"It turns out that you also have such high attainments in mechanics. If we can create a vehicle that can be driven without magic power, we can really carry a large amount of supplies into the night.
It's just that the help we can make in this regard is probably very limited. Even if we want to help, the funds on hand may not be enough. The Steam Council has extremely strict restrictions on us. It is very difficult to approve funds for any recent actions.
difficulty."
Having said this, Wendell couldn't help but sigh. In fact, there were some facts that he did not tell. Although the Steam Council was full of doubts about the light seekers, it was no longer willing to support the light search operation.
But in general, light seekers are relatively respected by people, which can be seen from the attitude of most people in the city towards them. People who are willing to sacrifice their lives to explore the unknown world for everyone are always
Worthy of respect. But the problem is that the archon responsible for the search for light is his son.
It was precisely because he abandoned his wife and son that he participated in the first light-seeking operation. As a result, his wife was seriously ill and died. His son completely broke with him. He was full of malice towards the light-seeking operation. When he grew up, he worked hard to become
became an Archon of the Steam Council.
Now Wendell wants to organize the light-seeking operation again, but he is facing difficulties from his son. Now it is very difficult to apply for additional funds. And the research and development and manufacturing of a new vehicle require...
There is definitely a lot of money. The people present are either bad gamblers who are desperate. Or they are penniless idealists who have invested all their money and lives in the pursuit of light. It is really difficult to raise money.
Here comes the money.
"Well, since you are confident in manufacturing this new type of vehicle, then I have to show off my old face and find a way to get more funds..." Wendel attaches great importance to his career. As for his own career,
He no longer cares about losing face.
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"The Steam Council has given you enough support. No matter how much you plead, I will not be able to grant you more funds. Your actions have wasted too much manpower and material resources. There are many people among the light seekers.
Radical adventurists and lunatics, if it weren't for you, how could thousands of elites with various skills have died in the darkness.
Now that the Steam Council has not canceled the establishment of Lightseekers, it is already the greatest memory of your contribution in history. Don't try to cheat me by using the afterglow left by your predecessor." Hope said coldly.
He said coldly, his tone was as cold as ice, and there was even hatred in his eyes.
With a bang, the door of the office slammed shut. Wendell was completely embarrassed and did not ask for any funds from his son.
Back at the Lightseeker camp, Wendell sighed helplessly and told everyone the depressing news. When he was about to inform Lan Nuo, he saw him walking from the city pushing a heavy trolley alone.
, the sound of metal clanking on the car made the bad gamblers in the team’s eyes light up, and they stood up immediately.
Wendell stood up and looked around, and saw several sacks piled on the trolley, all of which seemed to be filled with shiny coins. In addition to these coins, there were also many parts and tools.
"Ah? So much money! How did you do it?" Wendell opened his mouth wide. He didn't know what to say for a moment. He went to apply for funds by himself, but he didn't get a penny. He didn't expect that the newly joined team
Guy, she came back with a cart full of money so quickly. How on earth did she do it?
Lan Nuo handed the cart to Wendell. Only idealists like this are trustworthy. Only by giving the money to him for safekeeping can we ensure that it will not be stolen by those bad gamblers.
"Didn't I tell you before that you should keep my identity as a light seeker secret first? Don't reveal my identity to the public yet."
Wendell nodded: "At present, except for the dealer who brought you here and a few of us, no one knows that you have become a light seeker, so what? Where did the money come from? It wasn't you who stole it.
Are you coming?"
"Don't worry, don't worry, the money must have come from legal channels. I went to the Mage Association yesterday to have my mage level certified. It just so happens that my magic power reserve and control ability are relatively strong, and I was certified as a great mage."
"You can actually be certified as a great magician! Even Helena, who has the strongest magic ability among us, can only barely reach the level of a high-level magician." The shock in the eyes of Wendel and Lan Yan, the other team member. Great Magic
There are probably no more than one magician in the entire Twilight City, and they are all extremely talented beings. With such a great magician joining the light-seeking operation, the success rate has skyrocketed.
"Originally, I wanted to test the Magister, but when I heard that the Magister would cultivate at least three great mages, I gave up. After all, I didn't have the time, and the great mages have a stipend, so I discussed it with the association.
, received a year's allowance in advance." Lan Nuo patted one of the pockets, which was the smallest of several pockets filled with money.
The knowledgeable Tanarossa frowned: "That's not right. Although the allowance for the great magician is very large, even if you receive it for a year at a time, it won't be as much as the money you brought back."
"That's right, that little allowance was far from enough to cover my next actions, so I took my great magician's certificate and used connections to find some guys who were secretly lending money, and I signed a contract with them.
He used his freedom as collateral and borrowed a large amount of money at usury.
You should be able to imagine the value of a contracted slave at the level of a great magician. It is precisely because of my status as a great magician that each of them believes in my ability to repay, and they are all willing to grant me a large amount of usury.
The Steam Council's current control over the entire city can only be said to be average. There are more than a dozen gangs in the city that issue loan sharks, large and small. I borrowed money from them one by one, and now we have enough start-up capital.
"
Wendell: "..."
Now he finally knows why Lan Nuo asked him to keep the identity of the Lightseeker secret. As a great magician, he can borrow a lot of money. He can go out to loan sharks one by one. This is natural. Because everyone believes in a great magician.
You can extract enough value from your body to repay the price.
But if they knew that the great magician was a light seeker, no one would be willing to lend him money. Because light seeking is no different from sending someone to death, no one would be willing to lend money to a person who is about to die.
Because dead people don't care how much money they owe. No matter how much money they owe, no one can get it back from the dead.
When the identity of Lanno Lightseeker was kept secret, this group of loan sharks were deceived. If they knew about it and knew that they had lent the Lightseeker a large sum of money, they would probably want to jump into the trap.
drowned himself in it.
Wendell found that his thinking was really not broad enough. At the same time, he regretted that the identities of Helena and Tanarossa were announced too early. Although these two are not great magicians, they are still relatively high status in the city.
, if they choose to take out a large amount of loans before joining the Lightseekers, they will definitely get a lot of money. Why didn't he think of this way to raise action funds before?
As for the gangsters who have been cheated, Wendell has no sympathy at all. How can there be good people in these loan sharks in the dark side of society? Taking their money is considered as eliminating harm for the people.
"In short, my identity will remain secret for the time being. I will leave the money with you for safekeeping first. Don't let anyone steal it. I am now a free person of the great magician. It is also convenient for me to rent a factory and buy equipment. I will give it to everyone later.
After the forged equipment is ready, we can set off together."
Wendell promised fully and promised that he and his party would keep it secret. After all, if it was exposed at this time, the money would definitely be taken back. At least the identity of Lan Nuo's light seeker would not be exposed until all the money was spent.
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Shangcheng Industrial Zone...
Huge gears and chains transmit huge mechanical energy from the underground steam area to provide surging power to the factory. Huge concrete blocks weighing dozens of tons are transmitted by chains to the highest point of the city, where they are stacked and stored.
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Once energy is needed, these overweight concrete blocks will be hung on the transmission chain. The gravitational potential energy released by their slow descent drives the machinery in the factory.
This is how Twilight City stored energy when electricity was not widely available. Although it is primitive, it is quite effective.
Lannuo now has a lot of money on hand. He directly purchased the energy reserves of three huge concrete blocks and a workshop with various industrial equipment. He also recycled a large number of parts at the scrap recycling station and hired more than a dozen people.
Skilled workers, and they got busy quickly.
During this period, some gang members quietly sent spies over to check. They saw that the factory was running in full swing, the workers were extremely productive, and the entire workshop was only managed in an orderly manner. They temporarily went back to report to their boss.
Several loan shark gangs had been working together to find out that Lan Nuo actually picked them up one by one, which made them feel a little bad. After all, if they borrowed so many loan sharks at one time, they would not be able to pay back the loan.
They can't cut people into half to pay off their debts.
But they were not afraid of Lan Nuo running away. Where could the entire Twilight City go in such a big place? However, the gangsters who were worried about this guy's repayment ability quietly sent out spies in case Lan Nuo used the loan money to eat and drink.
For fun, you need to arrest this guy as soon as possible, search for the remaining money on him, force him to pay off the debt as soon as possible, reduce losses, and make him sell himself to repay the interest.
However, the results of the eyeliner investigation still made this group of gangsters quite satisfied. Although the factory run by Lan Nuo has not yet produced products, it is operating at a very high efficiency. It seems that it is producing a brand-new product with extremely high technical content. In this way
Once they come, they will feel relieved. If the money is not used for food, drink and fun, but invested in the factory, they will definitely earn back more money in the future. They will also be able to get back the loan sharks they gave out at high interest rates.
These eyeliners are not professional, so it is impossible to see. Everything produced in this factory will be put into the light-seeking operation in the future. Not a single screw will enter the market. They only see the entire workshop.
The operation is very orderly, but you would never think about it. The entire project does not consider profit at all.
Regarding designing a car, if you are an ordinary time traveler with a lot of knowledge, you may have to fail many times before you succeed. After all, in history, internal combustion engine vehicles have gone through countless stages from their invention to their maturity.
If you want to obtain perfect results in practice, you have to go through countless failures and setbacks.
But Lan Nuo is different. He has more than just theoretical knowledge in his mind. He also has experiences and lessons that he has practiced countless times before, and has a complete series of data on the finished product. He only needs to make certain fine-tuning based on the existing situation.
This will complete the production of a fairly mature product.
The entire Xunguang team now has a total of 13 people, and Lannuo is preparing to manufacture four vehicles. Two vehicles have a structure based on a crawler tractor, and two vehicles focus more on speed and use an off-road vehicle structure with large wheels. At the same time, both models take into account the huge trunk.
, can store a large amount of materials, and has extremely high vehicle sealing, ensuring that inside the vehicle, even if the talisman is not activated, it can withstand magic radiation to a considerable extent, reducing their consumption of talismans.
By the way, Wendell also quietly used the funds from the loan to purchase a large number of defensive talismans, which increased their error tolerance rate when moving forward in the dark.
In addition to tracked combat vehicles, Lanno is also planning to equip everyone with a set of individual power armor, not that he is planning to give everyone powerful combat capabilities. The most important thing is this set of full-coverage power armor. Yes.
It provides protection like a space suit. After the amulet loses its effect, you can ensure that the sealed armor structure can resist magic radiation and increase everyone's activity time in the dark.
When necessary, in places where cars cannot pass, powered armor gives everyone powerful strength. They can lift cars from these places where people can only walk. If we just rely on the strength of ordinary people, we will encounter these difficult situations.
I'm afraid the terrain will force us to abandon the car.
While the factory was in full swing, Lanno also rented a magic workshop and used the simple chemical equipment inside to produce fuel, oxygen tanks for single use, gas masks, and sodium peroxide breathing backpacks.
He even installed a personal flying device for use in extreme environments on the roof of the vehicle he built.
