Chapter 216 The First and Second Legions (1 update)
"Master." The Soul-Eating Sword Demon looked at Jiang Chen and asked: "The main task of the mechanical legion is to guard the place of origin or to expand externally. ?”
With different goals, the configuration requirements for the mechanical army are naturally different.
Jiang Chen said directly without any hesitation: "For now, we are mainly to prevent the invasion of monsters, but in the future, we will also need to enter extraterritorial battlefields or secret realms in the universe."
After a slight pause , Jiang Chen continued: "In the future, I need the mechanical legion to have enough troops to capture a large number of alien immortals for me. This time will not be very long, it can be as short as a thousand years, and as long as within thousands of years, there will be action.”
Regarding the promotion task, Jiang Chen naturally took this matter very seriously.
It can be said that entering the place of origin to obtain resources is just to prepare for the large-scale hunting of alien immortal gods.
When the scale of the mechanical army is strong enough, Jiang Chen will go to battlefields outside the territory, or open battlefields elsewhere, and strive to capture enough alien immortal gods in the shortest possible time.
The Dark Prison Archer and the Soul-Eating Sword Demon asked a few more questions, and after confirming Jiang Chen's request, they quickly reported the troop allocation they needed.
The "First Legion" of the Prison Shooters chose to focus on "long-range firepower", pursuing the ultimate long-range killing and suppressing capabilities.
As the absolute main force of the 'Hellfire' force, the Dark Prison Shooter directly requested a total of three million units, with a total price of thirty-six trillion Hunyuan units.
The concentrated fire of three million 'Hell Fires', combined with the 'sure hit' ability of the Dark Hell Shooter, under the concentrated fire, 99% of the Universe Venerables will not be able to withstand it, and will be in the extreme. Killed within a short period of time.
Coupled with five million 'fortresses' used to protect the 'Hellfire' troops, they form the general framework of the First Legion.
As for the three 'special arms' of the Templar Mage, Warp Arbiter, and Dark Archon, the Dark Prison Archer only asked for two of each, which can be regarded as supplementing the 'comprehensiveness' of the First Legion.
As for the 'Zealots' who focus on melee combat, I don't want any of the 'Prison Shooters'.
Adding these up, the total cost is a little more than 45.6 trillion mixed yuan units.
The remaining budget is to configure detectors, transport spacecraft, fixed-point transmission arrays, etc., plus energy and ammunition reserves.
The second legion of the Soul-Eating Sword Demon has a slightly more complicated configuration.
Half a million ‘fortresses’, a hundred million ‘zealots’, and a million ‘hellfires’.
Fifty ‘Temple Mages’, twenty ‘Warp Arbiters’, and ten ‘Dark Archons’.
Coupled with detectors, transport spacecraft, signal towers, fixed-point transmission arrays, energy and ammunition reserves, etc., the total cost is just over 40 trillion.
For the remaining ten trillion, the Soul-Eating Sword Demon proposed a large number of 'Evolutionary Hearts' and 'Gundam' mechas. Obviously, he did not intend to concentrate his forces, but to disperse them in The star field where the place of origin intersects with the territory of the demon clan.
Those ‘evolutionary hearts’ are for intelligence.
After giving intelligence self-awareness and life, it can assist the Soul-Eating Sword Demon in commanding the second legion. Even if the troops are scattered, there is no need to worry about losing control.
Of course, this can only be used on the demon clan.
If the mechanical tribe were to allow ordinary intelligent beings to control the mechanical legions, it would simply be a gift to the mechanical tribe.
Only Jiang Chen himself and the mechanical apostles under Jiang Chen can avoid the enemy's powerful intelligence seizing control of the mechanical units.
Jiang Chen relies on the special nature of mental connection, while the mechanical apostles rely on their own special life forms to establish stable links with a large number of mechanical units, without worrying about being 'attacked' by other intelligences Invasion'.
To a certain extent, the mechanical apostle's control of the mechanical legion is similar to Jiang Chen's mental control, both of which are very 'exclusive'.
As long as the mechanical unit is directly controlled by Jiang Chen or the mechanical apostle, no matter how powerful the intelligence is, it will not be able to complete the invasion and seize control of the mechanical unit.
However, whether it is Jiang Chen or the mechanical apostle, the size of the mechanical legion that can be controlled is limited.
With the ability of the Soul-Eating Sword Demon, it can directly control up to 10 million mechanical units.
But his second legion, even if it does not count the Gundam Mecha, has a scale of over 100 million.
A legion of this size is obviously not something that the Soul-Eating Sword Demon can control independently.
This is why he asked for a large amount of ‘evolutionary hearts’.
Without the assistance of enough intelligent beings, he alone could not control such a large force.
The control ability of the Dark Prison Archer is similar to that of the Soul-Eating Sword Demon. The strength of more than 6 million troops is just within the range that he can perfectly control by himself. Naturally, he does not need the assistance of other intelligences.
Jiang Chen didn’t make any comments about the two people’s choices and directly approved them.
Whether it is a prison shooter or a soul-eating sword demon, there is no doubt about their ability, not to mention their loyalty.
Jiang Chen has full trust in them.
"Master, according to this configuration, production will take about one hundred and sixty years to complete." No. 1 said: "If you, Master, approve the expansion of production capacity, the time can be shortened to one-third, but the cost will increase slightly. It is estimated that it will cost two trillion yuan more. Of course, this is only an approximate figure. If you want accurate data, it will take several days to calculate. "
Massive production of mechanical units has never been a problem. A simple thing.
It’s not just about production capacity and materials.
Where the production base is placed, transportation routes, etc. will all have a certain impact.
These effects are not large, but when the base number is amplified, the 'error' produced is not a small number.
Even if the mechanical apostle is very good at calculations, it will take some time to determine the best plan.
Jiang Chen didn't care and said directly: "In terms of production, expand when it is time to expand. Don't be afraid of spending money in this aspect. Anyway, those production modules will be used in the future."
" Yes, Lord." No. 1 nodded and continued: "If you give birth. , while expanding production capacity, it is expected that the configuration of the first army will be completed within 20 to 25 years, and then it will take another 30 to 35 years to complete the configuration of the second army.”
It is normal that the quantity is larger and it takes more time.
If it were not for simultaneous production and simultaneous expansion of production capacity, it would take even longer.
"That's a total of 50 to 60 years, which is okay." Jiang Chen nodded and agreed to No. 1's plan.
In fifty or sixty years, the main body can complete the design of at least one new mechanical apostle under the thousand-fold acceleration of accelerated space.
If you are lucky and trigger the 'Inspiration Burst' more often, you might be able to complete two.
Three or four mechanical apostles, with two mechanical legions, are definitely more than enough to guard the place of origin.
However, the funds to build the third and fourth mechanical apostles are a problem. The cost of a mechanical apostle is close to one hundred billion Hunyuan units.
The standard of subsequent mechanical apostles will not drop. Even if the design plan is different, the money spent will not be much less, and may even be more.
In addition, the number of 'manager' apostles also needs to be increased. Although the cost of such mechanical apostles is relatively low, it is still a big deal to manufacture and transform hundreds or thousands of them at once. expenditure.
But this money must be spent.
In Jiang Chen's positioning, one of the most important tasks of a 'manager' is to help himself make money and support the mechanical army.
As for managing territories, etc., essentially, the purpose is to make money.
The years since I came to the place of origin have proven the ability of the ‘manager’.
Without them, the development progress of Land of Origin would be twice as slow at least.
Jiang Chen thought for a moment, looked up at No. 1, and asked: "No. 1, please do some calculations. Based on the current scale and expansion of the place of origin and the Universe Technology Company, Speed, based on the next one hundred years, how many 'managers' are needed to ensure the highest efficiency? "
"If the current situation is maintained here at the place of origin? If the plan remains unchanged, within the next hundred years, it will cover up to 120 star fields, most of which are preliminary settlements. One 'manager' can be responsible for more than a dozen star fields, ten in total. "Manager" is enough. However, as the development progress of each star region increases, there will eventually be at least one "manager" in each star region."
Number 1 calculated for a moment and continued: "As for the Universe Technology Company, my subordinates can only estimate a rough number now. It takes more than three thousand 'managers' to ensure that 1008 Universe Nation and the Golden Horn Group The business is expanding steadily. For this reason, the original more than two thousand mechanical apostles still need to be retained in the Universe Technology Company. As for the specific number, the handover with the mechanical apostles there must be completed. We can only calculate it after getting detailed information."
After a pause, No. 1 continued: "If the business of Universe Technology Company is handed over to the 'manager', I can guarantee that at least in Human 1008. In the universe, the speed of business expansion can be at least doubled."
"More than three thousand 'managers'..."
Jiang Chen hesitated slightly.
Compared to mechanical apostles such as the Dark Prison Shooter and the Soul-Eating Sword Demon, the cost of a ‘manager’ is not high.
Both the manufacturing cost and the 'quota' taken after being transformed into a mechanical apostle are relatively much lower.
The cost of manufacturing a ‘manager’ is more than 20 million units, and the total cost of producing more than 3,000 ‘managers’ is less than 100 billion units.
Compared to building a mechanical army, this investment is not much.
But the occupied mechanical apostle’s ‘quota’ is about 600 for one manager, and for more than 3,000 managers, the ‘quota’ is nearly two million.
Money, Jiang Chen doesn't particularly care about. Anyway, with the ability of a 'manager', no matter how much he invests, he can earn back in multiples.
But the occupied mechanical apostle's 'quota' made Jiang Chen quite distressed.
However, after hesitating for a while, Jiang Chen decided to transform a group of 'managers' according to the numbers given by No. 1.
In these years, with the blessing of free attribute points, Jiang Chen's six-dimensional attributes have already exceeded two thousand.
The total amount of [Mechanical Life Creator] has reached 20 million, and it is worthwhile to use one-tenth of it on the 'Manager'.
“First increase the number of ‘managers’ to four thousand.” Jiang Chen ordered No. 1.
There is no need to increase the four thousand ‘managers’ for at least a few hundred years.
"Yes, Lord." No. 1 showed a smile.
Over the years, he has been under a lot of pressure, and having more ‘managers’ can help him share some of it.
But what makes him even happier is that he can have more ‘companions’.
Although the mechanical apostles are all loyal to Jiang Chen, they will also form 'small circles' among themselves.
For example, the mechanical void dragons have a very good relationship with each other even if they are 'same race'.
The same goes for the mechanical puppet apostles.
The Dark Prison Archer and the Soul-Eating Sword Demon are the two most powerful mechanical apostles under Jiang Chen. Their abilities complement each other, and when combined, they can achieve the effect of 1+1>2. Naturally, they have a good relationship. .
Only 'No. 1', although his relationship with most of the mechanical apostles is good, it is only good. He has no particularly close companions and seems a bit 'lonely'.
No. 1 is very happy to have a group of 'common people' like himself.
"'Manager' come to me when you are ready. Dark Prison, Soul Eater, you two should pay more attention to the movements of the demon clan and be prepared to take over the border defense line. If there is nothing else, that's it for today. "Jiang Chen waved his hand to signal the meeting to end.
"Yes, Lord." The three mechanical apostles saluted respectfully and left the base to go about their respective tasks.
Jiang Chen did not move, sitting in his original position and thinking about his next plan.
At this stage, the strength of the mechanical legion is already very strong. Even if there are a few more cosmic lord-level combat forces, some weaker groups can be wiped out.
However, Jiang Chen would not do such a thing by rashly starting a 'war of genocide'.
At least not now.
With the development of the original universe, the overall pattern has become stable. If a war of genocide is launched rashly, it will be very troublesome if it causes any chain reaction.
What's more, in Jiang Chen's view, the current combat power of the mechanical legion is not enough to satisfy Jiang Chen, and there is still a lot of room for improvement.
At the very least, the 'quota' of the [Mechanical Life Creator] must be used up, and then each mechanical apostle who mainly fights must be equipped with a mechanical army of considerable size.
In this way, it can be regarded as a ‘complete body’.
Originally, Jiang Chen's plan was for Ontology to design mechanical apostles, mechanical legion units, etc. in the accelerated space of the Giant Ax universe, and at the same time earn funds to build the mechanical legion through the development of the Origin and other channels.
But now it seems that with the thousand-fold time acceleration and exclusive expertise, Jiang Chen can complete the design plan much faster than he can make money.
I am afraid that only a small part of the funds to build the "complete mechanical army" will be earned after all the plans for the mechanical apostle and the mechanical army are completed.
At that time, if Jiang Chen's body continues to stay in the accelerated space of the Giant Ax Universe, lifespan will be a very troublesome issue.
After struggling for a while, Jiang Chen shook his head, expelled the messy thoughts from his mind, and said to himself: "No matter what, let's complete the design first. There is no harm in completing all the design plans early. The worst thing is, let the teacher pause the time acceleration first, and then restart it after completing the promotion task.”
(End of this chapter)