Ever since I met Beyoncé that day, after Ling came back, he planned to use part of the funds to recruit soldiers. For this reason, he held a small meeting with Feng and others, and other people in the meeting naturally did not object to this investment. After all, which company in the wilderness doesn't have its own army. A company without an army is like a tiger without teeth. Even though Zero Point Technology has several of them in the position, it is impossible to do everything by themselves.
So on the day the meeting ended, Zero issued a recruitment notice through Asgard's headquarters mission system. Soon, the ground building of Zero Point Technology was crowded with applicants in the next few days.
For this reason, Zero mobilized everyone, and even Eva, a marginalized person, was called back from the laboratory by him. Several people, including Ling, personally tested the overall quality of recruited soldiers such as physical fitness. Due to limited funds, Ling did not plan to recruit on a large scale this time. He intends to keep improving and screen these people in the next few days, and only elite soldiers and strong generals will be left in the end.
As for the first batch of soldiers, Zero will use them as the backbone to train the generals who will become the follow-up soldiers.
In this way, the test is naturally extremely strict. The old, the weak, and the disabled don't need it, they don't need it for the abuse of psychotropic drugs, and they don't need it for those who are physically unqualified. After testing and checking one by one, almost one in a hundred passes the test.
Five days later, the recruitment was over. A total of 300 soldiers were able to stay after passing the basic threshold. These soldiers are young, strong and full of energy. Although most of them are ordinary people, there are also a few who have basic abilities ranging from the first to the third level. To Zero's surprise, there were also two advanced ability users.
They are a sixth-level gun master and a fifth-level night emissary.
The former's name is Hawke Brown, a European Caucasian. Nearly thirty years old, as strong as a bear. The muscles of his whole body are as strong as cast iron, because the gunner is a professional who uses heavy firearms as a gunner, so Brown's arms are particularly thick, and there is a tattoo on his arm. It was a pattern of a dagger pierced into a skull, and the dagger was still bleeding, which looked very hideous.
But the other capable person is a woman named Yeliu, Asian. Yeliu is not tall, only 1.67 meters. But her figure is very plump. When she came to apply for the job that day, she almost caused a series of murders. The age is less than 20, and the natural look on the face arouses the desire [desire] of some strange uncle lolicons. It's just that this naturally dull girl is extremely difficult to provoke. After learning that she is a night messenger, those perverts who stretched out their claws obediently put away their lust.
The Night Emissary is a cross-domain ability user, achieved by the basic abilities of the combat domain and the elemental domain. Cross-domain ability users have extremely strict requirements for talents. For example, Rein, who was encountered before Zero, firstly required the affinity of the wind element for his Hurricane Swordsman. Without this talent, Rein would definitely not be able to become a Hurricane Swordsman.
As for Yeliu's Night Envoy, the talent requirement is affinity with dark elements, so she has achieved a daunting profession in the dark night.
The Nightbringer has the ability to hide under the dark night, which is true invisibility, unlike Zero's Shadow Wanderer, who uses the cooperation of light and the environment to continuously perform space-like jumps in the shadows to achieve a certain concealment effect. The Night Emissary's invisibility technique hides all relevant information about his existence. Only those who are gifted in the field of perception in the ability of premonition can see through the existence of the Night Emissary in advance.
Otherwise, other ability users would only notice the dagger that came from the darkness when the night messenger attacked.
The arrival of these two ability users made Zero flattered. After all, a newly established company like him has no conditions at all to attract people with advanced abilities to join. Therefore, afterward, when Zero had a private conversation with them and asked why he chose a company like theirs to join, Zero got two completely different answers.
Brown's reason is relatively simple. This European man originally belonged to the same mercenary group as Podong. But in a certain mission, Podong betrayed them, causing the entire mercenary group to be almost wiped out. Almost, because Brown survived. It's just that he was seriously injured at that time, and after a long period of recuperation and recovery, Brown found that his ability had declined. But Podong has become the head of the Lambston family's guards. Brown can't compete with Podong in terms of ability or power, so he stays in Asgard and looks for opportunities.
Unexpectedly, before Brown had a chance to attack, Podong died in the hands of Zero. When he heard the news, Brown was drunk for three days and three nights. After that, as soon as he heard the news that Zero was recruiting soldiers, he came here without thinking.
Brown was a rough and bold man. He patted Zero on the shoulder and said, "Anyway, I'll follow you from now on, boss. You killed Podong, and you avenged our comrades who died in battle. From now on My life is yours!"
Zero is very happy to have a character like Brown joining. In this way, with the addition of Berrien, Zero's team will have fortress-type characters in the two fields of energy and physics.
As for Yeliu, he gave Ling a dumbfounding answer.
Yeliu is not from Asgard, she is an adventurer. The so-called adventurer is someone who wanders alone in the wilderness without any team support. Such people are either lunatics or strong. Judging from Yeliu's ability, the latter should be the majority. Yeliu was wandering in the wilderness, and happened to see a lot of people rushing towards the Zero Technology Base. She thought that there were some ruins or something, so she followed quietly.
Unexpectedly, after coming to Lingdian Company, he was regarded as an applicant by the reception staff, and then gave Yeliu a trademark indiscriminately. Yeliu also gave full play to her natural dullness, passed a series of tests so muddled, and finally became what she is now.
Seeing Yeliu with a dull expression on his face, Ling remained silent. But when Ling asked if he wanted to leave, Yeliu wanted to stay, the reason was that after wandering in the wilderness for two years, he might become an idiot if he stayed any longer.
Zero heart agrees, I'm afraid Yeliu's natural dull appearance is caused by long-term lack of communication with others.
It's just how such a girl could become an adventurer, and Yeliu has a strange pattern like a family crest on the back of Yeliu's hand. Zero thought that this girl might have a story of her own behind it. Zero naturally has no gossip to get to the bottom of it. He respects everyone's privacy, especially his companions.
Of course, whether Yeliu and Brown can become the companions who entrusted their backs to them requires further investigation.
Years of living in the wilderness have taught Zero to not easily believe in other people's truths.
In addition to these two, a few days later, another girl was added to Zero's team. The survivor found at the Z7 base, the girl named Haiwei was brought back to Asgard by Zero and arranged for Zero to receive training in the Boys Corps training camp. This youth camp is specially set up for boys and girls over the age of 15 with special talents. Agatha who died in the battle came from this youth camp. In addition, the people in the Twelve Main God Halls including Valkyrie are also from the youth camp.
Therefore, for Asgard, the youth camp is a place where hope is brewed.
Hai Wei has to undergo three months of training in the youth camp, and it is far from the time to graduate. But this girl is smart and eager to learn, and she completed all the courses in just over a month, so she received special care and graduated early. After graduation, Hai Wei could participate in the recruitment assessment of the five major armies, but she chose to join Zero's company, giving up the brighter future that should have been.
According to Haiwei's words, without zero, she would not be what she is now. What's more, she prefers the adventurous life in the wilderness to the mediocre military career.
In terms of ability, Hai Wei's growth is also very gratifying. At present, she has evolved the three basic abilities of the fourth level, namely strength, defense and agility, and has already met the basic requirements for the transition to an advanced career. Those who are not official members of the five major armies need to pay a lot of money to use the directional modulation machine for career transition. Originally Ling planned to pay the fee for her, but Haiwei refused. This slender girl is as strong as a man, and very strong.
Haiwei expressed that she would earn the expenses needed for the transformation through her own efforts. Since it was her own decision, Zero never objected. But then again, even if there is no transformation, Haiwei still has strong strength. In addition to some fighting skills that Johnny taught her before, she also found an ancient boxing technique in the information library through the brain of the youth camp.
The fighting technique called "kicking kick boxing" is actually a kind of leg art, although it is called boxing. This technique requires the warrior to use both hands to attack the enemy to enter the defense and unload the force, and then counterattack with a powerful kick technique, which can be described as a technique that integrates offense and defense. Haiwei suffered a lot in order to learn this boxing technique, and now it has begun to show its power. After trying it out, Feng was also amazed, pointing out that when Haiwei grows to a high-level stage, she can use it to fight against opponents of the same level. downwind.
Generally speaking, Haiwei's potential is not low, and with time, she should be a strong woman who can stand alone. Zero intends to cultivate her, so he arranges her in his new barracks so that Haiwei can receive the next training together.
As for living, he lived with Yeliu. The two girls are about the same age, but their personalities are completely opposite. Yeliu is naturally dumb, and usually spends more time in a daze than in activities. Haiwei, on the other hand, seemed to have endless energy all over her body, bouncing around all day long as if she couldn't stop. But the two of them got along very well, and with Haiwei by their side, Yeliu talked more and more.
In this way, Zero's army began to take shape. There are 287 ordinary soldiers, 11 people with abilities from the first level to the third level, Brown and Yeliu who have advanced abilities, and Haiwei is added at the end. After the army members were settled, Zero set out a series of training plans for them, including physical fitness, shooting, fighting, reconnaissance, blasting and other items.
Among them, Zero focuses on physical fitness. When fighting in the wilderness, if the physical fitness is not enough, no matter how good other skills are, the chance of surviving is still not high. On the contrary, with the assistance of strong physical fitness and a variety of skills, even an ordinary person can struggle to survive in the dangerous wilderness. So every day before dawn, the recruits would be pulled out of bed by Zero, and the daily training would start with running 30 laps around the base.
This is the basic amount of training. At the same time, Zero will increase the amount of training according to the situation, so as to squeeze out every drop of their potential. Of course, as for those who can't bear it, they will inevitably be eliminated.
After running, there is a short rest and breakfast time. In the next day, these recruits have to undergo various training. And during these trainings, Zero was always with them. What the recruits should do, Zero will also do, and the amount of doing will only be more than them, not less than them. Zero understands the principle of leading by example. Only by receiving training with the soldiers and rushing to the forefront in battle can such a commander be respected by the soldiers and make them willing to work for you.
Like the kind of masters who command the battle situation in the safe fortifications in the rear, they often issue an order, and the execution ability of the soldiers is usually compromised. What's more, in the new era, the bravery of generals often boosts the morale of an army, which is something that even the best rear commanders cannot do.
Time passed day by day, and every day the recruits were exhausted from the heavy training. During this process, many soldiers could not bear the amount of training and chose to quit. Zero didn't blame them, but gave them enough salary to let them leave on their own.
Of course, there are also some guys who don't know good and bad, and Tian Shi is tortured by training and loses his mind. Instead of obeying the arrangement, they made provocative words. For such a person, Zero usually breaks his leg and throws him back to Asgard. Afterwards, these people felt terrified, and at the same time thanked Zero for his kindness. Yes, kindness. You must know that in some other wilderness companies, if you dare to contradict your superiors like this, you must be prepared to be killed.
In contrast, Zero just interrupted their hands and feet to teach them a little lesson, and did not leave them in a dangerous wilderness, which in itself is already a kind of transmission.
Two months passed quickly, and the number of recruits in the new barracks dropped sharply from the original 300 to about 100, which was not far from the goal of zero expectations. Soldiers who can survive almost harsh training and stay, at least they will not die easily in future battles. The ruthlessness of the battlefield is dozens of times that of Zero, and everything Zero is doing now is for their own good.
Among these soldiers, Haiwei was undoubtedly the one who attracted the most attention. Even though Hai Wei has three fourth level basic abilities, besides the normal amount of training she receives every day, she will also add some other training. Originally, those soldiers didn't take this delicate girl seriously, but after two months, Haiwei has already won a certain degree of respect among them.
They jokingly called Haiwei the "Iron Maiden", but the soldiers never thought that this occasional nickname would be widely spread in the wilderness in the future.
Dr. Victor also visited the base several times during this time. In addition to reporting the progress of Leah's rebirth to Zero who had no time to return to Asgard, he also brought some newly developed genetic medicine. The development of pharmaceuticals is also one of Zero's original intentions for establishing this laboratory. After all, with Victor's talents and laboratory equipment, it is somewhat wasteful to use them for Leah's rebirth. Therefore, Zero had already instructed Victor to prepare for the development of various potions in the middle and late stages of the rebirth plan.
Apparently, Victor has done a good job at this. With the support of Asgard's advanced equipment, some of Dr. Victor's previous ideas have been supported. Of course, limited by the size and equipment of the laboratory, what Victor can do at present is to develop genetic medicine.
The gene potion is different from the ability potion, its function is more to release the potential in the gene, so that the physique and physical fitness of the injector can be improved, but it can't stimulate the ability. To develop ability potions, even the most common basic ability potions, the need for additional funds and equipment is not something he can afford now.
The rebirth plan is going smoothly, and now Leah's body has begun to enter the progress of memory writing and character shaping. Dr. Victor said that after two months at the latest, Zero will be able to see the reborn Leah.
This made Zero a little excited, he was finally going to fulfill the promise he made for Leah that day.
Thanks to Dr. Victor's genetic medicine, the physical fitness of the downsized soldiers was at least doubled after the injection of the medicine. Of course, this refers to ordinary soldiers. As for those with abilities, they don't need these potions at all.
In addition, Zero's arsenal has also received orders in the past two months. And Zero himself also equipped each of these hundreds of soldiers with a dark blood rifle and a certain amount of ammunition. This is still limited by the size and development capabilities of the arsenal, otherwise Zero can equip his army with more powerful weapons. Only powerful equipment can guarantee that these soldiers can survive on the cruel battlefield.
But at the same time, Zero finally felt why some people said that cultivating an army is tantamount to burning money. If it is said that although a lot of money was invested in the establishment of the previous arsenal, at least it has slowly seen returns. However, more funds have been invested in the establishment of the army, and the soldiers' food, accommodation, medical care, training, equipment, etc. are all money.
After two months, the army was formed, and a small half of the money on the zero account also flowed out. Now he only hopes that Beyoncé's slave-hunting plan will be carried out as soon as possible, but before that, Zero has to use this army to conduct an actual combat exercise to test the true combat power of this army, so as not to find out the existence of the army until it gets to the battlefield. insufficient. By then, it will be too late.
As for the content of the drill, Zero does not plan to divide the army into two according to the traditional method and use simulated equipment for inspection. In this way, the authenticity will be greatly reduced. After all, some things can only be revealed when life and death are at stake. So Zero took the time to go back to Asgard, and took over a mission to suppress the alien [violence] riot in the mission system of the headquarters.
The code name of the mission is "Winter Hunting"!