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nTranslator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

nIn the apocalypse world game, two types of NPCs could be recruited.

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nOne was the basic NPC survivors that could be recruited through the survival radio station.

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nThey were unable to participate in battle and could barely use their weapons to kill zombies. There was a high chance that they would be killed by the zombies.

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nThe other type had the skill of gun mastery and could use all kinds of basic firearms. The attributes of their characters were also higher than those of ordinary survivors.

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nPlayers usually call them “mercenaries”.

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nHowever, recruiting mercenaries were not free.

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nFang Heng needed to spend some survival points for this.

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nRiding the mountain bike, Fang Heng arrived at the apocalypse camp.

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n“Hahahaha! Fang Heng! You’re here! I was just talking to my friends about you. I heard that you’ve completed the shelter?”

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n“You’re really well-informed.”

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n“Hahaha!”

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nVettel looked very happy. He laughed loudly.

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n“Of course. In our line of work, first-hand information usually means wealth!”

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n“Oh right, do you need help? I have a lot of people whom I can recommend to you, but you know…”

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nFang Heng blinked at Vettel.

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n“I understand. I need to spend survival points to recruit, right?”

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n“Don’t worry, I will give you the lowest price. However, there is one thing. If they die in battle, you will have to pay an additional amount of survival points as a pension.”

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n“I understand.”

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nFang Heng shrugged.

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nIn major forums of the game, players had been criticizing the pension.

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nIt was too expensive!

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nPlayers aside, even if it was a large guild, if a few mercenaries under them were to suddenly die in the early stages, it would be extremely “painful” to them.

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nFor ordinary players, they would not even consider recruiting mercenaries.

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nThe risk was too great. If one mercenary died, what they had accumulated in half a year would be lost.

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nAt the moment, Fang Heng believed that the prison’s defensive ability could easily defend against zombies.

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nBut what about players?

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nIn the zombie apocalypse game, the biggest threat was still the human survivors.

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nFang Heng needed to recruit mercenaries to improve the prison’s defensive ability.

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nThis was something that the zombie clones couldn’t do at the moment.

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nFang Heng wasn’t willing to deal with players.

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nIt was too risky.

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nHe was more willing to trust NPC mercenaries who wouldn’t betray him.

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n“Vettel, is there anyone here willing to come to my camp? I’ll pay them.”

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n“Of course.”

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nVettel waved his hand and a floating recruitment list appeared in front of Fang Heng.

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nThere were about 50 survivor mercenaries, all of them were Level 1 to 5.

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nFang Heng skimmed through it.

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nAmong them, the three highest level mercenaries were at Level 5 and they also had Level 5 gun mastery.

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nFang Heng remembered seeing a post in an official player forum that said that Level 5 was the highest level for the mercenaries.

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nHe could not skimp on safety! If he wanted to buy, he had to buy the strongest!

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nFang Heng selected three mercenaries.

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n“Are you sure you want to recruit them? Recruiting a survivor requires 6,000 survival points.”

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n“If he unfortunately dies in battle, you will need to spend an additional 30,000 survival points as compensation.”

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n“I am sure.”

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nHint: You have spent 1,800,000 survival points to recruit three survivors. They will report outside your shelter in three hours.

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nAlright.

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nAfter purchasing three mercenaries, Fang Heng’s savings that he had accumulated during this period was completely used up.

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nHe now had less than 500 survival points left.

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n“Very good, I will immediately tell them. They will report to your shelter in three hours.”

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n“Thank you.”

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nFang Heng waved his hand, but in his heart, he was thinking how expensive it was!

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nThere was a limit to the number of mercenaries that could be recruited from the apocalypse camp. It was on a “first come, first served” basis.

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nCurrently, he was the only one in the game who had established a shelter, so there were no competitors to compete with him for mercenaries.

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nOnce the players had developed, high-level mercenaries would become a resource that would be taken over by large player guilds or gaming companies.

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nFang Heng casually said, “Vettel, if you encounter stronger survivors, remember to introduce them to me at any time.”

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n“Okay, looks like you’re short of people there?”

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nHuh?

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nFang Heng was about to leave when he heard that and raised his eyebrows.

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nThis question made him smell the scent of a mission.

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n“I’m quite short of people. Vettel, we’re good friends. Do you have any suggestions for me?”

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n“Hahaha! Of course. You’re one of my best friends. After all, you’ve always helped in my business.”

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nVetter laughed loudly.

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nHe leaned over and whispered in Fang Heng’s ear.

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n“Did you forget about the Dark Knights that I mentioned to you before?”

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nFang Heng immediately recalled.

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nYes! Dark Knights!

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nHidden mission.

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n“I had to go all the way to the city hospital to look for the T-virus antidote, right!” he recalled.

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n“I’ll tell you in secret. After you join the Dark Knights, you can recruit people from the Dark Knights.”

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nVettel secretly revealed the information to Fang Heng.

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n“Believe me, the Dark Knights are all first-class players with top-notch strength. Recruiting them is an advantage.”

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nFang Heng narrowed his eyes.

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nThere was actually such a saying?

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nThere was a mercenary whose level was even higher than Level 5?

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nHe did not know anything about this in the past!

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nAs expected, even the so-called official game forum could not be trusted.

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nIt even said that a Level 5 mercenary represented the strongest combat strength!

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nThe real secrets were all in the hands of the big guilds.

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nFang Heng cursed in his heart and quickly lowered his head to think.

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nIt was not a good idea to keep the Dark Knight mission on hold.

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nNow that he had time, it was time to make a trip to the city.

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nThe sooner the better, while the other players had yet to establish a shelter, to seize the opportunity.

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nIt was best to recruit all the powerful mercenaries!

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nOne step ahead, one step ahead!

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nFang Heng’s heart was once again burning with passion.

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nHe had to go to the city this time!

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nHowever, it was still very dangerous to enter the city at the current stage. Before that, he still needed to make some preparations.

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nFang Heng raised his head.

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n“Vettel, show me your sales list again…”

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n“Of course.”

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nFang Heng opened the list and carefully observed it.

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nThere was a very high probability of encountering mutated zombies in the city. He desperately needed the ability to protect himself.

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nShotgun. It was capable of inflicting great damage at close range.

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nThe disadvantage was that he needed 6.5 strength points to use it. He needed 8 strength points to control it perfectly and 10 strength points to completely negate the recoil effect.

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nFang Heng looked at his own attributes.

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nPlayer: Fang Heng

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nLevel: 9

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nHP: 118

/118

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nVitality: 100

/100

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nSpirit: 100

/100

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nEnergy: 83

/100

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nStrength: 6.8

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nAgility: 6.8

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nPhysique: 6.8

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nWill: 5

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nPerception: 15

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nIntelligence: 5

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n“That’s enough, I’ll just use it.”

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n“I’ll take it.” he thought.

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nA small explosive pack.

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nWhether it was used to attack zombies or to destroy buildings, it was an extremely effective tool.

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nHe also wanted them!

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nFirst aid spray.

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nHe also needed to prepare a life-saving item…

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nFang Heng roughly estimated that he needed at least 40,000 survival points to buy these items.

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nHe had to think of a way to earn points first.

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