Planet of Sand and Oasis of Iron

Chapter 191 190. Everyone is almost here, so let’s get ready (fourth update)

In Sefer's expectation, with the joint efforts of the four companies and their meticulous cultivation of the node city, this node city would be completely suppressed within a few days.

Not to mention suppressing it to the lower level, at least the large elevators from the middle level to the lower level must be suppressed, right?

That was not the case at all.

A few days after meeting those two new recruits and patiently persuading them not to be cannon fodder, the situation in the node city... is still the same.

The upper echelons were indeed completely suppressed, and those self-regulatory machines were once again managed, no longer struggling, and their territory was taken over by a few companies. As for the middle echelons, the results can only be said to be encouraging.

The heavy-load elevator leading to the lower level was now surrounded by a large number of autonomous machines, and large and heavy firepower was also available. The mercenaries did not dare to use any large-scale firepower for fear of damaging the city structure.

The two sides were deadlocked here.

In short, after a few days of busyness and fighting, Seifer jumped out of the machine bored. As soon as he landed, Shengnai ran over.

"Thank you for the hard work, Cypher. It seems there aren't many obstacles this time."

"Indeed, after all, I didn't accept the commission to attack the load elevator from area A1 to D4." Seeing that she was in good spirits, Seifer asked curiously, "Why don't you go to the medical station to help today?"

If Shengnai doesn't treat him or an adventurous guy like Tien, he will usually take the initiative to go to the medical station to help.

After a while, everyone had heard of this little girl with pink hair, and when they saw her coming to help, they were all eager to help.

Shengnai shook her head, the feather-like ornament at the base of her short hair swaying. "Several medical stations opened today, and the injured have been sorted out. There's a surplus of medical care."

"It's a little early to go back now, so I'll just wait here for Cypher to finish his work."

It sounded reasonable, but considering Shengnai's previous predictive behavior, Sefer felt that she knew that he didn't have any other work today and planned to go back to the car together.

"It's a bit early indeed. Why is it so lively over there?"

Looking in the direction he pointed, Shengnai blinked: "It seems... the representative of Abian Company is here again."

Again, that means they've been here before. But these days, Seifer has been busy making money to support a carload of people and has no time to pay attention to such things. Curious, he and Shengnai walked to the side of the sparse crowd and waited for a while, and the real person immediately appeared.

The girl who was walking over, surrounded by a group of corporate mercenaries, was a short girl who didn't look like a serious person... um, a little girl?

It’s not right to call her a little girl, as she seems a little underage in Sefer’s opinion, but judging from the information, this person has a very important background.

The backbone of Abian Company, almost the second-in-command level researcher, any one of his contributions is an achievement that none of you here will ever achieve in your lifetime.

The family's wealth is almost the company's shares, and the real power and R&D rights are in their hands, but her reputation is actually just that. At the core... she is a mediocre researcher.

Feldrich—that was her name.

In Sefer's eyes, she was just a brat who looked down on others. She even talked bad about him twice.

Taking into account the special circumstances at that time, the adults did not bear grudges.

After she entered her territory through the safe passage and the mercenaries dispersed in twos and threes, Seifer remained there for a while, thinking: "Why did Abian send her here?"

Sheng Nai blinked: "What's so strange about it?"

"It's just a giant anomaly. While rare, it's definitely not an isolated case. Look, the Phantom Mist Group simply sent a leader, and I/O is doing the same."

"Why did Abian send her here? You know, this place is quite remote. It doesn't make sense... right?" After thinking for a while, Seifer suddenly checked the time: "Forget it, let's get back to the car. I'm going to start the machine, Shengnai, you..."

"Can I ride on Cypher's machine?" Shengnai was a little eager to try. The last engineering machine made her happy for a long time.

Cypher ruthlessly refused: "No, combat machines and engineering machines are two different things."

"Well……"

"You don't want to throw up in the cockpit, do you?"

These words depressed Shengnai. She nodded and went to her parking place obediently.

After starting the machine, Cypher still felt strange. As he ran out of the node city, he asked Laika, who was studying, to stop what she was doing and told her what he had just witnessed with 'Feldrich'.

"Hmm... You're worried about such an important person coming to such a remote place, right? I'll check it out for you using the information I have... Oh, Red Crossbow, I found a suitable list for you regarding replacement weapons."

A detailed list of weapons was presented to Cypher, including mounted weapons, handheld weapons and even replaced body parts.

Laika also thoughtfully marked which weapons are recommended recently, which ones can be considered, etc...

However, this recommendation is a bit too subjective. It can be seen that Laika likes various live-fire weapons and electromagnetic-related extended-range weapons.

"I'll think it over in detail, Laika. That's all for today. Let's rest first, and then..."

Suddenly, a call came in. Cypher had no choice but to stop in the desert and answer the call: "This is Red Arrow. What's up?"

"This is a commission from the 'Gaoshan' team, a mercenary unit of the Phantom Mist Group, a subsidiary of the Commercial Union."

The other party's businesslike voice made Seifer think for a moment, then continued to listen to what he was about to say.

"We now invite all mercenaries to proceed to the middle area of Node City, the lower level D1-D2 heavy cargo elevator entrance, to conduct a seizure mission. The enemy is extremely numerous and has extremely strong heavy weapons and firepower. We hope that you will use your strongest firepower to deal with the defenses."

Just another recruiting of cannon fodder... Cypher wasn't really interested. Just as he was about to shut down, the message was cut off and a separate channel was connected, from Gaoshan.

"Hey, Red Crossbow, I haven't asked you to do a mission in a few days. Are you itching to ask us for some lucrative commissions?"

"I don't have that idea for now. I plan to go back and rest. What? Do you have any secret missions planned for me alone?"

"Aha, you're right. A secret mission... well, I'd rather call it a 'Navigation to Hell' mission. The reward is incredibly high. Are you interested in learning more?"

This tone, similar to that of an investment and financial management, made Seifer cross his arms. "I don't accept line-filling tasks. First, tell me what kind of good job it is?"

"Go down to the lower level and clear the passage to the heavy-load elevator level. This mission is special. Your ammunition and damage costs will be reimbursed. After completing the mission, all rewards will be pure profit."

"Give me an address."

If there was one thing that most attracted the mercenaries, it was of course the word "reimbursement." Especially when the other party promised that even damage to the aircraft would be covered by the warranty for this mission.

No matter what the other party's thinking is when preparing this kind of commission in the mercenary system, Sefer has to tell the other party with practical actions.

Some people just can make this money.

(End of this chapter)