Chapter 636 - 607: A Good Idea

After listening to Guan An’s explanation, Lin Xinghai gazed at the roiling green toxic mist in the distance, a deep look in his eyes.

"This green toxic mist gives these Mutated Zombies and Abyssal Creatures too great an advantage," Lin Xinghai said. "If we can’t eliminate their ’home-field advantage,’ it will be very difficult to suppress them. Even if we could, the price we’d have to pay would likely be unbearable."

"Indeed." Guan An nodded warily, looking at the patch of green toxic mist nearby. "I heard the military has already launched several operations targeting the Spray Zombies, but they all ended in failure. They’re just too cautious, and the other Mutated Zombies protect them. For now, we simply can’t find any opportunity to strike."

Lin Xinghai pulled his gaze back and said with a smile, "But those aren’t our concerns for now. By the way, now that this ’Giant Arm’ is dead, is your mission complete? Or do you need to wait here for reinforcements to arrive and take over the defense of this stronghold?"

"This stronghold is too close to the green toxic mist, so the Military Department has already decided to abandon it. Our only purpose in coming here was to rescue these soldiers. I’ll just lead them back to the rear defense line in a bit."

"As for the Points, once we’re back at the main base and upload the battle footage to the smart system, they should be transferred to your squad pretty quickly," Guan An said, pointing to the combat recorder on his chest.

As long as the combat recorder captured Guan An and Lin Xinghai’s verbal agreement, it was just as binding as a written contract. And as long as it didn’t violate any regulations, the smart system would process it.

"Alright. In that case, we’ll get going. If you need any help later, feel free to find me." Lin Xinghai said, giving a wave.

"Captain Lin, wait! I actually have a bit of a half-baked idea," Guan An called out hurriedly as he saw Lin Xinghai about to leave.

"Hm?" Lin Xinghai looked at him, confused.

"Your combat power is incredible. I’d say it’s even comparable to someone in the Divine Demon Realm Early Stage..." Guan An had just started to speak when Lin Xinghai cut him off.

"Hold on, I think you’re misunderstanding something. Please, don’t mistake me for a Divine Demon Realm expert. I can only use that attack a few times, and my ability to take a hit is nowhere near that level. If you’re thinking about going after a Third Level Mutated Zombie, I advise you to drop the idea," Lin Xinghai said quickly. He knew his own limits.

He could escape from a Third Level Mutated Zombie, but a head-on confrontation was simply impossible.

Although his Attack Power could reach the Divine Demon Realm, it was only just barely at that level. Against a Tier Three Mutated Zombie, he could injure it at best, but he couldn’t kill it.

You have to understand, the regenerative abilities of Mutated Zombies are insane. The higher their Level, the stronger their regeneration. With his current Blood Qi Power, even at full strength, he could use Thunderstorm seven or eight times at most before his reserves were completely depleted.

At that point, his normal attacks would be nothing more than a tickle to those Mutated Zombies.

So, there was no way he could win against a Third Level Mutated Zombie.

Hearing this, Guan An realized Lin Xinghai had gotten the wrong idea and quickly explained, "You’ve misunderstood. We aren’t nearly bold enough to go after a Third Level Mutated Zombie. After all, a creature like that could kill us instantly if we let our guard down for even a moment."

Hearing this, Lin Xinghai relaxed considerably and gestured for him to continue.

"Here’s the thing. With your combat power, you should be able to deal with any Second Level Mutated Zombie quickly, right?" Guan An asked, seeking confirmation.

"Yes, that’s right," Lin Xinghai nodded.

"Then what if I contact the other squads from East Sea Academy, and we all choose to accept tasks in the same area?"

"Then, whenever a squad runs into a Mutated Zombie, you come over and help take it out quickly. In other words, you would only be responsible for eliminating the Mutated Zombies, and we’d give you half of our task reward. That way, both our parties would see a massive boost in efficiency."

"After all, you’d only need to kill the Mutated Zombies. The rest of the task—like clearing out Abyssal Creatures or handling other problems—would be left for the other squads to clean up. What do you think of the idea?" Guan An asked expectantly.

The idea had come to him after this incident, seeing how Lin Xinghai’s power completely overwhelmed Second Level Zombies.

If they did this, the speed at which their squads completed tasks would increase dramatically, and they could take on more difficult tasks. Overall, their rate of earning Points would definitely be faster.

As for Lin Xinghai, the benefits went without saying. Given his ability to instantly kill Second Level Mutated Zombies, if they could pull together a dozen or so squads to cooperate, Lin Xinghai could potentially rake in several hundred thousand Points from a single round of tasks.

Lin Xinghai considered it for a moment and immediately saw the benefits. Without much hesitation, he said, "That is indeed a win-win solution, but you’ll have to be the one to get the other squads on board."

"Okay, don’t worry. Leave it to me; I know plenty of people. I can get the squads together by tonight at the latest," Guan An said excitedly.

The two of them discussed the details for a bit longer. Then, not wanting to linger, Lin Xinghai led the members of the Xinghai Squad away.

After returning to the barracks, they immediately went back to taking on tasks without a moment’s rest.

The Xinghai Squad exclusively chose the most difficult type of Second Level Task—emergency rescue missions—so no other squads ever competed with them for jobs.

These emergency rescue missions might have been extremely stressful for other squads, but for the Xinghai Squad, they were nothing special.

After all, the difficulty of such tasks came down to two main points. The first was travel time. But with Little Fatty’s two custom-built, high-spec Armored Vehicles, they could travel at least twice as fast as other squads when going all out.

This meant that even on urgent rescue missions, they had plenty of time to spare once they arrived.

The second point of difficulty was the danger itself. These missions typically involved a stronghold under attack by a powerful Mutated Zombie, which made them quite risky.

However, with Lin Xinghai’s strength, that danger was non-existent.

After all, on a Second Level Task, no matter how strong the Mutated Zombie was, it was still confined to the Second Level.

And so, by the time the morning was over, they had successfully completed six rescue missions, and the squad’s total Points finally surpassed 300,000.

300,000 total Points. This was a threshold.

According to the rules, a squad with over 100,000 total Points could accept Second Level Tasks. Once they surpassed 300,000, they could accept Third Level Tasks.