The Mercenary Corps Leaders looked at the agreements in their hands, their faces alight with excitement. Meanwhile, Lin Xinghai, looking at the numerous agreements in his own hands, also broke into a smile.

This First Grand Company that Jin Canlan had formed for him was still the weakest team in terms of overall strength, even with him at the helm.

It was impossible to boost the team’s strength overnight, so Lin Xinghai could only tackle it from other angles, such as by thoroughly integrating the Mercenary Corps in his unit.

How could scattered sand compare to a solid stone?

To make a rough analogy, other grand companies might have 100 points of combat power. But for various reasons, like internal squabbles over benefits or shirking responsibility, the combat power they could actually bring to bear might not even reach 40%.

But even if his team only had 80 points of combat power, as long as they could utilize 100% of it, they would far surpass the other grand companies.

Of course, Lin Xinghai felt it wasn’t enough for these teams to simply follow orders. He needed these Mercenary Corps to show their own initiative.

So, after a moment of thought, he looked at the Mercenary Corps Leaders on the projection and spoke again. "Everyone, don’t just stare at the Points on the agreement. I never do business at a loss. Since I dared to sign this with you, I’m confident I can help you earn back all these Points before the mission is over."

"In fact, if you all work hard, doubling your Points isn’t out of the question."

"Doubling them? How is that possible!" Meng Fuzhong, the leader of the Steel Mercenary Corps, blurted out in astonishment.

But he quickly realized his mistake and hurriedly explained to Lin Xinghai, "Uh, Captain Lin, I’m not doubting your abilities. It’s just... we know our own situation. With our strength, how could we possibly earn that much?"

The other Mercenary Corps Leaders gave bitter, self-deprecating smiles. They were only First Level Mercenary Corps, and the worst of the lot at that.

If it weren’t for Lin Xinghai, they wouldn’t even know if they could scrape together 10,000 Points on this trip to Guanghan City.

Lin Xinghai wasn’t offended. He said pleasantly, "Captain Meng, let’s take your Steel Mercenary Corps as an example. If the team advances another 5 kilometers as I just said, with your corps’ efficiency at killing Zombies, earning 5,000 Points shouldn’t be a problem, right?"

Meng Fuzhong pondered for a moment before nodding.

"Complete one cleanup mission, and you’ll earn 5,000 Points. Complete 10, and you’ll earn 50,000 Points. Twenty times, and you’ll earn 100,000." 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝚠𝕖𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝕖𝚕.𝚌𝗼𝗺

"And to clear out such a large area, it’s impossible to finish in less than eight or ten days. With that much time, forget 20 cleanup missions. As long as everyone isn’t afraid of a little hardship, you could even complete 30 missions," Lin Xinghai said with a smile.

"That’s impossible! Considering our casualty rates, we could never sustain that many missions!" Meng Fuzhong immediately retorted.

"Of course I understand that. Otherwise, why do you think I’m adjusting the team’s formation?" Lin Xinghai said, a bit exasperated.

At that moment, he really missed the Holy Light Mercenary Corps and the Soaring Dragon Merc. ’If I were cooperating with those familiar, veteran Mercenary Corps, I wouldn’t need to say so much. I could just give the order directly.’

"Captain Lin, even with an adjusted formation, such a drastic improvement is impossible, right?" This time it was Chen Tianlei who spoke. The Blood Carving Mercenary Corps had experienced the biggest change in position, so he wanted to get a clearer picture.

However, Lin Xinghai merely glanced at him and patted the stack of agreements in his hand. "Time is short, so I’ll cut the crap. Right now, you just need to do as I say."

"This is our team’s formation diagram. I’ve numbered every position."

"Blood Carving Mercenary Corps, you move to position 3."

"Steel Mercenary Corps, you go to position 15."

"Tank Mercenary Corps..."

One by one, the orders came from Lin Xinghai’s mouth. Though the named Mercenary Corps Leaders still had their doubts, they immediately sprang into action.

Chen Tianlei listened to Lin Xinghai’s arrangements, glanced at the agreement in his hand, and hesitated no longer. He had his Mercenary Corps begin to adjust their position as Lin Xinghai commanded.

These positions Lin Xinghai assigned weren’t random. As they had just cleared a path through the Zombies, his Perception Power had been constantly extended, observing the performance of each Mercenary Corps.

It could be said that although it hadn’t been long, he had already gotten a complete grasp of these Mercenary Corps’ true strength. This current adjustment was definitely putting them in the most suitable positions.

After the adjustments, the Heaven-Sundering Mercenary Corps was, of course, still at the very front. To their left and right were the Mountain and Sea Mercenary Corps and the Blood Carving Mercenary Corps, respectively.

As for those further back, they were arranged in order according to the respective strengths of the First Level Mercenary Corps.

Chen Tianlei was clearly a little surprised as he looked at the formation Lin Xinghai had arranged.

He had thought Lin Xinghai would surely exploit his Second Level Mercenary Corps, perhaps even placing them at the very front of the formation to share the pressure with the Heaven-Sundering Mercenary Corps.

But he never expected that Lin Xinghai would simply move them to a flank at the front of the formation. In fact, judging by the positions, the pressure on the Mountain and Sea Mercenary Corps would be slightly greater than on them.

Although he didn’t understand why Lin Xinghai had arranged it this way, he was more than happy with the outcome.

Moreover, after hearing Lin Xinghai’s speech, he was also a bit intrigued. He wanted to see what gave Lin Xinghai the confidence to make such a bold claim.

Of course, for now, he couldn’t see anything special. Just adjusting the formation, even if it did increase their combat power, would certainly have a limited effect.

Chen Tianlei wasn’t the only one who thought this way. The rest of the Mercenary Corps Leaders were all waiting as well.

And Lin Xinghai seemed to have guessed what these Mercenary Corps Leaders were thinking. After finishing the team adjustments, he immediately followed up with another order.

Then, under the watchful eyes of the numerous Mercenary Corps Leaders, more than 30 members disembarked from the Heaven-Sundering Mercenary Corps’ Armored Vehicle. They gathered their gear and ammunition and ran toward the other First Level Mercenary Corps.

The scene made all the Mercenary Corps Leaders freeze for a moment, but before they could ask, Lin Xinghai explained, "Right now, the biggest threat to every Mercenary Corps is undoubtedly the High Level Zombies. So, I’m assigning two marksmen to each of your corps. With them, handling the road ahead should be no problem."

Hearing that Lin Xinghai was sending them marksmen, the group of Mercenary Corps Leaders was first surprised, then overjoyed.

They had all witnessed just how outstanding the Gun Technique of these Heaven-Sundering Mercenary Corps members was along the way. Their own so-called "sharpshooters" couldn’t even compare.

Amid their excitement, one of the First Level Mercenary Corps leaders asked, "Captain Lin, how many High Level Zombies can the two members you’re assigning us handle together?"

"As long as no more than four High Level Zombies attack at the same time, they’ll have no problem handling ten or twenty of them," Lin Xinghai replied after a moment of thought.

The members he sent out weren’t the absolute cream of the crop in his Mercenary Corps, but they were far from bad, belonging to the middle-tier.

With the Gun Technique of these members, if a High Level Zombie gets within 30 meters, they have a 30% chance of killing it in one shot.

When that distance closes to 20 meters, the probability of killing a High Level Zombie increases to 60%.

If a High Level Zombie gets within 10 meters, their probability of a one-shot kill rises to over 90%.

So, as long as their luck wasn’t too bad, they were more than capable of handling a dozen or so High Level Zombies.

The prerequisite, of course, was that the High Level Zombies didn’t all charge at once. This was precisely why Lin Xinghai had included the condition in his answer that no more than four High Level Zombies could attack at the same time.