Enforcer Manual
Chapter 263: Distress Signal_1

Chapter 263: Chapter 263: Distress Signal_1

Recruiting?

Falena was somewhat puzzled, does the Bug Swarm also have a human resources position?

She found it hard to imagine how Song Lan usually recruits for the Bug Swarm; would he simply approach a target and directly ask them, "Hello, have you heard about the Devourers and the Bug Swarm?"

Regarding the issue of joining the Bug Swarm, the Devourers or Song Lan didn’t give her much choice. She only remembered that a plump insect appeared from a gigantic fleshly arm, hopped onto her face, and after that, her consciousness experienced a brief blackout. When awareness returned, there was a large online chatroom in her mind.

She even discovered that the chatroom included a newcomer in the entertainment industry whose popularity was rapidly rising in the central district.

Seeing Falena’s lack of response for a long while, Song Lan added, "Recruiting, just like the human resources department in your company. However, I don’t really hold any actual power. You can ask Medea about scientific research issues, Heavy Cannon about security issues, and if there’s anything else you can’t resolve, go ask Lu Xiang."

"Understood."

Falena nodded, not quite grasping the concept, "Then, back to the issue of the Prosthetic Doctor, does kidnapping someone from a major company in the central area fall within your considerations?"

She indeed knew several prestigious Prosthetic Doctors’ names, but they often served major companies and families. Medical resources had always been assets of significant importance to the United Government.

Apart from routine prosthetic maintenance, extending life spans was also a crucial part of their research.

In fact, over a hundred years after the third war, medical technology had increased people’s expected lifespan to 160 years. Of course, only the wealthy could afford these supportive services.

"We won’t consider that, we need to keep as low a profile as possible."

Their recent trouble with Unified Technology had already been remarkably risky, and he certainly did not wish to catch the attention of the United Government before their forces in the Seventeenth District could develop.

According to Lu Xiang’s view, the potential reason the United Government hadn’t imposed further sanctions on the Seventeenth District after the Foster Family’s withdrawal could be someone’s interference in the Review Meeting. There has never been an end to the overt and covert struggles between the major families and corporations of the United Government. Given the current unique environment of the Seventeenth District, no one wanted to throw more resources into this area.

Once war with the Rebel Army broke out, all the invested manpower and materials would be wasted.

But the United Government’s tolerance of them was premised on their not causing trouble in other internal cities. If the Review Meeting took serious action, even those desiring to help them would be unable to change orders from the highest authority.

"Then I guess we’ll have to try our luck with the dispatched departments."

"Dispatched departments?"

"The United Government has a special department dealing with foreign operations. This department sees a significant turnover of personnel, high mortality rate, and more importantly, due to the department’s nature, most of the dispatched medical staff possess military-grade prosthetic knowledge. Even if a medical team goes missing, it’s unlikely to attract the attention of the upper echelons."

"Do you have someone in mind?"

"There’s one, but it’s not a simple task."

Falena said, "Half a month ago, a medical team from the dispatched department went missing in a small town within the Third Nation’s borders, led by Doctor Oleg, a renowned physician."

"What happened?"

Falena had just highlighted the importance of medical resources; now, a leading medical team led by a famous doctor had gone missing without anyone going to the rescue, which undoubtedly signaled something fishy.

"It’s about the Infected. Doctor Oleg’s medical team has been within the borders of the Third Country for years, investigating the source of the infection, but before they could fully grasp the issue, no one else from the dispatched department was willing to take over this mess."

Those who truly visited the infected towns and villages knew just how terrifying the infection was.

Once something went wrong, almost every single person in a town was never spared, and when the troops arrived, they were greeted by nothing but a ghost town.

These operations often ended with the use of tactical nuclear weapons to address the problem.

"The Infected there are different from here—they are crazier than the Cyber madmen. There once was an entire reconnaissance team that brought the virus back to the department, leading to nearly half of the people getting infected."

And that was why no one wanted to go and rescue the medical team.

If a team lost contact for more than a week, the dispatched department would assume the entire squad had been wiped out. "Ideally, they should be preparing to use tactical nuclear weapons to eliminate the infection source by now, but recent incidents in the Sixth Nation have practically called away all dispatched departments there. They’re probably searching around the clock for Wild Bone’s whereabouts."

"Half a month ago, an officer who had some connection with Doctor Oleg asked us for help, hoping that United Technology could deploy a batch of military robots to the area where the medical team disappeared for reconnaissance and rescue operations."

At this point, Falena paused and said, "Of course, the company wouldn’t agree to this kind of losing deal. According to preliminary reports, the infection source is very special, and even mechanical robots are at risk of being parasitically infected, so the matter has been put off until now. Adding the week the medical team has gone missing, that team has now been missing for nearly a month."

"Doesn’t that mean they are more than likely doomed?"

Song Lan had seen firsthand the situation at the Barrosa Group’s branch and knew all too well that wild Devourers were not so friendly to humans.

"Indeed, logically speaking, the medical team might have been annihilated in the first few days of their disappearance, but about a few days ago, United Technology received another report from that officer. He claimed that an unclear distress signal had been received near the town and hoped we would deploy military robots again."

"It’s possible it’s true, but it might also be a lie made up to spark curiosity among the higher-ups, since no team has ever survived half a month after going missing near the infection source before."

Perhaps they thought that to get firsthand information on the infection source, United Technology might actually dispatch a squad of military robots.

Too bad United Technology isn’t a sucker.

Everyone with clear sight knew that the dispatched departments were dirt poor and couldn’t afford the maintenance costs for the robots, and the company certainly wouldn’t pay out of their own pocket for such uncertain intelligence."

"If you’re in a hurry to find someone, you might want to try your luck. Even if you can’t find Doctor Oleg’s team, on your way back you could stop by the dispatched department’s outpost near the Third Country to snatch a few doctors. I’m positive that their defensive strength is very weak right now, most of their living forces having been sent to the Sixth Nation."

"Thanks."

Song Lan said with a serious face, "But I need to carefully consider this."

"Hmm."

Falena nodded, "By the way, if you do go to that town and encounter other Devourers, I hope you can bring back some samples."

"Is this your... or the Devourers’ request?"

Both the request itself and Falena’s tone suddenly became a bit strange.

"It’s us."

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