149: Perfect cycle

Li Xiao pointed at Yun Dongliu, "Brother Dongliu really understands me."

Xuan Yu asked doubtfully, "Captain, I don't mean to rain on your parade, but you know Weixing City is garrisoned by an armored army group. Relying on just our few dozen blade ifvs probably won't be enough to even whet their appetite."

"That's right, their artillery fire is so intense, human wave tactics probably won't be effective," someone nearby chimed in.

Li Xiao smiled, "Don't be anxious, everyone. I brought it up to tell you that Weixing City is the next target for our Xiaoyao Squad. Although our current strength is like throwing an egg against a rock when facing an armored army group, I don't think it will be long now."

"Everyone knows that no squad has yet been able to take down a second-tier city. Our Xiaoyao Squad must strive to be the first to eat the crab! Because I want to see what Weixing City can provide for us!"

"Captain is right, we can't settle for the status quo; we must expand outward!"

Qin Luming stood up and shouted.

"We will all follow the Captain's arrangements!"

"Captain, assign us the mission!"

The enthusiasm of the members who had received the main force equipment was easily stirred up. Li Xiao smiled, "Now is not the time, but the reconnaissance work must be done beforehand. I'll leave this matter to Brother Dongliu."

"No problem!" Yun Dongliu nodded, "When the time comes, I will draw personnel from all of you, and I hope everyone will cooperate."

"Brother Dongliu, just call whoever you need, we won't hesitate!"

"Right! I love exciting tasks like reconnaissance the most!"

The few senior officers and commanders remained relatively calm, but the squad leaders attending the meeting were as excited as if they had been injected with adrenaline.

Soon, thirty blade ifvs and one hundred and eighty man-portable air-defense missiles were transported back to various cities. These blade ifvs and missiles would be evenly distributed among the squad leaders of each city.

Of course, this did not mean these weapons and equipment became personal property. Liu Nian quickly established a rule: whenever any member of the squad needed support from blade ifvs and anti-aircraft missiles, the squad leaders must unconditionally dispatch them for protection.

Since this was provided privately by Li Xiao and was not a product of the squad's military factory, theoretically, he could no longer control this equipment through squad means.

But this also served to foster trust among the squad members. As long as anyone tried to hoard these weapons and equipment for themselves, only destruction awaited them.

It was already midnight when he returned to the base, but Li Xiao still didn't feel sleepy, so he took the time to visit the military factory.

The military factory was now running almost twenty-four hours a day, producing blade ifvs and matching ammunition.

Entering the main control room of the military factory, he found that Yi Ling hadn't rested yet and was still staring blankly at her laptop.

"Miss Yi, you haven't rested yet?"

Li Xiao walked in, and Yi Ling snapped out of her daze. She patted her small face and smiled slightly, "Sorry, Captain Li, I was just lost in thought. Is there something you need?"

Li Xiao found a chair and sat down, saying, "Nothing much, I just haven't been to the military factory in a long time, so I came to take a look. Why haven't you rested yet?"

"Oh, it's like this..." Yi Ling pointed at the laptop and said, "I've talked a lot with Dr. Mavis over the past two days. He plans to integrate the production between the Mo Jing Laboratory and the military factory."

"That is, using the military factory's equipment production lines to directly produce ink crystal ammunition, while his Mo Jing Laboratory performs ink crystal system modifications on the weapon platforms and vehicles."

"This will lighten the production burden on the Mo Jing Laboratory and increase the output of ink crystal ammunition!"

"That's possible?" Li Xiao asked in surprise.

He had always thought that the buildings in the base could only be upgraded or changed by the system; he didn't expect they could be improved by local technical talent.

"However, this means the production of traditional ammunition will cease; you might need to find another way."

"It's fine, the power of ink crystal ammunition is extremely strong. In the future, our main equipment will be ink crystal weapons. This shouldn't affect production efficiency, right?"

Yi Ling shook her head, "On the contrary, the construction of ink crystal ammunition is easier to produce than ammunition using gunpowder propellants, and the efficiency is higher. The only worry is that your few million ink crystals might not be enough."

"That's good, but the source of ink crystals is indeed a problem. It seems I'll have to find a way."

Li Xiao turned to leave, but he looked back at Yi Ling. The girl's gaze had returned to the computer screen, a strand of bangs covering her pink-white face.

"Miss Yi."

"Ah? Captain Li, is there anything else?" Yi Ling's bright eyes looked at Li Xiao.

"Nothing, get some rest early," Li Xiao smiled.

In the following few days, Li Xiao felt the will of the Tianyu Defense Force to resist the Black Hawk Empire.

The more than one hundred Tianyu Defense Force units that had signed alliance agreements with him frequently clashed with the Black Hawk Empire across three major states, resulting in a daily income of over a million Life points and hundreds of thousands of durability points.

Combined with the income provided by the squad, he was now effectively earning a million Star Coins a day just by lying in the base.

Even more surprisingly, stimulated by Wang Si, who acted as a living advertisement, countless mercenary groups scrambled to find Li Xiao, hoping to increase their life force so as not to fall behind.

Li Xiao was not accepting everyone indiscriminately. First, he flatly rejected those super mercenary groups with backgrounds linked to the Stark Company; secondly, he rejected those with a history of attacking mutants.

Aside from these, there were still a large number of mercenary groups breaking their necks trying to cooperate with Li Xiao.

At this moment, the leaders of these large and small mercenary groups, with thousands or tens of thousands of troops, had turned into walking human-shaped banknotes in his eyes.

He first signed alliance treaties one by one with these mercenary groups spread across multiple states and cities, then let them select elite troops that needed upgrading to come to Wang Si's territory to complete their Life point enhancement.

This way, he saved himself the trouble of running around, and none of these mercenary group bigwigs were reluctant; some had even called back home to order their troops to set off.

The day after the alliance treaties were signed, Li Xiao was dumbfounded; the frequency with which these mercenary groups engaged in combat was simply astonishing.

Turf wars, taking on missions—they were almost always on the path to battle.

The Life Pool income this brought him even far exceeded that of the Tianyu Defense Force.

Thus, a perfect cycle had gradually formed where the Tianyu Defense Force and mercenary groups spent money to buy his Life points, and then they replenished their own Life points through combat.

He immediately turned around and spent the Star Coins he earned daily to purchase blade ifvs and ammunition from Nangong Yan. Nangong Yan was a bit speechless; the agreement he originally signed with Li Xiao was to help him increase vehicle durability and enhance product competitiveness.

Now, Li Xiao had ironically become one of his major clients in the Tian Yu region.

Li Xiao was stockpiling blade ifvs at a rate of ten per day, but according to Yun Dongliu's intelligence and preliminary research plans, they still lacked main assault weapons, such as main battle tanks.