The office was utterly silent. More than a dozen people stood at attention, perfectly still.
Two Tails continued, "You've served in the Night Watch Army all your lives, and you've always been Light Chasers. You know your responsibilities very well. However, this mission is different from the ones we usually carry out."
Two Tails paused before saying, "Star Beasts mean Star Pearls and Star Skills—the most powerful tools in a Star Warrior's hands. Star Beast resources are directly tied to a Star Warrior's strength.
"I'm telling you this so you understand that the Tail Feather Troop is going to Other Earth not to guard the frontier, but to gather resources.
"From a certain perspective, this is a scaled-down version of the Dragon Cave exploration mission.
"Whether or not you're used to it, your mentality and way of thinking must change as quickly as possible.
"Unlike the first teams to go up—Pioneers, Night Watch, and Mountain Shatter—our range of activity on Other Earth won't be limited to Huaxia.
"There were countless teams in the first group to enter Other Earth. It can be said that the entire nation's strength was mobilized to assemble a legion of that size.
"But teams like ours, entering Other Earth in the second group, won't have the abundant resources or personnel of the first teams.
"I believe that as the Tail Feather Troop, the first team to fight its way through the Dragon Cave and the first to be named, we can overcome every difficulty and live up to everyone's expectations."
Two Tails slowly rose to her feet and said, "In short, we execute whatever orders we receive. We fight for whatever the nation needs. Is that clear?"
"Understood!"
"Understood!"
Two Tails nodded in satisfaction. "We don't know whether Earth and Other Earth will truly fuse.