Reborn in the end of the world, I scavenged in the empty city and bought for free

At this time, the official forum of the base immediately announced the latest news. A total of five teams entered the restricted area first. The three hunter guild teams came from guilds of different sizes, including the large-scale "Dawn Guild" and the medium-sized "Beehive Guild".

As for the two top superpower teams under the Guard Team, which have never released much information to the public, Shen Lian has already appeared once in a live broadcast, which has brought a sensory shock to many people. After all, this is the first time that an S-level superpower has been truly exposed to the public.

The director was so excited that he paced back and forth with his hands behind his back and his eyes shining with excitement. After all, in his opinion, nothing was more important than the live broadcast ratings.

The hunting competition is not just a simple competition, but also a spiritual encouragement in the apocalyptic environment.

Last year's hunting convention enabled the currently number one ranked [White Crane Guild] to grow from a small guild of only twenty people to the largest hunter guild in China in just one year, and even launched the S-level psychic "Bai Heran".

On the first day of the second stage, a team had already successfully entered the restricted area. Unlike last year's second stage where the team took a whole week to enter the restricted area, it seems that the strength of the participating teams and psychics has improved this time.

"Old Hu, how many technical team members and front-line broadcasters are left in the danger zone this time?" The station director asked with narrowed eyes and a burning gaze.

Old Hu thought for a moment and said, "This time, a total of four technical teams were sent out, with a total of 22 people. As far as I know, there are only two teams left in the danger zone, one is the technical team and the other is the information collection team. However, these two teams were not equipped with many people at the beginning. I remember there were only seven or eight people."

“Can we make a call now using the satellite phone we have configured?” the station director asked again.

"If you are not very close to the restricted area, communications should not be affected. You can contact the Information Department immediately for details."

The station director nodded repeatedly, "Then quickly contact the other party, don't delay too long, give them instructions immediately, and enter the restricted area within half a day to broadcast live."

The director's words startled Lao Hu, and he even asked nervously, "Director, that's a restricted area. Isn't this too risky for our technical team?"

Lao Hu knew very well that the two teams staying in the danger zone were only accompanied by less than three members of the guard team. Even with the assistance from the Hunter Association, there were only five psychics at most, and the highest psychic level was only B. They could still be safe in the danger zone, but if they rashly went to the restricted area, they would never come back. After all, all those who had entered the restricted area were psychics above A level.

Lao Hu's concerns are not groundless. To be honest, he does not agree with the director's quick success and instant benefits approach. Ratings are important, but if high ratings are achieved at the cost of casualties or even sacrifice, the price is too high.

The station director raised an eyebrow. He was not unaware of Lao Hu's concerns, so he opened the drawer and took out a pack of cigarettes. He lit one himself, then handed one to Lao Hu. He smiled and said, "Lao Hu, you know that the base commander recently gave us a target that this year's live broadcast ratings and online click-through rates must exceed last year by at least 30%."

Old Hu was still hesitant, because the two technical teams in the danger zone were all under his command. These young people were extremely polite and had a good work attitude when they met each other. Even Much Chen was Section Chief Mu's son, so if something happened, Section Chief Mu would have to find him.

How could the Master not see what Lao Hu was thinking? It’s like a fox that has lived for a thousand years and a turtle that has lived for ten thousand years... That’s not right.

The director frowned, cursing in his heart how could he describe himself like that, so he put on a cheerful smile and said, "Old Hu, I don't know what you think, but the dangers of the restricted area have always been reported by the guards. We don't know the specific situation. After all, that place is not usually allowed for ordinary people to set foot in."

Lao Hu was about to continue to refute, but the director said earnestly: "Lao Hu, you and Zhang Rao are both on the list of promotion in the station next month. Although Zhang Rao used to work in the TV station, I still think you are more reliable. Besides, you have more experience than him. Although you didn't work in the TV station before, you are much more stable than that young man. I prefer you." He pressed his hand heavily on Lao Hu's shoulder, and his smile suddenly contained something that only the two of them could understand.

Old Hu's heart skipped a beat, but soon his eyes lit up, because he had mentioned his desire for promotion to his superiors several times, both openly and covertly. The first time was in the election for deputy director, but he lost to a more experienced colleague. When he ran for the outstanding cadre the second time, he lost to another "paratrooper" transferred from the first district of the capital. This time, he was competing with a young junior for the position of promotion. This put a lot of pressure on the elderly Hu, and he didn't know how much hair he had lost during this period.

As if he had made up his mind, Lao Hu took a deep breath, picked up the lit cigarette with trembling fingers and took a deep puff.

*****

The Great Forest in the North, outside the restricted area

Liao Yunyun glanced at Zuo Nuo, only to see him hang up the phone with a serious expression, his face so gloomy that it seemed to be frozen.

After calming down a bit, Zuo Nuo drily repeated what the leader had just said on the phone, which was nothing more than asking their team to go deep into the restricted area to provide front-line technical support. To put it bluntly, they hoped that in the event that the drone did not respond, they could manually shoot a live broadcast on the spot to ensure that the restricted area could maintain smooth live broadcast.

The original plan was to wait at the edge of the danger zone in the afternoon for another team to take over the work, while their team would return to the safe zone and find a way to take the Self-Defense Force's vehicle back to the base.

Now there is only one bus returning to the base from the safe zone every day. This bus is mainly responsible for transporting the wounded and some members of the medical team. The TV station also has a few vacancies every day because the memory cards with recorded materials have to be sent back to the station every day.

The phone call he received now undoubtedly completely interrupted Zuo Nuo's plan. He even argued with his leader on the phone. Unfortunately, Lao Hu, his immediate superior, did not give Zuo Nuo any chance to refute the plan. He just said in a cold voice that the task assigned by the station at this time must be done well and completed well to meet the "three good" standards.

After hanging up the phone, Zuo Nuo was cursing and was not in a good mood when talking to everyone.

Liao Yunyun knew that they had no way of refusing the order from above. Even a selfish person like Cunuo would not easily enter the restricted area. If it were not for the fact that he could not refuse the order from above, Cunuo would not have held this small meeting.

"Everyone please pack up, we'll set off in half an hour. I'm sorry to trouble you this time." Zhuo Nuo also knew that once they entered the restricted area, their lives would be in the hands of the psychics. After all, he, Muchen, Liao Yunyun and several other technicians were ordinary people. They didn't have any psychics. The only weapons they had for self-defense were a few daggers and machetes and their fists. It was said that there were all kinds of advanced mutant beasts in the restricted area, all of which were bloodthirsty and cruel. Zhuo Nuo's legs went weak when he thought about it.

The two members of the guard team looked at each other. The mission they received when they came here was to cooperate with the work of the technical team. Now it seemed that even if they wanted to speak up to stop the other party, they had already decided to go deep into the restricted area. So they looked at the other members of the Hunter Guild.

The situation was probably the same over there. After hesitating for a long time, one of the hunters named Li said, "Since we are entering the restricted area, we must be careful. No matter how curious we are, we must not touch anything on the other side, and we must not act alone. I hope everyone can abide by the above. Another thing is that currently we have one person on guard in the danger zone, but when we get to the restricted area, I hope the technical team will also assign one person to guard from 10 pm to 6 am the next day, two hours per shift, and four shifts will be just in time for dawn."

The guards nodded, "Yes, Lao Li is right. I also suggest adding one more person, and it would be best if it was a boy."

At this time, Liao Yunyun pursed her lips and said, "I can also join the night watch. Although I am a girl, I am not that precious. I don't need gender preference at this time."

A young girl wearing glasses behind Liao Yunyun also whispered: "Me too, I can also keep watch."

Seeing this, Old Li nodded, "Then everyone, pack up, and then check your self-defense weapons. It's best to hang them on your waist or hold them in your hands, so that you can take self-protection measures immediately in case of emergencies."

Liao Yunyun turned around and took out the machete from her backpack and hung it around her waist. Her camera and tablet were in the backpack, and she even had a SLR camera hanging around her neck. The director of the technical department had even repeatedly told her to take good care of this camera, saying that it was worth at least 7,000 to 8,000 points now, and it was quite difficult to buy. There were only twelve in the entire station.

"The head may be cut off, blood may be shed, but protecting the camera is the most important thing."

Liao Yunyun was still deeply impressed by the minister's look of pain and worry.

Liao Yunyun was now feeling helpless and overwhelmed. The things on her body, including dry food and the water in the thermos, weighed at least eight or nine kilograms. But she glanced at other colleagues in the technical department, especially a boy who was carrying a large live radio device. This thing seemed to weigh ten kilograms, not to mention the other items on his body.

Anyway, if the team really got into trouble, Liao Yunyun would definitely choose to throw away the things to save her life. She didn't want to die in the forest because of these things.

The group followed the route discovered by the drone and headed towards the junction of the two areas with trepidation. After walking for more than an hour, they finally saw the tunnel that made their feet shiver.