Jia Zhengyi's expression froze, and he nodded somewhat awkwardly, sighing inwardly.

At that moment, he felt someone patting his shoulder.

Jia Zhengyi looked up and saw Su Lin, who had already put away his cultivation technique, and had come to his side at some point.

Su Lin looked ahead, surveying the messy crystal forest, and calmly said, "Being worse than Linlin is nothing to be ashamed of."

"You did very well, but you were just a bit flustered. You'll get used to it after a few more times. People always have to grow by making mistakes."

Su Lin's words of comfort both moved and surprised Jia Zhengyi: "Boss, you are so understanding!"

Even he could see that since the new system was adopted, the boss's mentality had changed significantly. He was no longer as indifferent as before and had become much more humane.

In the past, his previous performance would have displeased the boss, and he might have been replaced on the spot, with Linlin taking charge of the team's future direction, without giving him another chance.

This may be the subtle changes that are taking place as we move towards immortality.

"But it's also true that you almost got the team trapped."

Su Lin ignored the flattery and glanced at Jia Zhengyi sideways: "Merits and demerits should be separated. How about this... next time, make the task in your room a bit more difficult, as a form of punishment."

"Hey! No, boss, can we do it another way? We can even deduct your wages!"

Jia Zhengyi's joy vanished instantly, replaced by shock; he nearly jumped up in alarm.

Unexpectedly, Su Lin looked at him with a puzzled expression: "I think those toys in your room are your [wages]."

wipe!

The boss has been corrupted by Linlin too!

Jia Zhengyi was speechless, and could only see Xiao Linlin hiding to the side, secretly laughing happily.

Jia Zhengyi wanted to argue his case, but the elves had already finished their search and brought back new information: "Commander, there are guides inside, but the facility has been breached, and some have already escaped."

"ah!"

Jia Zhengyi was shocked and quickly led his team deeper into the area. Before long, they saw a dense group of guides floating around a pile of dilapidated facilities.

There were many of them, but they were floating in all directions. In fact, the rapid approach of the group to surround them startled the guides, causing them to float and scatter even faster.

"Arrest them! Arrest them quickly!"

Xiao Linlin shouted a reminder from the side, and Jia Zhengyi seemed to wake up from a dream, but then realized, "No, he's not awake! What do we do?!"

You can't catch these jellyfish by just catching them, and Wang Dalu, who dares to eat jellyfish, is still asleep.

Jia Zhengyi was caught in a dilemma, but then he heard Xiao Linlin teasingly say, "Commander Jia, this is a new problem. Who are you planning to have eat these jellyfish?"

Who's going to eat?

Jia Zhengyi's gaze swept quickly around, ignoring the boss, Linlin, and Lyanna, three people he couldn't afford to mess with.

However, the pure-blooded elves, including Elrere, also conveyed a strong sense of warning in their gazes as they met his eyes.

We're all just followers. Unless the boss gives the order himself, why should I eat jellyfish?

This thing looks disgusting. Elves crave purity and cleanliness; how could they possibly bring themselves to eat it?

This involves prestige within the team. The only people who can successfully issue such orders to pure-blooded elves are Sulin and Lyanna; even Xiao Linlin is somewhat inferior.

Obviously, it's even less likely that Jia Zhengyi would do it.

"Okay, okay, I understand."

Jia Zhengyi suddenly realized what was happening. He withdrew his gaze, gritted his teeth, and lunged at the jellyfish in front of him.

"For the boss, for the team! I'll give it my all!"