Gate of Apocalypse

Less than half a day has gone by to prepare for departure.

The Meteor Squad was originally a small family business, but with the aid of the Knife Mountain Fire, especially those supplied by the fat man, it is now a lot bigger on hand.

With the exception of the most precious tidal warplanes and the integration of mounting and combat capabilities, soldier combat equipment has been replaced by energy weapons for all.

There are also four sentinel armor, but according to the Zero City resident team standard, equipped with a full range of weapons and defense system, in addition to the self-contained AI that can be used for automatic combat, it can also be controlled by Roddy with mechanical mind skills to become semi-manual mode if necessary.

Together with two Thunderstorm tanks, a pair of Class A protective clothes… these seven, seven, eight, and eight pieces are enough to make the Meteor Squad one of the best in the team of Awakeners.

Of course, it's not enough to look at compared to those Zero City resident teams. But now even Zero City has been destroyed, and the remnants of the resident team are long gone, not knowing where to hide. I just don't know if this copy will be forced to participate.

In addition to the existing equipment, Xia Xiaolei purchased a large number of ammunition and treatment items centrally using all the remaining points of the team. Considering that this copy is likely to be ancient time and space and last a long time, enough food and fresh water were prepared for the January share of the team and stored in Chen Xiaolei's storage space.

“But now there's another problem, the star sand deposits.” When Xia Xiaolei reported on the existing equipment, Roddy added with concern: "The original promise of Knife Mountain Fire Sea was to acquire our star sand at triple the cost of mining, but now Zero City has been destroyed, and the team of Knife Mountain Fire Sea, although there may still be remnants, is no longer possible to return to its original flourishing. It is no longer to be expected that they will still acquire these star sand minerals under their original conditions. Besides, we can't even build them now.

You brought 10,000 points to make the star sand mine run at full capacity, but I'm afraid there won't be any more points to follow. So, what about this mine? ”

Chen Xiaoliang frowned.

After the destruction of Zero City, he was busy travelling all the way to Romania and later to the end of the world, but did not consider these things.

The situation is indeed a little headache.

It's like a factory, with the investment of a big buyer, built a good production line, signed a good purchase and sale agreement, and after everything worked, the big buyer suddenly collapsed!

In contrast to the products produced by this factory, there are no other sales outlets on the market.

Continue mining? But that's one more day of mining, thanks to one more day. Joey Peak was not speaking falsely at the time. At the size of the meteorite squad, not so much star sand was used at all. White flower points were put into the mining area, in exchange for lots of star sand could only be thrown over there empty-handed.

Stop mining? When Zero City launched its mission, the mining area was used for only one year, and Zero City has now been destroyed. After a year has elapsed, the mine may disappear directly or may not be used by any team. Ownership of the mine was gained so easily, it would be a waste if it were left there for nothing.

Of course, Chen Xiaoliang is not sure what kind of mechanism the mining mission released by Zero City is, and what changes will happen after Zero City is destroyed. It is also possible that this mine will forever be occupied by Meteorite Squads. However, Chen Xiaoliang dared not look forward to such a good thing now.

Besides, star sand mining inputs are not evenly consumed!

When the black-clothed man transferred the money to Chen Xiaoliang, he said that the money could support the operation of the mining area for about three months, and Chen Xiaoliang did not make a fine calculation. But then he realized it wasn't enough!

Eight mines, each of which pays 100 points per month, are paid in a lump sum. Points will not be returned until the end of the month, even if the mine is closed.

There are also mining robots, which require 100 points per unit for initial purchase in addition to a bit of mining input per day.

After getting the points transferred from Joey Peak, Chen Xiaoliang directly bought the number of robots. Eight mines, eight robots per mine, cost 6,400.

Together with mining, which is now more than a dozen days old, the daily cost of mining has gone down by 8,000 points. At this rate, in less than a month, that 10,000 points will have to be spent clean.

Chen Xiaoliang calculated the speed of this spending. He was going to contact Zero City people again and ask for another working capital. But so many things came to mind, it was delayed to forget.

“Let's do this…” Chen Xiaocai thought: "Let it keep going like this, don't slow down. That 10,000 now leaves about 2,000 points, enough to support it until the end of the first month. Stopping the robot saves a few dozen points a day, but the cost is too high. ”

“Understood.” Roddy nodded: “What about after the first month? ”

“There are more than a dozen days left before the first month ends. If you still can't find the source of the funds, close the other seven mine holes and leave only one.” Chen Xiaocai bit his teeth: “Star sand is a good thing, but it's not something we can afford right now. However..."

He looked at Roddy and said, "How much star sand do we have now? ”

“Open the mine so far, but half a month of kung fu, that is, less than 30 kilos...” Roddy's eyes lit up violently: “Why?! You're going to use my armor?! ”

“Stop dreaming.” Chen Xiaocai rolled his eyes: “You now have only 18 seconds to manipulate the armor within 24 hours. Under this time limit, no matter how to strengthen it, you won't get much improvement, it's a waste. ”

“Shit, the sky is rejoicing.” Roddy drooped his head.

“However -” Chen Xiaoqiao turned: “It can't be used to strengthen your armor, it doesn't mean it can't be used for you. Didn't we have four more sentry armor? ”

“Well... that's pretty good, but...” Roddy regained a little spirit here: “Thirty kilos of star sand can only partially enhance the armoured system of four armors at most. ”

“When did I say I was going to fortify four?” Chen Xiaocai laughed: “Although these sentry armor are highly configured, it is unlikely that they will become our main equipment in the future, but only for a short time. Besides, we spent so many points to save so much star sand, we can't just waste it. Give you 10 kilograms, if you use it on a mechanical armor, it should be enough to boost its armor performance by a big cut. This armor is for you as a regular now. ”

“That's it? What about the rest?” Rhodey whispered.

“This is such a big copy that the surrounding area must have been very lively before we officially entered the copy. We'll be in contact nearby to see if we can find a buyer. If it's just a 20-kilo serving, you might be able to find a team to eat.” Chen Xiaolian looks at Roddy: “By the way, what valuable content do you see online? ”

“The secret forum between several awakeners was turned over, and the forum was basically full of fryers.” Roddy laughed: “Everyone basically thought this copy was harder than they thought, and someone had suggested touching it before it started. ”

After that, Roddy took out his phone and opened a page: "That's the guy. ”

Chen Xiaocao took the phone and looked at it. The sender of this message is a random number ID. He wrote a lot of his own analysis of this copy. Finally, he and his team will arrive in the mission area two days before the copy begins. If there are teams or individual participants who want to share information, they can contact him to work out a battle plan together.

However, Chen Xiaocao flipped over his reply, but no one contacted him directly.

“Even if it's to be contacted, it's usually not likely to respond via private mail.” Roddy explained, "So do we need to get in touch? ”

“Sure. Let's go after the family.” Chen Xiaocai didn't hesitate to say yes and suddenly remembered something: “By the way, what about the kid I sent back from the end of the world? ”

The tire unfortunately patted its head: “How much do you say? I forgot to tell you, I live at the resort. You didn't come back, we didn't know how to place him, just asked some basic questions. His name is Wang Duo, he is 10 years old, he is in the fourth grade of elementary school, and his family is in Xijing...”

“Then send it back.” Chen Xiaolei nodded: “At this age, the home address and parents' names should be remembered. Tidal fighters are fast anyway, we can send him to Saijing before we go to the copy area. ”

The tire hesitated for a moment and lowered its voice: "- The child was smart enough to know that he had died once and had been hit by a car while crossing the road. Send him back, his parents..."

Chen Xiaoliang stunned and reacted. He grinned bitterly: "There have been so many things happening lately, drilling into my head one by one, making me stupid. So he's a black man now? ”

“Yes.” Tires looked at Chen Xiao Liang: “All these days, Flagwood Xi took care of him, waiting for you to come back to make arrangements. Now it looks like we're gonna have to... adopt him. ”

“I'm afraid that's all we can do for now.” Chen Xiaocai sighed and said to Roddy: “You're the only one who can do this. Can you arrange an extra identity and student status? ”

“No problem." Roddy nodded and walked out the door: “I'm going to make a call. ”

Shortly afterwards, Roddy pushed the door back in, laughing: "Okay, it's arranged. ”

“So soon?!” Chen Xiaolian was surprised.

Roddy laughed. “Not so fast. Just keep talking. We're leaving for the copy later. We can't just wait here until everything's done. I asked the old man to find a friend, to do his identity first. I guess when we get back, the students will be almost complete. ”