the days before i bought the galaxy

"Contact all chambers of commerce and independent ship owners in the surrounding area, and tell them that Warren Slim has brought back important information about the crocodile."

Warren and Lan stepped into the old tavern again.Under the gaze of several drinkers, he walked up to the robot bartender, and used his ID to initiate a small-scale meeting invitation.After a few minutes, virtual images began to appear one after another.Accompanied by Lan, Warren walked into the virtual area, and made a calm gesture to everyone: "Welcome everyone! I think we'd better wait a little longer, maybe someone will want to come directly, after all this It's about solving the crocodile problem once and for all."

Warren's inference is not wrong.Not long after, the wooden shutter doors of the old tavern were continuously pushed open, and a few dusty people walked in.Then, several people who had already used the virtual projection to come here, after saying "I'll be right there", changed to an airship to meet Warren face-to-face.

About 10 minutes later, more than 200 people had gathered around Warren, only a few of which were virtual images.Everyone felt the unusualness of this meeting.

"Okay, let's get started! I don't want to waste everyone's time." Warren said first.

All eyes were on this very mature-looking boy.

"First of all, my name is Warren Slim. This is Lan, my subordinate. This time, we not only brought back accurate information from the crocodile base, but also found a way to drive them away effectively." method." Warren smiled confidently at the crowd.

In the next few minutes, he first briefly stated the fact that the Clarkdians were entrenched in that area because of laying eggs, and then he talked about the phenomenon of rapid aging of crocodiles, about the huge leader, and his Personal inferences on the food intake and hunger tolerance of the Clarke Germans.

"So the crocodiles are about to die of old age collectively, and their eggs won't hatch so quickly? This is good news!" There was a buzzing discussion among the crowd.

"It is. But I don't think we can sit back and wait for this to work itself out," Warren said.

"why?"

"We have to consider a possibility, what if they want to incubate eggs in that area? They have spent so much effort changing the magnetic field there, will they give up those planets easily? Suppose they really want to use a special magnetic field Come to hatch eggs, then if those eggs hatch, we will not be able to pass there for a day, and the situation has not improved fundamentally. Their numbers have indeed decreased sharply, but in interstellar wars, numbers have never been a problem. As long as they have There are five medium-sized spaceships, and we will never be able to defeat them with the ships at hand."

"Then what should we do? Additional investment? This is not something the few of us can afford!"

"So we can't start an interstellar war." Warren shrugged.

"But you also said we can't just wait!"

A few people in the crowd began to glare at Warren, and Lan stepped forward slightly, blocking their view.

"Yes, that's what I said too. We can neither start an interstellar war nor do nothing. There is only one road ahead of us!" Warren slowly scanned the surrounding crowd and smiled , "Launch a ground war!"

Suddenly, there were many gasps in the old tavern.

"You want us to conduct a landing battle! Let's not talk about how to ensure a safe landing. We only have such a small number of people. Should we go and stuff the crocodile's teeth?" Almost everyone thought that Warren's idea was extremely absurd.

"First of all, I have a way to ensure [-]% successful landing. Second, don't forget, it's a group of crocodiles that are dying of old age. They don't even wear any long-range weapons! The only thing we need to be careful about is the crocodiles that haven't mated yet. Their Physically stronger than us, as shown by their ability to hunt large animals with ease. But we have advanced long-range weapons, and we have powerful robots, both of which can guarantee us invincibility in ground warfare ...and when our men were mixed with them, they couldn't use the ship's guns to attack us."

The idea of ​​a ground war proposed during the great interstellar colonization period is somewhat unbelievable.But under Warren's explanation, many people began to waver.why not?The cost of ground warfare is not high. If robots can be used to replace the earth people to participate in the war, it will be even less dangerous. It is not a bad idea to try it.

"In addition, we have another great advantage, which ensures that the crocodiles will not break the boat. We don't need to kill all the crocodiles at all. Just occupy the 'arena' and use the eggs inside as a threat to force them Leave. Didn’t they work so hard to lay eggs? They will never give up those eggs, let alone let those eggs perish with us.”

Warren's words made more people think that this plan is feasible.

"Then how do we persuade them to leave?" a man asked suspiciously.

"The Clarkdians are not animals, they are intelligent beings. After gaining an advantage on the battlefield, we can choose to negotiate with them, let them leave first, and then return the eggs. Return them several times, deploy defenses around, and monitor Clark The actions of the Germans are all effective ways to protect that area from being re-occupied. You know more about negotiation skills than I do. It is impossible for the earthlings to lose to the crocodiles on this point, right?"

Warren's confidence infected everyone present, and they couldn't help but smile.

"Tell me how to log in safely!" Someone in the crowd asked loudly.

"Ladies and gentlemen, you seem to have forgotten one important thing. I haven't been paid what I deserve!" Warren nodded slowly to everyone.He regretted not buying an old-fashioned wide-brimmed feather hat so that he could perform the fancy hat-twirling motion of a character in a play.

Soon, after negotiation, Warren's reward - 10 deep space crystals - was sent to him.The person who handed over this wealth to him was Charlie, the meat supplier who had provided him with information before.Warren smiled and handed one of the deep space crystals back to Charlie.

"You deserve it, don't forget to consider my offer," he whispered in Charlie's ear, then turned his head.

"Okay, regarding how to log in safely, I will give you this information for free! First, we need some migratory meat beetles..."

According to Warren's thinking, since the Clarke dwarfs accepted the first batch of migratory flesh beetles, they should not be wary when there is a second batch of patrons.All the earthlings and robots participating in the landing battle must first be disguised as flesh beetles, and be thrown to the planet where the Clarke star is located.Once the landing is successful, a strong attack will be launched immediately, and the target will be directed at the "arena" where the crocodile eggs are located.Considering that they will encounter the black protective wall built by the Clark Germans outside the base, this ground force will carry the strongest individual weapon currently on the market—the Hand of Zeus.Once they have successfully entered the base, all they have to do is to restrain the leader of the Clarke stars, or grasp the crocodile eggs, and then they can start negotiations with the Clarke stars to force them to leave that area.

Warren finally confirmed with everyone that the plan was sound, and then set the action time in 12 hours.He and Lan then left the old tavern and returned to the Xiaguang to make preparations.

-

"So you agree to let me go?"

Warren looked a little surprised.He originally thought that Lan must be shut down first, so as not to trigger Lan's "desire to protect" minors.Unexpectedly, Lan even offered to freely choose whether to participate in this war.

"You don't mean to agree with me teaching them how to disguise themselves as flesh beetles?"

"Of course not. Warren, you can go if you want. The success rate of the plan is as high as 97%. I have no reason to prevent you from carrying out a behavior whose risk is within the safe range." Lan said seriously.

"But that's war! I thought there would be an item in your core program that doesn't allow minors to join the war!"

Lan shook his head: "There is no such thing."

"Okay, weird federal government. They don't allow minors to watch alligators mating, but they allow minors to participate in wars." Warren muttered, "But, what the hell! Now that you agree, let's do it Let's look at the auxiliary armor! Offensive type...set the price ceiling...mixed according to cost performance and comprehensive evaluation...well...what do you think of this? Equipped with four sets of missiles, a total of 32 rounds, each missile has an automatic Locking and tracking functions. The main weapon is a PV205 heavy machine gun with a firing speed of 60 rounds per second, automatic loading, and a maximum carrying capacity of 12000 rounds. This suit of armor is suitable for various terrains and has simple flight functions. The price is a bit high. 42000 Galaxy Shield, this thing is higher than your initial cost."

Although the charged laser gun Hand of Zeus is provided by the owner of the old tavern star, everyone who participates in the ground battle must prepare other equipment by himself.For people on Earth, a set of auxiliary armor with its own AI can help inexperienced travelers quickly learn to fight.

"I don't like this. If I had to choose, I'd rather choose this."

Lan replaced the armor on the screen with a set of armor with multiple defense functions.Warren felt that if he wore this, he would be almost like a tortoise that could walk upright.

"Lan, don't you think this is more expensive and has no lethality at all?"

"Wearing this can minimize the danger. If you want to pursue lethality, I can convert one arm into a heavy machine gun. My load capacity is very high, and I am fully capable of carrying tens of thousands of rounds of ammunition. You can even I have missiles on me, and it's much cheaper to buy missiles alone than offensive armor."

"No, no, no, I don't want you to turn into a pair of auxiliary armor! You'd better keep your current appearance!"

"Don't you want machine guns?"

Warren took another look at the armor he just selected, and sighed: "Heavy machine guns are unnecessary, you can bring a light machine gun, and you still need to get the hand of Zeus! Actually, I don't think it is necessary to spend so much Money to buy a set of auxiliary armor, after all, I don’t know if this thing will be used in the future. But you know, male animals have a natural desire to fight.”

Lan thought for a while and said, "The range of my protective shield is adjustable."

Warren raised his eyebrows: "You want me to stand with you and let you keep me safe?"

"This way you can save money on auxiliary armor."

"But……"

"When you don't wear auxiliary armor, the two of us can be hidden in the shell of a flesh beetle."

"Okay, the proposal is approved. Give up buying auxiliary armor and let you protect me. Anyway, I don't want to use those crocodiles as targets. I just want to see with my own eyes whether my plan can succeed."

"With a 97% chance, you will see the plan succeed." Lan said with a smile, he was happy to get a new mission.

Warren smiled: "Then I'll go to sleep, can you fix the light machine gun? Don't forget to ask the owner of the old Tavern Star for a hand of Zeus. I have wanted to see it for a long time."

"no problem."