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Seeing that Dias had finished talking with Xilin, Yudi rang the bell and came in, "Captain, Xilin is borrowed for a while."

Dias waved his hand, "Go, get along well with your teammates."

After the two left, they were nowhere to be seen until they rejoined the main group.

"Where's Xilin?" Dias asked.

"Haven't seen him, still with Yudi." Kari was a little weak in spirit. Several times he had tried to rally his morale and find Xilin to fight again in the combat room, but he heard that Xilin had been called by that bastard Yudi to study formulas. Kari wisely did not disturb them.

"Yesterday, when I brought them food, I heard them discussing whether a certain formula involved squaring or taking the square root. Today, when I brought them food, the two of them were discussing weighted multidimensional matrices. In short, they haven't slept during this time. I'm afraid the formula Yudi was studying before is about to come out." Bifur spread his hands helplessly, "It's rare for Yudi to find a 'kindred spirit'."

The group fell silent, two oddballs. Of course, such talents were also urgently needed by the Sixth Team. If Yudi's formula succeeded, the program to be written next would be a breakthrough for the Sixth Team, greatly increasing the efficiency of the starship's automatic "sentinel" targeting and shooting success rate.

However, what troubled Dias was that with such mental exertion, wouldn't that mean... these two would have a period of sleep afterwards?

Unlike the starship Xilin was currently on, the Sixth Team's main starship was much larger, surrounded by more than a dozen starships identical to the current one.

After docking with the main starship, Dias went to see his older brother, the captain of the Sixth Detachment, Shaun.

Today, Dias was unusually not wearing his flashy sunglasses and looked much more stable. After receiving the meeting notice, Dias walked into the conference room.

Dias sat in his own vice-captain's seat and looked affectionately at Asiya, the famous cold beauty who also sat in a vice-captain's seat next to him. However, she still ignored Dias's ardent gaze. The other four vice-captains were already used to this.

A few days ago, Shaun and the five vice-captains, excluding Dias, went to negotiate with Aifulan of the Daongs Family, a major galactic family. However, the result was not as good as expected. The stalemate had continued without any breakthrough. It was difficult to extract more benefits from Aifulan. Moreover, the goods offered by the detachment of the Navigator Hunter Group, one of the Four Great Hunter Groups, were no worse than those of the Sixth Team. The Sixth Team had spent so much manpower and resources to obtain that batch of energy ore just to gain more benefits. If they couldn't sell it at a good price, the Sixth Team would not be reconciled.

The previous two face-to-face negotiations were unsuccessful. Aifulan's attitude indicated that he was leaning towards a deal with the Navigator side. Shaun and several vice-captains had been in a depressed mood for several consecutive days, which could be seen from the low pressure around them. Today was the last negotiation. The fact that Aifulan chose a video negotiation mode instead of face-to-face negotiation showed his intentions. The Sixth Team's situation was not optimistic. If this failed, the Sixth Team would have to find the next buyer. This batch of goods was not something ordinary people could handle. Even if they could, given Aifulan's precedent, the price offered by the buyer in the end would not be high.

"Dias," Shaun, sitting at the head of the table, handed him an electronic book, "You were not present during the first two negotiations. This contains the basic situation of the first two negotiations. Take a good look."

"Mm." Dias straightened his expression and took the electronic book. As he read, his brow furrowed. Dias knew very well that to obtain that batch of goods, the Sixth Team had almost lost a vice-captain, and many aircraft and detection equipment had been scrapped. The price they had set for this batch of goods was relatively high, but Aifulan was also pressing the price too hard!

The further he read, the more agitated Dias became. He grabbed the cup of water in front of him and drank it down fiercely. Suddenly, a picture flashed on the electronic book...

"Pfft—"

Dias sprayed a mouthful of water onto the person opposite him, and the conference table was also covered in water stains.

Asiya was glad she wasn't sitting opposite Dias. The person opposite who was sprayed all over with water had an already gloomy face that was now almost stormy.

Because everyone was thinking about this transaction, their minds were entirely focused on it. Who would have thought that Dias would suddenly do such a thing? They were close, and the vice-captain opposite him didn't react in time and was directly hit...

Under the condemning gazes of Shaun and several vice-captains, Dias quickly explained.

"Cough... cough cough, sorry, I got too excited and couldn't hold it in," Dias brought the picture on the electronic book back and pointed to the person who appeared on it, asking, "Is this really Daongs Aifulan?"

Dias last saw Aifulan ten years ago. Back then, he was just an ordinary member of the Sixth Team, and Shaun was only the vice-captain. Dias could only sigh now: "No wonder..."

Seeing Shaun's displeased gaze, Dias quickly took out another electronic notebook he carried and handed it over. "Take a look at this guy."

Shaun held the two electronic notebooks and was taken aback for a moment. "He looks so much like him!"

The other vice-captains also crowded around to look. After seeing it, their expressions turned strange.

"Looks like him?" Dias wiped the water from the corner of his mouth. "The first time I saw that kid, I thought he looked familiar, but I couldn't quite place it. This guy is the new recruit I want to recommend—Xilin. If Aifulan's information hadn't said 'no children,' I would have really thought these two were father and son."

Shaun no longer pursued Dias's earlier actions. He tapped his fingers rhythmically on the table, lost in thought. He glanced at the time display; the video conference was scheduled to start in ten minutes.

"Dias, go call Xilin over. Be careful not to let anyone on the ship see him."

"Understood."

Dias didn't ask any further questions and quickly left the conference room. Before long, he returned with Xilin, who had his eyes half-closed and looked like he hadn't woken up yet.

Seeing the people in the conference room, Xilin cleared the sleepiness from his eyes. He could sense that these individuals were not ordinary.

"Sit down, don't be too formal," Shaun said, pointing to a chair beside him, smiling kindly.

Xilin looked at the seven people suspiciously before sitting down. I'm not being formal, but your gazes are really creepy...

"Xilin, Dias has already told me about you, and we've discussed it. We welcome you to join the Vanguard Hunter Group's Sixth Detachment. Your identity card will be sent to you shortly."

Dias lowered his head to drink water. When did you guys discuss it?!

The other vice-captains did not object to Shaun's words. Although they had some issues with Dias, Xilin's situation was special. For once, the vice-captains unanimously agreed to Xilin's membership, and even as a main member.

Xilin looked suspiciously at the head-lowered Dias. Didn't he say it would be difficult to get the main member status? Didn't he say the vice-captains would make things difficult? What's going on now?