by Chen Ran
The crystal net glass was a small part of the Black Rose Family's environmental purification plan. This kind of glass had not even appeared in the world yet, but when the other building materials that could be used for purification were all developed, perhaps Biansi would consider pushing them all out of the market. This should be quite a big blow to the current purifying equipment market. But now, all of Command building's windows had been replaced with this kind of purifying glass, serving as a test case of Black Rose Family.
Of course, the crystal net glass alone was not enough to completely isolate the building's interior from the outside world. Thus, twenty air filter generators were installed in the corner of the hall. They would continuously filter the air in the entire hall, and send the toxic substances outside through the discharge pipe, creating a relatively safe indoor environment for the hall.
If it was not so, the noble masters of the Asgard would not have come to the wilderness to participate in the Zero Point Company's opening ceremony. After the fireworks for the opening ceremony of the party, the melodious sound of a piano rang out in the hall. After the zither master finished playing, Zero presided over the speech and announced the official start of the cocktail party.
Following that, the light in the hall became softer, and along with the low and gentle sound of the zither, the nobles began to whisper to each other. Countless pieces of information passed between the royal ball. The occasional chuckle that rang out along with the crisscrossing of wine cups represented the quiet conclusion of some agreements. Zero Point Company's publicist staff also began loitering around these noble merchants, exploring the possibilities of business opportunities at the royal ball.
This was a aristocratic business game. Looking at the courteous men and the well-dressed ladies, Zero could not connect the scene in front of him with the brutal wilderness outside.
Whether it was the old era or the new era, the gap between the rich and the poor, between the lowly and the noble, had always been enormous. People in the wilderness might risk their lives for a relatively clean loaf of bread, but a party like this could eat the rations of a small town of a thousand people in the wilderness in recent years. At the same time, it would consume at least a million dollars.
Seeing the Helper's way of passing through, bottles after bottles of fine wine were opened, the soft light of the lamp gracefully circled around, even reducing the amount of radiation in the hall to the lowest amount of air. All of these meant that the money in his pocket was pouring out nonstop.
However, Zero also understood that if there was no sacrifice, there would be no gain. What he had paid now would definitely be reclaimed from these people.
"Well done, zero."
The old man's soft nasal voice sounded from behind Zero. Zero turned around and saw a book dressed in casual clothes. Ben had been attending the meeting as a private person, but even so, it was hard to tell how many nobles had followed him. Otherwise, with zeroed in on the new upstarts, some of the nobles in the arena would not be able to move against him.
He felt grateful to this old man who had known him from the wilderness and changed the trajectory of his fate. Even now, he still gave him his full support. He summoned the Helper and brought out two cups of fine wine. He handed one of the cups to Ben and Zero said sincerely, "I am very happy that you are willing to come. "Lord Douglas."
Ben laughed and took the glass. "I'm Ben here, not Douglas. We used to be comrades-in-arms, and time was short, of course. In any case, I still remember that little experience. "Come, let's toast."
With a faint smile, the wine glasses intertwined and he drank it all in one gulp.
"Zero, you did better than I thought. Based on my original estimates, it would have taken you at least three years to do all this. But you only spent a little more than a year. Very good. Ben said, drinking another glass and exhaling the scent of wine.
Zero, who was standing beside him, said lightly, "Without your help, I wouldn't have been able to do this. So I'm very grateful, and at the same time, I'm a bit suspicious. "
"Oh, what is it? "Tell me about it." Ben asked with interest.
"To be able to bring the Hall of Heroic Spirits and the Asgard to the level of being one of the two big shots of the continent, I believe that you were someone who thought long and hard about other things when you were Master Douglas. I've read some books before, and few people in the old days who were as powerful as you have been. "Isn't Master Douglas afraid that people like me will not be controlled by you or the Hall of Heroic Spirits once their power expands to a certain extent?"
After listening to Zero's question, Ben didn't immediately answer. He called for the third bottle of wine, not forgetting to say: "Tonight's wine is not bad, you still won't be able to get this kind of wine, Biansi should be the one to provide it."
Even Biansi thinks that you are someone who can work together with me, do you think that my judgement is weaker than that girl? "
Ben took a sip, then said, "Zero, I'm not that dizzy yet. I'm not stupid enough to lend my gun to someone else to deal with myself if I can't manage my ambitions. When we met in Remot that day, I knew very well why you accepted Theon's mission. If you weren't a responsible man, I wouldn't have gifted you the Colt that night.
"The identity of the God of Manmade is not enough for me to invite you. Of course, the crazy plan from the old era has many value to research, but as long as your identity is not properly controlled, it will definitely be a disaster for the Asgard. No matter how stupid I am, I wouldn't put a time bomb by my side. " Ben looked at Zero and said seriously, "The reason I support you is because I believe that you, who can take out all your money to help others, possess self-discipline enough to control your own strength and ambition. If you are like this, you will be my friend and not my enemy. "
"Of course, that alone is not enough. Your strength, your sense of responsibility, everything you do now, are all manifestations of your worth. Zero, you have that value, which is why Biansi, I, and the people at the venue are willing to invest for you. " Ben smiled. "Besides, I'm not so generous as to place no restrictions on you guys." It's just that you haven't reached the limit yet. "
At that moment, an assistant came to Zero's side, reminding him that he should get ready. The weapons show was about to begin. So Zero excused himself, and when his shadow was lost in the crowd, Ben quietly left the venue and sat in a waiting car.
Ben was just here to make an appearance and express his support for Zero. Now that he had done what he needed to do, there was no need for him to stay. After all, the real star tonight was zero.
The car left the base, and headed back towards the direction of the Asgard. As they drove, a screen in front of Ben's seat was set down. After a moment, the screen appeared. Callio's figure appeared within the image.
"How is it, Callio, is there any news from the technology department?" Ben asked coolly.
In recent days, he had been focusing on the identity of the person behind the killing of Zero. Due to his pressure, the technical staff at the headquarters had been working overtime, day and night tracking down the source of the fake orders that had been issued through the headquarters system.
Callio carried his two panda eyes, while Chief Instructor already had three cigars in his mouth. As if he was about to burn his lungs, he took a few deep puffs of smoke and said, "You came at the right time. I was just looking for you. Basically, the results were out. The technical department's work these past few days hadn't been in vain. They were certain that the person who gave the order was a computer expert. Or rather, he had this kind of talent at his disposal. Regardless, the command itself had set up many data traps and problems. I am not going through the details, but the conclusion is that this order was issued by our great god of darkness, His Excellency Loki! "
"Loki?" Ben's pupils shrank as he asked in a low voice, "Have you investigated everything clearly?"
"At least 80 percent. The technical department found an abandoned fla
t panel intelligence brain from the source of the signal terminal. The intelligence brain have been damaged, but they found that the central chip can still be repaired. " Callio used all his strength to smoke a few more mouthfuls. After coughing a few times, he said, "Of course, intelligence brain s are not the special computers that Sir Loki usually uses. He only found some information in the repaired A.I. Chip, which indirectly pointed to Sir Loki. This information included a few emails. Heh, it turns out that our Sir Loki was even a VIP at Dark Merchant. Then, there was some image information. It can be said that Sir Loki was rather good with the mirror, so these things, Ben, do you want me to pass them to your secretary? "
Ben frowned. Although Callio looked like a boor on the outside, his attitude was strict when doing serious business. If he dared to say 80%, then the answer would be almost 100%. Only, he had not expected that it would actually be Loki wanting to kill Zero.
Loki had a weird personality. In his personality evaluation, there were some comments such as "narrow-minded, possessive, destructive, etc." The most serious one was Loki's possessiveness. In Loki's private mansion, all of his decorations and even the building materials, were all things unique within the Asgard. Loki would never allow something he had to appear in the hands of someone else.
Speaking of which, Ben still remembered that during the celebratory dinner party in the Great Hall, Loki and Zero had a small conflict. At that time, Loki threatened to destroy zero. At that time, Loki had only thought that he was playing with a child's temper again, so he did not take it to heart. Right now, looking at all the evidence that Callio had, the possibility of this happening was extremely high.
If it were just these, then everything would be fine, but Loki actually had dealings with the Dark Merchant, this was something that he could not tolerate. Others might not know, but whether it was Callio or, they all knew that the Dark Merchant was in fact handled by the Speaker of the Dark Council, Ogrellok. If Loki had dealings with the Dark Merchant, it would be difficult to ensure that there would not be any cooperation between him and Ogrellok.
Considering Loki's weakness in character, this was very likely to be the case.
On the screen, Callio was quietly waiting for Ben's decision. After thinking for a moment, Ben sighed: "Let Valkyrie monitor Loki. If he does something that goes beyond what he should do, he can directly punish him without my permission. Notify Sol and Badr to pay close attention to the movements of the members of the Dark Blade's Tip. If necessary, they can forcefully use force to detain them. The only thing to note, is that all of this has to be done in secret. I don't want Ogrellok to smell anything. "
Callio said silently: "I know what to do now."
After the communication ended, Ben's eyebrows creased even more as the screen slowly shrank down to the bottom of the car. When the car that carried the strongest authority in the Asgard returned to the city, the city started to surge. The turmoil of the apocalypse was coming!
The undercurrent was coming, but at least it was calm. The weapons exhibition room of zero point technology was brightly lit. The exhibition room was located at the back of the venue, and had an area of about 2000 square meters. The room was filled with weapons racks, but most of the weapons racks were still empty. Only the light weapons section shelves had newly installed a batch of rifles that the company had recently produced.
Although these rifles were weapons from the old era, they had been made not only with high accuracy but also with high durability through the use of new age finishing techniques and composite materials. If he were to wander into the wilderness, he would be considered one of the best of the best. In addition, there were also some light firearms and equipment for customers to choose from.
However, although these weapons were well-crafted, their power was incomparable to that of the new weapons. Naturally, these two thousand square meters of exhibition rooms were only open to ordinary customers. This was the first time that the Zero Point Company had held an exhibition, and the weapons displayed were not its selling points. The real selling point was the production capability of this batch of firearms. In time, they would have their own equipment development team. Under the guarantee of such production facilities, it was hard to guarantee that the Zero Point Company would not produce outstanding new weapons.
Thus, among the aristocrats visiting the exhibition room, there were only a few who placed orders. However, there were also a dozen or so people who had their own eyes. Seeing the meaning behind the exhibition, they also ordered a batch of new firearms, which could be considered as the first step in cooperation between them and the Zero Point Company.
Amongst the nobles present at the venue, there were five nobles who had long been assessed as a big client by Zero Point Company's public relations team. They took the repaired elevator to the underground two-tier base through a secret invitation and visited the headquarters and the newly built weapons factory.
In the weapons factory, several assembly lines were moving. However, most of the space in the factory was still empty. Whether it was the workers, the equipment, or even the weapon development team, they all lacked hard and soft facilities. Only when all of these things were in place would zero point technology's factories begin to move. However, out of the several assembly lines in operation, one was producing a new type of single combat rifle, which attracted the attention of these aristocrats.
The battle rifle produced by this assembly line was called "Dark Blood." It had already been modified by the second generation, allowing this new type of rifle to be powered by high-volume batteries, completely replacing the old ignition system. This caused the rifle to be very quiet when shooting. It would not make any noise and could be said to be an invisible killer on the battlefield.
Rifle could be equipped with both sniper rifle and combo mode. In sniper mode, the firing distance could reach up to two thousand meters. Even in combo mode, the shooting distance could be close to a thousand meters. This allowed the ranged firepower suppression to no longer need to rely on the heavy and heavy equipment that was rapid fire heavy gun s to complete, and the new type of rifle was even more nimble when used.
The second type of weapon, the Dark Blood second type, was a weapon produced by someone who purchased weapons from the Black Rose Family. Although the rifle was the last of its kind in the new weapon, it was like the floor room, showing customers that the company had the capability and equipment to manufacture the new weapons.
Thus, after visiting the weapons factory, a few nobles were invited to the high ranking meeting room. Although there was only one customer who said he wanted to order a batch of dark blood rifle s, there was no need for that. However, during the discussion, the remaining customers also showed their willingness to cooperate, it was just that the weapons they needed were far from the level of dark blood rifle.
After fighting with these few nobles, other than Black Rose's PR personnel, Theon, who was invited to the royal ball tonight, was also present. Theon acted as a temporary adviser to Zero. He talked quite a bit, and during the time he lived in Asgard, Theon had gained a certain degree of understanding towards the nobles and old masters of this city. Thus, in terms of communicating using skills, Theon's answers could be described as flowing like water.
From politics to art, from war to women, Theon had dabbled in almost every field. Every time they talked about it, they would adroitly use words to convince the talker that he was better at it than they were. This made all the noble masters beaming, as if they hated Theon for being late. So as they chatted, Theon managed to get a few big orders for the zero company. Everything was waiting for the zero factory to get on the right track, and then there would be some people specialized enough to track the progress of the orders.
Seeing Theon fish in water among these aristocrats, Zero sighed.
Everyone has their own field of battle.
The battlefield of zero was in the wilderness, while Theon's was in politics and business. Theon's friendship and guest
tonight had given Zero a few potential customers that could work together for a long time.
When the relevant staff took over Theon's work and started to provide special services to the customers, Zero and Theon quietly left the reception room. Their work was done, and all that was left was to follow the service without them doing it themselves.
Zero and Theon walked in the transformed living area. A portion of the water purification units and generating sets had already been restored here, so as long as there was sufficient fuel, they could fully support half of the base to carry out daily operations. Of course, as long as Zero continued its expansion, there would be a day when two-tier base would be fully operational.
And if the two-tier base were to operate normally, it would mean that there would be a population of nearly two thousand here, which would be equivalent to the size of a medium-sized town.
Looking at this base, Theon was in a bit of a trance, as if he had seen the miniature image of a Remot.
At this time, Zero opened his mouth and said: "Mr. Theon, I wonder if I could take the liberty to make a request of you?"
Theon smiled slightly and said: "You want me to stay and help you?"
With's intelligence, how could he not know what Zero was thinking?
Chapter 373 - The Humble Heart
To have his thoughts exposed by Theon, he did not feel that it was much of a surprise. If Theon couldn't see through it, then he wasn't Theon either.
"I really need your knowledge and talent, Mr. Theon."
"I understand." Theon lit up a cigar for himself and offered one to Zero.
With regards to this crude 'cigarette', Zero was not interested. He shook his head to show that he was not interested. Theon did not mind, he put the cigar back in his pocket and said: "This is good stuff, the little fellow from Herben's family sent it here, it's a pity that you don't want to taste it."