Starting from Zero

"Sorry to keep you waiting. M" After entering the reception room, the first person to stand up and speak was not Sussex, but an unknown ethnic creature with a rather strange appearance. This guy's body is not much different from humans. The only problem is that his head is inverted triangle, and his jaw is thin like a cone, but his forehead is very wide, and his two eyes are not on the face. In the center, but above the two top corners of the forehead.

Although the shape of this wonderful creature is a bit strange, the other party can speak fluent Chinese, which is quite surprising. What's more, this creature's costume is also quite distinctive. The clothes on his body is a robe, which is nothing special, but there are two rigid surnames on the shoulders, and then a hood like a pergola is formed on the head to cover the entire head inside, and in this pergola There are actually two screens in front of the same hood. Just like a stick on a bed, two small hooks are used to hang on both sides of the hood. As long as you release the hooks, the falling screen can completely cover its face.

Because the other party spoke first, we certainly had to respond a bit. As the leader here, I first stood up and shook hands with the other party and said, "In fact, we came too suddenly, and there was a little misunderstanding. I hope that it will not cause you too much trouble."

The other party didn't seem to be very comfortable with this kind of polite words. I simply started to run on the topic after responding to two sentences. This is really strange to me. Although I don't really like to speak in this way, because the other party is the representative of the dark council, I thought he would be more accustomed to this way. Who knows that this guy is more direct than me and has no characteristics of diplomats at all. Of course, he's more happy to be able to speak like this, at least to save some time. I don't want the meetings with the Dark Council to be like those of the UN conferences, and any topic can be talked about last week.

After a simple greeting, of course, the staff must be introduced first. The five of the other people are not ordinary, but to be honest, I can't remember it just after the introduction, because the names of these five guys are very strange and worse. It is the fact that the five lawmakers are from five races. How do you remember such a mixed situation?

Of course, the other person is complicated, and our side is not simple. Although Chris and Dina are both players, according to the system settings, I chose the Sky Devil, originally a mixed blood of angels and demons, and later infected the genes of vampires and werewolves, and later infected with some dragon blood. So this race is completely out of order. As for Chris Dina, she originally chose a human race, but now it has been completely transformed into an elemental elven, and Persephone is simply a protoss. In this way, the three of us are also three races, not much better than each other .

Both sides were probably a little dizzy with each other's race and name. In the end, they had to be embarrassed and re-introduced again. Fortunately, everyone tried to find a memorable introduction.

The guy with the triangular head who talked to us first turned out to be a very talented being. This guy is one of the veterans of the Dark Council. According to the Dark Council rules. The entire dark parliament has its own parliament in the underground world around the world, but that is the regional parliament, and then each regional parliament needs to elect a member to participate in the central parliament. Generally, the elected Central MP is the chairperson of the regional council. After all, the central MP needs to represent the collective interests of the regional council, so this effect can only be achieved by the regional speaker.

These district members form a central dark council in the central parliament. This is the main decision-making body of the dark council. This decision-making body is roughly equivalent to the National People's Congress in China or the highest parliament in the United States. There are four levels in this dark parliamentary central parliament. The most common members are members of parliament. This is the lowest level of the dark council's central council and the largest group. There are also senior parliamentarians, and Suses is one of them. There are only more than 200 senior parliamentarians in the central parliament, accounting for about one-eighth of the total number of parliamentarians. The next level up is called the patriarch. The number of veterans is 108. This is an expressly stipulated number. It does not change like the number of ordinary members and senior members. The elders have a relatively high status in the dark council, and this person will form an organization called the Elder House, which functions similarly to the State Council and is specifically responsible for handling various things.

In addition to the above three levels of personnel, there is also a fourth level of personnel, that is, the chief veteran, which is actually the head of state. Of course, the head of state is just a job title of the Senate, and in the dark council, the head of state will actually automatically become the speaker, that is, the person with the highest status and power in the dark council.

The triangle head that greeted me just now is a veteran. Although he exists in the dark council as a total of 108 people, but if you know the total population controlled by the dark council, this existence is actually It is already quite high-end.

After the brief introduction, the name is very complicated, but the guy who can be referred to as "Bobo Saiers" started to greet us to sit down. After everyone was seated, he began to ask: "Well, I don't know how much this time Why did you come to our dark council? The report I just heard is not comprehensive, so I don't know the details. "

I already had an idea for Bob Boers's question, so I answered directly: "In fact, it is not a particularly complicated thing, and the incidental task is to help the white elves solve a problem." I then set this This time the things that the black elf family provoked briefly introduced, and then said our purpose.

After hearing this, Bob Cells didn't say anything, but simply nodded after thinking briefly, "This thing is not too difficult. We can easily do it, but I would like to know why our dark council Do this? "

Even though this matter is such a thing, it was a bit of a stun for Bobosiers to ask it directly, but considering his reaction before, I understand the characteristics of Bobosiers a little. This guy has a straight temper, and has nothing to hide in talking and doing things. Although such people are a bit sceptical, but at least they don't have negative people behind them. It's easier to get along. Of course, it is better to talk to such people to cultivate qi, otherwise it is very likely that they will get angry. There is nothing when the interests are the same. If there is a conflict of interest, he will never give you a good look. Fortunately, we do not have any conflicts of interest this time, so the attitude of Bob Bossier just wants to get some rewards.

I also started to answer the question raised by Bob Boers: "In fact, we have also considered this matter. Helping the white elves is just by the way, and in return, I think I can use a cooperative opportunity To completely cover. "

"Cooperation?" Bob Seles obviously didn't understand my intentions.

I didn't explain it directly, but let Persephone first, then Bob Seles noticed her, and then Persephone started to relax his control of his divine power. The divine power of the Protoss will naturally spread without any suppression. This is the same as the principle of energy in reality. High-energy objects always transfer energy to low-energy objects in various ways, and ultimately make their energy levels consistent with surrounding objects. This is the law of the universe, and all macroscopic objects must abide by this basic rule. This setting is also copied in the game, that is, if the protoss are not controlled, their own divine power will be automatically lost, and even if they are controlled, if some special methods are not used to increase the effect, there will still be very Strong energy fluctuations leak, and this fluctuation can make others feel your strength.

After Persephone was released, the surging divine power filled the entire room immediately. Although Persephone was just an ordinary protoss, and even among ordinary protoss she was considered to be more ordinary Knowledge, its coercion, is far from being comparable to the higher gods like Mother Earth, but at least for Bob Seles, this fluctuation is already quite amazing.

Although the power fluctuation ratio is equal to absolute strength, some creatures with very low power fluctuations can also deal with some creatures with strong power fluctuations. For example, the stone giant is only a level 500 creature, but a monster of level 600 or 700 cannot do it, so To say that fluctuations are not absolute. But at least one thing is for sure, that is, a creature with strong wave strength is definitely not weak even if it is weak. After all, the energy reserve is too scary. Even if it is not used, just spraying it out can make the enemy. How wobbly.

"Is this a Protoss?" Although Bob Bossiers has heard us introduce Persephone, but we only introduced that we were the Frost Rose Alliance, and then introduced Persephone to Bob Seles introduced the name of Persephone, and did not say what she did, so Bob Seles took it for granted that it was my attendant. Although this understanding is not wrong, but if you understand the strength of Porsefogne in this way, it is wrong.

"Of course I am a Protoss, but I am not a local protoss."

"Not a local protoss?" Bobosier still didn't fully understand.

I helped explain: "Porsecione is one of the Protestant Chaos and Order Protoss in our Frost Rose Alliance, so she says she is not a local protoss."

"Will you have your own protoss?" Bob Bosse finally responded.

I nodded and said: "Although it sounds exaggerated, but you have already seen that we really have the Guild Protoss. After all, except for this situation, you can find any reasonable explanation why a Protoss follows me like this Do people run around? "

Bob Seyers thought for a long time and really couldn't find any explanation. In the end, he could only believe that Persephone was our guild protoss. After all, it looks like Persephone is exactly my attendant. If it ’s not a guild protoss, how could a protoss generally have such an attitude toward mortals? The reverse is almost the same.

"I believe in your identity, but what does this have to do with our cooperation?" Sure enough, Bob Boers is a guy who is so direct that he can't stand it.

"Tell you that the Frost Rose Alliance has a Guild Protoss to make you believe that our Frost Rose Alliance is a very powerful guild, so that our cooperation can be possible. Otherwise, the power is extremely unequal. Are you willing to cooperate with us? Cristina said directly: "According to the information of our guild, although your dark council is not very tightly organized, and because of its scattered power, the combat effectiveness is not very strong, but after all, you have a huge alliance base, so your strength It ’s still quite strong. For an organization like yours, the average small company will ask you to cooperate, will you ignore it? "

Although Bob Seles wanted to say no, he finally nodded, and then returned to the topic again and said, "Okay. Even if you are strong, but what can we cooperate with? You are ground guilds, We are an organization in the underground world. There is no intersection between the two, right? "

"I don't think that's what you said about this?" I asked, "Isn't the Dark Council intending to enter the ground? Or, do you not need materials from the ground at all? If you want to come to the ground, And if you need something on the ground, then it must inevitably intersect with the organization on the ground. Under this kind of request, isn't it a good thing to choose a strong organization to become a partner? "

"What benefits can we get from it?" Bob Seles really went straight to the point again.

"What do you need?" I don't meander with the other person either, this kind of person and him meanwhile can't get along with himself.

Bob Sells thought for a moment and didn't return to us immediately, but said, "Can we leave a little?"

I nodded and made a hand gesture, the other party immediately greeted the other legislators around me and left the reception room together. Chris Tina and Persephone were waiting in the room for twenty minutes before Bob Cells returned, and this time the accompanying staff actually changed. With the exception of Bob Seyce, there is no Sussex in the staff. She is only a senior member of the parliament. It may be a very high status in the eyes of other members of the dark council. They seemed to be just a perimeter person, so this time the personnel changed, and the other four guys who followed Bobo Sails did not show up, but replaced another six.

The six people who came this time together with Bob Bossier were seven people. Bobosers was in the second row, but the man next to him was slightly ahead of him by half a position, and they were in front of them. There is one more person. From such a position, it can be determined that the person beside Bob Seles and the previous one are higher than his existence.

Bob Sells is already a veteran of the Dark Council, so who are these two? First of all, these two people should be at least the veteran, and the one who is juxtaposed with him should be a high-ranking veteran. Perhaps this person is very powerful, maybe he is very capable or his own strength is relatively strong, anyway, it should be very powerful. Guy. As for the front one, this is a better judge. Because this person has a higher status than Bosells, a veteran, and even the clothes are different, I have 90% certainty that this is the speaker of the Dark Council.

Sure enough, Bob Seyce introduced it as soon as he entered. "Sorry for keeping you waiting. This is the speaker of our dark council."

"Hello everyone." The speaker politely stood up and shook hands with me, and then said, "My name is relatively long. I heard that you are not very used to our name, so you can call my middle name 'Sith'. "

"Hello, Lord Sith." I shook hands politely with each other, and then introduced myself, of course, neither Krishna nor Porsecione could fall.

Presumably Bobo Sailes reported the situation here, so Speaker Sith showed extraordinary enthusiasm for Persephone. After all, this is a Protoss. Even if it is not the Protoss that you believe in, you don't need to bow down, but if you receive it with diplomatic etiquette, you should not be overly enthusiastic.

We can all understand the response of the Speaker of the Sith, and Porsefogne responded politely. Of course, the Lord Speaker also warmly introduced his men to us. After greetings on both sides, the Sith Speaker began to talk to us about business.

"I heard that you are going to cooperate with our dark council. I don't know what kind of cooperation is probably the way?" The Speaker of the Sith did not delay, I wonder if the creatures of the underground world like to go straight, anyway, so far I have encountered The senior members of the Dark Council seem straightforward.

Anyway, we ’re here to talk about this, so I did n’t get in touch with each other, but I said directly: “I think this is the case. First, our Frost Rose League is a powerful guild, but we do n’t want to Because we are already very strong, we have stopped the pace of development. Moreover, although we are strong, we are not completely without enemies. On the contrary, our enemies have been very many in the past, and they are still many now. Development cannot be stopped. Based on this idea, we need to constantly seek new developments, we need to strengthen ourselves, and the easiest way to grow ourselves is to find a group of allies that can form complements. "

The Sith Speaker nodded and said, "This theory is very correct, but how do we both need to cooperate?"

"We have no way to make a final conclusion on this point. What I can think of at the moment is to first understand what the Dark Council needs from us."

The Sith Speaker asked with a little surprise: "You have come to talk to us before we even know what we want?"

I didn't deny it, but nodded and replied, "Yes, we are not quite sure what you want, but we know what we want, and the Dark Council just happens to have what we want."

The Sith Speaker originally heard me saying that we didn't know what they wanted and was a little worried, thinking that we were acting recklessly, but after hearing what I said later, he understood that we were not reckless people.

"I want to hear what you really want from us?" Speaker Sith asked.

I quickly responded: "As an ally, intelligence and military mutual support are the basics, but what about specific projects ... First and foremost, you have a lot of mineral resources in your dark council. I think This thing is basically a super rich resource for you, right? "

The Sith Speaker did not deny it, after all, this matter could not be denied. The minerals in the underground world are mostly famous, and the deeper they are, the richer they are. Compared with the minerals on the ground, their underground mines are not only widely distributed, but also have huge reserves and high quality. Some ore require several processes on the ground for beneficiation and smelting, and in the underground world, even natural elements will appear directly. In contrast, the minerals controlled by our ground forces are simply tragedy!

"On the issue of this mineral, we do produce a lot of output, but if we cooperate with you, we will face a lot of problems." Speaker Sith explained: "Although we have as many minerals as we can meet It will not be used up in the future, but minerals will not run into our warehouses by themselves, and people will still need to mine. This requires labor and time. And you should also know that our underground world is because of the environment. The problem is that food production has always been very low, and the only underground caves where plants can be planted are not dare to reclaim at will. After all, we need these places to provide us with oxygen. If it is destroyed arbitrarily, only a limited underground entrance will be used for gas exchange. Is not enough. So our food has never been enough. Our dark council has been organizing human resources to mine ore, but at the same time we also need these ore to exchange food and necessities. If we mine the ore and give it to you For cooperation, then our food supply will have problems, and our mines Capacity is certain, there is no way to expand the production capacity of the premise we can only hungry, do you think we would do it? "

"Sith ’s understanding is a bit wrong. I said, we need to know what you need before we start cooperating, not to exchange minerals for a pure name of cooperation. Cooperation includes military cooperation, political cooperation, and of course it can also include Economic cooperation. The buying and selling relationship is itself a kind of cooperation. You provide ore, we provide food, and the two sides exchange to form a buying and selling relationship. This is also a cooperation. "

"If we just change the ore we sold to other forces to you, this will still have the same result for us. May I ask why we should give up our trading partners who have cooperated for a long time and take great risks to cooperate with you What about? "

"Your question hits the point very well. Indeed, you have already done this before, but you are all shipping out scattered, so your income is actually very low. Did n’t you think about it? Do you want to change the trading method? If you output all your minerals, oh no, this output may be a bit large, and some areas do not have our power, so it is not necessary, but if we can cover our Frost Rose Alliance All the production capacity in the region is bought out, then you can get the overall price of the surname, this price determines that you and we can omit many intermediate links, thereby increasing the exchange volume between the two parties. This is the first benefit. "

"You said that this is the first benefit, then there must be the second one?" The elder who was slightly higher than Bob Boscelles next to Speaker Sith asked. According to the previous introduction, the veteran's name seems to be called Wu Shan. Honestly, the name is strange, and it is an abbreviated name. Before that, he also introduced the full name. Although he finally introduced a short name to us as the speaker of Sith and Bob Bossier, the previous full name was It made me suddenly think of a race-the dragon. The Wu Xing's name is very similar to the dragon's name, and according to this name, this ancient dragon might not be an epic, it is likely to be a series with the Hongyan of our guild.

I originally wanted to continue to introduce, so after the other person asked, I said immediately: "This is a matter of course. This second benefit is actually our huge help from Frost Rose Alliance. If you are dealing with those individual customers, then The relationship between you is just a simple sale relationship, and there is no relationship, but if such a large transaction is stable, then we can build a stable bond of interest, which is the basis for establishing a relationship. Then, we The speciality of the guild can help the dark council to obtain greater benefits. "

"What is going on with this so-called greater benefit?" Speaker Sith asked.

I nodded to Kristina, and Kristina immediately took out her staff. The elders on the other side thought that Kristina was going to do something, and immediately stepped forward to surround the Sith Speaker, but West Speaker Sri Lanka pushed these people away. "What's panic? People are trying to hide things for us. They all step back."

Kristina did not interrupt her movements because of the opponent's behavior, but just inserted the staff on the ground, and a stab at the end of the staff was directly inserted into the rocky ground. Then Kristina was at the tip of the staff Gently, the gem on the staff immediately released a beam of light, and then projected a three-dimensional image in the air.

I explained to them according to the picture: "What you see now is the large machinery produced by our guild. Of course, the thing in front of you is just a power device, and its function is to use a special magic array to extract the magic crystal. The energy in the stone generates kinetic energy. We call this kind of magic equipment, and what you see is the magic motive, which is the basis of the magic industry. The magic motive consumes the magic crystal to generate power, and then through a certain transmission device, we We can drive all kinds of front-end equipment to achieve the purpose we need. "

With my description, the picture in front of me suddenly changed, a huge battleship was sailing on the sea, and then the picture changed again. An eight-foot walking machine appeared on the screen and moved at high speed. Introduced: "These things you see are all war machines of our guild. They are all based on the magic motive you saw before. Even if you don't know this information, everyone who sees these things I should be able to understand that since we can make machines that use magic motive to fight, of course, we can also make ore mining machines. These things are tireless and can work 24 hours a day, and as long as the magic crystal is enough These things can be extremely powerful, and the mining speed is dozens or hundreds of times that of ordinary creatures. "

After all, the Speaker of the Sith is the Speaker of the Dark Council. After hearing this, I have understood our intention. "You mean you can provide these things to us and then increase our ore production capacity so that we can exchange more materials?"

I nodded and said, "Your judgment is very accurate, and this is just one of our cooperation."

The Sith Speaker turned his head and discussed with some of his men for a while. During this period, Kristina did not close the image, and the Sith Speaker pointed at them from time to time. It is apparently under discussion.

Because the benefits are obvious, and Speaker Sith and Bob Bossier are both decisive people, that Wu Xing does not seem to be a slow surname, so the discussion soon came to fruition.

Speaker Sith turned to us and said, "I have to admit that you moved us. This proposal is quite reasonable and attractive. It just needs to be discussed in detail. You also said earlier that you don't want our full capacity , But the capacity of certain regions, I want to know which regions. "

"Actually, I don't think it matters."

"Why?" Speaker Sith wondered my answer.

I thought for a while and said, "I know that the area controlled by the Darkness Council has not been living well, so it has developed a cautious family name. After all, you ca n’t afford to lose your resources. Everyone is dark The top of the meeting exists. You can see long-term benefits, but ordinary people usually do n’t see them. Although you have decided to cooperate with us now, several of you should not be able to decide the entire cooperation plan alone. In the end, the collective decision of the dark council is still required, and if you delineate the detailed mineral distribution, it is equivalent to leaking your sphere of influence. I think the security risks among them will make many members vote against it? "

Previously, because my proposal was too tempting, the Sith Speaker forgot them for a while, but when I said that, they immediately realized that this was indeed a problem.

War in the underground world is different from the ground. If we use the marine war machine to make an analogy, the ground war is like the naval battle of the battleship era. Everyone has thicker armor and more accurate and fierce cannons. However, the battles in the underground world are more like battles between submarines. They are not who is strong in attack and who is weak in defense. The war in the underground world is better than who finds it first. To be found is equal to failure, because it is not necessary for the other party to attack you, as long as all the underground passages leading to your gathering place are blown up for you, and you will starve to death without starving.

Because of the different war modes, the underground world pays great attention to the confidentiality of living places. Generally, they will have backup survival bases, and there will be many secret escape routes, but by contrast, if even the main survival base is not found, then Is the best. Therefore, if the distribution of minerals is to be leaked, it is a safety hazard in itself, because the settlements must not be too far away from the minerals to mine. In this way, it is decided to find the mining areas, in fact, they will soon find the settlements.

"I don't know what President Zi Yue thinks about this question?" Now that I have raised this question, Sith Speaker certainly knows that we must be prepared.

Of course I immediately responded to the question from the other party: "I thought about this problem long ago. We need minerals in the Frost Rose Alliance. We don't want to spy on your information, so we don't want to inform us of the mineral area. We tell you where we are, how much and what minerals we need, and then you tell us how much you can provide and where to receive the goods, and then we go to the agreed place to finish the transaction. Although this will leak our construction project The location, but this has no impact on our guild. Anyway, our ground facilities are not afraid of investigation. Naturally, they can be beaten if they can be beaten. Even if they are found, they can't be beaten. As for the projects that require secret construction We ourselves will not be stupid enough to let you send things to the construction site directly. We must have mobilized materials from nearby and completed the transportation through the transshipment, so neither you nor us need to worry about the leakage of secrets. This is for everyone. Good thing. "

The Sith Speaker nodded and said, "If so, it really will let everyone put aside their concerns, but how will the mining equipment you said be delivered to us?"

"Of course this is the same way, you find a place where you feel safe and notify us, then we are responsible for sending things to this place, and then teach you how to assemble and use, and then you need to transport things to the mining site yourself. Of course , Our equipment will be miniaturized as much as possible for your transportation. "

The Speaker of the Sith nodded: "Apart from the transportation problem, how to calculate the transaction price of those ore and the cost of the equipment? You will not kindly send it to us, right? Also, which ore do you need? Directory, right? "

I nodded and said, "This is of course. Our Frost Rose League is known for its rigor. We are fully prepared for this cooperation. We have prepared a catalog of the types of ore needed. "I just handed a thin book as I said. You must know that the minerals in the underground world are quite rich, and one piece of paper is definitely impossible to write, so we have written a dozen or more pieces of paper in the final list, nailed together into a small book.

"So many types?" Speaker Sith was startled when he saw the directory.

"We are large guilds and the consumption is terrifying."

"What does the number after the name mean?" Bob Seyers asked.

"The number is the quantity. This list is the limit of the amount of materials we need each week. Before your supply reaches this quantity, how much do we need?"

"Your consumption is really terrible!" After speaker Sith asked, "Well, how do machines and equipment calculate?"

"The equipment is like this. First of all, you need to provide us with information about the mining environment of the minerals you need to mine, such as what kind of rock formations the ore is buried in, how hard the rock formations are, and whether the ambient temperature is in the gas Mining in the environment or underwater or lava, and whether there will be monsters to interfere with mining and other information. We will design the structure and function of the equipment based on the information you give, of course, the more your information Comprehensive and detailed, our equipment will definitely be easier to use when it is used. Your requirements for these machines can also be written into the record, so we can design the machine according to your habits, so that you can learn how to use these things. . Of course, we will make it as easy as possible. "

"So what do we do with the information?"

"After we receive this information, we will make a batch of samples for you as soon as possible. The samples will be given to you first to test whether they can meet the requirements. If there is a problem, you will return the samples and tell us where to find them. We will modify the problem again. If there is no problem, then completely finalize the model, and then you will return the samples, and we will start the formal production of the equipment. After the production of the equipment will be sent to your designated location, after which we will teach you how to use and install, and will tell you The price of the equipment. You can use it first, when the equipment is installed in place, and the output increases, you can use the extra output to pay for the equipment, and when the equipment cost is paid off, the extra output is what you earn. Of course The equipment will be damaged, so sometimes it needs to be repaired. We only charge the cost of the parts for this repair. After all, it is good for us to increase your output. "

Speaker Sith nodded clearly. They have all seen their mineral catalogs just now, and the maximum demand there is at least dozens of times smaller than their current production capacity, which means that they simply cannot meet our needs. Knowing this, Speaker Sith didn't doubt that it was good for us that their increase in output was just what I said.

"Okay ~ www.wuxiaspot.com ~ The approximate method of this cooperation project is so determined. How can we discuss specific issues in the future?" I said to the Sith Speaker.

The Sith Speaker also nodded, and what can be determined now is only an approximation. The specific details can not be determined for the time being. For this step, the general framework has basically come out, and the rest can find some specific staff. It's over.

Finally, I said, "Because things need to be talked about later, I want to set up a liaison station outside. I don't know what the Sith Speaker thinks?"

This so-called contact point is actually equivalent to an embassy, ​​except that neither we nor the Dark Council is a country, so we cannot call it an embassy, ​​but the function is actually the same.

Of course, the Speaker of the Sith Congress would not refuse, and nodded in agreement.

After the other party confirmed their consent, I asked again: "So, since our two sides have reached such a strategic cooperation intention, can the matter that I and Bobocells talk about before be a little bit small? Thanks for helping us? "

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