Technology is not for sale, given for free? That won't do either! (Seeking follow-up reading)

In the highly concealed room of Great Xia Academy of Sciences.

Looking at the contents of the email before them, the two were instantly stunned.

"Hiss, what's the name of their organization?" Zheng Lixing asked, his face full of disbelief.

"Great Wall Watchers, does that mean they are Great Xia's shield?" Zhang Yuli was equally shocked by the organization's name.

The Great Wall, an important defense line for Great Xia since ancient times, was the last line of defense against foreign enemies in antiquity.

This organization is named 'Great Wall Watchers', which means they are currently deep behind Eagle Country's lines, constantly serving as Great Xia's first and last line of defense.

Zheng Lixing's brows were knitted together: "What kind of organization would call itself by such a name?"

"How long have they existed? And why would they appear in Eagle Country?"

He thought that understanding the name of this mysterious organization would reduce his doubts significantly.

Unexpectedly, after learning they were called 'Great Wall Watchers', even more intriguing questions arose, yet no answers could be found.

The meaning was too straightforward, so much so that the name alone made them both feel a surge of power coursing through their bodies.

"I feel like this organization has definitely existed for more than a few decades."

Zhang Yuli frowned, beginning to analyze step by step: "Currently, the entire Great Wall is located within Great Xia's heartland, serving more as a totem symbol rather than a defensive line."

The closest Great Wall pass to Yanjing is only tens of kilometers away, and the area thousands of kilometers beyond that is all within Great Xia's territory.

If they had existed in recent decades, they would never have used 'Great Wall Watchers' as their organization's name, because if even the Great Wall fell, it would almost mean Great Xia was on the verge of a war of national extinction.

"Unless this mysterious organization has existed for a much longer time?" Zheng Lixing's eyes lit up: "That fits!"

This would also explain why this organization had never been found in any classified documents recorded by Great Xia.

It was entirely because it had existed for much longer than the founding of the nation, and had been hiding in places like Eagle Country, silently accumulating strength.

Only now, feeling that the time was ripe, did they risk transferring this important information to Great Xia.

Meanwhile, Lu Ze, seeing no reply to this email for a long time.

'It seems Great Xia Academy of Sciences can't digest this news immediately.' He chuckled, unable to help himself.

It made sense. If he had just given them a name like 'Mysterious Power' or something similar, perhaps they wouldn't have reacted so strongly.

But it was a name like 'Great Wall Watchers', with such a special Great Xia flavor, that it would be strange if Great Xia Academy of Sciences could remain calm.

After thinking carefully, he quickly typed a line.

'Our organization has another technology to submit to you, but this time it's just a very ordinary technology.'

'Please reply immediately upon receipt.'

Lu Ze suddenly remembered the complete set of small drone technology he had obtained from the lottery yesterday.

Although compared to the F-22 fighter jet and others before, this technology was somewhat insignificant.

The technology was advanced, but only slightly.

Several companies in Great Xia were currently researching this, and it was estimated that mature industrial products would be released in about two years.

Over at Great Xia Academy of Sciences.

When the two heard the email notification sound, they were instantly jolted awake.

[We have received it. May we ask what kind of technology it is this time? How much compensation do we need to provide?]

Zhang Yuli was startled and immediately replied, afraid that they would suddenly go offline.

"I don't know, what outrageous technology will they submit this time?" Zheng Lixing narrowed his eyes slightly.

As for the mention of "ordinary technology," he didn't take it to heart at all.

This was technology submitted by a mysterious organization; how could it be ordinary? Last time they said the Boeing 777 was ordinary technology.

The reply this time didn't come for a long time, as if they were preparing something.

After waiting for a while, a notification sound echoed through the room, and a new email appeared in the mailbox backend.

Similarly, it was a pile of densely packed compressed files.

[Complete set of small drone technology design blueprints.]

[Drone flight control system]

[Drone rotor motor chip management]

[Drone safety ultrasonic system...]

[Non-GPS navigation automatic recognition and positioning hover system]

"This time they sent drone technology?"

Zhang Yuli frowned: "And it's a complete set of small drone technology?"

After a very brief glance at the technical overview.

"This technology doesn't have much use for us currently?" Zheng Lixing, stroking his grayish beard, was very confused.

This technology, at the moment, didn't seem to have much utility.

After all, Great Xia's drone technology, with decades of development, was already quite advanced. In fact, in terms of reconnaissance drones, they were beginning to surpass Eagle Country, and it was only a matter of years before they would create reconnaissance drones superior to that 'Global Hawk'.

What's more, this drone technology had a flight altitude of over a thousand meters and a flight endurance of only twenty minutes.

It seemed more suited for civilian applications rather than military reconnaissance and the like.

"It's not very useful, and this technology is more advanced than our current small drone technology,"

Zhang Yuli thought carefully before replying.

[We are very interested in this technology. How much compensation does your organization require for it?]

Who knew if this type of small drone would have great application value once truly developed?

Having more skills never hurt. Was Great Xia lacking in this small amount of compensation?

Even if it was just to maintain goodwill with the mysterious organization, they had to show interest, even if they weren't genuinely interested.

However, the reply from the other side exceeded both their expectations.

[As we said before, this technology is very ordinary, so this time we won't charge anything. Consider it a gift to Great Xia.]

But.

"How can we not pay? Since they are giving us a gift,"

Zhang Yuli shook his head. "According to our etiquette, we must give them a return gift."

Even if it was given away for free, Great Xia absolutely could not accept it.

This further solidified his previous guess.

This organization, 'Great Wall Watchers', must have had a long and close relationship with Great Xia in the past.

Zhang Yuli decisively typed a line of text.

[Great Xia has always believed in fair trade; there is no such thing as a free gift. This drone technology can be exchanged for any 'compensation'.]

[Whether you need money or resources, as long as it doesn't cross Great Xia's bottom line, we can satisfy your needs.]

The Great Wall Watchers organization had to accept compensation for this technology, whether they wanted to or not.

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The link is in the author's notes.