Chapter 102: 102 Secret Military Operation

The superior had left.

"Why did we have to deceive the superior?" Kuang Xin asked, somewhat puzzled, as he looked at Dai Lian.

They had barely interacted with those two from the Arbitration Place these past few days, who knows what they were up to.

Dai Lian watched the figure of the superior disappearing over the horizon and shook his head thoughtfully, "First, I didn't completely lie to him, even though we didn't meet, those rats have been more frantic these days, most likely pressured by the people from the Arbitration Place. Second… have any of you felt that there's something off about our organization?"

After joining for several days, they hadn't seen a single other member of the organization. If the line to their superior got cut, wouldn't they become orphans?

And no matter how reasonable and nice the superior's words sounded, it was just to avoid exposing the relationship, so he couldn't provide any help, letting them, the players, figure things out on their own... How was that different from not taking them in at all?

"...Right?"

Once Dai Lian had shared his suspicions, he faced... criticism on the spot.

"Don't talk about the superior like that!" Wen Jie was filled with righteous indignation.

The superior is sincere with me, "He included this in my reward!"

Following the script, Wen Jie informed everyone about the Bug Tribe Essence Extract included in his mission reward.

"It can be used to make Gene Optimization Solution?"

"What is that thing?"

"It's essentially something that raises your level in this game." Having known more these days, Gong Yan explained as she saw Dai Lian didn't know about it.

"Our genetic optimization level on the panel needs to be improved with this stuff. A higher genetic optimization level allows us to have higher attribute limits, and to elevate abilities like specializations and skills to a certain degree, you need higher attributes as support.

Genetic optimization level is the foundation of everything, and the Gene Optimization Solution is the key material to enhance this foundation."

This was one of the core secrets behind why humans in this sci-fi world could thrive alone in the universe. They hadn't come across any material related to it since they entered the game, but now... the basic ingredient needed to make this key material had been handed out to them just like that?

Stay connected with m-v l|e'-NovelFire.net

This this this…

"Leveling up relies on drugs?"

"Isn't the key to unleashing the power of Gene Optimization Solution role-playing?"

"???"

"Nonsense."

"Anyway, the boss is awesome!"

"So now the question is, how do we get Wen Jie into the city."

"I remember someone there mentioned having an inner city entry ticket…" Dai Lian stroked his chin and glanced at Gong Yan.

Gong Yan nodded in agreement, "I'll go ask him."

"And you might as well ask if he's been acting with the people from the Arbitration Place these past few days, having that intel would make it more convenient for us to take action with the superior tonight."

"Alright."

…

Bai E made his way back to camp unhurriedly.

He hadn't set up a teaching game for the players today, so he had plenty of time.

Moreover, the first half of the afternoon training was on shooting enhancement, and since his Level 4 Light Firearms Specialization had lost much of its purpose in the training field—the sniper god had even told him not to bother—there was no reason to waste time there.

Still, Bai E sought out Carlos.

Bai E wasn't sure about others, but the caliber-3 sidearm Carlos had stuffed on him before the fight against the Bug Race, as well as Helen's special instruction before her research into him, were enough to show his genuine goodwill toward Bai E.

Having gained the officer's trust with his apparent obedience, Bai E thought of him first whenever he had special requests.

"You want to apply for a bow and arrow?" Carlos looked at Bai E with some surprise.

Such weapons were specialized and only allowed in certain situations and were far less intuitive and versatile than firearms. The camp's standardized training did not include this item.

Bai E nodded, reporting truthfully, "Yes... An Elf Race lady has taught me some archery skills in private, and I would like to request a bow and arrows to practice occasionally."

Bai E hadn't advertised this, but he felt it was impossible to keep secrets in the army. Rather than being pointed out by someone else, it was better to explain it first and create a reputation of honesty to gain the commander's trust.

Although bows were rare, Bai E had seen them in the camp a couple of times. The sleek mechanical design of the compound bow was more to his liking compared to the long bows made of unknown wood by the Elves.

The most important thing was that the compound bow Bai E saw could fold, which would be much more convenient to carry around compared to the Elves' Eaglehorn Bow.

Carlos furrowed his brows, pondered for a moment, then nodded in agreement, "That's fine... after all, you've pretty much hit a bottleneck with your firearms shooting skills. Expanding some other abilities is a good thing."

Everyone could see Bai E's skill level; intercepting spore mines shot by the Bug Race's artillery bugs on the battlefield was a feat not even Carlos himself could possibly do much differently. Encouraging someone with such talent to learn more varied abilities was a sensible choice.

"But I need to clarify something with you first." Carlos was actually considering something else, but he decided to let Bai E make his own choice, "This kind of special equipment isn't standard issue. Whether you're exchanging for a bow now or need more arrows in the future, it will cost you your military achievements. Searᴄh the Nôvel(F)ire.nёt website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

And military achievements are your only way to obtain Gene Optimization Solution."

As synthetic soldiers typically had no concept of property—after all, their lives were meant to be devoted to all of humanity—if they had any possessions, military achievements were the only wealth of a synthetic soldier.