The three of them looked at the girl.
Luo Wenshan, First Tier, a newly recruited member of the guild.
Normally, newly recruited members like this wouldn't be qualified to join her core team, but because they awakened a B-Class ability, they were recruited by several teams within the guild, including her own team.
Even though there are more and more martial artists now, the proportion of those who can successfully awaken their abilities is still not large.
Moreover, even among those who awakened their abilities, a large portion were only at the D, E, or F-Class.
Therefore, Luo Wenshan, who had awakened B-Class ability, was enough for them to recruit.
Actually, the Thorn Squad didn't have a significant advantage over Luo Wenshan's team. The reason they were able to recruit her was because the team had two girls Mei Duo and Lin Xiaoyu, which made Luo Wenshan feel more at ease.
"Not many, but these kinds of things are inevitable," Mei Duo said clearly.
"Oh? Is that so?" Luo Wenshan was a little surprised. "Couldn't we bring more people, or like this time, since we don't have anyone to hold the front line, we could just ask the appropriate people to come over?"
"It's not that simple," Fang Ji said with a wry smile. "During the process of clearing the Light Gate, a single careless mistake or oversight could lead to casualties."
He paused, his expression darkening slightly, and continued,
"And even if you're prepared, sometimes, you'll still die in front of Calamity Beast!"
Damn it... will I still die?... Luo Wenshan didn't quite understand, but she suddenly felt a little heavy-hearted.
Lin Xiaoyu, watching Luo Wenshan from the side, worried that she was feeling too much pressure, and said:
"Actually Wenshan, the two methods you just mentioned, whether it's bringing in more people or asking for outside help, can reduce the risk of casualties to some extent."
"However, the resources within the Light Gate are limited. If we bring in too many people, the contribution points allocated to each person performing the cleanup mission will decrease."
"Therefore, under normal circumstances, after we have arranged for personnel to conduct the investigation, we will control the overall number of people while ensuring as much safety as possible."
Luo Wenshan nodded, then seemed to remember something, looked at Lin Xiaoyu, and said with some surprise:
"If that's the case, then why bring over those weaker martial artists? Why not just select them based on strength, from strongest to weakest?"
"There are three reasons," Lin Xiaoyu said with a light laugh.
"Huh? So many?" Luo Wenshan, somewhat surprised.
"Hmm," Lin Xiaoyu nodded and began to introduce.
"The first reason is that, like you, although they aren't in our team, they belong to the same guild, and we have an obligation to recruit and train them when necessary."
"The second reason is that the stronger the character, the more contribution points they will receive after clearing the Light Gate. Therefore, if conditions permit, we will try to avoid recruiting too many strong characters."
"The third reason is that some people are capable, and their abilities can help us better cope with various situations."
"Oh!" Luo Wenshan nodded as if she understood something. The first two were easy to understand, but the third one...
She glanced at Lin Xiaoyu and asked:
"Hey? Sister Xiaoyu, who's in the third category?"
" Song Jingxing, Li Yunfan, Xie Guichen," Lin Xiaoyu called out three names in a row.
"Huh? Does Li Yunfan count too?" Luo Wenshan asked, somewhat surprised.
"Why doesn't it count?" Lin Xiaoyu asked, somewhat puzzled.
"He's only at Tier 2, and his ability is farsightedness; he doesn't have much combat power!" Luo Wenshan said.
A burst of laughter came from the side.
Luo Wenshan looked at Fang Ji with some confusion.
"Brother Fang, what are you laughing at? Isn't that wrong?"
"No," Fang Ji said, but a smile still played on his lips. "The others are fine, but Li Yunfan really can't be left out!"
"Hmm? Why? This time, apart from pointing out the location at the very beginning, I didn't see him do anything else?" Luo Wenshan asked.
Li Yunfan's ability is perception, D-Class. This time, he only pointed out the directions to them when they first entered, and then didn't do anything else.
"This time is different. Although he didn't perform much this time, he still deserves what he's owed," Fang Ji said.
"Huh? Why?" Luo Wenshan asked, puzzled.
"Because we don't know what's Light Gate," Fang Ji explained, "In this situation, reconnaissance warriors are essential. We don't need many, but we can't do without them."
"Uh, what if not?" Luo Wenshan continued to ask.
"Without it, clearing the Light Gate would be much slower, and we might even get ambushed by some prepared, lurking Calamity Beast." Fang Ji shrugged.
Luo Wenshan nodded, somewhat realizing something. "So, are reconnaissance-type martial artists needed every time Light Gate is cleared?"
"Hmm." Fang Ji nodded seriously.
Mei Duo glanced at her and added:
"Other guilds, whenever they are carrying out the mission to clear the Light Gate, will all have 1-2 scouts in their teams."
"Oh!" Luo Wenshan nodded thoughtfully, then chuckled, "So this is what they mean by specialization?"
Upon hearing this, all three smiled.
After that, everyone stood there and chatted for a while.
Then, Luo Wenshan turned her head and looked around, asking with some confusion,
"By the way, Sister Mei, is there anything else we need to do here?"
Mei Duo looked at Luo Wenshan, who was unfamiliar with the process as it was her first time performing this kind of mission. She explained:
"We need to wait for the inspectors to come and go inside to confirm whether it's truly safe before relevant professionals go in to explore and see if there are any resources worth developing inside the Light Gate."
"This is so troublesome!" Luo Wenshan exclaimed.
Just then, a car that looked very expensive suddenly stopped on the side of the road some distance away.
The group instinctively looked over.
"Hey, Inspector Dahuang is here!" Fang Ji said with a smile upon seeing this.
"Dahuang, isn't it impolite to call the inspector that?"... Luo Wenshan was a little puzzled, but still looked over.
Suddenly, the window opened, and a yellow and white dog jumped out from the driver's seat.
It was covered in black armor, and a headset-like device hung on its left ear.
Then, it made its way to the group.
Along the way, it glanced at a few people, but didn't pay them much attention, and ran into the Light Gate on its own.
Only after the figure completely disappeared into the Light Gate did Luo Wenshan stiffly turn her gaze away.
She looked at Sister Mei and the others, and saw that they all seemed normal, clearly used to it, but...
Luo Wenshan opened her mouth, but for a moment she didn't know where to begin.
Ultimately, she could only follow her instincts.
"This, Sister Mei... why can dogs drive cars?"