Chapter 688 Mass Production

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This is a week after the capture of Cannon.

The outer wall of the fortress is being rebuilt. The original two inner and outer walls have become ruins in the previous battle, and only about ten meters of walls have been barely preserved on both sides. It will take at least a month to repair it to the previous level, but that doesn't make sense. The reason is that the design of the fortress is the product of 20 years ago. Under the threat of today's high-level capabilities and various heavy firepower, the defense of the outer walls of concrete structures is dispensable.

Zero originally means that it intends to use the wood of the Emerald Forest and the stone of the ruins to build a ten-meter-high mixed material wall. Within the scope of defense, the most important role of this high wall is to support heavy firepower equipment, including heavy guns, and replace the defense capability of the wall with a strong fire network.

But now, metal armor plates up to 20 meters have been transported from the fortress. They are accurately erected on the wall under the crane, and the workers are welding and welding pieces of armor plates into a metal wall. Billy and his technical team were directing near the construction site, and Franklin even came on the stage to help the workers speed up their work.

Steel brackets up to 30 centimeters wide connect the armor plate and the city wall at an inclined angle, and lock the brackets with thick silk nails. They are like giant arms stretching diagonally from the ground to the sky, supporting the armored wall. These brackets will strengthen the impact resistance of the armored wall. With them, it is difficult to blow up all the walls at the same time as last time, even if the missiles attack.

The original gates were replaced by two armor plates up to 20 cm thick, and the device that started them was replaced by a hydraulic mechanical system, which will be installed at the end. Now the materials and machinery are temporarily parked in the open space outside the fortress.

When the entire outer wall is updated, the defense of Cannon Fortress will jump several levels in a row. These materials were also available thanks to the wild mountains and 200 soldiers swept through several towns near the fortress a few days ago.

On the afternoon of the day after capturing Cannon, Ling took the barbarian mountains and soldiers north along the blood-stained road, and found two towns, Montgo and Marley, hundreds of kilometers away. As expected, these two towns are actually supply bases for fortresses, but over the years, due to the increase of factories and workers, a small town with a population of about 2,000 has gradually formed.

At that time, Essinna's fled team came to the two towns to rest and had a battle with Zero. The battle situation was naturally one-sided. Zero didn't even take action, and Manshan and his team defeated the deserter with a crushing attitude. The battle took place outside Marley Town, and the battle took only half an hour. When they entered the town, the bodies of three or four hundred Knights soldiers had been left outside the town.

The next step went smoothly, and Zero took over the two towns. Food processing plants, water purification plants and a steel mill are concentrated in the two towns. The steel mill was completely unexpected. A whole batch of armor plates and steel brackets were found in the factory warehouse. According to inquiry, it turned out that it was intended to be used to update the outer wall of the fortress next spring.

If it hadn't been for Zero, they would have attacked the fortress first. After Cannon updated the defense system, the attack would not have been so smooth.

Two days after taking over the two towns, a knight's troops came to Montgomery Town. This is a team of thousands of people, and the two trucks carry more than ten Paladin mecha. Outside the town of Mongo, Zero was attacked by strong artillery fire. In the end, Zero first destroyed the Paladin mecha, disintegrated the heavy firepower of the Knights, and then combined with Manshan to defeat this force.

That night, after the Knights left the bodies of more than half of the soldiers, they should not rush back. Zero immediately transferred a 500-strong army from Cannon, and Berien came with the team. At night, after meeting with Zero, he entered at full speed and attacked another town of Tucson in the middle of the night. Tucson is strictly a military base, usually stationed in a thousand-person unit under the command of the 2nd Army.

The commander is Mesa, the deputy commander of the 2nd Army, a seventh-order capable person. After receiving the fall of Cannon, it was learned that the two towns of Montgomery had also fallen into the hands of zero. Importantly, when the soldiers who fled from Mali Town learned that Zero had only 200 soldiers, Mesa immediately mobilized nearly 90% of the soldiers in the base to Mongo Town to recapture the two towns in one fell swoop.

But Mesa was still afraid of the other party's ability, so he only sent a major as a commander. But when he learned of the results of the battle, he was still shocked. The ten paladin mechas were completely destroyed, and even most of the troops were killed and injured. You should know that there are only 200 enemy troops!

When Zero entered the base with Berrion, Manshan and a 500-strong army, Mesa did not even want to resist and escaped from the base with his own guards overnight. So the battle at the base ended in less than 10 minutes. This is a lot of Beline's powerful thunder ability. Under the ability of those in the high-level elemental domain, the army composed of ordinary people is no different from the lambs to be slaughtered. As Beline's hands and feet, all kinds of powerful abilities bombarded, and the army of the base were in pieces. Fall down.

In such a situation, the commander of the base ran away again, and the soldiers soon lost their mind to resist. In the end, 200 soldiers surrendered, and they temporarily detained Zero, and Tucson, a special town composed of military bases and peripheral houses, fell into Zero's pocket.

There are no processing factories in Tucson, and its supplies are also supplied by the towns of Montgomery and Mali. There are more than 1,000 residents in Tucson, of whom 400 to 500 are workers and others are responsible for some simple work. For example, the cleaning and maintenance of facilities in towns, the place where workers usually work is in the military base, and there is an arsenal in the base.

Most of the work of the arsenal is the production of some spare parts of the second-generation Griffin Knight, while the others are special rifles, *, missiles and other equipment for the Knights. Zero confiscation of one unit's inventory, mainly ammunition. A batch of armor pieces were also found in the warehouse that I didn't know what to use. Under the supervision of the supervisor, I knew that these were the special mecha of the fourth generation of mecha "empty angels".

It can be seen from this that the fourth generation of mecha studied by the Pope's Office, * "empty angels" have reached the stage of mass production. However, the external mecha required by the empty angel is very special. In addition to the rare materials, the requirements of * and metal processing technology are also quite strict. Even if it can be mass-produced, the amount of output may be very limited.

is only limited. One that can have the mobility of the Griffin Knight and the fourth generation of mecha carried by the Paladin's firepower is also a big threat to the high-level.

Even if it is still not comparable to the ninth order, the number of ninth order is limited, and empty angels can be mass-produced.

Mass production is both an advantage and a threat!

After occupying Tucson, Zero sent the supervisor and the information about the empty angel back to Cannon. The supervisor and materials are handed over to Billy for processing. In the hands of Billy, an expert, these materials will become an important basis for studying the anti-air angel strategy. As for the arsenal, all griffin knight armor was stopped from the date of zero control, and all of them were put into the production of other equipment instead.

It can be said that the value of Tucson is only below Cannon because of this arsenal.

So far, with Cannon as the starting point and Tucson as the end, nearly 500 kilometers south of the blood-stained road are under zero control. Zero left only a small number of soldiers in the towns of Marley and Montgomery, and their most important task is to maintain daily peace. In Tucson, Zero transferred Su to replace the barbarian mountains, and 500 soldiers stayed.

The 200 surrendered Knights soldiers scattered them and assigned them to work in the wood mine of the Emerald Forest and the cloud iron mine in the Eternal Mountains.

Zero returned to Cannon Fortress with the barbarian mountains, and most of the slaves who fled into the Emerald Forest had been recalled by the number. There were more than 5,000 slaves in this section, and Zero announced on the spot that they were no longer slaves but workers, and each of them received 2 gold coins. In front of gold coins and food, these slaves finally knew that they had ushered in the opportunity to change their fate, and they all supported Zero.

With workers, the construction of three oil well platforms can start. Only half of the workers came back, and zero had to give priority to the platform work of the oil well. As for wood ore and cloud iron ore, a small number of workers are allocated. However, a few days later, the first batch of workers recruited from the outer islands arrived at the fortress, with a total of 2,000 people and were quickly assigned to two mines.

Next, workers and soldiers recruited from the outer islands continued to arrive one after another, so the Cannon Fortress became extremely lively and full of vitality.

Stand under the rooftop of the main building of the fortress and look down at the busy scene below. The workers who enter and exit are like dense worker ants, and the fortress is a nest. The worker ants worked hard and made their nests stronger and stronger little by little with their own behavior. In another week, the armored city wall can complete the basic installation. Then there is the installation of the city gate and hydraulic machines, and finally the configuration of heavy fire points.

After all this is completed, the defense of the important case will jump several levels in a row. Seeing this, Hooker's surface was calm, but there were waves of waves in his heart.

"Can't you believe it?"

The sound of the barbarian mountain came from behind. Looking back, Huke saw the fat body like the mountain of the barbarian mountain moving with difficulty. Sitting on the edge of the rooftop, Manshan put his hands around his chest and looked down and said, "Our head is really capable. To be honest, I never thought that one day we could sit on the rooftop of Fort Cannon."

"That man will lead us into a new era. No, to be precise, we are already in the new era. Hu Ke muttered.

"Yes, it hasn't been long since the Nephenling that we have stepped into this continent. I thought there would be no chance in my life. Manshan scratched his head and said, "Actually, I'm wondering if we had united earlier, we would have hit this continent without relying on an outsider."

"Outsiders?" Hooker looked at the barbarian mountain and narrowed his eyes and said, "This is a dangerous name."

Manshan laughed and said, "Come on, Hooker. Don't pretend, don't tell me, are you really willing to be his subordinate?"

"Oh, you are not willing to say so."

The mountain was silent for a moment and said, "Are you willing?"

The Huke is speechless.

Manshan said again: "A few days ago, we set up a military base called Tucson. You know."

"Hmm."

"We will soon transfer the female swordsman, called Su. Hey, replace me with this woman and bring me back. After all, he still doesn't trust us. Manshan touched his bald head and said lightly.

"It's normal." Hook said calmly, "And that is always high-level. If the Pope's Hall comes, Tucson will immediately become the front line. I don't think there is anything wrong with letting a ninth-order sit there. As for the issue of trust, as you said, how long has it been since the Order of the Sea? I don't think I can build enough trust in such a short time. Just like you treat him as an outsider?"

"Then one day, if we take Rome, they may treat us as pirates. After all, we have a criminal record."

Hook took a look at him and said, "You may not think too much, Manshan, I have to remind you. Your thinking is very dangerous.

Huke turned around silently and left the rooftop.

Manshan still touched his bald head and muttered, "Dangerous? I don't think so, but I think it's necessary to plan for myself.

At this time, several off-road vehicles came out of the Emerald Forest. One of the cars was sat by a woman, Oran. Manshan whistled, and a smile disappeared from the rooftop.

In the main building of the fortress, a room on the fifth floor has been transformed into a laboratory. The fate that arrived at the Broken Bay a few days ago not only brought Billy and his technical leader, but also included the doctor Ji Ya. This female student brought out by Victor has low-level perception domain abilities, which cannot be used on the battlefield, but are of great help to Ji Ya's research.

At least some links such as X-ray fluoroscopy can be done as long as Dr. Ji Ya can see it with her eyes, and what is omitted is a lot of time. Nothing can be seen locally, but in the long run, the time saved by Ji Ya cannot be ignored.

Capable people have unparalleled advantages at any level.

After arriving at Cannon Fortress, Zero has cleared a room as her laboratory. At the same time, some necessary equipment on the Destiny was also brought in, and the release of the room was completed in half a day. Now there is a surgery and some simple equipment and facilities. As for more complete equipment, it will take time to buy more.

Anyway, with this laboratory, the thunderous body can be analyzed routinely.

At that time, the thunder's body was saved by Cayton with ice flames, and under the equipment in Ji Ya's hand, the body of the legion commander had become some parts. His chest was completely opened, and it was opened by a chest expander, which was already a cavity. As for the original organs, they have been launched one after another in the past two days and soaked in vessels filled with nutrients to keep them active.

Lei Ming has died, but his organs still maintain incredible vitality. According to Ji Ya, they are living beings. The preliminary report on thunder has been summarized and passed to Zero.

Zero is sitting in the command room of the main building, with a report about thunder in his mind.

Dr. Ji Ya initially judged that thunder was not a human, but something like an artificial man. Artificial man is not *human, the latter is the life born of a human gene, which can be regarded as a replica of the owner of the original gene. However, artificial people are created out of thin air, and in fact, thunder is like this.

Although he looks like a man, after tearing off the human skin, it shows various biological organs and artificial fiber pipes with high-tech content. Even the thunderous brain has 20% of the organization of non-biological structures. That's the core processor of Lei Ming's brain, and Ji Ya's evaluation of it is no less than a super brain.

As for other organs, whether it is the heart or other internal organs, they are all living organs. They are not only independent individuals, but also cleverly form a subject. Their full function is to supply eighth-order energy for thunder and convert energy into high-frequency pulse currents, which can disguise thunder as a high-order elemental domain ability.

In fact, thunder is more like a humanoid weapon.

General speaking, thunder is not human, not even life. In addition to the internal organs of the brain, his muscle tissue is just a bionic base, which connects the internal organs and the body, not blood vessels but energy catheters. Even those eyes are also electronic eyes, with functions such as remote vision, accurate positioning, multi-mode vision and screenshots.

In this way, zero can explain why killing thunder can't get an evolution point. I have never heard of examples of destroying non-living organisms that can get evolutionary points, because non-living organisms do not have the characteristics of self-evolution, so they cannot bring evolutionary points to destroyers.

However, thunder is still valuable, and his biological organs are very touching Ji Ya. The doctor has locked herself in the laboratory for several days and has not appeared. Except for people to send her food from time to time, and she throws the research results to zero, Ji Ya is like evaporating from the world.

Looking at these reports, he tapped his finger gently on the table. Twenty years ago, there was an eighth-order artificial human like Thunder, so the achievements of the Pontifical Council in the field of science and technology cannot be ignored. But it seems that the whole Pontifical Council is such an artificial man as thunder, and since the thunder, the Pontifical Council has still put the focus of research on the mecha.

In other words, the resources used by high-level artificial human beings such as thunder must be very huge, so the Pontifical Council did not continue on this road. From the perspective of visitors from the mainland of China, the Pope's Hall actually touched the threshold of biological weapons a long time ago, and it is also a very high threshold. Unfortunately, he was limited by resources and did not continue to study, but this does not seem to be a problem for Zero. Behind him is a whole alien federation, there is also a city of dawn under construction and a powerful ally like Asgard.

Lei Ming's body may become a reference. After improving and improving the use of materials, it is not impossible for those who can mass produce the eighth order. Zero does not need to produce an eighth-order artificial man at all. As long as the heart that provides eighth-order energy can be suitable for living people, then by implanting external organs, Zero can make a person with fifth- or sixth-order ability fall to a higher level.

Even if they have no possibility of continuing to evolve, an eighth-order army that can be mass-produced is a terrorist force that sweeps the continent!

So on Ji Ya's feedback column, Zero gently tapped some of his ideas.