Armored train in the apocalypse

Chapter 116 Deep Blue Data
He Jie, standing behind him, nodded in deep agreement.

Su Huan: "?"

He Jie added, "It was very unexpected."

Su Huan shook his head. "This is not the end of the world for just one person or a part of it. Before production resumes, these supplies will only become scarcer. If we burn them, we will get nothing."

"But if we leave it here, maybe one day we'll come back and it will come in handy."

He Jie sneered, "If that's your idea, then forget it. With the Steel Council here, this batch of supplies will be discovered soon. Even if the Steel Council doesn't have time, the supplies will be leaked by the passengers on your vehicle. You don't have any control over them."

Su Huan's gaze was completely calm. "So what if they get it? It just means a few more people will live. Destruction itself is meaningless. Destruction for the sake of destruction is a waste of time. If this batch of supplies starts circulating, maybe one day it will come back to us."

That's what the train conductor actually said!

He Jie felt his brain was going blank, so he couldn't help but light a cigarette to calm down.

Wan Xing also lowered her eyes and remained silent, her eyes showing obvious shock.

"You guys are really wicked to think of burning such good supplies."

With a faint sigh, Su Huan turned and walked out.

He Jie and Wan Xing: "...?"

After standing outside the logistics center for a while, I heard the roar of an engine mixed with the sound of rain being torn apart. I looked up and saw a pickup truck and a fire truck driving towards the logistics center.

The car stopped right outside the new organization's defensive fortifications, and three figures in black raincoats got out.

In a few swift movements, he scaled the defensive truck and arrived in front of Su Huan.

The figure in the lead pulled up his hood; it was Lu Xiao, whom he had sent out on the mission. He said with a helpless expression, "Hey, train conductor, can't you lower the rental fee for the fire truck a little? It's a full three points a day, and I only get ten points for one mission."

Su Huan returned the train's first captain's warm smile, "You can build one yourself, can't you?"

Lu Xiao rolled his eyes. "And then you collect the parking fee, right?"

"The price is clearly marked, and no one is cheated."

"I've brought the person to you. Including the two missions at the logistics center, that's a total of 30 points."

"Don't worry, not a single cent will be missing."

Hearing their conversation, the two people behind them exchanged a glance, revealing slight surprise.

When Su Huan looked over, he decisively took off his hood, revealing two faces that were distinctly different from Su Huan and the others.

She has long, light golden hair and bright blue eyes, but speaks fluent Mandarin.

“When Mr. Lu found me, I was very curious about what kind of power could know my location. I didn’t expect it to be such a young man, Victor Haywood, Business Development Manager of Deep Blue Data, temporarily residing in the Acid Rain Zone.”

Su Huan looked at the young man in his thirties in front of him, gave a fake smile, and grasped his hand.

"Armed train, conductor Su Huan."

A hint of surprise flashed in Haywood's eyes as he silently pondered the four words, then chuckled, "What an interesting name."

Su Huan knew that the other party had already started mentally comparing the list.

The other person's surprise was also shown to him.

After all, Deep Blue Data is not like the Steel Council. It is a major power that spans several districts. It is meaningless to try to deceive them by relying on information gaps.

Moreover, given the identity of the person in front of me, a simple investigation at headquarters would reveal that there is no such large force as the Armed Train.

But Su Huan made no attempt to hide it.

Even if the other party found out, would Haywood really travel all the way to tell the Iron Council?

Su Huan smiled but did not answer, and led the two into the logistics center.

As if in casual conversation, he casually remarked, "Deep Blue Data doesn't have a branch in the acid rain zone, right?"

Heywood stomped his feet twice, shaking off the acid rain. "There are no plans for that yet."

"Perhaps we can do it a little earlier."

Heywood glanced at Su Huan again. "That's a matter for headquarters, not my responsibility. By the way, Mr. Su, didn't you call me here to discuss a business deal?"

Su Huan pointed to the huge intelligent logistics center in front of him.

Various pre-apocalyptic technologies were on full display at this logistics center. Workers systematically reclassified and organized various supplies and laid out waterproof tarpaulins. Although many items had been dismantled and loaded onto trucks, what remained was still quite substantial.

"This is the deal I'm talking about."

After saying that, before Haywood could ask any questions, Su Huan led him past the various supplies. "This is the largest logistics center in the entire Qingchuan Province. This is the cold chain storage area. I have already had people do some basic processing. The food can last for about ten days. There are about 6 tons in total, accounting for 15%."

"This section contains daily necessities, which account for 30% of the total."

"These are various home appliances and household goods, accounting for 25%."

“Various scattered industrial products account for 15%.”

"There are also some miscellaneous and difficult-to-categorize items, which account for 10%."

"Including 300 robots, 15 cross-sorting lines, 80 stacker cranes, various backup generators, 50,000 emergency kits including gas masks... and this entire 80,000 square meter intelligent logistics center, what does Manager Haywood think its value is?"

Haywood vaguely understood Su Huan's meaning. His golden eyebrows twitched, and he said truthfully, "In the context of the apocalypse, it's hard for me to measure with specific numbers, but this is enough to build a large settlement."

"Snapped!"

Su Huan snapped his fingers and smiled, "Then let's get straight to the point. I want to trade this logistics center to Deep Blue Data. I wonder if your company is willing to proceed with this transaction?"

He Jie, who had been secretly listening to the conversation from a distance, suddenly turned pale.

That heartless, damned train conductor.

How could he say those things so righteously just now?

What is there to leave for future generations? Destruction is meaningless.

This is absolutely fucking bizarre!
What's even more bizarre is that I actually believed it!
To be called a bad seed to one's face by a bad seed, and to actually believe it...

shame!
Heywood pondered for a moment, "I must say, this is a very big deal, but it's not in the company's plans. I need to think about it."

Su Huan shook his head. "To be honest, we don't have that much time."

"Ok?"

"That means we won't stay at the logistics center for too long."

Heywood was somewhat surprised that someone had so sincerely revealed their weaknesses for the first time.

Su Huan pointed to He Jie in the distance and said, "See that man in the short-sleeved shirt?"

Heywood looked over, puzzled. "He must be an excellent soldier."

“He is my capable subordinate, but unfortunately he has a bit of a temper. He has advised me many times to burn down this logistics center. Look, he has already made preparations. If we can’t reach an agreement, today may be the last time you see this logistics center.”

"This is absolutely a terrible decision. Burning such valuable supplies is such a waste!"

Heywood frowned and looked at He Jie.

Humans are indeed a race that loves luxury, but such meaningless destruction will be instinctively resisted by everyone.

Because it brings no happiness.

Su Huan shrugged helplessly. He Jie seemed to have heard something and walked a little further away.

He lit one cigarette after another. For some unknown reason, the third brother was kicked several more times.

Looking at Su Huan's helpless face, Haywood pondered for a moment and then said, "Since Mr. Su has asked me to come, it means he knows the power of our company. And I happen to have enough authority to let us have an open and frank discussion about this deal."

"no problem!"

The two walked into a temporary office on the side, where Su Huan took out two prepared glasses and a bottle of red wine.

Watching Su Huan heat the bottle opening with his bare hands and then flick it away, the man behind Haywood's eyes darkened.

Su Huan poured a glass of wine and handed it to the other person, "Try it."

Heywood declined, saying, "I don't like drinking when discussing important matters; it makes me make the wrong decisions."

Su Huan showed a regretful expression and drank the wine in his glass in one gulp.

Although a lot was moved from the truck, the warehouse will belong to someone else sooner or later, so just treat it as a buffet and drink as much as you can.

If he didn't want to give passengers the habit, he would have let over a thousand people in to eat and drink to their hearts' content.

"I wonder what Mr. Su would like to exchange these things for?"

"A complete set of professional potions for the Blazing Sun Archangel, from Tier 1 to Tier 5."

"!"

The moment those words were spoken, the atmosphere in the entire office seemed to freeze.

Heywood, who had been calm just moments before, now had a cold and suspicious glint in his eyes.

'As expected.'

Su Huan knew from the other person's reaction that he had hit the nail on the head.

"Don't be nervous, buying and selling is all about bargaining."

Heywood replied coldly, "How does Mr. Su know about the 'Radiant Sun Archangel'?"

Su Huan's gaze remained calm. "You shouldn't be asking me that."

Heywood stared at Su Huan's face for a long time, but when he realized he couldn't discern anything, he gave up and carefully chose his words, saying, "Thank you for the reminder, Mr. Su. Let's continue with the trade, but we cannot trade 'The Blazing Sun Archangel,' not even for the accompanying potions, let alone skill combinations."

From that moment on, Haywood finally began to take this always smiling young man seriously.

These five words are far more important than this largest smart logistics center in the province!

'It seems the specialized potions haven't been developed yet, but we might have made progress on combining class skills from tier one to tier five.'

Su Huan silently made his plans.

His statement today was actually quite risky; it's not a good thing to let a force like Deep Blue Data notice him prematurely.

But more than that, he wanted to know just how far ahead a major player like DeepBlue Data really was.

In retrospect, this research and development speed is not outrageous.

"What about other occupational medicines?"

"Mr. Su, you can tell me some things I can do."

"For example, ten sets of gunfire lineages, and a complete set of gene potions from first to third tier."

"Impossible, that's simply impossible."

"Is it a matter of quantity, or are their ranks too high?"

Heywood hesitated for a moment before saying, "The rank is too high, and the number is too many."

Since we're going to make a deal, we should at least reveal some information.

After two probes, Su Huan had a rough idea of ​​the underlying structure of Deep Blue Data.

Although it's not accurate, it's like groping for a woman in the dark—you can't get precise data, but you can get a general range.

"So, I need complete information on a Tier 1 'Soldier,' including skill combinations, skill usage, and tactical design. Then, I need a full set of gene potions for a Tier 2 'Steel Body Shield Guard.' If you don't have a full set of gene potions, then give me skill potions. If you don't even have skill potions, then give me a large amount of basic potions to enhance my strength, agility, defense, constitution, and other fundamental attributes."

Haywood frowned as the young man opposite him rattled off a string of names, then turned to his entourage behind him, asking, "Does our company have this kind of potion?"

The other person tapped a few times on their phone, then nodded. "A newly developed potion before departure, but it only has the 'Soldier' ​​skill potion; the second-tier version only has skill combinations."

Hearing the response from his attendant.

Heywood's sense of absurdity grew stronger.

He felt that the other party knew more about the company than he did.

"This is acceptable."

Su Huan raised an eyebrow. "I don't need Tier 1 skill potions. In that case, I also need the Tier 3 'Ironclad Captain' skill set for this route."

Heywood received confirmation from his attendant again, then nodded sullenly.

"can."

Su Huan was relieved; he heard that the research on this approach had progressed further.

Then it was locked by DeepBlue Data.

Even his name was changed; the third rank became "Fierce Commandant".

Heywood felt absolutely terrible.

This kind of negotiation, where he was constantly overwhelmed by the other party's information, was something he had never experienced in his more than ten years of negotiation experience.

Fortunately, Su Huan didn't utter any words he didn't understand next.

Su Huan mainly worked on some basic potions, as well as common first-order lineage potions.

For example, "pharmacist" or something similar.

Then he filled in hundreds of career paths that he knew or had heard of but did not have specific skill combinations for.

As for other physical transactions, Su Huan didn't mention them at all, since Deep Blue Data's headquarters are not even in the acid rain zone.

Otherwise, no matter how good the other party's reputation is, he wouldn't dare to take advantage of them.

Haywood seemed somewhat distracted throughout the transaction, but it still went quite smoothly.

Su Huan first made an exorbitant demand, then used his information advantage to break down the other party's psychological defenses, and finally negotiated with them from a position of psychological superiority.

I gained some advantage during the transaction.

The deal with DeepBlue Data was also something he had thought about carefully.

DeepBlue Data's business is quite diverse, and because it does not have a monopoly, it has little conflict with other forces.

Most of them research and evolve within their own little world, occasionally releasing some useful cutting-edge technologies, and they have a good reputation in the wilderness.

They sound like a bunch of tech geeks.

But that's not actually the case at all.

Su Huan just managed to strike the right balance, ensuring that he could provoke the other party without making Deep Blue Data really lose their temper.

'However, internal chaos is definitely inevitable.'

(End of this chapter)