Chapter 49 - Operations Hall

"Sorry..." Qin Xuan whispered after she hugged Han Sen’s back in the kitchen. She had just come down from the bedroom and saw him cooking breakfast. Even though he had been angry yesterday, he still woke up early to make food for her. That was enough to soften her heart.

"For what?" He raised his arm and saw how she put her head down there to look at him. He thought it was cute how she had a sad face.

"For yelling at you. I won't do it again." To show that she was really feeling sad about it, she stood in front of him and kissed his lips lightly and quickly, "Do you forgive me?”

"How funny..." Han Sen came close to her ear and whispered, "Haven't you already begged it to me enough last night?”

"Rascal..." Qin Xuan blushed at the question and decided to stay quiet. She didn't want to look at him anymore, afraid that he might do something else to her.

After he finished preparing the breakfast, leaving the house fragrant with the delicious smell of food, they sat at the table together. Qin Xuan sat in a chair next to him, and Han Sen pulled her soft legs to sit on top of his. In this way, they were closer and eating peacefully.

"I have good news." Han Sen commented after he remembered the call Lin Beifeng made this morning. Seeing that he had caught her attention, he continued, "Elysium found a Sacred-Blood Flying Beast in the wild this morning and the whole group was notified. It seems our scout found an injured soldier and we were able to save some people from the beast's attack. They are just waiting for the two of us to start the hunt.”

"I understand." Qin Xuan had no rush to get up, since she was still a bit weak in her legs. Besides she was eating a delicious food and Han Sen was still stroking her legs. She truly had no rush at all.

"I'm thinking of calling the Fist Guy group too, to form a giant hunt. It seems that the beast is dangerous and is in a far away place. The division of the meat can be left for later. What do you think?" He only asked out of convenience, since he knew she would agree with it. And he didn't mind inviting her either, since her soldiers were also part of the discovery. He could defeat this beast alone, but if he wanted to form a powerful group with a firm base, he would have to count on the support of other pillars of the Steel Armor Shelter.

"No problem. I'll let Yang Manli know to gather our best.” Qin Xuan noted this in her mind and then looked at him, “Do you need anything to help on the hunt? Since it is a flying beast, using a bow and arrow is better.” She didn't even know if he could shoot well. But he knew how to do so many things, so why not this too?

"If I need a bow, I can borrow it from someone there. We need to worry about loading resources to the beast's location. I'll communicate this to Lin Beifeng and we can go." Han Sen remembered some things and wondered if his UpWar weapon projects had been put into practice and if the prototypes were ready.

"I'll get ready then." Qin Xuan picked up the two plates from the table and kissed Han Sen's cheek before going to the kitchen and putting the plates in the dishwasher. After that, she went upstairs to get ready.

Watching her sway her waist as she went up the stairs, Han Sen thought of his good work while scratching his eyebrow.

"How long will it take until she calls me some strange endearing word?"

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In front of Elysium's Operations Base.

A huge group of people was forming, since the whole group found out that there would be a giant hunt for a Sacred-Blood Beast. And since this would be the first time the group participated in one of these, everyone was excited to be part of it.

At the Operations Hall, where all members can choose to take missions from the Mission Board, or discuss group hunts that would be done to fill their gene points. Everyone was shocked by the huge amount of new missions that appeared, for all tiers within the group.

The Mission Board was constantly fed by requests from outside, such as restaurants asking for monster meat, people who were not part of the group wanting to be escorted on the hunt, requests for specific beasts, and even delivery missions. But there were also missions that the Group members themselves could put up, as well as specific missions that sustain Elysium and therefore were paid for with internal money. This keeps the harmony of the group and everyone has something to do all the time.

Each mission on the Mission Board would reward Points (₧), which could be spent within the Group itself on various things that would help the unevolver grow even more, whether it be learning to fight better, eating more meat from different beasts, or taking on a mission that would benefit them. These ₧ could also be exchanged for money (Ḻ$), and the exchange rate was fixed at 1 ₧ = Ḻ$1,000. Considering that the easiest of the Delta Missions could give 1~10 ₧, while the highest reward currently was a Special Mission giving 1000 ₧, to find a Sacred-Blood Beast, the money reward was pretty good.

Since there were five Mission Boards, each for a different tier and one for special missions, the members easily divided themselves and began to analyze the different missions and their rewards. And everyone was shocked when they saw that the reward for each mission involving the Great Hunt had now been increased by 50% in ₧. It was practically a blessing for those who wanted to increase their gene points faster or learn to fight.

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"Despite existing for a short time, I should say that I admire the speed of growth of your group. Without wanting to copy you, we have also used the restaurant service in our group. It is easier to raise the gene points, although it is more expensive." Fist Guy was looking through the glass window at all the movement below with deep shock. And even more, deep respect for Han Sen having achieved this so easily.

"Well, it's not that hard when you have help. What I basically did was organize in a small place the best possible commercial and organizational group without the mess that is the Shelter. As the name itself says, it's a paradise." Han Sen didn't want to boast, but he knew it was true.

According to the statistics, Lin Beifeng only spent about fifty million dollars on the entire admission structure and process of the group, while another fifty million was put in to distribute points. In this way, with the purchase price of a good Sacred-Blood Beast Soul, they managed to form a group of ten thousand people who were constantly pushing forward. If the Elysium group continued as it was, the hundred million invested would be easily returned and the group would self-manage.

"About the hunt, how would you like to solve this? There are many logistical and mainly armament factors involved in this." Qin Xuan was looking around Han Sen's office and noting in her mind small changes she could make to make the atmosphere more lively. Still, she did not let her main role as leader of the group aside.

"You can leave these two burdens to me. As the responsible ones for the hunt this time, we will deal with any logistical issues, and you just need to lend us good warriors. As for the division of the meat, it would be better to choose some of your best potentials and whoever gets lucky will get the points." Han Sen already knew more or less how he was going to take care of all this, so all he needed was the best of them.

It was part of his plan that a certain individual would cause trouble today, so he would have to have strong support. If Son of A Dump decided to go crazy and cause an extermination to him and his group, Qin Xuan and Fist Guy would be forced to intervene, since their good seeds were among them. And Han Sen had no fear of this, but killing this insect would do more harm than good for business in the moment.

"Are you not afraid that Son of Heaven will reappear with his arrogance?" Fist Guy asked after he remembered this problem. After all, whenever they were involved in something like this, that guy always tried to find a way to get more benefits. The only reason they kept working together was solely for the gene points, and also because behind him was the Starry Group.

"I actually know he will show up." Han Sen laughed at his question. He also saw Qin Xuan adopt a silent look of worry, and continued.

"And if he does show up, I will show him a reason for never wanting to do it again."