Chapter 45: The Perspective of the Higher-Ups

Roger sensed that Lin Xinghai was indeed unfamiliar with these matters, so he began to explain in detail, covering everything from the various applications of sensory perception down to the minutest particulars.

Lin Xinghai wore a somewhat absent-minded expression. In truth, he had already mastered virtually everything Roger was describing.

Therefore, he asked the question he cared about the most, "Once the growth stabilizes, how much will my sensory perception increase?"

"Generally speaking, it will double compared to when you first broke the gene lock!" Roger said after a moment of thought.

Astonishment first appeared on Lin Xinghai's face, quickly followed by pleasant surprise. If his sensory perception could double, he would be able to perceive things within a radius of 200 meters.

By then, if he went to places like the urban area where visibility was severely limited, his sensory perception could practically function as a zombie detector.

One had to know that a small zombie detector could only scan a range of 300 meters.

Not knowing what Lin Xinghai was thinking, Roger continued on his own accord, "Although you've only just broken the first gene lock, even with your perception doubled, you'll only be able to scan a range of two or three meters around yourself. Don't be discouraged, as long as..."

"I'm not discouraged." Lin Xinghai interrupted his endless chatter and asked casually, "By the way, Old Luo, what is your current sensory perception range?"

"Heh, I don't mind telling you, my sensory range has reached 58 meters. Generally, the sensory range of someone who has broken the second gene lock is only between 50 and 53 meters," Roger said with a hint of pride.

Roger was about to recount some of his glorious past deeds, but the convoy had already entered the mountain tunnel and was about to arrive at the shelter, causing him to drop the subject.

After exchanging greetings with the soldiers stationed there, Roger led the convoy to the elevator hall.

However, instead of ordering them to enter the shelter, Roger instructed the team to stand by in place. He then used his wrist-mounted computer to connect to the shelter's intranet and sent out several messages.

After that, he waited quietly.

This left Lin Xinghai curious, and the vast majority of the mercenaries felt puzzled as well. Only the high-ranking members of the mercenary group at the level of squad leaders and above, like Roger, wore calm expressions on their faces, as if they had anticipated this scene all along.

"Old Luo, what's going on?" Lin Xinghai never liked keeping his curiosity bottled up inside, and immediately asked.

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Roger thought for a moment and said, "There are some things that really should be told to you now. Let's go over there and talk!"

The two walked over to a corner of the hall, and Roger continued, "Actually, the management team of the shelter is not as harmonious as you might imagine."

Hearing this, Lin Xinghai desperately wanted to make a sarcastic remark: I never imagined whether the management was harmonious or not, because I didn't even have the prerequisites to understand it.

Of course, he was still eager to hear some gossip, so he had to bottle up the sarcasm and put on a look of attentive listening.

"This matter has to be traced back 30 years ago. Back then, wanting to open the curtain of the space age, the Earth Federation was established."

"Under such circumstances, cooperation among various countries was extremely tight, and even many strictly controlled regulations were relaxed. In this context, some large multinational conglomerates from Western countries naturally made their way into Huaxia."

"Due to different national conditions, those foreign multinational conglomerates could even involve themselves in pillar industries such as energy, aerospace, finance, medicine, and military industry. Can you imagine the waves these conglomerates could kick up after entering Huaxia?"

Lin Xinghai couldn't help but nod. He wasn't familiar with this era, but in the era before his transmigration, during the elections in Western capitalist countries, every candidate was backed by conglomerates to a greater or lesser degree.

From a single spot, one could leopard-spot the terrifying nature of those Western conglomerates.

Seeing Lin Xinghai indicate his understanding, Roger went on, "Although due to different national conditions, these multinational conglomerates couldn't act as recklessly after entering Huaxia as they did in Western countries, the capitalist market still suffered a massive shock."

"Even affected by the cataclysm and the dissolution of the Earth Federation, the influence of these conglomerates remains formidable."

Hearing this, Lin Xinghai understood, "In other words, the problems within the shelter's management stem from these multinational conglomerates?"

"Yes!" Roger nodded, but then changed the subject and asked, "Do you know what our Star Shield Shelter is most lacking in?"

"Energy?" Lin Xinghai guessed.

"Spot on, it's energy. Fifty percent of the energy keeping the Star Shield Shelter running is provided by the state, twenty percent is self-produced, but the remaining thirty percent is aided by the Morgan Consortium."

"A thirty percent energy demand is a huge shortfall. Because the Morgan Consortium holds this Achilles' heel, they continuously plant their own people within the shelter's management system."

"Although the personnel they plant are only in middle and lower-level positions, if this continues, sooner or later the upper management will be hollowed out."

"The shelter's upper management certainly cannot tolerate this kind of thing, and they won't sit idly by waiting to die. Starting three months ago, the upper management intentionally or unintentionally leaked news, collecting energy crystals in large quantities."

"It's estimated that the shelter's upper management is about to make a move. However, the Morgan Consortium is no pushover either, and they are currently trying to block the progress of this matter."

"Now that we've brought back 1.5348 tons of energy crystals, if we take them directly into the shelter without making any preparations, once the Morgan Consortium's people find out, they might do anything out of desperation."

"Now you understand what's going on, right?" Roger said with a smile.

"Understood, our mercenary group is about to become a thorn in the side and a thorn in the eye of the Morgan Consortium." Lin Xinghai nodded.

The smile on Roger's face froze. "What kind of ominous talk is that! This time, our Sky-Rifting Mercenary Group has made quite a prominent appearance in front of the shelter's upper management. We are definitely soaring to prominence in the future."

"That's assuming we wait until the Morgan Consortium is cleared out of the Star Shield Shelter," Lin Xinghai retorted.

"I'm telling you, kid, stay away from Wu Yan and don't pick up his bad habits. The only reason he often snaps at people is because he has well-developed limbs and a simple mind, and I certainly don't want you to turn out like that." Roger patted Lin Xinghai's shoulder and said earnestly.

Lin Xinghai glanced at him sideways and said nothing.

At that moment, Fang Tianhe's wrist-mounted computer vibrated. He hurriedly opened the newly received message, took a glance, and a smile immediately broke out on his face.

"Brothers, move out!"