Took out the communicator, Chu Tian opened the taskbar and quickly saw his team's mission.
They needed to handle defense in the northeast direction of the airport, ensuring that there would be no large-scale monster damage to the base construction.
The second task was to clear monsters within a 110-kilometer radius from the airport, with no specific time limit.
If necessary, they could continue to expand outward.
Obviously, this mission was about determining how far they could expand beyond the 110 kilometers.
At this moment, while reviewing the mission, Lan Feng suddenly looked up at Chu Tian, then turned to glance at her team member, Yu Weiwei. She walked over to Chu Tian and asked coldly, "Do you want me to arrange your girlfriend in your team? After all, there's no rule against changing training team members."
Chu Tian was taken aback by Lan Feng's sudden remark. He had been explaining instructions to his team, and now he was surprised. After all, Chu Tian and Lan Feng had no real connection, except for competing for first place.
Chu Tian glanced at Lan Feng and nodded with a "Thank you."
Soon, Lan Feng made some adjustments to her temporary team roster, and Chu Tian received a confirmation message. After clicking confirm, Yu Weiwei's communicator rang, and she looked at it, her eyes turning crescent-shaped as she smiled at Chu Tian.
Once Chu Tian's team was confirmed, he began to give a pep talk to his new team members, mainly focusing on the three students from the Central Academy.
"Welcome, everyone, to our team. Some of you are temporary members, but I still want to say one thing." At this point, Chu Tian noticed that everyone was waiting for his pre-battle briefing, except for the three student soldiers.
These three student soldiers were named Lin Yue, Zhang Dong, and Bao Han.
Lin Yue had a talent for powerful attack, while Zhang Dong and Bao Han both had ice talents.
These talents were obviously combat-oriented and had high combat potential.
However, having combat potential without combat skills was essentially useless. After all, mercenaries hadn't gone through combat academies, but they had real combat experience. Their strength was not much different from the students who studied theory.
But these three rookies obviously didn't regard Chu Tian highly. After all, he was just a mercenary, even if his talent was extraordinary, he was ultimately the leader of the mercenary base.
After graduating, these students could enter the Skysen Combat Academy for further training or be assigned as military officers.
With luck, they could even become high-ranking officers in the federation.
Their minds were not on Chu Tian, but on Da Zhuang and Hei Zi, who were recording what Chu Tian was saying with their communicators.
"...Alright, I hope that when we're on our clearing mission, you won't leave the team because it's a matter of life and death. So, you must remember this point clearly because I want my team to come and go in an orderly manner." At this point, Chu Tian looked at his team and then loudly asked, "Do you all understand?"
Everyone answered affirmatively, and Chu Tian nodded and shouted, "Let's go."
Saying that, Chu Tian led his team away from the abandoned airport on the Death's Edge.
Ten kilometers from the airport, Chu Tian's team encountered the first wave of monsters, five goblins.
Although goblins had strong defenses and special fluids that could deflect attacks, they were no match for Yu Tiexiong, an absolute power talent warrior.
With a shining silver machete, he directly cut one of the goblins in half.
This made Da Zhuang and Hei Zi in the team excited.
The two of them used enhanced machetes and rushed to fight the remaining two goblins without hesitation.
In the park, goblins were one of the many food sources for their orc tribe.
Soon, Chu Tian's team, led by one man and two bears, achieved an excellent start.
And this was without the use of any skills from the strategist.
The three rookies and Yu Weiwei had obviously never faced real wild monsters before. After all, the monsters here were not the ordinary E-rank ones raised in the base.
Three goblins were easily killed, and then Yu Tiexiong and the two others quickly cut off the goblins' tails and skinned them.
As for the goblin meat, none of it went to waste; Hei Zi stored it all in his spatial bag.
After all, this stuff was high in protein and good meat.
With everything done, Chu Tian checked the map and loudly ordered, "Our first task today is to settle at the abandoned gas station on Highway 80 and prepare for defense. That will be our temporary base in the future.
So, we need to hurry and arrive within two hours, so we can take a good rest and have lunch."
After finishing speaking, Chu Tian took the lead and jogged forward, and everyone quickly followed.
For mercenaries, long-distance trekking was routine, but for student soldiers, long-distance running was clearly not their strong suit.
Although the students from the Central Academy received physical training, they couldn't compare to Chu Tian's mercenaries.
About half an hour later, the three student soldiers were already panting heavily.
As for Yu Weiwei, despite her excellent grades, her physical fitness was obviously not up to par.
Seeing Yu Weiwei's flushed face and slightly labored breathing, Chu Tian extended his hand and then said loudly, "Rest on the spot for ten minutes."
With that, the three student soldiers felt relieved and found a relatively clean place to sit down and rest.
Chu Tian took out some water from his system space and walked over to Yu Weiwei, who was leaning against an abandoned car.
"How are you feeling? Is it uncomfortable?" Chu Tian handed her the water.
Yu Weiwei took the water, took a big sip, and then sighed with relief before answering, "It's indeed a bit uncomfortable. After all, while we've had physical training, it's clear that we're far behind you guys."
Chu Tian didn't know what to say. After all, mercenaries were used to this, and they were basically running around in monster-infested areas once they accepted a mission.
Yu Weiwei smiled and continued, "But it's okay. At least I know you're not the same person who needed my protection back then. Instead, I, a student soldier, will have to rely on you for this mission."
Chu Tian waved his hand and replied, "Don't worry! It won't be too dangerous. After all, I've lived in Death's Edge for a while, and I'm familiar with this stretch of the airport highway. It's mostly C-rank monsters, so as long as we're cautious, there shouldn't be a big problem."
After saying that, Chu Tian looked at his official team members who were chatting and said, "I'm going over to arrange the defense with them. You rest for a bit."
With that, Chu Tian walked towards Hong Shang's direction.
Watching Chu Tian's back, Yu Weiwei wanted to say something but didn't. She could only mutter softly with a blush, "Wooden block."