"No need, Xue-jie. We'd feel even worse if we let you spend any more."

"That's right!"

Everyone else chimed in with their own words of persuasion.

"My mind is made up. There's no need to say any more. Just be there on time."

.......

Clearly, the first wave of changes mostly affected those who had died.

Of course, Su Mo also noticed a problem: a few people were quietly leaving the group.

He took a quick look and discovered that many of those leaving were elite combat members, and they hadn't even died. It seemed they were being poached.

Of course, this was normal. Although Qian Chengxue wouldn't cut core members, some people were still willing to go if the First and Second Legions extended an olive branch. After all, it's good to be under a big tree, and the Tenth Legion's tree was already tottering.

Su Mo put his phone back in his pocket and headed for the elevator.

Soon he arrived at the work floor, stepped out of the elevator, and saw Lin Zinuo comforting a girl whose face was covered in tears.

"Don't cry. When the legion's finances improve, I'll bring you back as soon as possible."

"Zinuo-jie, I really can't bear to leave you."

"It's okay..."

Lin Zinuo's eyes were red. Her team had the most people cut, since most of the logistics team members were useless after they died.

This included Gao Mei and Li Miaocui, who had fought alongside Su Mo.

Su Mo stood with his hands on his hips, leaning against the wall and watching.

After a long time, Lin Zinuo finally finished comforting the last of the laid-off senior sisters.

Su Mo walked up to Lin Zinuo and said lightly, "Rare to see! You can cry too!"

"Wuwu~ Don't you know I'm sad?"

"Okay, okay, is it done?"

Lin Zinuo turned to look at Su Mo, replying in a very bad mood, "No, how could it be done?"

"Did so many people have to be laid off?"

"Nonsense, the higher-ups aren't allocating funds, and Xue-jie only has so much money. What else can she do but lay off and transfer people? Don't you know that Xue-jie is already selling everything she can? The senior managers who attended the meeting all offered to forgo their salaries, but it's useless. We can't even scrape together the materials and money to repair the Helan."

"Alright, stop complaining. Come with me."

Su Mo said calmly.

"What for?"

Lin Zinuo came back to her senses and looked at Su Mo suspiciously.

"Why so much talk? Call up all the combat-capable people in our group."

Su Mo finished speaking simply and neatly, then headed straight for the machine room.

Lin Zinuo was stunned for a moment, then came back to her senses, picked up her phone and started sending messages to Zhou Qian and Zhao Han.

A moment later, in the northern district camp of Dawn City, Zhao Han, Lin Zinuo, Li Shi, Zi Qing and all the other high-level members of Group Twelve gathered together.

"Su Mo, everyone's here. What's the matter? Just say it."

Zhao Han asked with a somewhat depressed expression. Her head had been hurting since the day the announcement came out.

"Isn't our legion short of supplies?"

Su Mo said simply.

Lin Zinuo rolled her eyes. Even the most idiotic person knew that. Suddenly, she thought of something.

"Wait, you don't happen to know where there are supplies, do you?"

"Gather all the combat-capable people in our group and follow me."

Su Mo didn't answer Lin Zinuo's question, but instead spoke directly.

"Do you really know where there are supplies?"

Zhao Han and the others were immediately excited. They knew that the legion's biggest shortage was supplies, because most of the produced and collected supplies had been transferred to the Tianlong Guild, which meant they could withdraw.

"I know. Let's go."

"Wait, should we notify Xue-jie?"

Zhao Han said quickly.

"No need, we'll give her a surprise then."

Su Mo shook his head, his tone very firm.

"Okay! Lin Zinuo, go and gather all the trustworthy combat personnel. Remember to bring your gear, and prepare a Green Shield mech for me."

Zhao Han wasn't the kind of person to dither, and she trusted Su Mo.

"No problem!"

Lin Zinuo's face was full of excitement.

In less than half an hour, all the combat personnel of Group Twelve had gathered, a full three hundred people. Of course, the main thing was that Su Mo wanted trustworthy people, otherwise gathering three thousand people wouldn't be a problem.

"Follow me!"

Su Mo climbed into the cockpit of the Green Shield mech and drove the mech ahead to lead the way.

Lin Zinuo and the others followed behind Su Mo in a mighty throng, their hearts filled with excitement. They weren't afraid of being wiped out.

Two days later, Su Mo continued to drive the mech forward, when the voice of Lin Zinuo sounded in his communicator.

"Su Mo, where are we going? It feels like we're on a familiar road."

"You'll know when we get there."

Su Mo didn't intend to explain to Lin Zinuo at all.

"Can't you give me a hint in advance? I wouldn't sell you out. Don't you trust me?"

Lin Zinuo's curiosity was killing her.

"Almost there."

Su Mo still didn't tell Lin Zinuo anything.

Lin Zinuo was half dead with anger. This guy was unusually boring, but she could only put up with it for now.

Half an hour later, Su Mo suddenly stopped the mech and raised his hand to signal everyone to stop.

Everyone looked into the distance.

A bay base made of steel came into view. Its steel walls and the ground were covered with spores like red bubbles, which pulsed like hearts.

On the steel bulwarks, large numbers of puppet zombies and Kazakhmi roamed, and among those roaming puppet zombies, many were the corpses of their guild members.

Everyone's scalp tingled!

"Where is this?"

Zi Qing and the others looked puzzled.

Lin Zinuo reacted immediately and shouted in shock, "Su Mo, are you crazy? This is Red Coral Bay Base!"

"I know this is Red Coral Bay Base. You don't need to repeat it to me. Where else are there supplies nearby besides here? And where else can we repair the Helan besides here?"

Su Mo asked calmly.

Lin Zinuo was speechless for a moment. The Helan was so badly damaged that only this place had a giant dry dock and a large number of repair parts inside.

At the same time, there were giant material depots inside.

She took a deep breath and said to Su Mo.

"Su Mo, don't mess around. I know you want to get supplies for the legion, but what are we going to use to take this place? There are level III elite Kazakhmi inside. You know that even the commander can't do anything about them, and they might even have evolved. And your Black Steel Envoy is still damaged. What are we going to fight with?"

"It doesn't matter. It should be arriving soon."

Su Mo looked at the time on his wrist.

Just then, a tremor came from the distance. A mech ten meters tall, made of pale metal, with claws of shimmering cold light for hands, its left eye glowing red, like the pupil of a monster, a nimble beam cannon embedded in its shoulder, and six pairs of auxiliary wings on its back, came into view.

"This... Where did you find such a powerful reinforcement?"

Lin Zinuo and the others stared at the mech in front of them, stunned.