monster battlefield

Chapter 239 The price of being number one in the world

The international conference in Khan City is over, some issues are resolved, but others are not.

The biggest resolution is the establishment of the "Pacific Rim Joint Defense Force" on the basis of the "Monster Early Warning System".

The Pacific Rim Joint Defense Force is referred to as PPDC. This is a pan-Pacific international military organization. Its nature is similar to the "North Atlantic Treaty Organization." An international military group organization established by Pan-Pacific countries and regions to achieve targeted defense cooperation.

It uses the defense system of the entire Pacific Rim region, with the common goal of containing, combating, and eliminating the threat of Kaiju beasts, and ensuring that all human beings are protected from extinction.

It has just been established now, and there are 12 member countries, all of which are countries in the Pacific Rim region.

Yes, none of the European countries have joined the "Pacific Rim Joint Defense Force". After all, the name of this thing is "Pacific Rim", so what does it have to do with the countries on the Atlantic coast?

In fact, it’s not that there was this name first, so the countries of Europa did not join, but because the countries of Europa did not join, and even some landlocked countries in Africa, South Asia, West Asia and Central Asia did not join, so it became the “Pacific Rim” .

Because at the beginning, it was planned to be called "United Human Defense Force", but due to various reasons, so many countries expressed that they would consider it, so it became "Pacific Rim" for the time being.

The reason is actually very simple, it is the question of money.

Generally, the member states of this kind of international organization have to jointly pay for it, but judging from the current situation, only the Pacific Rim region was affected by the disaster, and no other places were affected by the disaster. Why should they pay for disasters in other countries?

In fact, this also involves the source analysis of monsters.

There is no objection to the topic of "the appearance of monsters is purposeful", and the target of the four attacks is very obvious.

Especially the most recent time, the monsters traveled south along the coastline of Australia, passed through a series of cities, and then landed in Sydney, an international metropolis.

Also because of this, many Pacific Rim countries did not think about joining the "Pacific Rim Joint Defense Force" because they are all small countries.

big city?
What is that?
Does their country have it?

As for whether the monster is a mutation, a punishment of nature, or an alien invasion, it is hard to define, and we are arguing about this issue.

Some people think it is a mutation, and the reason is that the countries around the Pacific Rim have tested too many nuclear bombs in the Pacific Ocean. The example used here is a certain eagle sauce who did not want to be named.

With so many nuclear bombs dropped, it's normal for some messy things to appear in the sea. In addition, the book who lives a good life doesn't know how much nuclear waste water has been secretly discharged into the Pacific Ocean. No one knows what the Pacific Ocean looks like now.

If this conjecture is true, there must be no other place.

Even if there are always troubles in the Pacific Rim, the countries in the Europa region can be happy because the center of the world has been away from the Europa region for too long, and they very much hope that the center of the world will return.

If this conjecture is true, then this wish is no longer a delusion. Compared with the dangerous Pacific Rim, the safe and developed Europa will definitely become a paradise again.

As for the punishment of nature, after Europa ignores his damage to nature, it has almost a similar meaning. The damage to nature in the Pacific Rim must be greater, and it is normal for nature to retaliate against them.

As for the other, the randomness is greater.

Compared with the first two, the last one has the most supporters, that is, "alien invasion", because scientists have confirmed that the monsters are silicon-based life forms and contain elements that do not exist on earth.

This is basically 99% certain that the monsters are alien creatures. The biggest disagreement is how did these alien monsters land from the sea?

Did it fall directly into the sea from outside the atmosphere, and then swim to the beach and land?

Or did they exist in the sea in the form of embryos or seeds very early on, and then began to hatch and attack human cities in the near future?
If a large number of monsters exist in the sea at one time in the form of embryonic seeds, then there is a high possibility of them existing in the Pacific Ocean, and other places are relatively safer.

If it entered the earth directly from outside the atmosphere, and there are so many satellites and observatories that have not moved, it is estimated that it also entered in the form of a small seed, and then hatched into a big monster to attack human cities.

In this case, it can only be regarded as bad luck in the Pacific Rim region in the early stage, but the risk anywhere on the earth is also very high, and a big monster may usher in at any time.

However, the evidence of alien invasion is not 100% sufficient, so some people still don't believe it, but it does not prevent capable countries from starting to pay attention to the earth's orbit and outer space.

After all, "compounds that do not exist on the earth" and "silicon-based life" are very illustrative.

And this kind of news can be announced to the outside world. When people all over the world heard that good guy, it turned out to be an alien invasion? !
As for the first two possibilities, what are those?
Or the drama of alien invasion is more exciting.

After all, when it comes to the issue of alien invasion, it also proves that human civilization has finally come into contact with alien civilization, and the earth is about to enter a new stage.

No matter how it sounds, it is much taller than nature's revenge or biological mutation.

As for the establishment of the "Pacific Rim Joint Defense Force" on the basis of the "Monster Early Warning System", it can be regarded as a normal operation. The monsters are getting more and more fierce, and the frequency of attacks is getting faster and faster. Humans must find a way to deal with this aspect. question.

Now that the "Pacific Rim Joint Defense Force" has been established, there must be suitable weapons, right?

There are, and there are several models. They are not as uncertain as the previous questions, but they are really going to be done, and the design drawings and physical parts have come out.

Biological toxins are unreliable at first glance. The monster is originally a collection of highly toxic substances.

Simple and rough freezing or burning "magic missiles" sounds interesting.

Giant battle mech... what the hell, awesome!

Immediately afterwards, Zhou Shu's name was known to people all over the world.

Such a young and handsome guy turned out to be the chief designer of mankind's first giant battle mech. Good guy, how talented is this? !
Anyway, Zhou Shu is famous, and even the CG picture of the first giant battle mech of human beings has been spread all over the world.

This made Meidi... very upset!

It stands to reason that human beings should cooperate with each other when a disaster is imminent, but...there is no disaster yet, only a few cities have been destroyed, and there are more human cities.

And during the meeting, Huaxia said that it would contribute to the Mecha Project for the sake of all mankind.

Isn't it just mecha technology? It doesn't matter if you don't want it, I, the US emperor, also has a mecha plan, and inspired by Zhou Shu, the progress is not necessarily slower than Zhou Shu himself!
Humanity's first giant battle mech may not necessarily be born in someone's hands!
"Are you right, Mr. Gaspar-Sheffield?"

The high-level U.S. emperor asked Gaspar with a smile.

Although the executive was smiling, Gasper always felt that he was being targeted by a hungry wolf.

"This, this, our mecha plan is actually very imperfect, and in terms of funds..."

Gaspar wanted to shirk it. After all, the timetable mentioned by the senior executive was too outrageous and impossible to achieve. But before he finished speaking, the senior executive said: "The funds are sufficient, and you can do whatever you want." . Maybe to make it clearer, you know about the Apollo program, right?"

"know."

"Very well, as long as you nod, you can host this human's first giant mecha project that is equivalent to the Apollo project."

Gaspar opened his mouth instantly.

The Apollo program lasted about 11 years and cost 255 billion U.S. dollars, accounting for about 0.57% of the U.S. GDP and about 20% of the U.S. government’s total scientific and technological research and development expenditures.

At the peak of the project, 2 companies, more than 200 universities and more than 80 scientific research institutions participated in the project, with a total number of more than 30 people!

He can actually participate in... no, direct such a project plan!
And it seems more exaggerated.

According to the plan of the high-level US imperialists, the title of "the first time in human beings" must be obtained, so in just a few months, the investment of funds, resources, and manpower is absolutely massive!

Thinking of this, Gaspar's face instantly turned red, and his breathing became heavy.

He will definitely be able to build the mecha, and even if it goes according to the previous plan, it will not take more than half a year, but the Storm Crimson can be built in only two months, and the time is basically...

"Mr. Gaspar Sheffield, can I just ask you a word?"

Seeing that Gaspar was still hesitating, the man said sarcastically, "Mr. Gaspar Sheffield, according to our investigation, you seem to have serious tax problems."

"what!"

Gaspar was immediately shocked when he heard this, and quickly said: "Yes, yes, as long as all parties cooperate well, I can definitely build a giant combat mecha before China!"

"Very well, Mr. Gaspar, you made the right choice!"

"That's it," the man stood up and stretched out his hand and said, "Someone will contact you later. Mr. President is waiting for your good news. Don't let him down."

"Yes Yes."

Gaspar bent down and held the man's hand tightly.

After the man left, Gaspar straightened up and looked in the direction the man left. He knew whether he was alive or dead, and it was just this time.

Then, just as the person said, a special person came to contact him. In just two days, the first batch of 20 billion US dollars was received. All departments that could use it sent responsible persons to report to him, responsible for the production of parts. The manufacturers also sent representatives.

As long as he gave an order, these people would immediately get busy, which made him feel an unprecedented mental tremor!
His whole body was numb, and he felt that he was about to ascend to heaven.

That's the feeling he wanted.

But let's not be busy with other things, he has to modify his mecha design first.

With Zhou Shu's jewels in front, the modification went very smoothly. Of course, the color must not be red, but blue.

Soon, they built a whole huge mechanical arm, and he and Catherine frantically experimented with themselves and won the first record of the United States.

With Zhou Shu's jewels in front, he already knows what is safe, and many things don't need to be tested, and the quick construction is over, until he surpasses Zhou Shu to become the world's number one.

Now he is lagging behind. If he wants to become the world's number one, he will definitely have to take a dangerous path. Moreover, Zhou Shu only announced the possibility of humans controlling mechas, but did not say that multiple people are needed. It was just that he omitted a lot of steps to create the general structure. And the cockpit, when it was time to test with a real person, he suddenly stopped going by himself and started looking for the driver.

He thought of Styke, the future general.

Styker has no confidence in semi-finished products, so he will not do it himself, so he recruited a group of military personnel who are not afraid of death to participate in the test, and the evaluation criteria are three major indexes of body, psychology and spirit.

Gaspar and Catherine handpicked one of the top officers: Lieutenant Sergio D'Onofrio.

As a result, gossip came out during the test. When Catherine bridged the driver, she found that Sergio's dopamine index soared through computer data.

At first she thought that this handsome guy was forced to participate in the experiment, but when she asked, something went wrong. It turned out that Sergio had a crush on her.

Good guy, Catherine was like: “???” on the spot.

At this point, she and Gaspar were short of getting their permits, so they felt overwhelmed.

As a result, because of this, the character’s preliminary test failed. Sergio temporarily failed to meet the requirements, and another alternate member, Air Force Captain Casey Adam, took his place in the test.

Unexpectedly, Sergio saved his own life because of the beauty.

Casey-Adam had an accident at the first experiment on the machine. Under the visit of the senior leaders of the United States, the information processing data of the mech operation was transmitted to Casey's brain and surpassed his neural load, resulting in a mental breakdown. Runaway, Casey died.

This test allowed them to discover that one person cannot drive the mecha at all, and one person can only activate one arm. In order to prevent the mecha from paralysis, at least two people can drive it.

If the US emperor hadn't always wanted to win No. 1, such a major accident would be enough to stop the plan, but some people still have strong opinions on this.

Seeing that his hard work might be in vain, all the staff including Gaspar and Stike are trying their best to save the plan.

At this time, Catherine was more concerned about Sergio, because the latter blamed himself for the death of her companion and asked to continue to operate on the machine. She could only try her best to comfort Sergio and let him postpone the next experiment.

On the other hand, Gaspar was a bit eager for quick success and came up with a lot of ideas, but they were all "save opportunities but not people" because he knew that the plan could not be stopped. Once it was stopped, the plan would really be over.

When the plan was over, he had to be over too.

But Catherine holds the opposite view. She believes that human life is more precious than machines, and even if the plan is terminated, the safety of the driver must be ensured.

To this end, the couple scientists had a rift.

Or it could be said that Gaspar's marriage would fail. He was focused on himself and the mecha, and all his thoughts were on the mecha, but he didn't notice that his old friend had already become one with Sergio.

Sergio's second experiment still didn't work out. Seeing that this handsome guy's nervous system couldn't bear the pressure, Catherine also went to the machine to experiment in desperation!

At this time, she and Sergio have been polishing for many days, and they have already hit it off in their subconscious minds.

On the test stand, they shared memories with each other. Catherine saw Sergio's dreams and emotions for herself, and Sergio also read Catherine's heart, making the wavelength and synchronization rate of their brain consciousness highly consistent. .

Catherine was overjoyed, but also felt guilty about Gaspar, so she confessed all this to her old friend.

Gaspar: "???"

At first, Gaspar was quite jealous, and he had several quarrels with Catherine about this. During this time, Gaspar seemed to have returned to his original drinking and depression days.

Maybe it was turning grief and anger into strength, maybe it was because he loved his career and not beauty, he began to devote all his energy to perfecting the mecha.

Seeing Catherine and Sergio experimenting on the machine again and again, the synchronization rate becoming more and more stable every time, and the mecha he made was still on board. He also understood that Catherine no longer had him in her heart, and then let the two of them develop freely.

Forget it, since you can't get it, you can only forgive her.

At least his mecha is almost finished, and he is expected to be number one in the world.

According to the information he got before, his progress is already faster than that of Zhou Shu, because he heard that Zhou Shu is still studying the problem of driving a mecha by himself.

(End of this chapter)