I became a member of the ancient gods

Chapter 14 Abyss Hunter
The officer noticed his reaction, but didn't care much. He thought it was because he thought about the sacrifice of his comrades and his emotions were touched again. He continued: "There are not many people who are qualified to be promoted to that level. If you had not been recruited by Axia's team three years ago, Take the lead, he must already be a Dawn Hunter."

He discussed this topic out of good intentions and wanted to remember his old friend with Xu Zhongyi.

But the speaker has no intention, but the listener does.

Xu Zhongyi had no intention of missing Lin Zhong in the first place - it would be better to say that he didn't dare to say that he had a ulterior motive in his heart. But now that he heard this, he felt a little uncomfortable.

There are four conditions for being promoted to a Dawn Hunter. One is sufficient contribution points, the other is a certain amount of team leadership experience, the third is the experience of hunting apostle-level targets as the main combat force and taking the first place in merit, and the fourth is the qualification to control the fourth level distributed by the association. Relics of the Abyss.

In fact, Lin Zhong has already satisfied the first two. As long as he successfully leads his team to hunt an apostle, he will be qualified to be recommended and accepted by the central government for assessment.

The association headquarters will transfer precious level four abyss relics to him for trial use. If he can overcome the side effects and control the relics, the association will recognize his qualifications for promotion.

As for the officer, he had obviously long ago determined that Lin Zhong would definitely be able to pass this test, only missing the merits of a hunting apostle.

Xu Zhongyi also had to admit that Lin Zhong was indeed suitable for this line of work, and he also believed that Lin Zhong had the qualifications.

He and Lin Zhong received training at the same time. The two had been working together since they were newbies at the Fire level, and Lin Zhong always had the highest evaluation of him.

If Xu Zhongyi was left to evaluate it himself, he would admit that Lin Zhong was indeed better than him, but he felt that the gap was actually not that big.

His contribution points are sufficient. As for the team leadership experience, he can gain it as long as he recruits more people to work in shallow contaminated areas.

The problem lies in the third point. As the main force to hunt the apostle-level target, even if the apostle is successfully hunted, this honor can only be obtained by the person with the most credit.

Lin Zhong has always been the undoubted main force in the battle, so he had to kill Lin Zhong so that he could report to the association that "the captain died midway and he continued to lead the team to fight" and inherit this merit.

Then he also believed that he must be qualified to control the fourth-level relic.

What Lin Zhong could do, couldn't he do it?

Everyone is optimistic that Lin will eventually become a Dawn Hunter, but they often ignore him who has been supporting him until today.

It is impossible to say that he has no grudge against this at all.This was also the fundamental reason why he would listen to Irene and take black shots at Lin Zhong.

"I heard that you also invited foreign players? It will be like this this time because of the shortage of manpower. After the defeat three years ago, you were poached by two veterans. If it was the previous lineup, I think he must be It's a pity, it's a real pity!" The officer obviously had no idea what Xu Zhongyi was thinking, and was still talking to the deceased.

Xu Zhongyi's face turned dark when he heard this, and he was about to reach out to grab the other person's collar.The officer's words seemed to be blaming Irene as a foreign aid for not being reliable enough, which led to Lin Zhong's sacrifice.

But fortunately, he controlled himself in time, took a deep breath, and tried to reply in a calm tone: "It would be great if he could live to hear your evaluation."

The officer glanced over and saw that his face was not very good. He thought he was in a heavy mood and stopped talking.

Finally, he patted Xu Zhongyi on the shoulder, turned around and walked towards the elevator with a cigarette in his mouth.

Xu Zhongyi glanced at the other person's back with a cold expression, stood there and finished smoking the cigarette, and then left the acceptance area. He chose to take the stairs, walking slowly while thinking about how to mention this matter to Irene next. , his steps were as heavy as his mood.

Climbing the stairs and passing through the long corridor, he arrived at the lobby of the association's branch.

The layout of the hall is very empty. Except for the service window on the wall, there is only an obelisk-shaped metal monument standing in the middle. On the side facing the door, there is a sentence carved vertically: Give mankind the courage to explore, and give hope to civilization. of dawn.

The Contaminated Area Exploration and Management Association is an organization used by the joint government to recruit abyss hunters to conduct regular cleanup and exploration of contaminated areas.

People from all over the world have many nicknames for the eight major polluted areas in the world today - hell, death, brood, dungeon, Naraku... but the most well-known and commonly used word is still "abyss".

The abyss is filled with gray fog, and there is a phenomenon of spatial distortion. All signals cannot cross the boundaries of the abyss. The closer to the center, the thicker the fog, and the stronger the distortion of space.

The monsters that are all over the world and threaten human civilization emerged from the fog in the center of the abyss. But it is not only monsters that appear in the abyss, but also the remains of another civilization. These ruins appear out of thin air in the twisted space of the abyss, and The existence that originally belonged to this space was spliced ​​together in an intricate manner.

The coalition government named this civilization Abyss, which is the Abyss Civilization. It is a prehistoric civilization whose age is unknown and has a deep connection with this disaster.

In the process of exploring these relics, people gradually obtained important information about this disaster, including the existence of ancient gods and part of the technology to fight against abyssal creatures. The abyssal relics are the product of this technology.

The coalition government paints the exploration of the abyss as a light of hope for rebuilding human civilization, believing that only by unraveling the mystery at the center of the abyss can there be a chance to end the disaster and get the world back on track.

This kind of whitewashing naturally also covers the profession of abyssal hunters. In many cases, the coalition government promotes abyssal hunters as "braves and pioneers at the forefront of human exploration" and "igniting the hope of civilization."

This can be seen from the names of the five levels of Abyss Hunter: Fire, Spark, Torch, Lighthouse, and the highest level of Dawn,

But old hunters like Xu Zhongyi know very well that so-called abyss exploration is also a calculated business for the coalition government.

The resources of the abyss are very rich. Needless to say, the important information and technology contained in the ruins of the Abyss civilization, the abyssal creatures themselves are also of great use.

The serum of abyssal creatures can be used to treat various early-stage apocalyptic diseases, including ghoul disease contracted by the black sun, and discomfort caused by gray fog.

Not to mention the creatures of the abyss, which can also be used to make weapons.

The benefits of exploring the abyss are not low, but the cost is also huge, requiring a large investment of resources, money, materials, and... human lives.

Compared with exploring the abyss, the coalition government still prefers to prioritize the safety of the sanctuary. The troops maintained by the government must be used to resist the invasion of monsters, bandits and anti-government organizations.

If you want to send organized soldiers to explore the abyss, training soldiers, maintaining troops, and providing pensions to fallen soldiers are no small expenses.

In order to seek cheaper labor for the exploration of the abyss, the coalition government finally chose to form an association to recruit mercenaries and provide simple training. They issued licenses to explore the abyss and the simplest support to these mercenaries, but did not provide military personnel. Instead, these mercenaries are required to carry out exploratory work at their own expense.

This is the so-called Abyss Hunter.

(End of this chapter)