Re-dividing the Team

The next morning, everyone woke up very early. The usual boisterousness was gone, replaced by a relative silence. Liu Chuang wanted to lighten the mood, but seeing the grim expressions on the faces of the other two in the dorm, he decided to keep quiet.

Wei Zitong was brushing his teeth blankly, appearing preoccupied. His gaze kept drifting towards the balcony of the girls' dorm opposite. Lena was washing her face there, and her eyes flickered over. When she saw Wei Zitong, she blinked, wanting to say something, but her line of sight was blocked by Du Qiangwei, who then walked out.

Du Qiangwei had returned to her usual cool and aloof demeanor, saying nothing and focusing on her own tasks.

Lena's view was blocked, and she felt a surge of annoyance. However, upon seeing Du Qiangwei's sour face, she lost the inclination to lash out. She straightened up and tilted her head back, only to see Wei Zitong walking back.

"Stop looking, they've all left," Du Qiangwei said coldly, without shifting her gaze.

"Hmph, I'll see where he goes later!" Lena scoffed.

"Don't waste your effort," Du Qiangwei continued in her usual cool tone. "He doesn't have you in his heart…"

"Does he have you, then?" Lena couldn't help but retort.

"Me?" A subtle hint of pain flashed across Du Qiangwei's icy face, as if she were mocking herself or perhaps asking a rhetorical question as she murmured.

Then, she gave a bitter smile and said, "I am a warrior. I am just a warrior…"

"Tch! Boring!" Lena found it uninteresting and no longer paid attention to Du Qiangwei's somewhat frantic self-talk. She glanced at the empty balcony opposite and walked back into the dorm.

When everyone arrived at the virtual reality neural connection room lobby and stood before Jace, they were all on their best behavior. Even Lena, usually so carefree, kept glaring at Wei Zitong.

Wei Zitong kept his eyes focused, his gaze steady, appearing calm and collected. This infuriated Lena. She swore that once they entered the virtual world, she would teach this disobedient horse a good lesson!

In reality, Wei Zitong was lost in thought. He felt that the world's trajectory was veering off course, at least Super Seminary was. He seemed to recall that virtual reality training wasn't part of the anime.

Ever since his appearance, the world had been subtly changing due to his involvement. He calculated the time; Morgana was due to descend upon Earth soon, and the Monkey King would appear shortly. Yet, the world had remained unusually peaceful. Apart from Yan's arrival at Angel International and a few disturbances from the Taotie, with the fight between Crocodile and the Taotie appearing on television, there had been virtually nothing else.

It was too peaceful.

There wasn't the slightest ripple in the media reports or official forums.

He had spent last night searching many websites online. Even Crocodile's video had been deleted. It seemed a certain force was deliberately concealing something.

He hadn't heard a word of what Jace was saying. He also ignored Lena's glances.

It wasn't until everyone began to disperse, preparing to enter the neural connection pods, that he snapped out of his reverie. Mechanically, he walked to his designated number 2 connection pod.

Just as he was about to open the pod door, he felt a sharp pain in his ear. Lena's voice came through, "What's gotten into you today? You're out of it. You dare to ignore this goddess's suggestive glances?"

"Ow, ow, ow, let go, let go, let go!" Wei Zitong gritted his teeth and pleaded repeatedly.

"Hmph, just you wait and see how this goddess deals with you later!" Lena snorted angrily.

"Lena!" Jace's stern voice boomed from the front. "Return to your position!"

Lena flinched, stuck out her tongue, then turned and glared at the innocent-looking Wei Zitong before heading to her own connection pod.

Inside the connection pod, Wei Zitong slowly lay down, took a deep breath, and pressed the activation button.

A tingling sensation flashed through him. He closed his eyes and then opened them, knowing he had arrived in the virtual world. He opened the pod door and stepped out. As expected, the scene was identical to when he entered yesterday; the purple administrator connection pods were gone.

Everyone emerged from their pods, and Jace appeared at the opportune moment. He surveyed everyone and announced, "Today, we will re-form teams. However, once you've formed a team, it cannot be changed. Make your decisions carefully!"

"We can't change them later either?" Lena asked, blinking her beautiful large eyes.

"Not within the virtual world!" Jace replied. "Starting today, you will be divided into Super Seminary Team 1 and Super Seminary Team 2. While working together on challenges, you will also spar with each other!"

"What?"

Everyone's expressions shifted. After the painful lesson they had received, who wanted to spar with Lena? Who dared to spar with Lena? Her Solar Flare Bombardment was no joke!

In an instant, several people rushed behind Lena, including Cheng Yaowen and Liu Chuang, who hadn't teamed up with Lena yesterday!

Zhao Xin was the fastest, rushing behind Lena with a whoosh. Cheng Yaowen and Liu Chuang followed closely!

Lena burst into laughter, glancing triumphantly at the still-distracted Wei Zitong.

Ge Xiaolun was in a dilemma. He really wanted to join Lena's powerful team, but he also wanted to be on a team with Du Qiangwei. However, Lena's team no longer had room for two people…

Wuji Yi also wanted to join Lena's team, but Lena rejected him. She wanted to save the last spot for Wei Zitong.

Rui Mengmeng hadn't been abused by Lena and didn't fear her. She simply felt it would be better to follow Brother Zitong, so she walked behind Wei Zitong.

This move made Lena anxious. Wei Zitong had formed his own team!

"Master Yi, come over here!" Rui Mengmeng called out to a dejected Wuji Yi.

Wuji Yi reluctantly walked towards Wei Zitong.

"Looks like I don't have a choice!" Qilin shook her head, glanced at Du Qiangwei, who was still standing motionless, and walked towards Wei Zitong.

Du Qiangwei's feelings were quite complex at the moment. She definitely didn't want to be on the same team as Lena. She wanted to compete with Lena again to hone her skills. She really wanted to be on Wei Zitong's team, to stand behind that man, but she was also afraid. She was afraid that her hard-won strength would turn into weakness once more…

"Wait!" Lena suddenly shouted, startling everyone. Taking advantage of their momentary distraction, she used Flowing Light Technique and rushed to Wei Zitong's side, smiling, "My horse, of course, has to be on my team!"

Wuji Yi quickened his pace. Zhao Xin reacted the fastest, arriving behind Wei Zitong almost the instant Wuji Yi reached him!

The team instantly reverted to yesterday's lineup!

"Xin Ye, that's not loyal!" Cheng Yaowen jumped up and cursed.

"Sorry, Yaowen, I don't want to get beaten again!" Zhao Xin said with a sly grin.

"We'll see who beats whom!" Du Qiangwei said coldly, walking over to Cheng Yaowen's side.

Ge Xiaolun was overjoyed and trotted happily behind Du Qiangwei.

Qilin, who was halfway there, felt a bit helpless and could only walk back.

Wei Zitong snapped out of his daze, looked around, and asked, "Is the team re-assignment complete?"

"It's done!" Lena naturally hooked her arm through Wei Zitong's. "White Horse, you can't escape from this goddess's palm!" As she spoke, she leaned her body closer to Wei Zitong, her face filled with provocation and teasing.

A strange, unique fragrance belonging to a Divine Body entered Wei Zitong's nostrils, making his body stiffen. He felt a bit unaccustomed, a feeling of…

an urge to sneeze.

He quickly avoided Lena's scorching gaze, turned his head, and said, "Since the team re-assignment is complete, let's continue today's mission!"

Jace saw that the two teams had been reassigned and walked to the middle of them. "We will continue yesterday's mission today. I hope you won't do what you did yesterday, abandoning your teammates for individual duels. The army must complete missions with the utmost efficiency, understand?"

"Understood!" everyone shouted in unison.