After listening to Lin Xinghai’s explanation, the various Mercenary Corps Leaders were so surprised their jaws dropped.

’Ten or twenty High Level Zombies... What did that even mean?’

For First Level Mercenary Corps like them, a solo encounter meant risking complete annihilation.

But now, Lin Xinghai was telling them that just two of his members could handle it. 𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒆𝙬𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝒎

While they found this hard to believe, a sense of excitement began to build within them.

If what Lin Xinghai said was true, they could easily imagine their own Mercenary Corps’ casualties dropping to an unprecedented low for the rest of the journey.

Especially after the rosy picture Lin Xinghai had just painted for them, with the help of these skilled marksmen, that future seemed truly within reach.

As for Lin Xinghai’s statement that two members could handle a maximum of four High Level Zombies at a time—that wasn’t an issue at all for them.

For one, it was unlikely that any given horde attacking them would even contain four High Level Zombies. But even if that did happen, the other members of their Mercenary Corps weren’t just dead weight.

While it was unlikely they could kill the High Level Zombies themselves, couldn’t they at least lay down suppressive fire on a few of them?

This would be especially easy since they had purchased a large batch of Hand Cannon Bullets before setting out.

Soon, the more than 30 assigned members boarded the Armored Vehicles of the various Mercenary Corps.

The Mercenary Corps Leaders immediately had their men clear out the best firing positions and even assigned personnel specifically to help with reloading.

Once everything was settled, the convoy set off again.

Soon, they encountered another zombie horde, this one numbering as many as 300.

What’s more, not far behind it, another horde of over 200 was charging right after.

Previously, this was the exact kind of situation the Mercenary Corps dreaded most.

Two large waves of zombies, one so close behind the other, made it easy for unexpected problems to arise.

But now, the Mercenary Corps Leaders actually found themselves faintly looking forward to it.

As everyone watched, the zombie tide entered firing range. Just like before, the Heaven-Sundering Mercenary Corps opened fire first.

However, everyone noticed that the firepower from the Heaven-Sundering Mercenary Corps had clearly diminished.

After a moment of stunned silence, the Mercenary Corps Leaders quickly understood.

’The Heaven-Sundering Mercenary Corps is clearly sacrificing its own interests to help us!’

After all, the Heaven-Sundering Mercenary Corps was only a Second Level Mercenary Corps, with a full complement of 100 members.

And in the First Division, besides the Mountain and Sea Mercenary Corps and the Blood Carving Mercenary Corps, there were 16 other First Level squads.

Lin Xinghai had sent two members to each of these squads, which meant he had sent out a total of 32 elite marksmen. That was equivalent to a third of the Heaven-Sundering Mercenary Corps’ entire force.

At this thought, every Mercenary Corps Leader was filled with gratitude. At the same time, for the first time, they felt a true sense of camaraderie with this group.

Even a jaded veteran like Chen Tianlei, who was accustomed to the deceit and backstabbing between Mercenary Corps, looked visibly moved. As his admiration for Lin Xinghai grew, he let his guard down considerably.

While the Mercenary Corps Leaders were lost in their own thoughts, the zombies’ assault showed no signs of stopping.

They pushed through the Heaven-Sundering Mercenary Corps’ fire, rapidly closing in on the entire convoy. However, compared to before, far fewer zombies were being taken down.

Watching the scene unfold, Lin Xinghai’s expression was perfectly calm. He had anticipated this situation when he made the arrangements.

Though the standalone strength of the Heaven-Sundering Mercenary Corps had decreased, the overall strength of the entire convoy could now be fully realized.

As the horde drew closer, the Mountain and Sea Mercenary Corps and the Blood Carving Mercenary Corps were the first to bear the brunt of the attack.

Previously, the Heaven-Sundering Mercenary Corps had held off nearly all the zombies at the front, so the Mercenary Corps positioned there faced even less danger than those on the flanks.

But now, with the Heaven-Sundering Mercenary Corps’ reduced firepower, the other Mercenary Corps at the front of the formation could finally fulfill their role and bear the frontal assault of the zombies.

And the first to make a spectacular show of force was not, surprisingly, the Second Level Blood Carving Mercenary Corps, but the previously unnoticed Mountain and Sea Mercenary Corps.

Before, the Mountain and Sea Mercenary Corps had always been positioned behind the Heaven-Sundering Mercenary Corps, so not many zombies could reach them. In everyone’s eyes, their performance had been merely adequate.

But now that the number of zombies they faced had suddenly increased, the Mountain and Sea Mercenary Corps’ true strength was finally revealed.

Their volleys of fire, shooting from the Armored Vehicle, were not particularly dense, but their accuracy was astonishingly high.

At least 50 zombies were charging their position. The majority were Intermediate Zombies, but there were also five High Level Zombies among them.

Any other First Level Mercenary Corps facing this situation would have been thrown into a frantic mess, even if they managed to hold on.

But the members of the Mountain and Sea Mercenary Corps fired calmly and methodically. The zombies charging them were cut down one after another, especially once they approached within 10 meters of the Armored Vehicle. It was as if they were crossing an invisible line of death.

Even the High Level Zombies were riddled with bullets as they tried to charge the Armored Vehicle. Their Speed plummeted, and they were ultimately killed with shots to the head.

The Mercenary Corps Leaders also discovered something even more astonishing: the Mountain and Sea Mercenary Corps had only been using Tearing Rifles from start to finish, without resorting to their Hand Cannons at all.

This was something even the Blood Carving Mercenary Corps couldn’t manage. When they were hit by the horde, they had to bombard several dense packs of zombies with their Hand Cannons to slow the tide’s advance before they could hold their ground with ease.

The Mercenary Corps Leaders who witnessed this could only remark that they were truly worthy of being Lin Xinghai’s Affiliated Mercenary Corps. While their Gun Technique couldn’t compare to Heaven-Sundering’s, they were still leagues ahead of any ordinary Mercenary Corps.

Of course, after their moment of amazement, the leaders of the First Level Mercenary Corps quickly rallied and commanded their men to open fire on the zombies charging the flanks of the formation.

Instantly, the roar of Hand Cannons rang out continuously. All the Mercenary Corps Leaders were on high alert, piloting their Mechas to guard the perimeter of their own corps, ready to respond to any unexpected developments.

However, to their surprise, through the high-intensity assault of two consecutive zombie tides, they never even got a single chance to intervene.

After all, with a wide-area-of-effect weapon like the Hand Cannon, the Ordinary and Intermediate Zombies could hardly pose a threat to their Mercenary Corps.

The only ones they had to watch out for were the High Level Zombies.

And the marksmen Lin Xinghai had sent were even more powerful than they had imagined.

In their minds, it would have been impressive enough if these two marksmen could kill High Level Zombies from 10 meters out, just like the Mountain and Sea Mercenary Corps.

But to their surprise, the marksmen from the Heaven-Sundering Mercenary Corps opened fire when the High Level Zombies were still 30 meters away, and their accuracy was astonishing.

At a distance of 30 meters, even if they couldn’t hit a High Level Zombie’s head, they could hit other body parts, injuring them and causing their Speed to drop.

Under these circumstances, by the time the High Level Zombies got within 20 meters of the convoy, they could almost always be killed with a single shot.

If not, two shots were enough to critically wound a High Level Zombie, and a third would inevitably finish it off.

Moreover, the members of the Heaven-Sundering Mercenary Corps would sometimes team up. A High Level Zombie targeted by two of them at once had a 90% chance of being killed instantly, even from 30 meters away.

So, while the Mercenary Corps Leaders were tense and nervous at first, their expressions quickly turned to surprise. By the end, they had completely relaxed, feeling as if they were watching a blockbuster war movie.

After this battle, all the Mercenary Corps Leaders shared the same feeling: their First Division had been completely transformed.