42: Remembering something happy (Please add to your collection)

Upon returning to the base, the soldiers of the unit were in a rather bad mood. After all, a quarter of their comrades had fallen in battle; it would be a lie to say they weren't heartbroken.

Seeing such low morale, Li Xiao had no choice but to step forward and say, "I bear a great responsibility for the heavy casualties caused by today's battle."

He leaned against a dining table in the canteen and continued, "Facing an enemy force more than six times our size, we achieved a casualty ratio of one to thirty, but this is still no reason for us to be happy. Because today, eleven comrades have left us!"

"I thought that by relying on our health, we could smoothly break through the first line of defense, but the enemy possessed heavy firepower that we lacked, which led to our casualties."

"Therefore!" Li Xiao said decisively, "From now on, I will certainly learn from this experience and never let your blood and sweat be shed in vain again!"

"Long live the boss!"

"The boss is invincible!"

These words served as Li Xiao's self-reflection, but the soldiers were greatly encouraged. After observing a minute of silence for their comrades who had just died on the battlefield, they began to eat dinner.

After dinner, Li Xiao opened the Life Pool again in the command center. He was surprised to find that the eleven thousand HP remaining after the battle had now risen to nineteen thousand, and the Vehicle Durability had even reached three hundred thousand.

"What on earth is going on? Could it be that the Life Pool has evolved to the point where it can automatically restore health?"

While he was puzzled, Li Xiao noticed that Yun Dongliu and Liu Nian were chatting in the team channel.

"Haha! Dong Liu, you're amazing! To think you could come up with such a method! We made a killing this time!"

"It's alright, but this method can only be used once; it won't work a second time."

"It's enough, it's enough. We each got over a hundred points, which is a huge profit."

Hmm?

Li Xiao asked curiously, "What kind of fortune did you two make?"

"Lao Xiao, we called you in the team channel earlier but you didn't reply. Didn't the two of us go to do the Spark Event today? Then Dong Liu took me to wipe out a highway service area!"

"A highway service area?"

"It was actually nothing much," Yun Dongliu said at this point. "I've had my eye on that highway service area for a long time. There was an Armored Company inside, and it allowed civilian vehicles to enter and exit. We drove in three Off-road Vehicles loaded with a hundred and fifty C4 charges and then parked them next to the Gas Station and their armored convoy."

Without waiting for Yun Dongliu to finish, Liu Nian interrupted, "Then, while those Black Hawk Unit idiots were refueling at the Gas Station, we detonated two of the vehicles. Man, the Gas Station and those armored vehicles all went flying on the spot!"

"It was also a bit of luck. Half of their convoy out on patrol rushed back to reinforce them, but unexpectedly, the convoy parked right next to the last Off-road Vehicle. Thus, an Armored Reconnaissance Company was crippled just like that."

"Holy crap! That's too lucky, isn't it?" Li Xiao was envious. He had struggled all day and even lost a squad of soldiers, yet these two guys had earned so much so easily.

"Indeed. If it weren't for those ten Armored Personnel Carriers, we would have only gotten around two hundred points. Speaking of which, those Armored Personnel Carriers were quite tanky, with thirty thousand durability each."

"Wait a minute! What did you say?"

Li Xiao, who had been full of envy, immediately shouted in shock upon hearing Liu Nian's last sentence.

"Whoa, Lao Xiao, what are you getting so excited about? What did I say?"

"No, how much did you say the durability of the Armored Personnel Carriers was?"

"Thirty thousand. Why?"

"Thirty thousand? Thirty thousand! Thirty thousand! Hahahahaha!!!!"

Li Xiao suddenly burst into frantic laughter. Liu Nian said weirdly, "Lao Xiao, isn't this a bit much? We didn't exactly strike it rich. Jealousy will make you perverse, man."

Li Xiao simply couldn't contain his inner joy. He had been wondering how the HP in the Life Pool was automatically increasing, but now he knew.

It turned out that the HP of the enemies killed by Liu Nian, Yun Dongliu, and Yun Ying could also be counted into his Life Pool.

The evidence was those ten Armored Personnel Carriers they had destroyed. He hadn't destroyed any vehicles in today's battle, and the extra durability added was exactly 300,000+.

Li Xiao didn't believe in coincidences. He then asked Yun Dongliu and the other for their specific kill data, and it was basically the same as the additional HP.

Many of the soldiers in the Armored Company were Privates and Privates First Class, and there were also many with the Corporal class. Otherwise, they wouldn't have been able to get nearly two hundred points just by killing eighty or ninety people.

"Whoa, Lao Xiao, what on earth are you laughing at? I'm really curious."

"Haha, oh... nothing, I just thought of something happy..."

Having discovered this incredible function of the Life Pool, a terrifying idea couldn't help but surface in Li Xiao's mind.

"Hey, Liu Nian, Dong Liu, for the next period of time, as long as you encounter suitable players, recruit them into the team. The more people, the better!"

"The more people, the better?" Liu Nian asked in confusion. "Do we want any level? Recruiting them will bring a lot of trouble and dead weight, and it won't be easy if we run into people with ulterior motives."

"It's fine. As long as we don't reveal our own base's location, and discuss important matters in Private chat, there won't be any problems!"

At this time, Yun Dongliu also spoke up, echoing Li Xiao's opinion: "It is indeed time for us to add some members. Providing appropriate benefits can make it easier to attract people. Recently, I've encountered many players in Xi City. Most of what they talk about while eating and relaxing in the city is about teams. It sounds like more and more teams are being formed lately."

"That's true, there's strength in numbers." Yun Ying also chimed in, "Everyone is starting to realize the importance of teams. In this strange otherworld, it's not easy just to survive, and it's even harder to do well. Joining a team clearly helps with both."

"Yun Ying hit the nail on the head," Li Xiao praised. "In the future, when conflicts occur, they will undoubtedly involve the team level in most cases. If a team has no people, it won't be confident when going out to seize territory!"

After some discussion, everyone agreed to recruit members of level four and above. As for benefits, Li Xiao decided to pay out of his own pocket to give everyone one hundred Star Coins per week.

Don't underestimate one hundred Star Coins. Exchanging them for resources now can already net six hundred points. A normal level four player's daily income might not even reach six hundred points.

Although Liu Nian and Yun Dongliu were a bit worried about whether Li Xiao could afford to provide such benefits, he understood perfectly well. At this moment, he was itching for dozens or even hundreds of members. That way, his Life Pool would soar. When the time came, wouldn't attacking any stronghold be easy and pleasant?

In the evening, Li Xiao opened the Spark Event exchange page. With a total of four hundred and twenty points, he exchanged the vast majority for resources, leaving only twenty points to buy an Equipment Box.