AWB Chapter 1336 The second attack
Chapter 1336 The second attack
Although Lin Yu and Buyetian Huoxing both have full confidence in fighting against the pursuers, the current command of this team still belongs to Buyetian Huoming, who is very familiar with the Great Wilderness.
In addition, Lin Yu and Buye Tian Huo Xing did not have a particularly strong desire to fight, so Buye Tian Huo Ming's suggestion to avoid fighting was successfully implemented.
The crowd continued to move forward slowly in the sandstorm.
The wind and sand are howling and getting stronger and stronger.
If it were an ordinary pioneer team, they would probably have lost their way by now.
Moreover, since these extreme climates in the wilderness come and go quickly but are not quick at all, they can easily last for ten days or half a month. Therefore, it is difficult to keep up with supplies if you want to rely on staying in place to survive.
However, for Lin Yu and his group, the situation, although troublesome, was not that bad.
With Dongming Suliu, a guy who knows the soil properties of every area in the wilderness by heart, as a guide, the possibility of getting lost is infinitely close to zero.
As for supplies...
With Lin Yu around, of course no one will go hungry.
He took out Chat's supplies and secretly asked Buyetian Huoxing to scare the captain and Fu Luo twice, and got enough bread and water.
Of course, when eating in this windy and sandy environment, you will inevitably get a mouthful of sand.
"Pah, pah... This is what you call a derivative product of the 'Fear' project. It's indeed convenient," Huo Ming of the Nightless Sky tasted it and offered his opinion. "I can't really say anything about the texture, but the taste is just barely acceptable."
Fu Luo is now an information life form. Theoretically, he does not need to obtain energy through food. However, on the one hand, this is to maintain the unity of his personality in front of Huo Ming in the Nevernight City. On the other hand, the production of this food is due to the fear caused by the shock he just received, so he naturally took a portion of food and started eating.
After hearing Huo Ming's opinion from Buyetian, Fu Luo took a bite of bread and felt a little curious.
"The taste is pretty good, isn't it? What's wrong with it?"
"My mouth is full of sand, how can I tell whether the food tastes good or not?" Huo Ming rinsed his mouth with water. "But it's a special situation, there's nothing I can do."
Although Dongming Shuliu was also of noble birth, she seemed like a true wilderness dweller, completely unconcerned about the taste of food. "I think the texture and flavor are both very good. If this thing truly overcomes the technical difficulties and gets approval for mass production, it could be purchased in large quantities as standard equipment... Director Arthur, how much did the prototype of this thing cost, and what alchemical materials were used?"
Lin Yu had no idea how much Chat's supplies cost or what materials were used, so he could only make up stories.
"I can't reveal the alchemical materials for now. I've signed a confidentiality agreement... As for the cost, it's about 5000 asset points."
"Not counting my personal labor costs and scrap losses, but this one cost about this amount."
"Of course, if it really goes into mass production, the price might come down."
Lin Yu said this and quoted a price that he thought was inflated.
But unexpectedly, Dongming Suliu and Buyetian Huoming both showed expressions of great interest when they heard this.
Originally, the two of them were only slightly interested in this [Chat's Supplies], but now they are already looking forward to it.
"You mean, the materials for your box that can continuously convert fear into food only cost 5000 asset points?"
Huo Ming shook the bread in his hand and asked in surprise.
Dongming Shuliu added, "Boss, Director Arthur said that 5000 points is the price of the prototype... The prototype will definitely have enough materials. He himself said that if we mass-produce it, the cost will probably be reduced further."
After hearing what the two said, Lin Yu realized that he had made a mistake - his offer was definitely too low.
I still somewhat overlooked how important this kind of supply device that can provide a steady supply of "individual rations", which is both portable and convenient, and even tastes good, is in the Great Wilderness.
Moreover... he had indeed always been a little insensitive to the price system of the City That Never Sleeps - under the financial and monetary system of the City That Never Sleeps controlled by the three major companies, the asset points they issued were very easy for the powerful departments and executives of the three major companies, especially the Great Wilderness Development Department and Huo Ming, an executive of the Noble Royal Family, to use the basic purchasing power of the asset points converted from the income and expenditure of ordinary families to estimate the things needed by the Great Wilderness Development Department, which was very easy to deviate.
But the words had already been spoken, so Lin Yu could only continue speaking.
"Of course, it only costs 5000 asset points. After mass production, I will try to reduce the price to within 4500 points per unit."
"However, the specific research and development is likely to be extremely difficult. Even if the ban on the 'Fear' project research is truly lifted, it will likely take several years before the [Fear Supply Pack] can be mass-produced and applied."
"After all, this wasn't even the primary research focus of the 'Fear Project'. It had to be put on the back burner."
Huo Ming nodded: "It doesn't matter, this thing is worth waiting for."
Afterwards, Huo Ming from Nevernight sighed, "However, I'm surprised that these supplies aren't even the 'primary application' of Fear. Director Arthur, no wonder your project has attracted the endorsement of Huo Le from Nevernight and even made Mother take you seriously... The 'Fear' project is truly enough to bring about a profound change in Nevernight City."
Lin Yu said modestly, "The emotional energy of 'fear' was not discovered by me. In fact, the original development was already very mature, but it was later banned."
"I just happened to be a little bolder than others, so I was lucky enough to have the opportunity to pick up other people's ideas."
"What's more... this might be the reason why we were attacked."
As Lin Yu spoke, Huo Ming shook his head.
"You don't have to blame yourself. It's only natural that change will be hindered... The prospects for this thing are indeed broad, so it's only natural that some people would dare to take the risk of assassinating me and the 'royal nobles'."
Huo Ming said this with a somewhat calm expression: "To endure these malicious intentions is our innate responsibility and obligation."
Dongming Shuliu rubbed the bandage on his head and said, "Having said that, I still hope that things will be peaceful afterwards."
Some people were chatting and moving forward at an extremely slow speed in the wind and sand.
After walking a little further, the sandstorm weakened a little...
Dongming Shuliu looked at the faint outline of the building revealed by the wind and sand and said, "Everyone, we have left the F9 area and should be in the F8 area now."
"In F8, there's a primary alchemical material processing plant that once belonged to the Universal General Chamber of Commerce. It's the building outline you saw earlier. It's basically shut down now, but it's not completely abandoned, so a small team of guards will be stationed there."
"If there weren't any sandstorms, passing through here would be quite risky. But now the sandstorms are still blowing, visibility is very low, and most of the alchemical detection equipment is out of service. So we can take a detour through here. Who knows, there's a high chance we'll be able to see the light in the dark."
"In fact, those teams may not have received relevant notifications, or even if they did, they would probably follow their 'inertia' and assume that we would not dare to approach their base and would instead operate in the wild, further reducing the possibility of our discovery."
"So, maybe we can try to go through this abandoned processing plant park. This will save us a lot of time."
"If we're lucky, we can even 'borrow' some vehicles that may still be running underneath it, thus achieving the effect of quickly traveling."
Dongming Suliu analyzed that Buyetian Huoming was very satisfied with the plan given by his deputy.
"Very good, then let's see if we can get through here."
As Huo Ming of the Nevernight Sky spoke, the few of them took advantage of the momentum of the wind and sand to gradually approach the processing plant park, which was once prosperous but now extremely desolate and seemed to be only one step away from being abandoned.
Just as Dongming Shuliu said, there is basically no equipment running in this processing plant, and there are no workers or operators in the park. Only a few checkpoints are still manned, but it is obvious that they are just superficial work.
Among the sentries, one could even faintly hear the noisy and cheerful sounds of people playing cards and drinking.
Even in broad daylight with clear skies, the security checkpoint in the processing park would not be difficult to bypass, let alone in such sandstorm weather.
"How lax! If they were employees of our Truth Company, I would definitely fire them all."
"Even if it's an abandoned park, we can't be so careless!"
Huo Ming said unhappily.
Huo Xing of Buyetian touched her chin and said, "But we are the beneficiaries now, Sister Huo Ming."
"If they were serious and responsible, wouldn't that just cause us more trouble?"
Huo Ming of the Nevernight Sky also realized this and pursed his lips, "That's true... Anyway, the Wanyong Chamber of Commerce always recruits a mixed bag of people, and likes to cut corners on details to reduce costs and increase efficiency. Now they are paying the price."
Dongming Shuliu also nodded. "It's probably because of the Wanyong Chamber of Commerce's grassroots structure that they must have outsourced operations at various levels in places like this... If not for that, I wouldn't have chosen this route, but would have taken a detour."
"Anyway...it's great that these guys didn't notice us and we don't have to fight them here," Dongming Shuliu pointed at his head. "I don't want to fight with these two holes in my head."
Hearing Dongming Suliu's teasing, Buyetian Huoxing originally wanted to join in the joke, but suddenly looked to the side alertly.
“Oh… that’s bad.”
"It seems you really will have to fight with the wound on your head, Lord Dongming Shuliu."
As Huo Xing of Bu Ye Tian was speaking, he caught a hint of crisp "noise" in the rolling sand and wind that sounded like the cries of birds and beasts.
"Ding--!"
Huo Ming and Dong Ming Su Liu of Buyetian observed it but found nothing unusual.
But facing the pedestrians in the Nevernight City, both of them put on serious expressions.
"what have you found?"
Huo Xing shook her head. "I'm not sure, but... there's a powerful alchemical artifact nearby, and it's already activated."
Lin Yu, who had already released his mental power to investigate, spoke in a low voice, adding to the findings of the Nevernight Fire Apricot.
"It's a person."
"A woman with a knife."