War never waits until you are ready.

"I understand, we will send people to join the battle. Don't worry, we are not fools and will not miss the best opportunity. Wouldn't we be causing trouble for ourselves by staying behind at this time?"

The communication with other legions is quite smooth. The rules of this world determine the lower limit of everyone's consciousness. It doesn't matter how you behave at ordinary times, but if you lag behind in the survival war, you will be regarded as an "alien" who cannot be trusted and cannot be relied on.

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In the cruel environment of competition for survival, becoming an outlier does not mean being new and original, but the slow death of becoming an "exile".

No one will punish you, and no one will rescue you. When you become extinct from your tribe, you will naturally disappear into the boundless world.

Rules, or "rules", always exist. When a war group is independent from the world, no one will kindly teach you to follow the rules.

Zheng Li put down his communication device and sighed helplessly. Some things are really unavoidable.

"Don't bother. Since that unlucky god wants to die, let's just send him where he belongs."

"I'm just annoyed that our current plans have been disrupted. Our scheduled meeting point is the second-line camp, about 20 days from now, which means we can only stay here for ten days at most, and many of our plans have just been rolled out."

What gave Zheng Li a headache was not the war itself. The three years of travel had made him accustomed to going from one battlefield to another.

"It's not a bad thing at all. This time, we can test the power of our new partners."

Song Ying pointed out the window, where the horsemen were practicing throwing javelins, which was their traditional skill.

"Boom!"

There was a loud bang, and the hall on the third floor shook slightly. The target and the surrounding land had become scorched earth.

The wise centaurs received military training. As the best test subjects of the "ancient inheritance", they were the most suitable heirs, and they received most of the starlight inheritance.

In fact, their progress is quite rapid, as if these things have already been lodged in flesh and blood, and the best among them can already accumulate the Starlight Spear, and activate it to trigger a range explosion.

Judging from the current effects, the power is quite good, but the consumption is a bit high.

"As expected of an ancient god, he can achieve this level just after awakening his abilities."

"The prerequisite for being able to 'reproduce' with 'limbs' is that the limbs themselves are independent and contain most of the inherited information of the ethnic group. This is a natural psychic creature. From birth to birth, the body and soul are integrated.

The existence and potential will not be lower than that of the spiritual race."

Glancing at the centaur below, Song Ying took a sip of coffee without any interest and yawned a little tiredly. She already had so many experimental products like this in her laboratory that she had no room for them, and she had no interest at all.

Her recent focus topic is actually a hybrid between a psychic race and a centaur, a creature with strong psychic powers and a strong physical creature (spiritual and flesh-body). They seem to be a perfect match.

However, her sponsor, Captain Zheng, always asked her to devote her energy to the research and development of useless "application technology", the tedious and boring trial and error process, and did not appreciate the hard work and fun of the developers at all.

"How is the prosthetic limb? It was the V17 version last time? Didn't you say that the somatic cells of centaurs and horses are very helpful to your artificial prosthetic technology? How is the situation?"

"Did I say that? Oh oh oh, that's what I said when I was cheating on funding. Don't look at me like that. You are also a researcher. You know that I didn't fool you. This is true, at least until the results come out.

Just listen carefully."

Hearing this, Zheng Li couldn't laugh or cry. Of course he knew that this was all true, but for these researchers, their own interests and goals were the focus, and results, economic value, etc. were just incidental.

"It seems that I am too generous to you. I should let you work harder and have a taste of what it is like to earn your own research expenses."

As a boss, Zheng Li also feels that he sometimes takes advantage of others. If project management and fund review were strengthened, life in the R&D department might not be so easy.

"Spare me, boss. We must work hard and help you get the V20 version out as soon as possible. Is it called a military exoskeleton? It's obviously the same thing as a prosthetic limb. You have to create a different project name. Everyone says you're the one

He is a master at defrauding funds."

Zheng Li was speechless. He touched his nose and recognized it.

These things are actually not easy to explain. For most people of this era, "prosthetics" are configurations that make up for the shortcomings of warriors, or are supplements to the few "multi-armed sword masters".

But for someone who has experienced that steel age, Zheng Li certainly knows how practical a technology "enhanced exoskeleton" is. It not only improves defense, but also greatly increases basic attributes and reduces combat physical consumption.

A warrior's improvement is comprehensive.

Although most sword owners in this era are superhuman, no one will refuse additional basic attributes, but if it only stays at this level, the willingness to pay will not be too high.

"Well, are there any signs of success in the Thor series?"

"No, it's stuck on the artificial power generating organ. It's not that the current technology can't do it, but it will cost you in the future unless you are willing to revise the original 'consumables' positioning and significantly increase the expected selling price."

"That won't work. If the price is too high, we won't be able to capture the market at all. We only have two target groups. One is the newcomer who is hesitant about his own route, and the other is the veteran who needs the support of elemental power at special moments. The former has no money, and the latter

People are reluctant to spend more money on spare parts.”

The "artificial prostheses" of the Thor, Fengshen, and Vulcan systems are the recent key promotion projects of the Peace Corps' R&D department.

They are still external artificial exoskeletons, but compared with previous models, their basic attributes are lower. The advantage is that they can be used as artificial element control organs to perform external element control behaviors.

As Zheng Li said, this kind of thing has been successfully developed. Due to its external properties, it cannot be included in the sword master's psychic network and is destined to be just a consumable.

But for newcomers, being able to try to control the elements before obtaining the (expensive, high-cost) artificial psychic organs for element control is an irresistible temptation. It is a long-term investment that is even worth borrowing money.

After all, most of the artificial organs that can control elements are built into the body. They are in the "default" stage and often have long-term effects on the body. Once you find that your attributes are inappropriate and your talents are asymmetrical, you will have to pay a huge amount of money to correct them.

cost.

After the artificial psychic organs are released from the default stage, they will evolve and grow. The first artificial organ that many people invest in is relatively cheap, but they will have to pay a greater price during the evolution, and may even become a weakness and bottomless pit in their careers.

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This is quite common among middle-level sword masters. After all, many people try to control the elements just with the mentality of giving it a try. Then they find that they really have a talent in this area and can try to transform into an element master. However, the "cheap goods" have already been

The extra money and hard work paid in middle age cannot be refunded. They are all the impulsiveness and headwaters of youth.

If you can try elemental power in advance and determine your own talents without much cost, then it is completely acceptable even if you spend more money.

Newcomers may not have much money, but as strategic materials to improve the overall combat strength of the ethnic group, there must be quite a few big forces, big companies, and big cities that will collectively purchase them. As long as the price is right, this is a long-term deal.

As for using it as a spare elemental control tool, various throwable magic swords, magic arrows, and electric saws, wouldn't it be great? Zheng Li felt that his cost could hardly match those mature products.

"Intensify efforts in research and development. If nothing else, just by equipping hundreds of people in our Peace Corps for a period of time, allowing some of them to tap into their own elemental control talents, our combat power will be greatly increased."

Along the way, Zheng Li's investment in the "prosthetic limb" project was almost endless, but he still saw no commercial returns.

But invention, research and development, and opening up new roads are inherently things like this. Traveling a hundred miles only takes half a mile, and you will never see the reward until the end. You don’t even know how far you are from the treasure, or that the treasure is already in your possession.

It's in your hands, but you're blind and didn't notice it.

What Zheng Li values ​​​​is the high malleability of artificial prostheses. It is originally a sword master system constructed from a bioengineering-like artificial psychic network. It is naturally highly compatible with this kind of "plug-in". In addition, there are many novels in the previous life, and the film is on the development path.

The description finally determined this route.

Along the way, Song Ying's abilities, the treasures she obtained from the Battle of Shuangqiu, the genes of the spiritual race, and the natural abilities of the centaur race all gave blessings and help to this "project" in all aspects, plus the intervention of the divine craftsman.

, the recent progress in research and development has been a bit fast, so it’s no wonder that Zheng Li’s request is a bit arrogant.

"By the way, the local beast king, Ten Thousand Beasts, does not have a clear psychic organ, but he can control thunder and lightning and use supernatural powers. Perhaps, it can also be used as research material."

Song Ying made the request, and Zheng Li nodded, indicating that he understood.

This is also one of the reasons why they attach so much importance to garrisoning the world. The Peace Corps has developed to this point, and it has reached a bottleneck in three years as it takes others twenty years.

Give them a world and abundant resources, and then give them a certain amount of time to develop steadily, and the Peace Corps will naturally complete all-round improvements.

As a comprehensive war group, an emerging war group with its own set of technology, combat power, research and development, and new recruit training, as long as Zheng Li is given some development space and time, he is sure to create a super group.

"Hunting the king of beasts and king beasts will become a long-term task. Whether it is the production line or your research and development department, more materials and research materials will be needed, but these days, the hunting group must rest."

At most one or two weeks, the core combat force of the Peace Corps will be sent to support the front line. At this time, it is unacceptable to waste combat power.

"By the way, have you notified the neighbor?"

"We have informed them, they will definitely go, but their situation is different from ours. Don't have high expectations, but from another perspective, it is possible that the whole group will set off."

As a member of the joint mission, Wei Erye and the others also applied to become a garrison battle group. Some of them chose this world (a weaker battle group), and the other part, such as Wei Erye and the others, chose the world nearby.

garrison area.

This is the "fire wall" that forms the war, and at the same time, it also divides the territory, giving the young bosses enough room for development. If someone loses his crotch, it is also easy to identify and replace him.

Zheng Li easily secured the frontline camp, and even vaguely began to expand the wilderness. They also determined that more manpower was not needed here, and they set out to do their own thing.

The farthest Wei Erye seems to be stationed in a nearby desert world. He has purchased water supplies from himself several times. If he cannot find local water sources within half a year, he may abandon that area.

But now, the tide of war is coming. It's okay to say that the pressure on Zheng Li's side has come to an end, but the pressure on his side has just begun to open up the land is quite high.

Some people haven't finished the camp, some are still struggling with the cruel natural environment, and some are even worse, struggling with their own accounts as a whole, dancing between bankruptcy and deficit.

At this time, let alone participating in the war, just an extra expedition without pay can make some of them go bankrupt.

"Some people will come over, join us, and then go to the front line together. They can be regarded as free rides. Their big cars may have to stay in the local area for guarding. If they can send combat forces to work, they are doing well."

The loss rate of a new sword master within three years of his debut exceeds the sum of the next ten years. The new garrison battle group follows the same path. Everyone has ambitions, but the ability to turn ambitions into reality is quite rare.

Judging from the gossip, in just a week or two, some battle groups have already retreated, and some have even disbanded on the spot, abandoning the resources and support of the "big city" and dealing with everything outside alone.

Talent discovers that they were never ready.

In fact, Zheng Li had some expectations for them. After all, they have developed and can become a barrier to the world, and can also absorb their own excess production capacity.

But judging from the current situation, there is no stable development period of half a year. They can't even maintain their own territory without enough food, water, and arms support. Even if the price purchased directly from the rear is fair, the extremely expensive freight in this century will

It will also bring them close to bankruptcy.

"It seems that even if they are on the front line, they can no longer be expected."

Having no expectations for friendly forces or even always preparing for the worst may be one of the reasons why Zheng Li has developed to this point.
Chapter completed!