Chapter 73 Comma Flyer

Rose said: "No matter what, since this device can generate energy similar to magic crystals, it is very good. The properties of magic crystals are like batteries, and the cost is too high. It would be great if it could be replaced with a longer-lasting energy."

I clicked: "Then I agree with this plan. If you don't consider the function of this spherical cabin, this energy center alone is worth a try. The energy consumption of large cities itself is very high. Cities like us that are equipped with magic machinery must be used to save money. This plan can start when the funds of the Dark Temple arrive. However, it is recommended that you use your own team to repair it. The laborers of the Dark Temple can only be used to build the upper city part, and we will repair other things ourselves."

Su Mei said: "If you don't say this, I can't let them go to repair it! Don't treat me as an amateur, the engineering director of the guild, okay?"

Rose rubbed Sumei's head funnyly: "How old are you! Don't speak like an old man."

Ying said: "Urban construction is not just about design drawings. What should we do if we have specific projects? Do we still repair some special buildings?"

I thought for a while and said, "The Aisinger on the ground must have a new transnational teleportation array. The Aisinger in the sky may need to leave China in the future. It is best to use the teleportation array separately. The research institutes will move to the underground area designed by Sumei in the future. It is almost enough to leave a larger building symbolically on the ground. The internal equipment should not be installed. Magic Motion Experimental Equipment is also very expensive. If you can, save it. This part of the Dark Temple will not help us pay for it, so we can't waste it."

Rose said: "I think the advanced technology dock should be built at the ground station of Aisinger. I think it is more appropriate to change the dock in Aisinger in the sky to a battlefield support base. I think it is better to change it to another high-rise dock. It is better to change it to another place with such a large space. It is not really a waste to put warships in place."

When Rose said this, I suddenly remembered it. "Woma. Didn't you say last time that you could design a mobile fighter? What's the result?"

Woma said in embarrassment: "The results are a little bit different, but they are a bit different from expectations. I think we will talk about it later."

"Okay, now everyone decides how to arrange the defense facilities of the Aisinger ground station."

We held this meeting for more than two hours. Aisinger's design drawings were too complicated. So many of us were giving suggestions, so Su Mei simply stood on the table and took a pen to talk about where to change them. When we discussed the final plan, everyone felt a little dizzy. This plan was too complicated.

I leaned back to my seat and rubbed my temples: "Okay. The plan has come out, everyone should do it as planned."

"Then let's go and do it first." Ying and Hongyue all left the conference hall to assign work. Womar, Sumei and Rose stayed and decided to take me to see the Flying Legion's primary model that had been planned long ago.

I kept asking Woma along the way, but she said I couldn't understand if she didn't see anything, so I didn't tell me that I had to take me to see it.

The research base for the aircraft model is not in Steel City, but in this new Aisinger. The new Aisinger is divided into three parts, among which the command area at the top is much smaller than the middle area of ​​the second floor. So there is a circle of platforms on the top of the second floor. This area was later changed to a runway, which is the area we reserved for the aviation force. Now Woma brings us here.

We were still on the way, Woma had already notified the people here to drag the samples out, so when we arrived, the experimental samples were already on the platform. I was stunned when I saw this row of experimental samples of all sizes. "This... isn't this a piston plane?"

There are a variety of aircraft on the platform. I am most familiar with the one closest to us, because you can see similar things in almost any aviation museum. What we are in front of us is an old-fashioned aircraft, and it is not ordinary old, this guy is actually a three-winged one.

"You guys have been fiddling with this thing for a long time?" To be honest, I was very disappointed. This thing was indeed considered advanced in ancient times, but this game has flying monsters and magic technology, so this kind of thing seems too backward.

Woma explained: "No, this is actually a trainer."

"Ah? Trainer?"

Woma said: "Everyone in our guild has a spear. Airplanes don't mean much to us. What we need is flying warships, but warships cannot be protected without aircraft, but our players are limited. Each ship cannot be equipped with a large number of players, so I went to ask for help. In the end, Sumei came up with a way."

I looked at Sumei and asked in surprise: "Did you come up with it?"

Su Mei nodded and said, "Before I talk about my thoughts, I must let you know two things first."

"What's the matter?"

Su Mei said: "Brother Zi Ri and Sister Rose have been busy outside, so I don't know. Recently, various systems have posted notices that the game needs to adjust some strategic settings. Because it is still in the adjustment period, there is no direct announcement. Instead, it will remind you first in the form of an announcement, and then the entire game will be announced when it is officially upgraded."

"What kind of modification is it?"

"It is about the adjustment of the city defense NPC. In the future, the city guards will no longer be restricted. The city's land has guilds that can command the city guards to attack other cities. It will no longer be restricted by the city scope."

"What? Then our guild can attack other guilds on a large scale? It's great!" I was so excited. The guild's biggest strength is that there are many NPC guards. It has a strong combat power. In the past, due to restrictions, it was unable to leave the city to take the initiative to attack the enemy. It could only be used as a guard, and now it can be sent out to participate in the war with justification.

Su Mei said: "Don't be excited for now. The main system won't be so stupid to give you such a big loophole!"

“Are there any restrictions?”

Su Mei nodded: "Not only has restrictions, but also has several restrictions. On the one hand, it is economically restricted, and on the other hand, it is socially related."

"What kind of restriction method is this? The more you say it, the more confused I am!"

Su Mei explained: "This is easy to understand. First of all, it is economic restrictions. In the future, the NPC Guard will no longer be a lossless legion. Each NPC will consume some special resources according to its own situation. In other words, if you want to maintain a huge standing army, you must spend a lot of money, and it is not a one-time expenditure but a money every moment."

"Damn! What should we do if there are so many people in our guild?" I asked anxiously: "What money do you have to spend?"

"The reason for spending money is not certain, and it is distinguished by the types of troops. The most important one is the consumption of food and salary. Each NPC has to pay monthly wages, and they have to eat."

"No?"

Su Mei said: "Don't worry about this. I have consulted with the paid Q&A system. Our guild can say that we have taken a big advantage."

“How to say it?”

"First, our local troops are completely in favor of our isolated legion. They have no family or other things, so they don't have to pay wages. I heard that the most troublesome army is the Paladin legion, and those sick military pay is so expensive. The second cheaper one is food. Most of our guards are undead. There are not many troops that need to eat, which saves a lot of expenses. I heard that several guilds have begun to plan a major disarmament."

"disarmament?"

"What should I do if I can't afford to raise it?"

When I heard this, I glanced at Rose and she smiled at me. It seems that I guessed it well. This modification is probably derived from Rose's economic bomb plan. If players continue like this, they will invest more and more money in the game. It's really dark! But anyway, the money has been so bad that our Longyuan has come, so I am still happy to see this.

I continued, "In addition to economic restrictions, what does that social relationship restrictions mean?"

Su Mei said: "If you want to send troops, you have to walk over? If the other party and your city are intertwined with other player forces or NPC forces, are you just driving over like this? In reality, you have to borrow from the surrounding countries first when fighting wars? This will test your social skills. I guess many guilds along the way have to find ways to clear the joints."

I asked in confusion: "Let me find a city close to you to borrow a teleportation array and use it."

Before Sumei answered Rose, she said first: "You really want to come out. Don't you think about it. Isn't you worried that such a large legion will take the opportunity to attack them? It's so troublesome to borrow passages from outside the city, let alone the teleportation array in the city. And you don't think about it. The teleportation array costs money, and it's nothing to go there alone. How much does it cost to teleport millions of troops? In addition, there is still a problem with the probability of error in the teleportation array. If you pass through an army, you will definitely be thrown away."

In this way, the actual attack is much more difficult than imagined!

Su Mei said: "In fact, the local economic restrictions just now did not only include the cost of raising soldiers."

"What? That's not enough?"

"Superior training is only an important part of it, and there are many settings to pay attention to." Su Mei said with her fingers: "Soldiers cannot go into battle naked! Armor must be available. After upgrading, the combat power of npc will be divided into three parts, one of its own attack defense, one of its weapon attacks, and the defense of armor. These must be calculated separately. If you can produce armor by your own guild, it can be saved. If you don't have production capacity, you have to buy it, and you can buy it from the system store or other players. It seems that npc can use armor with players."

"Don't the soldiers in our guild already have armor?"

"But they will be killed!" Su Mei said: "After upgrading, the NPC group of the guild will not be automatically resurrected when it is killed. After death, you must spend money to summon souls and then resurrect. After resurrection, only coarse cloth clothes, armor and weapons will be repurchased. However, our guild will also take advantage of this."

“How to say it?”

"After NPC dies on the battlefield, the body will not disappear like the player. We can clean the battlefield and remove all the armor from the dead and then equip our own troops. However, the damaged armor needs to be repaired, which also costs money, but it is always much cheaper than buying it again."

"We can also steal others! Why do we take advantage of it?"

"Because our soldiers are undead, they don't mind wearing armor that is taken off by dead people, but many other troops don't like the armor on others. Human soldiers' morale will decline when wearing armor of dead people, and the Paladins will not accept it at all."

"That's true, I've taken a lot of advantage."

Su Mei said: "In fact, the most advantageous place is the Beast Legion. They even wear clothes and do not require armor at all. By the way, it seems that our ghost-like troops can be half the price when the resurrection troops are in half, is it very profitable?"

Rose said: "After this change, it was said that the control of the NPC legion was relaxed. The actual result was that everyone invested a lot of money and finally offset each other, which meant that they did not let go. It was just that the scene on the battlefield was bigger and the consumption was faster."

This is called invisible consumption. In order to save what they already have, players must continue to invest in new land. When they find that they invest more than they get, they will be reluctant to part of what they already have. In this way, they will continue to invest money in it. This is the cycle of making money.

I asked again: "Although it is very expensive, most guilds should have the ability to maintain a medium-sized NPC army, but what about those guilds without quotas?"

Su Mei said: "This system has also been arranged. In the future, there will be a large number of scattered battles between NPCs and roam between more cities. Players' guilds can recruit these NPCs to become their own guards. When recruiting, they must negotiate with NPCs and give them money at one time based on the results of the negotiations. If they feel troublesome, they can do military tasks and directly get the legion completed. Of course, the scroll of the military tasks requires buying land, and the process of completing them will cost a lot of money. In addition, the NPC troops in the future will not follow their lord guilds completely. NPCs will have an independent consciousness. They will have high morale, low morale or even escape and rebellion based on their own treatment."

“Will NPC betrayal?”

"Of course, didn't Vader and his subordinates just rebel and followed us in the Dark Temple?"

"This is it!"

Su Mei said: "Anyway, as long as you can raise it, you can greatly expand the army."

"I guess all guilds will lose money now!"

Su Mei said: "One of the reasons why I asked Sister Womar to design a trainer is because of this change. In the future, NPC operations will definitely not be able to go to teleportation stations, and they can only travel long distances. However, since our guild has the technology, it can completely allow the army to be airlifted for combat. Moreover, the high NPC level means high maintenance costs. In order to find the best combination between military expenditure and combat power, I envisioned cultivating these low-level NPCs to use advanced magic machinery. Everyone knows that a pilot is much more important than an infantryman, and they are all the same person, so I plan to train low-level soldiers to be pilots. Anyway, the combat power of the airline is calculated based on weapons and does not count the attack power of the pilot, so that we can play to our strengths and avoid our weaknesses and bring the greatest combat power with the least amount of money."

"But the aircraft also costs money!"

"Aircraft does cost money, but this is a game," Sumei explained: "Our guild produces an aircraft and costs about the same amount of money as arming five soldiers, but an aircraft is definitely better than five soldiers, so it's better to build an aircraft to save money."

“Can NPC fly a plane?”

Su Mei said seriously: "This is my second discovery. According to my investigation, since the last NPC intelligent upgrade, many NPCs have learned the ability, and they can learn as long as they are not beyond the physical limitations. When Sister Womar asked me to help, I specially conducted an experiment. First, we asked a skeleton soldier to use a long sword to learn to operate the bow and arrow. As a result, we taught him how to fire the bow and arrow in just one hour. It just took him an hour to train the head. But the basic operation of the archery ground is almost the same. This proves that NPC can actually learn it."

"But shooting an arrow is so simple, flying a plane is completely different!"

"That was just an early attempt. After that we tried to train various NPC soldiers to use powder guns, and they all learned it."

Rose asked in surprise: "Last time Woma asked me to allocate funds to build 100,000 gunpowder guns, wasn't it to form an NPC musket team?"

Woma smiled and said, "Yes. After Sumei and I experimented, they wanted to install muskets on NPCs so that all the troops can shoot the enemy at a long distance. When they get close, they will use the big sword and spear. Isn't this improving combat effectiveness?"

If a group of skeletons charging with rifles appeared on the battlefield, the enemy would probably faint directly.

Sumei continued: "We don't need to let NPC understand how the aircraft fly, they just need to know how to use it. These white skeletons have very good flexibility and are enough to drive the aircraft. And recently we have experimentally trained more than a dozen skeletons to drive the aircraft, and the effect is pretty good, and they all learn it very quickly."

So dizzy! Skeleton pilot?

"So, this three-wing aircraft is to train the skeletons to fly ground equipment?"

Woma said: "This is a junior trainer, followed by an intermediate trainer and a senior trainer, and then a practical model."

"I think there are more than four types of aircraft here!"

"There are three types of trainers, and there are many types of practical aircraft. Because there is no decision to finalize the final model, I have made a lot of samples."

I looked at the three-wing plane closest to us and said, "Is this trainer a little too old-fashioned?"

Woma said: "It's just to be a trainer to do this." She explained: "Didn't the three people you brought last time transform the Atlantics thruster into an air thruster? We miniaturized that thing and removed the outer contour and changed it to a blade-type connection, so this imitation piston engine was born. This is actually a magic machine, not a real piston engine."

"Then is this thing using magic crystal stone?"

"Of course. Nothing else is available except it."
To be continued...