82: Chapter 82: Spiritual Summoning Ceremony

"Are you going to build your own armed forces?" Yan Zhengping didn't answer, but instead asked.

"Something like that! Commander Yan, this is currently legal," Oriental Chen replied.

"That's right, it's legal. Xiao Chen, have you ever thought about coming to work for me?" Yan Zhengping switched to another question.

"Huh?" Oriental Chen was confused.

"Commander Yan, are you planning to take me whole?" Oriental Chen joked.

"Hahaha! Look at you, kid, I was just asking. How about it? Think about it?" Yan Zhengping laughed.

"Forget it, Commander Yan, I'm too much of a maverick; I don't like being controlled," Oriental Chen refused.

"It's fine, you can take your time to consider it." Yan Zhengping stopped there, not intending to force him.

"Then about borrowing people...?" Oriental Chen asked.

"No problem. But we currently have a buyer-seller relationship, so I can't just lend people for free, right?" Yan Zhengping had a look of opportunism.

"Of course not for free. Ten people for two months, and one hundred Combat Suits, how about that?" Oriental Chen quoted his price.

"Hahaha! Alright! It's settled then!" Yan Zhengping was overjoyed.

"But I have another condition," Oriental Chen added.

"What condition?" Yan Zhengping was startled.

"Rong Po must go," Oriental Chen said.

Yan Zhengping thought for a moment and replied,

"As you wish!"

"Then I'll trouble Commander Yan. I'll contact you again once the time is confirmed." Oriental Chen stood up, preparing to leave.

"What, leaving already?" Yan Zhengping asked.

"Yes! I still have things to do, so I won't disturb you further," Oriental Chen said with a smile.

"Alright then! We'll have a few more drinks when we get the chance," Yan Zhengping said politely.

"Okay!"

...

Yusu Province, Mozhou City, urban area, development zone.

A team of ten was searching an industrial park.

"Group 1 normal."

"Group 2 normal."

"Captain, we have a situation," someone suddenly reported via walkie-talkie.

"Everyone, gather towards Group 3's direction," the captain ordered.

These people were Mercenary Guild mercenaries.

They were wearing the Guardian Type 1 Combat Suits provided by the Guild and carrying Guardian Type 1 Laser Guns.

However, other aspects were inferior, for example, their walkie-talkies were just very ordinary handheld ones.

After hanging up the walkie-talkie, the captain quickly moved towards Group 3's direction.

Everyone who arrived at the scene was stunned by what they saw.

In a huge wastewater pool, there were densely packed corpses.

It was clear that these were zombie corpses. Their crystalss were all gone.

If it were just this, it wouldn't have been enough to surprise them.

What truly astonished them was that all the zombies were in a state of climbing towards the center. The closer to the center, the more there were, and the higher they were piled. In the very center was a high platform, and at the center of the high platform stood a flagpole, with a blood-red banner hung horizontally at the top of the flagpole.

It looked like some kind of sacrificial activity had taken place here.

"Report it to the Guild!" the captain exhaled and said.

Not long after, Zhang Yuankui arrived with his people.

"Guild Master, it's right here." The team leader brought Zhang Yuankui over.

"You all go outside first," Zhang Yuankui said.

After everyone left, Zhang Yuankui transmitted the scene to Oriental Chen via his Digital Eye.

At this time, Oriental Chen had already left the Southwest Military Region and was flying back.

"Brother Zhang, do you think it could be the Red Coat Sect?" Oriental Chen asked, looking at the synchronized image.

"I think it's possible," Zhang Yuankui replied.

"Alright, I'll send the picture to Qu Zhengping and see if he knows anything," Oriental Chen said.

With that, Oriental Chen had Xiao Lin transmit the image.

"Boss, I haven't seen this before. But from the looks of it, it might be the Summoning Ritual they mentioned," Qu Zhengping quickly sent a text message.

"What is a Summoning Ritual?" Oriental Chen asked.

"I'm not entirely sure about the specifics, but I generally know that the person presiding over the ritual can give zombies consciousness and make them obey him," Qu Zhengping replied.

"No wonder it's called a Summoning Ritual. In that case, doesn't that mean someone can already control zombies?" Oriental Chen asked.

"Yes," Qu Zhengping replied.

"Okay, you go about your business. Contact me if you get any news about this," Oriental Chen said.

"Okay."

"Brother Zhang, according to the information from Qu Zhengping, this could be a Summoning Ritual performed by the Red Coat Sect. The person presiding over the ritual can control zombies through this method," Oriental Chen told Zhang Yuankui the information he had obtained.

"Then that means the Red Coat Sect might attack humans by controlling zombies?" Zhang Yuankui made a further guess.

If it wasn't to deal with humans, what the Red Coat Sect was doing would be meaningless.

"Very likely," Oriental Chen replied.

"Damn it, these bastards, they're truly inhumane!" Zhang Yuankui said.

"Don't worry about this for now; let's wait and see how things unfold," Oriental Chen said.

"Okay!" Zhang Yuankui also turned and left.

...

"Notice"

"All infiltrators please note, effective immediately, the base will begin accepting the first batch of trainees. From the date of this announcement, if there are new recruits participating in training, please register according to the prompts. Registration deadline: April 1, 2055, 23:59."

"Attachment: Registration Information."