Wang Dong naturally turned him down.
Just a note: keep it in a "socially savvy Wang Dong" style.
He had phrased his refusal rather tactfully.
Normally,
adults could understand each other.
Unfortunately,
whether because things had gone too smoothly lately
or because Jin Zhucheng was naturally a little frivolous,
he hadn't openly shown his displeasure at the time.
But afterward,
when the battle assessment for the Mist Butterfly Civilization's Forward Base came out,
the Sky Peng Horizontal had received the lowest possible rating!
They'd barely scraped together the guaranteed five base merit points.
Not a single extra point!
No one needed to spell it out.
Everyone knew what was going on.
Even Salty Fish Girl was no exception.
"How could he do that?
Didn't we work together just fine before? He acted like we were all cooperating wholeheartedly.
How could he turn on us just like that?"
"He needed us to do the work before, so Jin Zhucheng put on the appearance of a promising young talent.
But now, the overall situation on this extraterritorial battlefield is settled.
He's about to enjoy the fruits of his success and make a name for himself.
At a time like this, showing a little of his true nature
isn't just considered acceptable in certain so-called 'upper circles.'
They even call it 'a young man's personality.'
They believe that it's better to guide than to block!"
Xu Zhenzhi said with unusual sarcasm.
Everyone fell silent for a moment.
With a large enough population,
some people were bound to succumb to the corruption of privilege.
It was hard to stamp this sort of thing out completely.
After a while,
"Progress is stuck at around two-thirds.
If we didn't have the information about that tiny natural wormhole passage,
we'd have to spend at least several more