The fire suppression team hastily replaced the vice-captain without a vote from the entire team. However, the morale of the team has not decreased but has increased. Even the fatigue of many days of fighting without rest has quietly dissipated.

There is no way, in this world where the weak eat the strong and the strong are respected, strength is always the most convincing hard currency.

With Merrick's ability and caution, he can indeed lead the team to gain many advantages when performing missions in a B-level area within a range of 800 kilometers.

But once you go deep into the foreign hinterland a thousand kilometers away, the situation is completely different.

The environment here is more complex, and the aliens are more powerful. Merrick's caution has become a constraint at this time.

His decision-making became timid and he not only failed to effectively help the team, but at certain critical moments, he even became a liability.

On the contrary, although Sumo is a bit taciturn and has a low sense of presence in daily life, he can't help but stand out every time he fights. He stands there with two guns, and almost every gunshot can take away someone.

The aliens used pistols to forcefully use the suppressive power of machine guns.

Following such a fierce man, the probability of survival in the current environment is obviously higher.

"Since the captain said so, I won't refuse."

Sumo nodded and took the job, and immediately began to exercise his rights as deputy captain, "I suggest that when we encounter scattered mercenary teams next time, we can also try to unite them. The situation now is completely different from before. We have more people gathered.

, the probability of survival will be greater.”

"Gather those scattered teams?"

Zhao Lei was stunned for a moment, thinking about the underlying meaning of Su Mo's words.

These thoughts are definitely not new to me now that I am the vice-captain. They must have been brewing in the past few days and I just took this opportunity to express them.

But along the way, the largest team was only ten people.

The fire suppression team now has eight people. Even if they recruit a few people, the number may directly exceed fifteen people, making it the largest team in the Baiduan Mountains.

Even though Somo's fighting power is amazing, if there are too many people, if they are attacked by aliens, casualties will definitely be inevitable.

"this..."

Zhao Lei pondered and organized his words, "Old Qin, there is nothing wrong with your idea, but there are eight people in our team, and our hearts are all in the same direction. If we encounter an alien attack, I will not help you, but at least I will not drag you down.

Hind legs.”

"But if there are more people, there will definitely be more alien races attracted, and there may be some trouble. If one or two people die, people's hearts will immediately disperse."

It's hard to talk about people's hearts, especially in such a high-pressure environment.

For example, if you form a defensive circle, there will definitely be people who want to stand in the inner circle and don't want to go to the outer circle to resist frontal attacks from aliens.

The eight members of the fire suppression team usually come in shifts, no problem.

But there are so many people, and if you want to rotate, it's not as simple as just talking.

"The captain is very considerate."

Sumo gave a thumbs up, "But there is something that the captain probably doesn't know. I went out to explore the surrounding area and met a mercenary team that had just entered the mountain. I found out from their captain that the battle between us humans and alien races is estimated.

It's going to break out again, and this time it's going to be more violent than before."

"Now the aliens have given up on development, and all the aliens are moving to the Baiduan Mountains. The estimated number is at least 200 million and upwards."

"What?!"

Zhao Lei trembled all over and stopped in his tracks in shock.

The team members who were still groping forward were also startled by this exclamation. They stopped one after another, grabbed the gun with their right hand, and opened the safety.

His eyes wandered around, wary of aliens that might come out at any time.

"It's okay, turn off the safety first, don't let it go off."

Sumo raised his hand to signal, thinking that he would have to say a few words to make these people feel relieved.

Unexpectedly, the effect was surprisingly good. As soon as the words were spoken, everyone breathed a sigh of relief and followed their usual arrangements to stop around and start watching.

"Tsk tsk, Lao Qin, it seems you should be my captain."

Zhao Lei was still surprised and said with a wry smile.

"Is this news true?"

"Ninety percent probability." Sumo thought thoughtfully. "They don't need to lie about this kind of thing. It's not good for everyone. Moreover, there are more and more alien races in the Baiduan Mountains, and there are so many land grabbers.

It's completely different from the Baiduan Mountains given in the previous intelligence. The captain must have discovered this a long time ago, right?"

Zhao Lei remained silent, obviously realizing this problem very early.

It's just that the waves of attacks kept him from thinking about this issue in detail, or that he didn't dare to think about the consequences of this change.

"Then what do you mean..."

"Gather more people into the mountains and go to the center of the Baiduan Mountains. At least we can avoid encountering large foreign troops in a short period of time and ensure our safety. As for the future... we can't say for sure."

"Okay, then when we encounter a mercenary team next, we will try to recruit them!"

The captain of an A-level mercenary team will definitely not be the mother-in-law.

After hearing what Su Mo said, Zhao Lei no longer hesitated and immediately decided to recruit people.

However, the recruitment standards still need to be discussed. The two squatted together and quickly discussed what type of mercenaries they wanted to recruit.

First of all, you must be a person with a bottom line. You can't take someone's own life on your hands.

This is difficult to distinguish within the level, but it is very simple outside the level.

In order to regulate the behavior of mercenaries and ensure the safety of everyone, every mercenary will be forced to wear a monitor when leaving the level.

This monitor looks ordinary, but in fact it plays an important role. It has two main functions:

The first is to monitor the wearer's physical condition in real time to ensure their health in dangerous environments, and the second is to accurately record the wearer's relevant information before death.

There is a strict set of rules here. If a mercenary wearing a monitor is killed by another person who also wears a monitor, an eye-catching warning message will be immediately recorded on the murderer's monitor.

This warning cannot be eliminated by itself. Only when the wearer returns to the level, explains the ins and outs of the matter in detail to the relevant personnel, and has been verified by multiple parties from the guard, can the wearer go to the designated location and eliminate this warning with the assistance of the staff.

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If no reasonable explanation can be given, severe punishment awaits the wearer.

Either they were sent to a coolie camp and engaged in never-ending physical labor, or they were incorporated into a death squad and charged into battle on the most dangerous front lines.

Of course, there are also people who are trying to take advantage of loopholes and find ways to avoid the monitors from recording homicide information.

The simplest way is to actively turn off the monitor after exiting the level.

Although this way of going back and forth through the levels still requires explanation, it is much easier to explain than the murder information recorded in the monitor.

Now to filter, just select those whose monitors are still on.

No matter what the reason is for turning off the monitor, do not use it.

Secondly, the people you recruit must be capable and cannot be just trash waiting to die.

There is basically no need to worry about this. Currently, the mercenaries who can come to the Baiduan Mountains are basically at level 20 or above.

Just based on the gains brought by the route, it is destined that as long as you dare to fight and fight hard, there will never be any obvious difference from others.

Well, the premise is not to compare it with Soma.

Finally, the people recruited must be obedient and must not do anything illegal. Once discovered, they must be kicked out without hesitation.

"These three criteria are good. Next, we will recruit people according to these standards."

Sumo nodded with satisfaction.

When I told Connie just now that I wanted to gather mercenaries, it was just a simple idea.

If we really want to implement it, we need someone as capable as Zhao Lei.

Otherwise, if one person manages dozens or hundreds of people, he will be exhausted.

"The deputy captain and I have just discussed it. Next, our fire suppression team will change its strategy. First, we will try to recruit a group of people to join the team and see the effect."

"Everyone, come closer and let me talk briefly."

Zhao Lei called everyone and simply repeated the details that the two had just discussed.

As soon as he heard that the alien race, numbering no less than 200 million, was going to surround the Baiduan Mountains, the objections instantly disappeared. Even Merrick, who had just been deprived of his position as vice-captain, nodded repeatedly.

If you want to break out of an encirclement, the fewer people there, the better. This will make it easier to find loopholes for aliens to sneak out.

But if we continue to go into the mountains, we must recruit more people. Once we encounter a "local" alien camp, we might be able to turn against the guests and take the initiative to knock on the door.

"That's good..."

Before Zhao Lei finished speaking, gunshots suddenly rang in everyone's ears.

Su Mo stared blankly, feeling the vibration of the token on his waist, and couldn't help but think that Connie's efficiency was really good. It had only been three hours before and after, but she had already started taking action.

"Come on, now is an opportunity, let's go over and take a look!"

...

Eastern pass.

The soldiers and mechanical troops filing out have not stopped since three days ago. Every day, millions of soldiers march out of the camp with neat and firm steps and head to the designated place to station.
To be continued...