Beside, Morris corrected his inattentive teammate.

"See that, that should be the World Tree. It's similar to what we saw in the middle of Seven-star Lake, just slightly smaller in size, but it's likely to have a similar effect..."

The others turned their heads as well. Back on Rebirth Island, they were watching from afar, but now they finally got to experience it up close.

...

A moment later, everyone had followed Su Ya into the building.

Just like when Zhang Xiaoman first came here, everyone found the massive architectural system quite incredible.

This building, from the internal space, appeared much larger than it did from the outside, almost like entering a small town.

With the current level of technology on Water Blue Star, constructing such a complex would be absolutely impossible.

So, even without other evidence, just seeing this alone could already confirm their current location.

"Seriously, when I get back, I must write a science fiction novel. I've already thought of the name, it's called "Jiko's Journey to the Future"..."

The black man, being a chatterbox, was now looking around at the surroundings, beginning his speech.

A member of the Rat Exterminator Team couldn't help but roll their eyes and sarcastically remarked:

"Alright, Jiko, with your level of literacy, getting the math right when claiming bounties is already a good thing, and you're thinking of writing a novel? Should I say you're dreaming?"

"Damn! Calculating is math, I'm just bad at math, but I'm quite good in writing! I wrote plenty of love letters for girls in school back in the day!"

"..."

As they spoke, they were already seated in an elevator.

This was a commonly seen magnetic levitation elevator in the corridor area, equipped with a gravity stabilization system to ensure the passengers inside are not affected during high-speed movement.

The floor they were heading to was the 40th floor, which in this building was a bit above the middle.

After a year-long period of apocalypse under the Crimson Light, the functions of all the buildings on Guleng Star had suffered various degrees of damage.

And this building was considered relatively good, with only a few affected areas.

After a day of emergency repairs, the basic circuits were finally fixed before the Wildfire Expedition Team's arrival.

Of course, the circuit repairs were carried out by electronic and mechanical repairmen found at Hope Base.

Similar to electricians on Water Blue Star, but in terms of professional knowledge, they were certainly more comprehensive.

Without these people, the Star Alliance would find it somewhat difficult to complete the repairs with their own strength in such a short time.

After all, there was still a technological gap between the two civilizations, making the repairs naturally challenging.

Of course, the Star Alliance had its own methods, which involved using the Recovery Spell from the Dark Energy Technique to restore objects.

But this spell had a drawback, which was that it could only repair recently damaged objects. The longer the time since the damage, the lower the repair probability.

For circuits like these, where it was unclear how long they had been damaged, restoring them wouldn't be so easy.

In the building, Su Ya found some relatively intact rooms to allocate to the crowd.

The original owners of the houses were unheard of, either turned into monsters and eliminated, or as survivors, didn't make it until they met the Star Alliance.

Morris could still see some dark red stains on the walls that couldn't be wiped away. As a bounty hunter, he knew these were traces of blood.

Seeing this scene made the people who were previously immersed in the novelty of the alien life immediately snap back to reality.

This was Guleng Star, fraught with hidden dangers, and they were not here to play but to participate in a highly dangerous expedition task!

Thinking of this, Morris couldn't help but shiver, quietly breaking out in a sweat over his earlier complacency.

"Jiko, Ashley, you two check the surroundings first and ensure every corner is safe."

"Rumen, you're responsible for setting up early warning devices and marking emergency evacuation points."

"Andrea, you help me sort out the equipment and living supplies, checking whether the provisions are complete..."

"..."

Morris skillfully issued instructions to his team members.

The others also moved swiftly, starting to get busy with their tasks.

The other ten bounty hunter teams were about the same, and everyone came out of their initial curiosity, returning to their roles as expeditionaries.

Su Ya nodded secretly upon seeing this scene.

Although she hadn't yet witnessed these people's strength, just from their vigilance, they were indeed worthy of being a group of experienced warriors.

This awareness was much stronger than those of her subordinates who had to be temporarily transferred from civilians.

Soon, the Wildfire Expedition Team had already settled themselves in.

Despite not being very familiar with the various functions of the housing yet, requiring some time to explore.

But conditions were at least much better than originally imagined; there was nothing much to nitpick about.

The only inconvenience was due to language barriers, making it very difficult to communicate with the local residents, requiring a translator.

For instance, Su Ya, the Guard Captain, had been the one communicating with everyone beforehand.

As a Governor, Su Ya had taught herself Chinese from Water Blue Star to communicate with these hunters.

But the residents were different.

The Star Alliance had only promoted here, but hadn't made any mandatory requirements, so most people still couldn't speak Chinese.

Of course, this also related to the recent influx of population within the base.

The number of new survivors was continuously increasing, with the base population surpassing 2000 people, making management very difficult, leaving no time for alien language dissemination.

Therefore, the main aim now was to increase the number of base management personnel.

The establishment of the Tree Gate could not only transport the expedition teams over but also send the survivors here to Water Blue Star.

The Star Alliance would select a group of capable individuals to go to another planet for a period of technical exchange and management training.

...

The next morning.

In a part of the building, Weiss gathered the hunters together to begin distributing the upcoming tasks.

"After overnight adjustments, I believe you should all be in your best state now. I have an important task here for you to complete."

"Currently, the Hope Base we are located in is very safe, at least not subjected to that damned red light interference like the outside, allowing you unrestricted freedom of movement here."

"However, every place will have areas untouched by sunlight... Below this city, there's an area known as the 'No Light Zone,' which the locals call 'the Black Market.'"

"You can probably guess what kind of place it is to be called 'the Black Market'... Now the first task I give you is simple: go sort out the entire No Light Zone of the base for me!"

"The Star Lord's next plan will make use of that area, so I don't want to see any strange troublemakers there in the future, do you understand?"

"..."

As Weiss finished speaking, everyone received a new mission on their Star Network Terminal.

The mission targets were those thugs in the No Light Zone, and the rewards were quite generous, similar to some previous B-level missions.

"Don't think this mission is easy, you are now on an outer planet, and not just any, a technologically advanced outer planet!"

"Now that the Shield is deployed, not only are your actions facilitated, but so are those of the thugs... I think you understand what I mean?"

Weiss spoke while pulling out a box from behind, and upon opening it, it was filled with neatly arranged white garments.

"This is... the Corona Combat Suit!?"

Someone couldn't help but exclaim upon seeing the attire.

Because they were all too familiar with these things.

Though they hadn't worn them personally, they had already been introduced to their usage by someone from Guleng Star during a prior seven-day special training.

After all, without it, it meant one couldn't survive in the Red Light Zone.

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