There are too many teammates who are complete losers.

Chapter 101 Something's Wrong

Chapter 101 Something's Wrong

Ji Liguang stood in the sunlight, holding her alchemical weapon, the parasol. She twirled it around like a schoolchild, asking, "Shall we set off now?"

Shen Yaoxing shook his head: "Wait, these kinds of silver-level raids usually require two to three silver-level teams. The Professionals Association said there's another team, but they should have arrived long ago."

A Silver-level raiding mission typically involves several, or even a dozen, Silver-level Void Beasts, which a single team cannot handle.

The group waited for a while in the lobby of the Professionals Association. Soon after, a staff member of the Professionals Association, a girl with a side ponytail, jogged over.

"Everyone who sings cicadas in the height of summer, please follow me this way."

The girl with the side ponytail secretly glanced at them, feeling slightly surprised. She was astonished at how young they were, and not only that, but they were all incredibly beautiful, like they were filming an idol drama.

The girl led them to meet another team. She noticed that the members of the other team had a slightly bandit-like air about them, and their skin, which was not covered by clothing, was covered with scars of various sizes.

This is what a normal team of professional workers looks like. They constantly brush with death, and ordinary people would feel a chill involuntarily if they got close to them.

"This is the Black Mountain Takazuki Squad, who received the subjugation mission with you."

Upon seeing the newcomers, Lu Ren was taken aback: "It's you?"

The dark-skinned girl named Xiaomei was also taken aback for a moment, then covered her mouth and chuckled, "It's Brother Lu? What a coincidence!"

Seeing the girls looking at him suspiciously, Lu Ren explained to them that this group of people were the professionals he had just met at the association.

Xiao Mei looked at the girls in his team and made a light joke: "No wonder Brother Lu didn't want to join our team. If I were a guy, I'm afraid I wouldn't be happy either."

Lu Ren didn't respond, but casually asked, "Did you find a divine cultivator?"

"Even if we hadn't found it, our team of four Silver-level professionals would have met the requirements for a Silver-level team. But just now, I actually found it."

Lu Ren then noticed that the other team had gained another person, and that person was someone he had actually seen before.

Gu Manman had a scholarly air about him, and once he started talking, he wouldn't stop, which was very much in line with the stereotype of the Gu clan. "Brother Lu is sure to ask why I came to be an adventurer. Well, it's a long story—"

That person was Gu Manman from the Gu clan of Yanzhou, whom I met this morning in the Shen clan's territory.

However, he was interrupted by Ji Liguang before he could finish speaking.

"Stop talking nonsense, nobody wants to know what you're up to. Everyone's here, let's get going!"

Lu Ren learned that Gu Manman had the same goal as him: to participate in the Autumn Festival a month later and to retrieve the Yearlight Firefly that his clan's Supreme Elder had promised as the grand prize for the Autumn Festival.

In other words, this guy will be my competitor.

"Lu Ren".

"Hmm, young lady, what's wrong?"

"Tell Captain Mei about our situation."

As the team leader, Shen Yaoxing should have negotiated with the other team leader before setting off to discuss the general composition and strength of both sides, but she didn't look too good at the moment.

It should be said that her condition had been off ever since she stopped communicating with him when they set off this morning, but Lu Ren initially thought that the young lady was just having a tiff with him and didn't realize it at all.

But when they met eyes, he noticed that Shen Yaoxing seemed a little off. Thinking about it carefully, she had been rather quiet all day and would often drift off into thought, or rather, she seemed to be thinking about something.

He frowned slightly and asked, "Are you feeling unwell?"

"I'm not used to the local environment."

With the current understanding between master and servant, Lu Ren only needed to sniff slightly to detect the scent of lies in the air.

But why would the young lady lie? He was puzzled, and his brows furrowed even deeper.

Shen Yaoxing shook her head at him, indicating, "It's really nothing, don't worry. I'm probably just too tired lately. I'll rest in the car for a bit later."

"Does the young lady watch horror movies?"

"What do you mean?"

Lu Ren straightened up slightly and said, "That's how the female protagonists in horror movies always say things. Even though they feel something is wrong, they still say it, 'Maybe I'm just too tired lately,' to make the audience anxious. Miss, just say what's wrong. Otherwise, if this part were written into a novel, readers would definitely criticize us for being long-winded."

"—Just go when I tell you to. If you keep nagging, I'll yell at you. It's really nothing, I was just thinking about something."

Although Lu Ren was very suspicious, he didn't ask too many questions and went over to chat with the dark-skinned girl.

Occasionally, I would hear a few men in the other team complaining, probably because they were dissatisfied with the association assigning them such companions, thinking that they were a bunch of kids or from wealthy families who were just there to get some prestige.

In a safe place like Linjiang, scions of noble families are highly sought after, but in Yanzhou, the reputation of gentry is generally not good, especially for those who are social professionals who risk their lives.

Gu Manman chuckled, then suddenly said with a smile, "I'm also a member of a clan."

"Brother Gu is definitely different."

"Yes, yes, how could Brother Gu be like them? Besides, the kindness of the Gu family is something we professionals in Yanzhou can never repay in our lifetime!"

"I, Old Lin, never imagined in my life that I'd be teaming up with members of the Gu family!"

Xiao Mei noticed Lu Youhe in their group and couldn't help but ask curiously, "Brother Lu, do you bring a little kid with you on missions?"

"Yuhe is not a child, but for some reason, he looks smaller in appearance and size."

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"How could this happen? Could it be—the price to pay?"

Upon hearing this, the people in her team were a little surprised and curiously looked at Lu Youhe a few times.

Don't be fooled by the fact that Lu Ren and his group of five can scrape together a bunch of "costs." Costs are usually synonymous with powerful talents, and many Star Cocoon Realm experts may not even have "cost-level" talents.

Apart from Gu Manman, the members of the Black Moon High Mountain Squad had not encountered any skilled professionals who could command respect. At most, they had heard of such individuals online, and these were all exceptionally talented individuals.

However, it was too impolite to discuss other people's talents, so Xiaomei just narrowed her eyes and left it at that.

"So you're a six-person team?"

"Six people?"

Lu Ren realized that the other party had misunderstood something. He glanced at Shen Zhaozhao, who was following behind the group, and explained, "She's not from our team. She's an elder who's worried about us, so she's following along."

Hearing this, the bald man next to Xiaomei sneered, his tone somewhat mocking: "Kids are just kids, they need adults to accompany them when they come out on missions."

Just now, during the professional association's rating test, he also disliked Lu Ren's attribute of only 500 and felt that there was no need to recruit him into the team.

The dark-skinned girl frowned: "Hulk, shut your mouth!"

The man named Hulk grunted twice, but then remained silent.