The Creators: From Night City

This grand stage play came to an end.

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A four-wheeled freight carriage drove out of the east gate of Novigrad, driven by a dwarf carrying a battle axe, and accompanied by the bard Dandelion, the White Wolf Geralt, Yennefer of Vengerberg, and the horseman Triss.

A group of heretics and the non-human race Zoltan Ziva swaggered through the east gate, but the guards on duty just glanced at them and ignored them.

It's been three days since the 'Bullburg King Massacre'. Other distant cities still need time to react, but Novigrad, right next to Oxenfurt, is the most informed. The three gang leaders in power in the city have urgently introduced policies prohibiting the persecution of non-human species in Novigrad and prohibiting any signs of a 'witch hunt'. Violators will receive greetings from the 'machete', 'butcher', and 'Beggar King' in turn.

Because the Eternal Flame was extinguished, Triss, who was hiding in Novigrad, had an easier living environment. With this sudden change, she and the large number of alchemists and wizard apprentices she protected were completely liberated from the life-and-death crisis.

Therefore, she basically gave up the idea of ​​taking these people north to escape to Cowell.

After all, it’s hard to leave one’s hometown.

She had just finished settling all her affairs today, and happened to be on her way to meet up with the people who were also heading to Jiang Bing's camp.

"Zoltan, my friend, please use your eyes to look at the road instead of looking back at the carriage. If the carriage falls into the ditch, it will be all over." Dandelion rode in front and shouted to his friend.

"Damn Dandelion, you are the devil. The carriage is full of fine wine, East of the East, Mahakam liquor, Mandragora wine, Everus wine, Beauclair white wine, Metina rose, Jixta dry white wine, my God, you can hold a hundred lively banquets with it, but poor old Zoltan can smell it but can't drink it. It's like hanging a carrot in front of a donkey's mouth." The dwarf kept twitching his red nose and complained.

"These wines are all ordered by Mr. Sabul, old friend, be patient. After the goods are delivered, I promise to let you drink as much as you want."

"Damn it, the best you can do is give me some local pepper vodka or Vizima Champion beer. How can it compare to these treasures? Besides..."

Amid the two people's quarrel and the awkward silence of the other three, the three of them walked along the wilderness road into the forest.

Zoltan and Dandelion had walked this road many times not long ago and were already familiar with it.

But this place has already changed.

The environment hasn't changed much, except that there are a few more wooden towers around, and on top of them stand a few strange-looking metal golems.

These golems are different from the gargoyles that mages often use to guard laboratories. Not only are their figures extremely anthropomorphic, they are also very thin.

The biggest change is the bustling popularity of the camp.

Compared to when there were only Jiang Bing and Vileta, the entire camp was filled with bustling voices when the five of them arrived this time. Several sorceress apprentices were taking classes under the instruction of Biluta Ikati, while several other sorceress apprentices were conducting various alchemical experiments. Some people were holding data tablets in their hands and running quickly between the wooden houses.

As soon as Geralt crossed the gate, he found two old witchers from the Cat School guarding the gate.

"Cat School, and two of them. This is really rare." Because of the Cat School's usual bad reputation, Geralt couldn't help but be on high alert.

"Relax, Geralt, they are employees of Lord Saber, one of our own." Triss passed by and whispered to comfort him.

Before the operation in Oxenfurt, she came here to meet with several sorceresses and Jiang Bing, and go over the script, thus also getting to know the three witchers.

"Silotinger, did Lord Sabul really re-install a magic arm for you?" Triss greeted the two of them, and at the same time noticed at a glance that the calm Silotinger's originally empty left hand had become a prosthetic limb made of simulated material. If Triss had not known about it in advance, she might not have noticed anything unusual.

"Hmm~" Siloding nodded calmly, and did not boast to the other party about the power of this prosthetic arm that was comparable to his original arm.

"Oh~ Two brave demon hunter friends, may I ask where the respected Mr. Saber is now? His best friend Dandelion brought him a precious gift." It could be said that Dandelion's social talents are maxed out, and his outgoing and friendly nature is something that not everyone can do.

Under the guidance of Joel, the carriage stopped in the center of the camp. The sorceresses and apprentices all had their own things to do, and naturally would not do rough work such as loading and unloading goods. So Gaitan, who was wiping and maintaining his "new partner" - an ordinary steel sword, was called out from the dormitory and reluctantly worked overtime during the break.

Margarita came out to greet them immediately, and everyone was welcomed into the most spacious wooden house in the center.

Chapter 367: Slightly Formal Re-examination

The originally spacious and empty wooden house that looked like a large factory was divided into several single rooms, and the room where everyone was sitting was a typical reception room, or as Jiang Bing said, it could also be called an employee lounge.

The dwarf shook his sturdy buttocks, feeling the soft touch from his buttocks, stepped on the obviously valuable carpet on the ground, and finally smelled the fragrant black tea brought by El Vera, who was in charge of logistics support, and couldn't help but be amazed.

Luxurious, too luxurious.

Hao, full of heroic spirit.

The owner of this house is simply inhumane.

But he really misunderstood Jiang Bing. The decoration of the staff lounge was personally handled by Margarita, and the black tea was purchased by Xier. After receiving their first month's salary, which was a considerable amount, they purchased a lot of "daily necessities" for them.

The carpets and sofas were recent survivors salvaged from the wreckage of Aretuza Academy.

Yesterday, several people took Jiang Bing's car to the island of Thanedd, where Aretusa College is located. They cleaned out the bandits entrenched in the ruins of the college and established a preliminary plan to rebuild the college.

After all, this island nominally belongs to Aretuza Academy, but in reality it belongs to Jiang Bing. This is the result of his hard work and dedicated performance.

Although he knew clearly in his heart that this was a plan by Margarita Laux, the dean of Aretuza College, to deeply bind the two together and to ensure that he would rebuild Aretuza College, it did not prevent him from accepting it with pleasure. After all, he had already planned to establish a base in this world.

And Thanedd, an island located in the bay northwest of the Temeria city of Gos Velen, undoubtedly met his requirements.

The island of Thanedd was originally built by the elves using magic, and its connection to the land is only through a cross-sea bridge. Its terrain is so steep that from a distance it looks like a huge stone pillar protruding from the seabed. In the current era when there are no flying troops, it is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and its confidentiality is also extremely high.

There is a hidden dock in the belly of the mountain. It only needs a simple subsequent renovation and the construction of a large freight elevator. It can then be used as a shipping terminal for the exchange of materials for the outside world of Shanned Island.

As long as Jiang Bing customizes a defense system for the island, sets up several heavy machine guns and defensive cannons on the bridge, places several miniature intelligent defense missile launchers at appropriate locations on the island, and installs two rapid-fire close-in defense guns on the commanding heights, the island will be de facto independent. Neither Nilfgaard nor the Northern Kingdom will be able to get involved in it for hundreds of years.

If anyone is dissatisfied, he will have to hold it in front of the close-in weapon system that is as long as his arm. If he still refuses to accept it, the close-in weapon system's 20 barrels and 20000 rounds per minute firing rate will teach him a lesson.

If it weren't for the huge pressure on ammunition supply logistics, Jiang Bing would have wanted to load these things onto a vehicle and tow them away.

The island was originally considered to be blessed with beautiful scenery. There was a huge spiritual tower surrounded by a spiral road, a large number of winding white stone stairs connecting the various platforms, forests and gardens submerged in lush green, towering white towers among the green, the magnificent Gastang Palace and the huge Loshar Palace surrounding the island.

However, after the coup on Thaned Island and the destruction by Redanian soldiers, the island was left in ruins, no longer as prosperous as it once was.

Soon, Yennefer's acquaintance Xier rushed over and freed Margarita so that she could take people to Jiang Bing's studio.

It is also his resting place.

The second time Triss saw her potential future employer, he was hunched over the stove, working on an iron.

There were many cold weapons scattered around him.

Long swords, rapiers, machetes, scimitars, flying forks, battle axes, and even various strange weapons that Triss did not recognize.

These are all entertainment productions made by Jiang Bing during his rest time, and of course, each one is of extraordinary quality.

A blacksmith who swings a hammer is also a "craftsman", and the things he hammers out will not lose his reputation as a "craftsman".

Jiang Bing was shirtless, wearing only a leather apron. His exposed muscular body attracted the attention of the two female sorcerers.

With Jiang Bing's current physical condition, the heat from the stove could not affect him at all, but the reason why he still dressed like this was mainly to satisfy his hobby.

Life should have a sense of ritual.

Soon, Jiang Bing took off his apron after finishing his work, and [Power-Chi You] rolled up a layer of waves, transforming into the wine-red leather armor again.

"Welcome to my workshop, Ms. Triss."

Jiang Bing said politely, "Let's cut to the chase. Margarita said you have some questions about Anti-Entropy's recruitment that need clarification."

"Yes." The sorceress with long chestnut hair looked very reserved, like a graduating student taking an exam.

After all, the person sitting in front of her was a ruthless man who could destroy a city with a flip of his hand.

"I want to know what kind of organization [Anti-Entropy] is and what its philosophy is?"

High-end talents like this. They ask about value first, not price. They must align the granularity and consensus links before they are willing to focus their attention on one thing.

"Simply put, we are a formal enterprise that does good deeds anonymously." In the other party's puzzled eyes, Jiang Bing first made a joke that neither of the two people present could understand.

"Wild Hunt, you know what?"

"Of course," Terry nodded without hesitation. "The messenger of war, the ghostly knight riding a skeleton horse, the ominous sign, and the undead ghost."

"The Wild Hunt is actually an army of the Elves of this world, the brothers of the Elves of the Otherworld. They call themselves the Dearg Ruadhri, or Red Riders."

"What?" The two female sorcerers were surprised by the secret that Jiang Bing uttered.

Although they knew that the Wild Hunt was real, they had no idea that these ghosts were actually cousins ​​of the elves.

"What are you looking at?" Jiang Bing knocked on the table and added, "Although the elves have been driven back to the Hundred Flowers Valley and retreated to the edge of the world, in the distant past, they possessed a glorious civilization. Before the Celestial Conjunction 1,500 years ago, they even possessed a technology called Ade Ges, which allowed them to travel through and conquer world after world."

"Ad Ges" Margarita repeated the ancient mother tongue, and then reacted it into the common language, "The Grand Gate?!"

"So [Anti-Entropy]?"

"That's right." Facing Triss's question, Jiang Bing followed the principle that when one is away from home, one's identity is given by oneself, and shamelessly admitted it.

"Anti-Entropy is also an organization that spans the universe, but we will neither massacre the indigenous people of an entire world nor seek conquest."

"We only seek order."

Chapter 368 High-end recruitment only requires a simple increase in money

After explaining this vague corporate vision, Jiang Bing quickly tried to smooth things over: "Of course, you don't need to know so much in the early stages. You just need to know that [Anti-Entropy] is a peace-loving organization."

Triss was thinking about Jiang Bing's brutal behavior a few days ago. She kept pouting secretly, but she kept agreeing with him.

This behavior is very similar to that of modern workers.

"Mr. Sabul, I admire the concept of [Anti-Entropy], but I would also like to know what kind of treatment you can provide." Triss cheered up and shifted the focus of the conversation to the core issue of treatment.

"Money, knowledge, status, power, whatever you want, [Anti-Entropy] can provide it." Jiang Bing looked at the faint freckles on the other person's cheeks, wondering if this was a decoration left by the other person on purpose, otherwise a female sorceress would not be able to remove even freckles.

But you know what, the other person's face with a high nose bridge, deep eye sockets and a few freckles has a unique exotic flavor.

"Of course, we can also provide [employees] with travel services to other worlds." Jiang Bing looked at the two people who suddenly became serious and dropped a bombshell.

"You can ask Viletta to verify this."

Triss was obviously moved. As a powerful sorceress, exploring the unknown and acquiring knowledge were her consistent persistence and hobbies, otherwise she would not have come this far.

Looking at the other person's blinking eyes, Jiang Bing casually threw out the last straw that broke the camel's back: "4000 kronor."

"What?" The sorceress was confused by Jiang Bing's inexplicable words.

"Food and accommodation are provided, and the monthly salary is 4000 kronor, and it will increase according to your level and position." Jiang Bing explained in detail.

"Of course, once you work for Anti-Entropy for a while, you'll find that this money is the cheapest form of compensation."

Triss almost gasped, exclaiming in horror, "This is quite valuable, Mr. Saber. After all, 4000 crowns is enough to buy an entire two-story villa on the main street in Novigrad."

Jiang Bing smiled and was not interested in explaining to her how the mature industrial system would crush the productivity of the world's primitive agricultural production system.

In fact, with the current size of [Anti-Entropy], the money in this world is really just a string of cold numbers to Jiang Bing. Only resources are what he really needs to pay attention to.

Of course, [Anti-Entropy] does not have a deep foothold in this world, has not fully developed trade channels, and its ability to monetize resources is still very poor. However, Jiang Bing has already designed a complete set of development plans based on past experience.

Apart from normal business activities, the metal currencies circulating on this continent can also be used to make a difference.

Take coin minting for example. As long as Jiang Bing wants to do it, he can easily put together a complete set of modern coin minting production lines, which can easily overwhelm all the mints in the entire continent.

That’s all the mints put together!

Taking the krona as an example, one krona weighs about 23 grams, has a diameter of about 32 mm and a thickness of about 2.2 mm. Its composition ratio is 75% silver + 22% copper + 3% zinc. It is pressed using a steel screw press and the burrs are trimmed by hand.

Due to the invasion of Nilfgaard, the silver content of newly produced crowns tested by Jiang Bing recently dropped from 78% to 65%, which further strengthened his determination to mint coins on a large scale.

In fact, if the raw materials are melted in a vacuum induction melting furnace; the continuous casting and rolling mill is used for roughing; the billets are blanked with a servo-driven precision punch and a billet weighing and sorting machine; the 8-station multi-station CNC precision pressing machine is used for stamping and forming; and a mature plasma chemical vapor deposition system is used for surface treatment (this is what is used to make American knives in the world of Red Dead Redemption), as long as there is an adequate supply of raw materials, Jiang Bing simply calculated the efficiency and the actual production capacity of a single line is 19000 pieces per hour. Moreover, the crowns produced by this precision production line are so exquisite that all the coins produced by the Novigrad Mint can be turned into counterfeits.

Not to mention that if necessary, Jiang Bing can also use a femtosecond laser micro-engraving machine to perform a complete set of anti-counterfeiting precision engraving.

And this is exactly what he planned. He planned to wait until the Thaned Island was cleaned up, and then build a coin production line on it, mainly to produce [Anti-Entropy], the currency that belongs to this world, so that these nobles can have a taste of what "dollar hegemony" is.

As for raw materials, Jiang Bing said that the total content of silver mines in the western United States alone is as high as 3.1 tons, and this is just the amount of resources in one world.

Triss had no idea that her future boss was planning to destroy the entire continent's economic system. Her mind raced, and she already had the answer.

Compared to going to Kovel in the far north and to the Flying Dragon Mountains, Triss naturally wants to stay here. After all, it is hard to leave her hometown.

Of course, this was also related to the generous treatment Jiang Bing offered. After all, the royal family of Koville only promised to give her a two-story building as a residence, while [Anti-Entropy] simply gave her one every month.

"I'm willing to join Anti-Entropy." After making the decision, Triss gave a straightforward answer.

"Great." Jiang Bing turned around and went back to the bucket next to the stove, took out an exquisite badge and handed it to the other party.

"What is this?" Triss took the badge and looked at it carefully. She found that it was silver-white in color and had a simple shape. Under the laurel wreath pattern, the corporate symbol of [Anti-Entropy] was engraved, and on the back of the badge was Triss's name engraved.

This is the work badge that Jiang Bing made for this group of reserve cadres. It can also be regarded as the organizational token of [Anti-Entropy]. In order to maintain the prestige of [Anti-Entropy] as a global giant, he mixed a small amount of [Mithril] and a microchip into the badge to achieve dual anti-counterfeiting through technology and magic.

"This is your joining gift, which will also serve as your future identity certificate. We've already prepared it for you."

Seeing Triss constantly examining the exquisite yet unusually simple emblem, Margarita couldn't help but remind her, "Triss, try inputting your spiritual power into it and you'll realize how precious it is."

A small amount of [Mithril] can still bring a huge increase in the user's mental strength, and the sorceress who makes a living with magic obviously understands its value, so she quickly preserves it properly.

After discussing work, the three of them went to the reception room together.

Dandelion came here mainly to deliver the goods commissioned to Jiang Bing, while Geralt and Yennefer came here at the invitation of Jiang Bing.

"Next, I need to go to the Skellige Islands for something, Geralt. I hope you can introduce me to a highly respected druid there - Mossack." When they met, Jiang Bing directly stated his purpose.

"How did you plan to get to the Skellige Islands?"