End of the World: My Items Can Be Upgraded Infinitely.

Chapter 33: Containment Mission, Black Spine Insect Scout Team

The news that Lin Feng was an awakened Super Bullet was only registered by the Recruiting Office two hours ago. Apart from the people within the Administration, few people knew about it.

The enhanced people and awakened people who had been recruited long ago have been waiting for a long time.

They were hostile towards Lin Feng and his companions who arrived late, and naturally did not have any good impression of them.

Fortunately, before the two sides had any contact, Han Yuxin helped explain:
"It was this Mr. Lin Feng who discovered the crisis of the army being surrounded by the Zerg. Not only did he escape the pursuit of the Zerg, he also passed back important information, allowing us all to respond in advance."

"After a short rest, Mr. Lin immediately joined our containment and cover mission."

"At the same time, Mr. Lin is also a powerful awakener. His superpowers..."

As she spoke, Han Yuxin looked at Lin Feng, and seeing that he nodded, she continued to introduce:
"Mr. Lin's superpower is the extremely rare and powerful super bullet!"

"With him here, not only can our mission be successfully completed, but casualties can also be minimized."

After saying this, the unhappy expressions of many participants had changed, and the way they looked at Lin Feng also gradually became different.

The resentment accumulated among the crowd gradually dissipated.

Lin Feng glanced at Han Yuxin at the door. As expected, the internal staff were quite capable and they resolved many conflicts with just a few words.

And one thing led to another, turning Lin Feng from a latecomer who was a burden to everyone into a key figure in saving everyone.

But Lin Feng had no interest in this matter.

Some people are not impressed by this.

The five awakened ones who were leading the crowd only glanced at Lin Feng who was rushing over, then turned back and urged:
"Okay, are all the people here? Tell us what you are going to do so we can set off as soon as possible."

Han Yuxin nodded, took the task details book handed over by her colleague, and introduced:

"This time we are responsible for harassing the flanks. The newly emerged Queen Mother is relatively weak, with only more than 10,000 black-spine insect subordinates. They are marching north at a high speed, trying to cut off the retreat of the Thirteenth Division before they withdraw from the north of Haicheng, and complete the encirclement with the main force."

"The specific rescue mission will be handed over to the guards, and we only need to carry out diversionary harassment from the edge of the Zerg's activity range, and try to eliminate the scout teams sent by the Zerg to interfere with the Queen Mother's decision-making."

"Right now, we are responsible for the containment mission at the end of the Jianghai Expressway. This mission will probably last for seven or eight hours. If a small group of insects keeps biting us, please retreat immediately."

"Specific positions will be assigned based on the completion of this mission and everyone's respective combat results."

"The detailed response strategy will be commanded by Lieutenant Qin."

After saying that, Han Yuxin handed the detailed information book in her hand to Qin Hu who was walking out of the hotel.

Lin Feng was a little surprised that Qin Hu did not return to the team but stayed.

It is estimated that the successful completion of the rescue mission gave him a preferential treatment from his superiors. He no longer needs to fight on the front line, but can stay on the second line to take on a small task.

This was indeed the case. Qin Hu took the task sheet, looked at it for a few seconds, and then announced that they would set off in fifteen minutes.

Then he looked at Lin Feng behind the crowd and got into a military jeep.

The crowd then dispersed and returned to their cars.

Lin Feng followed Qin Hu to the jeep, leaned against the passenger window, took out the expensive cigarettes Hu Fei had given him, unpacked them and handed them over:

"Smoke?"

When Qin Hu saw that it was Lin Feng who had escaped death together, he took the cigarette, lit it for himself, took a deep breath, looked at the young man, and said lightly:

"Why don't you take a good rest instead of joining in the fun?"

"With your awakened superpowers, there is no need to get involved in this mess. Follow me and stay behind our lines to shoot. As for the treatment, it's up to you."

"Your abilities are actually far more than that. Those people in the frontline research institute will be very interested. They know how to make you stronger and tap into your full potential."

Lin Feng shook his head. He liked freedom:
"I am used to being lazy and I can't stand being constrained. Do you know what I was doing the day before the apocalypse?"

"I fought a war of wits and courage with the company just to get compensation so that I could resign and go home to lie down for a few months."

"By the way, I haven't thanked Brother Qin properly for leading us out of Haicheng. I found two packs of good cigarettes on the way, but I don't smoke, so I'll give them to you."

As he spoke, Lin Feng took out two packs of famous cigarettes from his pocket, and threw them together with the one he had just opened on the car seat.

Anyway, I bought them all from the villa for free.

"I hope everything goes well on this mission."

Qin Hu took a look and nodded to Lin Feng:

"Well, just follow my instructions then."

After the greetings, Lin Feng said goodbye to Qin Hu and prepared to return to his car.

When passing by the hotel office, Han Yuxin specifically called him and distributed the joining rewards to him and Liu Yueqi first, and then brought two tactical helmets with night vision functions.

"These are for drivers. Every car has one. I think you might need two."

Lin Feng nodded, said thank you, took the equipment, put it on his head, and his right eye could see the scanned heat source image on the dark gray screen.

As for the joining bonus, there are two boxes of canned food with a total of 120 cans and four barrels of gasoline with 100 liters, enough for two people.

Lin Feng only took the gasoline and stored the canned goods first. The RV's fuel tank had already been filled by Hu Fei, and these four barrels of gasoline had other uses.

As Liu Yueqi's joining reward, she had to follow Lin Feng's arrangements and say goodbye to her aunt before leaving.

As family members, Liu Ruojiao and Zhang Xuan can stay here, which makes their daily lives much more convenient.

Before leaving, Liu Ruojiao gave Lin Feng many instructions and went to find him:
"Mr. Lin, please take good care of Yueqi. Don't let her get too excited. This child likes to show off."

Lin Feng rolled down the car window and said with a smile:

"Don't worry, we will just harass the guerrillas on the sidelines and won't fight the insect swarm head-on. She has a knife, so at most she can deal with some of the ones that slip through the net."

"Okay, Mr. Liu. If you're hungry, go find the staff at the office and tell them my name. They'll make arrangements."

After saying that, he waved goodbye.

At this time, Qin Hu looked at the tactical watch, and when the time came, he led everyone out of the service area, took the emergency lane, and returned to the war zone.

Chen Yanyan stepped on the accelerator and caught up with the departing team.

"I just counted them. There are 26 vehicles in total. There are 56 people participating in the mission. Together with us and Lieutenant Qin, there are exactly 60." "But they are all sturdy off-road vehicles. It seems that ours is the only RV..."

Lin Feng nodded and looked into the distance:

"What's wrong with the RV? The potential of this big guy is much more than that."

It was already completely dark at this time. The night was obviously more advantageous to the Zerg. Because humans' vision was affected, the effectiveness of firearms was greatly reduced, and they were easily forced into close combat.

So Han Yuxin gave him an extra night vision helmet to try to make the most of his superpower support.

However, as an awakened one, Lin Feng can use his eagle eyes to see moving objects hundreds of meters away with the help of moonlight even in the dim environment at night.

The night vision goggles are not that effective and will instead affect his ability to use the Red Armor Shield in its shield form.

So Lin Feng took off his helmet and handed it to Liu Yueqi who was sitting in the car. She needed it more than he did.

"Thank you, Feng..."

After taking the helmet, Liu Yueqi seemed to be hesitant to speak.

Lin Feng waved his hand:
"Don't call me uncle. I'm not much older than you. Call me brother or captain. The three of us are a small team."

Liu Yueqi put on his helmet and nodded:
"Okay! Captain Lin."

Soon the task force drove out of the traffic jam and entered a wide, deserted highway. The speed increased sharply. After another fifty kilometers, they would be able to get off the highway and enter the suburbs of Haicheng City.

The area had been gradually devoured and occupied by the newly emerged Queen Mother, who, along with her army of black-backed insects, quickly moved towards the northern suburbs of the city and surrounded the 13th Division of the Federal Army.

At this moment, the State Armed Guards have joined the battlefield and are blocking the insect swarm's encirclement head-on. Civilian forces like Lin Feng are mainly responsible for harassing the marginal areas and preventing the insect swarm from invading and infiltrating the inland areas.

Half an hour later, everyone arrived at the highway toll station.

Further ahead is the suburban residential area where Lin Feng came from, and next to it is the ecological park.

It is only twenty kilometers away from the location of the queen worm, which is within the activity range of the black-backed worm.

Qin Hu summoned six awakeners, including Lin Feng, and a dozen others who had been strengthened more than six times, and assigned them their respective responsibilities.

"After getting off the highway, there are three main roads in different directions. We need to send three vehicles to investigate the situation ahead. If we encounter isolated red beetles, we will kill them on the spot. If we encounter black-backed beetles..."

At this point, Qin Hu added:
"Within the Queen Mother's area of ​​influence, the black-spine insects are at least in groups of three, serving as scouts to investigate the situation. They are also responsible for patrolling the edge of the territory."

"If you encounter them, turn around, fire a few shots and run away. Don't fight them. Attract them here and we can focus our fire to destroy them together."

"As long as we kill two or three scout teams, the Queen Mother's attention will be drawn to them, and she will be forced to send hundreds of black-spine insects. Our purpose of containment will be achieved, so we can just turn around and run."

"have you understood?"

Qin Hu looked around at everyone, and they all lowered their heads. Then he asked:
"So, these three vehicles deep into the war zone... do you volunteer, or do I take the initiative to arrange them?"

Several leaders looked at each other, hesitant.

This kind of mission of volunteering to be bait is very dangerous. What if you encounter more than one scout team and up to six black-backed beetles chasing you? Moreover, the vision is limited at night. If you make a mistake while driving away, then everyone in the car will have no chance of survival.

If you go there, you will be in danger of death.

Qin Hu frowned slightly and added:
"Those who take the initiative will take 20% of the reward for this mission, and the rest can be split equally."

The rewards promised in the afternoon included four management positions within the Sheriff's Bureau and the rank of private.

As for other material rewards, they are far less attractive than power. After all, in the current situation, the higher the position, the greater the survival rate and the more comfortable life.

Qin Hu's promise at this moment means that whoever goes first will get one of the management positions as long as he can attract a swarm of insect scouts back.

Between promotion and risk, several of the most powerful awakeners are already ready to move.

Lin Feng stood at the back. He was not very interested in these things. After all, Hu Fei offered a better reward. As long as he could get in touch with those big shots, climbing up in the future would be as easy as riding a rocket.

What he cared about was the awarding of the rank of private.

Officers and non-commissioned officers are the two promotion paths in the federal army. The former are responsible for theoretical command and have great authority, while the latter are responsible for specific tasks and front-line combat.

Now the non-commissioned officer position is also open to awakened ones, which may be a good way for Lin Feng.

The individual strength is strong, which fits the NCO’s thinking very well.

Even in the future, the status of sergeants will be higher than those of civilian generals.

It’s just that its granting and promotion require merit.

Thinking of this, Lin Feng slowly raised his head and saw Qin Hu staring at him.

Guessing Lin Feng's inner thoughts, Qin Hu shook his head slightly and quietly hinted to the other party not to accept this task.

After all, a rare and powerful awakener shouldn't take risks at this time.

However, just as everyone fell silent, the awakened ones in front exchanged glances, and one of them looked back and suddenly spoke:

"According to what Director Han said before, since Mr. Lin is so capable, let him take the lead!"

"With him as a role model, everyone will have the confidence to take on the task, right?"

"That's right! If Mr. Lin doesn't dare to go, why should we go deep into the Zerg territory? Doesn't our lives matter?"

The others immediately followed suit.

Qin Hu glanced at them. As awakened people, these people were not afraid of the lieutenant's scrutiny.

"Okay, then I'll take the lead."

"I'm going to lure out the Black Spindle Squad!"

Unexpectedly, Lin Feng opened his mouth slowly and agreed directly.

He walked out of the crowd and pointed to the northeast:

"The Queen Mother is heading north, so I will choose this route, so that I can share some of the pressure for everyone."

(End of this chapter)