Chapter 107

8.6 - He felt that he was really smart

translation: xiin

editors: alamerysl & BlueBug

This recruitment drive multiplied the size of Snow Fox Mercenary Corps, and fundamental staffing was basically complete. Although Xue Ling wanted to develop, he did not plan to accomplish it overnight. All the recruits had potential, and they had not yet formed their own habits when it came to using their abilities and basic combat routines. There was space for them to learn and grow, which was relatively more suitable for a mercenary corps at their current stage.

Normally, no one would be willing to let them rise up like this without doing anything. After all, the ability users in the base were all relatively loosely structured as no strong powerhouse was suppressing them. There were as many schemers as there were hairs on a cow, and it was easy for those who were selfish to become reckless with greed, willing to do anything for profit and their own interests. But the previous battle between Xue Ling and Xun Yu had been recorded and shown to to the leaders of the ability users' bases, so all of them put aside their foolish desires.

They did not dare to offend strong powerhouses like those two. After all, the strength of those two people was definitely enough to wipe out the entire Yanshan base.

After formally confirming the members that would be allowed to stay, Xue Ling held another competition internally. This time, everyone was categorized according to their strength, and then split into groups to fight. Those who could persevere until the end would become the leader of their group.

Such competitions would be held once a month. As long as one had the strength, they would be able to climb all the way up. This kind internal team management style made many people excited, and coupled with Xue Ling's generous benefits of providing both lodging and food, many people were firmly determined to pass the one-month probationary period.

Having roughly established the Corps' teams, Xue Ling placed the journey to Xingyue Mountains on the agenda.

Xingyue Mountains was the largest mountain range near Yanshan base. Because it had high mountains and dense forests, there were many zombie beasts hidden within. Some parts of the zombie beasts were edible, and people were willing to buy their nuclei in large quantities, so they had a very high value. The mercenary task board for Yanshan base often had tasks related to the zombie beasts of Xingyue Mountains. Xue Ling accepted most of them, and was preparing to assign them to each team according to their ability level.

He will guide them during this expedition so that they would learn the proper way of releasing their abilities in order achieve the greatest effect.

Well, first of all, he had to deal with another person.

Xue Ling looked at the person in front of him expressionlessly, his attitude very solemn, very much like a cold-faced boss' style. "Is there something?"

"I can't sit in your office if there's nothing?" Xun Yu raised his eyebrows and shifted his eyes from the decor in Xue Ling's office to his body.

"Yes." Xue Ling replied gravely.

"All right." The man's expression showed an instant of helplessness. His posture while sitting on the sofa was unusually stiff, his entire back straight and upright. "In that case, I did come to find you for something."

"Speak." In contrast, Xue Ling seemed to be even less verbose than the man. It was perhaps because of this attitude that the man became more talkative.

"You didn't arrange me into a group, nor did you let me participate in the competition." This was a statement of fact. In truth, the man had not received any news from the Snow Fox Mercenary Corps after he went back that day. He was a very patient person that could keep calm even in the face of disasters, but in these past three days, he found that his patience had been exhausted.

Based on that person's attitude towards him that day, he had guessed that he would hang him out to dry for a few days, but up until the Snow Fox Mercenary Regiment was about to set out, he still had not sent over any news, which was not what the man wanted at all. What if this person left him behind when he brought the group to Xingyue Mountains? Then he wouldn't be able to guarantee that Yanshan base was still intact when they returned.

His temper was not as good as it seemed. When his temper reached a certain point, it was entirely possible that he would massacre an entire base's worth of ability users.

Xue Ling held back his laughter. He had also guessed that the man would not be able to endure for too long, and had been waiting for him to come by since this morning. He really enjoyed seeing him in the state where he spoke so seriously, but was extremely anxious in his heart.

"You're too strong. None of the newcomers can partner with you. There was no meaning for you in entering the competition, so no arrangements were made." Xue Ling curved his lips and looked down at the documents. Because there had been too many new arrivals, he had to deal with a lot more things, especially matters regarding money. Deng Sini kept giving him sad looks and telling him that the budget was insufficient.The source of this content nov(el)bi((n))

"I don't know. Maybe it's because people say that he's the most powerful person now." Xue Ling shrugged indifferently, sorted out the documents that he had dealt with, and carried them out to toss them over to Deng Sini.

"We will set out tomorrow morning. Go ahead and let them know first, since it's related to whether or not they can stay on a month from now."

"Yes."

"Right." Xue Ling went back inside and closed the door before speaking to Xun Yu again. "I'm very poor right now. You might not get any money as an external helper."

"I have money."

"That's great then. After we've gotten through this period, I'll give you a big red packet." Xue Ling smiled widely. It was probably because he had deliberately controlled himself, but there was no trace of the charm that made people fascinated with just a casual smile. His current smile was very attractive, but there was no enchantment.

Even so, the man felt his own heartbeat speeding up again.

He really wanted to confess and tell him that he had a lot of cities, and a lot of money, and could definitely support him and even his mercenary corps. But he knew that he would not want to hear those kinds of words.

The system was settled on Xue Ling's desk, lazily waving its tail. When he it saw Xue Ling sitting down in front of itself, it praised him, "Lord host really has potential - it looks like I can choose some straight male roles for you in the future. I feel that you can come across as very straight."

It was answered by Xue Ling's cold sneer.

No matter how straight the body was, it would still turn bent as soon as he transmigrated over. There was no point in making such a choice.

The mercenary regiment was divided into five teams, and each team had five people. Every five people had one car, and Xue Ling and his team took the lead, driving straight out of Yanshan base.

The fatty and Xue Ling's old bodyguard stayed behind. Deng Sini was in charge of all the miscellaneous matters, so she had come along. Other than her, the only other person in Xue Ling's car was Xun Yu, and Deng Sini felt a little uneasy sitting there. She didn't know why, but she kept feeling a little cold. How come it seemed like the cold aura on great external aid's body kept coming towards her...? What had she done to provoke him?

A group of six cars left in a grand manner. Many people had been holding back and hoping for them to encounter some chaos on this trip, and it would be best if most of them did not come back so that Chu Han could experience the feeling of taking a hit and stop thinking about making big waves.

In addition to their departure, another man also followed them out of town.

After He Yan went back that day and had his world outlook refreshed by his system, he no longer planned to rely on Chu Han. His brain was now filled with another plan. But, even before his plan could start, he discovered that his target of attack had entered Chu Han's mercenary corps, and had followed him to Xingyue Mountains...

He Yan gritted his teeth in anger. He found that after starting over again, Chu Han seemed to be specifically opposing him, getting involved in all of his matters!

"Follow them, then." His system advised him so. "Find some trouble for them. That way, you can push up your sense of existence, and if you can save their lives, perhaps that person would look at you with interest?"

"But, why did he join Chu Han's mercenary regiment?"

"You also know that before turning back time, the two of them had tried to work together to change the relationship between the ability users and zombies. It's not surprising that they are now in contact."

"So it turned out to be so early."

"Actually, it's not a bad thing." The system advised him thus, "Now they are still in the early stages of an alliance. If you make it so that they have a falling out at this point in time, it will definitely help with our task."

"Right!" He Yan was suddenly inspired, and felt that he was really smart. No wonder he was the savior of the world.

alamerysl: Wow, what an absolute idiot.