Infinity Armament

After passing the second tide of insect attacks, the Blade Squad base began a new round of vigorous development.

The main focus of the new round of construction is on production turrets and troops. After seeing the horrors of the insects, the Blade Breakers dared not expand randomly, but gave priority to the defense system, taking advantage of the existing base size advantage first.

The Mammoth Beast broke through the wall gave everyone a warning that the wall was not enough and needed to be reinforced.

8500 points for each upgrade of the 85-kilometre fence.

Of course, workers' living quarters and garbage disposal centers must not be forgotten...

The major production lines operate almost constantly, producing most of the proceeds from energy beads that are converted into points and then into various types of Terminator Corps with actual strength.

New problems ensued - there were not enough workers.

At the beginning, if you build, 3,000 workers will be able to work overtime.

Today, with the development of the base, more and more functional building facilities are emerging, and if the functions of these building facilities are to be fulfilled, they must be operated by workers.

And a new round of construction will also require workers.

In order to avoid being dragged into overtime, Shen Yi easily refused to let everyone work overtime.

As a result, the amount of work has not decreased, but the efficiency of workers has decreased.

Expanding the number of workers to work more efficiently will require more ancillary construction in addition to more pay; more ancillary construction will require more funding; more funding will require more energy converters; more energy converters will require more sub-bases and workers; more sub-bases will require more workers and soldiers…

A cycle of death.

The trouble with one piece of this pile made Shen Yi-tou big.

“Nearly seven energy beads a day, 66,000 points a day, turned out to be… not enough!” The face of the flood has collapsed.

“I still like to kill monsters and have money.” Fatty answered honestly.

It's good to play weird money picking honestly and honestly. You have to do something about the development of the base. It's torturous. Millions of dollars are probably thrown down without water flowers. I really can't help it.

“There's no way.” or gentle understanding: “To confront such a powerful insect race, the strength of the adventurer alone is not enough, you can only use the sea against the sea, without the base, there is no sea. ”

In fact, this is also the situation that most bases often face, and the necessary logistical subsidies are in some ways more dragging the back legs of the base development than insect attacks, so many times it is necessary to wait.

But Shen Yi didn't want to.

For him, sitting there wasting time doing nothing is a waste of time, and a year's development period is not very long. While workers' efficiency can compensate for time disadvantages, insect attacks can offset efficiency advantages.

So every day of the development phase is precious, to cherish.

“It can't be done, just go around the wilderness, the insects have just fought for a short time and should not come back.” King Kong proposed.

Shen Yi thought about it.

Going to the wilderness is a choice that generals make when they confirm that they are safe for a short time. After all, once they leave the simulated world, they will no longer be able to communicate with the simulated world. You do not know when the insects will attack and most likely will miss out on backup.

Plus, you pay a certain amount of points every time you leave, and it's not possible to come back from time to time, so you have to be sure. Fortunately, the Blade Breaker team is strong enough to walk away two or three people should be fine, and the base development gradually stabilizes, so that we can start sending people out.

Given the needs of the base, the wilderness eventually sends a flood wave, gently moulded by three Kingston, which lasts ten days and must be returned in any event in ten days.

The next step is to pray that the Bugs do not attack in any way during this time.

But this time it turns out that good luck is no longer with them, and that putting hope on the enemy is doomed to be a bad idea.

On the fifth day of their gentle departure, the Bugs arrived and became fierce.

It's still seventy nests, and this time the main direction of attack has become a blade base - they love to hit the biggest base, they don't allow it to develop to the point where it's a threat; they love to hit the smallest base because it's best to bully.

The Blade Squad almost fully resisted, and the three warships that had been hidden were also started. Shen Yi's base card was not used on the Vientiane Palace, but was forced out by the insects. Finally, the fourth one did not come out, until Zhou Yiyu started the blood transformation again, killing a lower mother's nest before they struggled to force the retreating insects.

At the same time, the base paid another heavy price after the first attack.

Due to the short interval, insufficient energy reserves, defensive tents being breached, two energy converters, two energy supply centres being destroyed, many injuries requiring repair, and a large number of new artillery turrets on the wall being destroyed for the most part.

Three military factories, one of which was artillery, were destroyed beyond repair, and the terminator's water line was finally preserved, but the terminator died.

Fortunately, without the Vientiane Palace and the loss of those four independent bases, they became completely blind and could no longer master the Blade Breaker team's movements.

But watching as they were beaten back to their pre-liberation base overnight, they were still crying.

When the union president came and said that the residential area had been damaged, but had to be repaired in any case within the month, Shen Yi was simply reluctant to kill the bastard.

After that, however, Shen Yi finally laughed after looking at the mess in this place.

“Anyway, there's always more to be left than the second attack, isn't there? That means we're not wasting this time. ”

Tears in a smile!

This is what life is like, always growing up over and over again.

Both ordinary people and Shen Yi must work hard to adapt to this new environment.

So a new round of restoration, rebuilding, redevelopment, life becomes monotonous and simple.

The good news is they didn't give it all for nothing.

When they returned gently, they brought hundreds of thousands of dollars.

All of these gains were converted into points and actively constructed. At the end of the second month, the entire construction of the core base was finally completed.

By that time, they had 12 large, small and medium-sized military factories, two Terminator production lines, and by the third month they had added 2,000 more workers, 1,000 soldiers, and nearly 3,000 members of the second regiment, bringing the base population up to 10,000.

With the establishment of a new living area and the growing number of supporting facilities, laughter has begun to appear inside the base, as if a small city is growing from scratch to scratch.

Of course, the result of all this is that Shen Yi is still in a state of no access. After two months, they didn't get a penny, and all the points were invested in the development of the base.

After learning the last lesson, Shen Yi decided to go to the wilderness to rob the money again, but this time it was directly limited to 30 days. Why not let the three people who went out give up base defense once more, and save time left can't wait right, wait for us to leave you again.

Of course, the Blade Squad has the courage to release half the Adventurer to rob the money.

After all, strength is the cornerstone of development.

Shen Yi was still busy at the office this afternoon.

He's working on a new expansion plan.

For exactly two months, the base was struggling in the process of overthrowing and rebellion. A guardian's membrane broke to make up for it, made up for it, broke it back and forth, and gradually grew in endless destruction.

Now that the number of energy supply centres has increased again, the defensive intensity has increased, and plans to expand the satellite base, which has been on hold, have finally been rescheduled.

At this time, the guards came to the newspaper, Meryl came to visit.

Shen Yiguan beamed and had not yet invited her in, Meryl had already made a big step directly into it.

She was not wearing a general's uniform, she was just attacking the plainclothes and looked quite charming.

“How come you're free today?” Shen Yi is very impulsive to call Zhou Yiyu.

Merrill smiled: “Just come and see, and if you dare to call Chow, I'll turn around and go. ”

“… okay.” Shen Yi stalled his hand.

“So, why don't you invite me as a guest to your base for a spin? ”

“This is a military secret. ”

Meryl's face pulled down.

Shen Yi couldn't help but raise his hand and surrender: “OK, OK, can I take you... for loaning me money twice? ”

Walking along the newly built Avenue des Champs-Élysées, Merrill watched the base develop and change with a breathtaking eye.

Avenue des Champs-Élysées is the commercial street of the future base, named after a gentle - shameless plagiarism.

Although the roads are still empty, with only a row of unfinished shops, the prototype of the shops can be seen.

The roads are clean and free of fiber dust.

With the completion of the garbage disposal centre, more than a dozen unmanned cleaning vehicles are automatically swept back and forth on the road every day.

Some trees and flowers have been planted along the roads, and the seeds have been brought back from independent islands to both delight the eyes and serve as a raw material for the potion. Of course, some are too precious to be put there, and some workers' hands and feet are not so clean. There's nothing to steal when you're poor, and it's hard to say when you flourish.

From time to time on the road, some workers walked by and occasionally saw Shen Yi greet him.

These workers speak well as long as wages are paid.

At the end of Champs-Elysées Boulevard is a training ground, similar to the building function of the Bloody City, just lacking some advanced VIP treatment, which can of course be built, but more expensive. The training area is divided into two floors, the lower level is the workers' gym, and the upper level is the general's matchmaking area.

There is also a clothing store and a cafe across from the training ground, which is also the only place currently open, with Zhao Linger and Sherry in charge - goods are exchanged from the system at a very low price, but the clothing store is currently mainly selling coarse cloth tools, which disappoints Zhao Linger, she is learning to design, she has designed some clothes herself, but there are few women on the fucking base!

She's okay, the coffee shop is worse, the business door is a roach.

Because workers say what they need is a bar, not a coffee shop.

This disappoints Shirley.

At last, the beauty of the two girls attracts the Guests, but so the owners almost want to punch every Guest out.

Adventurer is not good for business!

“I didn't expect you to make this place so beautiful.” Merrill exclaimed, “But why did you do it? Don't you think this is a waste of time? These things can't help you against the Bugs. ”

“We in China have an old saying called planting trees to attract phoenix.” Stay with Merrill all the way, Shen Yi replied: "To develop business, you have to have an atmosphere suitable for business development. The elegant environment does not enhance the defense of the base, but can comfort the workers and allow the merchants to come. By the way, let me tell you a little secret, although there are extra requirements for workers every month, but if you go beyond the requirements and proactively improve living conditions and meet their expectations in advance, then this part of the project will only charge basic fees for extra overtime, no extra overtime, because they know it's made for themselves… Of course, I didn't expect that they don't like cafes, and the small sums won't work for the working people. ”

“You mean you want to grow a business? But what's the business here?” Merrill is surprised: “At best, let some merchants come and sell some goods to your workers, who have limited earnings, and you will never be able to collect taxes comparable to your salary expenses. ”

“Commercial taxes alone are certainly not enough to pay workers' salaries, but what if they are sold abroad? ”

“For sale?” Merrill became more and more surprised: “What are you selling to the public? All the bases here can produce their own. ”

“Not necessarily, at least, the living conditions of their workers will not necessarily improve. The vast majority of generals only meet the basic needs of workers, some of them even unmet. We can make some light industrial products for sale, but these are not big heads, what matters is ore! ”

“Ore? ”

“Exactly.” Shen Yi Zhengzheng: “Don't forget why we chose such a harsh place as Tianwei to live as a human base, just because there is enough ore here? Although the Interstellar Alliance is an NPC country, it does exist, and the system star is the Alliance star, where there are people, there are production and living needs, there are tens of millions of people, and the construction needs are hundreds of times larger than ours, and they need all kinds of resources. ”

“So you want to sell the ore to the Alliance? ”

“Yes. Sell it to the Alliance, the system doesn't accept this, but the Alliance does, I've asked, they do need it! ”

“What about transportation and mining costs? These all require manpower. ”

“We don't need to transport, there are businessmen. They know how to maximize revenue, I don't even need to dig, Tianwei has too many veins, I just need to circle the land, and announce that all the minerals in my territory are mine, and if I come here to dig, I need to pay fees and taxes. ”

Merrill stares: “Then you can take the opportunity to expand further. Expansion not only gives you more energy conversion resources, but also more mineral resources? ”

“Exactly.” Shen Yi nodded. Anyway, this can't be hidden, just be generous.

“Oh, my God, you're a complete businessman, you can do business anywhere.” Meryl clapped her forehead and shouted.

In the face of insect threats and the expansionary impact of logistical pressures, Shen Yi had to go a different way.

Peace-era countries opt for external expansion when they are unable to develop internally.

Shen Yi did the opposite, and developed internally when the outside world could not expand.

In any case, Shen Yi will not leave it idle.

Since knowing that business districts can collect taxes, Shen Yi has included the development of business districts as a planned goal, as this is the best internal development tool.

With a business district, he could save a lot of workers' salaries by taxing them, and if he could sell some more minerals, he could even earn more and become another financial pillar outside the energy converter.

Of course, it is not just him, but every planet has a special output, and the problem is that very few are able to make it to this point.

The vast majority of business development was made by generals at a later stage, and when they started making money, it was time to go.

So Shen Yi decided to complete the basic business construction within three months, put into operation in the fourth month, and grow in the fifth month, so that he could still make half a year of money, otherwise it would be pointless to try again later.

But the plan also has its problems.

"It's not impossible to prioritize business," said Merrill. "Some people have done it before, but it's not like you actually sell mines in circles. There's a big problem with a development plan like this. Have you thought about it? ”

“You mean war? ”

War is the greatest threat to business development.

In a nosy country like Singapore, a missile can crash its stock market.

No businessman would be happy to do business on war-torn land.

As a result, business has never progressed well.

In the past, the commercial development of the base also met the needs of workers, while recovering part of the funds.

Attempts to be big like Shen Yi's are rare. Success is more of a phoenix scale.

Shen Yi sighed at Meryl's rebuttal: “So if I could, wouldn't it be nice if I really wanted to talk to the Bugs and let us all live together peacefully? Investment in business is key to the development of every city, and peace is the foundation of development. Blade Squad has never had territorial ambitions, we are a peace-loving base, we just want to improve the standard of living of our people so that everyone can live in peace...”

“That's not funny...” Meryl rolled her eyes.

Shen Yi shrugged: “Okay, no kidding, I can understand your reminder, but you're referring to the premise that the base is destroyed, as long as the base is not destroyed, it will be fine, right? Bugs don't play siege tactics. They can never be attacked and withdrawn, and never fall in love. ”

“Do you think you can hold on forever? How did you do that? How can you convince the merchants? Know that if your shield is destroyed once, even one bug enters the base, it will cause damage to the base. Alliance businessmen are not as brave as workers, and even if one dies, don't expect anyone to come here to do business again. ”

“Not necessarily, 300 percent of profits are enough to put businessmen at risk of strangulation. ”

“The problem is you can't give them that much profit. ”

“I can give, at least temporarily. At a stage when they still don't trust me, I can open the base for free and provide obligatory protection, all fees are allowed to be in arrears, until I prove my strength before charging slowly… they are not allowed to be in arrears, I can. ”

“How? ”

“Of course, with a strong force, the merchants have eyes, and they will analyze the strength of the base themselves, their level of security. In addition, the Blade Team built a core base of 1,000 square kilometres on its first expansion and developed a complete base within two months, telling me, Merrill, can you do that? ”

Meryl shook her head with a bitter smile: "I couldn't do it, and I didn't see anyone do it. ”

Two months of development, even though Shen Yi let them suffer, also let the Blade Breaking Team grow fast.

This period of time can be said to have broken my heart for the base Shen Yi, usually with 3D stereoscopic images, my head partitioned to handle the affairs, even Zeus shouted headache...

He entered with 800,000 funds, blackmailed other bases, attacked the wilderness with insects to grab the money, and so frantically squeezed himself. Shen Yi believed that this all came down, if no one else was better yet, it would be irrational.

At present, the development and construction of the base itself is almost complete, and further development means more defensive firepower, more plants, only quantitative changes, no qualitative changes. Shen Yi is now engaged in the development of the business district, which other generals will not do at all, so in terms of the depth of the base itself, there are few bases comparable to him.

Even if Merrill had the support of the Purgatory Sect, as part of the joint base, her internal environment development was far less than that of Shen Yi. She only expanded the two rings more than Shen Yi, at the cost that all aspects of perfection conditions were far from sufficient, workers had started to lag behind and the efficiency had declined dramatically.

“So unless there's a better choice than me, they're gonna choose this place, right?” Shen Yi smiled.

“That's it. Well, I was persuaded by you, but let me remind you that a base in a war context has very limited revenues from taxes and the sale of minerals alone. How much benefit can you get from expanding your business? Can I give you $100 million a month? If you do, it's just a million points, not as much as the income you earn for a few more days occupying the base. ”

“Of course, I didn't expect to be rich by it. Business development is just a choice of equity and supplementary income when temporarily unable to expand. After all, this portion of the investment is actually small. It's just more time and effort consuming, because there are too many support needs, you have to constantly plan, arrange, dispatch, but the actual cost is very low... this is all water mill work. By the way, Merrill, have you ever played strategic games? I mean Starbucks. ”

“Of course.”

“So you know the difference between professional and non-professional? Professional and non-professional rivalries are based on exactly the same basic conditions. There is no difference in the resources of the military. So what determines who is strong and who is weak? The key is their mastery of the details. Superior hand speed and technology, reasonable construction arrangements, resource arrangements, run every detail, move forward a little bit, and expand advantages by accumulating!” Shen Yi seriously said:

“If we look at hand speed in the game as execution capability, rational arrangements in construction as planning capability, and operating technology as personal strength of the adventurer, you will find that the game is actually no different from our current base construction. One million a month isn't much for the base, but don't say it's a million, or 100,000, and it's worth our effort to plan it! I can make another $100,000 today, and I can make another $200,000 tomorrow! And that extra money can be a guarantee that I will continue to expand, that it will continue to grow in value, and that's how capital works, right? ”

“The Blade Team's strength depends on this accumulation! Complete the standard base for ten in two months, relying on this accumulation! We will also continue with this accumulation until we completely put all our competitors behind us! So we won't let go of any of the benefits we can get, which makes us look like some kind of city, but in this cruel, ruthless world, city is a virtue! ”

Meryl's speechless.

Speaking of which, Shen Yi suddenly took out the handheld computer: “This is the battle recorded by our computer, but because it is only a recording, it is not comprehensive enough. But when the next bug strike, we will be filming the battle in its entirety. At that time they should not have come back yet, we would have guarded this place with only three men and completely defeated the Bugs before the defensive tent was destroyed, killing at least one mother's nest. Then we will send the recorded heroic scene to the entire Alliance to show them how our fighters fought and how great they won over and over again… they will believe us. ”

Merrill listened to a total idiot.

After a while, she said, "That's too high-profile, right? ”

Shen Yi struck a finger: “Low profile has never been my style. People who do business are just afraid of not being famous. They are not afraid of being too high profile. There are still a few speculations to be made. So let the whole world think that I am invincible. I am not afraid to bear the falsehood, let alone challenge me, I would have to rob a few more bases... if I didn't think that fame would be so useful. ”

“... what if you didn't do it in the next battle? ”

“Then wait for the next battle.” Shen Yi answered blushly: "Battle performance promotion, this is an option, who will use the record of defeat as propaganda? ”

“… you are so shameless. ”

Shen Yihaha laughed. “Well, I've been honest with you. Now tell me what you want. ”

He doesn't think Merrill really does nothing to look at herself.

Merrill replied, "I admit your plan is good, and you have the ability to do it, but there's something that could upset your schedule. ”

“What?”

“In another month, the Blade Squad Base will be three months old, and you will be notified to join the joint offensive. ”

This time it's Shen Yi's turn.