With Fang Tianhe as their representative, they quickly contacted the supervisor in charge of missions at the rcenary Guild. Then, the mbers of the Heaven-Sundering rcenary Corps ranked captain and above were invited into a conference room.
"I’ve long heard of the Heaven-Sundering rcenary Corps’ fa. It’s a true honor to finally et you all today," the supervisor, a man in his forties with a good deal of white hair, said with a fawning smile.
’He had to be complintary!’ You could tell just by looking at his hair; he had worried it white over the past few years. Originally, as the rcenary Guild got on the right track, his stress had eased considerably.
But yesterday, when the Shelter’s upper echelons released their construction plans, the pressure on him instantly more than tripled.
He barely slept at all last night, because these new missions were truly a bit beyond the capabilities of their rcenary Guild.
More importantly, the rcenary Guild wasn’t the military. Unless a warti directive was issued from above, they had no authority to force rcenary Corps to accept missions.
He had been preparing to swallow his pride and invite so Third Level rcenary Corps to help, but unexpectedly, before he could even act, the Heaven-Sundering rcenary Corps had co to him.
"Heh! Supervisor Jiang Rui, ti is limited, so let’s not beat around the bush."
"Do you have any missions that are important but difficult to complete? We’re willing to contribute to the Shelter’s developnt." Fang Tianhe glanced at Lin Xinghai before smiling at Jiang Rui.
"Haha! Captain Fang, you’re so direct. You have no idea, these missions from above have been worrying to death."
"I won’t waste any more of your ti. These missions are all extrely important, but so far, no rcenary Corps has been willing to take them." After another complint, as if afraid Fang Tianhe would change his mind, Jiang Rui imdiately activated the projection function on his wrist-mounted computer and displayed a mission list.
There were only eight missions on the list, but none of them were simple. Most required traveling to the central districts of major cities to complete.
The missions to acquire certain critical construction equipnt were perhaps manageable with enough caution; at least the Third Level rcenary Corps could potentially complete them.
However, so missions specified clearing out the Zombies in a certain area of a city center. This was no ordinary task. Killing Zombies on a large scale in a city center had a high probability of triggering a Zombie tide.
Looking at these missions, Fang Tianhe’s heart pounded in his chest. If Lin Xinghai weren’t here, he probably would have turned around and left. Under normal circumstances, for a Second Level rcenary Corps to dare touch these missions was basically a suicide run.
As for now, he stole a glance at Lin Xinghai, who was seriously examining each mission, and could only force himself to calm down and wait quietly.
Sitting opposite them, Jiang Rui also watched Lin Xinghai with a nervous expression.
Of course, he knew about the Heaven-Sundering rcenary Corps. Especially after yesterday’s great battle with the Morgan Conglorate, this Second Level rcenary Corps was being hailed as the strongest rcenary Corps.
And this was all because of Lin Xinghai. After the testimony of Song Yao and Qin Wenbo, two Third Level rcenary Corps Leaders, everyone knew that Lin Xinghai was now the strongest rcenary.
At least when piloting a cha, he was unbeatable. His feat of slaying three Blood Qi Realm powerhouses was proof enough.
So Jiang Rui knew that if even Lin Xinghai didn’t dare to accept these missions, then probably no rcenary Corps would.
"Given the current situation, is it very difficult to gather all the necessary resources?" Lin Xinghai suddenly asked.
"Yes!" Although Jiang Rui didn’t quite understand the question, he quickly explained, "Actually, the most urgent shortage right now isn’t construction equipnt, but various high-strength alloys."
"After all, if we want to expand the Shelter 500 ters underground, ordinary tals just won’t be able to support the structure."
"But we’ve been collecting these high-strength alloys for a while now. The high-strength alloys in the nearby cities have already been pretty much picked clean."
Lin Xinghai nodded and pointed to the last mission on the list. "So you’re planning to explore Guanghan City?"
The last mission on the list was indeed a reconnaissance of a certain area in Guanghan City.
However, Guanghan City was different from ordinary cities. Before the apocalypse, it was a genuine first-tier tropolis, with a permanent population approaching the 100 million mark.
In a city like that, even the outskirts had a Zombie density comparable to the center of a normal city.
More importantly, there was an especially high number of Mutated Zombies there. So many that you might run into three or four of them just by circling the outskirts.
Because of this, Guanghan City was practically a forbidden zone for the rcenary Corps of Star Shield Shelter.
But danger and opportunity coexisted.
According to the mission description, the area they were to explore was an Industrial Park for chanical manufacturing before the apocalypse. There would be no shortage of various alloys there, and it was even highly likely to contain all sorts of expensive equipnt.
For Star Shield Shelter, this was an untapped treasure trove.
In response to Lin Xinghai’s question, Jiang Rui had no intention of hiding anything and nodded readily. "That’s right. Reconnaissance is the first step. If we can’t even gather intelligence on the area, then we can forget about developnt."
"Will the military be involved in the follow-up operations?" Lin Xinghai asked the most critical question.
Relying on these rcenary Corps alone would make it impossible to gain a foothold in Guanghan City.
"The military will participate, but out of fear of triggering a terrifying Zombie tide, they won’t send in a large army directly. Instead, they will split into hundred-man squads to go in and clear it out," Jiang Rui said.
Zombies have a very keen sense of sll, and the scent of living humans is quite attractive to them.
However, as long as the number of people is kept under 500, that attraction is limited.
But if the numbers are too large—for example, deploying an army of several thousand people at once—so many people gathered together would create sothing like a chemical reaction, attracting all the Zombies from tens of kiloters around.
Without a doubt, that would turn into a Zombie tide.
And in a place like Guanghan City, if a Zombie tide were triggered and not handled properly, even the army could be wiped out.
Therefore, for Guanghan City, it was best to rely on rcenary Corps for exploration.
"Alright, I’ll take this mission. The rcenary Guild can also start preparing. Once we bring back the intel, you can start posting missions for Guanghan City," Lin Xinghai said, making the final decision.
Jiang Rui was overjoyed, but when he heard Lin Xinghai’s subsequent request, his face turned bitter. "Even if we post missions for Guanghan City, I doubt any rcenary Corps will take them!"
Lin Xinghai just smiled and said slowly, "They will. When you post the missions, tell them that any area explored by our Heaven-Sundering rcenary Corps will be free of Mutated Zombies."
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