Invincible through Touching Corpses

When he heard what Lin Xinghai said, Little Fatty was at a loss for words.

But as he followed Lin Xinghai’s orders, he was surprised to find that even with such high requirements, student applications to join them continued to pour in.

Little Fatty found this incredible, but Lin Xinghai wasn’t surprised at all.

After all, the primary benefit of joining the Xinghai Squad was learning the Investigation Technique for free, which immediately saved members ten thousand Credit Points. An offer like that wasn’t just tempting for first-year students; even second and third-years would absolutely jump at the chance.

Second was the Xinghai Squad’s earning potential. After Little Fatty’s group released some combat footage from their last mission, anyone with a brain could see that with Lin Xinghai around, the income from simply hunting Zombies—even without official missions—was astronomical.

It was a virtual guarantee that every mission would net each member an average income of over 100,000 Huaxia Coins.

This was nearly ten times what other squads earned, enough to make most students desperate to join.

So, even those who were hesitant submitted applications, willing to participate in the combat assessment Lin Xinghai had arranged.

Lin Xinghai scheduled the combat assessment to coincide with their mission in the following week.

This time, Lin Xinghai accepted a clearing mission. However, these types of missions were usually posted by the government, so the rewards weren’t particularly high.

Of course, the mission reward was secondary. He was just trying to build up the squad’s public record. The real money was still in the Elemental Crystals obtained from killing Zombies.

The location Lin Xinghai chose for this Zombie clearing was one everyone knew well: Dong’an City, the site of their entrance exam.

Under Little Fatty’s arrangements, the members of the Xinghai Squad, plus 100 prospective members, boarded 20 waiting Armored Vehicles and set off for Dong’an City in a massive convoy.

Lin Xinghai had no detailed plan for the assessment. He simply led the group from the outskirts and started fighting their way toward the city center.

Of course, they only had to focus on killing Zombies; the task of collecting Elemental Crystals was left to the Combat Robots that Little Fatty had arranged.

In this kind of high-mobility, high-intensity combat, Lin Xinghai could clearly see each person’s practical combat skills and the effects of their Superpowers.

Of course, this was only one of the criteria he used to determine if a candidate was qualified to join.

When the squad reached the city center, the Zombie density began to rise steadily. It was then, without anyone’s knowledge, that Lin Xinghai began the second part of his assessment.

During the process of clearing out the Zombies, he would issue commands from time to time. Some of these orders were reasonable, some were pointless, and some were downright irrational.

He did this primarily to see how obedient these candidates were to his commands.

When he issued reasonable orders, naturally no one said a word. But when it came to the pointless or irrational orders, some gradually began to complain, and even refused to carry them out.

Whether they obeyed or not, Lin Xinghai’s expression remained unchanged. He continued to shoot down Zombies and issue commands, all while silently scoring each person in his mind.

He wanted a team that would follow orders without question, so for the members he was selecting, obedience was more important than raw ability.

After all, no matter how strong they were, none of them were stronger than him.

Of course, Lin Xinghai wasn’t the type to be blindly stubborn. He allowed them to question his irrational orders, but once he gave the final command, it had to be carried out.

The assessment lasted from morning until evening.

They had been fighting for a full ten hours, and by the time the assessment was over, everyone was utterly exhausted.

However, no one complained. Throughout the entire process, Lin Xinghai had single-handedly eliminated almost all the High Level Zombies. They only had to kill the Intermediate and Ordinary Zombies, which cut the pressure of the clearing operation by more than half.

Furthermore, the existing members of the Xinghai Squad had improved significantly after receiving Lin Xinghai’s guidance on the previous mission. Add to that Little Fatty’s Combat Robots collecting the Elemental Crystals for them, and their overall Zombie-hunting efficiency was remarkably high.

Over the course of the day, they killed over a million Zombies.

When all was said and done, the combined value of the Elemental Crystals, the bounty for killing Zombies, and the mission reward brought their total income to over 25 million Huaxia Coins.

Moreover, Lin Xinghai didn’t take a large cut this time, claiming only 5 million for himself. The remaining 20 million Huaxia Coins were distributed among the others according to their individual contributions.

The skilled marksmen in the Xinghai Squad each earned two to three hundred thousand Huaxia Coins, and even the new candidates with subpar Gun Technique walked away with around 100,000 Huaxia Coins.

It was because of this income that, despite their day-long exhaustion, everyone was all smiles.

At the same time, however, the candidates were also on edge. Having received such a payout, they were more desperate than ever to join the Xinghai Squad.

When the group returned to East Sea Academy, submitted the mission report, and finished distributing the rewards, everyone quickly dispersed. Lin Xinghai, however, asked Little Fatty to stay behind.

"These are the eight members I’ve chosen. You can notify them tomorrow," Lin Xinghai said, handing a slip of paper to Little Fatty.

"Huh? That was fast!" Little Fatty took the slip, glanced at the names, and was taken aback.

Of the eight people Lin Xinghai had written down, he only had a strong impression of two of them, as both were exceptional fighters. He couldn’t recall the other six at all.

"Boss, what was your criteria for picking people?" Little Fatty asked, his curiosity piqued.

"Obedience," Lin Xinghai said with a smile.

"Huh? That’s it? But if that’s all, then a lot of people met the requirement!" Little Fatty said skeptically.

"Haha! Of course not. The other requirement was possessing a special ability," Lin Xinghai said with a laugh.

"A special ability?" Little Fatty looked at the names on the paper but couldn’t recall them having any.

"Take this Luo Fei, for example. His Superpower is a group-wide Speed boost. The increase isn’t huge, but if we need to make a forced march, that ability becomes extremely useful."

"Then there’s Su Ying. His ability allows him to summon ten shadow clones that can act independently, making him an excellent Scout."

"And Zhang Yonglin. As long as you’re within the range of his Superpower, your stamina, Perception Power, and even injuries will recover quickly. He can massively increase our squad’s sustainability in the field," Lin Xinghai explained.

"Oh!" Little Fatty nodded, starting to understand. But he quickly pointed to the two names he did recognize and asked, puzzled, "Then what about these two second-year students? I don’t remember them having any special abilities."

"They’re exceptionally strong," Lin Xinghai said simply.

Little Fatty was speechless.