Enforcer Manual
Chapter 241: Bad News Travels Fast_1

Chapter 241: Chapter 241: Bad News Travels Fast_1

"Engineers, biologists, cybersecurity consultants, bug swarm base, and three mercenaries, our team has expanded again,"

After Dr. Bai Zhu left, Song Lan, who had been eavesdropping next to the hidden compartment, poked his head out.

He was very sure that Bai Zhu would accept their invitation.

After all that had happened, she must have realized that the "Deep Net" project itself was a time bomb, only bringing misfortune to those around her.

Perhaps in her original plan, as long as she could firmly grasp this technology, she could use the network to check and balance the United Government. Unfortunately, they never gave her the chance, starting their action before the project was completed. For a hacker, diving deep for 17 seconds was too brief.

Those 17 seconds were not enough to change the fate of the Sixth Nation and her own.

"Leaving the Sixth Nation is actually a good thing for her, at least this time the Sixth Nation didn’t become hostile to the United Government because of it."

"More than that, I didn’t expect you to hire those three mercenaries for security."

Lu Xiang felt that compared to the importance of the other roles, the mercenaries were more like an afterthought, as the "Infected I" robots and automated turrets developed by Devourer and Ge Fu could do an outstanding job defending the junkyard.

"Our direction is to create a force that integrates genes, machinery, and Spiritual Energy, and we can’t let one aspect seriously imbalance the others."

In fact, Song Lan felt that their current development direction was not healthy. Because of Devourer, their technology tree was mostly focused on genetic and mechanical integration, with no progress on the Psychic Abilities development line.

He had Elmon also go to the junkyard to participate in the research, but with little effect.

"Don’t underestimate mercenaries, they are important human units."

And they are units with titles at that.

In real-time strategy games, those with unique titles usually are elite troops, and they even have the potential to be promoted to hero units.

The situation of the three was similar to that of Dr. Bai Zhu. After being wanted by the United Government, it was clear that being mercenaries was no longer viable. For them, working in the junkyard was the beginning of a new life.

"What exactly do you have in mind?"

Lu Xiang asked, still not fully understanding Song Lan’s ideas.

"The encounter with Wild Bone made me realize we still have a long way to go."

With their current research progress, they were more than capable of dealing with gang members, and even being evenly matched with a Barrosa Group branch. But if the other side seriously deployed a top-level force like Wild Bone, they would probably be overwhelmed in one strike.

At least at this stage, Wild Bone alone could use "God’s Hand" to completely annihilate Devourer.

Even Four Stars or Five Stars rescuers could cause them heavy casualties.

"So, we need to find a way to research some high-level troops."

That’s why he borrowed the chip in Wild Bone’s head, "Wild Bone’s operating system recorded time acceleration field, invisibility field, gravity field, anti-psychic field, and satellite weapons, all of which are extremely important technologies. Mastering any one of them could boost our troops tremendously."

"But first, you have to solve the problem of not being detected by the United Government once the chip is activated."

The chip from Wild Bone was now in Lu Xiang’s possession, she knew it held many of the United Government’s technological gems, but one also needed to stay alive to study after activating it.

Clearly, the United Government wouldn’t give anyone a chance to pry into their secrets.

"We have to at least wait until the ’Deep Net’ technology matures," said Song Lan. "By then, we’ll be able to set up a positioning program on the chip."

Having said that, he stretched lazily and lay down comfortably on the couch.

"So, before the research is completed, I can take a peaceful vacation."

As a commander, he didn’t need to know exactly how each tech tree was completed; his job was to recruit. When there were potential partners, he would try to recruit them to join the big family of District Seventeen. If not, he would take a vacation—only through combining work with leisure could sustainable development be achieved.

Watching Song Lan raise the tablet and skillfully open the online cinema, Lu Xiang sighed. Sure enough, it was difficult to maintain this guy’s enthusiasm for long.

At this rate, it would only be a matter of time before Song Lan fused into one with the sofa in her office.

"Starting tomorrow, I’m going to put you through special training."

After a moment of thought, Lu Xiang made her decision.

"Special training?"

Upon hearing these two words, Song Lan on the sofa indeed showed an air of reluctance.

"First up is shooting practice. Su Li has been complaining to me in messages, saying your gun skills are so poor that you’ve been attacking teammates while fleeing."

In front of Song Lan, Lu Xiang opened the messages that Su Li had sent a few days before, which complained about how Song Lan had fired several bursts of bullets without hitting a Wild Bone, having half of them hit the tail of the car instead.

Su Li, the Infected, and the Devourer shared one mind.

Therefore, the fact that Song Lan’s marksmanship was deplorably weak had spread among the infected creatures, causing them to be panic-stricken, especially those whose bullet-resistant capability was not as good as that of the Infected.

"Think of something, Director Lu."

The message concluded with this sentence, and those few words carried weight, "Your gun skills are so poor that even the Devourer has lodged a complaint with me."

Song Lan’s face stiffened; in that moment, he gained a deeper understanding of the saying that good deeds go unnoticed while bad news travels fast.

He argued pale-faced, "Shooting isn’t my main method of attack."

"I know, but injuring teammates by mistake is another matter."

After seeing the messages, Lu Xiang had put shooting practice on the agenda, "I don’t expect your shooting to be very accurate, but at the very least, you should avoid friendly fire."

This was no small matter. Avoiding friendly fire was an important part of the shooting practice courses at their school. In future real combat situations, they would encounter various complex environments and often implement tactics where squads encircled from different routes. Coupled with negative factors such as dim lighting and narrow passages, avoiding unintentionally shooting teammates was a science in itself.

However, right now, Song Lan urgently needed to deal with the most fundamental problem.

How to avoid wounding teammates while standing alongside them.

If this behavior had occurred at their school, Song Lan might have already been facing punishment by now.

"Your behavior is very dangerous. If it was a regular vehicle, you could very well blow up its fuel tank, and then everyone in the car would be goners."

"But I’ve already found a solution."

"What solution?"

"I load an empty magazine and fire blanks."

Indeed, during intense firefight exchanges, even well-trained professional mercenaries hadn’t noticed that he was slacking off.

Unfortunately, this excuse didn’t sway the strict Lu Xiang.

"Tomorrow at nine in the morning, you be on time to the weapons store in the city center. There’s a very good virtual shooting range there that can holistically train your abilities."

She said sternly, "You must undergo training, or else in the future even the car will despise you."

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