Chapter 1183 Human-Controlled Puppets

After handing over the people, Chen Fang didn't take care of them anymore. Those dead men outside came forward to the Fairy Queen and learned that the elders they were loyal to were dead. Those who were caught were caught and committed suicide one after another.

This is how the fight ended.

Afterwards, Chen Fang didn't stay with the goblins for long, and took Ya Ya back to Nirvana City.

And because the first elder forced the palace to death this time, eight of the original nine elders went to the palace. Although the goblin queen wanted to discuss with Chen Fang about the "force of nature", she still had a lot of follow-up matters to deal with, so she didn't stay. .

After Chen Fang brought Yaya back to Nirvana City, he went home to spend a day with Wu Yaoyan, and then set off to visit Yiyi at Daos's house in Nancheng District. When he went, he naturally took Yaya who wanted to see his sister.

When he arrived at Daos's house, Chen Fang didn't see Yiyi. He was told that she and the owner had gone to the test range outside the city, so Chen Fang went out of the city again.

Two kilometers away from the city is the shooting range of the Dawes family, and this so-called shooting range is actually just an open space surrounded by high walls.

When Chen Fang came here, it happened that the experiment was going on inside, and it was full of explosions and roars.

Curious what kind of weapon was being tested inside, Chen Fang walked over, but when he wanted to go in, he was blocked at the entrance of the test range, and the guards would not let Chen Fang in.

The guards at the gate were not soldiers from Nirvana City, but the Daos family's own guards, so Chen Fang asked him to help inform them.

In normal times, the guard would never report, but Ya Ya often went to Dawes' house to play, so he brushed his face with her, and the guard went to report, and soon Chen Fang was invited in.

This made Chen Fang sigh, Yaya has more face than him.

After entering, Chen Fang saw Karen Hesser's sons Higgs and Yiyi, who were debugging a transmitter, while Old Lai Lai stood aside and watched.

Chen Fang took Ya Ya and greeted her.

"uncle."

It's been a long time, and I miss him very much. Yiyi threw away the tools in her hand and rushed towards Chen Fang.

Chen Fang grabbed Yiyi, and a big windmill came and went around.

"cluck cluck"

Yiyi's laughter spread throughout the testing ground.

Karen Heather looked at Chen Fang and Yiyi's interaction with kindness.

Higgs turned his head and only glanced at it, then continued to work on his work.

After turning around a few times, Chen Fang stopped.

Karen Hesse said: "We haven't seen each other for a long time."

Chen Fang walked over and said, "That's right, we haven't seen each other since the southern border. Are you in good health?"

Karen Hesse said with a smile: "It's neither good nor bad, it's just that I often can't sleep at night, and I always wake up early in the morning, and my energy is not as good as before."

This is a common problem of the elderly.

Chen Fang said: "That's because you have been worrying about family affairs all the time, that's why you are like this. I think you should retire when you are old, and you should enjoy life in peace."

Karen Hesse sighed and said, "I would like to, but none of the younger generations in the family are capable of supporting the family business, so we can only wait."

Chen Fang didn't want to talk too much about other people's housework, so he stopped talking and changed the subject, "What new weapon are you experimenting with today?"

If someone asked this question, Karen Hesse would not say it, but Chen Fang was different. One was that the two knew each other well, the other was that Chen Fang was the commander-in-chief of the Nirvana City Army, and the third was that Yiyi was also involved. Can't hide it, so Karen Hesse said truthfully:

"Higgs used Yiyi and the inspiration he got from observing your weapons before, and made a trial set of equipment. It just finished today, so come over to test the performance."

Chen Fang looked at the weapon that Higgs was debugging, looked at the long, square tubular object, and asked, "Is that the gun barrel? What kind of attack is it, live ammunition or energy? Was the test successful?"

Before Karen Hesse opened her mouth, Yiyi spoke up and corrected: "Yes, uncle, but that's not a gun barrel, it's an energy launcher."

"The test was successful, but the power and rate of fire are not very satisfactory."

Is there any difference between a barrel and a launcher? Chen Fang was puzzled, but he didn't ask. After all, he was a professional, and he didn't understand anything.

Hearing that the power was not ideal, Chen Fang looked towards the crater ahead, and saw several new craters with a size of 5 meters on the ground a hundred meters away.

"With this power, it's not bad."

Looking at the crater, Chen Fang felt that it was okay, at least not worse than a mid-level awakened person hitting with all his strength.

In the current environment where the primary awakeners and ordinary people are mainly used as combat power, this is already very threatening.

Karen Hesse shook his head and said: "The problem is that the materials used to make it are more precious and expensive than the core energy cannon, and the power is even worse. The cost performance is too low."

"oh."

Chen Fang is a high-tech weapon rookie, he can't think about too professional questions, and he lacks interest, so he didn't ask any more questions, but pointed to several large iron boxes besides the launcher, and said : "Are those also newly developed weapons?"

Yiyi answered: "No, those are mechanical parts made with the launcher, combined to form a puppet, which can be operated by people to fight."

"Construction puppet? What?"

Chen Fang didn't understand.

Karen Hesser smiled and said, "It just so happens that we also want to test the performance, please help to see and give your opinion."

Chen Fang scratched his head, "I'm just a layman, if I have any suggestions, just look at them."

Then Karen Hesse asked someone to open the box, and Yiyi went over to direct the assembly.

After the parts were installed one by one, Chen Fang looked at the three-meter-tall construction puppet in front of him with a strange expression.

The iron bald head with an inverted pot lid, with a slit on it, has a humanoid design, has hands and feet, and is painted in green. It looks like a poor-quality version of Zaku.

"Gundam?"

Chen Fang murmured.

But it is obviously impossible, because after assembling, the puppet is like a box again, and the front half is opened, revealing the human-shaped space inside that can be fitted into by people.

"Uh, looks exactly like Zaku's power mech?" Chen Fang whispered.

This sentence was heard by Karen Hesse, and she asked curiously: "Have you seen a similar puppet? Is the model called Zaku, and the general name is Power Mecha?"

Chen Fang said: "I have seen movies, but not the real thing, and it's just someone else's fantasy."

Karen Hesse said with great interest, "Where is that movie, can you let me have a look?"

Of course, Chen Fang couldn't get it out, so he said embarrassedly: "I saw the film and painting by accident in the city of new life, and I probably can't find it now."

The city of new life has long been moved away by the old glory, no matter where to look, this excuse is unassailable.

Karen Hesse was slightly disappointed, but she no longer paid attention.

Chen Fang breathed a sigh of relief, and then asked, "How did you come up with the idea of ​​making this kind of armament? Where did you get the inspiration from?"

Karen Hesse replied: "Higgs thought of your exoskeleton combat suit, but after trying it, he found that it couldn't be made to the extent that you are extremely streamlined and can effectively control weapons, so he decided to Made a full-coverage puppet suit like armor."

"oh."

Then Chen Fang didn't ask any more questions, because the constructed puppet after closing the cover over there began to move under the control of the operator who fit in.

"crack clap clap"

Start with the simplest behaviors, move your hands and feet, and try little by little.

After observing carefully, Chen Fang shook his head.

The puppet's movements were too jerky and slow, and its movements were extremely stuck, like an old robot that hadn't been greased.

Such a thing, even if a legion comes, Chen Fang is confident that it can be wiped out.

However, Chen Fang did not look down on this invention. Everything is rough and crude at the stage of appearance, with various shortcomings, but as long as it continues to be researched and improved, it will eventually reach a practical level.

If the mobility and defense are good, it can be equipped with ordinary soldiers in the army.

"How much does this puppet cost?" Chen Fang asked.

"One hundred thousand gold coins." Karen Hesse said casually.

"One hundred thousand! It's just such a crap... a very crude looking puppet, how much does it cost one hundred thousand?"

Chen Fang was stunned.

He naturally knew how to spend money on scientific research, but he just felt that the crude and tattered thing in front of him could not reflect the value of the 100,000 gold coins.

Karen Heather nodded.

"This is just the cost of this puppet. If you include all kinds of expenses during the research period, the total value will definitely not be less than two million gold coins."

Hearing that millions of gold coins had been spent, Chen Fang gasped.

"However, it didn't really cost much. Most of the resources consumed in the research and experiments were supported by the city lord." Karen Hesse said.

Chen Fang questioned: "Xiaobai himself is so poor, where can he get the money to support him?"

Karen Hesse said with a smile: "It's all about resources, what he gives is not money, but various raw materials."

Chen Fang asked: "Is it the resources produced by the small world?"

Karen Heather nodded.

"Free? Paid?" Chen Fang continued to ask.

"Free of charge, but with conditions."

"What conditions?"

"The Dawes family is committed to it wholeheartedly. In the future, all the things we research and produce will be sold to Nirvana City at a low price, and if they want to sell them outside, they must be approved." Karen Hesse said.

Chen Fang: "All of you agree to this condition. You must have talked with Yumei."

With such a harsh condition, Gong Xiaobai absolutely did not have the ability to negotiate and make the Dawes family compromise.

Karen Hesse smiled wryly, "Yes."

Chen Fang asked curiously, "Why do you agree?"

Karen Hesse looked at Chen Fang with meaningful eyes and said, "It is because of you that we agreed."

because I?

Chen Fang was very surprised.

"I have so much face?"

Karen Hesse smiled, "Of course."

"Why?"

"No reason, just trust you."

trust me what?

Chen Fang felt dizzy, so he wanted to ask clearly, but Karen Hesser just laughed and didn't answer, keeping his mouth shut.

When Chen Fang saw this, he didn't ask anymore. He was going to ask Mei Mei when he went back. She must know the reason.

Then Chen Fang continued to look at the construction puppet who was doing various tests, and then he had an idea.

"If I need a batch of these puppets now, can you provide them?" Chen Fang asked.

Karen Hesse looked at Chen Fang suspiciously. The trial puppet had a lot of flaws, and it was impossible for Chen Fang not to see it. At present, there is no value in putting it into the battlefield, and there is no need to put it into production.

"This puppet has a lot of shortcomings. If it is to be used in combat, it will not be useful at all." Karen Hesse said.

Chen Fang: "You have always misunderstood. I want a batch not for war."

"It's not used for combat, what is it used for?"

The developed weapons are not used for combat, are they used for farming?

Karen Hesser was puzzled.

But Chen Fang thought so.

Pointing to the human-controlled puppet that was carrying a stone pillar that weighed at least a thousand catties, Chen Fang said: "Being able to lift such a heavy object can be used as an engineering vehicle for the construction of the city over there. A lot of labor, speeding up the progress, can also complete some dangerous operations."

"If it is equipped with some working tools, it can also be used in more dangerous work such as mining."

"It just so happens that there is a shortage of stones in Jimo, so we can make a batch first to quarry."

Jimo is currently working on the construction of the city, and recently sent a report to Nirvana City saying that it has encountered troubles and the progress has slowed down.

The trouble is that the stone materials used for construction are almost gone, and Nirvana City has to find a way.

At present, there is no place within the sphere of influence of Nirvana City that can be used to collect stone materials. They are all mined by the small world and then transported to places where they are needed. Originally, they can be used for daily use, but now that the city is being built in the east, the stone materials are somewhat stretched and there is a shortage. up.

The only solution is to increase the production capacity of Small World's quarry, but it requires a lot of manpower.

But Meimei doesn't want too many irrelevant people to enter the small world, and she is troubled by this.

Chen Fang saw this puppet today and saw how heavy it could be, so he thought of using it as an engineering tool.

Karen Hesse thought for a while and felt that what Chen Fang said was very feasible.

Although the current version of the puppet is used for combat scum such as tofu, it is indeed enough for mining and so on.

But there are still some problems.

"It can be, but the cost is not cheap." Karen Hesse said.

Chen Fang asked: "Can it be made with some cheap materials instead?"

Karen Heather thought again.

After a while, she said: "If you only do a single job and do not have combat functions, it is fine, but some key parts are irreplaceable, such as joints and bearings, and you must use good materials. Considering It also needs a certain degree of protection, and at least three thousand gold coins are needed to manufacture one."

"Three thousand? Can it be less?" Chen Fang said distressedly.

Karen Hesse said dumbfoundedly: "Now I'm just estimating. If I really want to make it, of course I want to make it durable. By then, 3,000 may not be enough."

"Or...forget it..."

Chen Fang heard that 3,000 might not be enough and he needed to add more money, so he retreated and prepared to give up this idea.

"Made, must be made."

"The first batch needs fifty copies."

Suddenly a voice sounded from behind Chen Fang.

Chen Fang turned around and saw Mei Mei rolling her eyes and walking towards him.

"How did you come?"

"Why can't I come."

Mei Mei gave Chen Fang another look, and then she said to Karen Hesse: "Mrs. Dawes, if possible, can you make fifty such puppets within ten days?"

Karen Hesse estimated slightly in her heart, and said, "If we stop everything we are currently doing and try our best to create it, it's fine."

"Well, Madam, please help me. I will fully support you during this period. If you need any resources, just tell me, and I will send them to you."

"There is still this period of time. The loss caused by the Dawes family stopping what they are doing will be reasonably compensated later."

Charming made a decision on this matter.

Karen Hesser had no objection.

Chen Fang was surprised.

Fifty, isn't that too much?