Invincible through Touching Corpses

Chapter 303: Sticking with You

Fifteen minutes later, Lin Xinghai walked out of the conference room. Gao Mountain and the others followed behind to see him off.

However, the members of the Mountain and Sea Mercenary Corps were surprised to find that their own leader and several captains seemed a bit dazed.

"Leader, did something happen?" a member asked, a little worried.

"Yes! Something did happen, but it’s good news. Captain Lin has created a new development plan for our Mercenary Corps. He wants us to strive to become a Third Level Mercenary Corps in one or two months," Gao Mountain said. He glanced at everyone’s worried expressions, recalled what Lin Xinghai had said earlier, and decided to announce it on the spot.

There were two effective ways to win the true loyalty of these newly recruited members: either display the Mercenary Corps’s strength or its potential.

Since their Mountain and Sea Mercenary Corps currently lacked strength, they naturally had to show off their potential.

When the members who had gathered around heard Gao Mountain’s words, not many were surprised. Instead, most of them just gave him a strange look.

How should one put it? The news sounded a bit like a pipe dream.

They weren’t "White Pigs," after all. How could they not have some concept of how long it normally takes for a First Level Mercenary Corps to get promoted to a Third Level Mercenary Corps?

Seeing the looks in his members’ eyes, Gao Mountain sighed to himself. He knew this sort of thing couldn’t be rushed, so he immediately changed the subject. "Everyone has worked hard these past few days, and our Mercenary Corps has reaped huge rewards. Next, we will be distributing 320,000 Points as a bonus. Each person should get a bonus of over 6,000 Points."

"Additionally, our four captains—Ling Xiu, Zhang Meiling, Huang Nuo, and Yao Cheng—have all broken their second Genetic Lock and can now pilot Mecha. The Mercenary Corps will be purchasing four new Mechas and applying to become a Second Level Mercenary Corps."

"At that point, including my ’Thick Earth Mecha,’ our Mercenary Corps will have five Mechas. Even among Second Level Mercenary Corps, that will make us a considerably powerful force."

If Gao Mountain’s previous bold proclamation had sounded like a pipe dream, the things he was saying now were about to become reality.

After hearing this, the Mercenary Corps members cheered for the huge amount of Points they were about to receive, but they also felt a sudden sense of shock.

They had only joined a little over ten days ago, and now the Mountain and Sea Mercenary Corps, this newly established First Level Mercenary Corps, was already about to become a Second Level Mercenary Corps?

It was only then that the members realized they seemed to have missed a lot.

For example, everyone knew that Ling Xiu and the other captains were close to breaking their second Genetic Lock. But over the past few days, everyone had either been fighting or seizing every moment to rest, so they hadn’t really paid attention to the captains’ rapid advancement.

Now, in the blink of an eye, their Mountain and Sea Mercenary Corps was about to become a Second Level Mercenary Corps, leaving everyone feeling a bit surreal.

And amid their surreal daze, they couldn’t help but recall the words Gao Mountain had just spoken: "Strive to become a Third Level Mercenary Corps in one or two months."

What once felt like an impossible fantasy now seemed... perhaps not so impossible after all.

Unconsciously, the members’ mindsets began to change.

...

As for what happened later with the Mountain and Sea Mercenary Corps, Lin Xinghai was in no mood to pay attention.

When he returned to the Heaven-Sundering Mercenary Corps’s encampment, the crowd that had gathered in the main hall had already dispersed, with everyone having returned to their rooms to rest.

Lin Xinghai took out his wrist-mounted computer to check and discovered that the bonuses had already been distributed.

His current account balance had reached 4,960,000 Points. Moreover, the Points from the Mountain and Sea Mercenary Corps would be arriving soon, which would bring his total balance up to 5,460,000 Points.

Furthermore, they were about to start clearing Guanghan City, and the number of Zombies killed each day would surely be immense. He still had nearly twenty days before he was set to depart for East Sea Base. By the time he left, his Points might be close to 10,000,000.

’Ten million Points should be more than enough for anything!’ Lin Xinghai calculated silently while noticing an unread message.

He opened it. It was from Liu Miaomiao. The message contained a screenshot of a transfer and a smiling emoji.

Seeing the transfer screenshot, Lin Xinghai was surprised. "She actually got a 200,000 Point bonus."

But after a moment’s thought, it made sense.

Liu Miaomiao’s contribution to the battle was truly second only to his own. Without her Life Control Superpower, dealing with the combined assault of the rampaging Zombies and the Blood-colored Beetles would not have been so easy, and their losses would have multiplied.

More importantly, without Liu Miaomiao, Lin Xinghai would never have dared to venture deep into enemy territory alone to kill the Spray Zombie, and they would not have achieved this brilliant victory.

Thinking of this, he smiled and replied with a thumbs-up emoji, then went back to rest as well.

...

At 12:00 PM, despite only having a few short hours of rest in the morning, those who could become Mercenaries were all the Optimized. With these few hours, even if they couldn’t fully recover, they could at least get back to seventy or eighty percent.

"Ah Xing, what’s the plan for now?" Fang Tianhe asked hurriedly as he came over, seeing Lin Xinghai walk out of his room.

Although the mission for the Second and Third Level Mercenary Corps during the construction of the branch base was to clear out the surrounding Zombies, this was only a general directive. The specific course of action was left for each Mercenary Corps to decide for itself.

Lin Xinghai glanced at everyone’s condition and nodded with satisfaction.

"Looks like everyone has recovered well. Although we’ve captured the Industrial Park, we’re far from the point where we can relax."

"General Lin spoke with me this morning. He wants me to be ready to deal with the threat of Mutated Zombies at any time. However, I’ve given it some thought. Instead of defending passively, I’d rather go on the offensive."

"So, in a little while, we will attempt to push deeper. This will definitely be another tough battle, so you need to be prepared," Lin Xinghai announced to the crowd.

"Yes, sir!" everyone shouted in unison. All the Mercenaries were full of fighting spirit, showing no signs of worry.

It wasn’t as if they’d never fought a tough battle before. Moreover, with Lin Xinghai personally leading the team, there was even less reason to worry.

Seeing everyone’s reaction, Lin Xinghai smiled and led the way out of their encampment.

However, to Lin Xinghai’s surprise, there were rings of people gathered outside their encampment.

"Old Song, Old Qin, what are you two doing here?" Lin Xinghai asked, looking at the two men at the very front with some surprise.

The two he was referring to were, of course, Song Yao of the Holy Light Mercenary Corps and Qin Wenbo of the Soaring Dragon Merc—two Third Level Mercenary Corps Leaders with whom he had collaborated before.

Besides them, Lin Xinghai looked further back and also saw the Cyan Eagle Mercenary Corps and the Blue Shield Mercenary Corps—all well-known, top-ranking Third Level Mercenary Corps.

In addition to these Third Level Mercenary Corps, many corps from the First Brigade had also come, such as the Blood Carving Mercenary Corps, the Steel Mercenary Corps, and the Tank Mercenary Corps.

"We came to follow your lead, of course," Qin Wenbo said with a chuckle.