The Creators: From Night City

Seeing that Jiang Bing's words were so confident and did not sound false, the lieutenant colonel became more energetic.

As a country with a large population, a certain country in the East is a big consumer of food. When it comes to energy crops such as pure wheat, it really eats as much as it can and accepts everything that comes.

"How much food can Mr. Sabul provide to offset the problem?"

The rhythm of the conversation gradually became familiar to Jiang Bing.

"How many do you want?"

The lieutenant colonel responded without hesitation: "Kantau will take as much [Anti-Entropy] as he can get."

Jiang Bing said calmly, "As much as Kang Tao wants, we will have [Anti-Entropy]."

Relieved. Looking at the other person's expression that showed that he was not joking, Jiang Bing finally felt relieved.

However, after installing B, he quickly applied a patch.

"It's just that if the quantity is large, it will take time. After all, you know, it takes time for food to grow from the ground."

The lieutenant colonel was half-believing and half-doubting at the moment. He had all the information about the world's major grain producing areas. Apart from the land controlled by large international energy companies such as Petrochemical and Su Petrochemical, other major growing areas were also the exclusive domain of various forces. He really didn't know where the other party could grow nearly 100 million tons of grain.

Could it be that [Anti-Entropy] still exists on Mars?

Seeing the other party's hesitation and doubt, Jiang Bingjian mentally calculated the relevant data reported by Luo Yu about the recent grain production in the [Anti-Entropy] territory in the Red Dead Redemption world, and simply said, "Let's do a small transaction first to set an example for subsequent cooperation between the two sides. I have a batch of grains with a fairly rich variety. There are many kinds of wheat, corn, oats and barley, tobacco, grapes, apples, citrus fruits and beans. The quantity is not large, about tens of thousands of tons, but fortunately, it's all natural organic spot goods. If we can reach an agreement today, we can ship it tomorrow. Do you want it?"

Jiang Bing deliberately did not mention "Kang Tao" but used "you", and the lieutenant colonel obviously understood Jiang Bing's hint.

The lieutenant colonel tried to calm his pounding heart and said firmly, "Yes!"

Apart from grains, other organic fruits and tobacco can truly be considered high-end luxury goods.

Only a state-owned enterprise like Kangtao can take on such a large order. Otherwise, even if these things rot in the warehouse of Red Dead Redemption, Jiang Bing is not going to move them to Cyber ​​World. After all, the staff can only eat as much as they want if the cafeteria is open to the public. If they cannot be sold or digested, it would be a waste of effort to transport them here.

Chapter 481 The Cause and Effect of the Whirlpool Gang

High-end transactions are often concluded so quickly that two people can finalize a business worth hundreds of millions in just a few words.

"[Anti-Entropy], what do you want to exchange these materials for, and what is the specific price of each commodity?" After deciding on the transaction intention, the lieutenant colonel began to put the business into practice.

Boss Jiang never cared about such trivial details. He flipped his wrist casually, produced a business card with Gloria's contact information from the void, and handed it to the lieutenant colonel.

"Just have your people contact her for the specific details."

The lieutenant colonel understood this very well because he did the same thing.

He smoothly accepted the business card and handed it to the driver, who had remained silent the entire time, and instructed, "Xiao Zhang, make arrangements immediately and have the staff from the Ministry of Commerce contact you."

The secretary will do the work when there is something to do, and this is common in any large organization.

"What does Mr. Sabul want to exchange this supply for?"

"Guns, but we don't want your smart weapons. It's not that they're bad, they're simply too expensive. Just replace them with ordinary, cheap, and durable gunpowder weapons."

"Ordinary, cheap, and durable." The lieutenant colonel, a former soldier, didn't mind Jiang Bing's vulgar words at all. He repeated Jiang Bing's request, thought for a moment, and cautiously asked, "Like Copperhead?"

"That's right!" Jiang Bing slapped his thigh, "[Anti-Entropy] wants to make large-scale purchases. Can you~um~come up with a new weapon similar to the Copperhead?" Jiang Bing was concerned about the other party's face and didn't dare to say the word "copycat".

"Hey, this stamped stuff is not difficult to produce at all." Speaking of the knowledge of light weapons manufacturing, which is considered to be entering the professional field of the lieutenant colonel, he immediately became energetic and talked freely.

"How much does [Anti-Entropy] cost? I've already told you that if the quantity is small, the price might be higher. After all, this thing requires a production line to be adjusted."

"Let's start with 10, with all the necessary accessories, plus 10 billion rounds of ammunition, and all the necessary tactical equipment, and add that all in."

As the saying goes, if my neighbor stores grain, I will store guns. My neighbor is my granary.

In the world of Red Dead Redemption, [Anti-Entropy] has been living in the west for a long time, and it’s time to move to the central and eastern parts. After all, the land there is also very fertile.

The lieutenant colonel's view of Jiang Bing has changed from the leader of a terrorist organization to the head of a warlord.

He didn't ask unprofessionally questions like "Can you use these guns?", but instead quickly calculated in his mind that the deal was doable.

"Kangtao" itself is an arms company. No matter how small a mosquito leg is, it is still meat. There is no reason not to do it as long as there is profit.

"No problem, the money is in place and the goods can be delivered within half a month at the latest."

"In addition, the delivery of this batch of heavy industrial equipment you want will take at least 10 months, and due to its size, it can only be delivered in batches." After confirming the business, the lieutenant colonel turned to talk about other aspects.

His meaning was very clear. [Anti-Entropy] had 10 months to make the "payment", and the transaction was carried out in a gradual and segmented manner to ensure the rights and interests of both parties and avoid the risk of default.

"Easy." Having accomplished his goal, Jiang Bing felt relieved. He leaned leisurely on the soft backrest of Taiping and asked, "Now that the deal is done, it's time to talk about the real business we need to do today. How does Kang Tao plan to deal with Arasaka?"

"I wonder if Mr. Sabur understands the current international situation in Asia."

"The three major powers are Tokyo University, the Russian Federation, and Japan." Jiang Bing changed his tone and continued, "Or there's nothing wrong with Kang Tao, Su Shihua, and Arasaka."

"Very vivid, but we must admit that among the three companies, Arasaka is still the leader." The lieutenant colonel smoothly picked up Jiang Bing's words.

"For some reason, Kang Tao is negotiating a weapons technology transfer deal with Arasaka. But you know, Arasaka is not a pushover. If we don't take this opportunity to give them a hard time, we'll be betraying their usual 'good image.'"

"Well, it's a complete seller's market. Anyone would take this opportunity to drive up the price."

"Ha, that's exactly what's going on," the lieutenant colonel laughed. "But my people just received intelligence that a top Russian middleman will be coming to Night City soon, allegedly on some diplomatic mission."

"At this critical juncture, my people were originally negotiating smoothly with Arasaka, but the other party suddenly suspended the negotiations using the excuse that Arasaka Yorinobu was assassinated and the company needed to conduct a purge. Isn't that a coincidence?" The lieutenant colonel spoke with sarcasm.

"When buying something, you always compare prices from different stores. Sellers naturally want to buy from the highest bidder. That's normal."

The lieutenant colonel pointed at the data board, pulled up the detailed information of a Russian, and handed it to Jiang Bing.

"Mikhail Akulov is the Russian Federation's top middleman. Anyone with a discerning eye knows he's an international white glove of the Russian Federation. He'll arrive in Night City the day after tomorrow, and if nothing unexpected happens, he'll stay at the Blue Jade Building."

"Excuse me, but if he wants to kill him, Kang Tao is fully capable of doing it himself."

"We need to consider the international situation, and killing him will not help this business. An arms race of this scale will not stagnate because of the death of one or two people." The lieutenant colonel explained.

"What's more, Arasaka won't be so naive as to sell 'that thing' to just one of us. This is not in Arasaka's interest." The lieutenant colonel, who has been immersed in international games for half his life, has an extremely thorough understanding of this matter.

"We are well aware of this, but everyone is competing for time. Whoever gets the technology first will have an advantage in this arms race."

"So, you want to?"

The lieutenant colonel pulled an encryption chip from his pocket and handed it to Jiang Bing. He watched as he inserted it into the data board and explained, "Due to the needs of this procurement negotiation, Arasaka will be shipping a batch of physical goods to Night City soon."

As Jiang Bing looked at the information and nodded continuously, he explained, "The security situation in Night City has always been poor. If these samples were accidentally robbed by local gangs, it would be a very normal thing."

"You mean to have Anti-Entropy do what the Whirlpool Gang did and rob the company's transport convoy?"

When Jiang Bing mentioned the Whirlpool Gang, his heart suddenly moved, and his eyes involuntarily showed a look of inquiry.

“Could it be…?”

The lieutenant colonel shrugged helplessly. "Yes, we originally planned to find the Uzumaki Gang for this job, but your faction has recently had some conflicts with them, so..."

Listen to the wording used by professionals, how appropriate it is, describing the action of almost destroying the Vortex Gang as a conflict, how professional, very professional.

"The ones who take action must be local gangs that can withstand investigation." The lieutenant colonel's words were very clear.

Arasaka are not people who just sit around and do nothing. If something happens, they will definitely find out the murderer behind the scenes. If they really find out that it is Kantō, it will be a matter of life and death. There is no room for maneuver for either of them. However, with a layer of [Anti-Entropy] between them, everyone can get away with it.

Jiang Bing understood this, but this was not enough sincerity to let [Anti-Entropy] fight against Arasaka.

The lieutenant colonel had seen many storms and naturally understood what the person in front of him meant.

"Kantau can add money."

Chapter 482 The True Face of the Cloud Sea Plan

"What is the Yunhai Project?"

Faced with the opponent's big move of increasing money, Jiang Bing wanted something else.

For example, to satisfy his curiosity.

"I knew you were going to ask this." The colonel took out another chip, handed it to Jiang Bing, and explained it personally.

"This project is a global alliance-sponsored lunar development project orchestrated by the European Union. The Sea of ​​Clouds is located in the Mare Lunar Basin on the near side of the Moon, with a diameter of 715 kilometers. Almost all of the world's leading high-end space research institutions have branches there."

"Has Kang Tao participated?" Jiang Bing asked.

"Of course." The lieutenant colonel tapped his thigh lightly with his fingers. "The vast expanse of stars is humanity's inevitable path to rise. Every organization with some power in the world is involved, including Su Petrochemical, United Orbital Aviation, Military Technology, Dinara Technology, and the Intelligent Control Matrix. Even the Meta Group within the Wanderer Clan has invested. However, the European Space Agency and the High Knights Round Table, a group of self-proclaimed lunar newcomers, still hold the final say."

"We can only play a small role in this." The lieutenant colonel added.

Jiang Bing frowned. "Besides these, what else is there in the sea of ​​clouds? It can't be that such a large place only has these things, right?"

"The Yunhai Project is still under development. Of course, in addition to these, there are also a large number of black clinics, ecological farms, casinos, space hotels, and various forms of money-spending dens."

"Besides that, thanks to the protection of the High Knights on the Moon, many transboundary scientific research organizations have settled there. Under their protection, they are researching dangerous, yet absolutely cutting-edge, forbidden technologies."

"What about those roving AIs, are they involved in this?" Mr. Blue Eyes would not speak without reason. He told Jiang Bing the news of the 'Cloud Sea Project', and he naturally had his own intentions.

"No one knows, Mr. Sabul. After all, the entire Yunhai project is too large. I'm afraid it would be difficult for the European Space Agency to calculate whether any of their shareholders have any involvement from the entities behind the Black Wall."

The lieutenant colonel smiled meaningfully. "But I can tell you that the Yunhai Project's construction plan includes a super server unit built directly in outer space. The overall volume is only half that of the one in Antarctica. You can refer to the information in the chip for the specific construction plan."

"This information is commonly circulated among all the major forces and isn't considered secret intelligence. Aside from the information regarding the mass projectors surrounding the Moon Sea, the ESA doesn't place any confidentiality restrictions on most of this basic information."

The lieutenant colonel's meaning was very clear. The 'Cloud Sea Project' was not a secret at all among the top organizations in this world. The reason why [Anti-Entropy] didn't know about it was simply because they hadn't reached that level yet.

What is this called? Invisible pretense, the most deadly.

"Arasaka is actually one of the major shareholders of the 'Cloud Sea Project'. Jiang Bing found something in the information that really interested him."

"Of course, Arasaka's research base is one of the largest even in the Moon Sea. It's not just a research base; Arasaka has even built a 'data center' there."

"Data center." A flash of light flashed through Jiang Bing's mind, and a word came out of his mouth: "God and?"

"Huh? You know a lot, Mr. Sabul, even such confidential information." The lieutenant colonel's face became serious.

"Arasaka placed the God and Goddess in the Moon Sea?" Many thoughts were rapidly blending in Jiang Bing's mind.

"No one knows the answer to this question. After all, Kamisama is one of Arasaka's greatest secrets."

"However, there is indeed a God and Visiting Point built in the Moon Sea, and it is considered to be the largest of the God and Visiting Points that Arasaka has spread throughout the space orbit, not much different from the one under the Arasaka Tower. I have to say that the name God and is just misleading. The Japanese like to come up with some weird names." The lieutenant general picked up some unimportant information and distributed it to Jiang Bing to show his goodness, but he didn't realize that his unintentional complaints exposed his age.

Jiang Bing's mind raced like lightning, connecting many things together in an instant.

As someone who partially possesses a God's perspective, he clearly knows that the reason why God called it this name is mainly because it is not only a data fortress and customer information storage center, it is also a tightly guarded soul prison.

For decades, Arasaka has used the "Soul Killer" program to plunder the souls of countless high-level hackers and imprisoned the transformed consciousnesses in them to use as data collection tools.

The most interesting thing is that the "Soul Killer" program that all hackers who roam in cyberspace are afraid of was actually created by Ott Cunningham himself. Arasaka later captured the best hacker in Night City, stole the "Soul Killer" program, and used it to upload Ott Cunningham's consciousness to the Internet.

Later, when Military Technology hired Johnny and others to carry out a nuclear bombing of Arasaka Tower, Ultra's consciousness was forced to flee into cyberspace, and for so many years, he has been on the other side of the black wall.

She is considered the first person whose human consciousness was transformed into a digital consciousness. Combined with the 'Soul Killer' program she created, she corresponds to 'Lilith', the wife of Adam, the first ancestor of mankind in the Bible.

As mentioned above, 'God and' holds a special meaning for Ultra, and as one of the most powerful entities behind the Black Wall, it is undoubtedly easy to confirm whether the wandering AIs headed by her are involved in the Yunhai Project.

Thinking about whether these were useful or not, Jiang Bing put away the two chips given by the lieutenant colonel and put them in his pocket.

"[Anti-Entropy] has made this deal, but in exchange, 'Kang Tao' needs to help me get a few passes to the interior of the Moon Sea."

Jiang Bing decided that when he had the chance, he would go to the interior of the lunar sea to see for himself what these human elites and roaming AIs were doing on the moon.

The Crystal Palace and the Lunar Base located in the orbital space station are not difficult to enter. As long as you have money, you can directly take the New Orbital Aviation spacecraft to travel there for vacation. However, if you want to enter the interior of the lunar sea, you will need to spend some effort without a pass.

After all, it is quite difficult to smuggle on the moon.

"No problem, Mr. Sabul. I wish us a pleasant cooperation in advance." The lieutenant colonel smiled and stretched out his hand to shake hands with Jiang Bing.

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Because of the different headquarters locations of Arasaka and Militech, the way they deliver supplies to Night City is also very different.

Arasaka built a huge Arasaka Beach in Night City, which is specifically used to dock Arasaka's ocean and air transport fleets, while military technology is transported by land. After all, Night City and New America are both on the North American continent, and there is no ocean barrier, so there is no need for all these fancy things.

But this creates a problem.

Chapter 483 Cyber ​​Boarding

The vehicle that Arasaka used to transport the weapon samples that "Kantō" desired was an ocean-going armed freighter. However, it was usually impossible to intercept the items at sea. According to the normal thinking of marginal walkers, the best time for [Anti-Entropy] to rob the goods was the time when the goods were unloaded from Arasaka Beach and transported to the Blue Sky Building.

The bad news is that the Blue Sky Building is located at the southwest corner of Arasaka Beach, and the two are right next to each other, leaving Jiang Bing with very little time to take action.

Of course, there is a second option, which is to sneak into the Ganbi Building and commit theft.

This is undoubtedly a very risky plan.

So Jiang Bing decisively chose the third way, intercepting Arasaka's armed freighter directly near the coast and having a thrilling boarding trip at sea.

Why near the sea? Mainly because most people don’t dare to get close to the distant sea.