Alien Relic Hunter.

After the actual bounty figure was announced, the lobby of the bar exploded in an instant, and many people began to discuss in private—even if this task cannot be completed, they can still get 60... To put it bluntly , in the most unlucky and worst case, it is equivalent to selling one's life for 60 yuan.

Not everyone has the income level of top hunters. The vast majority of mercenaries and relic hunters work hard, and the average annual income level fluctuates around 600 credits. This is six years of income at once. Advance payment, not to mention the one-time payment of [-] million after completing the task... Even if this is a task comparable to sending someone to death, many people in the bar lobby are excited.

People make money and birds die for food. What's more, people who come out to do business as mercenaries and relic hunters either have enough confidence in their own abilities, or they often have a little bit of luck and always feel that they are dead. That will not be me.

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45 minutes later, in Admiral Maginot's office.

Nineteen people stood in a row across the desk, like a group of soldiers waiting for a general to review.

However, the generals are genuine generals, and these "soldiers" have mixed identities.

There are mercenaries, relic hunters, and even scavengers and miners... After hearing the task rewards, those people in the trigger bar rushed to sign up like crazy, and Levi conducted a rough screening After that, nineteen people were selected.

Standing on the far left is a woman about 30 years old. Her original appearance should be quite beautiful, but it is a pity that her right eye is a scarlet mechanical prosthetic eye, and even half of her face has been mechanized. The right hand and right leg are also cyborg prosthetics.A huge variable ballista is carried on the back, and a circle of long and short quiver is hung on the waist.

Admiral Maginot looked down at the information on the tablet in his hand. This woman was called Bianca. She used to serve in a special team of the Field Corps. She lost her right eye, right arm, and right leg during a mission and retired due to injuries.The compensation issued by the army is only enough for her to use the basic treatment to maintain her life. In order to install the cyborg prosthetic body, she owes a huge amount of usury.In desperation, he could only become a mercenary...

It took Pikaan four years to pay off the loan, and he also upgraded all his cyborg prosthetic bodies, replacing the cheapest second-hand prosthetic body that required a large number of injections of immunosuppressants. It was replaced with the current set of military-grade tactical prosthesis.

Just like in the special team at the beginning, after she became a mercenary, she assumed the position of scout and fire support. The variable ballista can carry out precise sniping and range shooting by changing different launch components and arrows. style bombing.

Among the nineteen people, there are six other mercenaries, all of whom are teammates of Bianca. Their team can be regarded as acquaintances of Mukahe Fortress. They have completed many military operations with the troops in the base, and they can basically be regarded as Mukah's half-armed outside force.

Their seven-member team usually operates independently with Bianca as the tactical core, but they also cooperate very tacitly when they cooperate with the Mukakh garrison-after all, all but one of the seven people is a free man who was transferred from the relic hunter. All of them have service experience and are familiar with the general instructions and tactical signals in the army.

In addition to the seven of them, there are five mercenaries among the 19 people. Two of them are the brothers who talked to the intelligence dealer in white earlier. —This two-person team has been active in the surrounding area of ​​Mukahe Fortress, taking on some tasks of clearing and expelling indigenous creatures and terrain surveying. It has completed more than 70 personal tasks in a year, and the overall completion rate is over [-]%... Among the mercenaries In the world, such achievements can not only be regarded as model workers, but also synonymous with strength and luck.

The other three are also a regular team, but their records are slightly inferior to these two brothers... But in the trigger bar, they can be regarded as taller among the dwarfs-you know, in a place where there are not frequent wars or dense traffic In the area of ​​the main road, there are rarely more than one top mercenary team.The high level of difficulty in Mukakh Fortress and surrounding areas has basically been fully covered by Bianca's team, and it is also difficult for other top teams to get a share of the pie, so it is better to go to other places to find business.

In addition to the twelve mercenaries, there were seven remaining, namely four professional relic hunters from the "Snap Turtle" hunting group, a lone hunter, a miner, and a scavenger.

The relic hunter didn't go into details, but the remaining miner and another scavenger aroused the curiosity of Admiral Maginot.

However, Magino did not question directly. After all, the people were picked by Levi. He still trusts Levi quite a lot. Since Levi can pick them out of a group of people, there must be a reason.

Magino looked at the profiles of the two of them, and immediately knew why Levi would choose them—that miner was not a cheap laborer who had signed a contract with a big consortium. A skinny miner in the popular impression who lives on protein lumps, on the contrary, some of the equipment on his body looks even more expensive and professional than those relic hunters.

It is said to be a miner, but in fact this is a mine prospector, who specializes in searching for undiscovered mines in the wilderness, and then sells the coordinates of the mines to those big consortiums that own mining companies, or directly to the Ark official—— People in this industry can earn enough money for a lifetime as long as they discover one not-so-barren ore vein, but this guy named Wang Dalong has discovered four ore veins, and one of them can even reach the threshold of a rich mine...

Logically speaking, this guy can live a rich man's life just by eating dividends, so why would he go to the wilderness to risk his life... let alone take on such a task with a very high mortality rate.

Admiral Magino's eyes swept over Wang Dalong several times, if an "inner ghost" got in the team, it would be a big trouble.

Levi seemed to have noticed Machino's eyes, stepped forward, and whispered a few words in Machino's ear.

"So that's the case." Machino nodded, looking at Wang Dalong with a sympathy in his eyes.

Wang Dalong did not explore alone at the beginning, and he had two good brothers, his wife and his son, with him.But when the rich mine was discovered, the survey shaft collapsed, and he was the only one who escaped alive.From then on, no matter how much money he had in his account, he didn't bother to care about it, and kept doing the drudgery of prospecting for mine veins... Probably, it made him feel that those who passed away were still by his side.

Some people who know Wang Dalong privately call him "a lonely ghost wandering in the wilderness", but one thing I have to say is that Wang Dalong can definitely be regarded as an expert in survival in the wilderness, he can even be alone without any supplies Dian lived in the wilderness for three months. Many times, people thought he had died in the wilderness. After a while, he would always appear in a transfer station or a fortress in a disheveled state, using silent actions Slap in the face of those who spread the news of his death.

There is not much information about another scavenger, but like Wang Dalong, he is an expert in survival in the wilderness.

"Ahem." Machino cleared his throat, swept his sharp eyes over the nineteen people, and said, "Let me stress it one last time, this is a very dangerous and arduous task. Most people may lose their lives. You repent now and leave this office, there is still time-this is your last chance, you have to think carefully!"

There was a hint of wavering in the eyes of several mercenaries, but Machino waited for a minute, but no one stood up and said that he would withdraw from the mission.

"Very good, then I will treat you all as having made up your mind." Machino nodded, "I will say the harsh words first, from now on, if anyone wants to withdraw from the mission, they will be regarded as deserters and executed directly .”

"Uh...General, we are not a regular army..." The mercenary who traded information with the white man before whispered, "The rules in the army should not apply..."

"Then why didn't you quit just now?" Machino glared at him, "If you just wanted to earn the 60 deposit, then I can give you 60 and a gun right now, and let your corpse carry the money Money to meet your family..." At this point, Machinor paused, but in the end he still didn't say the rest of the sentence.

The unspoken half-sentence was "if your family is alive now."

"I... I'm just asking." The mercenary was shocked by Maginot's stare.

"From now on, you are considered to be a member of the regular army's combat operations sequence." Magino pouted angrily, and motioned for Levi to explain the mission to this group of people.

Levi took a step forward and said, "You will divide into two groups and work together with two special teams, approaching the ark from east and west respectively."

"ark?"

After hearing this word, everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, their eyes full of doubt and incomprehension, only the two mercenaries who had talked with the white man looked at each other in astonishment, and subconsciously took half a step back.

The two had already made a secret decision in their hearts. If Lieutenant General Maginot really overreached and wanted to rebel, they had to find a way to escape on the way, even if they set up traps to kill all their teammates.

"I know you are very confused, but I can tell you clearly that the goal of your operation this time is Noah's Ark." Levi said seriously, "Everything you see next is top secret, if you Leaking to any irrelevant personnel will be dealt with by military law!"

After Levi finished speaking, the images captured by the drones immediately appeared on the projection screen behind him.

The quality of this group of "rabble" is much worse than that of Maginot's staff group. A relic hunter of the "Snap Turtle" hunting group even fell to the ground with his mouth wide open, "uh uh Uh" for a long time, but couldn't say a word.

The performance of the others was not much better than him, only Bianca, who was paralyzed by the mechanized transformation, and Wang Dalong, who had been expressionless from the beginning to the end, managed to remain calm.

"General, General...Colonel Levi...This...on the photo...Is it the ark?" A mercenary who knew Levi from Bianca's team asked.

"As you can see, the Ark has been attacked by some unknown force, and almost all the outer areas have fallen." Levi drew a circle on the screen with the laser pointer in his hand, enclosing the Ark wrapped in fleshy creep , "But our drone still received a signal for help from inside the ark, which means that there are still a large number of survivors and a large number of unoccupied areas inside the ark, and they are struggling to resist and wait for reinforcements. And we On the one hand, we are gathering troops, on the other hand, we need an elite team to sneak into the ark to find out the specific situation.”

Levi lied. They never received any signal from the ark. So far, it is still unknown whether there are any survivors inside the ark... But he can't tell the truth. If he tells these people the truth If not, I'm afraid morale will drop to freezing point.

As a commander, even in times of despair, you must let your subordinates see hope... even if it is just a false hope.

As for the objective of the mission, it is naturally best to be able to sneak into the interior of the ark. If you cannot sneak in, it is acceptable to only conduct peripheral reconnaissance... But he will only tell the special team commanders who are traveling with these people. If he tells these people, it is estimated that None of these people would sneak into the inside of the ark.

You can get 600 million by scouting outside. Who would want to get into an ark that is captured by location creatures?

"How is it possible to get in... Besides, if I read correctly, those ship-shaped things are the wreckage of the garrison fleet, right? Even the garrison fleet..." A mercenary had despair on his face. His legs were shaking like a sieve... Thanks to people who are used to seeing life and death, if ordinary people saw these things, they would probably be scared to pee.

"One thing I want everyone to understand is that not only you have no retreat, but we and all human beings have no retreat." Levi continued, "Don't you think that losing the ark and only relying on the little production facilities in the wilderness, How long can it last for the people in the base? Do you think that this unknown enemy will not attack other fortress bases after capturing the ark? Instead of sitting still, it is better to fight back when there is still room to fight back. fight."

At this time, Admiral Maginot knocked on the table and added: "In this way, I will personally pay, and the reward for each of you to complete the task will increase from 600 million to 1000 million."