Rhode Island Park Project

Aledae was no longer able to comment on the scene before her.

She turned her head and looked at Luo Hang in the back seat, who was still smiling and seemed to be waiting for her answer. She took a deep breath and couldn't help but smile bitterly.

“Has anyone ever told you that you really have a way of capturing people’s hearts?”

"Not many people say this to me, but from a practical point of view,"

Luo Hang shrugged and said, "There should be quite a few people around me who think so."

Aleda looked at the girls in the car, then reviewed the situation around Luo Hang along the way, and was speechless for a moment.

That wasn't what she meant originally, but from this perspective, it seems to be quite close...

Aledai reorganized her expression and looked solemnly at Luo Hang in front of her:

"You are Her Highness Alexandrina's mentor and guide. No matter how the situation changes, now that I have made my choice, I will always remain loyal to you and Her Highness.

But if you want to revive the glory of the Steam Knight, you must understand that not only does the Steam Knight's armor possess performance beyond anyone's imagination, but the knight who can bear this armor is also Victoria's finest warrior.

The car fell into a brief silence, with only the roar of the off-road vehicle's engine and the last sporadic sounds of gunfire in the sky.

Facing Aledai's scorching gaze, Luo Hang smiled and slowly raised his hands, clapping one by one.

"A very nice answer, worthy of the Aledae I know."

It is not difficult to find that Aledae has a special feeling for the Steam Knight. The Cumberland family was originally established as the first generation of Steam Knights. Even until now when they were at their most declining, Aledae had always kept the family's most valuable steam armor well.

But even so, facing Luo Hang's promise, Aledai, who was obviously moved, did not rush to agree to it directly, but once again declared her loyalty.

This is a person with true heart and ability, and he has lived up to his status as a capable minister to the king in the future.

Now it seems that even with the assistance of Duke Caister, Aldae’s own ability is also indispensable for the self-rescue army to gain a foothold in Londinium.

but,

“Our operators and fighters may not be as good as Victoria’s top steam knights yet, but I believe they will not disappoint you.

As for our armor—"

Leaving the parked SUV, Luo Hang looked at Aledai in the passenger seat and smiled, "I'm afraid it's beyond your imagination."

After a moment of hesitation, Aleda pushed open the car door and got out, giving Luo Hang a bright smile.

"Then I look forward to you continuing to show me your 'Armored Knight'."

"Haha, of course."

Luo Hang waved to the others, then took the lead and strode towards the fortress gate where the soldiers were stationed.

This building built on the top of the mountain is actually a simple observation station used to measure the training effects and data of power armor.

Given the power armor's combat performance just now, relying on the naked eye to evaluate it was clearly unrealistic. The most direct thing was that, according to measurements, the power armor's maximum speed had reached 420 km/h, which was the direct reason for choosing a wilderness as a training ground.

If it were placed in an urban area, even the diagonal of two urban areas would probably not be enough for the power armor to run a speed test.

In addition to speed, power armor is currently basically immune to small-caliber armor-piercing equipment, medium-caliber causes low-level damage, and heavy-caliber cannot penetrate it with one shot.

In terms of spell defense, through the use of a large number of special polymers with high blocking properties against Originium, most mid-level spells can no longer cause damage to power armor. However, above this, spells still pose a greater threat to metal machinery than kinetic weapons.

To this end, the power armor is specially equipped with a folding hand shield specialized for spell defense. At the same time, it can instantly overload the power core to produce energy blasts. Although this will cause certain damage to the power core, it can actively neutralize a large amount of spell strength.

On top of that, depending on the model, the power armor is equipped with multiple modular weapon units, which can be equipped with grenades, missiles, and different types of spell units, depending on the driver's choice.

The sheer force of the punch could leave a nearly one-meter-deep dent in solid iron.

Equipped with an extreme overload combat program——

Just like its performance, the cost of manufacturing it is a staggering 1.2-1.6 million Longmen coins per unit, depending on the model and the installed modules and weapons.

"Currently, our pilots' training time is severely insufficient. The best one can only utilize close to 50% of the power armor's performance, while the rest mostly hover around 40%. However, in two more months at most—"

"No need to say more,"

Luo Hang interrupted the observer who was introducing them and said in a friendly tone, "I understand that our operators, instructors, and everyone here are working hard enough. I also believe that I will see a qualified unit in the shortest possible time."

The observer standing in front of Luo Hang immediately became excited and saluted suddenly.

"Yes!!"

Smiling and nodding to the observer in front of him, Luo Hang turned to look at Aledai, who was in a daze after reading the entire test results. There was a hint of something different in the smile on her face.

"Aledae."

"Ah, yes!"

Aleda came back to her senses in a rare panic, and when she turned around, she saw Luo Hang's smile that seemed to be a little special.

He looked at Aledae in front of him and said in a light tone:

"If you don't work hard and make some contributions in the future, Aledae, your armor won't be included in the renovation schedule, okay?"

Aledae opened her mouth and suddenly revealed a helpless bitter smile.

"It seems I will be exploited by you just like Miss Klucel."

Although she didn't know how Luo Hang and Rhodes Island possessed such exaggerated technology, the fact was... there was no way she could refuse the completely oversized armored knight in front of her.

But speaking of Miss Klushier, Aledae suddenly thought of a question.

Working under Mr. Luo Hang, and having reasons to work, as a woman...

In this case, there seems to be a problem that is difficult to avoid——

"Do not worry,"

He laughed happily, "I will treat you as a reliable member of my family, just like I treat Klothir."

"..."

The corners of Aledae's mouth twitched.

No, please don't treat me the way you treat Miss Klushier. I can't bear it.

However, Luo Hang didn't give her the chance to refuse his boss's kindness. He turned around and continued to give instructions to the others around him:

"Let me meet our drivers. It might not be helpful, but since I'm here, I want to say a few words of encouragement."

"Yes!"

Looking at everyone busying themselves, Aleda could only sigh.

I hope my future working life won’t get too bad…

Chapter 4: Cyberpunk is so weak (k)

As the supreme leader of Rhodes Island, coupled with Luo Hang's own charm, Luo Hang's personal speech did indeed greatly boost the morale of the entire armored force and all the personnel in the base. The fiery enthusiasm for hard work and struggle almost reached its peak, but some more realistic problems still could not be changed.

Although we are very confident in our operators and fighters, working hard is one thing, but reality will not change because of willpower.

As one of the great powers occupying the most central, fertile and richest land in the entire Terra continent, Victoria's Steam Knights are selected through layers of selection throughout the country. Even without the steam armor on their bodies, the level of its soldiers can undoubtedly be called top-notch in the entire Terra.

Currently, half of the power armor pilots in training and reserve in Rhodes Island's First Armored Team are from the Shield Guards led by Patriot, and the other half are from Rhodes Island and operators selected from the urban area.

Even though their requirements were already very high, the gap between the members' own levels, as novices who had just come into contact with power armor, and Victoria's top steam knights could not be ignored by self-deception, but had to be faced... and ways to make up for it.

'adjutant.'

After the mobilization speech, Luo Hang walked back on the way, pondering and communicating with his adjutant in his mind.

When the other girls around him saw Luo Hang like this, even their usual frivolous behavior disappeared, and they were all very sensible and did not disturb him.

"If I remember correctly, the power armor driving training program should include a virtual reality course, right?"

【confirm】

The adjutant replied in the affirmative.

As a technologically advanced civilization, even in its heyday, it already had advanced power armor equipment, but in the past, it also had corresponding training technology for power armor.

Compared to the power armor that can be produced on the assembly line, truly excellent drivers often need more than half a year of training to barely meet the standards. After actually going to the battlefield, the gap between recruits and veterans will take a longer time to accumulate.

As for the power armor on the assembly line, even with Rhodes Island's current equipment, it only takes 20-30 days to complete one unit, depending on the model.

Of course, the prerequisite is to ensure that funds and resources are in place.

Faced with such a gap, people will naturally find ways to make up for it.

[Currently, the standard and advanced power armor training courses can be decoded in just 6 hours, but the commander needs to be prepared to unlock and produce virtual warehouse technology.]

"Virtual Warehouse..."

He sighed in his heart.

This is also the future technology that is already familiar to him in modern times. However, what is unexpected is that the first goal he pointed out for this technology that can be called a cash cow is not to make money, but to train soldiers.

'What's the price?'

He gathered his emotions and asked the most crucial question.

[Technology decoding 8 days, production line 6 million Longmen coins]

'so cheap? '

He was a little surprised.

[Only some key technologies of the virtual warehouse require additional decoding, and the rest can be completed with the current level]

[The processing and manufacturing of the production line can also be completed partially with the existing industrial level. After the remaining industry is supplemented, the production line cost is expected to be reduced to 2 million Longmen coins.]

Ok.

The surprise in his heart gradually subsided.

Unknowingly, the Rhodes Island he developed had grown from having only some excellent medical technologies and some processing technologies at the beginning to now having formed a certain industrial foundation.

The previous Sunset Hall and the Bio-Capsule did scare people a little, but one of them was a super weapon, and the other involved psychic enhancement, both of which were truly high-end products. The Virtual Warehouse could not be manufactured with current technology, as it involved key technologies such as neural access and virtual reality calculations that could not be solved.

As for the rest…

Could building a hibernation chamber be more difficult than building his psychically enhanced ancient god-level biological chamber?

He felt like he had told a bad joke.

“Electronic products and high technology are great…”

Luo Hang, who had just gotten in the car, couldn't help but sigh.

The others around him glanced at him, but when they saw that Luo Hang was still talking to himself, they looked away.

It is no exaggeration to say that for high-tech electronic products, R&D costs can account for 99%.

Although the virtual warehouse is larger than electronic products such as mobile phones and computers, as the entrance to the new Internet world of the future, it can actually be regarded as a large computer?

Regardless, compared to a massive mining truck like the One-Piece Mining Truck, whose parts cost hundreds of thousands, the production cost of a single cabin is probably around this price...

Luo Hang was in a very good mood because he had solved a big problem without spending much money.

If there is a virtual cabin, the time spent connected to the virtual network can completely replace sleep, and the cabin can put the body to sleep while connected.

However, if this goes on for a long time, although the physical condition can be guaranteed, judging from the cases left by previous civilizations, it will cause some mental and psychological problems, so it cannot be maintained for a long time.

But at least there shouldn't be any problem completing the driver training in a short period of time.

"Now that we've come to this, there's no need to say anything more. Just arrange it for me!"

Luo Hang excitedly gave instructions to his adjutant.

[Instructions confirmed, virtual warehouse technology decoding in progress]

Once the technology is unlocked, the remaining production issues will of course be handed over to his reliable minister.

Klushier, who was sitting next to her, suddenly saw Luo Hang, who was smiling, turn his head and look at her. She was already feeling uneasy because of sitting next to Luo Hang, and she suddenly became nervous.

"I find that I really can't leave you, my Minister Klothir."

Luo Hang approached Klushier with a smile and kissed the minister hard on the face in an unusually exaggerated manner.

As a result, Lucille felt uncomfortable all over.

It wasn't about being kissed in front of so many people, but rather, "Can you please be normal? It's really scary that you're acting so weird all of a sudden!"

But Lucille pushed Luo Hang's face hard but not really hard, with disgust on her face and mouth, but she still couldn't really push Luo Hang's face away.