After taking Somo to the place, the uniformed policeman waved his hands cheerfully, turned around and left.
Although the two talked a lot from beginning to end, Sumo still didn't know his name until the end.
meet by chance?
Sumo smiled dumbly and turned towards area C to line up.
Perhaps when the other party heard that he was going to area C, they had subconsciously regarded him as a dead person.
I was able to bring him here just for the sake of those two cigarettes, so there was no need to make further acquaintances.
After all, the mortality rate currently announced in Region C is as high as 41% in one month, 76% in three months, and an exaggerated 94% in six months.
Compared to the death squads set up by the Nova Corps, this is a real death vortex.
Ten thousand people entered, but only a few hundred people came out alive in the end.
Sumo quickly walked to the end of the queue, and the people in front of him turned around and struck up a conversation without being curious.
Everyone lowered their heads in silence, holding a thin identity card in their hands, and entered the level one after another for verification.
Occasionally, someone will be kicked out because they are not qualified enough, and they will leave from the side passage with a frustrated look on their face.
Yes, qualifications are required to join the mercenary army.
First, there must be an identity certificate issued by the territory, proving that the participant has no relatives still alive.
If you have close relatives, you cannot join the ranks of mercenaries for any reason.
The second is that personal quality must meet the standard, either the route level is above level 10, or you must obtain a strength qualification certificate certified by a designated front-line organization.
Third, they also need to undergo a loyalty test to prove that they are not spies sent by foreign races to explore information.
Soon, it was Sumo's turn.
After handing the ID card in your pocket to the staff member at the outside of the checkpoint, the machine soon started beeping.
"Territory of Origin: Central Plate - Tianyuan Territory"
All terminals on the front line are controlled by Zero, so it shouldn't be too easy to fabricate false information.
As the verification sound sounded, the people in line who had been indifferent to other people just now raised their heads and looked over with surprise.
Including the staff sitting behind the desk, as well as the security guard responsible for maintaining order.
Everyone did not hide their surprise, and seemed to be dissecting Somo from top to bottom with their eyes.
"Did I hear wrongly? Or is the machine broken?"
The staff took out the card and put it into the machine without giving up and swiped it again.
However, there was no difference in the data reported between the two reports. Both indicated that the man standing in front of him came from the Tianyuan territory.
"Qin Yuan..."
"With all due respect, you are the first person from Tianyuan territory that I have seen in Area C."
The staff member stood up, took the card out of his hands and handed it over.
"Well, good luck to you!"
"Thanks."
Sumo nodded slightly, took the card and walked naturally to the examination room inside the level.
With his strong hearing, he could clearly hear the people behind him whispering and talking:
"Where are you this idiot? Why don't you stay in the Tianyuan territory? You have to come to the front line to die."
"A Level 25 Router is still a Combat Router. He is one of the best in our territory."
"Who knows, maybe there is some special reason?"
"Did his relatives die at the hands of foreigners, so he came to the front line to take revenge as a soldier?"
"No, if you want revenge, you should join the Nova Corps. How can you become a mercenary?"
"Do you think there is a possibility that he came here to improve his route level..."
"..."
Mercenaries from ordinary territories don't get much attention, and such people are almost everywhere.
The same is true for mercenaries with low strength. Most of them may be alive today but dead tomorrow.
However, it is indeed rare to see mercenaries from large territories in Area C, especially the Yusanjia and Tianyuan territories.
Like the former, due to the large number of people in the territory, there may be hundreds of people every month.
But among the latter, there is indeed only Somo.
"You, come with me." There was an officer waiting behind the checkpoint, leading Somo through the checkpoint passage to a closed room.
The house is clean and tidy, and the lights are bright.
However, there are many complex and sophisticated lie detection equipment placed around, and the indicator lights flicker slightly.
"Sorry, although you are a strong man from Tianyuan Territory, we still have to follow the usual practice and need to conduct a lie detector test on you to screen out the threat of alien rape."
"understand."
Sumo sat down calmly, with the corners of his mouth raised, revealing a faint smile.
Personally participating in these small and scattered links gave him a lot of new understanding of human development in the wasteland.
And unlike the cold data and reports, everything here made Sumo feel extremely novel.
"First question, I'm really curious. As a member of the Tianyuan Territory, why did you choose to join the mercenaries?"
The officer sat behind the table, crossed his hands, and stared with sharp eyes, "Not only can you not tell lies in this room, but I can't either. I can tell you right now... When you enter here, life is like an ant.
The situation is precarious, and this is not a good place to make achievements. Most of them are gamblers who want to fight to the death to get high."
"It's very simple. I want to kill aliens."
"Kill aliens?"
The officer paused, and after confirming that the polygraph instrument did not alarm, he said in surprise, "I'm sorry, I have no intention of exploring your past experience, but with all due respect, if there is any unsolvable grudge between you and a foreigner, join the next door
The Nova Corps may be better. As long as you have the ability, you can kill hundreds of thousands of aliens in a single battle."
"No, I'm not used to team fighting. I just want to go alone and kill as many as I can."
"this..."
The officer was stunned. This was the first time he heard such a straightforward answer in a long time.
The room fell into silence.
After half a minute, the officer came back to his senses and continued to ask:
"So, you don't want to live? Do you want to get out of here and die outside with the aliens?"
"Of course not, I will come back alive."
"All right."
The polygraph test shows a green light throughout, which means the other party is indeed not lying.
The officer recorded these conversations on the roster in confusion, then picked up Somo's identity card and swiped it on the machine.
"Although I don't know what you are going to do, according to the regulations, I need to let you go."
"But..." the officer sighed, slowly pushed the card back from the table, and looked at Somo.
"I sincerely hope that you can survive and at least see the dawn."
"Thanks."
Sumo nodded and walked out of the room with a smile, still savoring the officer's words over and over in his mouth.
dawn?
I have to say that Sumo liked this feeling very much.
In such a prosperous environment, how could humans lose to alien races?
After passing through the level, you will find Mercenary Zone C at the back.
Completely different from the neat military camp layout of the Nova Corps next door, this place is more like a modern ancient town.
Small single-family buildings are arranged in an orderly manner. The appearance of the small buildings retains a simple charm, and the brick and stone walls bear traces of time. However, the internal facilities incorporate many high-tech elements, forming a
A wonderful contrast.
Dozens of staff in standard uniforms lined up at the entrance.
As soon as Somo entered, he was immediately greeted by a male staff member from the front row.
"Hello, welcome to Area C. I am your guide, just call me Xiao Liu. I will assist you in completing a series of entry procedures." The staff's voice came clearly, polite and professional.
Under the guidance of the guide, Sumo first came to the material collection area near the entrance.
A huge unmanned vending machine.
As Sumo took out his ID card and swiped it lightly in the sensing area, a slight mechanical sound was heard, and then a set of daily necessities slowly slid out from the conveyor belt inside the vending machine.
The supplies are neatly packaged in a special pressure-resistant box. When you open the box, you will find all kinds of items inside.
Not only are the mercenaries' standard combat uniforms with protective and adjustment functions, lighting tools and communication equipment equipped with micro energy stones, but also a large number of emergency food and nutritional supplements.
Everything is free, which is a small support from the Human Alliance to the mercenaries.
After all, being able to stand here is equivalent to standing in front of billions of human beings, and it is completely worth having.
"If you need weapons, armor, or vehicles, you can apply on the terminal. We will place them at the designated location for you to pick up before the mission starts. However, please note that the application permission for each item will be related to your mercenary level.
The higher the level, the better resources you can apply for."
Xiao Liu kept paying attention to Sumo's movements. After seeing him neatly checking all the supplies and putting the pressure-resistant box together, he introduced in a brisk tone:
"Mr. Qin, the next step is to arrange accommodation. Have you already found a team, or are you going to join alone?"
Soma looked calm and replied briefly: "Personally."
"If you are an individual and have not determined the specific task you want to accept, we currently have two ways for you to choose from to arrange accommodation."
Xiao Liu nodded slightly, then stretched out his right hand and explained in detail with his fingers in an orderly manner, "The first way is to randomly allocate residences. You see, each building in our C area has eight beds, and the system will
According to the established procedures, you will be automatically randomly assigned a bed and corresponding accommodation. After the assignment is completed, you only need to take your suitcase to the designated location and you can easily check in."
"However, according to our regulations in Area C, each mission requires a team of at least eight people before it can officially set off. So if you find a suitable team, or you have enough ability and charisma to form a team, you can
You can apply to the management department to change accommodation at any time.
Once the application is approved, a team will be able to occupy an entire building as its own base of operations, which will be much more convenient whether it is mission preparation or team collaboration and communication."
"The second method is for those mercenaries who have already made it clear what kind of mission they want to take. You can first go to the mission hall to select and pick up your favorite mission. After you complete the mission acceptance operation,
The system will automatically match you with a suitable team based on the nature and requirements of the task.
Of course, each team has its own selection criteria and test methods. As long as you can successfully pass the test set by the team, you can successfully join them. At the same time, it also saves you the tedious steps of finding a team and changing residences in the future. It can be said that
It’s one step at a time.”
Detailed guidance basically takes everything into consideration for new mercenaries.,
but.
"Can only eight people take each mission together?"
Sumo frowned. He had never seen this rule before when he came here.
"Yes, this is a recently added regulation."
Xiao Liu sighed, "You also know that the death rate of mercenaries has been too high recently, and the situation is really serious. The higher-ups have no choice but to adopt this method of team restriction, in the hope of curbing the death rate.
The situation continues to worsen.”
"And from another perspective, this method can be regarded as a kind of side support for newcomers."
"After all, experienced mercenaries have more skills and experience when dealing with various complex and dangerous mission scenarios. There are a few old people taking newcomers out to do tasks together, and the newcomers can learn a lot of practical survival skills from them.
Skills and combat strategies, at least the probability of survival is much higher than if they go out alone without a clue."
"Okay, then take me to the mission office first."
Su Mo had no choice but to nod and follow Xiao Liu to a relatively large building in the town.
There was a lot of people inside, and many newcomers who had just joined gathered in groups with anti-stress boxes in their hands.
Newcomers like Sumo entered, but failed to attract any attention.
"Oh, it's really quite big in here!"
As soon as he entered the mission office, Sumo was immediately attracted by the scene inside.
In the spacious hall, a huge electronic display occupies the entire wall, scrolling with a variety of mission information, from simple material escort missions to extremely dangerous area exploration missions. Each mission is marked in detail.
Key information such as mission location, mission requirements, rewards, and degree of danger.
Sumo stood and looked at it for a while, and finally set his sights on an exploration mission to the Baiduan Mountains.
The mission team has gathered six people, and only two people are left to set off.
If you're lucky, maybe you can leave tomorrow or the day after tomorrow.
"Please help me accept mission number 779."
"Okay, the information has been recorded. Please go to the "Fire Suppression" team on the B-5th floor of the East Area for two-way identification. There are currently nine people ahead of you waiting for identification."
Pass the ID card into the window and the staff will quickly complete the identification.
However, what surprised Sumo was that there were nine people who got there first before him.
No, it should be said that he took over this task in advance.
"Hey, are the Baiduan Mountains so popular?"
Sumo took the ID card and left the mission hall, following Xiao Liu to the east area.
During the conversation with Xiao Liu, he quickly got the answer to his question.