Invincible through Touching Corpses

After running through the information on the two Mercenary Corps in his mind, Lin Xinghai smiled and went forward to greet them with Fang Tianhe.

"It’s truly our honor to be able to team up with your two Mercenary Corps!" Fang Tianhe said with a chuckle.

"You’re too kind. It’s our honor as well to team up with the Gun God," Qin Wenbo replied with a smile.

At this moment, Song Yao also set aside the reserved air of a Blood Qi Realm expert, smiling and nodding in greeting. For now, at least, they all seemed to be getting along harmoniously.

This made Fang Tianhe breathe a secret sigh of relief. As for Lin Xinghai, he discreetly opened his system panel and used the detector on the Blood Qi Realm expert, Song Yao.

Name: Song Yao

Physique: 310 points

Power: 350 points

Speed: 279 points

Realm: Blood Qi Realm Middle Stage

Blood Qi Power: 153/160 points

Superpower: Blazing Light. Can continuously inflict high-temperature damage on enemies.

Looking at the data on the system panel, Lin Xinghai was still a little surprised, even though he had been mentally prepared.

Such physical stats were on a completely different level from those of the Optimized.

Song Yao was currently only at the Blood Qi Realm Middle Stage, yet his three physical stats already averaged 300 points. If he reached the Blood Qi Realm Late Stage, or even its Peak, just how terrifying would his stats become?

He could probably go toe-to-toe with those Mutated Zombies in close combat.

Of course, what concerned him more than the physical stats was the man’s Blood Qi Power.

’So, once you reach the Blood Qi Realm, you really do gain Blood Qi Power.’

He looked at the information displayed: Blood Qi Power: 153/160 points.

’If I’m not mistaken, his Blood Qi Power maximum is 160 points, and he currently has 153.’

’That seems like a rather small amount of Blood Qi Power!’

’However, he also understood that the effect of Blood Qi Power in the hands of a Blood Qi Realm expert would certainly be different from his own. So, it was pointless to compare them directly for now.’

Suppressing the wild thoughts in his mind, he refocused his attention on Song Yao.

"I feel like there’s a serious problem with this mission, especially the instruction to abandon the important components if we encounter a strong enemy."

"Therefore, it’s highly likely the important components are fakes. In this plan, our role is to be the bait, used to draw the Morgan Conglomerate’s attention." Qin Wenbo was the first to voice his speculation.

"Very likely. But have you considered that with the Morgan Conglomerate’s capabilities, once they learn of our mission, they’ll also be able to guess that we’re the bait?"

"If we operate on that premise, the Morgan Conglomerate might not split its forces. In that case, Elder Wei may have given us the real components to pull off a Deceiving the Heavens," Song Yao also offered his opinion.

The group immediately fell silent. That was also a very real possibility.

And if one thought a level deeper... if the Morgan Conglomerate could see through that possibility as well, wouldn’t they just become the bait all over again?

"Truths and lies, feints within feints... I don’t think we need to stand around making wild guesses. The mission has been assigned, so we just need to follow orders. If we can’t win, we run. There’s no use overthinking it." Lin Xinghai finally spoke, cutting straight to the point.

Song Yao and Qin Wenbo exchanged a glance and broke into smiles.

That was right. They were just Mercenary Corps Leaders; overthinking things was just borrowing trouble. All they needed to do was their job.

"Haha, the Gun God is right," Qin Wenbo laughed.

Afterward, the atmosphere became much more harmonious. In order to share information and coordinate their efforts later, the three leaders each gave a briefing on their respective Mercenary Corps.

And during this process, Lin Xinghai finally met the former First Divine Sharpshooter, Tang Zhuofei.

Lin Xinghai had expected their first meeting, if not openly confrontational, to at least be thick with tension.

But to his surprise, Tang Zhuofei came right up, showered him with compliments, and then even started asking for advice regarding Gun Technique.

This development caught Lin Xinghai completely by surprise.

In addition to Tang Zhuofei, the two Divine Sharpshooters from the Holy Light Mercenary Corps who were ranked fifth and tenth had also come over.

As they introduced themselves, Lin Xinghai learned their names were Mo Fei and Tang Hao.

The attitude of these two was just as humble. They immediately started with compliments and questions, almost as if they had coordinated beforehand.

Although Lin Xinghai found it a bit odd, you don’t turn away someone with a smile. Besides, strictly speaking, he had risen in rank by surpassing these very people, so he answered what questions he could.

He even revealed that if they wanted to continue improving their Gun Technique, they needed to work on their Perception Power.

However, he didn’t say a single word about any special Perception Technique. If these people were truly capable, they could figure it out for themselves.

Of course, for them to figure out a special perception skill equivalent to a Profound Level Martial Arts on their own was nearly impossible. Once they advanced to the Blood Qi Realm, if they pondered it for four or five years, they might have some hope of developing a Yellow Level Perception Technique.

Tang Zhuofei and the others had originally just intended to exchange pleasantries, but they never expected Lin Xinghai to actually be willing to offer pointers. More importantly, he pointed out the path of Perception Power, making them all feel they had benefited immensely.

While this proved to them that the Gun God’s reputation was well-deserved, it also made them ask all sorts of questions with even greater enthusiasm.

However, their time was ultimately limited. As 9:30 approached, the various Mercenary Corps quickly assembled their teams, left the military camp, and headed straight for the city hall.

After gaining clearance to enter, each of the Mercenary Corps Leaders successfully received their assigned mission from Elder Wei.

"The retrieval location for the important components is East Ring City? That’s pretty far!" Song Yao said, frowning slightly.

"It’s not just the distance; the schedule is tight, too. Look at the deadline—2:00 PM. We’ll probably have to move at top speed, or we might not make it," Qin Wenbo chimed in.

"I don’t think those should be our main concerns," Lin Xinghai interjected. "We should be considering how to keep the mission details confidential. Ideally, we need to be able to transport the important components back secretly."

Hearing Lin Xinghai’s words, both Song Yao and Qin Wenbo furrowed their brows. It was easier said than done. Deceiving the Morgan Conglomerate was, in practice, an incredibly difficult task.

With the Morgan Conglomerate’s resources, even if they hadn’t already planted people in their Mercenary Corps, it would be a trivial matter for them to just buy off one or two members.

If the Morgan Conglomerate provided those people with special communication devices, they could relay messages without anyone being the wiser.

Of course, they could choose not to announce the mission destination, but the Morgan Conglomerate could simply send people to tail them, which would be impossible to defend against completely.

"In that case, Brother Lin, do you have a good solution?" Song Yao asked directly.

"I have a rough idea. We’ll announce our destination as Changping City. When we get there, we’ll cut straight through the entire city and then proceed to East Ring City," Lin Xinghai said.

Everyone present was sharp and understood in an instant. Both Changping City and East Ring City were southeast of Star Shield Shelter. Heading to Changping City first was only a slight detour, but it would be an excellent way to create a diversion.

Moreover, if they cut straight through the entirety of Changping City, it would give any pursuers a very hard time, and they could even use the complex terrain to shake them off their trail.