154 Future Security (1/2)

Chapter 154: Future Security

Translator: _Min_Editor: Yukira_

Barbed wire fences, concrete watchtowers, and buildings—these structures greatly resembled a small military base.

”What do you think?” Robert turned around and smiled proudly.

”Not bad.” There was also a satisfied expression on Jiang Chen's face.

Very neat.

The three Hummers stopped at the checkpoint at the entrance. The patrolling soldiers wearing dark sunglasses approached the car, and after verifying Robert's information, they performed a simple military salute and then released the checkpoint post.

The soldiers patrolling here were mercenaries hired from a security company in South Africa. With Jiang Chen's arrival, 20 people in a camouflage combat uniform wielding M-series automatic rifles quickly assembled in a neat formation in the center of the base.

These people only knew how to follow money and would not ask any questions. Their price was entirely based on the degree of danger of the mission, and Robert was able to negotiate with them for the price of $70,000 USD.

As the situation in the region escalated, Jiang Chen made some adjustments to the refugee's recruitment plan after deliberating it with Robert. The original plan was to hijack refugee ships, and then forcibly transfer them to the military base here. It was later changed to heading directly to the Syria border and masquerading as UA troops responsible for escorting the refugees, and tricking them to getting on the vehicle that would originally lead them to Europe.

As for tricking them, the answer was quite simple.

A flyer and a poster.

uropean Labor Migration Program:

Any male between 18-25 may register here. You can bring your spouse with you.

Those who are interested may register here. The agency will arrange jobs for you.

Required: 100.>

Seeing that not only you could bring your spouse and there was also a guaranteed work to boot, and not to mention these people were equipped with UA weapons, the registration turned out to be popular.

After those who managed to qualify got into the vehicle, it didn't take long for them to realize that something was amiss.

Upon confirming that they were heading in the wrong direction, the refugees began panicking and frantically scampered to get off the truck, but the mercenaries, who were merely doing their responsibility to complete their mission, remained unperturbed, and they forcefully dragged all the refugees back inside.

After completing their ”escort” duty, their mission was changed into guarding the refugees and preventing any attacks from extremist organizations or any other unforeseen situations.

According to the contract, as soon as Jiang Chen's group arrived, they would immediately hand over the control of the base and depart. For them, this was probably the easiest task they ever had, even though the pay wasn't much.

Seeing the retreating figures of the mercenaries, Jiang Chen gestured for the ten Kane veterans to line up behind him and signaled Robert to turn on the speaker and gather the refugees to the square.

The refugees were already converging in that direction.

After witnessing the mercenaries, who had turned over the control of the base to Jiang Chen, drove away, they felt an amalgam of complex and confusing emotions.

They previously thought those people were UA soldiers, who would take them to a safe location or at least a refugee camp near the border of a European country, but they didn't expect to be taken to a completely opposite direction and deep into the desert.

At first, they thought it was the base of an extremist group, but it did not look quite like it in all respects. Other than preventing them from leaving, they didn't make many forceful demands. The soldiers put a number on them and even arranged rooms for them that were much more spacious than those from a refugee camp.

And even if no one stopped them from leaving, there was nowhere they could go.

This place was in the middle of the Sahara desert. Without any means of transportation and sufficient supply, how far would their feet be able to take them? They would surely die if they met a sandstorm or if they got lost in the desert.

After going through the initial phase of restlessness, they chose to wait and observe. At least these people didn't torture them, and there were not many restrictions on food and water. One could even say that life here was better than any refugee camps.

Perhaps this place was the new refugee camp planned by the United Nations. After all, Europeans didn't want them to migrate to their country, so they funded the construction of facilities in the depths of the desert...there were a number of people with this kind of naive thinking.

However, they were doomed to be gravely disappointed by Jiang Chen.

Any gain had a price to it.

...

Looking at the refugees standing all over the place, Jiang Chen tilted his head slightly and asked Ivan, who was standing on the side, ”What do you think about these people? Do you have the confidence in training them?”

Upon hearing this, a glimpse of pride flashed on Ivan's face.

There was a time when he thought that he would only serve under a president, who was not worthy of his allegiance, and serve as a cannon fodder for the sake of ideals that were not worth sacrificing for. However, as he stood there looking at the advanced training facility, and receiving the promised high salary, and when the boss asked him: ”Are you confident...”

The answer was a no-brainer.

”That would depend on what the boss wants,” Ivan raised his head and replied firmly, as though he had just regained his pride as a soldier.