Durandal didn't know why she suddenly had to become the captain of the MOTH's strongest city exploration team, but at least her "Immortal Blades" was finally established.
Holding six access passes in her hand, Durandal let out a long sigh of relief.
"This should be it, right..." She handed two of the passes to the people beside her and smiled.
"This will do," Rita nodded, putting her own pass into her pocket.
As for why there were six passes...
"From now on, I'm Sister Durandal's subordinate too!" Li Sushang held her pass up high, like a get-out-of-jail-free card.
Although she still had to go to school, at least she could go out now, right?
However, Fu Hua had stipulated that she had to have at least two people with her when she went out, or Fu Hua herself had to accompany her. And she had to bring the Xuanyuan Sword with her when she went out.
That was no problem at all!
"So, can we go out now?" Durandal looked at Rita. With the passes in hand, she was also eager to go out and take a look.
She had been in ARC City for so long, but she had never had a good look around the city!
"Lady Durandal, have you decided which commission you want to take?" Rita didn't answer Durandal's question directly, but instead asked one of her own.
The two of them instantly fell silent, both turning to Rita with looks of confusion.
"What commission?" Li Sushang squinted.
"Take what?" Durandal's eyes went wide.
Seeing their expressions, the corners of Rita's mouth curled up slightly.
"Lady Durandal's Spark account should have a [City Exploration] module, right? That's a dedicated channel for city exploration teams. Ordinary people can also post commissions for things they need in there."
"Lady Durandal may not know this, but city exploration teams are now active not just in ARC City. You can find them in all places around the world where Spark can be used."
Durandal and Li Sushang's eyes widened. "Really?!"
"Of course," Rita smiled. "According to the official announcement, the city exploration teams are not subordinate to the MOTH. The relationship between the two is more like that of major partners.
"Missions issued by the MOTH account for 50% of the exploration teams' missions, and the city exploration teams are more concentrated in ARC City and nearby towns.
"The other 50% are distributed all over the world, serving local survivors and survivor bases."
As she spoke, Rita had already taken out her phone and opened the page she was talking about.
The moment they opened the Spark City Forum, they saw a new, red-tagged interface pop up. Rita then opened this interface for the two of them, revealing a forum.
["Jin Jiao City East Wind Plaza Shelter, 143 people" has posted a commission: Our shelter is short on drinking water. We urgently need drinking water to be delivered.
Payment offered— Canned food, energy, clothing, and cloth.]
Durandal's eyes widened as she watched several replies quickly appear under the message.
[Mission-Possible Exploration Team: Dude, wasn't the last time we delivered water to you like three days ago? Did over a hundred of you take a bath with sixty barrels of water? It's the apocalypse, can't you guys be a little more frugal?]
[Jin Jiao City East Wind Plaza Shelter, 143 people replied to Mission-Possible: We couldn't help it. The exploration team at our shelter was seriously injured. One of them didn't make it yesterday.]
[Mission-Possible Exploration Team: We can't help you. We're currently taking over twenty survivors to ARC City. The people we left behind don't have any large vehicles. I'm afraid they won't be able to break through the Deadwalker group near you.]
[Jin Jiao City Dongshan Exploration Team: We'll do it! The exploration team at your place was injured because of us. We'll risk our lives to get these barrels of water to you today.]
[Mission-Possible Exploration Team: Stay safe, man. If you can't do it, just retreat. Find two large vehicles and then go. There are two Deadwalkers near them. We almost got overturned every time we went before.]
[Jin Jiao City East Wind Plaza Shelter, 143 people: Thank you, but please be careful.]
Durandal silently retracted her gaze and looked up at Rita. "Rita, is Jin Jiao City close to ARC City?"
"Jin Jiao City is about 170 kilometers away from ARC City. There shouldn't be many road blockages along the way," Rita replied while scrolling through the forum. "If we drive, we should be able to get there by evening."
Durandal immediately stood up. "Then let's go to Jin Jiao City!"
"Lady Durandal, that is not a good choice." Rita sighed. She had guessed what Durandal would say the moment she asked where Jin Jiao City was.
"This commission has already been taken, and a senior who has completed the commission before has already provided guidance. I'm sure completing the commission won't be a problem. Lady Durandal doesn't need to be too concerned."
No one was a fool. The people who still had the courage to run around and serve others after struggling for three months were all capable people. Since someone had pointed out the way, there shouldn't be any deviation.
"And this commission is of too low a level. If Durandal still cares about her missions, this commission should be left to others. Lady Durandal should put her abilities to better use."
Rita's hand, which had been scrolling the screen, stopped, and she left the interface on a particular commission.
This commission had been posted for several weeks, and there were several records of it being taken, but the highest progress bar was stuck at around 30%.
[Xieyang Mountain Scenic Area Police Shelter has posted a commission: There are still over eighty surviving tourists in the Xieyang Mountain Scenic Area. We need help.
Payment offered: Police-issue firearms, food, water...]
"Xieyang Mountain is only about sixty kilometers away from here. The MOTH once sent an ordinary combat squad there from the frontlines and rescued over a dozen survivors from the outskirts.
"But that combat squad discovered traces of Honkai Beasts inside the scenic area and had to withdraw. They returned to the base, and later, the Sapphire City frontline advanced to the vicinity of the horde, and the demand for personnel increased sharply, so this commission had to be put on hold."
"After the MOTH, nearby exploration teams also gathered and entered the scenic area, but they couldn't even break through the zombies on the outskirts. Instead, the repeated disturbances caused the zombies in the scenic area to show signs of forming a horde again."
"It's been over a month..." Li Sushang stared at the mission description and murmured.
Over a month... were those people in the scenic area really still...