Chapter 3332: Visiting Neighbors (Revised)

In the energy storage device of the fortress, 750 points of active energy are stored. This kind of storage is a very common method and can be converted into high-purity active ore at any time.

Regarding the purity of active ore, the Demi-humans have strict requirements. The ore mined by Pig-headed Men from the mine shaft is called "crude ore" and must be washed and preliminarily purified before it can be absorbed by the fortress.

Afterward, the fortress will perform secondary purification to obtain active energy. This active energy can maintain its own operation and can also be condensed into active ore.

Such a behemoth, if it doesn't move, the active energy consumed is still okay, but once it moves, it must have a clear goal; otherwise, it will lose very miserably.

According to Li Xiniwei, with the situation of the ore vein at present, each Pig-headed Man can mine about 0.3 to 0.4 kilograms of active ore per day.

There are 643 Pig-headed Men in total, 6 of whom no longer mine, which is 223 kilograms of active ore obtained per day.

Think this income is small? Not really. Of these 223 kilograms of active ore, 80% must be handed over to the "Demi-human Alliance," and the remaining 44.6 kilograms is the daily income.

After removing the rental fee of the fortress, as well as the salaries of Demi-human guards, foremen, and staff, more than half of this 44.6 kilograms is gone. Finally, Li Xiniwei earns a net profit of about 3.5 to 4 kilograms of active ore per day.

This fortress does not belong to Li Xiniwei. It was rented from a large company in the fortress city under the jurisdiction of the "Sentry Tower." Now that he has hugged the thigh of the "Demi-human Alliance," he naturally mines in the territory of the Alliance.

Regarding the rental problem, that large company didn't play tricks on the fortress city, but was certain that Li Xiniwei wouldn't dare to play tricks, and the facts were indeed so.

"Producing 223 kilograms of active ore a day, and you only get less than 4 kilograms? You are really not easy."

Baja speaks with a bit of emotion, which makes Li Xiniwei feel sour in his nose. He really wants to say: "Compared to earning less, meeting you is my life's misfortune."

"How often does the Alliance come to collect ore?"

Su Xiao is not ready to turn against the Alliance yet. It's not time yet.

"Three weeks to a month, people from the Alliance will come to collect once. Yesterday, people from the Alliance sent you here and collected the share that should be contributed."

Li Xiniwei drinks a cup of strong tea to suppress his shock. Since just now, he has found that the taste of this tea is good.

Su Xiao looks at the fortress core in his hand. As his mental power enters it, he finds that he can issue instructions to this fortress, but there are only a few types of instructions, such as move, stop, drill mine shaft, overall deployment, etc.

People from the Alliance just came to collect active ore. This is both bad news and good news. Although the startup capital is less, there is no need to pay taxes to the Alliance in the following three weeks.

In terms of food reserves, it seems sufficient, but it is not. 142.7 units of inferior food, 50 units of superior food.

1 unit of food is enough for 100 Pig-headed Men to eat for one day. 142.7 units of inferior food are enough for the current Pig-headed Men to eat for more than 20 days.

Since he is prepared to develop with Pig-headed Men as combat power, the food aspect must be improved. Even if it is not marked as special food, it must be arranged to the standard of superior food. The standard for superior food is: more than half of the meat in a meal + staple food of grains + more than 2 kinds of vegetables, plus after-meal fruit.

Su Xiao has fought with Wolf Cavalry. He knows one thing deeply: if you can buy people's hearts with money, don't be stingy.

Why were the Wolf Cavalry so brave in the early stage? It was because Su Xiao used money and spoils of war to smash them. After regaining the territory that originally belonged to them in the middle stage, their morale was always constant at 93 to 95 points. In the later stage, at Su Xiao's command, the Wolf Cavalry swarmed up immediately.

It's not just the food problem. The interior of the fortress also needs to be rebuilt. Su Xiao doesn't worry about the Pig-headed Men having independent thinking or forming cliques. No, he wants the Pig-headed Men to form cliques.

This helps to improve the cohesion of the Pig-headed Men. Apart from this, Su Xiao is also prepared to go to the fortress city of the "Sentry Tower" to buy a batch of female Pig-headed Men, so that the number of male Pig-headed Men is about ten times that of females, just enough to fight for the right to mate.

Su Xiao arranged it this way, not to let the Pig-headed Men reproduce, but to let the male Pig-headed Men have goals. Once they have goals, they will desire the future. Once they desire the future, they need freedom.

Any Pig-headed Man who gains freedom is absolutely not allowed by the Demi-humans. At that time, Su Xiao doesn't need to say anything. Those Pig-headed Men who want to pursue freedom and win the future will consciously pick up weapons. Even if there are no weapons, they will bare their fangs to bite.

Sometimes, the most painful thing is not having nothing, but losing after having it. This is even more painful. There is a saying: "I could have tolerated the darkness if I had never seen the sun."

What Su Xiao is doing now is letting the Pig-headed Men see the sun, and then letting them discover that the Demi-humans may stuff them back into that crowded, stuffy, cramped sleeping trough at any time. Want to resist? Very good, come and get your weapons.

Su Xiao is not good at being impassioned in terms of words, but he is good at using other things. If a male Pig-headed Man has his own residence and a lover, and has abundant food every day, as long as this Pig-headed Man still has a bit of blood, he will try to defend all this.

Assuming 400 out of 1000 Pig-headed Men are like this, other Pig-headed Men will have a herd mentality. Besides, Pig-headed Men are just oppressed, they are not stupid. Of course, they envy those Pig-headed Men who have residences and spouses, and take this as a goal to strive for.

If you prepare like this, there are many things to buy. The 750 kilograms of active ore in hand is clearly not enough.

Su Xiao also needs to buy more male Pig-headed Men, both to supplement the reserve combat power and to increase the speed of mining.

Everything needed at the current stage is for sale in the neutral fortress city under the "Sentry Tower," provided there is enough active ore.

"Xiniwei, you have two choices: one, cooperate with me; two, just pretend nothing happened today and walk out of here."

Su Xiao points to the door. I don't know when, Hausman and Steel Teeth have each carried a large meat-chopping axe and stood outside the door.

Seeing these two, Li Xiniwei swallows his saliva and says with a full "smile": "Of course it's cooperation. What is our cooperation project?"

"Mining active ore."

Hearing this, Li Xiniwei's eyes light up. In his view, if Su Xiao is after money, that's simply too good.

"I'm good at this."

Li Xiniwei thinks of something, which makes his heart that has been hanging high settle down. This is the territory of the "Demi-human Alliance." Across the border is the territory of the "Sentry Tower." The neighbors of these two parties are the "Aurora Council."

Two-thirds of the continent's territory is in the hands of these three major Demi-human factions.

As a human, and having been sentenced to heavy crimes by the tribunal of the Demi-human Alliance, Su Xiao is no longer convenient to conduct resource mining or trade in this land.

Li Xiniwei associates these and determines the current situation. He knows he is still alive because the person opposite the table needs a Demi-human spokesperson.

"Since it's a business, we have to calculate clearly how much share I can get."

Li Xiniwei suddenly opens his mouth, although he doesn't intend to give money.

"At least 60%. I am bearing the risk of losing my life. Whether it is arousing your suspicion or being discovered by the Alliance that I am cooperating with you, my end is death. For a bachelor over 40, dying like this is really too stifling."

"20%."

"Deal!"

Li Xiniwei pushes his glasses, which I don't know when he put on, and reveals a businessman's smile.

"Xiniwei, you don't intend to find a chance to escape, do you?"

Baja speaks. Hearing this, Li Xiniwei denies it immediately:

"Absolutely impossible. I am a businessman, how could I..."

"It's okay if you escape," Baja takes out a small crystal bottle from the team storage space, puts it on the table, and continues: "Put this thing away. By 10 o'clock tonight at the latest, you will desperately need it."

Baja says nothing else. Li Xiniwei's face changes slightly. He thinks he might have been poisoned with a chronic poison, but he doesn't say it clearly. Some things, you know in your heart, but saying them out is tearing your face, which will be another way of negotiation.

"Welcome to the team."

Su Xiao throws a cigarette to Li Xiniwei, and he lights one himself.

"Since you have joined the team, you have to invest."

Su Xiao's words make Li Xiniwei's expression stiff. He considers and says: "Shouldn't we develop steadily first?"

"Not needed. We need to expand the scale more, at least buy more than 1000 Pig-headed Men."

"More than 1000 Pig-headed Men? That's at least more than 2000 kilograms of active ore! If you buy Pig-headed Men of good quality, the price will reach 3000!"

Every expression of Li Xiniwei says that he is very poor and cannot take out a single grain of active ore.

Su Xiao closes his eyes and rests on the seat. Seeing this, Baja gives a wink to Hausman and Steel Teeth. The two stand behind Li Xiniwei, and two large hands press on his shoulders. Li Xiniwei's expression immediately becomes wonderful.

Finally, Li Xiniwei is robbed... cough, he invests 1275 kilograms of active ore. In fact, he has no choice but to invest. These active ores are hidden in several secret locations on the third level of the fortress.

Renting the fortress for more than half a year, suddenly the property is about to return to zero. Li Xiniwei is both hateful and worried in his heart.

He is very worried that Su Xiao will have some shortcomings. In that case, his investment will naturally go down the drain. At present, he is at least still in the fortress and can participate in part of the decision-making, which is profitable.

If Li Xiniwei is a small bank, Su Xiao is a client who owes this bank several billion. Under these circumstances, the bank will definitely be more worried about his safety than he is himself.

"Bai Ye, the tribunal just sent you here yesterday. Don't leave the fortress recently. Even if you have something to go out, you must wear a mask or wear clothes with a hood. You must be careful. Don't go to..."

Every word Li Xiniwei says is from the bottom of his heart. Others can be fake, but the 1275 kilograms of active ore he "invested" are truer than anything.

"..."

Su Xiao doesn't speak. Although he has 2025 kilograms of active ore, he is still a bit short of the development scale he wants.

As the saying goes, people don't get rich without windfall, and horses don't get fat without night grass. Even if you want to develop, you must have a good foundation. The current foundation is not good. Developing by rolling snowballs also takes a long time. Su Xiao doesn't have that much time.

Su Xiao already has a goal for the source of this windfall. His Close Combat Master has reached Lv. 60. In terms of kicking, kicking through the outer armor of a T5-tier fortress is definitely no problem. That's right, Su Xiao is prepared to go to other T5-tier fortresses to rob active ore. Since everyone is not a good thing, he won't pretend to be a good neighbor. It's also quite tiring.

This is also the reason Su Xiao summoned Lie Chao. With Lie Chao as long-range suppression, things will be much easier to handle.

Su Xiao has already selected the members to go "hunting." Besides himself, there are Bubu Wang, Baja, Lie Chao, Hausman, Steel Teeth, and Li Xiniwei.

The Amu who is about to arrive is responsible for guarding the base camp. With Amu's strength, he can both suppress the interior of the fortress and defend against attacks from the outside. His ice ability can constitute a second-layer armor-level defense for the fortress.

"Xiniwei, are there other T5 or T4-tier fortresses near us?"

Su Xiao extinguishes the cigarette in his hand. Hearing him ask this, Li Xiniwei feels a chill in his heart and tentatively asks: "What are you going to do?"

"Just visiting neighbors."

"If... those fortresses don't open the door?"

"Then kick the door."

"Kick... kick the door?"

Li Xiniwei reveals a very strange expression. He feels that Su Xiao didn't understand his meaning. In fact, it was he who didn't understand Su Xiao's meaning. The kicking the door Su Xiao said is not an adjective, but a verb. ===== CHAPTER 3333 =====

"If... what if those fortresses don't open their gates?"

"Then kick the door down."

"Kick... kick the door down?"

Li Xiniwei wore a very strange expression. He felt that Su Xiao hadn't understood his meaning; in reality, it was he who hadn't understood Su Xiao's meaning. The "kicking the door" Su Xiao spoke of was not an adjective, but a literal verb.