63: Forbidden City expands enrollment

Seven o'clock in the morning.

The area around the Altar in Satellite City No. 21 was bustling like a marketplace at this moment.

"The Forbidden City has decided to recruit Peripheral Members, the number of recruits... ten thousand."

Whoa!

As soon as Xie Chunyan finished speaking, it caused a massive commotion, like a thousand-pound boulder crashing into a lake.

The Trial Takers present could no longer control their emotions, and all of them loudly shouted in excitement.

The entire scene was chaotic, and it was impossible to hear what anyone was saying clearly.

It wasn't surprising they acted this way. During their days in the Satellite City, these people had constantly pestered the Forbidden City teams, hoping to join their group.

But the Forbidden City members completely ignored them.

Some even had friends already in the Forbidden City teams, and when they messaged them, the answer they received was that the Guild Master currently had no plans to recruit.

The various teams of the Forbidden City had truly become famous around the Altar area these past few days.

High level, good equipment, powerful strength, and even aircraft support if they encountered danger while leveling.

Furthermore, they even had their own Stronghold, allowing them to sleep peacefully every night.

In contrast, although the area within the Altar range was safe from monster attacks.

Trial Takers, however, could freely attack others within the Altar.

Conflicts constantly broke out throughout the Altar area, day and night.

If you dared to sleep, someone might secretly kill you and seize your inheritance.

In just two or three days, these hundred thousand people were already mentally and physically exhausted from constantly guarding against each other.

Of course, some people also organized teams of several hundred to try and conquer buildings.

A small faction organized a team of 500 people to conquer a six-story building.

They had been inside for less than half an hour when a blue barrier of light appeared around the building.

Then, people outside saw the Boss inside the building leading a group of subordinates in a frenzied massacre of the people who had entered.

Some had run to the exit, but they were blocked by the light barrier and couldn't get out.

The scene was extremely brutal... "Everyone, quiet down!"

Xie Chunyan roared, although she had anticipated this scene.

But she hadn't expected the reaction to be so massive; no one was listening to her at all.

Back when she was in the company, didn't everyone quiet down to listen to the Leader as soon as they spoke?

How could this be?

Li Ruo rolled her eyes speechlessly at Xie Chunyan.

Immediately after, she swung the Long Staff in her hand violently toward a loudly shouting man who was pushing to the front.

Without using any skill, just a Basic Move, she created a sonic boom.

"Boom!"

The man was sent flying backward, and while still in the air, he dissolved into white light and vanished, leaving a pile of equipment on the ground.

Uh~

Just like that... with one strike, she took out a person who was level 20-something,

instantly??

Without even a warning?

Those close to Li Ruo immediately retreated.

The throats of others who were still shouting seemed to be choked by something. They all stared wide-mouthed at Li Ruo but couldn't make a sound.

The scene instantly fell silent.

"Hubby said that to persuade people, sometimes you can use logic, but sometimes you can only use physics." Li Ruo glanced proudly at Xie Chunyan, made a 'please' gesture, and said, "You can speak now!"

It must be said that Li Ruo's action had an extremely strong deterrent effect.

Xie Chunyan lightly coughed twice, cleared her throat, and said:

"The Forbidden City is preparing to recruit Peripheral Personnel this time, totaling 512 small teams, with 20 recruits per team. At the Sports Center, 50 recruitment stations have now been set up. You can register your names with the Logistics Personnel. The Forbidden City will select the best candidates based on your information."

Xie Chunyan stepped aside. Fifty Logistics Personnel, who seemed to have appeared out of nowhere, brought 50 tables and arranged them in a row in front of the Sports Center.

For this expansion plan, Xie Chunyan intended to promote 50 Small Team Leaders to Captains.

The 512 members who joined later would serve as Small Team Leaders, and each small team would add 20 peripheral members.

In the future, this group would serve as the Forbidden City's Combat Group.

Of course, this recruitment would definitely involve more than just 10,000 people.

First, the Combat Team needed 10,240 people to be fully staffed. Additionally, she planned to recruit 1,000 people to fill the Internal Affairs Personnel roles.

Fifty original Internal Affairs Personnel would each lead 20 people to form the Internal Affairs Group.

As for the recruitment standards.

Naturally, women would be the majority, accounting for about sixty to seventy percent. For men, the main criterion would be Skill Proficiency, and those with higher scores would be selected.

Originally, Bai Zhaoning suggested only recruiting women to ensure the purity of the team.

But the suggestion was directly vetoed by Xie Chunyan.

As the saying goes, isolated Yin cannot generate, and solitary Yang cannot grow.

Humans are emotional creatures. If team members can form bonds, it is very helpful for strengthening team cohesion.

Moreover, this could also stimulate the competitiveness of the male animals.

They just needed to ensure that the absolute best belonged to Huang Chen.

Taking a step back, these were only Peripheral Personnel, far from entering the core group.

"Hurry, hurry, hurry!"

As soon as Xie Chunyan finished speaking, those with quick reactions turned their heads and rushed toward the Sports Center.

Ten thousand people sounded like a lot, but the number of applicants was several times greater.

"Isn't this recruitment too large?"

Lin Han walked back with Xie Chunyan. Currently, the Forbidden City had around 800 people, and suddenly taking on more than ten times that number, she feared they might be biting off more than they could chew.

"It's not too much!"

Xie Chunyan shook her head firmly. With Huang Chen's current strength, any number of people would be easy pickings for him.

If anyone dared to harbor ill intentions, they would be immediately suppressed with an iron fist.

Moreover, Huang Chen had told them that future factions might number in the tens of thousands.

Larger ones could even reach hundreds of thousands.

And the faction representing the Official Faction could even reach the tens of millions level.

Future battles would often be million-level engagements.

The Forbidden City currently had resources and had to take advantage of this time to develop rapidly.

As for management issues, her idea was to directly break the whole into parts.

Implementing a system of hierarchical responsibility management, from team members to Small Team Leaders, Captains, and sectional leaders.

On the other side, the Forbidden City's Rules and Regulations were also posted.

Under the benefits of providing housing, food, and assistance with leveling up.

The clause stating that upon joining the Forbidden City, one must strictly obey all orders and never betray the organization, or face endless pursuit by the Forbidden City, seemed insignificant.

A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity was right before them. If they missed this chance, who knew when the Forbidden City would recruit again.

At this moment, everyone's eyes were red with urgency, afraid that if they were even a little slow, they would lose their spot.

Cutting lines, arguing, and even outright fighting—to get ahead, everyone was pulling out all the stops, like the Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea, Each Showing Their Powers.

The throats of the 200 members of the Personal Guard Team were hoarse from shouting, yet they still couldn't stop the Trial Takers' enthusiasm.

Just as the scene was about to spiral out of control, Li Ruo intervened again, instantly killing several people before the situation was brought under control.

Nearly 100,000 people, 90,000 of whom came to register.

On average, 1,800 people had to be registered at each station, which was definitely a massive workload.

Fortunately, the registration form was quite simple, requiring only two fields: Name; Basic Move Proficiency.

Of course, some of the more stunning-looking women would be directly processed and sent to the rear, where specialized personnel would conduct in-depth investigations into their height, measurements, purity, and so on.

After these individuals passed, they would be assigned to the Reserves, serving as 'Jacks,' and managed directly by the 200 members of the Personal Guard Army.

And while the Forbidden City's expansion was proceeding at full throttle, Huang Chen, along with He Qingwan, pushed open the gate of the Steel Mill.