Chapter 280: More Things to Do

"Whew, they're finally gone. So, how's the situation at the base now? Do I need to start working immediately?"

Watching the helicopter take off on the surveillance equipment, Gentiane breathed a sigh of relief.

Finally, she didn't have to face SPAS-12's hungry gaze anymore. If she let these guys stay at her base and have a meal, she felt they could eat up her entire month's food ration in one go.

"Uh, the situation at the base is okay for now. But because this base was only recently put into use, besides the dormitories and the Tactical Control Centre, some other buildings haven't been activated yet."

After all, they needed to conserve electricity.

The reserves of other supplies were also limited, such as the food rations for the T-Dolls... which were actually just regular military rations. She herself ate them too, not only to save money but also to save time cooking.

In short, this base had just been put into use, and everything had to start from scratch. Not only were there no strong T-Dolls stationed here, but the supplies were also not abundant.

Fortunately, the commanders of several nearby jurisdictions in the S09 area were experienced. They were currently keeping the Sangvis Ferri forces tightly outside, so there shouldn't be any problems here in the S09 area for the time being, giving Gentiane time to adapt and develop.

"So? Do I need to start up the equipment that hasn't been activated yet?" Gentiane furrowed her brow in suspicion at Kalina's somewhat evasive answer and asked deliberately.

"No, no, those are not needed for now. Commander, would you like to try using the Tactical Command system?" Kalina quickly waved her hands. The base's power supply wasn't sufficient enough already, let alone activating a bunch of unnecessary equipment... that would just be adding insult to injury...

"The Tactical Command system?" Hearing this, Gentiane first tilted her head in doubt, but then she remembered the part about commanding operations mentioned in her induction training.

The difference between Griffin and other security contractors was that Griffin could use the Tactical Command System to remotely issue orders to their Dolls.

It not only improved the combat efficiency of the Tactical Dolls but also ensured the commander's personal safety, killing two birds with one stone. Other security contractors had also thought about this, but they didn't have the technology and equipment to transmit information.

The only ones with the technology were probably IOP and 16Lab, which developed the Weapon Imprinting System. Unfortunately, these two bigshots were currently partners with Griffin. Even if other security contractors wanted to learn this, they simply wouldn't be able to.

"Alright... trying it out won't hurt." Thinking that she would probably have to sit in this Tactical Command Center in the future to command her Dolls in battle, Gentiane clicked her tongue, feeling somewhat bitter.

After all, just yesterday she was fighting side by side with several T-Dolls in Renault's training simulator.

But today, she was about to become a full-fledged office worker. The inexplicable contrast was a bit too much.

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"Commander, speaking of which, it's possible to encounter Sangvis's androids in this area, right?" BM59 looked at the map on Renault's phone, somewhat worried as she glanced at the red areas marked on the map.

Although Griffin's operational map also marked the range of polluted zones, it was just indicated with a few numbers and letters.

These large red areas actually referred to the actual control range of Sangvis Ferri Manufacturing. In these red areas, it was possible to encounter Sangvis's combat units at any time.

And right now, their helicopter was only a few hundred meters away from the red areas on the map.

What if they encountered Sangvis's forces when they went down to move the goods?

It's not that they were worried about being unable to defeat them, but they felt... Renault's previous relationship with Sangvis should be somewhat manageable. If they suddenly encountered them, should they just start fighting right away? Or should they try to negotiate? Or follow some procedure?

"Yeah, maybe, but don't think too much about it. If they attack us, we'll fight back. After that, we'll figure out what to do."

There's not much to say about this. He couldn't just greet Sangvis's forces with a smile because of his relationship with Scarecrow, right?

Whether the relationship was good or bad was something to consider after the fight. When a situation arises, just eliminate all the enemies first.

According to the information obtained from Griffin's S09 jurisdiction base, SPAS-12 and Simonov had landed their helicopter in an industrial area.

Although there might not be materials directly usable in the warehouses here, even small gains were worthwhile. Nowadays, it's not easy to obtain large quantities of metal materials.

Even if Renault was able to pass the scrutiny of the Statesec, he estimated that it wouldn't work. Even if Angelia helped internally within Statesec, there were many departments within it, and Angelia obviously couldn't interfere in matters related to business.

Unless Renault directly revealed his plans.

But if he did, next time it wouldn't be people from the Statesec who came, but the military would come and raise his family's place to the ground.

This industrial area looked a bit messy, with the doors of each factory warehouse wide open, and various debris scattered on the ground. Apparently, when the humans who worked here left, they didn't bother to clean up properly.

After hearing that Sangvis's Dolls were coming, people here fled from this very dangerous "war zone."

The things left behind here didn't seem scarce at all. It was completely different from what Helian had said about evacuating peacefully. Instead, it looked more like they were fleeing for their lives.

The things left behind in the large factory warehouses could easily fill two helicopters, and it seemed impossible to take everything away from here in one trip. If necessary, they might have to make several trips.

Moreover, even though the payload capacity of the two helicopters was about thirty tons each, right now, there were still several tons of heavy fuel on the helicopters. And the materials in this large factory area were far more than thirty tons.

If they relied on helicopters to transport back and forth, where would they end up? Just the consumption of aviation fuel was enough to bankrupt Renault.

With so many factories and warehouses, each warehouse probably held hundreds or even thousands of tons of materials. Only someone with a screw loose in their head would think of using helicopters to move everything back home!

It was a mistake, if he had known it would be like this, he would have just piloted a helicopter over here to check out the situation. For transportation like this, he really needed those heavy-duty trucks back home.

Looks like he can't fly back with the materials this time. First, he needs to check the road conditions here, find a route that can ensure the trucks can pass, and then go back and overhaul all the trucks at home.

Tsk! More and more things to do!