Passing the Time

"That's the situation. I see you've got nothing to do aboard the ship anyway, so why not see if you can lend a hand?"

There was little in the way of a brain trust aboard the ocean freighter, and no other members of the Sequence Committee were present.

Compared with people like Li Yong, who found it difficult to advance, Zhou Xin was more willing to give the younger generation opportunities to show their talents.

Whenever someone made a good impression on him, Zhou Xin was also willing to recommend them as they rose through the Sequence Tiers, making it a little easier for them to enter the inner circle.

That was why he had gathered the young people aboard the ocean freighter.

The ship had been affected by a regional beast tide and commandeered by Zhou Xin to depart early, so there were few passengers aboard.

Aside from some Sequence Holders from smaller countries who were hitching a ride while waiting to transfer at another port, there were only a little over twenty young people from the Scarlet Alliance State aboard the freighter.

Among them were people in their thirties and forties, as well as young people in their twenties who were just starting out.

Some had faces ravaged by wind and frost, some looked weary from their injuries, some were full of fighting spirit, some looked thoughtful, and others were eager to try.

As members of the Gene Fighting Technique circle, everyone knew who Zhou Xin was, and they understood that he was giving them a chance to show their faces.

But for Zhou Xin to come out and hand out a task himself, it either involved someone already chosen for it, or certain supplies that some people still had on them that Zhou Xin might need, or