Invincible through Touching Corpses

Chapter 265 - 264: Regular Income

BANG! BANG! BANG!

As Lin Xinghai took action, the dozen or so High Level Zombies charging this section of the defensive line were quickly killed.

Simply killing the High Level Zombies on a small section of the line was no pressure at all for Lin Xinghai.

The Mercenary Corps Leader who had received help let out a quiet sigh of relief at the sight. He didn’t stay idle, however. While taking a break, he continuously issued commands to his own Mercenary Corps based on the battlefield situation.

With Lin Xinghai’s assistance, his Mercenary Corps no longer had to worry about the High Level Zombies. This was a rare opportunity for them. If he arranged things properly, it wasn’t impossible for them to double the number of Zombies they killed during this period.

Lin Xinghai didn’t pay too much attention to this Mercenary Corps’s small maneuver, because another Mercenary Corps Leader soon reported that his Perception Power was down to 60%.

Lin Xinghai didn’t say much. He immediately took over, bringing the High Level Zombies on the other man’s defensive line into his attack range.

After that, the Mercenary Corps Leaders who hadn’t yet broken through the third Genetic Lock began to report the same situation one after another.

Without exception, all their pressure was transferred to Lin Xinghai.

In the end, a total of nine Mercenary Corps needed his help.

But even so, it was still quite easy for Lin Xinghai. He could handle it all with just a Tearing Rifle.

Only after the third wave of the zombie horde was annihilated did the battle truly end. In just over ten minutes, they had wiped out nearly 1,500 Zombies. Even Lin Xinghai was a little taken aback by this.

’If this were any other city, this would be considered a small-scale zombie horde,’ he thought. ’But here in Guanghan City, it’s merely three zombie clusters.’

The battle was over. The various Mercenary Corps began sending people to clean up the battlefield. It took another ten minutes or so to retrieve all the Elemental Crystals.

However, Lin Xinghai didn’t immediately give the order to move out. Instead, he had everyone rest in place for five minutes.

The Military Department’s orders were only to eliminate Zombies, but there was no rule about how many to clear in a single mission. They could just do what they were capable of.

So Lin Xinghai was in no hurry. ’Zombies are harder to fight at night, so we’ll just have to put in more effort during the day.’

Five minutes later, the team set off again, but they were soon locked in combat with another zombie cluster. After several such battles, they had gained some experience. Although the fighting was still fierce, there was an overall sense of unhurried confidence.

After all, Lin Xinghai was the source of their confidence.

And Lin Xinghai certainly didn’t disappoint these Mercenary Corps. Whenever a Mercenary Corps Leader’s Perception Power dropped below 60%, he would step in to help them deal with High Level Zombies.

Of course, to avoid consuming too much of his own Perception Power, Lin Xinghai didn’t help without limit. At any given time, he would help a maximum of ten Mercenary Corps defend their lines.

Therefore, if an eleventh Mercenary Corps Leader needed help, the one who had been resting the longest would have to take back the responsibility of fending off High Level Zombies.

This way, all the Mercenary Corps Leaders in the first battalion could get a certain amount of rest, and Lin Xinghai could keep his Perception Power consumption within a relatively safe range.

Of course, as the battle continued, the Perception Power of all the leaders in the first battalion steadily decreased, and the damage to the Armored Vehicles and Mechas also grew worse.

But these things were inevitable, and Lin Xinghai wasn’t too concerned about them.

’If the Armored Vehicles and Mechas get damaged, we can just repair them when we get back. It’ll just cost a few more Points, that’s all. Under my leadership, these Mercenary Corps will never be short on Points.’

As for the consumption of Perception Power, there wasn’t much to be done. His own was being consumed continuously and in large amounts. If his Perception Range didn’t exceed 500 meters, he probably wouldn’t have been able to hold on for this long.

Of course, he wouldn’t let these Mercenary Corps fight indefinitely. Thirty percent Perception Power was a critical threshold. If anyone dropped below that value, he would make them stop fighting. Once the Perception Power of the entire force dropped to that level, it would be time for them to retreat.

Otherwise, if some emergency occurred, they would be in serious trouble.

The battle raged on. The first battalion advanced at a slow but steady pace, fighting constantly.

Time slowly passed. One hour, two hours, three hours.

In those three hours, the number of Zombies they killed had already exceeded 15,000.

This was in just three hours. One could only imagine what a terrifying number it would be after a full day.

Of course, not even Lin Xinghai could last that long.

Aside from the zombie clusters, they had also encountered three Mutated Zombies in those three hours: a Hunter, a Giant Arm, and an Iron Corpse.

However, all three of these Mutated Zombies appeared alone. Since they were discovered in advance, they had no ability to resist.

Every time they encountered one, Lin Xinghai would pilot his Mecha out alone to kill it. After its modifications, the advantages of his Speed Mecha were on full display in these solo combat situations.

Needless to say, killing the Hunter was a one-shot affair, given his complete superiority in Speed.

Even against the Giant Arm, Lin Xinghai didn’t have much trouble this time. He closed in for a sneak attack, piercing its right arm with a single thrust of his spear.

With one of its arms lost for Defense, and relying on his vastly superior Speed, he thrust his spear out again. The creature couldn’t defend in time and its head was pierced straight through. The entire process took less than ten seconds. He didn’t even have to use his Thunder Attack this time.

Only when facing the Iron Corpse, a Mutated Zombie with terrifyingly strong Defense, did Lin Xinghai worry about potential complications and unleash Mjolnir’s Thunder Attack to kill it instantly.

After three hours of intense fighting, everyone’s Perception Power had dropped to the 30% warning line.

Lin Xinghai didn’t linger any longer and directly gave the order to return.

Hearing Lin Xinghai’s order, all the Mercenary Corps Leaders couldn’t help but breathe a sigh of relief, which was then followed by joy.

The pressure during tonight’s battle had been immense, but no emergencies had occurred.

Of course, the most gratifying part was the considerable income.

In just over three hours, they had killed more than 15,000 Zombies. One must remember that the Zombies in Guanghan City were not only numerous but also high-quality, with the vast majority being Intermediate Zombies.

Killing one Intermediate Zombie, between the mission Points and selling the Elemental Crystal, would earn them 55 Points.

For 15,000, that would be 825,000 Points.

Of course, not all the Zombies in Guanghan City were Intermediate Zombies. But if one averaged out the High Level Zombies and Ordinary Zombies, the total Points earned wouldn’t be too different.

Although the Heaven-Sundering Mercenary Corps took the lion’s share of these Points, the other First Level Mercenary Corps could still earn around 30,000 Points each on average.

While this income couldn’t compare to the mission where they had previously encountered a zombie horde, the problem was that the horde had been an unexpected event. That kind of income couldn’t be considered regular.

But tonight’s mission could be.

If an ordinary Mercenary Corps could earn 30,000 Points on a single outing, then four missions a day would mean 120,000 Points. Even after deducting ammunition expenses, they would still have at least 80,000 Points left over.

This was an income that these people would have never dared to imagine before.

As for the Heaven-Sundering Mercenary Corps, their earnings were even more terrifying. They had earned 250,000 Points from this mission alone. In addition, 10% of the total income from the other Mercenary Corps would also go to them. In total, their income from this one mission would easily exceed 300,000 Points.

Four missions a day, even after ammunition costs, meant their income could easily break 1,000,000 Points.

When he calculated this, even Lin Xinghai couldn’t help but gasp.