Only I can make them stronger

Although he is lustful and has a collecting habit, he is not the kind of idiot who mindlessly licks beautiful women.

"It's like this... Luo Qi is my boss, so I don't have the right to directly decide on the tasks I accept. I listen to her in this regard..." At this time, Luo Qi's identity as the manager who usually doesn't have much presence is an unexpectedly useful excuse.

However, Xia Ye did not want to be too firm in his words, and instead decided to continue to probe for information from the other party, saying:

"Luo Qi's concerns just now were mainly about the danger of the mission and the compliance of the procedures, so Miss Y, why don't you first tell us what the mission is specifically about and what relevant information the client can disclose, which will also facilitate our judgment."

"Is that so..." Y narrowed his eyes slightly and glanced at Luo Qi, then returned his interested gaze to Xia Ye and said as if no one was around:

"This time, the client did not do any identity encryption. Or rather, there was no need for encryption."

"Because the party that issued the task is called Mercury Chamber of Commerce." "Mercury Chamber of Commerce!" Upon hearing this name, the three wives exclaimed in unison.

"What a familiar name..." Only Xia Ye seemed to be still confused, searching for the origin of the name in his mind.

"It is the employer who hired Anke and Canaanzi to participate in the biological sample identification. It is also the richest organization in the entire Hill Continent."

"Rich?" This adjective seems a bit awkward in the style of Hill Continent.

"Yes, they are rich." Luo Qi continued, "So rich that any settlement with rational creatures has their business network, and the businesses they cover include all the legal types we can imagine."

"With such wealth, the influence of the Mercury Chamber of Commerce and the employees it employs are among the best in the entire continent."

"Why would they commission a mercenary organization like Wheelbarrow?" Shana asked bluntly, not hiding her disdain for Wheelbarrow in her words.

This is understandable. After all, the Mercury Chamber of Commerce's usual partners are at least firms or mercenary groups of Phoenix's level. There is really no reason for a small mobile mercenary organization to be connected with the Mercury Chamber of Commerce.

"To be honest, Mercury Chamber of Commerce did initially only issue Class IV and above γ commissions in various cities, but the leader of [Wheelchair] and the head of one of the offices are old acquaintances, and the mission issued by Mercury Chamber of Commerce this time is an unconditional bounty mission, so we have the opportunity to obtain this path."

"In other words, as long as the other party has the authorization certification from the Mercury Chamber of Commerce, no matter how the agreement is reached, the rewards can be shared privately in the end."

"Unconditional bounty mission? What exactly is the mission?" Shana felt something was wrong the more she listened, and asked with a frown.

"Last night was the night of the black moon. Normally, the night of the black moon is the quietest night in the entire continent, but a group of merchants from the Mercury Chamber of Commerce in the wilderness was attacked last night."

"It is said that the cargo transported by that caravan includes important biological samples, as well as some external experts in the fields of biology and technology, so..."

"Encore and Canaanzi!" Upon hearing this, Luo Qi stood up in surprise and looked at Shana, whose face had become quite gloomy, with a little panic.

According to Y's description, Anko and Canaanzi were most likely among the merchant group that was attacked.

Anyone who dared to attack the Mercury Chamber of Commerce on a black moon night must have a strength and background that they could hardly imagine.

In this case, the safety of their two colleagues...

"What are the specific requirements of the bounty mission?" Luo Qi quickly forced herself to calm down and looked at Y very seriously.

Seeing this, the latter smiled slightly and said:

"The merchant group members and hired personnel are completely separated and may still be being pursued. For each merchant group member rescued, 100,000 Takos will be paid, and for each hired personnel rescued, 5,000 Takos will be paid."

"Five thousand deductions!? Damn it!" This was the first time Xia Ye saw Luo Qi say such words, and such an angry expression appeared on her face.

What made her angry was that under such a sharp price contrast, all the hired personnel were destined to become the ignored ones.

There were colleagues whom she regarded as family, and people of the same kind whom she had worked hard to recruit into Chise Agency!

"We accept the commission and will fully assist you in your mission, but I have a request-"

"We will only make rescuing hired personnel our top priority!"

Soon, Luo Qi changed her previous attitude and responded quite firmly.

Hearing this, Y snapped his fingers, looked at Luo Qi with a smile, but stretched out his hand to Xia Ye and said:

"Coincidentally... my own strength is only at the fourth level, so I only plan to consider hiring cheaper personnel."

"Let's set the departure time for the morning of the day after tomorrow. I still need to collect some intelligence tomorrow, so you guys should also make preparations."

"Then, happy working together."

30. The Madman Who Parses the Domain

"Gone..." Leah sniffed and looked through the wall in the direction where Y left.

"It seems like I've taken on another rather troublesome task..." Luo Qi sighed with a headache as he looked at the contract he had just signed on the tablet.

Just now, after Y accepted the task, he took out the template on the spot and directly drafted an assistance contract. Driven by her concern for Anke and Canaanzi, Luo Qi signed the contract without hesitation.

"Think about it brightly. At least the reward is not bad." Xia Ye shrugged and looked at the reward column. Y actually directly gave a price of 3000 tower bucks for hiring a person.

In other words, they could get a reward of 3000 tower bucks for every employee they helped rescue from the Mercury Caravan.

"You always have an inappropriate optimism..." Shana sat next to him helplessly and complained with a wry smile.

"Sister Canaanzi and Anke, the two of them..." Leah leaned against the sofa with her little face drooping, her expression full of worry.

Before Xia Ye arrived, the colleagues at Qianshi Office had already had a very close relationship with each other. When they heard such bad news, they were naturally very worried.

"It'll be fine." But Xia Ye said quite confidently.

Although there was no reason, his confident attitude really alleviated the worries of the other three people.

"Xia Ye's untimely optimism soon appeared again!" Leah added stupidly.

But in fact, Xia Ye’s consolation was not just empty talk.

The reason why he said that... is, of course, because he believes that the character who can lead the plot will definitely not be a supporting role who gets killed before even meeting the character.

At first, Xia Ye thought that Y’s appearance was simply a hidden side quest related to her personal line, but from the actual situation, it might be a new main quest.

Moreover, this main mission might directly affect the safety of two colleagues who have a 99.9% chance of joining his harem.

In this case, Anchor and Canaan are 200 percent safe.

This is the confidence the system gives him!

"I hope it's the same as Mr. Xia Ye said... Besides, no matter what, in terms of knowledge, agility and comprehensive combat effectiveness, Anke and Canaanzi are the strongest in our firm..." Luo Qi clasped her hands together on her chest, closed her eyes and prayed while muttering softly.

"Hmm? Are they the two strongest? I remember you mentioned that they are both in the analysis domain, right?" Xia Ye asked curiously when he heard that.

"Yeah, what's wrong?" Although she said this, Shana looked at Xia Ye with an expression that said "I knew you would ask this."

"I remember Luo Qi told me that the factor abilities of the analysis domain are generally inclined towards assistance and data analysis... Could it be that they are better than you?" The contradictory statement made Xia Ye quite curious about these two beloved wives who had not yet appeared.

"They are special cases... If we fight to the death, An Ke can't beat me, but if we just fight, I'm afraid I'm really no match for An Ke." Shana spread her hands and said helplessly: "Even Canaanzi, who is relatively not that strong, can cause me a lot of trouble."

"So amazing?" Xia Ye was even more puzzled by the fact that even Shana was inferior to her colleague. "Could it be that her factor level is higher?"

"No, it's because An Ke is... crazy. Not only her personality, but also her fighting style is crazy. It's really a headache."

"But despite her crazy personality, she can always keep a very calm mind. Isn't this kind of opponent always the most troublesome?"

"Is it crazy..." Xia Ye still found it a little hard to imagine what kind of personality and fighting style could make her colleague Shana give such an evaluation.

"So I have to go with you on this mission." Luo Qi let out a long sigh and said as if he had made some decision.

"Luo Qi!" Liya and Xia Ye exclaimed at the same time. Luo Qi's decision surprised them.

Especially Xia Ye, he is very clear about Luo Qi's numbers. In his opinion, Luo Qi's physical strength and on-the-spot combat ability may not even be as good as himself when he first came to Hill Continent not long ago.

This mission was obviously not safe, and he was worried that Luo Qi might encounter some accident if she went along.

"Don't worry, I'm not as vulnerable as you think..." Seeing the two people's surprised and worried eyes, Luo Qi forced a smile and said:

"After all, I have broken through to the third level, and will soon be among the middle-level aliens!"

"Besides, An Ke's stress response to dangerous situations will be quite strong. Shana should be well aware of this."

"That's right..." Shana was the only one who didn't stop Luoqi.

Because An Ke was brought back by her and Luo Qi. At that time, An Ke seemed to be running for his life in fear, and would kill anyone who tried to approach him.

And that day, Shana also encountered the toughest opponent of the same level in her fighting career for the first time.

Even though he was only at the second level, his disorganized and violent fighting style, coupled with his extraordinary understanding of physical elements and biological structures, gave Shana a huge headache because she couldn't kill him directly.

Although she was finally captured alive by the joint efforts of Luo Qi and Shana.

But in that battle, Shana was almost sawed in half because of a moment of carelessness.

"Even after joining Qianshi Agency, she had to go through a long period of mental comfort before she could live a normal life. At that time, Anke locked herself in the room every day. Leah really didn't know about these things..." Luo Qi sighed, as if recalling Anke's pitiful appearance at that time.

"So I'm worried that An Ke will become over-stressed again this time. In addition, Mr. Xia Ye's ability will cause people like us to have stronger emotional fluctuations, so I always feel that this situation will become very dangerous."

"It was under this consideration that I decided to go with you."

"At least with me here, I can ensure Anke's emotional stability."

"Mr. Xia Ye, Liya, don't worry, I can protect myself!"

After Luo Qi gave a long explanation, Xia Ye thought about it and found that there seemed to be no better solution.

This mission was not safe to begin with. If An Ke was really an extremely unstable lunatic as they said, it would probably lead to more dangerous incidents.

"In that case..." Just as he was about to say something, Leah suddenly stood up and interrupted him in an extremely serious manner.

"If Luo Qi wants to come along, then Liya will definitely protect Luo Qi!"

"The black-haired woman agreed to leave the next morning. Before that, Leah must break through to the third level!"

31. Skyrocketing Factor Points

"Is it really okay?"

Xia Ye leaned against the door of the training room, opened the door a little with some worry and looked at Leah inside.

At this time, she was only wearing a short vest and sports hot pants. Her muscles were tense and she was covered in sweat as she kept attacking the tester in front of her.

And after each round of attack, when they saw the numbers displayed above, they would grit their teeth unwillingly and quickly start a new round of attack.

It was already two o'clock in the middle of the night. Ever since Y left, she had been staying in the exercise room, repeating the above process without stopping for a moment.

"After Leah came back, she has been training harder than before, and she has a lot of her own ideas about fighting..." Shana leaned on the other side with her arms crossed, her eyes fixed on Leah's offensive movements.

"Is it because of the stimulation in the battle with Dilven?" Xia Ye said to himself, touching his chin.

"Probably, and Luo Qi means something very special to Leah..." Shana sighed, her eyes filled with memories, and she explained softly:

"Before you, Luo Qi was the only person that Liya really cared about... Although she had a good relationship with other colleagues, as long as Luo Qi was involved, Liya would become more concerned than ever before."

"You should have experienced this feeling yourself. Leah is the kind of loyal dog who will devote everything she has to the person she cares about without reservation once she makes up her mind."

"Xia Ye, you are confident, knowledgeable, and smart. You are getting stronger and growing at an astonishing speed. So in Liya's heart, you probably bring her a sense of security and make her want to rely on you subconsciously."

"But Luo Qi is different. Her body is very fragile, but her character is so strong that it makes people feel distressed."

"So Liya has always wanted to have the ability to protect Luoqi from any harm."

"We are always protecting each other, which is the most essential difference between Qianshi Law Firm and many cold, purely employment-based firms - this is our home."

"And after the battle with Dillven, although she didn't say it, Leah was actually feeling bad, right?"

"When faced with a truly brutal and powerful enemy, the hopeless feeling of powerlessness caused her to lose most of her confidence in her goal."

"So the moment Luo Qi decided to go with us this time, I'm afraid some scary images appeared in her mind..."

Listening to Shana's words, Xia Ye recalled the first time he treated Leah for her factor disease.

In her memory, Xia Ye also heard similar words.

Leah wants to do her best to protect Qianshi Agency and also wants to protect Luo Qi.

The injury she suffered at the hands of Shadow Claw's Enzo also greatly affected her mentality, and even made her emotions somewhat out of control.

"And in fact, An Ke and Jiananzi will be hired to participate in the mission of the Mercury Chamber of Commerce this time, and it is also for these special people from Qianshi Office."

"Part of the reward they provided was a high-energy rationale extract. An Ke and Canaanzi thought that this thing might help special people like us break through the factor stage, so they took the initiative to sign up for the mission. Otherwise... In fact, they didn't want to be away for too long, not to mention a super-large organization like the Mercury Chamber of Commerce that might run into trouble at first glance."

"So Leah might still feel a little guilty... If Anke, Canaanzi, or even Luoqi were hurt because of this incident, she would definitely think it was because she was too weak."

The more Xia Ye listened to Shana's explanation, the more he felt that he should do something.

He remembered clearly the strange behavior that Leah had experienced due to her emotional fluctuations when they were in the Livica mining area.

He didn't want Leah to fall into endless self-consumption for similar reasons again.

"Xia Ye!" Seeing Xia Ye was determined to open the door and walk into the exercise room, Shana called him and bit her red lips lightly as if she was hesitating about something, but then she smiled and said:

"I believe in you. You are the most special person to us, and...you are indeed the only one who can help Leah in this situation."

"I just hope that no matter what the outcome is, you and Leah won't blame yourselves. If there are any difficulties, I will help you to bear them together."