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Chapter 122 

Chloe and her team were still registering, completely aware of this little episode. 

Hello, what name would you like to give your Awakened Group?” the staff member asked, 

She flashed a trademark smile and spoke slowly, clearly trying to stall for time. 

“Blaze Brigade” Chloe blurted out. 

“Sorry, but only teams with more than thirty powered humans can be called a brigade. You guys don’t have enough members,” the staff member said. 

Since they were powered humans, the staff member kindly explained a bit more. 

She added, “If you have more than ten people, you’re a squad. Over thirty, that’s an Awakened Group. And if you’ve got more than fifty, you’re a mercenary squad.” 

Hearing this, Chloe replied without hesitation, “Then let’s call it Blaze Squad.” 

Once the Blaze Squad was officially registered, Chloe immediately started posting a mission. 

“I’m looking for a woman and her two kids. The woman’s name is Linda, and she’s got a pair of seven–year–old twins: a girl named Chiara and a boy named Filip,” Chloe said. 

The staff member’s fingers flew over the keyboard, and then she looked up. She asked, “Do you have any photos or anything?” 

Chloe pulled out her phone, which she’d made sure to charge before coming. She replied, “Yeah, I do.” 

She entered all the details about Linda and her kids into the computer, and only after that did she bring up the reward. 

“I’ll pay a hundred pounds of food for each person you find. If you manage to bring back all three, that’s three hundred pounds of food, plus a pack of cigarettes,” Chloe said. 

The staff member was stunned by Chloe’s offer, her hands frozen above the keyboard. She asked, “What did you just say?” 

She double–checked, not sure she’d heard correctly. 

“The reward is three hundred pounds of food, plus a pack of cigarettes,” Chloe repeated. 

As soon as she said that, the whole place was filled with gasps. Nobody was leaving now. They started crowding around the registration counters, just waiting for Chloe to post the mission so they could grab it. 

This was a golden opportunity, and nobody wanted to let someone else snatch it away. 

Not just the squads in the hall, even the staff looked like they wanted in on the action. 

Scoring that much supplies without even stepping outside the base? It was like hitting the jackpot. 

Now it all came down to who was fastest on the draw. 

The staff member hit upload, and in an instant, Chloe’s mission lit up the big screen in the registration hall. 

Every powered human in the place surged forward, scrambling to claim the mission for themselves. 

In the end, the mission was taken over by a squad led by an advanced, second–level–powered human. 

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“I got it!” the leader shouted, grinning from ear to ear 

He turned to Chloe and said, “Don’t worry, gorgeous. I’ll pull every string I’ve got to find your family. 

Chloe gave a respectful nod and said, “Thanks a lot.” 

Just then, an arrogant voice came from outside. 

The voice said, “Who here has more connections than me?” 

A group swaggered in with confidence, and everyone in the hall gave them sidelong looks, quickly stepping aside to clear a path. 

Someone whispered, “That’s the Thunderforce Squad. Rumor has it, their leader’s about to hit third–level.” 

When folks nearby heard that, their eyes practically popped out of their heads, and they instantly took a few steps back. 

Nobody wanted to get singled out. 

Sure, most of the squad leaders here were second–level powered humans too, but not all second–levels were created equal. There’s a world of difference between them. 

Someone who had just advanced to the second level could get instantly crushed by a mid–level second–tier powered human. 

And the leader of the Thunderforce Squad? He was already at the peak of the second level, practically knocking on the door of the third level. 

No one in their right mind would dare mess with him. 

In the whole hall, only Chloe’s crew stood their ground. Instead of backing off, they went straight to the staff, asked for a tablet, and got ready to snatch up a mission. 

Charles frowned, about to say something, but the leader in front shot him a look that shut him up. 

Thunderforce Squad walked over to the next workstation. 

“Hey, we’re here to turn in our mission,” the leader said. 

The staff member kept her cool, professional smile. People who could score a job like this usually had some serious backing, so she wasn’t fazed by the Thunderforce Squad at all. 

“Okay, your mission this time is…” she began. 

While the Thunderforce Squad was busy at the registration desk, Chloe grabbed a tablet, headed over to a chair by the wall, and started discussing with her team what mission they should take on. 

There were missions to kill zombies, hunt for cores, recruit laborers to help build the city walls, and most of them were about heading out to scavenge for supplies. 

Chloe scrolled through the options and, when she saw the rewards, made a face. She grumbled inwardly, ‘Seriously? 

These rewards won’t even buy lunch for us.’ 

She casually tossed the tablet to Frank and Noah. She asked, “What do you guys think?” 

Frank and Noah checked out the rewards, and both of them frowned. 

To be fair, the rewards were pretty standard: one pack of cookies for a day’s work building the walls, or a cookie for every core you brought back from killing zombies. 

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But for the Blaze Squad, this stull was barely worth looking at. It wasn’t even word breaking a sweat for 

Emily leaned in and whispered in Chloe’s car, “See that group next to us? They’re the ones who were staring at us yesterday 

Chloe quietly looked up, and her eyes met Charles’s meaningful gaze. 

Seeing Chloe actually glance his way, Charles couldn’t help but raise an eyebrow and make a playful kissy gesture at her. 

Chloe just lowered her head, not reacting at all, but Noah shot Charles a cold, heavy look, his eyes full of menace. 

The mutant cheetah perched on Noah’s shoulder sensed his dark mood, instantly lifting its head and baring its fangs at Charles, lips curled in a silent snarl. 

It looked as if it were just waiting for Noah’s signal. It was ready to pounce and rip Charles to shreds. 

Its front legs were tense, hind legs crouched, poised to attack at a moment’s notice. 

Suddenly, the mutant cheetah tilted its head to look at Noah. Noah’s hostility just vanished. Now its eyes were soft and gentle. 

The cheetah glanced down and saw Chloe actually holding Noah’s hand. 

The cheetah grumbled to itself, ‘She’s totally taking advantage of my master. 

Then it flopped back down on Noah’s shoulder and went right back to snoring. 

Chloe reached out and took Noah’s hand to steady him. She really didn’t want any trouble. 

But that simple gesture made all the other powered humans around them think they were just easy targets: weaklings who could be pushed around. 

Charles let out a dismissive snort; his gaze on Chloe was bold and undisguised, not even bothering to hide his intentions. 

“Dallas, looks like you were wrong about them. They’re just a bunch of weaklings,” Charles sneered. 

He was rubbing his chin, trying to figure out how to make 

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move, when a girl in her late teens walked in through the door. 

She had delicate features and a sweet face, and her fiery red outfit made her stand out even more. 

She was flanked by four powered humans, each holding a sniper rifle, and everyone in the room instantly tensed up. 

All four of those powered humans were elite second–levels, just as strong as the Thunderforce Squad’s leader. 

With a squad like that guarding her, everyone knew right away who that girl was. 

She was Elise, the daughter of the base chief, Richard. 

The moment she showed up, the whole crowd went dead quiet. Even Charles didn’t dare stick around. 

Elise strode in with her chin held high, her gaze sweeping the room with open contempt. But when her eyes suddenly met a pair of deep, mesmerizing ones, she instantly froze in place. 

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