After the secret conversation was over, Meng Lei didn't stay much in Roger's study.

In the end, the two shook hands cordially, wishing a smooth cooperation, and then Roger sent Meng Lei out of the gate of the villa in person.

On the way, while passing the second floor of the villa, Meng Lei accidentally saw Roger's daughter.

The little girl is only about seven or eight years old. She looks like a porcelain doll and is very cute.

With the same dark brown eyes as Roger's, with two well-tended pigtails, he kept calling Meng Lei his brother. He was extremely enthusiastic, showing a rare innocence and liveliness in the alien society.

Even after leaving for a long time, Meng Lei's words were still echoing in the little girl's ears:

"Goodbye brother!"

Sweet and splendid, Meng Lei has a long aftertaste.

Although he couldn't understand the feeling of being a parent, Meng Lei's heart was slightly touched when he saw the innocent eyes of the girl.

He suddenly realized something and understood why Roger was so persistent and wanted to escape the abyss and return to the embrace of his mother star.

Even if not for yourself, but also for the next generation!

When he left, Meng Lei's footsteps were a little heavy.

This secret meeting with Roger allowed him to know a lot of secrets about the current social structure and background of Alien, and to have a deeper understanding of the modern history hidden in the background.

For him, this has been quite rewarding.

But he also felt an inexplicable pressure for the upcoming series of wars and changes.

Even with the secret support of Roger, a member of the Exploration faction who holds a high position in the alliance, it is not so easy to achieve good development quickly in the deep sea.

It's easy to clear out abandoned outposts and have your own living space.

The establishment of a complete supply system is by no means an overnight process, and it takes time to complete the accumulation and infrastructure.

Moreover, the space tide is about to erupt.

If they were to build their own base at this time, no one could guarantee whether they would take the risk of sea monsters besieging the city.

There are too many uncertainties.

Therefore, every decision you make next must be extremely cautious!

After leaving the living area on the second floor, Meng Lei returned to the commercial area on the first floor through the shaft elevator between the areas.

Walking in the dirty and muddy narrow streets, the thick musty smell is mixed with the sweet fragrance, and there are all kinds of pungent stench, which fully reflects the filth and chaos at the bottom of this prosperous city. .

The gorgeous flashing neon above his head constantly changes colors in the manic heavy metal style music beside his ears.

The strong sci-fi punk style and the surrounding environment of the huge rock formation cavity produced a serious sense of separation.

Meng Lei moved forward all the way, only to feel dazzled.

He is like a traveler lost in this steel jungle, wandering around like a walking corpse, but in fact, his mind is messy, and he does not focus on the road at all.

After a long time, Meng Lei finally came to the shaft passage leading to the lower area.

In the end, under the condition of serious blockage of thinking, it took a long while to return to Dock No. 59 where the Guixu was located.

At this time, in the cockpit of the Guixu, only Chen Yu was scanning the channel communication channel.

When Meng Lei opened the cabin door, Chen Yu turned back with a faint smile on his face, and he didn't know what happened.

"Brother Chen, are you in a good mood, what good things do you have to share with your brother?"

Meng Lei put away his messy thoughts and looked at Chen Yu with interest.

Chen Yu smiled sideways, turned his head and said:

"Our major fleets have jointly rented a dock at the Alliance Shipyard to study the differences between the initial wasteland boats and the ordinary submarines currently used by the Alliance. There has been some progress in various technical differences."

Hearing this, Meng Lei couldn't help but light up.

To tell the truth, compared to the standard submarines of Blue Star players, although the ordinary submarines are larger in scale and carry more people.

But in many respects, the design and technology of ordinary submarines are completely inferior to the original wasteland boats.

Leaving aside space technology, in terms of communication technology alone, the initial wasteland reclamation craft is far ahead of the communication technology currently mastered by the Alliance!

In addition, the function of the manufacturing station of the initial wasteland boat is far more advanced than that of ordinary submarines.

In particular, the extravehicular decomposition and recovery functions that come with wasteland boats simply do not exist on ordinary submarines.

The technological content of the two is completely different from the same level!

If some functions of the initial wasteland boat can be copied to the ordinary submarine, it will undoubtedly bring a lot of convenience.

"Brother Chen, where is the progress now?"

Meng Lei was curious and asked eagerly.

Chen Yu smiled and said:

"At present, technicians are trying to remove the center console on the wasteland boat and install it on an ordinary submarine to see if the communication system can be transferred perfectly.

Judging from the current situation, the high probability is possible, but it still needs to be debugged for a period of time.

In addition, the alliance is also working on such research, but the current progress is still in line with ours, and there is not much breakthrough. "

Hearing this, Meng Lei nodded thoughtfully and felt a burst of joy at the same time.

If the disassembly and installation technology of the center console can be perfected, even if the communication technology cannot be cracked temporarily, at least, the future voyage will not be as boring as it is now.

Water swarms are a very interesting thing, not only to pass the time, but also to gain a lot of useful information.

The point is, in terms of instant communication, the center console of the wasteland boat is so convenient that there is almost no delay.

Moreover, there is no need for the network coverage of the alliance.

Even in the abyss without beacons, you can communicate with the outside world anytime, anywhere.

If this technology can be popularized, it will play a huge role in promoting the social development of the entire alien planet.

And the tragedy similar to the outpost of the melting rock may not happen.

"Not bad!"

Meng Lei nodded repeatedly and praised:

"If you can copy all the functions on the initial wastelanding boat, then it will be much more convenient to set sail in the future!"

Chen Yu smiled and shook his head, and said:

"How can it be so easy to crack the new technology, and at present, this long-distance wireless communication technology is not known whether it has anything to do with space science, and whether it will be affected when used in deeper seas.

In addition to communication, almost every function on the initial wasteland ship is linked to space science.

If you want to copy these functions and use them on ordinary submarines, you have to see if the alliance will agree! "

Speaking of this, Chen Yu remembered something, and then turned around and asked:

"By the way, what exactly did Roger, the head of the Security Office, ask you for?"

After a pause, Chen Yu added: "The time you talked about is not short!"

Meng Lei set off at more than seven o'clock in the evening, and the original high-level meeting of the fleet was also postponed because of this incident.

It is now ten o'clock in the evening.

Nearly three hours passed, no wonder Chen Yu made such a sigh.

"It's a long story..."

Meng Lei took a deep breath and said sternly, "It's a big thing!"

In the next half an hour, Meng Lei arranged the conversation between him and Roger, and all the important information gained from the secret conversation, in his mind, and then made an original speech to Chen Yu. Tell.

At first, Chen Yu's expression didn't change much, but as Meng Lei kept throwing bombs one after another, Chen Yu's expression gradually became serious.

Even his sitting posture is constantly changing.

At the beginning, Chen Yu was very comfortable leaning on the command chair in the cockpit, and the whole person was in a very relaxed state of leisure.

But over time, his sitting posture and expression became serious together, sitting upright.

It can be clearly seen that his mental state has undergone quite drastic changes.

After a long while, after listening to Meng Lei's remarks, Chen Yu took a sip of his pipe and said solemnly:

"No wonder that guy Roger is looking for you so eagerly.

If the actual situation is what he said, then the explorers really don't have much time to wait. "

Meng Lei nodded and said:

"Yeah, the Exploration faction is weak, and once it is dragged into the water by this impending war, the consequences will be unimaginable!

Chances are, the entire faction will collapse!

They must take advantage of the chaos to withdraw as soon as possible and declare independence. While resolving the long-standing disputes within the organization, they also caught the alliance by surprise and had no time to deal with their affairs.

Therefore, it is necessary to support a group of Blue Star players to develop as soon as possible, and establish a supply system independent of the alliance.

After all, they can only choose to cooperate with us on this kind of thing, because both parties have a common goal. "

Chen Yu nodded noncommittally. After pondering for a while, he suddenly asked:

"As for Searle City, did Roger choose us as a partner?"

Meng Lei said with certainty:

"Yes, before leaving, Roger specifically asked me not to tell too many people about the cooperation, so as not to leak the news.

It seems that he is indeed the only one to support us! "

Chen Yu nodded and pondered:

"It's okay, this guy Roger is quite thoughtful, and he didn't mess up because of the tight time.

If the Exploration faction wants to gain a firm foothold as soon as possible, and wants to win over the major fleets, then the problem is a bit tricky! "

Hearing this, Meng Lei frowned slightly and said puzzledly:

"Brother Chen, the Exploration faction shouldn't be so stupid, right?

They should understand the reason that more can’t be chewed. The more cooperation partners they support, the more troublesome it will be to manage.

And whenever the alliance detects any clues, this large-scale independent development plan will be severely suppressed by the alliance.

At that time, it is bound to have a huge impact on the independence of the Exploratorium! "

Chen Yu sighed and shook his head:

"I'm afraid that the head of the Exploration faction realizes this, and the people below will have the wrong idea.

The establishment of a new supply system covering the whole world requires a lot of manpower and material support, which is by no means easy.

Only one support object is selected for each channel, and it is impossible to achieve the requirements of the Exploratorium in a short period of time. "

After a pause, Chen Yu looked at Meng Lei and asked:

"I ask you, how many members of our fleet are there now?"

Meng Lei frowned slightly and replied:

"786 people! What's wrong?"

Chen Yu said in a deep voice: "Rounding up, it is quite reluctant to maintain the operation of a small outpost based on 800 people.

What's more, we have to develop other industries, such as mineral mining, agricultural planting, fishing and so on.

These all require a lot of manpower to maintain!

The current development scale of the Chongming Fleet is far ahead of the other major fleets in this channel.

In other waterways, the forces established by Blue Star players will probably not be much larger than ours, because once a certain critical value is reached, the alliance will definitely intervene.

In this case, the Exploration faction only selects one faction and only provides information support, which cannot achieve the desired effect in the short term.

Therefore, I am worried that the leaders of certain waterways will be eager to win over them.

In the end, the situation became more and more chaotic! "

After a pause, before Meng Lei could speak, Chen Yu said again:

"Fortunately, this guy Roger is quite reliable, and he only found our family to cooperate.

However, this guy left us with a big problem..."

Speaking of this, Chen Yu shook his head with a wry smile on his face.

"what is the problem?"

Meng Lei couldn't keep up with Chen Yu's thoughts for a while, and asked suspiciously.

In the smoke, Chen Yu's eyes flashed, and he said in a deep voice:

"Of course it's a question of recruitment!"

Taking a deep breath, Chen Yu continued:

"With neither financial support nor manpower support, we rely on a clear coordinate point. Even if we gather all the members of the fleet, it is difficult to maintain the development of an outpost at present.

Therefore, we must expand and need more manpower to help us build our own base.

However, most of the current Blue Star players are still lone wolves and are unwilling to join any party.

Even if the alliance has Roger to help us cover and let us expand at will, we can't recruit so many people in a short period of time! "

Hearing this, Meng Lei realized this problem.

He just heard about the number of members of the Chongming Fleet this morning, and when there was a new breakthrough, he was still very happy and surprised.

I feel that in terms of personnel recruitment and development, the speed of the Chongming fleet is quite good.

However, after hearing what Chen Yu said, Meng Lei realized that maybe he was too optimistic.

"Brother Chen, in your opinion, what should we do now?"

Meng Lei could vaguely hear that there was something in Chen Yu's words, so he humbly asked for advice.

Chen Yu smoked his pipe silently, tapped the armrest of the seat rhythmically with his left hand, and said after a while:

"There are only two options available at the moment.

One is to unite with several other fleets to jointly develop abandoned outposts, including various industrial development in the future, which will also be completed by us.

In this way, in the short term, we can barely keep up with the requirements of the Exploratorium, and complete the establishment of the supply system as soon as possible.

However, in this way, there will be many inevitable troubles in the follow-up, such as the distribution of industries, and the management of sites and so on.

If we manage according to the company's system, the stability of long-term development will be a key issue.

Also, there is another way.

Spend a lot of money to recruit lone wolves as extra-staff construction personnel. If they don't want to join the fleet, they will work for us in the form of recruitment.

We can publish recruitment information in the channel communication channel according to the recruitment method of the labor market, so as to attract more Blue Star players to join the construction of the outpost.

But if we choose this path, we need a lot of financial support!

Especially in the early stage, it may be very difficult!

After all, in terms of the current development trend of the fleet, we can barely support these 800 people by relying on the bounty tasks provided by the alliance.

And once the source of funds from the alliance is lost, these 800 people will have to drink the northwest wind! "

Hearing this, Meng Lei frowned.

The joy of negotiating with Roger just now faded away, and he suddenly found that he was still a little too tender.

He thinks about the various problems that will be encountered in the cooperation, which is far less thorough and detailed than Chen Yu's.

It's just a human resources issue that's making him feel tough right now.

Joint development with other fleets, this is the last situation he would like to choose.

Since it is to establish a base, then all the control rights must naturally be in their own hands.

To put it bluntly, the current Alien society is about to usher in the era of the division of heroes, and it is impossible for billions of Blue Star players to be at the mercy of the alliance all the time.

In addition, the Exploration faction is now vigorously supporting Blue Star players on the grounds of independence.

It is not difficult to imagine that in the future, the strongholds and outposts built by Blue Star players will gradually cover the entire ocean!

At this time, if you want to build your own power, there must be no other voices from inside.

Even a separatist organization, a solid force established by a group of like-minded people at the beginning, will inevitably lead to a split in the end.

Once the power was established, there were constant internal contradictions, and it was even more impossible for it to last for a long time.

Recruiting non-staff construction personnel is a way to try something.

If you sell the batch of eggs, you should be able to last for a while, but it is also a cure for the symptoms rather than the root cause, and it cannot fundamentally solve the problem.

Therefore, Meng Lei has two big heads, and his face is extremely tangled. He really doesn't know what to do.

"This matter is not in a hurry, let it go for a while, let me think about it later."

At this time, Chen Yu said:

"Isn't Roger's side not giving out a designated construction plan yet? When he comes up with a plan, let's make specific plans."

Meng Lei nodded and said helplessly:

"Okay, that's all for now."

The time was getting late, and soon it was early morning again.

As the days passed, Meng Lei's work and rest became very chaotic recently.

But when it's time to sleep, the stable biological clock will still force him to remind him that it's time for the brain to rest.

Tonight's dinner party was impossible to eat. Everyone had a simple meal long ago, and then returned to their respective crew rooms to fall asleep.

Meng Lei said goodbye to Chen Yu, and also came to the restaurant of the Sea Locust. He fiddled with some fish and salad, mixed them and threw them into the food processor to make a simple dinner.

After you're ready to eat, take a good night's sleep.

During the banquet, his brain never stopped thinking, classifying all the information.

A large number of simulations and planning are carried out for future development.

For a time, I was so absorbed in my thoughts that Huo Ye didn't even notice when he was sitting across from him.

Until the food on the plate was wiped out by him like the wind and clouds.

A fragrant aroma of wine wafted, and only then did he realize that Huo Ye was sitting opposite him with a beer bottle in his hand, his eyes flickering at him.

"Old Huo? Why haven't you slept yet?"

Meng Lei put down the tableware and looked at Huo Ye suspiciously.

At this time, it was already close to twelve o'clock in the morning, and when he was in the city, there was no need for anyone to be on duty at night. He thought that all the crew members on the ship had already gone to bed early.

Huo Ye shook his head, his face was a little sad, and sighed:

"In the afternoon, I slept a lot, and some couldn't sleep."

Meng Lei saw that he had something on his mind, frowned slightly, turned to the bar, brought a bottle of beer from the refrigerator, and said while drinking:

"You're in a bad mood, what happened, tell me."

Huo Ye picked up the wine bottle, took a sip, and hesitated several times.

In the end, he sighed heavily and asked:

"Commander, did the newspaper office contact you? Is there any news from my daughter?"

Hearing this, Meng Lei's expression was startled, the wine bottle was lifted halfway and stopped in the air, and his brain was briefly sluggish.

At this time, he suddenly remembered that it had been a week since the notice of missing persons published by Tosil Weekly, and the new issue of the Weekly was about to be released.

But the magazine has never contacted him, so he forgot about it.

When I think about it now, I feel a little sad.

Immediately, Meng Lei took out his tablet and was about to send a text message to Julie, the magazine editor of Seale Weekly, to ask about the progress of the matter.

But when he opened the tablet, the time displayed on it was already 11:55 in the morning.

At this time, it's long past get off work hours, and normal people have fallen asleep. It is indeed inappropriate to disturb others.

After a pause, Meng Lei put down the tablet and said apologetically to Huo Ye:

"Old Huo, there's no news from the magazine, it's too late, I'll ask you tomorrow, and I'll let you know immediately if anything happens."

Huo Ye seemed to have anticipated this situation for a long time, and there was not much loss on his face. He just nodded sullenly and said:

"It's troublesome."

Meng Lei picked up the wine bottle and touched him, reluctantly comforting:

"It's our relationship, if you are more polite, you'll see the outside world! Don't worry, Jiren has their own good looks, and the girl will be fine!"

After a pause, he added:

"If there is news from the newspaper office, no matter how far it is, we will sail to bring the girl back! Definitely!"

Huo Ye nodded heavily, raised the bottle again, drank the remaining half bottle of beer, and said to Meng Lei:

"Brother, thank you!"

After all, he didn't wait for Meng Lei to say anything.

Huo Ye stood up and walked unsteadily to the end of the corridor, his figure was a little lonely.

Looking at Huo Ye's back, Meng Lei also sighed helplessly.

Searle Weekly has branch offices in major gathering places around the world, and each issue is published at almost the same time.

Even in some of the more remote gathering places, merchant ships will regularly pass by, bringing this issue of the weekly magazine to the gathering place, and it will not take too long to go back and forth.

Now that a week has passed, the last issue of the weekly has already spread all over the world.

However, there was no news from the magazine, which undoubtedly made Meng Lei feel a little uneasy.

The longer it takes to find someone, the less hope there is.

Even if the other party is still alive, it is hard for a girl to imagine what she will encounter if she wants to survive in such a cruel environment.

In many cases, those unspeakable encounters are better than being swallowed directly by the sea monster.

In this regard, Meng Lei also felt very helpless, and was really helpless.

All I can say is, do your best to obey the destiny.

Perhaps, the situation is not as bad as he imagined. Maybe the girl is alive and kicking now, but she just doesn't have the time and energy to pay attention to the missing person notice in Searle Weekly.

While Meng Lei comforted himself silently, he packed up the bowl.

At half past twelve in the morning, turn off the lights and fall asleep on time.

The entire Sea Locust fell into absolute silence again.

This night, Meng Lei's sleep quality still did not improve, and he had many strange dreams.

The huge white light group that appeared in the dream in the afternoon once again got into his night dream.

When he saw the white light group, Meng Lei suddenly had a very familiar illusion.

He vaguely realized that he should be dreaming, this is not the real world, the white light group is just an illusion in a dream.

He wanted to wake up, and his subconscious questioned his environment.

Under normal circumstances, there is a high probability that the dream will collapse at this time, and the person will immediately wake up from the dream.

However, the more Meng Lei felt that he was awake enough, the attraction to him from the white light group became stronger.

The mysterious white light group seemed to have some kind of magic power, summoning him and attracting him to approach.

Meng Lei floated uncontrollably in the dream space, gradually losing control of his body.

slowly…

slowly…

The ideological Meng Lei moved closer and closer to the center of the light group.

And with the constant approaching, the color of the light group itself began to change, and the pure white turned into countless indescribable colors.

That color is different from the spectrum that the naked eye can capture, hazy and dreamy, it is difficult to describe in words.

Meng Lei couldn't even clearly use his previous cognition to feel it~lightnovelpub.net~ He only felt as if he had entered another dimension of the universe.

However, in the end, he was not able to come into contact with the existence of that light.

The chaotic dream collapsed quietly at a certain moment, and he seemed to be wandering in the boundless darkness for a long time.

I don't know when, consciousness finally returned, making him feel his own existence.

At this moment, Meng Lei woke up suddenly, bounced off the bed and sat up, panting violently.

The dream was so real that for a long time after waking up, he couldn't even tell the difference between reality and dream.

Sitting on the bed for a long time, he frowned and turned on the lamp on the bedside table.

Dim lights came on, reflecting the scene in the room.

But the captain's room, which was clearly the same as before going to bed, seemed to be vaguely different at this moment...

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