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The reason why classic quotes become classic is because they have high universality and can be verified in the vast majority of situations.
"Under great rewards, there must be brave men."
Under the favorable conditions offered by the three major families, twenty-seven Hunters voluntarily joined the assault team. Including Cheng Ming, the "captain," a total of twenty-eight "Death Warriors" were gathered in the command tent.
"Aren’t there too few people..." Bai Lingqiu looked at these twenty-eight people and couldn’t help but mutter softly.
"This time, the quality of the participants matters more than the quantity," Chen Jing shook his head. "Moreover, from the air over the pit to the bottom, they only have six minutes... A large number of people would easily cause chaos anyway."
With a cold, stern gaze, Meng Yunfeng scrutinized these people. In his view, these twenty-eight were not necessarily the strongest from the two hunting groups, but they were certainly the twenty-eight most confident in their abilities—after all, he had made it clear when he announced the "assault plan" that if they couldn’t solve the real anomaly, the probability of the assault team members coming back alive was almost zero.
Free Hunters and mercenaries are accustomed to death, but it doesn’t mean they aren’t afraid of death. Unlike the reckless Berserkers of medieval Northern Europe, they do not regard death as their destiny, anxiously wishing to reach the legendary "Valhalla" as soon as possible.
These twenty-eight obviously believed they could take out the anomaly at the bottom of the pit, or at least believed they had the skills to come back alive.
For example, the skinny, straw-haired guy nearby—Meng Yunfeng had dealt with this Hunter several times and knew that his infection source was an anomaly anchor, and his ability had a very clear connection with anchors.
This ability was named "Mark the Boat to Find the Sword," and when activated, it leaves a "mark point" on site, which exists from several seconds to several hours, depending on the Hunter’s own will.
And when the Hunter reactivates the ability, as long as the distance between him and the mark point does not exceed fifteen kilometers, he will be instantly teleported back to the mark point.
This is genuine space teleportation rather than high-speed movement. Even if there are various obstructions between the Hunter’s location and the mark point, even if the Hunter is trapped and unable to move, as long as the ability is successfully activated, he will immediately appear at the mark point—in a nude state.
Only the Hunter himself can enjoy this teleportation function, and all the equipment he carries, including intimate clothing, will be left at the location before the teleportation.
"Whether or not the assault team can take out the target, at least this guy will definitely come back alive," Meng Yunfeng murmured to himself.
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"Chen Jing is preparing to organize an assault team... to put it bluntly, it’s a suicide squad. They’re planning to concentrate all firepower to tear a gap in the puppet horde, then throw this suicide squad in to go toe-to-toe with that big fungus." Ya Qiaoxi said to Sun Hang, "Cheng Ming, the one you were quite concerned about earlier, has volunteered to be the captain of this suicide squad."
"I know." Sun Hang nodded.
After the new operation plan was released, Chen Jing and Bai Lingqiu sent Sun Hang a copy at the first opportunity. It’s just that Sun Hang hadn’t had time to share it with others when Ya Qiaoxi had already shared her secondhand news.
"Aren’t you going to stop him?" Ya Qiaoxi asked jokingly, "If he dies down there, you’ll never figure out the doubts surrounding him in this lifetime... aren’t you afraid of living with that regret forever?"
"If he dies down there, those doubts about him aren’t worth digging into." Sun Hang said.
When the second group of Hunters arrived at the camp, Sun Hang did not choose to make contact with this Cheng Ming. He just glanced at Cheng Ming, who was among the crowd, from a distance, while Cheng Ming didn’t notice Sun Hang’s gaze at all.
There was an aura about Cheng Ming that felt both familiar and unfamiliar to Sun Hang... It was hard for Sun Hang to describe this feeling with words, as if a familiar scene surfaced in his mind, yet upon further examination, it didn’t match any memories in his brain.
Very similar, but not it.
"Oh, the Bai Group is really generous." Ya Qiaoxi muttered incessantly as she observed the movements from the hunting group’s camp through binoculars, "Over six million, nearly seven million per set of ’Breaker’ military Power Exoskeleton, plus smart tactical helmets with holographic imaging... The weaponry which these Hunters get to choose from is the kind of good stuff that’s hard to come by even in Dragon City... If you add it all up, their investment in these Hunters is nearly half a billion per person."
"Half a billion? Where did so much come from? How did you calculate that?" Charles was taken aback and turned to ask.
"There’s also the rewards promised by the three big families and the extra bounty for the assault team, oh right, I also factored in five times the compensation for each person." Ya Qiaoxi said.
"Are you so certain this assault team will be annihilated?" Charles’s expression slightly wavered.
"Certain death." Ya Qiaoxi shrugged, "Initial fire reconnaissance yielded no results, now they’re trying human reconnaissance, but it’s essentially still reconnaissance. They don’t even have a clue what the anomaly at the pit bottom looks like, and you expect these twenty-plus individuals to take down that beast? Daydreaming!"
"What if, I’m just saying what if, among these Hunters, there are real experts?" Charles questioned.
"Dubhe Tower elite Hunter, top master who hasn’t fallen out of the top thirty rankings for five consecutive years, Candle Dragon, this guy should meet your definition of a ’real expert,’ right?" Ya Qiaoxi pointed to Candle Dragon, "Ask him if he leads these people down there, what are the chances of taking down that anomaly?"
Charles looked at Candle Dragon.
"Zero." Candle Dragon calmly shook his head, "My abilities have very little effect on fungal anomalies. Even if the fungus anomaly doesn’t resist at all, it would still be extremely challenging for me to eliminate it in a short period of time."
"You don’t mean to be modest?" Charles said incredulously.
"No modesty here. A few days ago, I conducted experiments with a few Fungus Puppets that crawled out of the pit, and it turned out that my abilities can only cause basic physical damage to the Fungus Puppets. They are completely immune to the negative impact of the cold attribute in the Candle Dragon meme. In a sense, my threat to these anomalies might not even be as great as a cannon on an armored vehicle."
"So, you also think they will..." Charles paused for half a second, "all die down there?"