IRCDM Chapter 51

Chapter 51: Trouble Because of No Love

The entrance to the Black Market was guarded by a patrol team, each fully armed bodyguard looking fierce and menacing, as if they could open their bloody mouths and devour anyone alive at any moment.

Jonah swallowed nervously, clutching the virtual business card in his hand. He was wearing the only casual suit he owned that wasn’t too revealing, but the disgusted and contemptuous glances from passersby on the way still made him feel unspeakably embarrassed. He wished he could turn around and go back to the Red Light District immediately, but he couldn’t afford the water and electricity bills anymore and had been kicked out by the landlord.

He had nothing left to lose, but the fear of entering the Black Market and having his liver and kidneys harvested still made him hesitate.

“Hou An’an, you can’t break the rules!” A loud child’s voice came from behind the bodyguards.

Jonah couldn’t help but stretch his head to look and saw a seven- or eight-year-old child holding a bunch of colorful balloons, shouting loudly, “Uncle Li Yao said, you can only take one balloon from them if you get caught!”

The little girl named Hou An’an reluctantly handed him a pink balloon: “Then don’t get it dirty for me, I’ll definitely win it back.”

Ai Xiaoli cheered and ran away with the other children, clutching their balloons.

Hou An’an chased after them with her short legs, but tripped on a stone by the roadside and started crying. The bodyguard from the patrol team carefully picked her up by the bow on her neck, put her on the side of the road, and pointed to where Ai Xiaoli was hiding. Hou An’an immediately stopped crying and quickly chased after him.

Jonah was stunned for a while before finally deciding to walk up to the bodyguard guarding the gate and said in a low voice, “Hello, I’m here to the Black Market to look for a job. I saw on my chip that your Black Market Certified Clinic is hiring caregivers.”

He almost didn’t hold back after saying that. He never would have imagined that one day the words “Black Market” could be used together with words like “recruiting” and “certified”.

He had originally prepared to be driven away, but the ferocious bodyguard just glanced at him: “Identity card?”

Jonah showed him his identity card. Identity cards from the Red Light District were always looked down upon and even harassed. Jonah was considering whether or not to seduce the other party, but the bodyguard just glanced at it and pointed him in the direction: “The Black Market Certified Clinic is at the very end of the first floor, just go straight there.”

Jonah was stunned: “Don’t I need anything else?”

The bodyguard shook his head: “Go ahead. Even if you’re not hired, you can still get a free lunch next door.”

Jonah listened in disbelief but couldn’t help but quicken his pace. He couldn’t even wait to get to the recruitment location before calling his friend, “I came to the Black Market to look for a job, you won’t believe what happened…”

He turned on his chip to record a video for his friend. The dilapidated buildings of the Black Market were painted a fresh new color, the ground was clean and tidy, the robots were old but working well, the shops next to them were well-organized, and there were many vacant storefronts for rent. The people on the street looked calm and not as fierce and violent as rumored. There was even a tall man with tattooed arms selling balloons at a stall…

Along the way, he met many people from the Fourth District who were also looking for work.

At the entrance of the hospital, a man with a loudspeaker was shouting, “Line up and don’t push! We’re recruiting for both the Certified Clinic and the Certified Hospital! The benefits on the lower eighth floor are even better, you can apply for twelve hours of electricity for the first three days after the new store opens…”

Jonah couldn’t help but take another look until he saw that the person’s denim jacket was also wearing a lace suspender dress and said in surprise, “Mi Hui?”

The suspender dress—that is, Mi Hui—greeted him enthusiastically with a loudspeaker: “Hi~ Jonah, long time no see~”

Jonah said in shock, “How did you come here?”

Mi Hui smiled: “That’s a long story. I came back with Captain Yue Hang a week ago. He introduced me to a job. Although it doesn’t earn as much as before, I like it here more. I’ve introduced a lot of people to come here.”

Jonah hadn’t recovered when he heard Mi Hui say, “The competition at the Certified Hospital is fierce, do you want to consider going to the lower eighth floor?”

Jonah hesitated and said in a low voice, “Isn’t it said that the lower eighth floor is dark and full of violent lunatics?”

“Don’t worry.” Mi Hui seemed to know a lot about this place, “Those violent lunatics have long been taken into the patrol team by Captain Yue Hang and have been tamed. Moreover, the lower eighth floor has long been supplied with electricity like the upper seventh floor. Let me tell you…”

Jonah’s eyes grew brighter and brighter. He only hated why he couldn’t have come earlier. He quickly took the leaflets from Mi Hui’s hand and wanted to choose a better job.

They could not only find jobs here but also live here and stimulate consumption in the Black Market. With such a virtuous cycle, the economy here would only get better and better.

Ling Xuan looked at these people from the Fourth District who came to find work and said with relief, “Mr. Liang, you actually did such an important thing on your trip to the Fourth District. Their arrival can be regarded as relieving the urgent needs of the Black Market.”

Liang Huan closed the car window, isolating the noise outside: “I hope they and the Black Market can have a new beginning.”

Ling Xuan nodded and took the light screen to continue sorting out the data.

Su Murong looked at him with a complicated expression: “Mr. Liang, there’s no need to bring me along when you people from the Black Market go to discuss things with the Mercenary Base, right?”

“Dr. Su, we are laymen when it comes to laboratories and radiation pollution. We need you, a professional, to assist us,” Deng Meng said with a smile. “Your title of doctor can intimidate a large group of people.”

“…” Su Murong was still unwilling: “I’m just a researcher, I really don’t want to get involved in these things.”

“The Black Market now needs sufficient transition time. If we can’t persuade Liao Yuan to cooperate this time, then everything now will be in vain. Perhaps it won’t be long before the underground laboratory will be restarted.” Liang Huan raised his eyes to look at her, “Dr. Su, can you bear to see their hopes shattered again?”

Su Murong opened her mouth: “But I—”

“The Black Market has a small territory and won’t take up too much of your time. After this matter is over, I will send someone to take you back to the Central District.” Liang Huan said with a smile, “You only need to take two days a week to take care of the poor residents here. I will give you three times the salary of the Military University and an unlimited supply of funds. You have the final say in the laboratory in the Black Market.”

Su Murong’s conscience was deeply stung: “Actually, the university isn’t that busy. I was squeezed out of the academic center a long time ago. I went on the show to make money. There’s nothing good to go to in the university’s laboratory anyway. Why don’t I come three or four days a week?”

Liang Huan smiled: “Of course, it’s possible. Now the people under your command are not very skilled. There’s not much difference between four days and five days. Why not five days? Occasionally, you can go back to the university to see how it’s going on the weekends, what do you think?”

“Huh?” Su Murong was shocked by his inching forward.

“The residents of the Black Market will definitely be grateful to you.” Liang Huan said with relief, “In the future, when the certified laboratory is completed, you will be the number one hero.”

Su Murong waved her hand: “There’s no need for that, let’s handle the matter at hand first.”

Liang Huan smiled: “Okay.”

——

The restaurant that Liao Yuan booked was located in the East Sixth District. The Sixth District didn’t have many good resources, but it wasn’t as bad as the Third and Fourth Districts. The Administrative Court in the headquarters also belonged to the neutral side. Whether it was the Black Market or the Mercenary Base, they didn’t have much involvement, so there was no need to worry about anyone firing cold shots.

Liang Huan only brought Ling Xuan, Su Murong, and Deng Meng with him this time, basically without any combat power. Yue Hang sighed straight when he saw them before they set off. Putting these four people in the Mercenary Base was simply a true portrayal of the old, weak, sick, and disabled.

Liao Yuan was also stunned when he saw the combination on the opposite side. He turned his head to look at the top ten mercenaries behind him, hesitating for a few seconds between directly taking down the people on the opposite side and staying rational. He shook Liang Huan’s hand with a smile on his face: “Mr. Liang, I’ve heard a lot about you.”

Liang Huan glanced behind him and smiled gently: “Mr. Liao, you’re too polite. I’m really flattered that you could make it.”

“Haha.” Liao Yuan remembered the appointment letter and smiled a little gnashingly.

“Who are these?” Liao Yuan looked at the few guys behind him who had no combat power.

“This is our Black Market’s Deputy Administrator, Ms. Ling Xuan.” Liang Huan introduced him unhurriedly, “This is the Director of the Black Market Research Institute, Ms. Su Murong. This is my deputy and Director of the Black Market Regulatory Department, Deng Meng.”

He said it in a way that was intimidating, and Liao Yuan’s eyes on these few people suddenly changed a little.

“Our Black Market attaches great importance to cooperating with Mr. Liao this time.” Ling Xuan asked with a smile, “I wonder who accompanied Mr. Liao here?”

Liao Yuan looked at the ancestors behind him. These mercenaries were good at killing and looting. They were allowed to accompany him this time partly because they were curious to see this brave man who divorced Li Yao, and partly because of the pressure of the bonus. Don’t even think about asking them to talk about business—Liao Yuan didn’t plan to talk either.

“Hello, I’m You Zhao Chen, Captain of the Mercenary Base Disciplinary Team.” Seeing this, You Zhao Chen had to take the lead so that Liao Yuan wouldn’t lose a step right from the start.

Both sides took their seats, and Liao Yuan got straight to the point: “Mr. Liang, what do you mean by sending that appointment letter?”

“An underling of mine accidentally discovered this appointment letter.” Liang Huan raised his hand, and Deng Meng took out an external chip machine. The brand new appointment letter instantly appeared in the center of the table.

Liao Yuan’s face was a little unsightly: “I have no idea about this.”

“It doesn’t matter whether Mr. Liao knows or not.” Liang Huan said, “What’s important is that this appointment letter was signed a few minutes before Ling Zao’s death. I believe that you didn’t do this, but it’s more important whether the Administrative Court and the people of the Third District believe it or not.”

Liao Yuan said: “Speak, what do you want?”

“Mr. Liao, don’t worry, I’m here to solve the problem.” Liang Huan glanced at Su Murong.

Su Murong transmitted all the data in the chip to the projection of the external chip and cleared her throat: “Two weeks ago, we discovered a secret underground laboratory on the lower eighth floor of the Black Market. It stored a large number of mercenary corpses. An investigation revealed that most of the mercenaries died from explosive high mental power functional disorders caused by high radiation contamination of their wounds. All symptoms of various complications matched.”

You Zhao Chen frowned, and Liao Yuan said: “Mercenaries often go in and out of the outer zone, and the radiation value of their bodies is much higher than that of ordinary people, which is normal.”

“This is not normal.” Su Murong said, “This is the radiation value change chart of the outer zone near the East District Base in recent years. Although the radiation value above has increased, it is within the normal range. Even if the mercenaries need it for missions, there will not be such a high radiation value unless they crawled into the belly of a Heteromorph and lived there for one night, but not all mercenaries can be exposed to high-radiation Heteromorphs… Mr. Liao, with all due respect, the probability of an ordinary mercenary encountering a high-radiation special grade Heteromorph on a mission is lower than your probability of being the boss of the Black Market.”

Liao Yuan: “…”

Su Murong then threw out a lot of investigation data in succession: “Even if you can quibble about this point, the data shows that the radiation value of your Mercenary Base’s training ground seriously exceeds the standard and is exactly the same as the radiation value of these corpses, how do you explain that?”

“Moreover, we have checked Yu Wan Yao’s account. The Mercenary Base has huge financial transactions with the Black Market every year. Excluding the mercenaries’ consumption in the Black Market, there is still a huge amount of funds with unknown sources.” Deng Meng interjected, “We traced it down, and the money was transferred from the Dawn Laboratory to the Black Market. After Yu Wan Yao processed the account, he kept a part of it, and divided the rest into two, which went to your and Ling Zao’s private accounts respectively, and the amount was relatively fixed—that is to say, for every mercenary corpse, you would get a high fee.”

All the evidence was complete, and Liao Yuan couldn’t argue. He laughed and leaned back in his chair: “If you guys are the Black Market, people who don’t know would think you’re inspectors from the Administrative Court.”

He looked at Liang Huan and said with confidence: “So what if I sold the mercenaries’ corpses? Their bodies are seriously radiated and exceed the standard when they travel to and from the outer zone. It’s quite troublesome to deal with after they die, and I have to compensate a lot of money. Selling them to Yu Wan Yao can still make a profit. What, are you going to represent the Administrative Court to punish me?”

Liang Huan glanced at him lightly.

“Mr. Liao, don’t get excited.” Ling Xuan said slowly, “We are just putting the facts in front of you. If we really wanted to do this, these things would have already appeared on the screens of the military and the Administrative Court. This is just our sincerity to you.”

Liao Yuan turned his head to look at her.

Ling Xuan said, “As the leader of the Mercenary Base, not only do you not provide corresponding medical support after the mercenaries are injured during missions, but you also let them train in the training ground with radiation values exceeding the standard, causing a large number of injured mercenaries to die from radiation infection, and sell their corpses to the Dawn Laboratory—if the mercenaries under your command knew about these things, would they still be willing to stay?”

The few mercenaries behind Liao Yuan looked at each other. Jiang Chudong’s gaze towards Liao Yuan had become cold, but he unexpectedly met You Zhao Chen’s gaze.

You Zhao Chen shook his head imperceptibly.

But Liao Yuan looked like a dead pig unafraid of boiling water and acted like a rascal: “They were originally a bunch of desperate guys. I provided them with a high-paying job and provided them with expensive equipment and housing, which is good enough. Even if they know, so what? Where can they go besides the Mercenary Base? The army? The factory? The laboratory? Or your Black Market?”

Liao Yuan laughed disdainfully: “Ridiculous, wanting to threaten me with these things.”

“Mr. Liao, this is not a threat.” Ling Xuan’s voice was calm, “We know that you have someone supporting you behind you, the Administrative Court and the Dawn Group or even the military. We don’t expect to use these to shake the Mercenary Base, but you have to be clear about one thing. If these things are all put on the surface, will those people behind you spare no effort to protect you, this greedy and extremely sinister partner who killed Ling Zao, or would they rather replace you with someone else to sit in this position?”

Liao Yuan’s smile slowly froze on his face. His gaze shifted from Ling Xuan to Liang Huan’s face: “I really underestimated you, Liang Huan.”

“Mr. Liao, the people under my command are ignorant, don’t take offense.” Liang Huan said with a smile.

Liao Yuan’s face darkened, and it took him a long time to slowly open his mouth: “Speak, what do you want?”

“Our Black Market was previously dumped with a large amount of high-radiation pollution sources, and we don’t have the equipment to deal with it. We hope to borrow the processing plant of the Mercenary Base for use,” Su Murong said.

Liao Yuan was surprised: “That’s it?”

Deng Meng said with a smile, “There is also an uninvited request. I heard that your training ground was closed for maintenance some time ago, and the current radiation value has returned to normal. Our Black Market exploration team doesn’t have a proper training ground, and we hope to borrow it for a period of time.”

Liao Yuan sneered: “I thought it was something. You can use the processing plant and training ground of your Black Market as you please.”

“Cough cough.” You Zhao Chen cleared his throat in time, leaned over, and whispered, “Boss, we still need to use the training ground. Do you think it doesn’t cost money to raise the zombies and Heteromorphs inside? It costs millions to open the processing plant once, don’t you ask them how many pollutants they want to deal with?”

“Ah, right.” Liao Yuan said with a serious face, “You and You Zhao Chen will discuss the specific duration of use.”

“These are all small matters, don’t worry.” Liang Huan looked at him with a slight smile, “Mr. Liao, I came here mainly to discuss the issue of the Third District Administrative Court with you.”

The people present suddenly fell silent.

Liao Yuan was stunned: “Administrative Court?”

“Although you are the biggest suspect in Ling Zao’s death, we all know that you are innocent.” Liang Huan said, “This appointment letter is about the appointment of the outer zone opening order. If we can find a way to make it real, you can earn more money than reselling corpses.”

Liao Yuan frowned: “The appointment letter has to be stamped by the military in the end. The cause of Ling Zao’s death has not yet been found out. Isn’t it admitting that I am the murderer if I take out this thing now?”

Liang Huan put the appointment letter back in front of him, but there was an extra name on it—precisely Liang Huan himself.

“Then find a way to get the military to stamp it.” Liang Huan said with a smile, “Mr. Liao, although the Administrative Court in the Third District is just a decoration, the name sounds much stronger than the Mercenary Base and the Black Market. If we join forces, Ling Zao’s death may not be that important, don’t you think?”

Liao Yuan was startled by the madness in his eyes. He looked at the appointment letter in front of him that was not stamped, his heart was beating wildly, and his mind was spinning rapidly. Liang Huan’s threats and Ling Zao’s exploitation and oppression of the Mercenary Base over the years flashed before him. He met Liang Huan’s eyes and realized that he had been forced to the point of no retreat by Liang Huan.

If he didn’t do it, Liang Huan would break the net and drag him down with him. At that time, neither the Black Market nor the Mercenary Base would want to run. Liang Huan came with the intention of perishing together with him from the beginning—this lunatic!

Ling Xuan took out a contract and handed it to him: “Mr. Liao, this is a transaction agreement between the Black Market and the Mercenary Base. In the future, the Black Market will unconditionally open all transaction items to the Mercenary Base. At the same time, the Mercenary Base will also provide corresponding employment protection and personnel allocation within the permitted range. Of course, we will slowly discuss the specific matters later.”

“If there is no problem, please sign.”

As Liao Yuan’s name fell on the contract, the sealed pollution screws of the Black Market were transported to the waste treatment plant of the Mercenary Base in trucks. At the same time, the aerial lane isolating the Black Market and the Mercenary Base was connected. The Black Market Patrol Team and the Divine Seal Team entered the training ground of the Mercenary Base in batches under the leadership of Yue Hang. At the same time, all the chips of the mercenaries were uniformly updated, and they received the location information and tradable items of all the shops in the Black Market…

Li Yao looked at the logos of the Black Market and the Mercenary Base intimately next to each other on the chip and knew that Liao Yuan, this waste, had not played with Liang Huan.

You Zhao Chen sat opposite him with a look of despair: “I thought the boss could go crazy and shoot those four on the opposite side at the time. Your ex-husband is really inhumane, too dark, really too dark.”

Li Yao sneered: “I told you not to go.”

“Such a big black pot was covered up, anyone would have to go and see, right?” You Zhao Chen paused, “Although it seems now that it is better to carry that black pot, now we are directly roasted on the fire.”

Liao Yuan glared at Li Yao: “Didn’t you tell Liang Huan?”

Li Yao looked at him expressionlessly: “If I had known that you were selling those corpses, there would be no need for Liang Huan, I would have killed you first.”

“Add me.” You Zhao Chen raised his hand.

Liao Yuan: “…I was also forced to do so, you don’t know how troublesome it is to deal with a corpse—but I swear, I really didn’t know that the radiation value of the training ground exceeded the standard. That woman threw a bunch of data in front of me, I can’t understand it!”

Li Yao stared at him.

“It’s really not me. The reason why I don’t give doctors support is because the doctors don’t want to come here. Once the mercenaries’ functional disorders break out, they kill anyone they see. Besides, how can I lock them in the room? And what good is it for me if more mercenaries die?” Liao Yuan spread his hands, “The money from selling a corpse is really not as much as what a living person earns for me! No matter how greedy I am, I can’t do such a stupid thing as killing the chicken to get the eggs.”

“I remember that the training ground was overhauled five years ago. Li Yao hadn’t come at that time.” You Zhao Chen touched his chin and said, “Could it be that the person who repaired it did something?”

Liao Yuan said with a bitter face: “I was still wondering why more and more people were dying. If Li Yao hadn’t reminded me some time ago to repair the training ground, I wouldn’t have found out that there was a problem with the training ground’s protective cover and the radiation value was too high.”

“Who repaired it five years ago?” Li Yao asked.

Liao Yuan flipped through the chip and recalled: “At that time, it seemed to be a professional company. Let me see… the Lion Protection Company.”

He flipped through it again and raised his head embarrassedly: “It is a subsidiary of the Dawn Laboratory that specializes in researching radiation-proof protective products. Our base’s protective clothing, protective instruments, and protective light spheres are all bought from their family. It’s been so many years, how can we check?”

“Was the Lion Company repaired this time too?” Li Yao asked.

“No, the base is short of funds, and I found a cheap outsourcing company.” Liao Yuan said guiltily.

“Why don’t we call the Lion Company first and ask them to send someone to take a look?” You Zhao Chen said.

“No need.” Li Yao shook his head, “I’ll go to the training ground to check first.”

“Hey—” Liao Yuan wanted to call him to stop, but was stopped by You Zhao Chen.

“Don’t provoke him, didn’t you see his face is dark?” You Zhao Chen said in a low voice, “You should quickly think of a way to remedy the handling of those mercenary corpses, otherwise he will really kill you.”

Liao Yuan sighed with a headache and muttered: “Okay, okay, you are all good people, do you know how much money it costs to handle a high-radiation corpse, do you think those protective light spheres and light snipers are blown by the wind, how much money do I spend every year to buy enhancer stabilizers from Wang Le Ren for you, in the end, I am the only bad person, I am the only trash, come and kill me quickly…”

——

Liang Huan had just gotten out of the hovercar when he received the communication information.

[Mr. Liang Huan, the Population Matching Center has approved the divorce agreement submitted by you and Mr. Li Yao a month ago. You and Mr. Li Yao have successfully terminated your marriage relationship.

Warm reminder, because the duration of this marriage is less than one year, both parties cannot submit a matching application again within three years.

I wish you a happy life. ]

Liang Huan stared blankly at the last blessing and directly blacklisted the Population Matching Center.

Thanks to this message, he was now not in such a pleasant mood.

Yue Hang stood in front of the gate of the Mercenary Base training ground and looked at Liang Huan getting out of the car with a cold face, looking at Lu Biao next to him.

Lu Biao tilted his head and said in a low voice: “Brother Liang must have remembered that Li Yao is also here. It was good that we didn’t meet him the previous two times. We’ll take Brother Liang away from that group of mercenaries later.”

Yue Hang poked him in the stomach with his elbow: “Don’t talk nonsense.”

Lu Biao was very aggrieved after being elbowed: “Boss, you are too vindictive.”

Yue Hang stepped forward two steps to meet Liang Huan: “Mr. Liang, you’re here.”

Liang Huan smiled and looked at him: “Are you still being so polite with me?”

“Other people’s territory is not as good as your own home.” Yue Hang smiled, “You can’t be so casual.”

Liang Huan patted him on the shoulder: “It’s okay, this place is like your own home.”

Yue Hang smiled tacitly at him, and Lu Biao followed on the other side and said, “Brother Liang, this way.”

The Mercenary Base’s training ground covers a large area and is divided into four areas: the zombie area, the Heteromorph area, the extreme weather and terrain simulation area, and the comprehensive area. Now Yue Hang is leading the Divine Seal and Patrol Team to train mainly in the zombie area and the Heteromorph area. Most of the mercenaries will be in the more difficult comprehensive area and simulation area, and many mercenaries have to go on missions during the day, so there are not many mercenaries who can stay to train every day, so the two teams basically don’t meet.

They walked in the entrance passage in the middle of the four areas, and the scene inside could be vaguely seen through the protective cover and glass partition.

“The Divine Seal Team’s comprehensive strength is stronger. Before, the members of our Divine Seal Team helped train. The Patrol Team is a bit worse, especially in mental power confrontation. Many people have low mental power levels and don’t know how to protect themselves with low mental power.” Yue Hang said, “It is more difficult to train.”

“The mercenaries on the opposite side have more experience.” Liang Huan said.

“Heh, they just look down on people because they have more experience.” Lu Biao said, “Brother Liang, don’t worry, we will definitely work hard to train and surpass them.”

Liang Huan: “…It’s good to have this energy.”

Lu Biao was rarely praised and proudly raised his head to smile.

Yue Hang was not as mindless as him and said cautiously: “After all, the mercenaries are not our own people. I am worried that there will be a problem if we ask them to come over.”

Although it is a training ground, it is normal to die accidentally.

Liang Huan glanced at him: “You go and discuss it with You Zhao Chen. The reward is not a problem, find a few reliable ones.”

Yue Hang nodded, thought about it, and stopped talking.

Liang Huan paused and continued to move forward: “The Divine Seal and the Patrol don’t need to train together. The Divine Seal leads the old and the new. Try going to the comprehensive area. We don’t have that much time to spend here.”

“Understood.” Yue Hang saw him stop in the comprehensive area and said, “The protective cover has been under maintenance recently. It seems that the Mercenary Base didn’t know that there was a problem with the radiation value of the training ground before.”

“Can’t you notice it by training every day?” Liang Huan raised his eyebrows.

“It’s because it’s not easy to notice by training every day, especially when there is a protective cover. Mercenaries have to go on high-intensity missions, and the time they spend training is not long. Moreover, they have been in the outer zone for a long time. After the high radiation induces explosive functional disorders, people generally think of the outer zone.” Yue Hang said.

Liang Huan nodded: “The first day of my marriage to Li Yao was here. He always thought that I had mental disorders, which should be related to the high radiation value here.”

Lu Biao was very dissatisfied with Li Yao and couldn’t wait to complain: “Brother Liang, you don’t know. That Li Yao is now the chief training officer of the Mercenary Base. A few days ago, we were training well in the Heteromorph area, but he suddenly brought people over and said he wanted to inspect the protective cover and forced our people to the zombie area. If Team Yue hadn’t stopped me at the time, I would have had a fight with him!”

Liang Huan became interested: “Is that so?”

Yue Hang desperately winked at Lu Biao, signaling him to shut up quickly, but Lu Biao did not receive it and was still angrily saying: “Since he divorced you, he has become more and more unappreciative of our Black Market people. It is clear that the agreement has been signed and the time slots have been divided, but he often brings people to make trouble. Team Yue, don’t look at me! He almost beat our people last time!”

“Lu Biao.” Yue Hang glared at him and said to Liang Huan, “That’s not true. At that time, the team members had a conflict because of the crystal nucleus, and Instructor Li came over and took the people back.”

“Team Yue?” Lu Biao was very unconvinced, “It was clear that—”

“It was me who beat them, what’s wrong?” A lazy voice came from the corner.

Liang Huan looked in the direction of the voice and saw Li Yao walking towards them with a half-smile. He must have just come out of the training ground. His combat uniform was covered in dust, there was a big cut on his left arm, and his left half of his face was splattered with a lot of blood. He looked a little thinner, but the hostility and irritability in his eyes had not diminished at all. He did look like he was going to find someone to fight at any time.

Li Yao’s gaze lightly swept across Liang Huan’s face, met Lu Biao’s gaze, raised his finger, and pointed to the training ground next to him: “If you have the ability, have a one-on-one fight. Are you still in kindergarten if you report behind your back?”

The crowd behind him burst into laughter.

Liang Huan noticed that he was also leading a group of equally bloody mercenaries, each looking more arrogant than the last, each looking more like a thorn in the side, like a group of ferocious wolves full of loot, and Li Yao was the most unruly alpha wolf in this pack.

“You—” Lu Biao rushed forward half a step, but was stopped by someone raising his hand.

The people here were all bloody and dusty, cruel characters who didn’t blink when killing zombies and blasting Heteromorphs. Liang Huan was wearing a shirt, suit pants, and his leather shoes were not stained with a bit of dust. He was standing cleanly in the corridor, looking out of place. That face had long attracted countless eyes.

Those who knew his identity did not dare to act rashly, and those who did not know whistled triumphantly and shouted: “Beauty, come and hit our instructor!”

“Hahaha, use your face?”

“Our instructor is single, you have a chance!”

Liang Huan raised his eyes to look at Li Yao.

Li Yao didn’t even lift his eyelids: “If you guys are too idle, go train again.”

The noisy crowd behind him suddenly fell silent.

Li Yao sneered, swaggered forward with the crowd, raised his voice, “Make way, good dogs don’t block the way.”

Liang Huan was bumped somewhat impolitely on the shoulder as he passed by, and coincidentally, it was the same side that Li Yao had shot before.

Lu Biao gritted his teeth and glared at Li Yao, but was stopped by Yue Hang.

Li Yao tilted his head slightly back and swept a glance at Liang Huan, hooked the corner of his mouth provocatively, raised his hand, and put it on the shoulder of the mercenary next to him: “Don’t look, I’ll treat you to roast chicken today, and you can smoke as much as you want.”

A group of people immediately burst into cheers.

“Instructor, what’s a good day? You’re so generous!”

“That’s right, you usually don’t even want to treat us to a piece of meat!”

Li Yao’s arrogant and smug voice came from the crowd: “Celebrating my successful divorce today, getting rid of a big trouble!”

The cheers gradually drifted away with the smell of blood and smoke.

“Brother Liang, he is too much.” Lu Biao was very angry, “He actually said that you are a trouble, he—”

“It doesn’t matter.” Liang Huan turned his head, glanced at the shirt sleeves that were stained with Li Yao’s blood and dust, and smiled, “He’s not wrong either.”

“I’ll beat him up sooner or later!” Lu Biao said hatefully.

Yue Hang looked at Liang Huan with some worry: “Are you okay?”

Liang Huan shook his head with a smile.

He’s clearly such a grown-up, since he’s determined to break up with him, he should turn around and leave, but he has to come up with a stiff head to show off his power.

…A little cute.

Seeing him smile, Yue Hang vaguely felt uneasy and whispered to persuade him: “This is the Mercenary Base after all, Li Yao just likes to be a little flamboyant, he has helped us several times in private.”

Liang Huan handed him a chip: “Please trouble you to do something for me.”

——

Mercenary Base office, Liao Yuan looked embarrassed: “It’s not impossible, but it’s not appropriate to let all the members of the Divine Seal Team live in the mercenary dormitory.”

Yue Hang said: “We will pay the rent, and we will provide medical resources for the injured mercenaries free of charge.”

Liao Yuan said suspiciously: “Really?”

“The Black Market Certified Hospital and Clinic have already recruited enough people.” Yue Hang said.

Liao Yuan didn’t understand: “What’s the benefit of doing this?”

“We hope that the Mercenary Base can assign your top ten mercenaries to be instructors for the Divine Seal and Patrol Team for ten days.” Yue Hang said.

Liao Yuan was relieved: “That’s easy to say.”

“That mercenary dormitory building’s access control system—”

“It will be open to your people later.” Liao Yuan said, “But we will still check after scanning.”

“Understood.” Yue Hang nodded.

Liao Yuan couldn’t help but suppress the curiosity in his heart: “Yue Hang, excuse me for being presumptuous, why did your boss and Li Yao divorce?”

Yue Hang carefully recalled and said seriously: “I asked Mr. Liang, and he said it was because they didn’t love each other anymore.”

Liao Yuan nodded slowly: “Alas, that’s right, Li Yao has also come out now, and he’s doing well with Little You.”

A slight shock flashed in Yue Hang’s eyes,