New Team Member

Far away, Wang frowned, rubbed his eyes, and muttered, "Bai Yang's temper... Serlandin, your subordinates are nowhere near as temperamental as you."

Bai Yang tossed aside the Puppy Plush Toy, shrugged at the questioning looks from the others, and said, "You guys continue."

Tao Yuan suspiciously shifted her gaze from the Puppet and continued, "The team does need people, but we absolutely cannot just pull in anyone to make up the numbers if there aren't suitable ones. Without teamwork, it will only drag everyone into danger."

Wang Ding nodded. "That makes sense. Perhaps we can try borrowing players from other teams. How about Xiaobai?"

Mi Chuchu shrugged. "You've already lent money to their captain, do you think their teammates would be willing to accept that?"

"Well... let's leave it at that for now. We'll explain this in detail when we meet Director Chen tomorrow," Wang Ding said.

"Okay, let's eat quickly, the food's getting cold."

While the Calamity Crossing Squad was busy and overwhelmed, Lin Nieran had already received news of the return of his Vest one after another.

These past few days, he's been opening his shop much earlier than usual—those Vest are really causing a ruckus on the Boundless Land; whenever he's not around, a few of them are bound to get into a fight for some reason.

He had just opened his eyes this morning, intending to curl up in his warm bed for a nap, when he caught a glimpse of Lai'er quietly guarding his door.

Two pairs of pure white, fluffy wings slightly spread open, forcefully blocking the other people guarding the door behind them, and even their gaze was firmly locked by the large wings.

The Doctor, Gan Tian, Modian, who were stopped, stared at the wings in front of them, their hands itching to move.

Lin Nieran stood up and met Lai'er's gaze. Lai'er returned a perfect smile, her golden hair gleaming in the sunlight.

Lin Nieran had just woken up, only felt a headache and his eyes were a little stinging.

He frowned and chased them all away before he finally got some peace and quiet and went back to bed.

Unfortunately, the drowsiness wore off, Lin Nieran tossed and turned, unable to fall asleep. After lying down for a short while, she resigned herself to getting up to wash up.

Lin Yi, who had been resting on the sofa early, watched the whole thing and, for some reason, suddenly felt a strange sense of superiority.

After washing up, Lin Nieran went to the store, opened the door, felt the chill of the winter morning, and then slumped back in the recliner, lazily opening the System Interface to check Qin Rang's information.

007, who had been exceptionally busy these past few days, sensed Lin Nieran's actions and transmitted his consciousness back from another dimension.

"[What is the host looking for?]" 007 asked, moving closer to him.

"Take a look at Qin Rang's information, and the Orphanage's information," Lin Nieran said.

007 read what happened when it left and suddenly realized something was wrong.

[Strange, this Orphanage seems to be just a regular small Instance; there's no record of it.]

[Logically speaking, if the leader of the Protagonist Group grew up here, there should be some background information about him.]

007 flipped through a book of data while pushing up the virtual glasses on the black and white sphere.

"I'm curious about that too." Lin Nieran lowered her eyes, looking at the words flashing beneath her fingertips. "Why didn't you know that Qin Rang and I were in the same Orphanage when we were little?"

[No, wait a minute--]

007 shook his head in disbelief, wondering if he had just hallucinated or heard something incredible.

[Don't you have Dad and dad?] 007's data glasses fell off.

"I have parents, but my parents are weird." Lin Nieran slowly rocked back and forth in her recliner. "I lived in Orphanage when I was little, and was only taken back home when I grew up."

[But something's still not right. You weren't in that... wait! How come you're in the same Orphanage as Qin Rang?]

"Is it that strange? You've missed the point."

Lin Nieran calmly turned off the light screen, looking at 007 with disdain, "You're supposed to be a legitimate system, how come you know nothing?"

[Because it's a legitimate system, all the information in our system database comes from absolutely legitimate and accurate sources! Yours must be a special case.]

007 searched for the missing information while perplexedly flipping through the database [Perhaps the higher-ups thought this information wasn't important, so they didn't give it to me?]

"It's okay if you don't know, you'll understand soon enough."

Lin Nieran shifted her gaze, her eyes slowly landing on the long sofa by the shop window, where Lin Yi was idly twirling a dagger with his legs crossed.

Noticing his gaze, Lin Yi raised an eyebrow in confusion.

Lin Nieran withdrew his gaze and closed his eyes to rest.

"Chocolate Orphanage... Ha."

No wonder he felt something was off; this was what was waiting for him.

[Host, are you going to join the Protagonist Group this time? I saw they're recruiting for Instance.]

Lin Nieran slowly rocked his rocking chair and said, "Don't rush, if we're destined to be together, we'll naturally travel the same path."

[Host, did you create this destiny with your own hands?]

"Never mind it, even a tragic fate is still fate."

The Calamity Crossing Squad acted swiftly.

The next morning, they held a meeting with several Ministers to discuss a detailed plan and ultimately decided to recruit new members.

By noon, news of their recruitment drive had spread everywhere.

Everyone knew that Qin Rang injured and that Sheng Qingqiao had died, and they understood that if things continued like this, the Calamity Crossing Squad would definitely be short-handed.

Those who were interested had asked around for good news early in the morning, and the moment they received the accurate information, they crowded at the registration door.

Who wouldn't want to join the Calamity Crossing Squad, even if it's just as a temporary member? After leaving the squad, there are plenty of other teams to choose from.

These days, a good team is your lifeline.

The task of recruiting new teammates was assigned to An Ying and Wang Ding. The two had just arrived at the scene when they saw the endless line outside, and they were overwhelmed.

"Aren't those two kids from the Wuluo Team? Why are they here too?" An Ying spotted some familiar faces in the group.

"Not surprising, Xiaobai is in the crowd too," Wang Ding said while organizing the registration forms. "They're all just here to watch the fun... Maybe we didn't bring enough registration forms."

The logistics girl sent by the Authorities to help said, "I'll go get it."

"Thank you, I appreciate your help." Wang Ding nodded slightly.

An Ying's gaze lingered on Xiaobai Le Zhengyang's eight prominent white teeth as he smiled, her face full of doubt. "Can we really find the right person?"

"Give it a try," Wang Ding said. "Otherwise, we'll have to temporarily transfer people."

The recruitment line stretched all the way to Lin Nieran's shop, which boosted Lin Nieran's business, as he opened his shop early and sold several weapons in the morning.