Don't provoke mentally ill people in the infinite flow genre!

Each team's temporary villa is equipped with a gym to meet the players' daily warm-up and training needs, ensuring they are in top condition for the next match.

Everything was normal before, but this morning Yan Zhao went in and found that the obviously thick hanging sandbag had leaked.

"Tell me the truth, which of you two let it slip?"

Yi Zanglan and Ling Ye, who were sitting at the table eating bread, looked up at her at the same time upon hearing this.

Ling Ye asked expressionlessly, "What leaked?"

"The punching bags in the gym."

"have no idea."

"I don't know either," Yi Zanglan said, puzzled. "I remember you don't usually like practicing boxing, so why did you suddenly want to get that checked? Why don't you ask someone else?"

Yan Zhao retorted angrily, "Why are you asking about anyone else! How thick are those sandbags? Besides the two of you, who else in the team could punch through them with one punch? Do you think I'm an idiot?"

Ling Ye glanced at Yi Zanglan, pondered for a moment, and said, "...Everyone has potential, and it might just explode in an instant."

"Yes, I guess it might be pine nuts." Yi Zanglan pointed to a young traditional Chinese medicine doctor next to her. "I saw him go into the gym this morning too."

Du Songzi was focused on peeling oranges for her, but when she heard this, she looked up blankly and it took her a while to catch the message in her eyes.

He sighed and apologized sincerely: "I'm sorry, Second Boss, I did use a bit too much force. I'll be more careful next time."

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The most benevolent person in the team, the easiest to manipulate, the most unreasonable and prone to taking the blame, seemingly quiet but actually the most insane.

Yan Zhao was speechless. Knowing she couldn't reason with this stubborn child, she decided to teach the two instigators next to her a lesson.

"Could you two...?"

Before he could finish speaking, he heard footsteps and Wu Ying came down from upstairs.

Wu Ying looked around and lazily turned to Yi Zanglan: "Hey, Captain, you've finished practicing with Wild King? After you finish eating, come practice with me for a while and give me some pointers."

Yi Zanglan: "..."

Lingye: "..."

"What's wrong, Captain? Why do you look like that?"

Yan Zhao sneered: "Your captain deliberately punched a hole in the sandbag so he could slack off from practicing his punches."

Wu Ying was shocked: "Those thick sandbags leaked? Did you two think you were hitting He Rui with those sandbags?!"

……

It's hard to say whether Yi Zanglan received any education or not. In any case, the sandbags had just been cleaned up when another problem arose at the gym.

According to eyewitness Ms. Su Su:

Qin Shaoyu had set the treadmill to its highest speed, but he suddenly got a cramp and fell off, which startled Jiang Ling, who was doing dumbbell exercises next to him.

Then Jiang Ling loosened her grip, smashing Qin Shaoyu's foot. Tang Yunxi rushed to help, but forgot she was still on the yoga ball, and tumbled and scrambled, knocking both of them flying.

The three of them are now sitting side by side on the sofa, with Juniper checking each of them one by one and applying medicine to the bruises on their foreheads, arms, and insteps.

Jiang Yao offered a friendly suggestion: "Let's just ban the God of Wealth from using the treadmill from now on."

"Hey friend, it was your sister who hit my foot, I didn't hurt her," Qin Shaoyu explained seriously. "As for how your sister got a bruise on her forehead, that's a matter for Da Jinli to be held accountable for. I think banning her from the yoga ball would be more reasonable."

Tang Yun, both pleased and angry, retorted, "Wasn't I just trying to be kind?"

"It was a benevolent murder."

"Pah!"

Jiang Ling sighed, "Is there anyone in this world more wronged than me? I just went to work out with dumbbells, I didn't offend anyone... Hey, brother, what are you looking at?"

Jiang Yao patted her hand reassuringly and answered patiently, "A beginner's guide to firearms."

"Are you researching firearms?"

"To be precise, it's like cramming at the last minute, reviewing the lessons I learned on the Eternal Night cruise ship." He smiled, "Because just now, Brother Shen and I went to check the bookshelves and found that there were all kinds of books there, most importantly, several shooting reference books."

Do you think this is some kind of hint?

"Very likely." Shen Yubai, who was flipping through a book not far away, nodded calmly. "Although most of the matchmaking games are themed around supernatural beings and monsters, and there are very few instances of using guns, we cannot rule out the possibility of an upset in the team competition."

"That's true. The only time I've ever needed to use a gun was in the Diamond rank promotion match. There aren't even many proper shooting training grounds in Anle District." Tang Yunxi suddenly jumped up from the sofa, rushing upstairs to find a book. "I need to review some more. Just in case the system really wants to trick the players, I need to make sure I can survive the gunfight!"

Qin Shaoyu shouted at the top of his lungs, "Get me one too!"

* * * * * *

Since everyone's guesses seemed reasonable, Yi Zanglan pulled Ling Ye along and gave all the members an emergency theoretical instruction on firearms use.

The two of them tried their best to use the simplest methods, combined with the content of the reference book, to analyze from a practical perspective, striving to make everyone understand and apply what they learned.

After speaking for about three hours, during the break, the system sent a notification that the new format for the next game had been announced.

Yan Zhao carefully read the rules, and after a while, he couldn't help but frown seriously.

"It's the second captain's match."

"A captain's match?" Tang Yunxi reacted immediately. "The problem is that Lanlan just used a skill. If she's forced to participate in this round, she'll..."

Yi Zanglan's skill has the following side effect: If he used Death's Descent in the previous game, he will be bound to his teammates in the next game as a soul. During this time, he cannot use weapons or items and will live and die with his teammates.

"It doesn't matter." Yi Zanglan seemed nonchalant. "Although I can't attack players in the game, I can attack monsters, so it's not useless. We currently have a score advantage, so no matter who goes in this round, just relax and let the other teams fight it out."

Yan Zhao nodded and continued, "Because two teams withdrew from the competition at the last minute, there are now only 28 teams left in the South Division. Therefore, the new Captains' Tournament will be divided into seven sub-teams, with four teams in each sub-team, and each team will send two players to participate."

"Withdraw from the competition?" Wang Mingyue exclaimed in surprise. "You can actually withdraw from the competition?"

"The team competition cycle is so long, and there are too many uncontrollable factors, which really tests the mental resilience of the team members. Even if deaths are disregarded, the pain experienced in the game is real. It's hard to say whether someone will break down or become dissatisfied and questioning of the captain and teammates. Once conflicts erupt, there have been teams in the past that have submitted withdrawal applications to the system at the last minute."

"oh……"

Yan Zhao said, "Moreover, this time the teams will not be randomly matched, but will be divided into groups of four according to the current rankings. That means we will encounter Lang Tao Sha, Bad Species, and Dawn Team."

Upon hearing this, all the team members were shocked.

"Lang Tao Sha?" Qin Shaoyu blurted out without thinking, "Then Yin Canglang must be there! Isn't this sending our captain into the tiger's den?!"

Yi Zanglan glanced at him, puzzled: "Why did you just walk into the tiger's mouth?"

"Captain, I bet you haven't forgotten how much you missed Yin Canglang when you were twelve, have you?" Wu Ying patted her hand, her tone a little sinister. "I have every reason to believe that Yin Canglang, that paranoid, won't let you go once he catches you in the Bureau."

"She can't catch me, I'm the ghost this round."

"What kind of dry humor are you spouting now? Don't you think I'm being very serious?"

"Are you serious? I'm a ghost in this game too."

Tang Yunxi said with extreme sorrow, "Lanlan, you seem quite happy. After the last instance, are you really looking forward to seeing Yin Canglang?"

"..." Yi Zanglan narrowed his eyes slightly, a non-existent question mark slowly appearing above his head. "Where exactly do I look happy?"

Hearing Shen Yubai sigh, "Everything else is a minor matter. My main concern is that, apart from you, Yin Canglang may be quite hostile towards all our team members. No matter who goes with you this time, there is a chance that she will target them."

Before the words were even finished, the big screen began scrolling rapidly, eventually revealing the posters of the members who accompanied the captain in this round.

[Yan Zhao]: If you hold firm to your beliefs, you should forge ahead without hesitation.

Yan Zhao stared at the screen in silence for a moment, then suddenly laughed. She turned her head and looked at Yi Zanglan.

"Am I lucky or unlucky?" She raised an eyebrow lightly. "Perfect, it's being broadcast live right now, let everyone see who you have better chemistry with, your old partner or your new partner."