"I'm going to call my superiors right now to report the situation and demand that they be removed from their posts. Does anyone object?" Liu Jie said, looking at everyone with a determined gaze.

"No, I have no objection."

"I didn't either, hit me!"

"We have to beat him. Look at Chen Feng, all he does is wander around all day, and he even orders food every day. He's living the high life. Is he here to work or to go on vacation?"

"What the hell? Hey, Brother Zhang, get your phone out here."

Everyone nodded in agreement, while Zhang Richeng reluctantly took out his phone.

"Do you really want to do this? This isn't right, we've been colleagues."

“What’s wrong with that? Quickly give the phone to my brother Zhang. I know you’re embarrassed, but I can make the effort. I’ll do it!” Liu Jie stepped forward, wrote down the phone number, and then called Zhang Ce.

Zhang Ce had just arrived at his office and hadn't even made himself a cup of tea when the phone rang.

He picked it up and saw that it was an unfamiliar number, which made him a little puzzled.

However, those who knew his number must be close friends or family, so he didn't think much of it and answered the call.

Hello?

"Hello, Leader Zhang, I am Liu Jie, a member of the National Special Exploration Team."

"Oh... is there something you need?" Zhang Ce asked, puzzled.

"Yes, that's right. I want to file a formal complaint against the members of our team. They're not doing their jobs properly every day, just traveling and having fun. They don't take the missions the country has entrusted to them to heart at all!" Liu Jie said indignantly.

"Well... you should just talk to your team leader Qi Minglin. She'll handle any issues that arise within the team. I won't get involved in this," Zhang Ce said, puzzled.

"I'm reporting Qi Minglin, the team leader, and Chen Feng, the current acting team leader!" Liu Jie said firmly.

"What? Who are you going to report?" Zhang Ce was startled and almost thought he had misheard.

"Acting captain Chen Feng, and current captain Qi Minglin!" Liu Jie repeated.

Those around Liu Jie couldn't help but grimace when they heard this.

To be honest, it's only because of Liu Jie that he dared to say that. If it were them, they would never have the guts to say it.

"Tell me what happened." Zhang Ce frowned upon hearing this and quickly sat back down in his seat.

"Ever since Chen Feng became the acting captain, he has been driving around with Qi Minglin and the others every day, enjoying the scenery all day long, and has no intention of exploring or searching for rare earth elements at all."

“They leave us at the base every day, without caring about us or assigning us any tasks. We’ve been here for five days already.”

"To be frank, we don't know what they do when they go out every day. They just come back and eat. Chen Feng is even more so. He has to order food every day. It's not okay if he eats it once. It's like he's not going to eat it if he doesn't want to."

“Every day, the chef has to go out and buy groceries for him, either roast chicken or roast duck or lamb hot pot.”

“Everyone on our team has a problem with them, but they completely ignore it and continue to do their own thing.”

"As for our Brother Zhang Richeng, he is so anxious that he looks at the terrain of the Kari Mountains every day, thinking about going there to find rare earth elements. It's better than wasting time here every day."

"But it's completely useless. Now Chen Feng and his partner are in charge. They say to search here, so we have to wait here. Tell me, what's the point of searching for a mine that's already been searched out? Isn't this just a pure waste of time? What are we even doing?!"

Liu Jie reported the whole situation in one go, finally able to vent the anger that had been building up inside him.

Zhang Ce only knew that Chen Feng's detection method was different, but he never expected it to be like this.

Qi Minglin hasn't been updating him on her recent situation lately, and he has absolutely no idea about the exploration team's progress.

He thought the exploration team was working hard day and night, but who would have thought they were just idling around all day? What's going on?

Even if Chen Feng acts recklessly, Qi Minglin is still around, isn't she? Didn't they say back then that if Chen Feng acts recklessly, Qi Minglin would take away his command?

As for Liu Jie's comments about Chen Feng's love of eating and drinking, and his fondness for chicken, those are not the main points.

To put it bluntly, it's not like he hadn't seen the exploration team's expense reports. Before Chen Feng arrived, how many chicken dinners did you guys play?

An exploration team eats meat every two days and has a completely different diet every five days, sometimes even buying whole sheep. They eat much better than him.

They didn't mind eating and drinking, even though it was hard work in the wild. Zhang Ce felt sorry for them and never said anything. He even encouraged them to eat more.

Eating and drinking is fine, but you can't just laze around all day and do nothing productive.

"Is what you said true? Is it your own opinion or everyone's?" Zhang Ce asked seriously.

“I, Liu Jie, swear that everything I have reported is true. Moreover, this is the opinion of the whole group. Everyone is here. If you don’t believe me, I can let them say something.”

"We are all filing a formal complaint, demanding that Chen Feng and Qi Minglin be removed from their positions as captains and replaced by Zhang Richeng. We also demand that we immediately leave Pingcun City and head towards the Kari Mountains to search for rare earth elements!" Liu Jie said firmly.

"Okay, I understand. I'll investigate this matter immediately. Just wait for news."

After hanging up the phone, Zhang Ce thought about it carefully in his office and decided to call Qi Minglin to find out what was going on.

"Hello, boss?" Qi Minglin answered her phone immediately when she saw the call coming in.

"Qi Minglin, what are you doing now?" Zhang Ce asked.

"What for? Of course, it's to find rare earth elements!" Qi Minglin said, somewhat puzzled.

"How exactly are you searching for rare earth elements? Why are people saying you're all just loafing around and not doing your job? Report everything that's happened these past few days to me, don't hide anything," Zhang Ce said seriously.

"Idle and irresponsible, not doing your job?" Qi Minglin got angry as soon as she heard this, and pursed her lips as she truthfully reported the situation back.

"Who exactly reported me? Zhang Richeng?" Qi Minglin asked with an unfriendly look.

"Don't wrong an innocent person. Why are you asking this? Do you want to take revenge on them?"

"And what they said isn't wrong. What kind of detection method is this? It's like a joke."

"The exploration team is idle every day, and the deadline is approaching day by day. Do you even understand this situation?"

"I think if all else fails, we should just give up on Pingcun City and head towards the Kari Mountains instead. Zhang Richeng's plan is more reliable."

“You’ve been searching in Pingcun City for so many days. If there really were rare earth elements, you should have found them by now,” Zhang Ce said, frowning.

"What a joke, absolutely not!" Qi Minglin said firmly.