Global Game: AFK In The Zombie Apocalypse Game - Chapter 2813

Chapter 2813: Mercenaries

“Who’s there?”

Outside the train, several guards held their guns in a defensive posture, their faces serious.

Not far away, a figure walked along the path formed by the piles of spider monster corpses, slowly approaching the parked train.

“It’s me, Fang Heng.”

Fang Heng gradually revealed himself, slowly walking towards the carriage from a distance. In his hand, he held a black stone left behind from the shattered Pillar of the Game.

“I’ve taken care of the Pillar of the Game. Your commission is complete.”

A player?

The player who had left alone earlier?

The guards’ hearts skipped a beat as they saw Fang Heng. Their eyes were immediately drawn to the black stone in his hand, filled with disbelief.

One person?

He did it all by himself? Destroyed the entire Pillar of the Game?

This level of black fog had always required the Federation to deploy official military units to completely eradicate it…

Fang Heng looked at the guards, who stood frozen and silent, and frowned as he asked, “Where’s Captain Bakal? Did he mean what he said?”

The guards swallowed nervously, cautiously glancing at Fang Heng, “C-Captain… he’s still inside the carriage.”

“Good.”

Fang Heng spoke as he put away the stone and climbed back into the carriage through the broken window.

Bakal and the players still inside the carriage looked at Fang Heng, who had just returned from outside, with surprised expressions on their faces.

It’s him?

Everyone had seen Fang Heng leave earlier.

Now, seeing him return unharmed and recalling the dissipated black fog, they immediately felt an unrealistic premonition in their hearts.

No way…

Could it be him?

It wasn’t until Fang Heng tossed the core of the black fog high into the air that the players’ eyes widened in shock.

Good heavens!

The Stone of the Black Fog!

It really was him!

He single-handedly took down the black fog?

Where did this guy come from?

Even Bakal’s eyes showed surprise as he looked at Fang Heng, “You… you did it alone?”

“Of course! Do you see anyone else here, Captain Bakal? Fang Heng is a member of our team. He took on your commission and risked his life to go destroy the Pillar of the Game!”

Before Fang Heng could answer, Zaka hurriedly stepped forward.

When he had first seen Fang Heng leaving, he was also startled but quickly realized.

Time to hitch a ride!

At this point, what are you waiting for if you’re not going to latch onto someone’s leg?

Zaka looked at Bakal and asked, “Do you remember our previous agreement? You wouldn’t go back on your word, right?”

“Of course.”

Bakal took a deep breath, regaining his composure and wiping the surprise from his eyes. He looked at Fang Heng and nodded, “Thank you for your help. I will keep my word. Although the black fog threat has been eliminated, we are still quite a distance from the Western District Federation. I’ve already sent someone to contact the Western District Federation headquarters, and we’ll have an armored vehicle to escort us back soon. It should arrive within an hour. During this time, I ask that you and your team continue to provide protection.”

Bakal understood the situation clearly.

Their team was the only one here in the black fog area. Who else could it be besides Fang Heng?

Claiming credit for this was out of the question.

Fang Heng glanced at Zaka, who was desperately signaling him, and nodded, “Alright.”

…

Three hours later, Fang Heng and his team successfully entered the Western District Federation’s capital. The four of them sat together in an SUV, heading towards the Federation’s Star Map Control Center.

“D*mn, bro, you’re way too strong,” Zaka sat next to Fang Heng, his eyes full of admiration as he looked at Fang Heng. “You’re not some unknown person in the game. Fang Heng is probably just an alias, right?”

“Heh…”

Fang Heng only smiled and didn’t respond further.

“Haha, sorry, sorry. I’m just rambling.”

Fang Heng took out the black stone from his hand, “Do you know the use of the core of the black fog?”

“Bro, you’re giving me too much credit. This thing is my first time seeing it. But I’ve heard that the Federation buys it at a high price.”

“Mm.”

Fang Heng put the stone away.

When he obtained the core of the black fog, he received a game prompt.

The core of the black fog could be directly exchanged for the King of Gods’ points.

A million points!

But because of that, Fang Heng felt something was off.

The Pillar of the Game was a product of the game, and yet after shattering the Pillar of the Game, he obtained the core of the black fog.

Wasn’t that strange?

If the Pillar of the Game existed to spread the game and completely consume humanity, then why would the core of the black fog, which could be accepted by the game, and even purchased by the game for a large number of King of Gods’ points, appear after destroying the black fog pillar?

Wasn’t the game indirectly encouraging players to destroy the Pillars of the Game?

It felt extremely wrong.

If he were designing the game, any player who dared to destroy the Pillar of the Game would have at least 1 million King of Gods’ points deducted from them.

“By the way, Fang Heng,” Zaka interrupted Fang Heng’s thoughts and said, “Sir Bakal just messaged me. He’s already waiting for us at the Federation Star Map Control Center. He’ll accompany us to complete the registration process.”

“Really… that was quick.”

Su Guantong, sitting in the front seat, turned around and asked, “So, have we officially become part of the Western District Federation Star Map Project?”

“Not officially part of it, more like mercenaries, outsourced, I guess.”

Zaka explained, “The Star Map Project is mainly handled by the military department of the Western District Federation. Bakal’s authority can only help us bypass some of the more tedious preliminary procedures. To apply for formal inclusion, we would still need to go through further applications and assessments, which are more difficult and involve much more complicated review processes.”

“But it doesn’t affect us much. The Western District Federation only needs to recruit powerful players to do some tasks in the game. As long as we help them out, we’ll earn contribution points. If we only want to unlock the game lock, we must meet the required contribution points as mercenaries. There’s no need to formally join the Western District Federation military.”

Su Guantong nodded and didn’t ask further.

Most players who come to the Western District Federation to participate in the Star Map Project were enticed by the unlock method and never really intended to become official employees.

“Also, I heard that after joining the Star Map Project, we may need to form teams for missions. If possible, we should consider forming a team together, it would be safer.”

Zaka glanced at Fang Heng as he spoke.

“Mm, okay.”

Fang Heng responded briefly, closing his eyes to rest.

Zaka immediately grinned.

He noticed that Fang Heng didn’t seem to like talking much.

That must be a common trait of experts.

Zaka shut his mouth as well.

No need to worry about that. As long as he could hitch a ride on the big leg, it was good enough.

An hour later, the vehicle entered the military’s restricted zone and finally stopped by the roadside.

The driver guard got out of the car, opened the door, and nodded at the group, “Thank you for your help. Sir Bakal has already processed your identity levels through internal procedures. Please follow me, I’ll take you to the Star Map Control Center.”