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By that time, a lot of territory will have been occupied.
You know, there are limited areas on the moon that are suitable for mining and have rich mineral reserves. If others take more, you will take less, and taking less will lead to backward development.
Zhang Mu lowered his head and thought about how to proceed with the Russian trials, and did not notice the urgency in Neo's tone.
Of course, even if I find out, I won’t care.
After thinking it over, Zhang Mu didn't say goodbye to Neo. He got up and left directly, all the way to the cave base next to NH.
Although the existence of the base here has almost become an open secret, the Chinese people know it and people abroad can guess it, but the vigilance and confidentiality measures have not been relaxed at all.
The soldiers inside were patrolling without blind spots, the thick gate was closed tightly, and a whole row of soldiers equipped with heavy weapons were stationed outside the gate.
Zhang Mu did not activate the shadow technique, but changed into the appearance of Xu Xianren and entered unhindered. The director received a report from his subordinates and hurried over to greet him.
I waved my hand to interrupt his politeness and simply asked if there would be any difficulties in building the second spaceship.
The director said that with the experience accumulated from building the Xuanniao, the project was generally going smoothly, except that the speed did not increase much and the material inventory had run out.
The former is because the designer has optimized some structures and needs to test safety. As for the latter, the director said that the materials for exchange are on the way and Brother Zhou will be needed to deliver them.
Upon learning that everything was normal, Zhang Mu did not stay, but said goodbye and headed straight for Russia.
After entering the territory, I first went to check out the three wolf bones that were still ownerless.
The surroundings were unusually quiet, with only the chirping of birds and insects and the rustling of leaves in the breeze, but no living person was in sight.
Zhang Mu glanced at the corpses scattered on the grass in the forest. Some of them were relatively fresh, as if they had just "arrived" not long ago, but most of them were rotten and covered with signs of being eaten by wild beasts.
"How could he be so bad? I should have known not to use a trainee-level monster."
Zhang Mu shook his head helplessly. The Warcraft was already seriously injured. The problem could be basically solved by just learning how to drive a tank. Yet so many people still died.
The exam was at a stalemate. The president was anxious, the people were anxious, and Zhang Mu was also anxious.
Could you please hurry up? I'm waiting to send you to the moon to mine!
Zhang Mu released his mental power to search for the monster, wondering if the monster's injuries had healed on their own. But then he changed his mind and felt that this shouldn't be the case.
He struck hard and appropriately, ensuring that the monster's injuries could not be repaired by its body's self-healing ability.
His mental power enveloped the monster and sensed its physical condition, which was indeed the same as he had imagined.
"We have to lower the difficulty a bit."
After a moment of contemplation, Zhang Mu attacked boldly, aggravating the injuries of the five monsters.
Looking at the shivering monster lying on the ground, he nodded with satisfaction: "The limbs are severely damaged and the flexibility is greatly reduced. This should be enough.
Well, the word has to get out.”
Zhang Mu flew to the outskirts of Moscow and started the transformation.
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Kremlin, staff canteen.
Farid and the girl sat face to face at the dining table.
The girl was peeling a banana with great skill, and the skin was split into four equal pieces. She bit off half of it, chewed it a few times and swallowed it, sighing, "When will the second stage start?"
Farid put down his stainless steel fork. “I think you should think differently.”
"How to say?"
"According to the regulations, those who have obtained the wolf bones are not allowed to voluntarily withdraw from the assessment."
"Ok?"
Seeing that she still looked confused, Farid explained, "It means that after the second stage begins, you must hunt down disasters."
The girl came to her senses, and her mind flashed back to the two times she had briefly come into contact with the Disaster. "Well, the Disaster is indeed very strong. I would definitely ..."
Halfway through the conversation, he saw that Farid looked calm and didn't seem to be worried about the strength of the disaster, so he asked curiously: "You also have wolf bones, why aren't you afraid of dying on the way to hunt the disaster?"
"Me?" Farid looked up.
"Yes." The girl crossed her arms on the table, resting her chin on them. "Yes, you have received military training and are an employee of the Security Bureau, but when faced with a disaster, there won't be much difference between you and ordinary people, right?
Having said that, this exam doesn’t look like something anyone can pass.”
"It certainly seems to be."
"That……"
"But I believe that since it is an exam, there must be an answer. There is no such thing as an unsolvable question."
"So you found the answer?" The girl straightened up excitedly.
"No."
"Tsk." The girl expressed disdain and lay back on the table.
She did not doubt that Farid might be deceiving her, hiding a way to get by.
Not to mention that there is no conflict of interest between the recipients of the wolf bones. On the contrary, it is a relationship of mutual help. The fact that Farid risked his life to help her find the wolf bones as promised is enough to prove Farid's character.
Thinking that even if the stalemate assessment entered the second stage, she would most likely have no hope of passing, the girl began to mutter to herself again.
“Damn it… why is it so difficult? It’s even more torturous than my high school math test.
How can I kill the disaster... Oh... I miss Tefan so much, but it's a pity that he has never appeared since that day. If only I could..."
"It's him!" A sharp shout came from outside the cafeteria.
A scream suddenly rang out from the Kremlin, where loud noises were prohibited. Farid and the girl concluded without even a second's hesitation that it was the appearance of a transcendent being.
The two ran outside along with other diners in the restaurant.
When they arrived at the open space, they found that it was already crowded with people.
As for the source of the commotion, it was easily found.
Everyone looked up at the giant man whose body towered over the ground with his head almost touching the clouds.
"The Disaster's injuries have worsened and his strength has weakened. To balance the difficulty, we are canceling the 'no time limit' rule and changing it to three months."
As soon as he finished speaking, the sturdy man's body faded away.
The people who ran out of the building slowly came back to their senses.
The mood of the crowd was not affected by the strong man's words. They had long given up the fight for the wolf bones. The assessment had nothing to do with them, so they naturally did not care about the changes in the assessment rules.
Except Farid and the girl.
They only have three months left before their exams, but a solution to the disaster, which is only in its infancy, is nowhere in sight.
"What should I do?" the girl couldn't help asking.
"It's not necessarily a bad thing. He said that Disaster's injuries have worsened and his strength has weakened. Maybe he is weak enough for us to deal with him." Farid quickly calmed down and analyzed the situation in an orderly manner.
"He didn't say how much it would weaken, we need to be sure."
"Yes, let's go immediately."
Farid ran toward the parking lot and the girl chased after him.
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After notifying the news, Zhang Mu left quickly.
The strength of Warcraft has been declining, but the Russian assessment is expected to take at least one month.
Zhang Mu did not intend to stand by and watch the whole process. He would wait for the director's supplies to be delivered and immediately transport them to Lake.
Now Lake's army is still in urgent need of high-end military weapons.
Although the transformation of Kedun City has been basically completed - three schools have been built, qualified students have been enrolled, and factory equipment has been installed. However, there is still some distance to go before the arsenal can be put into operation and produce enough guns, ammunition, off-road vehicles and other military supplies for the legion.
The students we selected were very talented, but no matter how talented they were, it always takes time to learn.
Moreover, even if all five arsenals operated efficiently, their productivity would still not be enough to meet the legion's consumption.
They are just pilot projects, intended to train a group of talents familiar with industrialization and lay the foundation for the subsequent large-scale transformation of industrial cities throughout Lake.
While waiting for the director to deliver the supplies, Zhang Mu was not idle either. He ran to Amei to urge the construction progress.
Of course, I didn't state my intention directly.
The extraordinary personality created by Zhang Mu is out of selfless help to the countries of Blue Star. Whether you can seize the opportunity and gain enough benefits to strengthen yourself is your own business.
So we have to be "tactful".
He turned into Mr. Gao and found Neo. He first asked about the progress of the spaceship. Then he casually said that he went to the mountain gate to visit Xuxianren and visited the secret base by the way. He learned that the completion date of the second spaceship was not far away.
Neo's eyes widened after hearing this.
The first Amei ship hasn't been landed yet, but their second ship is almost ready?
How can this be possible?!
He was panicking in his heart, but Zhang Mu pretended not to care and was lost in his thoughts.
After a while, Neo was worried that "Mr. Gao" would leave suddenly, and couldn't control his impulse and asked: "Mr. Gao, you... I... I need your help."
"Huh? What?" Mr. Gao's eyes showed a confused look as if he had just woken up from his thoughts and didn't hear clearly what he said.
"It's progressing too fast... I'm not implying that you are not as good as Shanmen, the key is that you contacted Shanmen much earlier than us."
Mr. Gao smiled and said, "I am indeed not as good as Shanmen. There is nothing to brag about. After all, even Hogwarts has to give in to Shanmen, and I am just a student of Hogwarts.
Oh, and I was fired.”
After saying that, Mr. Gao looked at Neo and said, "You said help... OK, but the principle still applies. I can't provide it for free."
Neo was overjoyed.
He didn't care about the expense of the weapons at all. He hesitated because he was worried that asking Mr. Gao for help again and again would make him appear incompetent, which would lead Mr. Gao to choose another agent.
With his worries gone, Neo spoke fluently: "Still the same price?"
"Ah."
"Mr. Gao, I hope to get some technical support!"
Chapter 365: The Unexpected Second Stage Begins