Chapter 105 The Choice

The crowd had been worried about participating in the base defense battle and delaying too much time, so they couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when they heard the good news. But then they heard the lieutenant colonel continue:

"Although we won this battle just now, the casualties were not light, and we are also short of manpower. So I still hope you don't go to Whiskey Base. I believe the Hard-As-Nails Platoon will be able to escape in time. We have a lot of patrols here, and reconnaissance work also needs people to do. Although these are all trivial matters, they are much better than you rushing to Whiskey Base to die!"

The lieutenant colonel's last sentence was almost scoffed at by most people, because it was very obvious that this should be the type of compensation mission. If the contractees suffered too many casualties in the previous Zerg swarm offensive and were forced to give up the main mission, they could accept this less difficult mission as compensation—but for this temporary team, although there were also combat casualties, almost everyone was full of confidence because they had Reef, a very responsible and super-strong defender. How could they retreat at this time?

However, at this moment, one person stood up and said to the lieutenant colonel in an unequivocal tone:

"Sir, willing to serve you."

This person was Fang Senyan. He didn't look at the very exciting expressions of others and continued very simply:

"Although I have only been here for a few hours, I find that I have fallen in love with this place full of friendship, unity, and honor. Obviously, fighting under your command is a very glorious thing. So I don't want to go to that damn Whiskey Outpost. I'm not going anywhere. Steel Front Outpost is my home."

A smile finally appeared on the lieutenant colonel's gloomy face. Fang Senyan then received a notification that the Steel Whip Outpost reputation had increased by 400 points (200 points based on legend status). It seemed that if it were Tulip, a contractee with twenty-five points of charm, at least five or six hundred points would be added. Reef and Joel frowned deeply, obviously seeing that the Sailor contractee's decision to bring this up at this time meant that he was determined to part ways with the team.

The lieutenant colonel gave Fang Senyan a military salute and said:

"I had already heard a little about your reputation before (based on legend status +1), welcome to join Steel Front Outpost, soldier. You can rest first, and then go to the quartermaster to collect standard equipment."

"Wait a minute." Another voice rang out. It was Mogansha. Most of his face was covered by his combat helmet, so his expression could not be seen, but when he stood up, even Reef, a guy who was quite disheartened, changed his expression.

Mogansha also said lightly to the lieutenant colonel:

"Your Excellency, I am also willing to fight under your command."

His words seemed to be addressed to Lieutenant Colonel Tommy Fickman, but in fact they were expressing his determination to cling to Fang Senyan's thigh. Obviously, Mogansha's charm was much higher than Fang Senyan's. Lieutenant Colonel Tommy Fickman laughed and patted Mogansha on the shoulder and said:

"Soldier, you made a very wise choice."

Then he looked at the remaining contractees with anticipation, hoping that there would be someone else who would be conquered by his personal charm. Unfortunately, almost all of the contractees looked at Reef in unison. Although he had made it clear that he had no intention of being the leader of the team, based on his special status, his decision was still enough to have the final say! Even the ambitious Joel and the mad Hanik couldn't help but look at Reef at this moment.

Reef was silent. He originally wanted to instinctively open his mouth and make his decision, but in that instant, the teammates who had died miserably before, their helpless eyes, and confused faces suddenly appeared one by one. The words that had already reached his lips shrank back, and he sat back down on the sofa next to him without saying a word. Lieutenant Colonel Tommy Fickman was obviously very dissatisfied with the silence they showed and snorted coldly:

"I can give you some more time to think about it, but you must find me within an hour! You two, come with me."

The two people the commander was referring to were naturally Fang Senyan and Mogansha. Then he took them both and walked straight away.

If only Fang Senyan had left, then the team's strength would not have been weakened too seriously, but if Mogansha left, then the team's overall strength in all aspects would inevitably decline greatly! So for a time, the people in the team were a little restless. But for Joel and Hanik, the two ambitious guys, they immediately felt that this was likely a power play by Mogansha because he felt that there was no hope of seizing power—as long as everyone followed them and gave up the main mission, they would naturally be obeying their orders in an invisible way.

With this thought, Joel immediately clapped his hands and said:

"Let me talk about my opinion first. I don't agree with staying."

He immediately expressed his opposition in a clear-cut manner, naturally to leave everyone with a "decisive" first impression.

"Although Mogansha and that Sailor have left the team, I don't think the team's strength has decreased much. First of all, the badge I just obtained can get the support of two machine gunners. Everyone should have seen their firepower. Even if it's not as good as Mogansha, it's not far behind. More importantly, we can sacrifice these two pawns at any time. This is an advantage that Mogansha would not have in the team."

"My reputation can also hire a machine gunner to follow," Hanik said.

"If the firepower of two machine gunners is not enough, then three will definitely be enough to make up for the loss of firepower after Mogansha leaves. Also, Sailor's strength lies in

the gene potion he can concoct. Although the gene potion he concocts only has a validity period of 120 seconds, it seems that it must be concocted temporarily. But I have another item here that I obtained from the Iron Man world, called a miniature refrigerator. I use it specifically to store viper venom, because when concocting poison to apply to weapons, the freshness of the venom must not exceed two hours. I have never had any problems using it for so long. So I can buy a batch of potions from Sailor first and store them here. When I need them, I can just drink them—in short, no matter what you think, I absolutely don't want to lose three supreme attribute points and hard-earned meritorious service points in vain."

Hearing what these two said, the remaining contractees immediately whispered to each other, feeling that what they said made a lot of sense.

Suddenly, Tulip sneered:

"How do you know that Sailor will sell you the potion? If it were me, I definitely wouldn't sell it!"

At this time, Reef suddenly groaned, stood up, and said in a deep voice:

"I'll go find them. If they don't sell it, then they'll honestly return to the team! Since everyone is a temporary team, personal likes and dislikes must not override the team!"

Joel frowned immediately. Obviously, it would have been better for him to say this, but Reef had been the team leader before, so he would naturally reveal that decisive aura from time to time. What made Joel even more depressed was that he was completely helpless about this situation. At this time, Reef had already walked in front of the mad Hanik and said very seriously:

"Are you sure your miniature refrigerator is effective?"

The mad Hanik hesitated for a moment and said:

"Why don't we buy a bottle from him first to try?"

Reef nodded and said to the people around him:

"Everyone, pay me 1,000 points for the medicine purchase fee first. If anyone doesn't have enough, I'll help you pay for it, and sign a contract to return it after the level ends."

No one believed that Reef would embezzle the mere 1,000 points, and they all honestly handed it over. Even the two contractees who couldn't come up with it for a while signed a contract with Reef. When Reef and the mad Hanik found Fang Senyan, Reef first persuaded Fang Senyan and Mogansha to continue to act with the team, but obviously Fang Senyan, who had made up his mind, refused him.

However, when Reef proposed to buy some gene potions, Fang Senyan showed a very cooperative attitude and took the initiative to provide a copy of the gene potion to the mad Hanik for free to verify whether his refrigerator could preserve the potion's 120-second validity period. And the mad Hanik's pocket refrigerator lived up to expectations and successfully preserved the gene potion produced by Fang Senyan. So when Reef and the two left, they took away nearly fifteen bottles of gene potion, and Fang Senyan also earned 8,000 points because of this.

After they left, Fang Senyan was silent for a while, then turned to Mogansha and said:

"To be honest, I really didn't expect you to follow me."

Mogansha said lightly:

"Since I decided to gamble, then I naturally have to go all in. The end of straddling two sides is often that I get nothing. I understood this principle when I was twelve years old and covered my head and gritted my teeth to rush through the minefield to grab that bag of corn."

Fang Senyan suddenly smiled and said:

"Yes, since you can follow me, then I owe you an explanation. But I will wait until they leave before I tell you, so if you regret it now, it's still not too late."

"I never regret what I do." The black brother Mogansha said so. "Then I'll get some rest first."

Saying that, he put the golden AK under his head as a pillow, then lay down, and soon made a slight snore. This is also a habit of people who have been fighting in life and death for many years, being able to seize all safe time to rest. Otherwise, they are often not beaten to death, but dragged to death by fatigue.