The North Leaf Province borders the Ru'ashe Country.
There is a border of nearly 4,600 kilometers between the Ancient Country and the Ru'ashe Country.
Because North Leaf Province is semi-autonomous, the procedures for traveling from North Leaf Province to Ru'ashe Country are not too complicated.
In other words, the procedures for traveling from North Leaf Province to the seventeen separatist states in the north are not complicated.
Ling Yi easily obtained the necessary documents from a mid-tier company.
The next day, September No. 1, at around 9 a. m., Ling Yi arrived at Mo City, the capital of Ru'ashe Country.
However, to officially become Apu's bodyguard, one still needs to go through an application process.
Although this mercenary mission has a danger rating of seven stars, the high rewards still attract many mercenary groups.
Mercenary missions, on the other hand, have a maximum danger rating of only nine stars.
Mercenary missions with four stars or higher are roughly equivalent to missions at the level of a local war.
Seven stars is definitely a national war-level mission.
Therefore, the mercenary groups that came to "apply" this time were mostly medium-sized mercenary groups with more than 20 members, and there were even quite a few large mercenary groups with more than 100 members.
Of course, there are also some people who are just there to join in the fun.
For example, the white-haired group that Ling Yi met last night.
However, it seems that White Hair and his group only applied to be mercenaries and did not actually form a mercenary group.
They couldn't even afford the cost of applying for a mercenary group; in Ling Yi's view, these five people were just there to join in the fun.
This also puzzled Ling Yi. What was their purpose in coming all the way from North Leaf Province?
If they can't successfully "apply for the job," then wouldn't their whole trip have been a waste of time?
Ling Yi saw the five white-haired men, and the five white-haired men also saw Ling Yi.
Bai Mao and the others were also surprised to see Ling Yi.
"Kid, you've got some brains. I didn't expect you to apply to Hire too?" The white-haired man walked up to Ling Yi, shaking his head.
"Are you here to apply for bodyguard positions too?" Ling Yi asked.
White Hair was stunned for a moment, then shook his head and said, "Brother, are you kidding me? We're all newbies, how could we dare to apply for this bodyguard job?"
"Besides, we don't have a mercenary group, so we're not even qualified to take on missions!"
"We're just here to apply for the outer perimeter security team."
Ling Yi was somewhat surprised. There was a mission involving an outer guard team? He really didn't know that.
Seeing Ling Yi's expression, it was now Bai Mao's turn to be surprised. He asked incredulously, "Brother, you're not here to apply for a bodyguard job, are you?"
Ling Yi shook his head, turned around and left.
"That guy is really annoying!" the white-haired man said, looking at Ling Yi's the Back with some displeasure.
Ling Yi's Ignore for him made him very uncomfortable.
"I don't know what he's doing here alone. Even the outer guard team has at least five people signing up."
"Oh well, who cares? Registration time is almost here, let's go!"
On the other side, Ling Yi opened the mercenary website and found out that Ru'ashe Country had indeed issued two mercenary missions.
One is Apu's bodyguard mission, and the other is the outer guard mission.
However, the mission to issue the outer guard was not issued in the name of the Ru'ashe Country, but in the personal capacity of a general from the Ru'ashe Country.
Given the low reward of the task—only 200,000 for three days— Ling Yi simply ignored it.
The registration point for the outer security team is at the Mo City Hotel, while the registration point for Apu Bodyguards is at the Kremlin Reception Hall.
However, Ling Yi didn't go to either of those places.
At this moment, both the viewers in the live stream room and the hosts and guests in the main live stream room were discussing Ling Yi.
Like Bai Mao and his group, they didn't quite understand Ling Yi's purpose in coming here.
Inside the main live stream room, Sun Dalei asked curiously, " Ling Yi, could it be that you're really here to apply for the job of Apu's bodyguard?"
Sitting in the guest seats, Lin Qian shook his head and said, "Impossible. He's alone; he doesn't even qualify to register."
"Then tell me, what is he here for? He couldn't have just come to watch the show, could he?"
Ma Dayun said, "I think Ling Yi is very likely here to apply for a bodyguard job!"
"But isn't he alone? How can he apply for the job?" Sun Dalei asked, puzzled.
"That's easy. He just needs to join any mercenary group. As long as Ling Yi shows his achievements in completing the White Tiger Corps's missions, I believe some mercenary groups will be willing to take him in."
"Once you join a mercenary group, you'll naturally have a better chance of being hired."
Everyone, including the viewers in the live stream, suddenly realized that this was indeed the case.
" Apu is a very capable person!" At this moment, Wang Qiang, a detective novelist, suddenly shifted the topic to Apu.
"If Apu can truly succeed to the throne of the Ru'ashe Country, it may reverse the chaotic situation of the northern divided states and perhaps even achieve reunification."
"It probably won't be that easy, will it? Since Apu has issued a mercenary mission, it proves that this succession process won't be smooth sailing," Ning Hong said, adjusting her glasses.
Wang Qiang nodded. "That's right. Apu's issuing of mercenary missions was unavoidable; I got some inside information through a friend."
"On mercenary websites, more than a dozen countries have jointly issued mercenary missions to kill Apu and prevent Apu from taking office. Moreover, these missions all have conditions, with the minimum requirement being a mercenary group of level 4 or above."
"The reward for the mission is a staggering three hundred million dollars."
" Apu issuing mercenary missions is also intended to use mercenaries to counterbalance other mercenaries."
"To be honest, I'm somewhat looking forward to it. If Ling Yi can really join the mercenary group and get hired, perhaps we'll witness the largest mercenary war in history."
At this moment, Sun Dalei glanced at his phone and said, "A viewer in the live stream asked, are mercenaries reliable? These mercenaries are all driven by profit; is there a possibility they might turn against us midway?"
Wang Qiang shook his head and said, "Such a thing is unlikely to happen. Mercenary websites are not to be trifled with. Once a mercenary or mercenary group betrays its employer, the mercenary website will issue a kill order against it."
"It's fair to say that once the kill order is given, death is practically certain."
Just then, Lin Qian pointed at the live stream screen and exclaimed, "What is Ling Yi doing?"
What is Ling Yi doing? At this moment, Ling Yi is climbing over the wall.
To be precise, it was climbing over the wall of the Kremlin.
Climbing over the wall isn't the main point; the main point is that inside the wall, there are a large number of fully armed Kremlin Guard Army.
These Kremlin Guard Army, in squads of 10, patrol the Kremlin almost 24 hours a day.
If Ling Yi is discovered, there's only one outcome: he'll be shot to death.
"Is this guy crazy?" Lin Qian exclaimed.
But what happened next completely shattered everyone's worldview.
Ling Yi, like Ghost, silently scaled the wall and entered, landing precisely at the moment a group of soldiers turned around.
It appeared almost perfectly in the blind spot of this group of soldiers.
Is it perfect? Of course it's perfect!
Because Ling Yi had used his Light of the Spirit on this group of soldiers before climbing over the wall.
His current Light of the Spirit can control 11 people simultaneously, and this ten-person team is one he can perfectly control.
Otherwise, even if Ling Yi's current attributes are incredibly powerful, he wouldn't dare to so brazenly climb over the wall and enter.
From then on, Ling Yi followed the team like Shadow.
After crossing the first corridor and encountering the second group, they slipped away and hid in a corner.
After breaking the Contract with the first squad, he used the same method on the second squad, casting his Light of the Spirit on them. As the second squad passed by, Ling Yi emerged from the shadows and followed behind.
They entered the second corridor with ease.
Using the same method, Ling Yi went deeper and deeper, passing through five corridors before finally entering the inner main hall of the Kremlin.
Unlike the outer corridors of the palace, the main hall of the Kremlin is guarded every three steps and sentries every five steps. There are not only patrol teams, but also soldiers stationed at fixed posts.
"This is too exaggerated!" Lin Qian said, taking a deep breath in the main live stream room.
From the moment Ling Yi climbed over the wall, he instantly tensed up, even afraid to breathe loudly, as if he were afraid of disturbing Ling Yi.
"Strange, even if the soldiers couldn't spot Ling Yi, couldn't the surveillance cameras have detected him too? The Kremlin's surveillance system has almost no blind spots, how did he manage to avoid being detected?"
Wang Qiang frowned, looking puzzled.
While taking notes in a small notebook, Ning Hong said, " Ling Yi has been looking around, probably checking the location of the cameras."
"Furthermore, did you notice that Ling Yi raises his left hand every time he passes a surveillance camera?"
"Furthermore, this was likely the first time Ling Yi had used this method; his expression Changes very noticeably the first time he raised his left hand."
At this moment, the director switched to the replay video at just the right time and froze on a frame of Ling Yi just after he climbed over the wall.
At this moment, Ling Yi's lips curled up noticeably.
"When passing the first three cameras, Ling Yi made a very obvious head-up movement, as if checking something, but that movement stopped afterward."
"This means he has already mastered the method to block camera surveillance."
Sun Dalei mimicked Ling Yi's gesture, raising his left hand and asking in confusion, "But what can this gesture do? Can it block the camera surveillance?"
"Then you'll have to ask Ling Yi himself!" Ning Hong said with a shrug.
"It must be some kind of technological means. Director, switch back to live broadcast. Let's see what Ling Yi is up to."
How did Ling Yi disable the camera surveillance?
It's very simple, just unleash the skill.
Moreover, it was the Ice Roar skill that was unleashed.
Of course, it's not the complete version, but a slightly modified version.
Otherwise, not to mention the skill effects, he wouldn't be able to withstand the mana consumption alone.
Last night, when Ling Yi was testing the Fireball in the bathroom, he unexpectedly discovered that the skill's power could be fine-tuned.
Fireball requires 5 mana points, but that's only the current maximum.
Ling Yi discovered that he could reduce the power of the Fireball by decreasing its mana cost.
When Ling Yi reduced the mana cost to 1 point, the Fireball, which was originally the size of a soccer ball, turned into Mars.
Since the Fireball can be fine-tuned by controlling the amount of mana it produces, other spells can naturally be as well.
A slightly modified version of Ice Roar, costing 2 mana points, has almost no offensive power.
However, it can generate a small cloud of Ice mist within a certain range.
Ling Yi successfully evaded surveillance by using the Ice mist to blur the glass lens of the monitoring camera.
This Ice mist will only last for a dozen seconds before returning to normal.
This will greatly delay the chances of being discovered.
Of course, there's an element of luck involved, since a sudden blurry image would certainly raise suspicion.
If he is discovered, Ling Yi will have no choice but to act recklessly.