Technological advancement begins with devouring.

In addition to the HR Alliance, representatives from the Soviet Union, the United States, and India also arrived in Jiangnan Base City to meet with Jiang Chen.

Even the EU countries and the two major martial arts schools that did not obtain the "Boxer" technology sent envoys to negotiate with Jiang Chen, hoping to acquire the "Boxer" technology or at least more finished products.

As for the other smaller forces, they couldn't even send out a planetary-level envoy, so Jiang Chen didn't even want to meet them.

The final agreements reached with the various factions were all similar: Jiang Chen would sell the [Boxer] mechs to them for around 25 billion each and provide related after-sales services, while the major factions would pay Jiang Chen with a combination of "treasures and cash".

After reviewing the lists of treasures provided by various factions, Jiang Chen first rejected the treasures offered by India and America.

Neither of the two companies forced the issue; they simply withdrew their treasure lists and opted to purchase the [Boxer] mechs in cash at a price of 30 billion per unit.

As for the other companies, the treasures they offered were quite generous, so Jiang Chen did not make any further changes to the agreement that had already been reached.

Subsequently, Jiang Chen invited representatives from various parties to a meeting. Through negotiations based on the order quantities and estimated production capacity from each party, a distribution and delivery plan that was acceptable to everyone was reached.

According to Jarvis's estimate, the first "boxer" production line will be launched within six months.

If no problems are found after debugging, and assuming sufficient raw material supply, one hundred [Boxer] mechs can be produced per month.

Thirty percent of the funds will be directly handed over to the Chinese military, ten percent will be kept for their own use, and the remaining sixty percent will be divided among the other seven major powers.

However, out of caution, they only placed an order for six months, totaling 360 units, before acquiring the [Boxer] mechs on a large scale and putting them into actual combat.

The four major countries placed the most orders, with each order ranging from fifty to one hundred units.

Secondly, the HR Alliance ordered forty units.

As for the Limitless Martial Arts Academy and the Thunder Martial Arts Academy, they only ordered twenty units each.

This also shows that the five major powers have a higher pursuit of 'battlefield lethality' and do not care where this strength comes from.

The Extreme Martial Arts Academy and the Thunder Martial Arts Academy are less interested in these kinds of technological creations and are more inclined to improve the strength of the martial artists themselves.

However, even the two martial arts schools that were least concerned about external forces did not refuse technological weapons like the [Boxer] in order to fight against monsters.

As for the order of delivery, it was mostly a matter of wrangling among the seven major powers. Jiang Chen didn't get too involved; he simply signed a multilateral agreement after the parties reached a consensus.

With this order secured, a large sum of money was deposited into the corporate account of Jiang Chen's 'Jiang's Industrial Group'.

They received a staggering six trillion yuan in deposits alone.

However, all of this wealth must be used to purchase materials for producing [Boxers]. Although there is a surplus, too much cannot be diverted.

If they really want to expand their mechanized forces on a large scale, they'll have to wait until the orders are delivered and the final payment is received.

Jiang Chen was quite interested in the lists of treasures presented by the major powers. Many of them were valuable items brought from ancient civilization ruins, but unfortunately, he could only obtain them when the orders were delivered.

However, it's just a matter of waiting for a while, and Jiang Chen has plenty of patience.

After the agreement was signed, Jiang Chen handed over the production line preparation to Jarvis, only personally intervening when Jarvis was unable to complete the task independently.

Jiang Chen spent most of his time in the system library.

Jiang Chen was extremely interested in the newly emerging [Alchemy Technology] system.

Comparing the technologies in the drawing library, Jiang Chen chose 'conversion and synthesis' as his first option.

After initial study and research, Jiang Chen discovered that the biggest difference between alchemy technology and traditional technological routes lies in the 'extraordinary power' involved.

Taking the transformation and synthesis of matter as an example, it involves consuming a certain 'extraordinary quality' contained in a material and transforming it into another substance.

Of course, 'extraordinary traits' can also be granted by adding extra materials or by using certain extraordinary powers.

However, in any case, matter transformation can only be achieved if enough 'extraordinary qualities' are consumed.

After a simple experiment, Jiang Chen confirmed that neither the Force nor mental power could directly impart the 'extraordinary qualities' needed in the alchemy process. Instead, they could be extracted from the blood and organs of some monsters.

"No wonder many myths and novels about alchemy require the blood and organs of specific creatures as materials."

A somewhat absurd thought flashed through Jiang Chen's mind.

After spending more than three months, Jiang Chen upgraded the 'Transformation and Synthesis' branch of alchemy to Lv.10 and exchanged for his first blueprint, the Level 1 Energy Stone, which he had been eagerly anticipating.

According to the drawings, this is a mineral with extremely high energy density, which can be converted into a series of common energy sources, including heat and electricity, through very simple means.

Jiang Chen plans to use the [Level 1 Energy Stone] as the energy core for the [Boxer] mecha, and even for other mechanical creations in the future.

After testing, it was found that a single Level 1 Energy Stone was enough to keep the Boxer running at full power for a full day, greatly enhancing the Boxer's sustained combat ability.

Moreover, the modification of the energy supply module is not complicated, and it does not even require much adjustment to the production line, nor does it increase costs by much.

The additional cost of several hundred thousand is negligible compared to the total cost of tens of billions.

However, the process of synthesizing [Level 1 Energy Stone] requires Jiang Chen to continuously guide it with his mental power, and cannot be completed entirely by automation, which means that the output will not be very high.

Considering that other places might need these energy stones in the future, Jiang Chen did not intend to sell them, but kept them all for his own use.

Although the "boxers" sold to other factions also had backdoors, allowing them to take over control at any time if necessary.

However, it is quite common practice for products used internally to differ from those sold externally to others in terms of performance.

After completing the Level 1 Energy Block, Jiang Chen temporarily suspended his research on alchemy and focused more on traditional technologies.

It's not that alchemy technology is weak, but at this stage, it's clear that alchemy technology isn't as helpful to Jiang Chen as traditional technology.

Systems involving supernatural powers tend to become more powerful as the game progresses, while traditional technological paths are strong from the very beginning.

Moreover, Jiang Chen already had a clear plan for Earth and even for the initial stages of entering the space age.

Even if a completely new system emerges within the existing system, it will only supplement this plan, and it is impossible for Jiang Chen to completely change his plans.