By the time Elder Wei and the others approached, Lin Xinghai’s group had already negotiated a price with the Mercenary Guild. They sold the Hunter for 30,000 Points.

In addition, the Elemental Crystal from the Death Claw sold for the high price of 28,000 Points.

Of course, some might ask why the Death Claw’s Elemental Crystal was so expensive, nearly equal to the price of an entire Hunter.

There was only one reason, and that was, of course... its size.

The Death Claw is one of the largest types of Mutated Zombies. A single one of its Elemental Crystals is almost the size of a basketball. One could only imagine the amount of Energy it contained, which was certainly incomparable to the Elemental Crystals of ordinary Mutated Zombies.

The 58,000 Points they earned were divided between the Holy Light Mercenary Corps and the Soaring Dragon Merc. As for the Heaven-Sundering Mercenary Corps, what they wanted were, of course, the most valuable items: the Death Claw’s Sharp Claws.

After all, the entire Star Shield Shelter might not even manage to hunt a single Death Claw in a year. Its Sharp Claws were so rare they were priceless. Naturally, Lin Xinghai wanted to keep such a good item to upgrade the performance of his Mercenary Corps’ Mecha.

"Elder Wei, we didn’t fail you. We’ve successfully completed the mission," Lin Xinghai said, quickly walking up to the old man as he approached with a group of Star Shield Shelter’s senior officials.

"Where are the items you brought back? Take me to see them." The one who spoke first, however, was Lin Zhengyang.

Lin Xinghai was a little surprised to hear him speak. He didn’t recognize this military big shot, Lin Zhengyang, but the fact that the man could speak before Elder Wei without any objection from the latter was enough to show his extraordinary status.

So, without any hesitation, Lin Xinghai immediately said, "This way, sir!"

Elder Wei and the others followed Lin Xinghai to several Armored Vehicles that had already been opened. Metal boxes were neatly arranged inside.

Without any need for Elder Wei to say a word, people from the engineering department went straight up, used tools to open the metal boxes, and soon, one precision instrument after another appeared before the crowd.

These were indeed important components, and they were all completely intact.

"Good! Very good. How did you all escape? I heard Gibson’s side sent a full 1,000 soldiers, 50 Mecha, and four Blood Qi Realm experts to annihilate you." After inspecting the items, Elder Wei couldn’t help but ask.

A look of surprise flashed in Lin Xinghai’s eyes. He hadn’t expected Elder Wei to be so well-informed; he had received the news before they had even returned.

But after his surprise, he quickly replied, "Although the enemy dispatched that many forces, we didn’t actually have to face all of them. They tried to split their forces to surround us, but we broke through first. We only encountered an intercepting force of 500 soldiers, 20 Mecha, and three Blood Qi Realm experts."

Lin Xinghai didn’t know about Cobra’s existence, but he wasn’t puzzled. ’In my opinion,’ he thought, ’the last Blood Qi Realm expert must have been leading the main encirclement force, so we never ran into them.’

He spoke of it casually, but Elder Wei and the others felt their hearts pound as they listened.

Although Lin Xinghai’s group had only encountered half of the enemy force, it confirmed that the enemy had split their troops to surround them. One could easily imagine how dangerous the situation must have been. If they had been even a little slower in breaking through the interception, they would have been trapped in the encirclement and doomed beyond recovery.

"What about the combat footage? Let us see it." It was Lin Zhengyang who spoke again. He disliked beating around the bush and preferred to get straight to the point.

"Of course. I’ll have it brought over immediately," Lin Xinghai said, immediately arranging for one of the Mercenaries to retrieve it.

Even when carrying out missions for the Mercenary Guild, they often had to record videos to submit for mission completion. This time was no exception.

Video files were quickly brought over. Some were filmed from the Armored Vehicles, others from the Mecha, providing various angles.

After all the videos were brought out, they were handed over to the military’s technical staff. They fed all the footage into an intelligent AI system, which then generated a three-dimensional combat schematic from the different camera angles and displayed it as a holographic projection.

This way, they wouldn’t have to worry about poor camera angles or struggle to decide which video to watch.

’If we had this thing,’ he thought, ’we wouldn’t have such a headache trying to calculate reward Points, constantly switching between videos because of angle issues.’

But right now, no one cared what he was thinking. Elder Wei and the others were already completely focused on watching the video.

Of course, for the sake of efficiency, they skipped directly to the start of the engagement.

The Three Major Mercenary Corps detected the enemy and formed an assault formation, planning to force a breakthrough of the enemy’s Defense.

However, right from the start, Lin Zhengyang’s brow furrowed. Not only was the assault formation sloppy, but it also took a full minute to get into position. If these were his soldiers, he would have trained them into the ground by now.

But for this very reason, he grew even more curious about what happened next that allowed them to break through the encirclement.

Under the watchful eyes of the Star Shield Shelter’s senior officials, the two sides finally clashed.

Soon, Lin Zhengyang’s pupils contracted. His gaze shifted from Song Yao, the Blood Qi Realm expert, to Lin Xinghai.

"What terrifying Gun Technique and strategic awareness," Lin Zhengyang couldn’t help but exclaim.

If it were just Lin Xinghai’s excellent Gun Technique, he wouldn’t have paid it much mind. After all, on a Mecha battlefield, the advantages of such a skill are actually greatly diminished.

Because a Mecha isn’t a person. It has the protection of its outer armor, so getting hit by an Electromagnetic Railgun isn’t that big of a deal.

But Lin Xinghai’s strategic awareness was too good. He could always precisely exploit the openings each person revealed during combat, and every one of his shots hit a critical point.

With the interference of his Gun Technique, the enemy Mecha’s overall combat effectiveness dropped by more than half.

At that moment, Lin Zhengyang desperately wanted to recruit such a promising talent into his army immediately.

Lin Xinghai wouldn’t even need any training. With Gun Technique and strategic awareness like that, he would play an undeniable role no matter what battlefield he was thrown into!

And the longer the battle dragged on, the greater the impact Lin Xinghai could have.

"You truly live up to the name Gun God! Xiaohai, I never expected your Gun Technique to remain at this level even when piloting a Mecha. No wonder you were able to lead them in breaking through the blockade," Elder Wei also exclaimed with emotion.

Yes, both Lin Zhengyang and Elder Wei thought the rest of the battle would unfold with Lin Xinghai continuously suppressing the enemy with his Gun Technique, ultimately achieving a breakthrough.

However, the events in the video developed beyond their expectations. When the Three Major Mercenary Corps discovered the encirclement force behind them, they were a mere three kilometers away. At the enemy’s Speed, they would arrive in two or three minutes at most.

"They let the enemy get within three kilometers before spotting them? Are your scouts’ eyes on their asses?" Lin Zhengyang couldn’t help but curse when he saw this.

But at the same time, this made him even more curious. The time they had left to break out was too short; it was practically a death trap. He was very eager to know how the Three Major Mercenary Corps had managed to overcome it.