Curran stopped suddenly in the middle of his story. Her gaze crossed the summer night and fell on the square behind.
Xia Ye turned around and saw five witches appearing at the edge of the square. Judging from the appearance, they were dressed as a debt collection team.
"It seems that another guest is here." Kelun said to Xia Ye, "Wait for me for a moment, I'll be back soon."
After saying that, she left her seat and walked towards the other party...
The battle was over in less than five minutes.
The debt collection team who had been revived by the insurance hurriedly left. Except for a few tears in his dress, Curran was not injured at all, and his hair was not messed up at all.
Previously, Coren said that the prosthetic limbs given to her by "Heinekan Creation" were not too strong, and Xia Ye thought she was too modest.
It is obviously a super individual equipment that integrates a shield, an arm blade, an automatic rifle, and a small missile launcher. Except that it cannot improve the user's mobility, it has almost all the other functions.
However, based on this alone, it is impossible for Curran to insure all members of the debt collection team within 5 minutes. Xia Ye discovered that the opponent's true strength lay in his combat experience and combat skills.
These experiences and skills can only come from life and death fights again and again. Curran said before that the downtown area back then was much more chaotic than it is now, and it seems that what he said is true.
Xia Ye secretly assessed that she couldn't beat the opponent. Even if she added Xiu Ji, she would probably only be able to defeat him 50-50 at best.
After watching the debt collection team leave, Curran returned to the table but did not sit down again.
"It's someone sent by Mars Forge." She said to Xia Ye.
"The debt collection team sent by the supplier has been here for the past few days. I guess they won't bother you again for the time being. I have something that I would like to invite you to visit. Are you interested?"
Xia Ye thought for a moment, nodded and said, "Okay."
"Seventy-four, I'll take Miss Xia Ye for a walk around the area. I'm sorry to bother you here. If another guest comes over, just tell me with the crystal ball and I'll come right away." Curran said to the masked witch.
"No problem, Chairman Curran."
"Let's go."
Curran sat on the broom and flew into the sky first. Xia Ye noticed that she was also using the BRM series of Bafa Liya Company.
Xia Ye followed her and flew to the factory area behind the "Yuan Ship Leasing" headquarters building. Two minutes later, Curran landed next to a dock. There was no one around the dock, and the door for people to enter and exit was also locked. It seems that no one has used it for a long time.
"The name of the masked witch just now is '704'?" After landing, Xia Ye said the question that had just stayed in his mind.
"That's just her codename." Curran said with a smile, "I don't know her real name either. The people in their venture capital department are all like this, with special masks on their faces, even with the 'Eye of Truth' I can’t see clearly what’s behind her, there’s no name, just a number. She belongs to the ‘Seven Venture Capital Divisions’, so the number starts with seven.”
After listening to the other party's explanation, Xia Ye suddenly remembered the mission publisher in a certain game and blurted out: "They can't be dolls, right? The kind driven by contract power?"
"Your idea is good, but I know they are all real people." Curran said firmly.
"Why?"
"Because I have seen someone kill them. What was in their bodies was indeed flesh and blood, not machinery."
"Oh..." Xia Ye thought to herself. It seems that venture capital is also a high-risk industry in this world.
On the other side, Curran pressed his palm on the magic circle and opened the door of the dock.
"Come in, what I want you to see is inside."
The gray-haired girl stood inside the door, her body and face hidden in the darkness, leaving only her eyes still glowing with dark blue light.
Xia Ye walked in with almost no hesitation - she felt that Ke Lun was just deliberately scaring her.
As soon as he entered the dock, the other party slammed the door shut.
Suddenly everything went dark.
"..."
Xia Ye quickly grabbed Xiuji off the top of her head and blocked it on her chest.
"Click..."
Suddenly there was a bright light in front of my eyes.
Curran turned on the switch, and the incandescent light illuminated the corridor.
She glanced at the cat that was blocked by Xia Ye's chest, and said with a half-smile: "What? Do you think I will sneak attack you?"
"Yes, yes." Xia Ye nodded frankly, "I'm very timid, and I like to hold cats in my arms when I'm scared."
"...Follow me." Kelundang walked inside first.
After passing through the corridor and opening a door again, the two finally arrived inside the dock. Curran turned on the light and saw a huge ship on the summer night.
To be precise, "most of" the ship.
The equipment above the deck of the ship has basically been removed, leaving only a lonely bridge. There is a huge hole at the stern, which looks like it was formed by an explosion. Through the hole, you can see the internal keel and cabins. In generally good condition.
This ship is about the same length as the "Mobydick", but wider than the "Mobydick". Xia Ye made a rough estimate and found that its tonnage should be about 1.3 times that of the "Mobydick".
While she was looking at the ship, Curran also looked up at it. After a while, she said:
"Remember what I told you, we built nineteen technical demonstration ships at that time, and eighteen were sunk? This is the only one left."
"It's so big!"
Although Xia Ye had vaguely guessed it, she still couldn't help but be surprised when the other party actually said it.
"Yes, its tonnage is larger than your ship 'Moby Dick'." Curran said.
"Of course, the performance is definitely far inferior to that of today's ships. At that time, the ether ramjet thrusters were still very immature, large in size, heavy in weight, and with smaller thrust than today's. At that time, in order to make this ship as high as possible To achieve such a high speed, Chris installed six propellers on it, two on each side of the stern, two on the stern deck, and one on each of the left and right winglets. Finally, its cruising speed reached 180 km/h. Festival.
"However, the more propellers there are, the greater the probability of problems. The ship successfully completed its first trial, but one of its propellers exploded during the second trial. This is how the hole in the stern came out. Fortunately, it managed to return to Debso Tower by relying on the propellers on both sides. Later, the cause of the explosion was investigated and it was found that when the four propellers were operating at maximum power, resonance would occur. Resonance would cause accelerated metal fatigue of load-bearing parts. The problem with the thruster was because a key part suddenly broke, causing the ether to explode out of control, and finally caused an explosion."
Xia Ye looked at Kelan in surprise.
"What's wrong?" Curran asked.
"I didn't expect that you actually understood this." Xia Ye said.
Kelun was stunned for a moment, then laughed: "What? Do you think I am a chairman who doesn't understand any technology? When I was at Bavlia College, I was a famous academic. I ranked first or third in every exam. second."
"Either first or second?"
"Yeah, it's the same with Chris. In short, every time I'm on the ranking list, sometimes I'm on top, and sometimes she's on top. At the beginning, I was more on top, and then I was gradually overwhelmed by her. , There is no way, Chris’s talent in this area is indeed very high.”
When she said this, the girl's eyes showed a soft look, but this look only lasted for a few seconds and then disappeared without a trace.
Curran pointed to the ship in front of him and said seriously:
"Miss Xia Ye, what kind of person do you think I am?
"A greedy and short-sighted chairman? A businessman who doesn't understand technology? Or a brutal and cold-blooded killer?
"The reason why I brought you here is to let you see with your own eyes a fact - Chris's grand and beautiful ideal is not without my trying to realize it. Your 'Moby-Dick' is nothing at all, We have built a total of nineteen larger technology verification ships, as well as an even larger 'Chris Curran'. The company invested a huge amount of moles for Chris's ideals, and finally got, But there is only this remains.
"Yes, this time, Chris relied on the advancement of propeller technology and the experience accumulated from past failures to successfully modify the 'Moby Dick'. And, if I guessed correctly, you must have sailed to the west of the Western Islands. and returned successfully.
"But so what? Think about Chris's goal - to sail to the end of the etheric sea. How much investment and failure are needed for this illusory goal? You may have earned a lot of magic from this whaling trip, which is enough Acquire a lot of shares in Ocean Shipping Leasing. However, if you let Chris become the person in charge of this company, do you think Ocean Shipping Leasing can still maintain normal operations? "
(End of chapter)
