Starting from Uchiha Obito

"Wang Chengjun, Wang Jie."

The next day, at 8 o'clock in the morning, Wang Chengjun and Wang Jie arrived at the designated place early to report. Because their father was leaving, the father and son were assigned to the Third Army - Second Regiment - Third Detachment - Second Battalion. The people who called them by their two names were the ones who distributed the combat merit recorders. After receiving the recorders, they could follow the instructions of the recorders to take up their posts in their respective units.

"Another head-mounted one? Is the newly opened secret realm exit also underground?" As far as Wang Jie knows, most recorders are chest-mounted, and the last head-mounted one was specially customized to cope with dark environments.

"We sent people in to take a look. They collected some samples without going deep into the secret realm. It should be the same environment as the first exit of the secret realm, just in a different area. The reason why the higher-ups activated the third-level combat readiness is that they want to counterattack. A new mineral was discovered there. It has extremely high value. If it can be mined in large quantities, not only our city, but the entire country's development will enter the fast lane." The person who answered Wang Jie was a middle-aged man - Jiang Shangwu, who is also the captain of the second brigade and an old friend of Wang Chengjun.

"Haha, Old Jiang, I would like to thank you for your help this time. But don't worry, my son will be very capable and will definitely win face for you in this counterattack." Wang Chengjun laughed and walked forward to hug Jiang Shangwu.

"Okay, we've been friends for many years. Your team hasn't arrived yet. You should rush them and make arrangements for your son. It's good for young people to see more of the world, but be careful on the battlefield. Don't end up like me and regret it for the rest of my life."

"Ah~ It's a pity, Xiaowen, you and your sister-in-law didn't want to have another one."

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The two elders were reminiscing about the past. Wang Jie stood in the back silently, but it was not easy for him to leave, so he could only look around.

This was supposed to be a shopping mall, but the goods inside have been emptied out. What's left are more than 50 cubicles built with simple wooden boards. Each cubicle has a row of daily necessities and a row of food on each side. The daily necessities are not bad but they are not top luxury goods either. The food is all quick-heated but definitely not bad. The cubicles only have curtains but no doors. Some of the cubicles have curtains drawn, which means someone has already moved in.

"Okay, this is your team's temporary residence. Because we don't have enough manpower, the counterattack won't start for the time being. Everyone will take turns to guard the place these days. Your team's duty time is scheduled for 6 o'clock tomorrow morning, so you should gather your own people as soon as possible. No matter if everyone is present or not, someone must take over the duty tomorrow. I have something else to do, so I won't accompany you."

"Go and do your work. You are not a child and don't need my company."

Seeing Jiang Shangwu finally leave, Wang Jie asked curiously: "Dad, why didn't you join the army, but became a freelancer?"

"Why didn't you join the army? Don't you want to?" Wang Chengjun rolled his eyes and asked instead of answering.

"Uh~ It seems that I really don't know where to sign up for the army, and I have never heard of any military recruitment news." I didn't think it was strange before, but now that I think about it, Wang Jie finds that it seems that so far he has seen only Jiang Shangwu who looks like a professional soldier. This country has no army?

"Our country's army is an elite army. In fact, most of the regular armies of existing countries are elite army. Just like your Uncle Jiang, he was a freelancer like me before, but he was luckier than me. He chose a rare profession with a high single attribute bonus in his second job, unlike me who chose an average attribute bonus. So he entered the fourth level three years ago and was recruited by the army. Yes, it's what you think. The formal army recruits people starting from the fourth level. Once you reach the fourth level, there will naturally be an army to recruit you. It is not mandatory, but anyone with a normal mind will not refuse.

Like your Uncle Jiang, who holds the rank of major, he is usually a commander without troops and can do whatever he wants. He only serves as the captain when receiving military missions and is responsible for commanding us, the temporarily recruited freelancers. Of course, he spends most of his time leveling up, and he does not slack off.

The biggest benefit of joining the army is the speed of upgrading to level 4. Have you ever thought about how long it would take to upgrade to level 5 if you are level 4 in the future? Uh~ You don't have to think about it. You are a special case. Most people can't do it to your level. The total number of level 4 monsters is definitely not small, but monsters that reach level 4 are destined not to appear in the lower reaches of the food chain. No matter which area, level 4 monsters are at least in the middle and upper reaches of the food chain, so their distribution is destined to be very sparse.

If you are unlucky and don't go deep enough, it is common to not encounter a single tier 4 monster in a day. Moreover, in areas where tier 4 monsters can appear in multiples, you may run into a tier 5 monster if you are lucky enough as long as you stay there long enough. Ordinary professionals have no way to level up at all.

If there are too many people in the team, there will not be enough to share with one level 4 monster a day. If there are too few people in the team, people will die if they encounter a level 5 monster. This is a dilemma. Therefore, people above level 4 upgrade mainly not by leveling up in secret realms by themselves, but by defeating bosses.

BOSS-level monsters are in a class of their own. No matter whether it is a first-level BOSS or a fifth-level BOSS, what changes is the strength, but the degree of disgustingness remains unchanged. Unlike ordinary secret realm monsters, BOSS monsters can really refresh in front of you. There is no food chain relationship between it and any other monsters, including humans, and it does not have any physiological activities in daily life. It just follows fixed rules. The current mainstream opinion is that it is the embodiment of the rules, so the probability of dropping equipment after being killed is almost 100%.

BOSS monsters not only drop equipment, but also a lot of good things. One of them is called Experience Orbs, which are basically dropped by every BOSS. This thing has the same effect on professionals at any stage. You can level up by yourself after the fourth level, but if you want to reach the fifth level before you die of old age, you basically cannot do without Experience Orbs.

Currently, the only way to obtain experience orbs is to kill the BOSS. According to the strange rules of the BOSS strategy, only the army can provide enough experience orbs.

This is also the reason why the precautions for the third-level job transfer have not been widely spread. The total number of BOSSes is limited. If everyone knows the secret of the third level and successfully advances to the fourth level, then the fourth-level people will probably have to fight a civil war to decide who has experience balls to use. "Wang Chengjun was still very interested in answering his son's questions. When Wang Jie asked casually, he told him everything like a bamboo tube pouring beans.

"That's not right. Aren't there usually troops stationed at the secret base? There are also heavy weapons deployed outside the city. Aren't they the army?" Wang Jie felt something was wrong. Although he had never heard of joining the army in daily life, he had seen quite a few soldiers on weekdays, and the number was definitely far more than that of level 4.

"Those you see on a daily basis are from the local armed garrison. If you want to say, they can be considered part of the army, but they don't get any experience balls. The real heavy weapons in this era are for professionals above level 4. Although those gunpowder weapons are still useful, they are no longer considered heavy weapons. Not to mention level , many level professionals are not afraid of those things."

If converted, a third-order professional is roughly at the level of the Kage in the Naruto world. Wang Jie nodded and said that the Kages of several large villages are indeed not afraid of ordinary heavy weapons.

"Old Wang, you came so early. Is this your son? He is really a handsome man. Only you are so careless. I was scared when my son went to take the adult assessment at the age of 18. But now it is proved that you are right. If your son was not a professional at this time, and you and your wife had to go to the front line, you would be so worried." Just as Wang Jie and his son were chatting, a voice interrupted, and a large figure lifted the door curtain and walked in.

"Let me introduce you. This is your Uncle Zhang, the captain of the squad your father and I are in. He is a natural MT and a fourth-level legionary shield guard."

Following Wang Chengjun's introduction, Wang Jie looked at the newcomer. He looked to be in his 50s, but he didn't look old at all. He just gave people a mature feeling. There were 5 scars crisscrossing on his face, but it didn't look ugly on his face. Instead, it looked like a kind of tattoo-like decoration. Looking at his body shape, he was indeed a natural MT. He was not fat nor did he have bulging muscles. He was just a bit sturdy, but taller and wider than normal people. Especially the width. The average person of the same height is probably only 1/2 as wide as him. He was wearing khaki plate armor and carrying a huge shield behind him that could cover his entire body. I believe that no one would choose to sneak attack him from behind.

"Hello, Uncle Zhang." Wang Jie was still very polite when they met for the first time.

"Ha~ Okay, okay, your dad told me that you are an assassin, so I'll let your Aunt Yao take you with you later. Don't worry, there will be no casualties in this mission with me here." Zhang Shoucheng patted Wang Jie's shoulder to comfort the child. Although Wang Jie was not short, he still looked like a child compared to him.

Within the next hour, Wang Chengjun's teammates arrived one after another. There were a total of 7 people including Wang Jie, which made it 3 people. Wang Chengjun and Zhang Shoucheng were both front-line fighters. The Aunt Yao that Zhang Shoucheng mentioned before was fully named Li Yao, a third-tier shadow assassin. She also had a sister named Li Xiaoyao who was also in the team. She was a third-tier elf archer. Together with a third-tier math mage Qin Kui, these three were the main output of the team. Finally, there were two healing professions, a holy light priest, and an elemental druid. Except for the captain Wang Shoucheng, everyone else in the team was stuck at level 100 of level 4 and dared not advance to level .

As for why Wang Shoucheng brought a group of level 50 monsters to hold him back? Because he mainly relied on the experience balls provided by the army to upgrade. He would share % of the gains from killing level monsters with a group of level monsters. If he occasionally encountered level monsters, all the gains would belong to him. He could also get experience points. It was safe and profitable.

For the six third-level people, having a fourth-level big meat basically guarantees their safety. Although the harvest ratio is low, their overall income is not much different and the money is enough. What they hope for is to find some rare treasures that can increase attributes when eaten directly, so that they can have a dream of reaching the fourth level in the future. If they don't have this dream, they may give up their life as freelancers and seek public office in the city. They will have a stable life, but they can forget about advancement.

The teams of this era are basically cooperative entities with interests. No matter how good the relationship is, long-term cooperation is impossible if interests cannot be agreed upon. The best way is for everyone to get what they need.