Urban Peerless Expert-Chapter 3918 - 3937: Farewell, Secretary Bai

On the way home, Lin Chen made a phone call to Ning Xiuzhu, mentioning his plan to go out for a bit.

After understanding the situation, Ning Xiuzhu readily agreed.

Although he currently controls the lives of Lin Chen and the others, he does not treat them as his slaves but as future collaborators.

As for why he didn’t directly remove the shackles from their necks, isn’t that just a precaution?

Ning Xiuzhu, while righteous, is definitely not some naive good person.

He aims to complete the bone tempering research, and before that, he must control Lin Chen to ensure cooperation, and after finishing the research, he will naturally return their freedom.

For the moment, the shackles on their necks do not restrict their abilities much. At most, they serve as a locator, allowing Ning Xiuzhu to know their whereabouts.

Ning Xiuzhu has a thorough understanding of the strength of Lin Chen and the others.

Although their combat power doesn’t match seventh-level warriors, they are top-tier among sixth-level martial warriors, unless targeted by powerhouse assassins, they shouldn’t face any problems.

Three days later, Lin Chen and the other two joined the Rose Squad and departed Jinghai City with Sun Lei, arriving at a transportation base outside the city.

The flying ship carrying supplies was already loaded, and the adventurers responsible for escorting gathered nearby.

Sun Lei took the people to find the person in charge of the escort mission.

"Secretary Bai, the Rose Squad reporting."

Lin Chen took a close look and appeared quite surprised.

Isn’t this the Secretary Bai from the city hall they met on the first day brought by Zhang Zhongjiu?

Secretary Bai’s gaze swept over the people behind Sun Lei and landed on the faces of Lin Chen, Yao Xuanji, and Lan Shuiying, showing a surprised expression.

"It’s you?"

Lin Chen greeted, "Hello, Secretary Bai."

Secretary Bai frowned, "Shouldn’t you be at the purifier production base?"

Lin Chen replied, "We are currently affiliated with the Science Council and have already left the base."

Secretary Bai showed a thoughtful expression on her face, "You all seem to have some skills."

Lin Chen courteously responded, "We are also striving for our freedom and lives."

Secretary Bai nodded, "Since you’re with the Science Council, why appear here? This task has nothing to do with the Science Council, right?"

Lin Chen explained, "I’m friends with the Rose Squad members and, as I’ve been idle recently, I decided to temporarily join them for some outside experiences."

Secretary Bai understood and nodded, then turned to Sun Lei, "You’ll be the team’s left-wing guard. Report immediately upon encountering danger during the march."

Sun Lei nodded, "Understood!"

Secretary Bai waved her hand, "Go ahead, departure in an hour."

Sun Lei directed the group to one side, curiously asking, "You know Secretary Bai?"

Lin Chen explained, "On our first day back with Zhang Zhongjiu, we saw her at the city hall, but I don’t know much about her. Whose secretary is she?"

Sun Lei replied softly, "She’s the City Lord’s secretary of Jinghai City."

Lin Chen responded, "City Lord’s secretary, a big shot indeed. This batch is official; shouldn’t the military be protecting it? Why adventurers?"

Sun Lei explained, "Recently, the military stationed in Jinghai City went out on a mission, so the official personnel were short-handed, hence the adventurers were hired for escort."

"These adventurer squads operate in Jinghai City, being familiar, and many within these squads are quite capable, not inferior to the military."

Lin Chen realized this was probably what you’d call "outsourcing."

"Will Secretary Bai be accompanying us?"

Sun Lei nodded, "Yes, she’s the head of this operation."

Lin Chen said with a laugh, "City Lord’s secretary personally escorting, must be something significant being transported."

Sun Lei looked around and then lowered his voice, "We’re unaware of what’s being escorted, but it’s rumored to be some newly developed high-tech product."

"After all, it’s an official escort mission; the specifics really don’t concern us. Our focus is to safely deliver the items to the destination."

Lin Chen said with a laugh, "That’s true; we work, we earn."

Sun Lei laughed, "Yes indeed, since it’s an official project, the reward is quite generous, thanks to your joining, I managed to negotiate a good price."

Lin Chen looked around, asked in a low voice, "What’s the caliber of the escorts this time, do you know?"

Sun Lei replied, "I’ve somewhat looked into it. There are five adventurer teams participating: Red Eagle Team, Rainbow Squad, Crocodile Team, Trident Team, and our Rose Squad."

"Among the five squads, Rose Squad was originally the weakest, but now with your inclusion, we’re not the weakest any longer."

"The strongest is the Trident Team, with twelve members, half of which are sixth-level martial warriors, quite a renowned adventurer squad in Jinghai City."

"The other three teams, Red Eagle, Rainbow, and Crocodile, each have two to three sixth-level martial warriors."

Lin Chen frowned, "So many people, yet not a single seventh-level warrior?"

Sun Lei smiled bitterly, "There aren’t many seventh-level martial warriors in Jinghai City, just an escort mission, why would a seventh-level warrior be deployed?"

Lin Chen asked in confusion, "If we encounter a seventh-level martial warrior enemy, wouldn’t that spell disaster?"

Sun Lei explained, "If we do face a seventh-level warrior, we’d certainly lose; however, on Planet 49, every seventh-level warrior is quite famous, who would engage in robbery?"

Lin Chen nodded, "So, excluding seventh-level warriors, we have at least ten sixth-level warriors escorting, nothing should go wrong, so why were you so worried before?"

Sun Lei smiled bitterly, "Heard some rumors of someone secretly eyeing these goods, likely planning an attack; if they dare strike, they’d undoubtedly come prepared, and we’re only fifth and fourth-level in strength. If a fight breaks out, we’d be the first to suffer."

Lin Chen thought it over and agreed; amid battles among sixth-level warriors, fifth and fourth-levels indeed become cannon fodder.

Yao Xuanji curiously asked, "These powerhouses possess great destructive power; wouldn’t fighting cause massive planetary damage?"

Sun Lei explained, "Only beyond seventh level poses threats to planets, and there’s an energy shield on the planet that automatically protects against powerful energy shocks."

"Energy shields are all over the city, otherwise, when two warriors fight, wouldn’t the city be destroyed?"