Chapter 154 Jacques's Goodwill
This is not an ordinary bullet. When it appears, before it is discovered by the vehicle system manager and interception is initiated, it explodes in the sky.
Snowflakes in a large area were dyed golden, and then fell on the protective shield, and were bounced off the shield to the ground.
"look!"
Liu Chengzhi was the first to notice something unusual and pointed outside the car and said, "Look here, this is... this is..."
Some people could see it just by turning their heads, while others looked up and saw the picture projected on the big screen by the butler.
The golden pigments spread on the ground changed color in a short period of time and finally formed a badge.
Although the badge was only visible for ten seconds before it was covered by the blizzard, everyone could still clearly see the pattern on the badge.
"Blue Star Challenge Legion Badge." Mu Zhong recognized it at a glance and read it out.
As the name "Blue Star Challenge Legion" suggests, on the battlefield ahead, it is certainly impossible for only Da Xia to fight against the dark beasts. On a battlefield of that level, all the legions on Blue Star must work together, unify the command, and gather the strength of all mankind to win.
Therefore, the highest legion of mankind at present is the Blue Star Challenge Legion.
In theory, all challengers who join their own country's legion are also members of the Blue Star Challenge Legion. If there is an order to be transferred to the front line, even Wei Huan must obey the order and rush to the front line.
It is precisely because the power is too great that several major countries are actually restraining each other. No one is willing to submit to anyone else, and everyone wants to become the commander-in-chief. In the end, they can only use the parliamentary method.
After all, the title of commander-in-chief of the Blue Star Challenger Legion is not as good as that of the Blue Star Chief, but it is better than that of the Blue Star Chief.
There is no higher official in the world today than this.
It was just right for the other side to display the Allied Army's emblem at this time.
It not only shows that you are not too strong, but also shows your identity, which means that the matter can be discussed.
Wei Huan then asked the housekeeper, "Are they going to connect?"
The housekeeper replied: "Screening suspected information. Confirmed successful. Do you want to connect?"
"Let's connect."
The video call was connected, and a young and handsome Osam officer appeared in front of Wei Huan. He had blond hair, blue eyes, a high nose bridge, and was wearing the uniform of the Osam Challenge Legion.
Wei Huan looked at the other party in silence, then raised his hand and patted the badge of the Great Xia Qinglong Legion on his chest.
As the badge was slapped, it emitted a hazy light that enveloped Wei Huan. Then, in the blink of an eye, the same Qinglong Legion uniform appeared in front of everyone.
This is a similar function to the silver glasses, which simulates outerwear through optics, but in reality everyone is still wearing strange-looking Challenger equipment.
This simulated coat even hid the Mofidi Ring on Wei Huan's back, making him look like an ordinary mid-level officer of Daxia.
Meeting in a military capacity was a sign of respect for the other party, but changing into military uniform only after activating the video link showed Wei Huan's displeasure with the other party, and through his contemptuous attitude, he was warning the other party about what he had done so far.
The two sides stared at each other through the screen for a few seconds, and finally Jacques spoke first: "Hello, I am the commander of the Osam Hercules Legion, my name is Jacques Denis, and I am very happy to meet you, Mr. Wei Huan."
Wei Huan's expression was indifferent. "Let's skip the pleasantries. Let's talk about your plans. I will definitely open this ruin. If anyone enters my summoning range during this process, I will regard them as hostile. I can give you ten minutes to leave. This is your last chance."
Wei Huan said that he wanted the other party to explain, but before the other party could give any explanation, he had already issued an ultimatum.
Wei Huan has always been so strong in his actions, which makes many people feel uncomfortable.
Jacques's brows were furrowed, and his voice turned cold. "Does your attitude represent your country's attitude?"
After waiting for half a minute, Wei Huan remained silent, his black eyes sharp as bullets. Jacques, however, gradually began to feel the pressure, a light sweat breaking out on the back of his neck. He couldn't help but speak again: "Daxia prides itself on being a country of etiquette and has always followed this tradition. If friendly talks can solve a problem, war is always the worst option. A month ago, Major Wei took a lot of things from Mulberry Country, Bang Country, and the Three Kingdoms. This is a kind of robbery. Aren't you ashamed of what you have done?"
Wei Huan's eyes flashed with impatience. He looked up and asked the butler, "How many more minutes?"
Jacques's eyes began to waver at Wei Huan's attitude, and he was indeed a little angry. "Major Wei, for the sake of Blue Planet and all mankind, I hope you can talk to me seriously. If this attitude ultimately leads to consequences, can you bear it?"
"Show your cards." Wei Huan said suddenly.
Jacques' voice faltered, his pent-up anger shattered by Wei Huan's unconventional moves. No, when did Daxia start doing things this way? Instead of engaging in a war of words, then gradually increasing the stakes, never revealing their cards until the very last moment, why was he doing the opposite?
In recent years, because of Daxia's strength, the whole world has followed Daxia's customs, including learning Daxia's language and following Daxia's negotiation habits.
To understand Daxia's customs and habits, senior officers like Jacques took a week-long Daxia culture course. Their understanding of Daxia was that the country preferred to "hide" and avoid violence whenever possible. They believed that war was a "means," not a "solution."
Jacques' first reaction was that Wei Huan was using this method to try to gain the initiative in the negotiations.
"Captain Wei, I definitely have a trump card, but I don't think it's reached this point yet. We can..."
Wei Huan just pretended to listen attentively, then said, "Look at your radar. I only have 6 minutes left before my time limit."
Jacques knew that if he went to see the radar at this time, he would be led by the nose by the other party, but he had to go and see it.
When I saw this, sweat started to flow down my back.
The undead who had been searching within the radar range had actually found them at some point.
At this moment, just above their heads, it gathered into a small "dot". If there were no ghost crows flying towards this side, he probably couldn't imagine how much power was gathered in that "dot".
But now it goes without saying that these ghost crows gathered together have already leveled his advantage of observing the opponent earlier.
Thinking of this, Jacques felt a little regretful.
Perhaps I should have started negotiations and deterrence when I first saw the other party. Because of my hesitation, the good situation has been reversed.
Then look at the representatives from other countries who are connected with you.
Although he turned off their sound because he was talking to Wei Huan, he could see these people arguing with just a casual glance.
Among them, Shi Hengchuanjing from Sangshu Country had the most hideous look. He leaned on the table and screamed at the top of his lungs, looking like an evil ghost.
It was Shi Hengchuan Jing's appearance that woke up Jacques, who was gradually getting drunk.
Yes, he is the captain of this alliance team, but he is also a human from Blue Star. Even if Wei Huan did something like a robber, his merits outweigh his faults. He cannot attack human heroes. This matter should not be discussed in this way.
Jacques calmed down and quickly tidied himself up. When he opened his eyes again, he temporarily cut off the connection between himself and others, leaving only Wei Huan.
He then took out the "Angel's Spear Scroll" in his hand and said, "I have no intention of becoming an enemy of Daxia, and I have great respect for you. Why don't I show my sincerity first? Look, this is the Angel's Spear Scroll. Combined with my abilities, I can strike any target within a 50-kilometer radius."
As Wei Huan's sudden realization and then sharp gaze turned fierce, Jacques continued, "But I didn't do that. My respect for you is not just talk. Osam and I just want to gain your friendship. If we can cooperate in the recycling of discarded mobile phones, it will definitely improve the overall strength of mankind and will definitely have a huge impact on the outcome of the Dark Beast Lord battlefield..."
Jacques organized his words very carefully, hoping to gain Wei Huan's trust and achieve the cooperation he had always wanted to achieve since he received the task.
Aoshan's discarded mobile phones are piled up like mountains, and they contain a large amount of supplies, enough to increase the strength of Aoshan's current challengers by nearly 30%.
This kind of cooperation, which is beneficial to the entire war situation, is the correct way of thinking, rather than being led astray by the "mad dog" of Mulberry Country and destroying the good situation by oneself.
Humanity has not been ahead in the competition among civilizations for many years.
This is all because of Wei Huan's appearance.
Only those who were deeply involved in the war and saw with their own eyes that the humans on Blue Star were like moths, rushing to their deaths for just a little hope, could feel the excruciating pain and enlightenment.
In the cruel competition of civilizations, no hatred can be higher than the continuation of civilization.
Jacques said: "If you agree to open the recycling trade for stray materials, I swear that I will urge the completion of this transaction and try my best to reach a price that satisfies both parties.
As for this scroll in my hand, to show my sincerity, I can temporarily trade it to you for safekeeping. I only hope that Captain Wei can feel my sincerity and make a commitment to cooperate."
As Wei Huan listened, his thoughts reached their limit in an instant.
Yes, the mall does sell expensive strike weapons, but because they are too expensive, they have nothing to do with ordinary people. Wei Huan never thought that someone would spend 500,000 points to buy a scroll just to deal with him.
What does 500,000 points represent?
It means that you can purchase all auxiliary materials from level 1 to level 4 except core materials for a challenger army of 100,000 people.
If Wei Huan hadn't wanted to upgrade the microscopic world to level 4, the points he had would have been enough to easily arm a powerful legion.
Therefore, the scroll purchased with 500,000 points was only to intimidate him. In a way, it showed that in the eyes of these people, Wei Huan's strength was already very strong, and he was regarded as the level of a fifth-order king-level dark beast.
But it's still not enough.
The reason why Wei Huan thought about it for so long was to calculate the probability of his survival under such a blow.
Then I found out, it was quite big.
He is already a level five car.
Level 5 ammunition hitting a level 5 vehicle can cause huge damage to the vehicle, maybe even half of it will be destroyed?
But it won't kill him instantly.
If he is not killed in one blow, he will become the enemy's nightmare.
Especially now, his Ghost Crow has found the hiding place of Jacques and others. Although the Netherfire Bomb in its mouth is only level four, there are more than one of them. If it continues to bombard intensively, at least dozens of vehicles and hundreds of lives will be lost.
There shouldn't be many level 5 vehicles that can perfectly resist the attack of the Hellfire Bomb in such an assessment, right?
But Wei Huan quickly calmed down.
He was also unwilling to kill. Every human being was a force to resist the dark beasts. Internal strife was always the most foolish behavior. Especially since he was reborn, he should understand the unity of mankind. The same goal was above all else.
"Okay." Wei Huan nodded.
Jacques was stunned for a second when he heard this. He didn't expect Wei Huan to nod so readily.
Wei Huan said, "Trade the scroll to me, and we can talk slowly."
Jacques hesitated for two seconds, lowered his head, and placed the scroll into the transaction column. As he pressed the button, he reminded me, somewhat foolishly, "It's just for safekeeping. To show my sincerity and trust in you, I'm disobeying military orders. Please return it to me after completing the negotiations or before we part ways. If the scroll is lost, I won't just lose my position. I might be put on trial, or..."
Wei Huan's opinion of the young officer from Osham had changed slightly because of Jacques's sudden nagging. When he spoke again, his tone was no longer cold and harsh: "For me, 500,000 points can be obtained by just going to a random world."
Jacques kept his mouth shut, and even looked a little sad and angry. This is the diversity among human beings.
He would randomly challenge and kill dark beasts, and even participate in large-scale battles, but in five years, even with his strength, he had only earned 440,000 points. However, these points were almost all used to improve himself and train his crew. Now he didn't even have 5,000 points.
The higher the chariot is raised, the more people can get in the chariot, and the more space is needed.
In reality, Jacques had long since given up the pursuit of a senior captain's title and become a mere laborer. It was because the old guard at Osham didn't trust him or want to train him that he spent his days trying to earn points.
Compared to my miserable job as a driver, I feel like being Wei Huan's crew member must be very lucky. I heard that Wei Huan's car even has diamond equipment. Haha~
Jacques was already having a brain storm. After he traded the scroll in a daze, he looked at the empty transaction column and suddenly came to his senses.
He looked at Wei Huan, wanting to say something but stopping himself, and forced himself not to continue nagging Wei Huan to return the scroll to him.
"What are you doing!?"
Suddenly, a roar was heard beside him. Jacques instantly restrained the expression in his eyes and became indifferent. He looked at the deputy captain who was furious because he found out that the scroll had been traded.
His deputy commander, once his most trusted classmate and comrade-in-arms, had promised him more than once, "I will always follow you. Together we will fight for humanity and our ideals."
But what was the reality? When they reached a high enough altitude, his deputy driver lived in a luxurious villa and married the granddaughter of Osham's finance minister. He moved easily among the powerful and became a "dog" sent by the powerful to keep an eye on him.
There was no trust between them at all.
Jacques, who was being watched all the time, was also wary of his former friend.
During this conversation with Wei Huan, he deliberately avoided the deputy captain because he knew very well that the deputy captain had been indoctrinated with the "Osham supremacy" mentality by those powerful people. He was wary of and looked down on Daxia and Wei Huan, and was unwilling to lower his proud head.
Given Wei Huan's strength, if the deputy captain had intervened in the negotiation, the outcome would probably have been different.
As for now...
Jacques said, "Please be mindful of your attitude, Deputy Commander. I have my own ideas and plans. I can report them to the military and answer them in court-martial. The only thing I don't need to explain is you."
The deputy captain's face was distorted.
He now has a strong background and is quite capable. He could have become an independent train captain long ago and would not have to endure this humiliation.
If the top management of Osham had not unanimously arranged this job for him, he would have left long ago.
Now, he really didn't want to stay in this car for even a second... There would never be any future for them if they stayed with this guy who didn't know how to turn and couldn't learn to bow his head. They would only become weapons in the hands of others and die on the battlefield at any time.
He just wants to live a more comfortable life, is that wrong?
"How are you going to explain this to them?" The deputy commander pointed at the allied countries that were still arguing.
Jacques raised his eyelids slightly: "Who are you answering to? That guy from Mulberry Country? He just wants to use us to help him get revenge. Don't you understand or are you really stupid?"
"The scroll is worth 500,000 points and is the public property of all the countries in the alliance. How could you trade it to our enemies?"
"First of all, Wei Huan is not an enemy. The reason your father-in-law can still happily collect taxes is because Wei Huan reversed the situation at a critical moment, allowing us to achieve this victory. Secondly, using a scroll doesn't mean you have to throw it out and let it explode. Putting it in the hands of the other party as a token of goodwill is also one way to use it. Finally..." Jacques looked up at the deputy commander, "Are you sure you can kill him? And at the same time, you won't be chased around like a stray dog by him?" After saying this, Jacques pointed to the top of his head, his eyes teasing, "You are very smart, most of the time, but in critical moments... hehe."
The deputy commander was almost mad with anger, but he could do nothing about Jacques. It was not until the allies found out that Jacques had given the scroll to the enemy that Jacques stopped laughing.
Regarding the alliance, some explanation is still needed.
And the result was just as he expected. Apart from Shi Hengchuanjing from Sangshu Country who was relentless and went crazy with his deputy driver, others were more concerned about whether Wei Huan was willing to hand over the "key" and how much profit the transaction could bring.
Who doesn’t have a pile of discarded mobile phones at home? They were originally counted as daily losses, but now they can be taken out all at once. With such a huge number, who wouldn’t be jealous and crazy?
Wei Huan saw that the transaction was actually completed and he got the scroll worth 500,000 points. Even though he had it in his hand, he still couldn't hide his surprise.
Isn't this officer from Osham a bit too naive? After all, this is 500,000. He can get it even if he spends some time. Doesn't that take time?
Of course, he also understood that the other party did this because they respected him and trusted his character.
In this confrontation, if the intention from the beginning is not to kill the other party, then one side will have to compromise first.
This is not the Blue Planet where you can slowly negotiate terms. If you don't reach 80% of the progress by the last day, you will be swallowed up by the challenge world and fall into the eternal darkness of the test field.
The tight time schedule forces everything to proceed at a faster pace.
Wei Huan still admired Colonel Jacques. He had indeed taken an amazing step and gained Wei Huan's basic trust.
"The technology of discarded mobile phones is very important, and we can't have it all to ourselves." This is what Mu Zhong once said, "These hidden supplies can further improve the combat effectiveness of Blue Star, giving us a greater chance of victory on the plane battlefield.
Don't forget, the Dark Beast King still has many tricks up his sleeve that have not been used yet. We are already behind, so every little step in catching up is important.
Sharing is necessary, but it can't be given away for free. The key is how to reach a transaction that satisfies both parties."
Mu Zhong and Wei Huan discussed this matter.
After returning to the challenge world again, the intelligent butler on his chariot was upgraded through the "Steel Star".
In other words, he and Mu Zhong now have the technology to unlock discarded mobile phones.
The most important thing is that since his smart butler can be upgraded, the smart butlers of other cars can also be upgraded.
Daxia has the "key", and other countries must go to Daxia to unlock it. This is more valuable than holding the "key" without using it, while allowing a large amount of materials to continue to be buried deep in the world.
This is also the reason why Wei Huan agreed to talk to the other party.
Sooner or later they will open up the supply to other countries, and someone else will contact Wei Huan if not Jacques.
But Jacques' actions did win some favor from Wei Huan.
Wei Huan took the [Angel's Spear Scroll] and looked at it carefully in his palm. He had seen the explosive power of this thing.
In the battlefield of the previous life, the "Spear of Angel" had appeared. Even when fighting a sixth-level battle at that time, there was an even more powerful sixth-level scroll.
Take the most recent one as an example. In the opening battle of the "Ancient War", Osham, through the joint efforts of hundreds of witches, completed an attack with a lethality similar to that of the "Angel's Spear", breaking the sixth-level protective shield of the dark beast in one fell swoop, and also giving humans the opportunity to make a comeback later.
If this scroll were really used on Wei Huan's head, it would be a huge blow to him.
As for the fact that Jacques could launch attacks from a long distance, Wei Huan had no doubt about it.
After all, in his previous life, Jacques Denis of Osham was not unknown either.
Since Jacques showed sincerity, Wei Huan would naturally respond with sincerity.
With a thought, the dark clouds that gathered above the other team's convoy dispersed with a "quack quack" sound, and only lingered at a farther distance.
Afterwards, Wei Huan ordered the mother earth beast to transform into a dandelion in the vast snow, covering a six-kilometer radius around Wei Huan.
Then they drove the car in the direction of Jacques, which was also the direction of the platinum ruins.
The distance between the two sides was getting closer and closer. Wei Huan didn't know that the other side's alliance was experiencing a fierce quarrel, and Shi Hengchuan Jing was among them.
From a distance, he had seen nearly a hundred cars floating above the blizzard.
The lead vehicle has a very standard Osam blue star shape pattern, which can be opened to protect a three-kilometer area and block all blizzard attacks.
This shows that it is also a level 5 fortress.
Just behind them, about a kilometer away, stood an ice castle, which looked like it was made of dripping mud and sand. It made people's scalps tingle and revealed a sense of danger.
Once again, Jacques's face appeared on the big screen, and he smiled and said, "Okay, now that we've established some initial trust, can we talk?"
Where Wei Huan's sight fell was the ice and snow castle.
Half a step behind him, Mu Zhong, who had also transformed into the uniform of the Azure Dragon Legion, smiled calmly and stood as tall and straight as a poplar tree.
"Colonel Jacques, I'm here to discuss this matter with you. First of all, thank you for your honesty and trust. I'm the deputy commander of Wei Huan's car, and my name is Mu Zhong..."
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