Chapter 317 -317 The Mission of 80,000 Crystal Cores
“Dr. Pei and his team are locals from S City,” Liang Jiuhui said, furrowing his brows. “Before the apocalypse, they went to E City for an academic conference, so they got trapped in E City. I only found out because I received a message someone relayed on his behalf. He mentioned he wants to return to S City but didn’t specify why.”
If possible, he would also want Dr. Pei and his team to return because Dr. Pei wasn’t just a genius in chemical engineering but also a leading figure in biology.
If Dr. Pei and his team could return to the S City base, they wouldn’t have to worry about running out of ammunition again. The recent zombie tide had nearly exhausted all the base’s ammo reserves.
“Why don’t they come back by themselves?” Lu Hao asked.
“They… don’t have any special abilities, and it seems Dr. Pei has been put under house arrest,” Liang Jiuhui said.
Before the Red Rain, traveling from E City to S City wasn’t really an issue. Moreover, the person who delivered the message seemed to be a trusted associate of Dr. Pei. He had only managed to escape from E City and deliver the message because he had awakened a Speed Element ability. Now, due to the breakdown in communication, no one knew the current situation on Dr. Pei’s end.
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After listening to Liang Jiuhui, Su Jin wanted to refuse the mission; it sounded like a hassle. Although E City wasn’t far away, she didn’t want to risk taking her family there.
“80,000 Crystal Cores, what do you think?”
Liang Jiuhui gestured the number to Su Jin.
“Hmm, I think that’s acceptable,”
She replied decisively, with not a hint of hesitation.
“…”
For a moment, Lu Hao couldn’t help but chuckle. After all, he had seen the hesitation Su Jin had shown just moments before. It seemed the 80,000 Crystal Cores were quite an enticing offer for her…
“So, we just need to bring back Dr. Pei and his team safely?”
Su Jin asked. She needed to understand the specifics of the mission.
“Yes, that’s correct. I’m not exactly sure how many people are in his team, but it should be no more than ten,” Liang Jiuhui answered.
Su Jin nodded to acknowledge she understood and wanted to ask for Lu Hao’s opinion. If Lu Hao was against it, she would reconsider the matter.
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Lu Hao agreed to take on the mission too, but he suggested that only he and Su Jin should go.
It wasn’t that he was completely confident in their capabilities, but rather the situation in E City was still unknown. Why was Dr. Pei under house arrest?
If they encountered danger, he and Su Jin would have an easier time escaping, but if the whole team went, they would not only draw more attention but also greatly increase the risk.
After hearing Lu Hao’s thoughts, Su Jin also felt his idea was good. Indeed, she didn’t want to take her whole family there to take risks, especially since E City was quite eerie.
“Alright, although we aim to complete the mission, safety is most important,”
Liang Jiuhui said. He knew that Su Jin’s family and teammates were very strong, but indeed, if they were to sneak into a base to rescue Dr. Pei, having more people might backfire.
And moreover… thinking of Su Jin’s teammates, he had another idea.
“Yifan and Xue Wanyi?”
Su Jin almost wanted to laugh. Did Liang Jiuhui actually want to hire Liao Yifan and Xue Wanyi as instructors for the Power and Wind Elements?
“Liao Yifan had professional training before, right?” Liang Jiuhui asked.
“He was a colleague of mine,” Lu Hao answered.
No wonder. Liang Jiuhui had always assumed Liao Yifan was someone they had met along the way and then joined the team.
“Is Xue Wanyi also your colleague?” Liang Jiuhui couldn’t help asking.
“He isn’t,” Lu Hao replied.
Liang Jiuhui nodded. He was impressed by Liao Yifan’s skills. One could tell at a glance whether or not she was professionally trained, and he thought no one could be more suitable for the role of a Power Element instructor than her.
And the base had always lacked a fitting candidate for the Wind Element instructor, which led him to think of Liao Yifan and Xue Wanyi, although he didn’t know if the two would agree.
Su Jin and Lu Hao could only agree to help him inquire, as for whether they would accept, it would still depend on their personal decisions.
Regardless, Liang Jiuhui was already satisfied that Su Jin and Lu Hao were willing to take on this task.
Though the 80,000 Crystal Cores cost him dearly, he valued the long-term benefits associated with Dr. Pei and his team more. The base was in dire need of talent at the moment, and he hoped they could successfully bring back Dr. Pei.
After setting the departure date for their journey, Su Jin and Lu Hao returned home.
Neither of them expected that they would end up taking on such a high-reward mission. The departure was set for five days later, as Qiqi’s birthday was in two days, and Su Jin hadn’t forgotten about their planned trip to the medicinal materials market.
Lin Tianhui, who worked at the Base Hospital, mentioned that the batch of Western and Traditional Chinese medicines brought back by Liang Jiuhui played a significant role in the fight against the Zombie Tide. Although Western medicine worked most rapidly, Traditional Chinese medicine was not far behind, and Xu Mingzhi also advocated for the use of more Traditional Chinese medicine, given that Western medicine was hard to produce in the Apocalypse.
After arriving home, the two informed their family about the mission to E city.
“What? You two are going to strike out on your own? I’m going too!”
Lin Xiuyuan was the first to dissent, eager for an adventure himself.
“Xiao Jin, if it’s a dangerous mission, let’s not take it,”
Su Xiangzhe said, concerned.
He knew that the higher the reward for a mission, the greater the danger. If it was too risky, he was genuinely worried.
“I don’t know if it’s dangerous, but if it is, Lu Hao and I can easily escape,”
Su Jin said, believing that Su Xiangzhe would understand her implication that they could hide in space if necessary.
“How many days will you be gone?”
Xue Wanyi was worried he might die of boredom staying at the base.
But what Lu Hao told him next made his eyes widen. Liang Jiuhui actually wanted him to become a Wind Element Ability User instructor?
“What do you say? It’s up to you whether you accept or not,”
Lu Hao said, leaning on the sofa.
Liao Yifan was still at Guo Yang’s shop and hadn’t returned. She was someone who couldn’t sit still; she always felt bored at home, so she’d go to Guo Yang’s shop whenever she had the chance, even if it was just to run errands. She was more than willing.
It wasn’t until Guo Yang and others returned from the shop that everyone was still discussing the matter.
Liao Yifan initially felt down when she heard that Su Jin and Lu Hao were going on a mission alone, but as soon as she heard about Liang Jiuhui’s offer for her to become a Power Element Ability User instructor, she immediately agreed with delight.
“No, I don’t agree to Fanfan going there,”
Guo Yang attempted to intervene.
How could he rest easy knowing his beautiful Fanfan would be going to a place full of men!