Global Catastrophe: I Became the World Tree-Chapter 70 - Earning Military Merits_1

Chapter 70: Chapter 70 Earning Military Merits_1

Chapter 70: Chapter 70 Earning Military Merits_1

After Ye Feng dialed the number, it rang only once before being swiftly answered.

“Lord Parrot, what instructions do you have for me?” came the respectful voice of Chen Dalong from the speaker.

“How much longer before you set out?” Ye Feng asked.

“Soon. A total of 15 security companies have signed up for this extermination operation.”

“Thirteen have already arrived, and the last two are on their way. We should be able to depart within ten minutes,” Chen Dalong replied promptly.

“Good, I’m about to reach Donglin Mountain Range. I’ll go in for a recon first. Ask the military about the specifics of exchanging kill counts of mutated beings for military merit.”

“Once I have the details, I can plan the extermination route for you, allowing you to earn as much military merit as possible,” Ye Feng said.

“Thank you, Lord Parrot; I will inquire right away,” Chen Dalong said somewhat impatiently.

“Mmm,” Ye Feng nodded.

He was about to hang up the phone when Chen Dalong’s somewhat anxious voice came through, “Lord Parrot, will the production of military exoskeletons pose a threat to Dragon Lord?”

Upon hearing this, Ye Feng’s first thought was that the other party was just putting on a show, expressing concern as most subordinates do for their superiors.

But the other party’s nervous and anxious tone didn’t seem feigned, which immediately made Ye Feng think of the effects of the capture ability.

He opened the sub-panel and saw Chen Dalong’s loyalty had, unbeknownst to him, risen to 73%.

100% loyalty means the unconditional sacrifice of life.

Now, judging by Chen Dalong’s reaction, one could basically determine that 70% loyalty meant putting oneself in one’s shoes wholeheartedly.

So what exhibits at 80% and 90% loyalty?

This made Ye Feng somewhat curious; after all, such things are hard to reflect in animals, as they generally follow orders without question.

Ye Feng was lost in thought momentarily until Chen Dalong’s voice came through again, “Lord Parrot, can you hear me? Is there a problem with the signal?”

“No problem, don’t worry about the military exoskeletons; those things are no threat to Dragon Lord. Just focus on your tasks,” Ye Feng said before hanging up.

Soon, a message came from Chen Dalong’s side.

Ye Feng opened it and immediately showed an ‘as expected’ expression.

It’s true that the military had agreed that hunting mutated beings could earn military merit.

But trying to find a loophole, to kill weaker mutated beings and fish for military merit, was impossible.

For instance, the most common in the wild were the likes of mutated ants and mutated bees.

Crazily, one would need to kill 200 mutated ants to gain just 1 point of military merit.

As for mutated bees, since they’re harder to kill, only 100 are needed for 1 point of military merit.

Obviously, it’s extremely difficult to farm military merit by killing weak mutated creatures.

If there are few mutated ants, they are easy to kill, but the merit gained is also low.

Of course, one could go after an ant nest, but now every mutated ant is the size of a ping pong ball, and their nests in the wild look like small mounds.

If one were to disturb an ant nest, seeing thousands of mutated ants swarm out could aptly be described as overwhelming.

By then, the roles of hunter and prey would likely be reversed.

Of course, one could try to cover the area with fire, using grenade launchers and grenades for saturation bombing; certainly, that could annihilate an ant nest, but the consumption would be terrifying.

And even if you killed 10,000 mutated ants, you’d earn only about 50 military merit points, assuming you could recover their bodies after the blast.

It’s simply not worth it.

So, the military setting such conversion terms clearly indicates that they want these mercenary corps to hunt the truly dangerous, large mutated creatures.

There’s a standard here, too, which is that killing a mutated being the size of a basketball earns you 1 Military Merit Point.

The larger the creature, the more points you get.

Additionally, killing flying mutated beings, due to the increased difficulty, may result in more points being awarded.

The last one is, killing creatures that are far more mutated than their counterparts can significantly increase one’s Military Merit.

When Ye Feng saw the last item, his eyes narrowed slightly.

“It seems the military is also aware of the concept of First Order and Second Order mutated beings.”

Being far more mutated than their kind generally refers to Second Order mutated beings.

As for the Third Order mutated beings, they are still extremely rare.

“According to the conditions listed, earning Military Merit isn’t exactly easy,” Ye Feng muttered to himself.

Typical mutated insects rarely reach the size of a basketball, so one has to set their sights on those mutated animals instead.

But even in the wild, mutated snakes that are relatively easier to find don’t grow too large when in First Order.

Probably if you curl them up, they would be about the size of two or three basketballs, killing one would only yield 2 or 3 Military Merit Points, which is too little.

Ye Feng’s goal was to let Chen Dalong amass 1,500 points of merits, to leap two ranks from Second Lieutenant to Captain in one go.

“Looks like I’ll have to hunt for Second Order mutated beings after all!”

Of course, he actually had a method to exploit a bug.

Find an anthill and have the Third Order Mutated King Cobra release its aura at full force to intimidate.

In a situation where it vastly surpasses two Orders, the Mutated King Cobra can simply use its aura to stun those mutated ants.

Then, all Chen Dalong has to do is go and collect the bodies.

However, Chen Dalong would have no way to explain this.

Idea after idea flashed through Ye Feng’s mind but he dismissed them, and in the end decided to wait and see what the situation was like.

Soon, Ye Feng arrived at Donglin Mountain Range and ordered the Mutated King Cobra to stay put.

Then his avatar status switched continuously among the mutated bats, the Mutated Black Crow, and two Mutated Sparrows.

Before long, he had successively found mutated beings larger than a basketball.

Upon discovering each one, he would switch his avatar status back to the Mutated Parrot, then open his smartphone map and mark these locations.

Latter on, all he had to do was send the map to Chen Dalong.

“Not bad, the number of mutated beings is greater than I expected. However, most of those larger mutated beings are beyond the ‘one kilometer from the road’ range.”

Ye Feng frowned slightly but then relaxed, “No matter, if need be, I’ll exert some extra effort, either driving these mutated beings towards us or beating them half dead before letting Chen Dalong deliver the coup de grâce.”

There are always more solutions than problems.

He truly didn’t believe that earning Military Merit could hold him back.

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While Ye Feng was making plans, everyone had finally gathered at Tianhe Plaza.

Following Captain Zhang Ji’s order, the formidable team set out.

He sat in the command vehicle, rubbing his temple, and turned to his aide, “After the headcount for the security company is complete, report back immediately.”

“Also, pass the word to all squadron leaders to come and discuss the combat plan.”