Because the sound coming through the headphones was far too loud, not only Bai Zhi, but Qingyi and Huan Yan standing beside him also heard that vigorous cry for help.
"...Qin Lin?"
After briefly searching his memories, Bai Zhi quickly identified the source of the voice.
"What happened?"
Taking the headphones off his ears and lightly digging at them, Bai Zhi asked the person on the other end.
"I remember there were three of you over there. How did it come to the point where you had to call for help?"
(Yu Ze suddenly got seriously injured and passed out, Yu Xing just ran off, and now I'm the only weak woman left dragging N people along!! There are over a hundred of them chasing me right now... Fuck!! Can you tell your Shadow Guard to stop luring monsters over to me!?)
Before he could finish his sentence, as if something unexpected had happened, Qin Lin fell silent for a moment before launching into an utterly unrestrained curse.
(In just this short while, your Shadow Guard has lured at least three waves of monsters to me!! Don't you have anything to say about such morally bankrupt monster-luring behavior!?)
"Something to say..."
Bai Zhi shot Qingyi a somewhat subtle look. After a brief pause, he nodded.
"You're welcome. This is what Shadow Guards are supposed to do."
(...)
As soon as Bai Zhi said that, the headphones fell into complete silence, as though Qin Lin had been stunned by his shamelessness.
Then, in the very next second, Qin Lin's grief-stricken and indignant voice rang out over the headphone channel.
(Captain, say something!! Didn't you hear that!? There's a shameless bastard trying to murder your adorable teammate!! If you don't come support me soon, you might never see...)
"How much longer can