The Explorers' Legion is stationed on the second floor of the tower.
There is a teleportation passage to the second floor in the first area of the first floor, but the inspection is very strict.
The permanent residence permit for the tower is essentially the same as an ID card, bank card, and so on.
Your permanent residence permit indicates which floor you live on, and that floor is the floor you must live on.
Temporary access is required to access higher levels, but not to lower levels.
Yang Cheng, who didn't even have a temporary residence permit, wasn't originally qualified to come to the second floor. It was Tang Huang and Duanmu Ci who applied as members of the Explorers Corps that granted Yang Cheng temporary access.
Compared to the first floor, the second floor of the tower is much more normal.
Almost everywhere you look, there are identical high-rise buildings, clearly the kind of architectural style that abandons all aesthetics in order to accommodate more people.
However, the street here is clean and spacious, and there are some trees and greenery downstairs, though very few.
The second floor was not like the dilapidated slums of the first floor. Although the residents here dressed simply, they were able to make ends meet, so they all looked quite well.
The Explorers Corps' base is located on the edge of the second floor. The main building consists of a tall building and a huge training ground of tens of thousands of square meters, surrounded by various unit barracks.
Tang Huang led Yang Cheng into the headquarters building and registered him. However, when Yang Cheng looked around, he found that there weren't many people there, only some clerical staff in charge of logistics walking around.
"The Explorers Legion doesn't seem to have many members."
Tang Huang shrugged and said, "Indeed, not many. To be precise, apart from the Security Corps, which is a collection of useless people, the number of people in the three major corps is not that many."
After all, gene serums are very expensive, as are biological and mechanical implants, so the main force prioritizes quality over quantity.
Of the three legions, the Arbiter Legion has the fewest members. They are the elite of the elite, the kind that takes several years to train one of them, and their numbers are no more than a hundred.
Secondly, there is our Explorers Corps, consisting of seventeen divisions, each with five to ten squads, totaling less than a thousand people.
The largest force was the Guardian Legion, numbering in the tens of thousands.
At this point, Tang Huang suddenly looked at Yang Cheng and asked, "Do you know why there is such a large difference in numbers between the Guardians Legion and our Explorers Legion?"
Yang Cheng shook his head.
Tang Huang said with a hint of sarcasm, "That's because those who can join the Guardian Legion are all from the middle class of the third level, or even the descendants of the rich of the fourth level."
The Guardians' mission is to protect, so they rarely leave the tower to carry out missions, resulting in a very low mortality rate. Over time, their numbers have naturally increased to this extent.
Our Explorers Corps' primary objective is exploration. Our usual mission is to venture out of the tower and explore various uninhabited and dangerous areas to collect resources, as well as to eliminate some mutant organizations and armed groups that are hostile to the tower. Therefore, our casualty rate is extremely high.
I haven't kept track of how high it is, but each time we add more than a thousand people, it drops back down to below a thousand every month.
The one who will take you in this time isn't me, but Duanmu Ci, who's standing next to me.
His three squads, totaling seventeen men, carried out a joint mission, but only four men returned.
To put it bluntly, the lives of us Explorers are actually quite cheap.
Most of us are born on the first or second floor of the tower, and many others, like you, are outsiders to the tower.
To the big shots at the top of the tower, people like us are just cannon fodder. No matter how many sacrifices we make, they won't care.
Now that you know all this, do you regret joining the Explorers Legion?
Duanmu Ci glared at Tang Huang and said in a deep voice, "Don't say things you shouldn't say!"
Don't you know how much trouble your mouth has caused with its careless words?
Tang Huang pursed his lips, but did not refute.
Yang Cheng, on the other hand, felt that everything was normal.
In places with class distinctions, most of the deadly jobs will inevitably be done by people at the bottom.
If the descendants of nobles and the wealthy had also joined the explorer legion to explore and fight outside the tower, then the tower might not exist.
After registering the information, Tang Huang arranged a place for Yang Cheng to stay and said, "You can stay here for the next few days. I'll go and get you a permanent residence permit for the tower."
However, there is another hurdle to overcome if you really want to join the Explorers Legion. Not just anyone can join the Explorers Legion; you need to undergo an assessment first.
In fact, all three legions have assessment tasks, but our Explorer Legion's assessment tasks are more rigorous, all of which are practical combat assessments.
However, with your abilities, passing the assessment shouldn't be a problem.
"Thank you, Captain."
Tang Huang pointed at Duanmu Ci and said with a half-smile, "Your captain is over there."
Although it was said that Duanmu Ci wanted to take Yang Cheng in, Tang Huang handled all the procedures, as if he were Yang Cheng's captain.
Yang Cheng felt pretty good about moving into the Explorers Corps' dormitory.
The place is spacious and has a separate bathroom.
Perhaps it's because the Explorers Legion has never had many members that they can afford such luxury.
He didn't expect that before Yin Lin could even get her permanent residence permit sorted out, he had already moved to the second floor.
To be honest, Yang Cheng didn't like staying on the second floor because he couldn't get much intelligence from there.
The second floor is inhabited by ordinary workers in the tower. They usually have stable jobs and their salaries are enough to support their families. They are all peaceful and obedient citizens.
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