Chapter 1 Facing the Inquiry

Facing Yuan Zhan's inquiry, Colonel Miles Quaritch's face was as gloomy as the sky before a storm. He looked at Yuan Zhan as if he were a piece of garbage. A major beside him stepped forward and said expressionlessly, "You can find her in that blue building one kilometer to the right... Who else wants to go?"

At this time, the situation was already very clear. Within the RDA at Hell's Gate, there were two different camps. The mission of Dr. Grace Augustine's camp was obviously focused on more peaceful methods, such as collecting samples, capturing creatures alive, and helping the Na'vi. The mission rewards should also lean towards intelligence and mental aspects.

On the other hand, the missions of Colonel Miles Quaritch's side were mostly focused on escorting, killing, surveying, and developing. The mission rewards would tend to be direct and physical.

It must be mentioned that the head of the RDA at Hell's Gate, Parker Selfridge, currently favored Dr. Grace Augustine, because at this time, the Earth Ecological Protection Organization was putting a lot of pressure on the RDA. Of course, more importantly, the data on the company's monthly and quarterly revenue reports were still quite impressive. You know, the cost of manufacturing an Avatar body is as high as $5 billion. Without his support, this project would be difficult to maintain.

Fang Senyan carefully considered where he should stand. Without a doubt, given his current situation, joining Colonel Miles Quaritch should be a good choice. However, Fang Senyan's ambitions were great. First of all, the Avatar modulation laboratory was undoubtedly within Dr. Grace Augustine's "sphere of influence."

Secondly, Fang Senyan had the skull of a Banshee in his storage space. This thing was undoubtedly of considerable value, and it was best to keep it secret from the other contractors. Then Dr. Grace Augustine was obviously a very good person to ask... You can't expect Mr. Miles Quaritch to have anything other than muscles, war, bullets, mechs, and money in his brain.

Finally, there was the issue of Fang Senyan's golden side quest. The information given for this quest was extremely scarce, and even worse, almost no information could be found in the previous movie plot! In this case, he had to rely on his own strength to do it. Undoubtedly, Dr. Grace Augustine could play a very active role in this.

So Fang Senyan led Reef and Hei Ge men, and simply followed Yuan Zhan's footsteps to Dr. Grace Augustine's place. It is worth mentioning that, for some reason, Zi, who should be a typical mage-type contractor, also chose to stay in the colonel's camp.

At this time, the Hell's Gate base was still in a not-so-perfect stage. Therefore, the core of the base was the only space launch site on this planet. Its runway, landing platform, and supporting facilities occupied one-third of the entire base. Of course, when there were no takeoffs or landings, people could pass through freely.

When passing through the runway, you must pay attention to the endless stream of AMP exoskeletons passing through it, and avoid a close encounter. These steel behemoths have amazing power, constantly moving various heavy objects. Being stepped on by them is not a fun thing.

The wind was also a bit strong today, blowing Fang Senyan's hair constantly. After entering the base, it could be seen that the surrounding plants were obviously much more wilted due to pollution. Some of the larger leaves were covered with dust, and there was a faint, pungent odor in the air, indicating that the pollution from refining high-purity Pandora crystals must be very serious.

When Fang Senyan and the others arrived at their destination, they found that the full name of the blue building was: Xenobiology Laboratory (XBL), which was also an important department within Hell's Gate, mainly responsible for studying Pandora's ecology and biology, and providing technical assistance to RDA miners and various activities. For example, providing health care services, cultivating edible Pandora flora and fauna, etc. Dr. Grace was undoubtedly the head of the department, and there was also a research team focused on Avatar link connection rooms.

Unfortunately, none of the contractors who came here were able to see the busy Dr. Grace. It seemed that she was busy dealing with the Na'vi recently, so she spent more than twelve hours a day lying in the connection pod. Seeing her would definitely not be an easy task.

The original purpose of the Avatar design was to create a genetic bio-miner that could work outdoors at the base, but because the overly expensive mental link system could not meet the needs of mass production, the RDA could not invest a lot of money to maintain the Avatar program. Later, the RDA found that it seemed more useful to use Avatars to communicate with the difficult-to-communicate Na'vi. It was then applied to communication and exchanges with the Na'vi, and to study the Na'vi and Pandora's ecosystem. Professor Grace was extremely excited about this and devoted herself to her work with twelve points of enthusiasm.

The person who received them was actually the female pilot wearing camouflage pants, big boots, and a tight-fitting elastic white vest: Trudy Chacon!

Fang Senyan and the others were obviously very surprised by her appearance, but after thinking about it, they realized the rationality of it. It was impossible for this group of mercenaries to gain the trust and attention of these scientists and researchers as soon as they arrived. Among the people on the doctor's side, Trudy Chacon's main job was still a soldier. It was undoubtedly the best choice for her to deal with this group of mixed mercenaries.

Among all the contractors, there were more people willing to follow Colonel Miles Quaritch, at least about two-thirds of the contractors who came. Apart from things related to rewards, the tasks given by the colonel should be more direct and violent, which is more to the liking of contractors who are used to solving problems with violence.

Seeing that almost everyone had arrived, Trudy, who was leaning against the wall chewing gum, stood up, clapped her hands and said loudly, "Hey! Look over here, you kids who have come from afar. I don't care what you're here for, but I can tell you that there's a lot of work here right now. As long as you have the ability to complete it, the rewards will definitely be satisfactory. Finally, what I want to tell you is, don't fucking get any crooked ideas!"

After she finished speaking, a researcher in a white coat came out, holding a black box-like thing. He whispered a few words to Trudy, and Trudy immediately continued chewing her gum. She pressed a button on the black box, and with a "shua" sound, a virtual screen popped up from the top of the box, with many lines of work written densely on it.

However, in the eyes of the different contractors, some of these jobs were red, indicating that the conditions were not met and could not be accepted for the time being. Of course, the rewards for this type of restricted work were also relatively higher.

These tasks decreased by one for each one taken, and were even divided into first-class tasks and second-class tasks. Each person could take up to three tasks, which could not be shared. Moreover, first-class tasks were limited, so naturally the rewards would be much richer. As a result, all the contractors rushed up and competed for first-class tasks.

Because the contractors on Colonel Miles Quaritch's side had already spread the word that the base tasks on their side were in a situation of too many monks and not enough porridge. There were even many people who could not get first-class tasks and could only spread their hands and helplessly look at the sky. Fang Senyan squeezed his head and only got a second-class task: "Capture five fan lizards (Fan Lizard), limited to twenty-four hours."

In order to avoid misidentification, a 3D image of the fan lizard was specially given when accepting the task. Overall, it looks like a lizard with sticks growing on its back. Whether it is the texture of the skin or the color of the body, it is extremely similar to dead branches, and even the limbs and tail have vein-like structures. They are about 45 centimeters long. During the day, the fan lizards lie motionless on the trees in order to survive in the dangerous Pandora jungle.

But when night falls, this creature can emit a beautiful rose-red light, and after the skin membrane of its back structure is stretched out, it can rotate and fly like a helicopter, much like a red glowing frisbee. This is their way of courting, and these lizards have highly toxic venom, so they have few natural enemies.

When facing this kind of task, no matter how high Fang Senyan's physical strength and auxiliary ability are, they can't compare to Yuan Zhan's guidance. Moreover, it is now clear that there are extra rewards for completing this side quest first. So if he were to ask Yuan Zhan, it would be considered very kind of him to remain silent.

The worst thing is that after saying nine true sentences, he adds a false sentence in the most critical place, causing you to be completely misled on the wrong path...

That's all. What's worse is that this world is a world where people can be killed freely. The Illuminati currently has the largest power. If some contractors are willing to sacrifice their own failure to complete the task for the benefit of the team, they will deliberately trip you up from behind, and even poison and kill people is possible. People's hearts are dangerous, you must guard against it, and you can't not guard against it!

It is worth mentioning that exchanges can also be carried out in the Hell's Gate base, but those scarce goods from before are gone, and they are all some conventional weapons, ammunition, supplies, and the like.

It is estimated that only when the reputation reaches worship will things like combat mechs and resurrection devices appear.