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Chapter 413 Eclipse, this is an opportunity for us!

After waiting until dark, Zhao Yongxu finally got the chance to talk to Chu Guang.

Dawn City City Hall.

In the conference room, a group of people sat in front of the conference table.

Looking at the alliance managers sitting across the conference table, Zhao Yongxu thought that this negotiation would be quite difficult, but the actual situation was beyond his expectation.

Even he himself did not expect that he would reach a consensus with the alliance so quickly.

"...The five major groups of enterprises plan to set up offices in Shuguang City. We plan to plan an embassy street in the east area of ​​Shuguang City. If you are interested, we can plan a 15X15 land for you as the boundary of the embassy and consulate."

Hearing the proposal thrown from the opposite side, several envoys from Boulder City were obviously surprised.

The five major groups of enterprises plan to set up offices here?

"When did they negotiate..." an officer of the militia regiment muttered in a low voice, expressing the confusion in many people's hearts.

Obviously they came first!

The two nobles from the inner city looked at each other and whispered a few words, probably exchanging opinions.

The expression on Zhao Yongxu's face did not change.

To be honest, he feels that 225 square meters is a bit small, but it is not unacceptable.

Anyway, he doesn't live there.

Moreover, being able to place the embassy next to the corporate office has only advantages and no disadvantages for Boulder City.

Clearing his throat, he made a pensive expression on his face, and nodded after a while.

"I think it's okay...Also, I want to talk about—"

"Regarding the Heart of Steel, we will not enter your airspace, but we reserve the right of freedom of navigation within our own airspace."

Looking at Captain Zhao who was sitting across from him, Chu Guang continued in an uncompromising tone.

"The residents of Boulder City need a sense of security, and the residents of Dawn City also need it. The alliance will not become anyone's vassal. Equality is the premise of our dialogue."

Zhao Yongxu's brows twitched, he took a deep breath and said.

"At a minimum, you must limit the use of 400mm guns to the city center."

He didn't even notice that he unconsciously used the wording of solicitation.

Tapping the table twice with his index finger, Chu Guang thought for a moment and said.

"Yes, except during waves."

The production cost of a 400mm bore-launched rocket can catch up with 100 100mm shells, and he had no intention of wasting ammunition.

In fact, even in the face of waves, the 400mm main gun is definitely not an economical choice.

In complex urban terrain, the power of large-caliber artillery will be significantly affected by the marginal effect. Even if a deep hole is blown out in the street, the street facing a building across the street may not be affected.

And slime mold creatures, like the skeleton soldiers of the undead tribe, have no morale concept like players, and the psychological deterrent effect brought by large-caliber heavy artillery has no effect at all.

The annual wave.

Instead of using it to test guns, it is better to leave it to the players as a server activity practice.

"...Okay, except during the tide, after all, the alien species is our common enemy."

Reluctantly made a concession, Zhao Yongxu, who finally finished talking about this sensitive issue, suddenly felt his shoulders loosen.

Consensus was also reached on the second topic.

On the most serious issue of disagreement, a consensus was reached faster than he imagined.

But just when he was about to bring up the last issue brought about by this trip to the alliance, Chu Guang directly said what was on his mind.

"Also, about our future relationship."

A trace of surprise appeared in his eyes, and Zhao Yongxu sat up straight unconsciously.

Chu Guang paused for a moment, then continued.

"In order to enhance the trust between us and eliminate the suspicion among neighbors, we plan to hold a joint meeting of survivors on the last day of December every year."

That day happened to be the eve of New Year's Day, and it could be arranged with the New Year's Eve party of the new alliance.

This was decided after discussions between Chu Guang and other high-level members of the alliance.

Having never heard of such a thing, Zhao Yongxu was stunned for a moment, and asked subconsciously.

"what is that?"

Chu Guang explained patiently.

"It is a high-level summit covering politics, economy, culture, diplomacy, military, etc. Simply put, we tell you what we plan to do next year. You can also tell us what you plan to do next year. If we happen to think of If we go together, we will do it together. It doesn’t matter if we don’t have one, we seek common ground while reserving differences, and we do our own things without affecting each other.”

Does this sound interesting?
And if I don't tell you what I plan to do, wouldn't I be able to prostitute the inside information of the alliance?

Zhao Yongxu rubbed his chin, and his heart was moved by cleverness.

He doesn't know much about political matters, but from a military point of view, the value of intelligence is beyond doubt.

Although he couldn't make a decision, he believed that the Lord City Lord would readily accept this proposal.

Thinking of this, Zhao Yongxu nodded generously and said with a smile.

"That's a good idea! I will convey it to the City Lord."

Chu Guang smiled lightly.

He could roughly guess what this guy was thinking, but he didn't really care.

"Anything else?"

"Have……"

Zhao Yongxu opened his mouth to speak, but suddenly found that there seemed to be nothing to say.

There are three problems in total.

The embassy issue is settled.

Regarding security issues, the alliance promised not to use 400mm artillery in urban areas if it is not necessary.

Although this is a caricature, it is unrealistic to expect them to make further concessions.Even if you support yourself who is tough on the alliance, you can't think of a better negotiation result.

For long-term relationship issues, the two sides have established a long-term communication mechanism.The plan proposed by the manager was obviously better than the advice he brought from Dulong.

Zhao Yongxu suddenly felt a little confused.

I seem to have been seen through.

Can this guy read minds?

Swallowing back the "yes" that blurted out, Zhao Yongxu changed his words.

"……Gone."

"It seems we have reached a consensus."

Chu Guang nodded, closed the unwritten two-line note in his hand, and then looked at the waiter standing aside.

The waiter understood, and stepped forward to send a letter to the six people sitting across the conference table.

Looking at the letter in his hand, Zhao Yongxu frowned.

"This is?"

"Banquet invitation."

"banquet?"

Looking at Zhao Yongxu with a blank expression, Chu Guang smiled lightly and said.

"This is the custom of our refuge. No matter what the outcome of the conversation is, the guests cannot be allowed to leave on an empty stomach. There will be a dinner at the Union Banquet Hall at six o'clock tonight. If you are not in a hurry, you might as well go back after eating."

Several envoys sitting at the conference table exchanged unexpected glances and whispered a few words.

Especially for those nobles from the inner city, this was a novel experience for them.

"Banquet? The township in the northern suburbs—survivors will hold a banquet?"

"It's not surprising, but I'm curious what they will bring out at the banquet."

"Grilled lizard tail?"

"Ah……"

Banquets are not uncommon in Boulder City. The idle nobles often use banquets to pass the time. The name of the banquet can be a birthday, a rare and expensive collection, or even a bottle of red wine.

However, an official banquet, and a banquet in the name of diplomacy, was a novel experience for them.

After all, until a few months ago, they didn't even have a formal foreign affairs department, and all matters related to the outside world were left to the city hall in the outer city to take care of them.

Zhao Yongxu doesn't care about what to eat for a while, but he pays more attention to another matter.

"Will the representatives of the enterprise also participate?" He asked seriously.

"Of course, this was originally prepared for them." Chu Guang paused, feeling that it seemed a bit untactful to speak so bluntly, so he naturally added a sentence later, "If you have told us in advance, we will also It will also be prepared for you."

However, Captain Zhao, who was sitting across from him, seemed completely indifferent to such trivial matters.

Those eyes were shining brightly, without even half a second of hesitation, he said immediately.

"We'll be there!"

He's not alone.

Including the two officers sitting next to them and the three nobles from the inner city, their eyes were all fiery.

Seeing the expressions on their faces, Chu Guangbujin fell into deep thought.

It seems that I still underestimated the yearning of the rich North African landowners for Paris.

Failed.

I knew it would be charged.

……

The alliance's banquet hall is located in the center of the main city of Dawn City, the central area of ​​the original long-term farm, and it is only one street away from the city hall and the player's save point.

The boxy building is made entirely of concrete. Although it looks like marble, it is actually just a layer of creamy white plaster on the outside.

The five-meter-high archway is accessible even by Deathclaw, and the gear badge hanging on the door is part of the Union flag and is also the most decorated medal awarded by the Union Army.

The simple and grand aesthetics are similar to the alliance's weapons, but the interior decoration of the building is unique, not at all vague like the LD-47's receiver.

The masonry's tiles reflect the magnificent chandeliers of the dome, and several marble sculptures are placed in the corners.

The trim was scavenged from the wasteland and re-polished and waxed to look like new.

If the spacious main banquet hall is filled with long tables, it can accommodate thousands of people dining at the same time.

Work began on this building at about the same time as the Alliance's Town Hall, but it was only recently completed and only used once last night.

The banquet arrangement, which happened to be prepared for the triumphal celebration, has not yet been cancelled.

After receiving the news of the banquet guests, the concierge staff in charge of the banquet immediately summoned people to move 12 round tables, and removed most of the long tables for group dining, leaving only two rows next to the wall for display. Put self-service drinks, desserts and cold cuts.

The orchestra that participated in the celebration just last night was invited back again to play the repertoire played last night again.

Sit at a round table.

A paunchy nobleman looked at the menu in his hand and touched the back of his head with a look of surprise.

"These blue coats are very dainty."

He originally thought that the food of these country bumpkins in the northern suburbs was as shabby as the fly restaurants in the outer city of Boulder City, but he did not expect that it was completely beyond his expectations.

The content of dinner is varied.

Cold dishes include white-cut chicken, thin-cut double-headed beef, shredded cucumber with garlic and so on.

Hot dishes include squirrel carp, braised lion head, roast duck...

The more than a dozen creative dishes are even more curious, such as salt-baked lantern fish, braised warship shrimp, split-claw crab cakes, creamy croissant mash, monster steak and so on.

The variety is dizzying.

In addition, there are freshly baked desserts, mushroom clouds sprinkled with chocolate chips, small cakes exuding the fragrance of cream, and biscuits that look ordinary but have hidden secrets...

Sid, who was standing by the long table on one side of the hall, widened his eyes in surprise.

What surprised him was not the dishes, but the bottle of red wine on the table.

At this time, a strange voice came from the side.

"Judging from the hot stamping on the bottle, this bottle of red wine should come from Glowell Winery on the Barron Peninsula. As famous as it is, it is rare to cross the desert to the east of the continent... I guess it should be the collection of General McLean."

Sid looked sideways and saw a slightly familiar man standing beside him, but he couldn't remember where he had seen him before.

Raising an eyebrow, Sid asked.

"you are?"

"Liszt, the chairman of Liszt Firm, this is my business card." Liszt introduced himself calmly and handed out the business card in his hand.

After accepting the business card, Sid glanced at it, and there was a hint of surprise in his eyes.

He seems to have heard of this name. It is said that he was a merchant at first, and later made a small fortune by doing business with the alliance, and became a nobleman.

It is not difficult to change the status of a nobleman in the inner city of Boulder City. You only need to pay enough chips to buy a room in the inner building and you can add your name on the "Resident Register".

However, obtaining the status of nobility does not mean that they can integrate into their circle.

These new aristocrats who came in with money are very different from the old aristocrats like them, and they have no access to the core of power in Boulder City.

What's more, judging by this guy's appearance, he probably hasn't lived in a mansion in the inner city for a few days.

In contrast, he cares more about those "true nobles" who come from enterprises.

But what is depressing is that those people are sitting at a round table with the managers of the alliance busy showing off, and have no intention of getting up from their chairs at all.

His legs were almost numb standing here, and he didn't wait for the opportunity to talk to those people alone.

Is it that delicious?

Unconsciously glanced at the round table in the distance, Sid couldn't help frowning.

He was so interested in the food of the country people.

For a moment, he felt a little disillusioned with his imagination of the ideal city.

It seems to be nothing more than that...

After reading the disapproval on the face of the man in front of him, Liszt just smiled, but didn't say anything.

As a businessman, he didn't care what these idiots with their noses up to the sky thought of him at all.

Anyway, everyone looks similar to each other.

"The five major groups of the enterprise have all sent representatives here. It seems that something big is about to happen in the River Valley Province."

"uh-huh."

Sid snorted.

Is it necessary to bring up such a thing that even scavengers can see?

Liszt paused and continued.

"I just heard the news that the company intends to invest and set up factories here."

"Invest in setting up a factory?" Sid glanced at him unexpectedly, and smiled faintly, "And then pull the produced products to Ideal City, which is 3000 kilometers away? Is there anything there?"

Liszt said patiently.

"There are many forms of benefit, and there are many means to achieve the goal. I can't guess what agreement the manager has reached with the distant ideal city, but the company has spent so much time doing so many things, obviously it is not for charity."

"Oh?"

Sid's eyes flickered slightly, although he was still disapproving, but he was clearly interested.

Liszt continued speaking while the iron was hot.

"The expedition to the Luoxia Province is almost a certainty. Only by pulling out the legion's outpost east of the great desert can we eradicate all future troubles once and for all. After that, in order to prevent the legion from resurging, the company will definitely unite with the alliance and dispatch The garrison consolidates the fruits of victory."

"...I heard that those man-made oases surrounded by forbidden areas of life are like small islands in the ocean, where milk and honey flow in the soil, and there is no alien harassment."

There was finally obvious interest in Sid's eyes, and he no longer concealed the excitement in his expression.

"Can you expand on that?"

"Of course." Seeing his eager look, Liszt smiled and patted the veteran nobleman's arm, and said softly, "...I just heard these stories too, if you are interested, we can have a good chat chat."

Just when Liszt was drawing the big cake that Chu Guang painted for himself, and pulling Sid towards the table of the envoys in Boulder City, at the round table of the enterprise not far away, all the people sitting around the table People are stuffing their mouths with hunger.

Wu Mu stared wide-eyed, fiddled with the garlic-sprinkled preserved egg on the dinner plate with a fork, and said in amazement.

"This egg... what animal laid it?"

It tastes like jelly!
As a senior salesperson of Changge Group, Wu Mu has been to many places and tasted many strange delicacies.

However, this is the first time I have seen this special food.

Chu Guang, who was sitting on the side, smiled and said.

"Actually, these are ordinary duck eggs, but they have been treated with special techniques. We call them...preserved eggs."

Li Changkong stroked his chin thoughtfully, picked up a piece with a fork, sniffed it, and stuffed it into his mouth.

"Such a special taste, it turned out to be a duck egg... Is it convenient to disclose, what is the processing technology?"

Chu Guang's expression was a little subtle.

The recipe is nothing to keep secret.

That is to say, I am afraid that speaking out will affect everyone's appetite.

"I'm not sure about that."

The representative of the ideal group nodded without asking, and continued to taste the delicacies on another plate.

Yi Chuan, who was sitting on the right side of Chu Guang, said with emotion while wiping his hands with a tissue.

"...I finally understand now why Li De made a special mention of the delicious food here in his application."

He had finished the braised warship shrimp that had just been filled, and there was only a pile of shrimp shells left on the plate.

incredible!

These ugly alien species can be cooked so deliciously by these people.

Before he set off, he was worried that if he was not used to the food here, it might cause gastrointestinal discomfort, so he specially brought two boxes of freeze-dried food and two boxes of stomach medicine.

Now it seems that at least the previous concern can be dispelled.

Yun You, who was sitting at the other end of the round table, didn't speak, and was putting biscuits into his mouth one by one, his eyes filled with surprise and amazement.

That expression that seemed to be glowing, did not know what he had tasted.

Asking the waiter to help change the plate, while waiting for the food to be served, Yi Chuan looked at Chu Guang and asked, "By the way, do you eat so well every day?"

"Of course not, we only take out these things when entertaining distinguished guests. But the ingredients of these foods are not expensive things, and they can be seen in many restaurants."

Pausing for a moment, Chu Guang smiled and said.

"If you are interested in our daily diet, you might as well go to the North Street of Shuguang City. There are many special snacks there."

Wu Mu interjected excitedly.

"I know! It's called buns and dumplings, right?"

"That's one of our breakfasts."

Chu Guang nodded with a smile, suddenly thought of something, and asked.

"Speaking of which, where are the two from Kangmao Group?"

Since he didn't know whether to address the two gentlemen or ladies, he simply omitted the address.

Hearing Chu Guang ask the two of them, Yi Chuan's expression became a little subtle.

"They... don't really care about them, their codes don't contain any malicious elements, they're just overzealous."

Wu Mu on the side also said with a hearty smile.

"That's right, don't worry about those two androids. Their core codes haven't had a violation record so far. You can rest assured about that."

Those white and neat teeth reminded Chu Guang of a certain toothpaste advertisement.

"That's it, then I'm relieved."

Chu Guang nodded with a smile, swipe his index finger twice on the VM screen, and calmly signaled Xiao Qi to keep an eye on the two of them.

This is not out of distrust of allies.

Just in case.

It is not that there are no bionic activities in the Alliance, such as Old Brown's daughter and wife, and Tianqin in Vault 101.

However, these bionics have a common feature, that is, they have a low sense of autonomy and will not take the initiative to participate in human social activities.

Unless it is an order from the owner.

The expression on Yi Chuan's face made Chu Guang a little concerned, and couldn't help wondering what those two were planning to do.

And just when he was curious, Frost and Eclipse, wearing a silver cloak, were walking on the busiest North Street in Dawn City at the moment.

It was a hot summer, and the conservative attire of the two was a bit special, and people around them frequently cast curious glances at them.

Frost was also observing the passing pedestrians, and maintained a silent communication with the solar eclipse walking aside in the communication channel.

"Look, these poor humans, whose clothes are like dust on a case, and whose health is like a flashing warning light...Eclipse, this is our chance, we will let them live The rich days when you open your mouth and don’t need to stretch out your clothes.”

There was no change on that expressionless face, but the beating electrons on the chip were beating with an excited frequency.

The pupils of the eclipse flickered slightly, and replied after thinking for half a second.

"The idea is correct, but we don't have the means of production, and we don't have the production function... What should we do?"

Frost: "First, we need to win this war to control the man-made oasis in the desert so we can get food to feed them."

Solar eclipse: "There are omissions in the plan. According to the available information, the nearest man-made oasis has a population of nearly one million, and the probability of surplus food production is low."

Frost: "Understood, the plan needs to be improved."

The two continued to exchange esoteric topics while observing the nearby streets.

The prosperity here is less than one ten-thousandth of that of Ideal City, but it is precisely because of this that it is more suitable for their plans than Ideal City.

As long as the people here are more satisfied than the ideal city in a shorter time and at a lower cost, they have sufficient arguments to prove that they are the best solution among countless options for revitalizing civilization.

however……

There is also a problem here. "Satisfaction" is an abstract concept, and the "prosperity" that arises from this is even more difficult to define with a fixed algorithm.

Therefore, the first thing to do before making a complete plan is to observe.

At this moment, the two people walking on the bustling street suddenly met a strange combination of three people and one bear.

Riding on the fleshy shoulders, Tail's eyes lit up, and he saw the two of them in the crowd at a glance.

"Oh! Si! It's an NPC I've never seen before!"

"Its skin is so cool." Rourou, who was being ridden, also said in surprise.

Frost was a little confused, stopped and looked at the white bear in front of him.

Although I didn’t understand what the bear said just now, but——

"Why do bears talk?"

"Eh!? Isn't it common sense that white bears can talk?"

That surprised expression didn't look like it was faked at all.

So much so that the solar eclipse standing next to him couldn't help being stunned, and even wondered for a moment whether there was something wrong with the information in the intelligence database.

Looking at the confident tail, Hanshuang thought for a moment, then nodded.

"So that's how it is... White bears can talk, it's common knowledge in the River Valley Province."

Strange knowledge.

However, it can also be used as a reference.

"Leave the meaty stuff aside. It looks like you're looking for something. Are there any troubles? Do you need Tail's help?" Tail looked at it expectantly, with the light of a task master shining in his eyes.

Task!

Hidden Missions! !
Frost froze for a while, unable to analyze the expressions on the faces of the human beings in front of him, let alone understand what the strange grammar was trying to express, so he could only try to ask.

"You need help?"

The tail wags its head like a rattle.

"NoNoNo, you guys need help! You're welcome, just tell Tail!"

Frost: "?"

Sisi's expression became a little subtle.

always feel...

This android is not as smart as her Ao.

"Could it be that the NPC's code hasn't been finished yet?" Sesame Paste looked at Sisi suspiciously.

The conversation between the two is not on the same channel at all.

Sisi thought for a moment, then nodded.

"Well, that possibility cannot be ruled out."

After all, it is in the beta test stage, even if there are unreasonable places, it is understandable.

Occasionally, the NPC will make some confusing speeches. In this case, either the wrong grammar is used on its own side, or the program of the other party is not fully compiled.

In most cases, these two problems will appear at the same time.

I don't know what chatted with the bionic man, suddenly a shy expression appeared on Tail's face.

"Then... can I ask you to wear a maid outfit for Sis Kangkang?"

Seeing his good friend repeatedly jumping across the edge of the "Player's Handbook", Sisi knew that he could no longer sit idly by.

Sighing, she pulled her tail back from the bewildered android and said apologetically.

"Sorry, my Awei has caused you trouble."

Saying so, regardless of how the tail protested, Sisi and Sesame Paste tacitly tied her to the bear's back.

Even though his face was buried by the fluffy bear fur, he still couldn't stop the voice of protest.

"Damn it, why stop—"

"Harassing NPCs will be banned. Does Awei want to be locked up for such things like mosquitoes?"

Hearing this sentence, the voice that was still brave a second ago finally softened.

"Woo...stingy."

"Reluctantly, I'll show you what to wear."

"!!!"

Staring blankly at the group of people walking away, a series of intermittent data streams flashed in Frost's pupils.

After a while, it lowered its head in thought.

"So that's how it is... the element of revival of civilization is the maid outfit?"

The solar eclipse slowly moved his eyes to look at it.

"...I think the confidence of the information also needs to be carefully considered before drawing conclusions."

"It makes sense that we should have collected more samples rather than taking one side or the other... Still, it could be a clue."

The pupils flickered slightly, Hanshuang nodded, hidden deep on the circuit board in his chest, boiling with energetic current.

"Solar eclipse, this is an opportunity for us."

Eclipse paused for many seconds, then nodded slowly in a daze.

"it is good……"

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(Thanks to the leader of "Kangkang Poor Ghost" for the reward!!!)
(End of this chapter)