Afterwards, the two fell into a long silence. They only buried their heads in drinking wine until they were somewhat drunk before falling asleep on the sofa. When the two of them woke up again, it was already more than ten hours later. Tie Zha first went back to his bedroom to take a shower, changed his clothes, put on his big sunglasses, and patrolled the city walls to check on his post-war work.

Not far away in the Gobi Desert, there were a few large holes dug, and there was a blazing fire. The charred smell came with the wind, and the corpses all over the ground were faintly visible. It was a completely desolate scene.

It was 3:00 a.m. Silver City Time, Dr3716-12-20. It was 21:00 a.m. Satt time. The sky was still dark, and the temperature was very low. It was close to minus 30 degrees Celsius. He put on a fur coat and stared blankly at the fire.

“You’re up?” Suddenly, Zhao Wenke’s voice came from behind him.

“Yes.” Tie Zha did not turn around and only replied.

“We’re trying to finish cleaning up the corpses before dawn.” Zhao Wenke walked forward and stood side by side with Tie Zha. After the insect tide retreated, he did not immediately go back to rest. Instead, he injected himself with stimulants to stay awake and arranged for logistical personnel who did not participate in the battle to deal with the scene. Because there were too many corpses, if they were delayed until daytime, when the temperature rose, the stench would be unbearable.

Apart from the original logistical staff, he also called in the miners who had come here to take refuge and used a cart to transport the corpses outside the fortress. The corpses of humans were lined up in rows, and the corpses of insects were leveled off the spoils of war, thrown into the large pits dug, poured with fuel, and burned on the spot. When Tie Zha walked up the wall, he hadn’t slept for more than 30 hours.

“Aren’t you going to rest for a while?” Tie Zha asked.

“It’s fine. I have received professional training. It doesn’t matter if I don’t sleep for a week.” Zhao Wenke said.

“Yes.” Tie Zha simply nodded. He was not a mother-in-law. It was already very rare for him to be able to care about others.

“Right …” After a moment of silence, Zhao Wenke suddenly said, “Recruit more ordinary warriors in the future, don’t use all of them.”

“Why?” Tie Zha was puzzled. Compared to ordinary humans, bug transformers were somewhat difficult to manage, but their strength was much higher. If they wore mechanical power armor, their combat strength would increase by leaps and bounds, no weaker than low-level psionic warriors.

“These insecticides have been injected with Jack for a long time. Their brain tissues are seriously damaged and they cannot be resurrected by mechanical modification after death.” Zhao Wenke said.

The merchants and mercenaries in the Silver City world, ranging from large corporations to cross-planar legions to small individual vendors and gangs, all liked to use reformers. The Lin Clan of Sand City, the Blackstone Mercenary Group, the Chamber of Commerce of Luoyan Town, the Chamber of Commerce of Iceland, the Old Blind of Sand Wind Castle, the Red Scorpion Legion, and the Azure Bee Mobile Corps were the same.

Why do they prefer to change people? Actually, the reason was very simple. After the production of mechanical power armor was banned, the only thing they could hire with money was the mechanical modifier.

Under normal circumstances, outstanding psionic practitioners would choose to join the Temple or Notre Dame, or become subordinate nobles of a great noble or territory noble. If they were not elected, they would go to the World Council to earn a noble title and receive a living allowance no matter how bad it was. Unless someone can give them enough money, they will give up their allowances and titles. But this is “enough”, at least five times the world parliamentary allowance, because money cannot be exchanged for social status and glory.

However, spending five times the price was clearly not worth it, so it was better to hire a few more reformers. Although they were far inferior to the psionic warriors wearing power armor, they were countless times stronger than ordinary human soldiers and most low-level worm transformers. Not only did they possess steel bodies, they could also change parts. As long as they weren’t hit, it wouldn’t take them a few days to be completely intact.

There is another point. Maintenance is cheaper than medical care. Whether it was money or time, the cost of nurturing a doctor was several times greater than that of a mechanic.

However, not everyone is suitable for transformation. Body functions are one aspect, and the constraints are the other.

There is a saying in the industry: “Without a family and obsession with the transformation of people, like a wild horse out of control, useless.”

After a person dies, he takes out his brain and spine and makes it into a transformed person. He loses his desire to be a human.

No libido, no appetite, no taste of living, the only pleasure is to add Jack to the nutrient solution, but it can damage brain tissue and slow it down. So unless they have a family, or some other obsession, they can survive and work for the organization.

Those with families usually have to earn money to support their families and take care of their wives and children. Those with obsession, such as revenge, such as vanity, or simply not wanting to die. All in all, it was the meaning of their living to earn money.

This was also the reason why Lena and Mu Yuqinxin would rather die like this than transform him into a human being when Tie Zha was injured.

To be alive like this, it would be better to die.

Following that, Zhao Wenke analyzed that mechanical power armor was always a forbidden item, and if used in large quantities, it would easily arouse suspicions.

“How about the price?” Tie Zha asked. Although he had killed many reformers, he did not understand the industry at all.

‘”Depending on the specific model, the most advanced technology is the biochemical transformation of the Abyss Devils. The body of a semi-mechanical and semi-abyss devils organization is said to be capable of reaching Platinum or even Diamond rank. However, the cost is extremely high. Furthermore, it requires the Abyss Devils’ body tissue. There is no market for it.” Zhao Wenke tightened his clothes. ‘”As for ordinary-level reformers, their combat strength is roughly between the Intermediate Black Iron Realm and the Beginner Silver Realm. Specifically, it depends on the reformers’ combat skills and neural reaction speed. In fact …” He paused for a moment before adding, “It’s just that the one-time cost is relatively high, the follow-up maintenance cost is very low, and the hiring fee is about the same as an ordinary human warrior’s.”

“Sounds pretty good.” Tie Zha was quickly moved by Zhao Wenke’s words. He had fought with the reformers many times. Although he was able to deal with them easily every time, he knew that he was bullying the reformers and was slow to react. Every time, he relied on sneak attacks, surprise attacks, and unprepared attacks. He used lightning to kill the reformers.

However, even if he were to put on a Wilderness Knight with his current strength, it would be difficult for him to deal with a dozen of them at the same time.

“After we settle down here, let’s go to the Modifier’s Hospital in Sand Wind Castle. I happen to have an old classmate who is in charge of the technical department there.” Zhao Wenke hesitated for a moment before continuing, “Although I really don’t want to say that, this is indeed a good time to buy and transform people, because after the insect tide, the most common thing in Windsand Castle is the corpses.”

Under normal circumstances, the manufacturer would provide the resume of the reformers. All they needed to do was to negotiate with the parties, sign a contract, and pay the renovation fee before they could take it away. However, the reformers were not slaves, but free commoners. Therefore, buying reformers who had no friendship with each other would be risky.

If the other party defaulted, he could only shout for loss. In the Silver City world, if a reformed person violated the law, they would also need to be dealt with through the courts. It was not uncommon for reformers to cheat when they were bought. It had to be said that the situation of transforming humans was much better than that of insecticides.

Therefore, in most cases, it is to understand the person before death, and have a certain emotional basis, will be invested in transformation. Moreover, not everyone was willing to be transformed into a ghost-free person. After waking up, they swallowed their guns and killed themselves. There were a lot of people present. However, this was not the most troublesome thing. The most troublesome thing was those who hesitated at the beginning, lived for a period of time, felt that it was meaningless, and then gave up.

Buyers often lose money and don’t even have a place to cry. The only hope is that when they commit suicide, their bodies will not be greatly damaged, so that they can recover some of their losses.

After that, the two of them chatted about some trivial matters. Only when Lilith came to look for Tie Zha did Zhao Wenke continue to be busy.

At this moment, Lilith was wearing a dark green military cloak, her face flushed with cold. The temperature in Desert Five was very low at night, and it could reach minus 45 degrees when it was coldest. Therefore, a large amount of clothing was stored in the stronghold to protect against the cold for a rainy day.

The style and texture of this military cloak are very old, made of cotton, thick and heavy. Although it was not as light as a bird feather stuffed “spacesuit,” it was more comfortable to the touch and cheaper, and was widely used by the army before the ancient nuclear war.

Hagrid was very fond of this cloak, saying that it could be worn and used as a quilt, so everyone sent it, including Tie Zha. As a result, every night, teams of patrolling soldiers dressed like Far East dumplings could be seen walking around the city walls.

“Boss, the results of the battle damage are out.” Lilith said as she held a few printout sheets.

“Yes.” Tie Zha nodded and signaled for her to continue.

“The Crimson Peak Guards lost 293 combatants, of whom 218 died, 75 were seriously injured, and 961 were lightly injured.”

“One member of the wild boar group was reduced, three were lightly injured, six were lightly injured in the Sand Fox group, none in the Nightingale group, and none in the maintenance group.”

“The logistics brigade lost 97 men, 55 of whom were killed, 42 seriously injured and 231 lightly injured.”

“There are more than 2,400 asylum miners, and one fifth of them have been killed or injured.”

“All kinds of business personnel …”

It took Lilith about ten minutes to finish reading the information.

“It’s been hard.” Tie Zha turned around and looked into Lilith’s eyes.

‘”No … it’s not hard …” Lilith couldn’t help but take half a step back when she felt her heart palpitate from being stared at by him.

“What’s the matter?” Seeing this, Tie Zha suddenly grinned. The smile was so bad that she looked at Lilith in panic.

“Don’t … don’t come over, I … I won’t accompany/sleep …” Lilith blurted out subconsciously in panic.

“When did I ask you to sleep with me?” Tie Zha’s expression darkened as he frowned. His tone was incomparably solemn, and he assumed the posture of a superior.

“Then … then what are you laughing at?” Lilith said timidly.

“Can’t I laugh?” Tie Zha asked seriously.

Perhaps it was because he made too much sense that Lilith lowered her head and didn’t dare to look him in the eye. After a while, she said, “Wuwu … boss, Lilith was wrong …”

Tie Zha snorted coldly and looked at the flames not far away.