The Creators: From Night City

The reinforced concrete of modern industry, the billowing black smoke from the exhaust pipes of large agricultural machinery as it moves forward, the oil drilling rigs that keep bowing on the central oil fields, and the large-scale farmland that stretches as far as the eye can see, all make these people living in the feudal peasant society feel like they are seeing a miracle.

This is true even for long braids.

The trains were arranged along the railway that Zhu Changbian had personally helped to build, and arrived at the Bucks Bridge Outpost. Here, they had to undergo inspections, register their information, and undergo preliminary epidemic prevention and medical diagnosis, and be injected with the corresponding vaccines before they could enter the Wapiti Industrial Zone, which had become the headquarters of [Anti-Entropy].

A prosperous complex has been built here, and a large number of reinforced concrete buildings have transformed the originally remote and desolate mountain plains into a place that is no less beautiful than Saint Denis.

The large population gathered here also brings enthusiastic popularity and bustling scenes.

All this left Zhu Changbian and his group stunned.

As they were directed by staff to a nearby hospital for examination, over a thousand fully armed soldiers in 21st-century combat uniforms ran past them. These troops, stationed in the destroyed and rebuilt Fort Wallace, were marching towards the nearby Bucks Station, where they would reunite with two other teams. Under the leadership of the 'Black King's Apostle', they would take a train to Saint Denis to capture this pearl of shipping in the Gulf of Mexico.

The leader of the army is Flying Eagle, and the leader of another team of administrative staff is his old father, Luo Yu, the former chief of the Wapiti tribe and current governor of Ambarino Province. He will lead his political staff to take over the entire Saint Denis under the leadership of the soldiers.

Duke Lawson, the head of the agricultural department of [Anti-Entropy], led his agricultural guidance department of more than 100 people and followed the large group with great enthusiasm. They went to Scarlett Meadow, which has fertile land and the best agricultural conditions, to conduct an agricultural field survey to see what other economic crops can be grown there besides tobacco.

Of course, before setting off, Duke's immediate superior, Boss Jiang, specifically emphasized that Duke was strongly prohibited from proposing any plans to grow mushroom crops. After all, this was not the cyber world with barren land and scarce resources.

Chapter 500 Devastated

The locomotive from the [Anti-Entropy] heavy industrial manufacturing plant spewed out black smoke. Compared with steam boilers, the efficiency and overall horsepower of fuel internal combustion engines are much higher.

The train ran at a speed of 40km/h all the way, and soon passed the Aberdeen pig farm, crossed the Blue Water Swamp, and arrived at the suburbs near Saint Denis.

Thousands of fully armed and rigorously trained soldiers were divided into companies (120 people) and transported in three trucks, even though they only carried a small amount of heavy firepower.

The 'Black King's Apostles' arrived first and immediately deployed into formation and took alert.

Of course, this move is conservative. After all, the drones hovering in the sky have already had a panoramic view of Saint Denis and its surrounding environment and real-time conditions.

In this era when the first airplane has not yet appeared, there is no need to worry about the safety of drones flying in the sky. People here have no concept of flying devices, let alone any air defense weapons.

The soldiers of the [Anti-Entropy] armed forces who were gathering one after another were assembled in company units. The dark formation made all the nearby residents who witnessed this situation flee madly towards the nearby towns.

Horses, carriages, and even walking workers all turned and fled when they saw the fully armed troops. Some even shouted words like "The Indians are coming!"

However, in such a situation, more than a dozen people rode their horses against the flow of people and came to the army with black as the main color.

The leader was the fatter Dutch, flanked by his two generals, Hosea and Arthur.

They have been working in Saint Denis for a long time and have a clear understanding of the situation in the city.

Dutch knew clearly who was rich, who was powerful, who deserved to die, and who was innocent through his innate social skills.

And today, led by the Van der Linde gang, the city will usher in a great purge.

Originally, everyone thought that entering the city would require an extremely difficult battle, but they did not expect the battle to end so quickly.

There was no large-scale exchange of fire. After a large group of cavalry guards on horseback were shot to pieces in a very short time, the defenders of Saint Denis immediately chose to close the gates and prepare to defend the city walls.

But the metal door didn't even last ten seconds before it was turned into a pile of rubble by dense bombs, grenades, and armor-piercing shells.

Dozens of policemen in blue shirts and guard hats tried to fire back. The bullets clanged against the dragon-scale armor of the Heat Death-1, but didn't leave even a trace.

However, several grenades fired in retaliation blew the dozen or so policemen and half of the city wall into a sky full of bloody rubble.

How do we fight this? How else can we fight this?

Faced with such a huge disparity in strength between the enemy and us, the police force of Saint Denis did not even continue to put up a decent resistance and chose to surrender simply and decisively.

In less than an hour, the Anti-Entropy army had already entered Saint Denis and took over the city in an orderly manner.

But at such an important moment, what was Jiang Bing doing?

He was on a business trip, to be precise, prospecting for minerals about 500 kilometers north of Adelaide in South Australia.

As the main raw material for making nuclear bombs, uranium is a very sensitive key mineral resource and is often strictly controlled by major countries.

Of course, in 1900, when nuclear bombs were still a fictitious term, uranium was a mineral that was not valued, not utilized, and even despised.

It can only be used as a raw material for coloring glass and ceramics, making these outstanding works full of "radiance".

But this does not prevent it from being buried underground from ancient times to the present.

Australia, a vast island with a sparse population, is abnormally the region with the richest uranium reserves on the earth, accounting for more than half of the world's uranium content.

The giant uranium deposit of Olympic Dam at Jiang Bing's feet contains 100 million tons of uranium, 3200 million tons of copper, and 1200 tons of gold. It is extremely easy to mine, and some minerals are even open-pit deposits, with the veins clearly visible on the ground.

As a nuclear physicist, Nathaniel Brooks was familiar with the basic distribution of nuclear resources. At his suggestion, Jiang Bing flew alone for most of the day from the United States to establish a mining base here.

The whole process is simple.

Jiang Bingren arrived at the place first, then used himself as the anchor point in the real world, and then Heimer opened a fixed portal, and he directly achieved the achievement of the second branch base.

Subsequent materials, equipment, and personnel were quickly and continuously transported here through the portal under the coordination of Director Gloria, and the mined minerals were continuously transported back through the portal to the heavy industrial zone built by Anti-Entropy in Pipe Valley [USA] for refining, separation, and reuse.

As for the issue of land ownership, it can be said that the indigenous people are similar to the Indians. They are almost being squeezed to extinction by the British colonists, and Jiang Bing is obviously not going to pay attention to the opinions of those British colonists.

It can be said that [Anti-Entropy] refused to communicate with the British Empire on the issue of land ownership, and deployed four teams of "Black King Apostles", four companies of standing armed forces, hundreds of intelligent defense machine guns, and hundreds of intelligent defense robots on the negotiating table, and stated that if the British Empire had a need, "Peace" could bring the "seeds" of peace to England at any time.

I believe that with the [anti-entropy]'s reasoning and [law]'s [persuasion], they will surely happily reach an agreement on the territorial issue.

It doesn't matter if we can't reach an agreement, as long as we reach a consensus [anti-entropy], we can accept it.

Students who have experience in making nuclear bombs from scratch know that uranium ore comes in various forms, including soil, powder, blocks, stalactites, kidneys, etc., but the common point is that the uranium content in these ores is extremely low.

Compared with gold, silver, copper and iron, uranium is an extremely rare radioactive metal element. Of course, this is only for the current refining technology of mankind. Its total content in the earth's crust is much higher than that of gold, silver, mercury, tungsten, molybdenum, antimony, bismuth, etc., but its distribution is extremely dispersed. This thing is like a beggar's version of ether. Everything in the world has its presence. Even common stones such as marble contain extremely trace amounts of uranium.

However, apart from uranium ore, humans in the 21st century have not been able to extract enriched uranium elements on a large scale from other substances.

Natural uranium in nature mainly contains three isotopes: uranium-234, uranium-235 and uranium-238. It is not only an important raw material for the production of advanced nuclear fuel "plutonium", but also the only natural fissile nuclide. However, if you want to use it to make nuclear bombs, you must use heavy industry to extract uranium-235 and enrich its abundance to more than 90% to meet the nuclear weapons standards.

Of course, the higher the purity, the better.

Chapter 501: The Unappreciated Mexican Naval Battle

But the problem is that the content of uranium-235 is very low, accounting for only about 0.7% of the total. To obtain a sufficient amount of nuclear material, a large amount of uranium ore is needed.

The commonly used enrichment methods include centrifugation, gas diffusion and laser methods. Among them, centrifugation was more commonly used in the early days, but the higher the purity, the more difficult it was to refine. Later, with the development of science and technology, laser separation method emerged and occupied the main position in the cyber world's uranium enrichment process.

However, these processes are very power-intensive and also rely heavily on heavy industrial infrastructure.

And these are exactly the things that [Anti-Entropy] is eager to solve right now.

After sorting out Australia's nuclear material mining work, Jiang Bing took the 'Heimer' portal back to the Pipe Valley, which had undergone earth-shaking changes.

Compared to the living quarters on the hill that were about to be flattened and covered with tall buildings, the camp he had built on the hill earlier to treat the sick people of the Wapiti tribe was not demolished. Instead, it was renovated and reinforced one after another and became the tallest building in the entire Pipe Valley and the northern part of Grizzly.

Of course, it is also the "holy land" of [Anti-Entropy].

Looking out from here, the view is extremely broad. In the distance, there are endless cement factories of all kinds. At the foot of the mountain, there is a living building complex that can be called an emerging city.

On the open space to the west are towering blast furnaces, converters, electric arc furnaces, etc., which are the basic smelting plants needed for heavy industries such as electrolytic aluminum plants, copper smelters and steel mills.

Next to these factories are thermal power plants, high-voltage substations, and oil-fired power plants that provide the main electricity supply.

As the mother of industry, electric energy has always been the top priority of [Anti-Entropy]'s construction plan. In just over half a year, [Anti-Entropy] has built two small hydropower stations in the surrounding Dona Falls and Cumberland Falls. In conjunction with thermal power plants and oil power plants, they provide a steady supply of electricity for the entire industrial and living areas.

But this is not enough.

Once more nuclear materials are transported in place, electricity demand will inevitably reach an extremely high peak.

At this time, further west, the nuclear power plant that had just been planned and was under construction came in handy. Compared with making nuclear bombs, the uranium enrichment required for nuclear power plants is relatively low, and the basic purity is higher than 10%, which can be used in nuclear power plants.

By the time Jiang Bing had sorted out the future construction plans for the entire industrial park and resolved a large number of accumulated technical problems, a week had passed.

At this time, Saint Denis had completed the first round of internal power purge. As a man of integrity, [Anti-Entropy] did not kill most of the capitalists immediately, but humanely drove all of them to Tennessee in the north.

They are allowed to bring one medium-sized suitcase, and how much belongings can be packed in it depends on how they arrange it.

After this battle, almost all of Saint Denis's large industries were confiscated.

[Anti-Entropy], which possesses advanced technology, has no intention of coexisting peacefully with these capitalists. After all, [Anti-Entropy] has everything they have, and [Anti-Entropy] also has things they don't have. It doesn't really matter whether they are there or not.

Among them, dozens of freight and passenger ships belonging to the United Fruit Company, Mallory Company, Morgan Steamship Company, East Coast Union Company, and Southern Pacific Railway Affiliated Shipping Company were also seized and confiscated.

Among them, the cargo ships that meet the conditions for ocean voyages have begun to be armed and transformed in preparation for the subsequent transportation of people to the Qing Dynasty.

Of course, these freight companies whose company assets were stolen for unknown reasons were naturally unwilling to suffer a loss. Driven by interests, they quickly gathered the US North Atlantic Fleet and the Gulf Fleet together, dispatched a Kearsarge-class battleship, 3 armored cruisers, 4 protected cruisers and 2 early torpedo boats, and set off from the east coast of Florida, heading towards the northern port city of Saint Denis.

Then, the entire fleet was hit halfway by the "Midnight" located in the middle of the Gulf of Mexico with a beyond-visual-range cannon, which directly turned the leading Kearsarge-class battleship into sea debris. The violent explosion also destroyed an armored cruiser that was too close.

As for the remaining ships, after being caught up by the "Earthly World", two protected cruisers were blown up with close-range anti-ship missiles as soon as they met. The remaining remnants still wanted to try to resist stubbornly, but were directly boarded by the "Black King's Apostles" in specially made boarding assault boats to the nearest ships, and carried out real offline actions in front of the fleet officers and soldiers.

All other ships that dared to continue to stay away from the battlefield were fortunate enough to experience the precise roll call of "Peace".

After two more brilliant fireworks exploded on the sea, the entire fleet stopped where they were, resigned to their fate, and hoisted the white flag.

In this battle, [Anti-Entropy] directly obtained two nearly intact protected cruisers, one armored cruiser, and several scrapped warships that needed to be returned to the factory for overhaul.

Of course, a large number of coal ships, supply ships, and repair ships also fell into the hands of Anti-Entropy.

Jiang Bing was not even interested in participating in this naval battle that could almost determine the fate of a small country's maritime power and national sovereignty.

After he sorted out the subsequent industrial planning, he devoted himself to tinkering with space launch vehicles.

As the territory of [Anti-Entropy] grows larger and its business expands, in order to ensure the steady progress of the work of all personnel and the smooth implementation of the expansion plan, Jiang Bing plans to launch several communication satellites into space.

In order to ensure that Anti-Entropy employees can communicate in real time around the world, at least three communication satellites must be sent into space and evenly distributed over the equator.

Compared with rockets, satellites do not have high technical content, but Jiang Bing had little exposure to the supporting manufacturing knowledge before, so the research and development progress was not ideal for a while.

Fortunately, these problems are easy to solve. The World Satellite Communications Network Company in the Cyberpunk world not only provides rental services for the use rights of thousands of its satellites, but also sells satellites of various models and styles, and even provides launch services.

Not only this company, but also International Electronics Corporation (IEC), United Orbital Aerospace, ESA, New Orbital Aerospace, and even Zeta Technology, Arasaka, and Kanto all sell satellites. The technical content of this thing has already been fully civilianized in 2076. On the contrary, the resources in the Earth orbit for parking satellites are very difficult to obtain.

Satellites launched by major companies and countries over the past decades have already filled up all the better positions in the Earth's orbit, while scrapped satellites and numerous space debris occupy a considerable portion of the position. Although space development companies represented by the European Space Agency are actively cleaning and transporting space debris in the Earth's orbit, they are not doing charity. If you want to use the cleared space, you can't do it without paying a high usage fee.

Chapter 502: Arasaka Special Attack Three Musketeers

Of course, this problem does not exist in the world of Red Dead Redemption. The Earth's orbit in 1900 was extremely empty. At this moment, there is not even a piece of metal in the Earth's low Earth orbit (LEO), medium Earth orbit (MEO) and geosynchronous orbit. The vast territory is left for Jiang Bing to gallop.

So he decisively placed an additional order with Kangtao. Once he got the stuff, he would copy and learn from Kangtao's approach. The efficiency of Anti-Entropy's own satellite research and development would skyrocket. He could even buy a few and launch them into space for use first. After all, there were plenty of orbital positions, so he could be as arrogant as he wanted.

Jiang Bing stayed in the world of Red Dead Redemption for about another week. He was so bored that he was swinging a hammer at the scrapped warships in the Saint Denis shipyard when Gloria, the chief supervisor, finally brought good news.

The ordered satellite was finally about to arrive, and the first batch of supplies prepared for 'Kantau' had also been packaged. After two weeks of settling down, Arasaka finally calmed down, and it was time for Jiang Bing to return to Night City.

Arasaka's handling of the disappearance of the Umibozu is particularly interesting.

Because Jiang Bing fled with his boat, the sky was covered with white fog, and the communication was blocked by EMP, Arasaka was unable to obtain any information about the attacker, so they made a move that was extremely consistent with their own positioning.

Arasaka took action against [Anti-Entropy].

To be precise, Arasaka took action against all suspected organizations in Night City, with military technology being the first to be hit.

The reason is very simple. After this incident, Arasaka couldn't find the murderer. What should they do?

If it’s difficult, then do it all.

Arasaka sent a large number of agents directly to Night City, chasing all possible clues. Any clues would be caught and carefully examined.

In this process, [anti-entropy] will inevitably be affected.

After all, Anti-Entropy, who has had repeated conflicts with Arasaka, has a secretive background, and acts in a way that seems a bit eccentric to the other party, is undoubtedly a very suitable target.

After Mao left the "Umibozu", Jiang Bing had actually made defensive arrangements. The car factory in Watson District temporarily stopped production, the food processing plant in Taiping Prefecture increased its defense personnel, and Base No. 6 in the Badlands was fully armed and ready for battle.

Sure enough, his arrangement came in handy. In the past two weeks, the frequency of Arasaka agents' infiltration into Base No. 6, the "Good Again" food processing plant, and even the Mox Gang's territory increased several times compared to the past.

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There used to be a saying in Night City that whether Watson District was in chaos or not was decided by the Vortex Gang, but today, this saying is no longer accurate.

Because the Watson District has become chaotic, and the source of the chaos is the remnants of the Whirlpool Gang that were previously mentioned as being counted.

After the fall of Death Dance, many members of the Vortex Gang acted independently, occupying the mountains and becoming kings. The already small West and North Districts of Watson became full of mountains. The division brought turmoil, and turmoil brought danger. At least the gunfire in Watson District has become much more intense recently, making the already sparse figures on the streets even fewer.

But everything has its surprises.

Valerie got out of a low-end coupe from Skydome, the 'Hard Man 2066', and came to an underground market at the western port of Watson District.

Of course, it can also be called Cyber ​​Night Market.

Although this market is located on the narrow west coast of Watson District Port, surrounded by the sea on both sides and on the edge of Night City, its business is very booming. Once night falls, the bustle can even be compared to the lively atmosphere of Kabuki District.

This is mainly because most of the popularity of Watson West District is concentrated here.

Ports, as important locations for logistics transit and cargo distribution, have been places where peddlers and various businesses gather and prosper since ancient times. The large flow of people inevitably brings about a prosperous business environment.

More importantly, it is only one street away from Arasaka Beach, and its geographical location is right at the junction of sensitive and insensitive areas. Due to the threat from Arasaka, major gangs such as the Uzumaki Gang would not come here to harass the merchants in the past, so as not to arouse the hostility of Arasaka. This has also created its unique safety ecology.