Bai Yaoyao quietly studied them, keeping whatever she thought to herself.
Not a hint of it showed on her face.
"Hello, Captain Bai. Captain Xie Shannan referred us here."
The man speaking was named Zhang Yabing. Before the Apocalypse, he and Xie Shannan had served on the same Special Forces Team.
Although circumstances beyond their control had separated them for a while after the Apocalypse, once Xie Shannan returned to the Main Base, those who had served under him gathered together again.
But... in the end, they had all become casualties of a power struggle.
On that mission, seven of their brothers had died and six had been seriously injured. After they returned, the entire squad fell apart. Some left the service, and Brother Xie quit too. He would rather return to his Family and form his own team than stay in the military.
Zhang Yabing and his brothers were mostly unable to fight anymore. Some had permanent disabilities, others were injured, and at times, even manual labor was a struggle.
Brother Xie had helped them out a great deal. When he told them about this job yesterday, none of them had wanted to come at first. He must have called in a favor.
The Dark Night Squad was all the rage in the base lately. If they wanted shop assistants, they could hire anyone they liked. How could a few disabled men like them possibly get a chance?
But Brother Xie had insisted over and over, and had even come by that morning specifically to make sure they went...
In the end, they could not bear to let his kindness go to waste.
As for whether Captain Bai would choose them, that did not matter. None of them had much hope to begin with, and they certainly did not