Chapter 480: The Lion Makes a Big Demand!

"What kind of commission?" Renault raised an eyebrow upon hearing the voice on the phone.

Since leaving the city and starting to build the spaceship in the Red Zone, this was the first commission that had come to him directly, not counting the ones from Helianthus and Angelia.

"To retrieve some important equipment and data from the Red Zone. If you're interested, we'll send over the specific commission details now." Geralt couldn't help but smile when he noticed Renault's lack of pleasantries and straightforwardness.

This guy was indeed as the intelligence described, a decisive and efficient person. Compared to those who beat around the bush for various reasons, he preferred to work with someone with both ability and decisiveness.

Of course, he wasn't afraid that Renault would refuse their commission. Although he was just a small field agent, he still had some say in this matter, and besides, Universal Anything had plenty of money.

Hiring a small security contractor was definitely not a problem!

"Send it over, I'll take a look." Geralt almost burst out laughing when he heard Renault's response.

He waved to his assistant to send the mission information. Geralt could already imagine himself completing the task assigned by headquarters, getting his bonus, and taking a vacation afterward.

Renault quickly received the data sent by Geralt. However, when he saw the location, he furrowed his brows.

Siberia? Near Lake Baikal? What's going on? Isn't that place heavily polluted? It's already at the edge of the Black Zone.

But as he read through the information, Renault nodded in understanding.

It was clear from the details that a Universal Anything cargo plane bound for the Far East had crashed over Siberia. The plane was carrying some Doll models made by Universal Anything, and most importantly, a storage device containing vital data.

The main item they were looking for this time was that storage device, which was locked inside a cargo container carrying the Doll models. Some of the models in the container were also quite valuable.

Before the transport, the container was locked by higher-ups. To open it, a living person was needed for data authentication.

The task itself wasn't difficult, but the tricky part was the authentication that required removing the protective equipment from one's head in the Black Zone...

This was a suicidal task that no security contractor or mercenary would willingly take, even if an outrageous commission fee was offered.

Of course, mercenaries had taken on suicidal tasks before. As long as the price was right, they would accept almost any mission. However, contracting ELID was non-negotiable.

While ELID was not incurable, the chances of recovery were slim, and it required the patient to be only mildly affected. If one removed their helmet in a heavily polluted area, they would undoubtedly become severely infected. In Black Zones, it's as good as being killed outright.

Then they would watch helplessly as their body deteriorated, lingering between life and death... No one wanted to experience such a hellish scenario firsthand.

Because of this, when Geralt recruited personnel earlier, it led to a confrontation between two mercenary groups.

As for forcibly opening the cargo container, some had considered it, but the container used to transport advanced dolls and vital data by Universal Anything was certainly not ordinary

Unless the mercenaries found a large-scale cutting device and blatantly transported it inside...

But if they had that capability, they might as well just take the whole container.

But that was impossible because the military didn't allow it. The main regions were all under lockdown, and even sneaking in a small group of personnel was already pushing it.

Wanting to openly transport heavy-duty transport vehicles to haul things out?

Forget about it, it was simply impossible.

While Geralt patiently waited for Renault to review the documents, Renault also roughly understood the specifics of the commission.

In a sense, there wasn't much difficulty for him. Whether it was personally retrieving the storage medium or bringing back the entire cargo container, it wasn't difficult for him with a spaceship.

However, the commission still needed to be prioritized, and the situation on the Griffin side was more urgent.

He had to wait until he resolved the matter with Helianthus before coming to handle this commission.

Of course, it wouldn't take long, as Griffin's side might be done in a few hours.

"This seems fine. As long as the information you provide is accurate, let's discuss the issue of compensation now." Renault put the phone back to his ear and spoke calmly.

"Is it really okay!? The compensation will definitely satisfy you! Universal Anything service will never default on the commission fee!" Geralt was overjoyed to hear Renault's words and exchanged a glance with his assistant.

"Satisfy? I need a legitimate commercial transport license, along with two hundred tons of doll nanomaterials, and corresponding sets of doll bionic components, five hundred sets in total. Also, two tons of core mental materials. Oh, and the disinfectant materials needed for this commission should also be provided by you."

Geralt, who was smiling uncontrollably, suddenly stiffened.

A commercial transport license was nothing to Universal, but two hundred tons of nanomaterials might be a bit difficult to handle.

However, Universal Anything could produce these materials themselves, so although the quantity was large, it wasn't impossible to agree to.

As for doll bionic components... that was...

Geralt felt a bit awkward.

Five hundred sets was too many. The most expensive part of a doll was not the neural core or the skeletal structure in the doll body, but the bionic components used to simulate humans were the key to increasing the price of dolls.

With his authority, it was a bit difficult to allocate such a batch of parts within the company... Of course, it was just a bit difficult.

Gritting his teeth, he could find a way to involve a few more dolls, and it could be done.

But two tons of neural core materials... that was a bit too much to ask, wasn't it?

Two tons! That was two tons of core neural materials!

The materials needed to manufacture a doll's neural core were usually about one hundred to two hundred grams per doll.

Some custom-made doll neural cores could weigh up to half a kilogram.

But not everyone would customize dolls.

Most doll neural cores were just a tiny bit!