After the second Zerg attack tide, the base of the Blade Team launched a new round of vigorous development and construction.
The new round of construction is mainly based on production of turrets and troops. After seeing the terror of the Zerg, the Blade Team no longer dared to expand at will, but instead gave priority to the defense system and first made good use of the existing base scale advantages.
The incident of the mammoth beast breaking through the wall gave everyone a warning. It is not enough to have a wall alone, and it still needs to be reinforced.
The reinforcement of the 85-kilometer wall is 8,500 points per upgrade.
Of course, we cannot forget the workers' living areas and garbage disposal centers...
The major production lines are operating almost constantly, and as they are produced, most of the benefits brought by the energy beads are converted into points, and then they become various types of Terminator Corps with actual combat power.
New problems also come - there are not enough workers.
At the beginning, as long as everyone builds, 3,000 workers can complete it even if they work overtime.
Nowadays, with the development of the base, more and more functional building facilities are emerging. If the functions of these building facilities are to be exerted, workers must be taken in.
A new round of construction also requires workers.
In order to avoid being dragged down by overtime pay, Shen Yi didn't dare to let everyone work overtime again.
The result is that the project volume has not decreased, but the workers' efficiency has decreased.
Expanding recruitment of more workers can improve work efficiency, but in addition to more salaries, more supporting construction is needed; more supporting construction is needed; more funds are needed; more funds are needed
Energy converter; more energy converters require more sub-bases and workers; more sub-bases require more workers and soldiers...
A dead cycle.
These troubles made Shen Yi feel overwhelmed.
"There are nearly seven energy beads every day, and only 66,000 points a day, but it turned out to be... not enough!" Hong Lang's face collapsed.
"I still like to kill monsters and get rich." The fat man answered honestly.
It would be great to fight monsters and pick money honestly. I had to develop some bases. I would probably not see any splash if I invested millions of dollars. I was really powerless.
"There is nothing to do about this." Still gentle and understanding: "If you want to fight such a powerful Zerg, you cannot rely on the strength of the adventurer to strengthen enough, you can only use the sea of troops to fight the sea of troops. Without a base, there will be no sea of troops."
In fact, this is also a situation that most bases often face. The necessary logistical subsidies are more difficult to develop than the Zerg's attack, so many times they have to wait.
But Shen Yi was unwilling to do so.
For him, sitting there and doing nothing to waste time is a waste. The development period of a year is not long. Although the workers' efficiency can make up for the time disadvantage, the Zerg's offense will also offset the efficiency advantages.
Therefore, every day of the development stage is precious and should be cherished.
"If it really doesn't work, just go to the wilderness. The Zerg has just fought for a while and shouldn't come again in a short time." King Kong suggested.
Shen Yi thought about it and so was it.
Going to the wilderness is a choice that the generals will only make when they confirm that there is nothing to do 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 don’t know when the Zerg will attack, and it is likely that they will miss it.
aid.
In addition, you have to pay a certain amount of points every time you leave. It is impossible to come back from time to time to check it out, so you must grasp it well. Fortunately, the Broken Blade Team is strong, and it should not be a problem to walk away two or three people. The development of the base is gradually becoming stable, so this can start to move towards
Extravagant.
Considering the needs of the base, the wilderness finally sent Honglang, Gentle and King Kong to form three people. It took ten days, and after ten days, you must rush back.
Next is to pray that the Zerg will not attack anyway during this period.
But the facts proved that good luck did not favor them this time, and it was destined to be a bad idea to pin their hopes on the enemy.
On the fifth day when Wenrou and the others left, the Zerg came and came in full force.
There are still seventy mother nests, and this time the main attack direction has become a broken blade base - they like to hit the largest base and do not allow it to develop to a threat; they like to hit the smallest base because it is best to bully.
The Broken Blade Team almost resisted with all their strength, and the three warships that had been hidden were also activated. Chen Yi's trump card was not used on the Wanxiang Palace, but was forced out by the Zerg. Finally, the fourth ship did not come out until Zhou Yiyu launched again. The bloodline transformed and they tried hard to force the Zerg to retreat after killing a low-level mother nest.
At the same time, the base also paid another heavy price after the first attack.
Due to the short interval and insufficient energy reserves, the defense sky was broken, two energy converters and two energy supply centers were destroyed, many were damaged and needed repair, and most of the newly built turrets on the fence were destroyed.
Three arsenals were destroyed until they could not be repaired, one of which was an artillery factory. Finally, the Terminator assembly line was saved, but many Terminator died.
Fortunately, the Wanxiang Palace did not come and lost those four ** bases, and they became completely blind and could no longer grasp the movements of the Broken Blade Team.
However, seeing that they were beaten back to the base before liberation overnight, everyone was still a little crying.
When the union chairman came over and said that the residential area was damaged but had to be repaired within this month anyway, Chen Yi simply forced himself to not kill the bastard.
But after that, Chen Yi finally smiled at the mess.
"Anyway, the foundation left now is always more than the second attack, right? It means we haven't wasted this time."
There are tears in the smile!
This is how life is, and it always grows gradually through repeated tossing and twists.
Whether it is ordinary people or Chen Yi, they must work hard to adapt to this new environment.
Therefore, a new round of restoration, construction, and development have become monotonous and simple.
The good news is that they didn't give it all in vain.
When Wen Rou and the others came back, they brought hundreds of thousands of points of funds.
Everyone converted all these benefits into points and actively built them. Finally, at the end of the second month, the construction of the core base was completed.
At this time, they had twelve arsenals of varying sizes, two Terminator production lines, and when they arrived in the third month, they added two thousand workers, one thousand soldiers, and the Second Corps. The population of the base has increased to 10,000.
A new living area has been established and more supporting facilities are increasing. People’s laughter and joy have begun to appear inside the base, and it looks like a small city is developing from scratch.
Of course, the result of all this is that Chen Yi and the others are still in a state of incoming and not leaving. Two whole months have passed, and they have not gained a penny of profit. All the points are invested in base construction and development.
Learning from the last lesson, Chen Yi and the others decided to go to the wilderness to grab the money again, but this time it was directly limited to 30 days. They simply let the three people out give up the base defense again, saving them from wasting time. Come, you are here again when we leave.
Of course, it is the Blade Blade Team that has the courage to release half of the adventurers to grab the money.
After all, strength is the foundation of development.
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Chen Yi was still busy in the office this afternoon.
He is conceiving a new expansion plan.
For two months, the base was struggling in the process of overthrow and resistance. A protective film was broken and then repaired, and then broken again and again. It gradually grew and grew in endless destruction.
Now that the energy supply center has increased a number of times, the defense intensity has also increased. The expansion plan for the satellite base that has been stranded has finally been put on the agenda.
At this moment, the guards came to report and Meryl came to visit.
Chen Yi was stunned. Before she could invite her in, Meryl had already stepped in directly.
She was not wearing a general's uniform, but just a casual outfit, and she looked quite charming.
"How come you have time to come today?" Chen Yi had the urge to call Zhou Yiyu over.
Meryl smiled: "Just come over and see, and if you dare to call someone named Zhou, I will turn around and leave immediately."
"...Okay." Chen Yi spread his hands.
"So, don't you invite me as a guest to your base?"
"This is a military secret."
Meryl's face pulled down.
Chen Yi had no choice but to raise his hand and surrender: "OK, OK, can't I take you there?... It's up to you to borrow money twice."
Strolling on the newly built Champs-Elysées, Meryl watched the development and changes of the base with admiration.
The Champs-Elysées is the commercial street of the future base, and its name is gentle - shameless plagiarism.
Although the road is still empty and there is only a row of unfinished shops, the prototype of the shop can be seen.
The road is very clean and clean without staining of dust.
After the garbage disposal center is completed, more than ten driverless cleaning vehicles will automatically clean back and forth on the road every day.
Some trees, flowers and plants were also planted on both sides of the road. The seeds were brought back from the ** Island, which were both pleasing to the eye and used as raw materials for potions. Of course, some of the things that were too precious to be placed there, and some workers were not so clean when they were poor. There is nothing to steal, it’s hard to say when it becomes prosperous.
From time to time, some workers walked by on the road, and occasionally they would say hello to Chen Yi.
As long as the salary is paid, these workers are still easy to talk to.
At the end of the Champs-Elysées is the training ground, which has similar building functions to the training ground in the Bloody City, but lacks some advanced VIP treatments. Of course, it can be built, but it is more expensive. The training ground is divided into two floors, and the lower floor is the workers' worker's. In the gym, the upper floor is the training ground for the generals.
There is also a clothing store and a cafe opposite the training ground, which is also the only place to open, and Zhao Linger and Shirley are responsible for it. The goods are redeemed from the system and the prices are very cheap, but the clothing store currently mainly sells rough cloth work clothes. This disappointed Zhao Linger. She was learning to design and designed some clothes herself, but there were not many women at this base!
She is pretty good, but the coffee shop is even more awful, and the business is deserted.
Because workers said they needed a bar rather than a coffee shop.
This disappointed Shirley.
Finally, the beauty of the two girls can attract customers, but the hosts want to almost drive every guest out.
Adventurers are really not suitable for business!
"I didn't expect you to make this beautiful here." Meryl exclaimed: "But why do you do this? Don't you think it's too time-consuming? These things can't help you resist the Zerg."
"There is an old saying in China that only by planting sycamore trees can we attract phoenixes." With Meryl all the way, Chen Yi replied: "If you want to develop business, you must have an atmosphere suitable for business development. An elegant environment cannot Improve the defense of the base, but it can make the workers here feel comfortable and let the merchants come. By the way, I will tell you a little secret. Although workers will have additional requirements every month, if you are outside the requirements, you will take the initiative to improve your living environment. The conditions are to meet their expectations in advance, so this part of the project only charges the basic fee for additional overtime work and does not charge additional overtime work because they know that this is built for themselves... Of course, I didn't expect that they don't like cafes, The petty bourgeoisie is indeed not tolerant of the working people.”
"You mean you want to develop business? But what business is here to develop?" Meryl was surprised: "At best, let some merchants come over and sell some goods to your workers. The workers' income is limited, and the tax you collect will never be charged. Probably comparable to your salary expenses.”
"Business tax alone is certainly not enough to pay workers' salaries, but what if it is sold to the outside world?"
"For sale?" Meryl became more and more surprised: "What do you sell to the outside world? All the bases here can be produced by themselves."
"That may not be true. At least their living conditions of workers may not be improved. Most generals only meet the basic needs of workers, and some are not even satisfied. We can make some light industrial products to sell to the outside world, but these are not big deals. What matters is the ore!”
"ore?"
"That's right." Chen Yi said seriously: "Don't forget why we chose a place like Tianwei Si with a harsh living environment as a human base. Isn't it because there are enough ores here? Although the Interstellar Alliance is an NPC country, it It does exist. The system star is the alliance star. There are people and production and life needs. The population is tens of millions. Construction needs a hundred times larger than ours. They also need various resources."
"So you want to sell the ore to the alliance?"
"Yes. Sell it to the alliance, the system will not accept this, but the alliance will accept it. I have inquired about it, and they do need it!"
"What about transportation and mining costs? These require manpower."
"We don't need to transport, there are merchants. They know how to maximize the profits. I don't even need to go mining. Tianwei Si has too many veins. I just need to enclose the land and declare it all in my territory. All the minerals belong to me. If you think of me coming to mining here, you need to pay fees and taxes."
Meryl was stunned: "Then you can take the opportunity to expand further. Expansion will not only allow you to obtain more energy conversion resources, but also more mineral resources?"
"That's right." Chen Yi nodded. Anyway, he couldn't hide this matter, so he might as well be more generous.
"Oh my goodness, you're a complete businessman, you can do business wherever you go." Meryl slapped her forehead and shouted.
Faced with the expansionary impact of the Zerg threat and logistical pressure, Chen Yi had to go differently.
In peaceful times, countries will choose to expand externally when they cannot develop internally.
Chen Yi did the opposite and developed internally when the external cannot expand.
In any case, Chen Yi would not let it be idle.
Since knowing that commercial districts can collect taxes, Chen Yi has listed the development of commercial districts as the planning goal, because this is the best internal development method.
With a commercial area, he can save a lot of workers' salaries by taxes. If he can sell some additional minerals, he can even get more income and become another financial pillar besides the energy converter.
Of course, he is not the only one in this plan. Every planet has special outputs, but the problem is that very few can develop to this point.
Most of the business development was created by generals in the later stages, and when they started to make money, it was time to leave.
So Chen Yi decided to complete the basic commercial construction within three months, put it into operation in the fourth month, and develop and grow in the fifth month, so that he may still make money in the first half of the year, otherwise it would be meaningless to work harder in the future .
But this plan also has its problems.
Meryl said: "It is not feasible to prioritize business development. Some people have done it before, but it is not like you actually enclosing land and selling mines. Have you ever thought about such a development plan?"
"You mean war?"
War is the biggest threat to business development.
Like Singapore's booze country, a missile can cause its stock market to collapse.
No businessman would be happy to trade on land where wars are frequent.
Therefore, the development of business has never been smooth.
In the past, the commercial development of the base also met the needs of workers on the one hand and recovered part of the funds on the other hand.
It is rare to try to make it bigger like Chen Yi, and the successful ones are even more successful.
Regarding Meryl's rebuttal, Chen Yi sighed: "So if possible, I really want to have a good talk with the Zerg. Isn't it good to let us all live in peace? Investment promotion is the key to the development of every city, and peace It is the foundation of development. The Blade Team has never had territorial ambitions. We are a peace-loving base. We just want to improve the living standards of our people and let everyone live a healthy life..."
"This is not funny at all..." Meryl rolled her eyes.
Chen Yi shrugged: "Okay, no kidding, I can understand your reminder, but the premise you are referring to is that the base is destroyed. As long as the base is not destroyed, there will be no problem, right? The Zerg will not play any siege tactics. They never retreat if they can't catch them, and they will never be attached to them."
"Then do you think you can keep it forever? How do you do it? How do you make the merchants believe it? You should know that as long as your defense cover is destroyed once, even a bug enters the base, it will cause damage to the base. The businessman is not as brave as the workers. Even if one dies, don't expect anyone to come here to do business again."
"That may not be the case. Three hundred percent profits are enough to risk merchants on the gallows."
"The problem is that you can't give them that much profit."
"I can give it, at least temporarily. In the stage when they don't trust me, I can open the base for free and provide responsibilities for protection. All fees are allowed to be delinquent. I will charge slowly after I have confirmed my strength... Don't default, I can."
"How to confirm?"
"Of course, it's up to strong troops. The merchants have eyes. They will analyze the strength of the base and their safety level by themselves. In addition, the Blade Team built a core base of 1,000 square kilometers when it first expanded, and in Develop a complete base within two months, tell me Meryl, can you do it?"
Meryl smiled bitterly and shook her head: "I can't do it, nor have I seen anyone do it."
Although the development of two months has caused Chen Yi and the others to suffer, it has also allowed the Broken Blade Team to grow rapidly.
During this period, Chen Yi was worried about the base. He usually used three-dimensional images to divide his head into work and handle matters. Even Zeus was complaining about a headache...
He brought 800,000 yuan in funds, blackmailed other bases, went to the wilderness to grab money by attacking the Zerg, and then exploited himself so crazily, Chen Yi believed that if all this came to life, it would be unreasonable if he developed as much as others.
At present, the development and construction of this base itself has been basically completed. If it continues to develop, it means more defensive firepower and more factories, only quantitative changes, no qualitative changes. The commercial area development currently under Chen Yi is even more unique The general would not do it at all, so in terms of the depth of the base itself, few bases can match him.
Even if Meryl has the support of the Purgatory Sect, as part of the joint base, the internal environment of her base is far less than that of Chen Yi. She just expanded two links more than Chen Yi, and the price is that the conditions for improvement in all aspects are far from enough. ,The workers have already started to slacke in work and their efficiency has dropped significantly.
"Then unless there is a better choice than me, they will definitely choose here, right?" Chen Yi said with a smile.
"That's right. Well, I've been convinced by you, but I want to remind you that a base in the context of war has very limited benefits from taxation and selling minerals alone. How many benefits can you get from expanding business? Do you earn 100 million per month? Even if you have one, it will be only one million points, and it is not as good as if you have a few more days of income to occupy the base."
"Of course, I didn't expect to make a fortune on it. Business development is just a choice of equity and supplementary income when it is temporarily unable to expand externally. After all, this part of the investment is not big. It just takes time and effort because there are too many supporting facilities required. , You have to constantly plan, arrange, and schedule, but the actual cost is very low... This is all water grinding skills. By the way, Meryl have you played a strategy game? I mean StarCraft."
"certainly."
"Then you should know the difference between professional players and non-professional players? The basic conditions for professional players and non-professional players are exactly the same, and there is no difference in military resources. So what determines who is stronger and who is weak? The key lies in them. Master the details. Superior hand speed and technology, reasonable construction arrangements and resource arrangements, do a good job in every detail, advance little by little, and expand your advantages through accumulation!" Chen Yi said seriously:
"If we regard the speed of the game as execution ability, the reasonable arrangement of the game as planning ability, and the operation technology as personal strength of the adventurer, you will find that the game is actually no different from the construction of our current base. One month One million is not too much for the base, but not to mention one million, even one hundred thousand is worth our efforts to plan and work hard! I can earn more than 100,000 today, and I can earn more than 200,000 tomorrow! And the extra money can become a guarantee for my continued expansion, making its value continue to expand. Isn’t this how capital operation comes from?”
"The strength of the Broken Blade Team depends on this accumulation! It is also the accumulation that completes the standard base of ten players in two months! We will continue to rely on this accumulation until we completely put all our competitors in our minds. After! So we will not let go of any of the benefits we can get, which makes us seem a bit philosophical, but in this cruel, cruel and ruthless world, philosophical is a virtue!”
Meryl was speechless.
Speaking of this, Chen Yi suddenly took out his handheld computer: "This is the battle process recorded by our computer, but since it is just a recording, it is not comprehensive enough. But when the next Zerg attacks, we will shoot in all aspects. In this battle. At that time, Wenrou and the others should not have come back. We will only use three people to guard the place, and completely defeat the Zerg before the defense sky is destroyed and kill at least one mother nest. Then we will record the heroic record. The scenes are sent to the entire league, allowing them to see the heroic fighting posture of our warriors and the great victory after victory… they will believe us.”
Meryl was completely stunned when she heard it.
It took her a while before she said, "Is this too high-profile?"
Chen Yi snapped his fingers: "Low-key is never my style. People who do business are afraid of not being famous, not too high-profile, and have to hype a few times if they have nothing to do. So the whole world thinks that I am invincible in the world. Yes, I am not afraid of enduring this false reputation, nor am I afraid of someone coming to challenge me. I wish I could grab a few more bases... If I didn't think the reputation was useful."
“…What if you don’t do the next battle?”
"Then wait for the next battle." Chen Yi replied without blushing: "It's a promotion of the record, which is a choice. Who would use the record of defeat as a publicity?"
"...You are indeed shameless."
Chen Yi laughed: "Okay, I have made it open to you. Now let me tell you what you want."
He didn't think Meryl was really doing nothing to see him.
Meryl replied: "I admit that your plan is good and you have the ability to implement it, but there is something that may disrupt your arrangements."
"how?"
"In another month, the Broken Blade Team's base will be in three months of development. At that time, you will receive notification to participate in the joint offensive."
This time it was Chen Yi's turn to be stunned.
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PS: Keep working hard today, I guess it’s gone for the fifth update, and I should be the third update, maybe, maybe, I can.