by Chen Ran
As a result, the exam was naturally extremely strict. He didn't use the veteran and handicapped veteran, he didn't use the psychotropic drugs, he didn't use those who didn't have physical abilities. With each test and test, he passed almost every one of them.
Five days later, the recruitment process came to an end. There were three hundred men who had been able to stay through the basic threshold, young and strong and full of spirit. Although the majority of them were ordinary people, there were a small number of people who possessed Basic Competencies s between the first and third stage. To Zero's surprise, there were two other people with the ability to advance.
They were a sixth stage Gun Master and a fifth stage Night Emissary.
The former was called Hawke. Brown, European Caucasian. He was nearly thirty years old and as strong as a bear. The muscles all over his body were as strong as cast iron, because Gun Master used heavy firearms as his occupation, thus Brown's arms were extremely sturdy, there was a tattoo on his arm. It was a picture of a dagger embedded in a skull. There was still blood dripping from the dagger, making it look extremely malevolent.
However, the other person who was able to do so was a female, her name was Yoru, and she was from the Asian race. Yoru was not tall, only 1.67 meters. However, her figure was extremely ample. The day she came to apply, she had almost caused a series of bloody incidents. He was not even 20 years old, and the look of a natural fool had aroused the desire of some weird uncles in their lolicon. However, this natural demented girl was not one to be trifled with. After finding out that she was a Night Emissary, the perverts who stretched out their Demon Claw obediently withdrew their lecherous hearts.
The Night Emissary is a person who spans domains, and is made up of the Basic Competencies s of the two domains, the Fighting Domain and the Meta-Su Domain. For example, Ling Yun had met with Rhine before. His Hurricane swordsman had first requested for Feng Yuan Su to be close to him, and without this talent, Rhine would never have been able to become a Hurricane swordsman.
As for Yoru's Night Emissary, the requirement for talent was for his to be close to him. As a result, she had become a profession that would cause people to become afraid in the dark of the night.
The Night Emissary possessed the ability to conceal himself in the darkness of the night. That was true stealth mode, which was different from how the zero Shadow Wanderer used light and environment to coordinate with each other. The Night Emissary's invisibility skill hid all the information related to its existence, and only those with talent in the area of premonition would be able to see through the existence of the Night Emissary.
Otherwise, other capable people would only notice the dagger in the darkness when Night Emissary attacked.
The arrival of these two espers made Zero a little flattered. After all, a newly established company like his had no conditions to attract anyone with the ability to advance. So when Zero talked to them privately and asked questions about why they had chosen to join a company, Zero got two very different answers.
The reason was simple, this European man originally belonged to the same mercenary group as Bodon. However, during one of the missions, Bodon betrayed them, causing the entire mercenary group to almost be annihilated. The reason why he said it was almost because Brown survived. It was just that at that time, he was severely injured. After recuperating for a long period of time, Brown discovered that his ability had decreased. However, Bodon had already become the head of the Langston's house's guards. Whether it was power or influence, Brown was unable to contend against Bodon, so he stayed in the Asgard, bitterly looking for opportunities.
Who would have thought that before Brown even had the chance to make his move, Bodon had already died in the hands of Zero. When he found out about this news, Brown was drunk for three days and three nights. After that, when he heard the news of the zero recruitment, he came without thinking.
Brown was a straightforward and boorish man, he patted Zero on the shoulder and said, "Anyways, I'll work for you from now on, my ass. If you kill Bodon, you will be avenging the deaths of our comrades. "From now on, my life is yours!"
Su Ling was very happy to have someone like Brown to join them. With this, coupled with Berrien, her team would have cannon-type people in both the energy and physics domains.
As for Yoru, she gave her an answer that she didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
Yoru was not from Asgard, she was an adventurer. Adventurers were people who, without the support of any team, roamed the wilderness alone. This kind of person was either crazy or strong. Judging from Yoru's abilities, it should be the latter. Yoru was originally wandering in the wilderness, and coincidentally saw a lot of people rushing towards the direction of the zero point technology's base.
He did not expect that after coming to Zero Point Company, he would treat the receptionist as a candidate and gave Yoru a number. Yoru also showed her true colors of being a fool. After passing a series of tests in a daze, she finally became like this.
Looking at the stupefied expression on Yoru's face, Ling Yun was speechless. However, when Zero asked him if she wanted to leave, Yoru wanted to stay. The reason was that she had wandered in the wilderness for two years, and if she continued to stay, she was afraid that she would become an idiot.
Su Xin Xin agreed, she was afraid that Yoru's silly appearance was the result of her lack of communication.
It was just that how could such a girl become an adventurer, moreover, on the back of Yoru's hand was a strange design that resembled a family emblem. Naturally, she did not pursue the topic further. He respected everyone's privacy, especially her companions.
Of course, whether Yoru and Brown could become zeroes to their comrades would require a further examination.
After so many years of living in the wilderness, Zero had long learned not to easily believe in the principles of others.
In addition to these two, another girl appeared in Zero's group a few days later. The survivor that was found at Z7, the girl named Hedwig, was brought back to Asgard by zero and told to arrange for Zero to train in the youth troop's training camp. This youth camp was specially opened for those 15 years old and above who possessed special abilities. The Agatha who had died in battle was from this youth camp. Other than them, the people from the Twelve Sovereigns' Halls, including Valkyrie, were also from the youth camp.
Therefore, to the Asgard, the youth camp was the place where hope was brewing.
Hedwig had to undergo three months of training in the youth camp, and the time to graduate was still far from here. However, this young girl was smart and studious. She had only used a month to complete all the courses, so she had received special care and thus had graduated early. After graduation, Hedwig could participate in the recruitment examination for the five great legions, but she chose to join a zero ranked company, giving up her originally brighter future.
According to Hedwig's words, without zero, the current her would not exist. Besides, she preferred the adventures of the wilderness to the military career in between.
Speaking of power, Hedwig's growth was also very good. Currently, she had already evolved to Stage Four in terms of strength, defense, and agility. These three basic abilities already met the requirements to advance to the next job transition. Only non-members of the five great Legions would have to pay a large price to be able to use the directional modulator to complete the job transition. Originally, Zero wanted to pay for her, but Hedwig refused. This delicate young girl had a toughness that was not inferior to a man's, and she was very strong.
Hedwig had expressed that she wanted to earn the necessary fees for the transformation through her own hard work. Since it was her own decision, Zero did not object. But then again, even if he did not transform, Hedwig still possessed strength that was not weak. Other than the fighting techniques that Johnny had taught her, she had also found an ancient fist technique in the information warehouse using the intelligence brain s of the youth camp.
&n
bsp; The fighting technique was called "Kicking Fist". Although it was called fist technique, it was in fact a leg technique. This kind of technique required a martial artist to use both of their hands to attack the enemy's body, entering the defense and force reduction, and then use a powerful kicking technique to counterattack. It could be said to be a skill that combined both attack and defense. In order to learn this fist technique, Hedwig had to suffer a lot. Right now, it was already at its first stage of power, and after Feng personally tried it, he couldn't help but exclaim in admiration. He pointed out that when Hedwig reached the high level, she could use it to fight her opponents at the same realm without being at a disadvantage.
Overall, Hedwig's potential was not low. After a while, she should also be a strong woman who could take on everyone on her own. She intentionally nurtured her, and arranged for her to stay in her New barracks so that Hedwig could continue with their training.
As for living quarters, they lived together with Yoru. The two girls were the same age, but their personalities were completely opposite. Yoru was a natural fool, she would usually be in a daze more than activities. On the other hand, Hedwig seemed to have endless energy on her body, jumping all over as if she could not stop. But the two of them were very compatible with each other, and with Hedwig accompanying them, the number of times Yoru spoke gradually increased as well.
Thus, the size of the zero military force began to take shape. With 287 Ordinary Soldier s, 11 of them were able to reach the first to third stage, the only ones who were able to advance were Brown and Yoru, and lastly, Hedwig. After the members of the army had been assigned, Zero gave them a series of training plans, including physical fitness, shooting, fighting, reconnaissance, and blasting.
Zero placed a lot of emphasis on stamina. In the wilderness, if one's stamina didn't pass, no matter how good the other skills were, they still had a low chance of survival. On the other hand, with the help of vigorous physical strength, coupled with a variety of skills, even an ordinary person could struggle and survive in the midst of a dangerous wilderness. Therefore, before dawn every day, the new recruits would be pulled out of bed and the daily training would begin after they ran thirty laps around the base.
This was the basic amount of training they had. Zero would also add additional points to them, depending on the situation, in order to extract every single one of their potential points. Of course, those who could not bear it were naturally eliminated.
After the run, they had a short rest and breakfast time. In the following day, these recruits also had to undergo all sorts of training. And during these trainings, Zero was always with them. What the recruits should do, Zero would also do, and they would only do more than they did, not less than them. Only by training with the soldiers and charging in at the front in battle can such commanders gain the respect of the soldiers and make them work for you.
The men who were responsible for commanding the battle in the safety of the fortifications at the rear were usually given orders, and the soldiers' execution speed was usually reduced. Furthermore, in this new era, the military might of a general would often boost the morale of an army. This was something that even the most skilled commander in the rear would not be able to accomplish.
As the days passed, the recruits would be exhausted from the heavy training. During this process, quite a few soldiers could not bear the amount of training and opted to leave. Instead of blaming them, Zero paid them enough to let them leave on their own.
Of course, there were also those who didn't know what was good for them and were peacefully trained to the point of losing their minds. Not only did they not listen to the arrangements, they even provoked them with their words. For people like them, zero was usually a matter of breaking their leg and then throwing them back to Asgard. Afterwards, these people felt a lingering fear. At the same time, they also had to thank Zero for his kindness. That's right, it was benevolence. In other wilderness companies, if they dare to contradict their superiors like this, they have to be prepared to be killed.
By contrast, zero had taught them a lesson by breaking their hands and legs, and had not left them in the dangerous wilderness, which in itself was a kind of transmission.
Two months quickly passed by, and the number of New barracks s dropped from the original three hundred to about a hundred. This was not far from his goal. Soldiers who could survive close to harsh training would at least not die easily in future battles. The ruthlessness of the battlefield was ten times more than zero. Everything zero was doing right now was for their own good.
Amongst these soldiers, Hedwig was undoubtedly the one who received the most attention. Although Hedwig possessed three Basic Competencies s of the fourth step, she would still receive a normal amount of training every day. Originally, those soldiers did not take this weak girl seriously, but after two months, Hedwig had gained a certain degree of respect from them.
They called Hai Wei the "Iron Maiden", but the soldiers never thought that this nickname, which they occasionally liked, would become widespread in the wilderness in the future.
During this period of time, Doctor Victor had also visited the base a few times. Other than reporting the progress of Lea's rebirth to Su Yun, who had no time to return to the Asgard, he had also brought along a few newly developed gene drug. The development of the potion was one of the reasons why Zero was able to establish this laboratory. After all, with Victor's talent and the laboratory's equipment, it was more or less a waste to use it for Lea's rebirth. Therefore, at that time and place, Zero had already instructed Victor to start preparing for the development of various kinds of medicine during the middle and late stages of his rebirth plan.
Obviously, Victor had done a good job in this area. With the support of the Asgard's advanced equipment, all of Doctor Victor's previous ideas received support. Of course, due to the limited scale and equipment in the laboratory, the only thing Victor could do now was to develop the gene drug.
The gene drug was different from the origin ability medicine, it's function was to release the gene's potential, allowing the user's body to improve as well as Su's quality, but it was not able to release the user's ability. To develop an ability potion, even if it was the most ordinary Basic Competencies Potion, the additional funds and equipment required at zero was not something he could afford.
The rebirth plan was going smoothly. Now, Lea's clone had already started to progress on the memory writing and character modeling. Doctor Victor had indicated that at most two months later, Zero would be able to meet the Lea who had reincarnated.
He was finally going to fulfill the promise he made for Lea that day.
With the help of Doctor Victor's gene drug, the physical fitness of the soldiers had doubled after they were injected with the potions. Of course, this was referring to ordinary soldiers. As for those who were capable, they wouldn't be able to use these potions.
In addition, Zero's weapons factory also received orders during these two months. As for Zero, he also gave each of the hundred or so soldiers a set of dark blood rifle s, some ammunition. This was also due to the limited size and development capabilities of the weapons factory. Otherwise, Zero would have been able to equip his army with a stronger weapon. Only strong equipment could ensure the survival of these soldiers in this cruel battlefield.
At the same time, Zero finally felt why someone said that nurturing an army was akin to burning money. If he had invested quite a bit in the establishment of the previous weapons factory, at least he had begun to see a return. However, the establishment of the army required more money. The soldiers' food, shelter, medical treatment, training, equipment, etc.
Over the past two months, the army had been formed, and less than half of the money had been lost. Right now, he only hoped that Biansi's slave capture plan could be carried out as soon as possible. But before that, he still had to use this army to carry out a real battle rehearsal to test the true strength of this army. Then it would be too late.
The mission's codename was "Dong Shou"!
Chapter 379 - Dong Shou Yi
Another winter.
It was not yet November, and the weather had turned cold. Winter seems to have arrived earlier this year, and there is growing evidence that the planet's environment is getting worse every day. According to the statistics, the days of winter are increasing year by year. If you extrapolate from these data, ten years from now, winter will extend to as much as four months. This was especially true for Mainland China, a continent located in the center of the ocean. For those regions that leaned towards the poles, the winter months could be as long as half a year!
As a result, scholars have called for a slowdown in the exploitation of Earth's resources by companies or organizations, and for funds and manpower to be invested in projects to improve the Earth's environment. Otherwise, fifty years from now, even if one was a Mainland China, the duration of winter could be as long as half a year, or even longer.
And after a hundred years, Earth was more likely to enter into an eternal winter. At that time, it would truly be the end of the world.
Unfortunately, these calls would not enter the ears of the important figures. From their point of view, it was none of their business if the environment on the surface was any worse. Rather than investing a lot of resources to improve the atmosphere, it was better to build some underground cities. In terms of investment and return, he was definitely more direct than the former, and the return was also faster.