Chapter 456: Chapter 395: I Want Li Zheng Alive!
"No! I accept the first proposal, sending out sixty Chip Warriors!" Jes quickly calculated the cost between the two options, and in his eyes, the extra twenty lives were far less important than the difference in equipment costs.
However, secretly, he adjusted the upper limit of the equipment tier down a bit, deciding to fully equip with Platinum and Gold weapons and armor to minimize losses.
"What about you? How many people are you willing to send?" Jes questioned in the group chat.
Since it’s an "Alliance," of course, all conditions must be discussed before taking action.
Tanaka Junichiro said, "I will send thirty Sword Dao experts with developed Platinum Level Genetic Abilities!"
"Is that all?" Jes seized the opportunity to counter, "Don’t think I don’t know about a secret squad you have in Nihong Country, called the Divine Wind Suicide Squad, where each member is the top expert of your country."
"And you? Didn’t you form two special groups as well? One is the Superpower Team made up of regular players, and another is the Dragon Hunting Squad composed of elite members drawn from Chip Warriors. In this plan, you didn’t even send out a single member from the Dragon Hunting Squad!" Tanaka Junichiro retorted, revealing the information he had gathered.
Jes had previously sent out the Dragon Hunting Squad and the Superpower Team to raid Li Zheng at night many days ago, but both attempts failed miserably with no results.
Since then, Jes disbanded and reorganized the Dragon Hunting Squad, keeping only the Chip Warriors with the most mechanical limb modifications to form a new Dragon Hunting Squad.
After so many days of development, the number of new Dragon Hunting Squad members is even less than that of the Superpower Team.
But each of them has been fully transformed, with all organs except the brain being artificial limbs and organs!
"You!" Jes, having his secret exposed, laughed angrily, "Aren’t you the same? Besides the Divine Wind Suicide Squad, you also have a Ronin Corps, composed entirely of players with Specialized Abilities, with extraordinary combat power!"
When it comes to playing the intelligence game, everyone present assumes they are not inferior to others, knowing exactly what trump card each has hidden!
After all, private messaging in the Matrix is highly secretive, and buying and selling intelligence carries almost zero risk of exposure.
Seeing both sides increasingly exaggerate their information game to the point where they are practically slapping each other with unwritten organizational rules, others quickly intervened to mediate.
If the arguments continued, it’s estimated that the war might soon spread to a few of them.
By then, forget about the Alliance, it’s likely that several organizations would start fighting among themselves within half an hour.
Diana spoke up, "Why don’t Mr. Tanaka send some members of the Divine Wind Suicide Squad? To show sincerity, I will dispatch ten Knight Commanders of the Round Table Knight to participate in this action."
The Round Table Order is the largest organization in Mickey Country, with membership numbers not less than that of the American counterparts.
Knight Commanders belong to the core of the Round Table Order. Although all parties know this group exists, the strength of these individuals has always been a mystery.
So far, no Knight Commander has ever exposed their identity.
Some organizations speculate that in those channels occupied by the Round Table Order, the top of the combat power ranking of each one is a Knight Commander.
This means that the Round Table Order has at least about a hundred Knight Commanders.
This number, though not much, signals quality that is absolutely of a top-notch level.
Diana’s willingness to dispatch ten Knight Commanders genuinely showed sincerity.
Joshua also said, "Since Ms. Diana has said so, we on the Throne of the Gods shouldn’t be stingy. For this action, I will dispatch the Sea God, codenamed Poseidon, to lead members of the Sea God Palace to support you."
The Throne of the Gods is a civilian organization composed of a very complex base of players, accepting anyone from the Northern European Union.
Don’t think a civilian organization has no elite players.
The nature of the Throne of the Gods is somewhat similar to the Nine Heavens, with strong professionalism among its members.
Some are internationally renowned gaming experts who have created multiple game records, maintaining them untouchable for years.
Some are extreme sports enthusiasts, with nearly fifty of them challenging the climb of 300-meter-high cliffs without any safety measures.
Others are wilderness survival experts, familiar with various survival techniques, known as "Prometheus" in the Throne of the Gods.
There are also martial arts club masters, including free combat, fencing, shooting, riding, and so on.
The standout members among these form various divisions, each named "Divine Palace."
There’s the Sea God Palace, Earth God Palace, Sun God Palace, Moon God Palace, etc.
The status of the Sea God Palace is, however, somewhat awkward, composed entirely of hobbyists of diving or swimming, experts in water play.
Even the Genetic Abilities usually developed are mostly water-based.
The awkwardness is that "Water" is a rare room in the Matrix due to its involvement with survival resources...
So even though there are still 200 members in this Divine Palace, they are actually marginalized in the Throne of the Gods, loved neither by aunt nor uncle.
But Joshua’s assertion that the whole Sea God Palace would act signifies that the Throne of the Gods is effectively sending over two hundred people, making them the most generous among the organizations.
"President Joshua really is generous," Rebecca praised, adding, "Our White Bear Organization is not densely populated, but every member is fearless. We can only pull together fifty ordinary warriors. And I will personally lead them!"
The White Bear Organization, a neighbor of Dragon Country, belongs to Russia.
The people from this country are strangely known because an ordinary Russian male would dare to box with a full-grown black bear, making them revered on the internet for their fighting power.
So when Rebecca said she would bring out fifty ordinary warriors, the other four surprisingly had no objections and all quietly agreed.
After all parties expressed themselves, there was a silence in the group, as everyone waited for Tanaka Junichiro to raise the stakes.
After a moment, resigning to fate, he said, "I’ll send thirty Divine Wind Suicide Squad members to assist, each with Diamond Level combat strength, so they won’t hold you back. In addition, I can offer ten blueprint deciphering devices, which can seize the blueprints from Li Zheng if he refuses to compromise."
"Alright!"
Diana took the lead in agreeing to this solution, saying, "Since we have settled the military power now, let’s talk about how to distribute the gains, so there are no disagreements due to uneven distribution afterward."
"You can divide the other stuff; I only want that medical bed!" Jes eagerly said.
For him, the medical bed is arguably the most suitable thing, bar none.
With this equipment, the Dragon Hunting Squad will rapidly expand!
"No problem," Diana asked, "What about the others?"
Tanaka Junichiro said, "I want the recipe for the Genetic Potion, or related equipment and blueprints."
"That’s fine too," Diana, seemingly eager to speak, immediately agreed.
Joshua said, "I want the blueprint for the Cultivation Dish. Those guys at the Plant Divine Palace almost tore me apart and made me into fertilizer because I couldn’t buy the Cultivation Dish yesterday!"
"Oh? It seems our goals don’t conflict," Diana inquired about the last person, "Rebecca, what about you?"
Unexpectedly, Rebecca didn’t make a specific demand, instead, throwing the question back to Diana, "Why don’t you choose first? I’m not in a hurry."
"Is that so? Then I’ll choose first," Diana seemed slightly surprised but still replied, "I want his cooking method and that pet! As for the remaining inventory resources, let’s split them evenly!"
With one sentence, she closed off the possibility of Rebecca keeping all inventory resources to herself.
The others suddenly realized they were fixated on their main targets, overlooking Li Zheng’s unknown vast resources.
They quickly echoed agreement, fearing Rebecca might change her mind.
"Splitting is a fair suggestion."
In a place unseen by others, Rebecca smiled with a sly look as if her scheme had succeeded, slowly composing a jaw-dropping message to send:
"I want Li Zheng!"
"Alive!"