Invincible through Touching Corpses

Unlike the others, everything felt incredibly familiar to Lin Xinghai. After all, he too had started his rise as a mercenary.

However, the sentiment lasted only for a moment. He quickly composed himself and began to look over the various missions displayed on the giant screen.

All the missions were divided into four levels: A, B, C, and D.

A newly formed squad like theirs, with no combat record or rating, could only accept C Level and D Level missions.

Of course, even if they could accept higher-level missions, Lin Xinghai wouldn’t dare. Many B Level missions involved Tier Two Mutated Zombies.

Those required experts at the Body Shaping Realm to handle.

A Level missions were even more terrifying. They were all related to the Abyssal Passage, and you wouldn’t just be facing one or two Tier Two Mutated Zombies. There was even a small chance of encountering a Tier Three Mutated Zombie, comparable in strength to an expert from the Divine Demon Realm.

C Level and D Level missions, on the other hand, were generally limited to threats within the scope of the Blood Qi Realm.

However, C Level missions were significantly riskier than D Level ones.

Lin Xinghai wasn’t too concerned about this. As long as the threat was within the scope of the Blood Qi Realm, it wouldn’t be a problem for him.

After breaking through to the Blood Qi Realm Middle Stage, his power had increased another notch. He could now genuinely hold his own against a Body Shaping Realm expert for a short period.

It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to call him a Half-Step Body Shaping Realm expert.

Soon, Lin Xinghai’s eyes locked onto the C Level mission with the highest reward.

It was an escort mission. The objective was to safely escort a client’s procurement convoy to the Dongwu Shelter.

The mission reward was 50,000 Credit Points or 500,000 Huaxia Coins.

The reward was a choice between one or the other. Of course, if a Mercenary Corps accepted the mission, they could only be paid in Huaxia Coins.

Credit Points could be considered an exclusive reward for academy students.

"Let’s take this mission, then. 50,000 Credit Points isn’t a small amount. Once we complete it, the regular members of the squad can each get one or two thousand Credit Points," Lin Xinghai decided.

’As for me, if we divide it by contribution, I’m confident I can take at least half of the Credit Points.’

After choosing the mission, the group quickly found a staff member and officially accepted it.

Since it was an escort mission, they still needed to meet with the client.

At the arrangement of the Mission Hall staff, just over ten minutes later, Lin Xinghai and his group met the members of the client party in a small conference room.

The first to walk in was a middle-aged officer in a military uniform with the rank of colonel. Following him were several elite soldiers.

Lin Xinghai wasn’t surprised to see that his "client" was the military. He had already guessed as much, knowing they were from the Dongwu Shelter.

Generally, the only ones who could travel from other Shelters to the East Sea Base for procurement were the military. Only they had the money and capability to make such a long journey.

After entering, the leading officer’s gaze swept across the small conference room and landed on Lin Xinghai, who was sitting at the head of the table.

At the same time, Lin Xinghai felt a formidable Perception Power wash over him.

Lin Xinghai impassively blocked the man’s Perception Power, while simultaneously releasing his own to probe back.

He quickly got a clear sense of the opposing group’s strength. They had three experts at the Blood Qi Realm. The strongest was the leading middle-aged officer, who had reached the Peak of the Blood Qi Realm.

The other two were only at the Blood Qi Realm Early Stage.

When the middle-aged officer on the other side discovered that his Perception Power had been completely blocked, a flicker of surprise crossed his face, but it was quickly replaced by a smile.

"Hello. Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Zhou De." Zhou De extended his hand with a smile.

’To be honest, when he first received the notice from the Mission Hall and learned that a new squad with no mission experience had taken the job, he had been quite displeased.’

’After all, he had paid a hefty price to post this mission at the Mission Hall, hoping the academy would send a truly strong team to ensure their return journey was completely safe.’

’He had even been wondering how he could convince them to give up the mission.’

However, as soon as he entered and got a clear look at the Xinghai Squad, he quickly changed his mind.

From his perspective, a new squad like this would be lucky to have five or six members at most. But to his surprise, their team consisted of a full 22 people.

One had to remember that the students of East Sea Academy were all geniuses, and every single person here had already broken through to the Blood Qi Realm.

Twenty-two Blood Qi Realm experts, even if they were all at the Early Stage, constituted a force that absolutely could not be ignored.

What’s more, when he had just used his Perception Power to probe the students’ strength, he was shocked to find that he couldn’t gauge the depths of the young man before him.

’To be able to do that, the young man’s Perception Power had to be far superior to his own.’

Thus, his attitude did a complete 180.

"Hello, I’m Lin Xinghai, captain of the Xinghai Squad." Lin Xinghai also extended his hand and shook the officer’s.

After the introductions, Lin Xinghai didn’t waste any time and got straight to the point. "I asked you here today because I wanted to inquire about a few things. What kind of supplies are you transporting? What is the quantity? Are there any special considerations for the escort?"

"Also, are there any particularly dangerous areas on the route to the Dongwu Shelter that we should be aware of? Please let us know in advance so we can make the necessary arrangements."

Zhou De clearly appreciated the direct approach. Lin Xinghai had been blunt, and he responded in kind. "We’ve purchased quite a few items this time: weapons, engineering machinery, and some precision instruments."

"When fully loaded, we’ll need about ten Armored Vehicles. The weapons and machinery aren’t a big deal, but the precision instruments are extremely fragile and can’t handle too much jostling."

"Even though we’ve installed shock absorption systems, you know what the roads are like out in the wilds. So, our speed shouldn’t exceed 60 kilometers per hour."

"As for the route," Zhou De said, using the holographic projection function on his wrist-mounted computer to display a map in front of Lin Xinghai.

"This isn’t our first time coming to the East Sea Base to trade. This is our standard route. Most of it is safe, with the exception of these three locations, which are more dangerous."

Zhou De said, pointing to three urban areas on the map they would pass through. "Especially this stretch through Tongmen City. On our way here, we spotted two Mutated Zombies in that area, a ’Death Claw’ and a ’Giant Arm’. We gave them a wide berth and were moving fast, so they didn’t give chase."

Lin Xinghai nodded. They must have been traveling light on their way here. If all they had to carry was money, they could easily push their vehicles past 180 kilometers per hour. At that speed, as long as they didn’t get too close to a Mutated Zombie, it would be impossible for it to catch up.

But returning loaded with supplies, and unable to travel too fast, was a different story entirely.