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Chapter 20 Steady Squad

Upon returning to the ruins, a system prompt pops up.

The wooden sword you listed has been successfully auctioned.

[Received cash: 320000, already transferred to account.]

The auction for your wooden plaque is now complete.

[Received cash: 220000, already transferred to account.]

【…】

The auction of the scattered equipment in the beginner village was over. Li Yin thought that these ordinary equipment would drop in price significantly, but to his surprise, they didn't drop much.

These small, scattered incomes brought him a million dollars in revenue.

"good!"

Feeling quite pleased with himself, Li Yin arrived at the ruins and approached the battle-damaged NPC standing amidst the ruins.

"I started as the captain of the Rose Squad, and I never imagined I'd get this far..."

"Time flies. In the blink of an eye, I'm already the highest decision-maker in the base."

"..."

"Hey, you've turned in the quest, stop with the nonsense." Li Yin interrupted the NPC who was talking to himself.

Just then, the NPC's battle-damaged skirt fluttered slightly in the wind.

Her slightly disheveled hair swayed across her forehead, and her long eyelashes lifted slightly as she looked at Li Yin.

"..."

"?"

"Don't give me close-ups, damn it."

Li Yin remained silent.

At this time,

She asked, "You're back? How did the investigation go?"

Before Li Yin could answer, she continued, "This mission is very dangerous; we must be careful."

"By the way, have you thought about what to name your team?"

"?"

"I've completed my mission!"

The NPC pretended not to hear and continued, "You'd better think of a good name for your team; don't just pick one randomly."

"After all, this is a memory for a lifetime."

"I said, I've completed the mission!" Li Yin was a little anxious. Damn it, how could he not be anxious?

It's like not understanding anything.

【Ding! 】

A system prompt appeared.

Please name your squad:

"..."

"System, you're joining in the fun too? Alright, alright, alright, once you've chosen a name, you should be able to submit the task, right?"

Li Yin raised his hand and typed the word "steady".

[Squad naming successful: Steady Squad.]

The NPC smiled and said, "What a great name! It's like there's hope in it."

"Hope my foot! What does stability have to do with hope?" Li Yin curled his lip.

"Captain of the Steadfast Squad, you've come to see me now because you've completed your reconnaissance mission?" the NPC asked.

Seeing the NPC finally getting to the point, Li Yin felt deeply that it hadn't been easy.

"Yes!"

"I've completed my mission!" Li Yin said.

"Why are you the only one here? Where are the other members of the Steady Squad?" the NPC asked.

"..."

"You didn't give it to anyone!"

She had just opened her mouth when the NPC froze for a moment, and the next second, her eyes were filled with tears.

Upon seeing this, Li Yin was speechless.

"Mingchuan, Xiaodie, Su Changqing, are they never coming back...?"

"?"

"You didn't give it to anyone!"

Tears welled up in her eyes even more intensely, and before she could even blink, they rolled down her cheeks.

She took out bandages from somewhere and began to bandage Li Yin's wounds.

"..."

Why did you bandage my arm when it's perfectly fine?

As she bandaged the wound, large tears rolled down her cheeks: "I'm so glad you're still alive... It was my fault, I underestimated this mission..."

"What? As long as I'm still alive."

"You didn't give it to anyone!"

"Mingchuan is too straightforward. He said he would run ten kilometers, and even if he was exhausted, he would crawl to finish the ten kilometers. This is not straightforwardness, but stubbornness."

"Even when it comes to meals, he's the most proper person in the entire base. He always finishes his food in no time and then continues his training."

"There's no need to work so hard."

"But he just wouldn't listen."

"He never listened, standing ramrod straight, perfectly upright..."

Her tears kept rolling down her cheeks, even soaking half of the bandages.

"Xiaodie said that you must be a chosen one, as you were able to enter the base in such a short time."

"That's just how she is, full of fantasies about everything. She would often imagine the walls of the base as being guarded by a dragon."

She said the wall would never fall.

She said, "You'll definitely become very, very strong in the future."

"..."

"Get some rest, Captain of the Steady Squad."

"The information obtained from this investigation is very important, and I will handle it carefully."

"Take good care of yourself and don't blame yourself too much. You've done your best. It's not your fault. Just stay at the base and rest for a while."

"Now that we've been discovered, the counterattack has to be brought forward..."

The NPC stood up, and as her battle-damaged skirt fluttered, it revealed the numerous scars covering her legs.

【Ding! 】

[Completed Deep Investigation 3, gained 100 experience points and 100 copper coins.]

Li Yin: "..."

The NPC reverts to the way she looked when Li Yin first met her, standing forlornly amidst the ruins.

"Oh shit."

"What do you mean it's not my fault? You didn't give it to anyone!"

Cursing and swearing, Li Yin ripped off the NPC's newly bandaged arm.

"Can't the plot be a little more normal? Holy crap!"

"And if you're going to make this kind of plot, you really need to give us some people!"

Upon returning to the NPC, just as I was about to express my dissatisfaction, the NPC spoke up: "We've been discovered, so our counterattack has to be brought forward..."

"..."

This time, before Li Yin could even speak, she took the initiative to issue the task.

"It really wasn't your fault."

"Don't blame yourself too much."

"They've appeared. The good news is that there aren't too many yet. I'll use this time to collect as much of their blood as possible to cover up their presence."

"You should get some rest during this time."

【Ding! 】

[Task accepted successfully.]

[Collect Blood 4: The highest decision-maker at the base will gradually acquire unknown blood to conceal the warriors' presence and facilitate a counterattack. Current progress: 1/5. (1 unit is automatically completed daily.)]

"..."

"What do you mean by telling me not to blame myself too much?"

"You f***ing..."

Li Yin remained silent.

Before he could complain any further, he fell silent again after looking at the task details.

"no,"

"What do you mean by this task?"

"Aren't all quests done by players? How come there are quests you did yourself?"

"?"

He had never seen such a strange mission in his life.

Holy crap! Normally, quests are given to players, but this one is for me?

"Damn it, they deliberately timed it out, didn't they?"