"Uh."
Chen Shanshan, who had been enjoying herself immensely, shuddered. Who's talking to me? Is it that person with the crimson wings?
That person clearly looked like some big shot. Why would she speak to me specifically? And why was she using the base's private communication channel?
One of us?
"Don't look around!" Verafa said coldly through the communication channel. "Keep doing what you're doing and just answer me. What happened just now? Weren't you applying to be an auxiliary soldier? How did you suddenly get noncommissioned officer privileges?"
"Uh, well... that officer temporarily promoted me. He said I performed excellently, so he temporarily made me a noncommissioned officer," Chen Shanshan replied cautiously.
"Mm." Verafa nodded inwardly. It was exactly as she had expected. The Third Elder had taken a liking to this little one and had instructed Helsinki to secretly bring her under his command, then use the planar battlefield to cultivate her in secret before slowly winning her over.
The other party was also extremely cautious. They had only given her a minor promotion to noncommissioned officer, clearly unwilling to attract anyone else's attention.
As for whether her own side had been discovered, Verafa was not worried. The recruitment process was very simple, and the simpler it was, the less likely it was to leave traces. During the process of bringing the Earth Players over, there was no special contact. At most, Soap had gone to the welcoming area and given them a few instructions.
Soap's clone claimed to be the Minister of Internal Affairs, but in reality, that was not the case. He was merely an internal affairs assistant assigned to Verafa's side. A month ago, she had already sent him to the Third Warehouse to handle new-player orientation, so his contact with the players was not