Chapter 6 The Inferno Legion
After returning to the hotel, Zhou Ming waited for less than an hour before receiving a call from Yu Man.
"We already know where Chronos' headquarters are. It's time to launch an attack," Yu Man said, with a smiling voice coming from her phone. "Also, we have prepared a gift for you."
"A gift?" Zhou Ming asked curiously.
"You'll see when you come to my room," Yu Man said mysteriously.
After hanging up the phone, Zhou Ming went directly to Yu Man's room. Although he already had some guesses about the so-called gift, he was still somewhat surprised when he saw it for real.
"You brought him back?" Zhou Ming looked at the unconscious middle-aged white man with blonde hair lying on the ground, somewhat surprised.
"We would only get a few reward points if we killed him, so it's better to leave him to you, who will receive more rewards as a newcomer," Yu Man said with a smile.
Zhou Ming looked at the killer on the ground and did not immediately take action. After a moment of silence, he asked, "What do you want?"
He didn't think that just their appreciation of him could make them do this.
The two of them looked at each other again and both smiled.
"Very good, I am starting to like you more and more," Yang Zhisheng laughed and took out something from his pocket, handing it to Zhou Ming.
As soon as Zhou Ming took the item, he heard the voice of the main god in his mind.
[Acquired item: Legion Badge]
[This badge belongs to the Inferno Legion[1], accept the badge and you will join the Inferno Legion, rank: Corporal]
"Legion? Is this a reincarnator organization recognized by the Main God?" Zhou Ming carefully examined the badge in his hand and asked.
The badge was made of brass, with a vivid Eastern five-clawed dragon engraved on the front and a smooth back without any patterns.
"That's right. There are two legal forms of organization in the Main God's space. One is a small team of up to twenty people, and the other is a large legion with no limit on the number of members."
"These two forms of organization are not conflicting, and reincarnators can have both identities at the same time. In fact, most of the members within the legion are also divided into small groups in a team form, carrying out some unified activities."
"Nine out of ten members in our Inferno Legion are Chinese, and we are one of the top legions in the Main God's space." Although Yang Zhisheng's tone was calm, it revealed a full sense of pride.
"It seems that it's my honor to receive your invitation." Zhou Ming played with the badge in his hand and smiled. "What are the benefits of joining the legion? What obligations do I need to take on?"
"There are many benefits," Yang Zhisheng said. "The legion's warehouse has a lot of good things, which are usually cheaper than exchanging directly from the Main God. And the higher your rank in the legion, the cheaper it is to buy things."
"You can also rely on the legion's powerful intelligence capabilities to investigate information, including rare items that are not in the legion's warehouse, relevant information for plot tasks, and so on."
"Heck, if you can afford the cost, you can hire people from the legion to enter the mission world with you and help you complete the task. With the protection of the legion contract, it is much more reliable than those reincarnators found randomly outside."
"As for the obligations you need to bear, the legion does not have a big restraint on individuals, and will not force you to hand over your belongings, unless there are special circumstances. Otherwise, you will not be forced to participate in legion activities."
"I really mean it when I say special circumstances. They are rare, such as legion wars, super large-scale world raid missions, team confrontational missions, and even kill missions. Anyway, I haven't encountered any of them."
"Of course, the legion also releases some daily tasks, but they all come with generous rewards, such as a considerable contribution point. Contribution points can improve your military rank, allowing you to gain higher status and treatment in the legion."
"In addition, the members of the legion are not allowed to fight each other, and other conditions are also to protect our interests. In fact, joining a team has a big advantage, which is to avoid putting members of the same legion on opposing sides in competitive tasks and minimize the internal friction of the legion."
Zhou Ming nodded, having a preliminary understanding of the legion, but he didn't want to make a hasty decision so soon.
"Can I have some time to consider?"
At least wait until this task is over and let him go back to the main god space to learn more, so he won't be completely in the dark.
Of course, he wouldn't say the latter sentence out loud.
"Of course, in fact, if you want to join the legion, you have to wait until the mission is over and activate the corresponding function in the main god space."
"So, you are still under our observation, and you still need to perform well," Yu Man said with a wink and a charming smile.
For the time being, both sides were satisfied with the outcome. Zhou Ming didn't make an immediate decision, and Yu Man and her team didn't require him to do so.
Although this world looked a lot like Earth, it wasn't Earth. The continental plates were different, and the countries were different. For example, the island where Zhou Ming and his team were currently located was equivalent to Hawaii on Earth, but its name was Homer Island in this world.
The headquarters of the Chronos organization was located in the Sha'ao country on the nearby continent of Yanzhou. Sha'ao had a land area of 480,000 square kilometers, was classified as a developing country, had a small population, and an underdeveloped tourism industry. Its main source of income was from manufacturing, which was gradually being phased out by developed countries. Essentially, it was like a large factory for those developed countries.
However, it was precisely because it was an inconspicuous country with low visibility on the international stage, and one that most people on Earth were unaware of, that it was suitable for organizations like Chronos to hide.
"Although the economic development of this country is average, the domestic security situation is good. Although guns aren't completely banned, it's not easy to transport heavy weapons into the country."
In the open map, three people were discussing their plans.
"Do you guys have space equipment?" Zhou Ming asked.
"We've only just completed three missions and left our rookie status. Do you think our space equipment is advanced enough?" Yang Zhisheng replied with a bitter smile.
"Some small weapons can be brought in with space equipment, but it's far from enough to break through the headquarters of Chronos with just those weapons."
"And to get equipment after entering the Sha'ao country, we need to spend a lot of time finding the right channels. Our time is simply not enough."
As reincarnators who can travel through different worlds, possess magical abilities, and have extensive knowledge, they can actually do much more than their surface abilities suggest.
However, most of the time they still have to rely on their own strength to complete tasks, because the biggest constraint for reincarnators is often time.
They don't have the time to calmly plan and strategize, and for each task world they are just hurried travelers, who arrive in this world to cause a stir, and then leave, or maybe never leave alive.
Zhou Ming thought for a moment and proposed his idea.
"Why don't we do it like they did in the movie 'Assassin's Creed'? Use rats to blow up the Chronos headquarters. We only need to prepare a large amount of ammonium nitrate."
"Making ammonium nitrate is much simpler than getting heavy weapons. For example, we could kidnap a fertilizer factory boss and use his factory to produce ammonium nitrate."
"In addition, we also need a large number of watch bombs as detonators. Making these is also very simple, the only trouble is plastic explosives, but the amount needed is not large, I think your space equipment should be able to carry it."
"By the way, can you guys get plastic explosives?"
If it were the old Zhou Ming, lacking relevant knowledge, he wouldn't have been able to come up with these things.
Fortunately, the experience gained from three consecutive battles with assassins greatly increased his knowledge in this area.
After all, to take down each target, assassins need to master various techniques and be able to respond to different situations.
Infiltration, assassination, sniping, bombing, poisoning - an excellent assassin must master a large number of skills. They cannot always directly charge towards the target and win every time.
"Good idea, it's worth a try," Yang Zhisheng agreed.
"I have no experience in this area," Yu Man said. "Unless the two of you can complete all the work, I don't agree."
"What about the rats? How are you going to deal with so many rats?"
"In the sewers, garbage dumps, plus peanut butter with added pheromones. We can catch all the rats we need in one night," Zhou Ming shrugged. "I can go do this."
"Leave the other problems to me. Whether it's making explosive devices or modifying equipment to extract ammonium nitrate, I can handle it," Yang Zhisheng said.
"Then I have no objections," Yu Man said.
"Good, let's start the action according to this plan." Seeing that no one had any doubts, Yang Zhisheng made the decision.
"There's no time to waste. I'll book a flight to Sha'ao Country now."
The next flight was in six hours. During this time, Yang Zhisheng gathered the new recruits, explained the situation briefly, and imparted some experience on completing tasks to prevent them from being at a loss after he suddenly left and causing the mission to fail.
Zhou Ming, on the other hand, was searching for related information online to refine their follow-up plans.
Six hours later, Zhou Ming and Yang Zhisheng boarded the flight to Sha'ao on time.
Yu Man stayed behind as she had an essential task - to obtain enough plastic explosives from the arms dealer they contacted and then travel alone to Sha'o to meet up with Zhou Ming and Yang Zhisheng.
Nearly four hours later, the plane landed at the international airport in the capital of Sha'o.
The two of them walked out of the airport and found a nearby car rental company. After renting a car, they headed towards their destination.
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[1]- Inferno Legion, The original translation would have been Yanhuang Legion, as the author originally wanted to reference the legendary Chinese emperors Yan Di and Huang Di, who were considered the founders of Chinese civilization. However, I changed it to Inferno Legion because it was also very accurate, as many people wouldn't understand the reference. If anyone has another suggestion, please feel free to comment.