was as if there was a strange story getting in the way - in fact, the mercenary's vehicle was quite special, and anyone who entered the mercenary's vehicle without permission was, at best, just having a wild imagination.

She didn't quite understand these rules, but she understood them immediately after Tien demonstrated them. After Seifer invited her in, she suddenly realized two problems.

First, there was no reception room in the car, nor a normal place to rest. Lin Shenxue even found a place in the engine room, put his bedding roll and slept there.

This car is not designed to be used by humans.

Second, she can't eat. Although the body she is using is now covered with skin and looks like a stern-looking silver-haired girl to others, it is ultimately just a body of steel. There are holes in the mouth on her face but she cannot move them.

The probability of being exposed is very high, after all, you must take off the dust mask when eating.

As Tien carried the box into the vehicle, Seifer thought of several options. Then, a sudden inspiration struck him: "Oh, I have another crew member who isn't very familiar with the confiscated weapons. Could you give her some pointers?"

"Okay, lead the way."

The two of them were in a mountain of recovered weapons and equipment when they saw Lin Shenxue, whose face was pale, dark circles under her eyes, and who looked as if she was about to die.

She silently checked the operation of the bolt, the structural integrity, and the effectiveness of disassembly and reset. Even when the two men came to her, they did not notice at all, which made Tien think for a moment.

Then he said seriously: "We haven't practiced slavery for a long time. It is a very backward system and it is not safe."

"She's not a slave, she's my crew member. She just drank too much spiritual energy drink... Ahem, Miyuki, can you take a break?"

Lin Shenxue looked over with lifeless eyes, put down the weapon in his hand, and after a while, he reacted and nodded slowly.

Meanwhile, Cypher found a board and placed it on the small box, so the three of them could at least have a meal by the light in the warehouse - and in a blink of an eye, Tien had filled the table.

There was nothing particularly surprising in fact. There were several insulated boxes containing meat that looked like steak, meat that looked like pork chops, meat that looked like some unknown barbecue, and a box of something that looked like biscuits.

"To be honest, ever since we opened up the Second District, I've had an innate aversion to all meat supplies in this city."

Hearing this, Tien, who was pouring wine into a large metal goblet, laughed a few times. "Don't worry, it's not all that kind of meat. There are still some good things in it that I sincerely prepared for you."

"The city patrol provided quite a bit of supplies, and plenty of food and entertainment too...would you like to try some?"

The more he said this, the more suspicious it became. Sefer looked down at the things on the table for a while and decided not to beat around the bush.

"Well, there's no need for further pleasantries. We've already worked together a few times, so there's no need for such superficiality."

Let Lin Shenxue taste what's on the table, Sefer asked directly, while Tien laughed and picked up the cup to take two sips.

"Ever since you said you were killed in the desert, I've always felt that you were definitely not an ordinary mercenary... So, I've been observing you all this time."

"Most mercenaries wouldn't make the impulsive decision to rush into a place with unknown intelligence to rescue people like you did. Life and property are equally important, and there's no benefit in doing anything other than pay." Tien put down her glass, her usually smiling, actually quite beautiful face now looking unusually serious. "I want to thank you on behalf of my boys. If you hadn't saved us, we would have all died there."

"If I say that I'm actually relying on my trump card and acting recklessly..."

"That's okay. Everyone has a secret weapon, right? Since you're here, I'll tell you about the reward I told you last time. Also, this time, the guys unanimously decided to give you something good."

She took out a rectangular metal bar from her pocket and handed it over. Seifer immediately kicked Lin Shenxue, who was engrossed in eating, under the table.

The man was carefully tasting the food on the table, which was filled with the aroma of oil and seasonings and seemed to be extremely delicious. He wrote something on the tablet from time to time.

Feeling that something was going on with her, she immediately looked up, took the thing, took a quick look at it, and then looked around for the conversion interface, but unfortunately she found nothing.

"This thing contains the design for the secret weapon I used before. As you can imagine, it's a non-lethal weapon that can disrupt long-range communications."

"This thing was a huge help when I was a pirate... As long as I cut off communication and plundered the ship within the time limit, no one would be able to rush to support me. It's very useful!"

Without asking why she gave up piracy, after thanking her for the reward, Cypher suddenly remembered something: "Speaking of which, I saw a lot of wreckage at the scene yesterday that didn't look like a mobile base. I'm curious, what exactly happened when you rushed to those two large mobile bases?"

"You're actually interested in this? Yeah... well, if you're just going to be a dumb soldier, you don't have to worry about this. But if you want to go further and improve your commanding abilities like me, then you really need to learn."

Tien had clearly prepared even this. She pulled out another identical piece of metal, specially marked. "Take a look at it when you have time. It might give you some inspiration."

Without any unnecessary pleasantries, all that needed to be said was explained. Seifer folded his arms and said, "I appreciate your kindness. So... what do you want me to do?"

"Are you interested in racing in the desert?"

"Appreciate further details."

The larger the mobile base, the heavier its weight. Even if the engine output is increased, the speed will inevitably decrease. Reducing the size of the base will cause the engine to be smaller and the output to be reduced.

Although the speed will increase, the firepower will become more average or even too little.

Based on the size of the mobile stronghold and the size of its main gun, we're used to categorizing it into small, medium, and large strongholds. Small is further divided into mobile and support, medium into light and heavy, and so on...

As for large mobile bases, their only disadvantage is that they are slow, but the rest are all advantages.

Of course, for everyone here, the biggest disadvantage is that it is expensive, but expensiveness is a personal problem, not a problem of mobile bases.

As Tien narrated with a smile, Cypher gradually, gradually - became very interested.

The Edge Node City directly issues commissions, with a remuneration of 100,000 yuan, reimbursement of repair costs, and the loss of weapons and ammunition is borne by the individual. There is only one task.

This commission will be completed by sending some of the crew members from the edge node city to the neighboring city to replenish the city's defense forces.

The managers of this city could have surrendered after the enemy came in, or even joined another company with their impressive resumes, but they still chose to defend and fight back. I guess the company treated them well.

If you can get in touch with the administrator, apart from anything else... money and resources, the things that mercenaries value most, won't they come rolling in?

(End of this chapter)