Invincible through Touching Corpses

Chapter 322: The Women’s Changes

Lin Xinghai soon left the Heaven-Sundering Mercenary Corps and arrived at the Mountain and Sea Mercenary Corps’ headquarters.

The Mountain and Sea Mercenary Corps was one of the few Second Level Mercenary Corps that had returned. After all, the branch base in Guanghan City was an absolute gold mine.

Basically, any Mercenary Corps that hadn’t earned enough Points was unwilling to return.

After all, everyone knew that Points were easiest to earn in the early stages of development. You could collect a ton of supplies just by taking a casual trip outside.

But as time went on, the difficulty of both killing Zombies and collecting supplies would steadily rise. Moreover, the danger would increase significantly if they had to venture far from the branch base.

As for the Mountain and Sea Mercenary Corps, with Lin Xinghai looking out for them, they were naturally different from the other Second Level Mercenary Corps. The amount of Points they earned was almost on par with some Third Level Mercenary Corps.

So upon returning this time, they also planned to significantly boost the Mercenary Corps’ strength. After all, they could directly ask the Heaven-Sundering Mercenary Corps to help them exchange for military-grade equipment.

"Brother Hai, what brings you here? Do you have any instructions for us?" Gao Shan was the first to greet him as Lin Xinghai entered the headquarters.

"Hello, Commander."

"Thank you for your hard work, Commander."

The rest of the members also greeted him respectfully.

Lin Xinghai’s prestige in the Mountain and Sea Mercenary Corps was even greater than in the Heaven-Sundering Mercenary Corps.

After all, in the Heaven-Sundering Mercenary Corps, Fang Tianhe was the official commander. Now that he had also advanced to the Blood Qi Realm, Lin Xinghai wasn’t the sole core figure.

But everyone in the Mountain and Sea Mercenary Corps knew they were merely Lin Xinghai’s Affiliated Mercenary Corps.

Lin Xinghai greeted everyone first, then turned to Gao Shan and the rest of the corps’ leadership. "Hurry up and get your new equipment sorted out," he said. "Also, we’ll probably be staying in the Shelter for the next few days. When you have spare time, go to the Mercenary Guild and recruit some new members."

According to Lin Xinghai’s original plan, he wasn’t in a hurry to recruit. ’It would be better to use all their resources to increase their strength,’ he had thought. ’These other matters could wait until the core members had broken their third Genetic Lock.’

But over the past few days, they had raked in a huge amount of Points, so there was no need to worry about Cultivation Resources for Gao Shan and the others. In that case, with a surplus of Points, it wouldn’t hurt to start slowly recruiting some new members.

Gao Shan naturally had no objections. "Alright! I’ll get on it later. Are there any specific requirements for the new recruits?"

"I’ve personally coached your Gun Technique, so it far surpasses that of other Second Level Mercenary Corps. Even without new recruits, the overall strength of our Mountain and Sea Mercenary Corps is among the best of the Second Level. There’s no need to rush to expand our ranks just for the sake of it."

"So, for this recruitment drive, their current strength is secondary. What’s important is their potential."

"I have only two requirements: either their Genetic Assessment is C Level, or they’ve awakened a Superpower," Lin Xinghai stated plainly.

However, his words made the expressions of many Mercenaries in the room falter. Based on those requirements, the vast majority of them wouldn’t have qualified.

After all, the vast majority of Mercenaries only had a D Level Genetic Assessment, and a few were even at E Level.

Of course, Lin Xinghai noticed the change in their expressions. In fact, he had said it here on purpose, precisely to instill a sense of urgency in these veteran members.

This way, if they didn’t want to be left behind in the future, their only option would be to stick close to Gao Shan and the others.

As for Gao Shan, he also looked stunned after hearing Lin Xinghai’s requirements. They were simply too high.

"Okay, I’ll make the arrangements." Gao Shan nodded in acknowledgment, then continued, "But with these requirements, it’ll probably be very difficult to find enough people in a short amount of time."

"Of course it’ll be difficult! Besides, these are the same recruitment requirements as the Heaven-Sundering Mercenary Corps. Until they’ve filled their ranks, you can forget about recruiting anyone. But there’s no rush. Take your time. Taking a month or two is fine; we’re only picking the best," Lin Xinghai said.

Only then did Gao Shan breathe a sigh of relief.

Lin Xinghai went over the arrangements for the next few days before departing.

By the time he returned to the Heaven-Sundering Mercenary Corps’ headquarters, it was nearly dinnertime.

Lin Xinghai grabbed Liu Miaomiao, along with a few new members of the Heaven-Sundering Mercenary Corps, and they all headed straight to a restaurant for dinner.

These "new members," of course, were Wang Yao and the other young women.

Previously, when the Heaven-Sundering Mercenary Corps went to Guanghan City to clear out Zombies, the Intermediate Gene Medicine Liquid that Fang Tianhe had commissioned the Military Department to purchase was delivered the very next day. Lin Xinghai had given a batch of it to Liu Miaomiao.

And since Liu Miaomiao had more than she could use, she sent the surplus Genetic Medicine Liquid back for Wang Yao and the other girls.

So now, Wang Yao, Qin Zixue, and Shen Yimei had all become the Optimized.

Even Yang Yi, the least talented of the group, had already reached a Genetic Optimization Level of 25% and wasn’t far from becoming one of the Optimized herself.

Of course, even though she hadn’t become one of the Optimized yet, the Heaven-Sundering Mercenary Corps’ relationship with the Shelter’s upper echelons was strong enough to have her transferred directly to the Middle Level District and join them.

However, aside from Wang Yao, the other three women were assigned to work in the logistics support group.

So, Lin Xinghai was treating today’s meal as a welcome banquet for them.

Lin Xinghai led the five women to the Cloud Restaurant, the most high-end establishment in the Shelter. He really wasn’t short on Points now; even a meal costing ten or twenty thousand was a drop in the bucket. He certainly wasn’t going to short-change his own stomach.

Soon, one exquisite dish after another was served. At the table, everyone began to share what they had been up to for the past half-month.

Of course, it was mostly the women talking and Lin Xinghai listening.

As Liu Miaomiao recounted the Heaven-Sundering Mercenary Corps’ adventures, the other women couldn’t help but gasp in amazement. Hearing how Lin Xinghai had saved the day time and time again, their admiration for him grew even deeper.

Then it was Wang Yao and the others’ turn to talk about what they had been doing in the Shelter for the past half-month.

When Lin Xinghai heard that Wang Yao had awakened a Flame Superpower upon becoming one of the Optimized, he couldn’t help but look surprised.

Wang Yao’s talent was actually quite good. With a Genetic Assessment Level C and now an awakened Superpower, her potential was on par with Roger’s group. She could be cultivated as a key talent for the Mercenary Corps.

Moreover, based on Wang Yao’s description of her Superpower, Lin Xinghai estimated that even if this Flame Superpower didn’t meet the standard for Rare Level, it was still much stronger than an average Basic Superpower.

"What’s your Genetic Optimization Level now?" Lin Xinghai couldn’t help but ask.

"Thanks to the Intermediate Gene Medicine Liquid Liu Miaomiao sent back, my Genetic Optimization Level has already reached 48%."

After answering Lin Xinghai’s question, Wang Yao turned to Liu Miaomiao and said, "I hear that stuff is really expensive. Once I start going on missions with the Mercenary Corps, I’ll save up enough Points to pay you back as soon as I can."

"Oh! No, no, you don’t have to." Liu Miaomiao quickly waved her hand, explaining, "That Intermediate Gene Medicine Liquid wasn’t mine. It belonged to Ah Xing."