Invincible through Touching Corpses-Chapter 105 - 104: Safe Return

The Giant Hammer Mercenary Corps was practically at the bottom of the barrel among First Level Mercenary Corps. Normally, they would never have contact with Second or Third Level Mercenary Corps.

So, they paid more attention to the powerful First Level Mercenary Corps.

And the Heaven-Sundering Mercenary Corps was definitely one of the top-tier First Level Mercenary Corps.

It was said that their overall strength even surpassed some newly promoted Second Level Mercenary Corps.

Ren Hong couldn’t tell if these rumors were true, but he was certain of one thing: if they went up against the Heaven-Sundering Mercenary Corps, they would be completely crushed.

Thus, the members of the Giant Hammer Mercenary Corps tucked their tails and left.

Although they came away with nothing, even losing all their ammunition, at least they had escaped with their lives.

Compared to the mercenary corps that went out and never returned, this outcome wasn’t too bad.

After they left, Lin Xinghai immediately had the multi-function off-road vehicle drive over to start collecting the spoils on the ground.

The other party didn’t have many Elemental Crystals, but there were still over 300 of them. The vast majority were Basic Level Elemental Crystals, with Intermediate Elemental Crystals making up only a small portion, but their value still exceeded 7,000 Points.

In addition, the ammunition could be exchanged for even more Points, worth about 13,000.

But what everyone cared about most were the Energy Crystal Stones, with a total value that actually reached around 70,000.

In other words, from this one rescue mission alone, they had earned a full 90,000 Points.

After tallying their haul, Ling Xiu and the others couldn’t help but marvel silently. They believed that the earnings from this single rescue mission would definitely rank in the top three in the entire history of Star Shield Shelter. In fact, he thought it might even be number one.

Rescue missions were usually paid for with supplies, and who would carry so many supplies with them when they went out?

It was only because the Giant Hammer Mercenary Corps had just happened to acquire those Energy Crystal Stones. Otherwise, for any other mercenary corps, even with such a golden opportunity to squeeze them dry, the Points they could have extorted would absolutely not have exceeded 40,000.

Such a huge haul wasn’t without its problems. The off-road vehicle was already cramped after loading three cases of red wine, and the spoils from this time took up even more space.

The unrefined Energy Crystal Stones, in particular, nearly filled the entire back seat.

In the end, they had to stuff almost every space except the driver’s seat full of supplies just to barely fit everything into the vehicle.

And that was with the Hunter’s corpse placed on the roof; otherwise, they really wouldn’t have been able to fit all their spoils from this trip.

Except for Huang Nuo, who was driving, everyone else, including Lin Xinghai, could only sit on the roof, getting blasted by wind and eating dust.

But everyone had a huge smile on their face, because their haul this time was simply immense.

Besides the 90,000 Points from the Giant Hammer Mercenary Corps, the Hunter’s corpse on the roof was worth at least another 10,000 Points.

Moreover, they had obtained a huge number of Elemental Crystals—a full 983 of them. Many were Intermediate, and there were even some High Level Elemental Crystals, with a total value of at least 23,000 Points.

Adding the red wine they acquired, if they sold it directly to the Mercenary Guild, they could get another 50,000 Points.

Of course, neither Lin Xinghai nor Ling Xiu wanted to sell it like that; it would be too much of a loss.

They had already reached a consensus: they would sell it to someone who knew its true worth. This might take a bit longer, but they could get at least 100,000 Points.

The total value of all the items inside this inconspicuous off-road vehicle was a staggering 230,000 Points!

When he calculated this number, even Lin Xinghai felt his breath catch. He would be taking a full 60% of all the earnings.

That amounted to 138,000 Points.

Of course, the actual amount wouldn’t be quite that high, since he would keep all the Elemental Crystals he received to absorb for himself, but it was still an enormous sum of Points.

After this trip, he would definitely be the wealthiest person in their Mercenary Corps.

As for Ling Xiu and the others, they were even more ecstatic. They kept pinching their thighs from time to time to make sure it was all real.

Of course, excitement was one thing, but everyone remained on high alert, watching their surroundings with extreme vigilance.

After all, until they were back in the Shelter, they were never truly safe.

You can’t relax until the very last moment—that was a principle all Mercenaries understood.

On the next leg of their journey, it was as if they had been blessed by Lady Luck herself; they left Qingtang Town without a hitch.

The road back was also uneventful. They only encountered a few hordes of Zombies.

Even Lin Xinghai had lost interest in these Zombies. After killing them, they just hurried on their way, not even bothering to collect the Elemental Crystals.

Half an hour later, they finally entered the tunnel at the Shelter’s entrance. The moment they were inside, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

They were truly safe here, as soldiers were stationed throughout these tunnels.

Continuing through the tunnel, they soon arrived at the quarantine gate of the elevator hall.

However, the soldiers here didn’t let them pass immediately. An officer with the rank of second lieutenant walked over. He glanced at the multi-function off-road vehicle, his eyes lingering on the Hunter on the roof, and asked, "You killed this?"

Under normal circumstances, the military wouldn’t inquire about the earnings of Mercenary Corps and hunting squads.

But clearly, the haul Lin Xinghai’s group had brought back was far from normal, so it was only natural that they were questioned.

"Yes, sir!" Ling Xiu replied respectfully.

Hearing Ling Xiu’s answer, the second lieutenant’s brow furrowed slightly.

His gaze swept over the members of the Superpower Alliance group once more. He then used his Perception Power to scan them before saying in a low voice, "I hope you’ll tell me the truth."

"You should know that something this unusual will definitely be investigated. Explaining it clearly to me here, or waiting for the military police to come investigate—those are two very different things. You should think carefully."

Ling Xiu’s expression didn’t change. He simply called out to Huang Nuo in the driver’s seat, "Pull up the video and show it to the officer."

Ling Xiu was a veteran mercenary; he had long anticipated being questioned by the Military Department.

However, their mission to clear out Zombies required them to record the entire process, and that, of course, included the video of their rescue operation.

A video like that was more effective than a thousand explanations.

"You got it!" Huang Nuo took down the vehicle’s navigation unit to use as a temporary player and clicked on a video clip he had specially edited.

When the second lieutenant heard Ling Xiu mention playing a video, a look of surprise crossed his face. ’If they can produce video evidence, then this story is most likely true!’

But this was just a hunting squad. He had just scanned them with his Perception Power, and not a single one of them had even broken through the second Genetic Lock. ’So how could they possibly have killed a Hunter?’