This guy!

"……Walk!"

With Yun Chen leading the way, Chen Jiaxu and the others' speed increased significantly. However, Mo Shuwan felt extremely frustrated and aggrieved looking at Yun Chen, who was running at the very front. This guy... he seemed perfectly normal! No! Apart from calling her "Mom" and occasionally "Wen Zuo Dad," he was really normal the rest of the time!

There's nothing wrong with his logic. He knows why he's here, what he's here to do, and even that he went astray during his cultivation. But there's just one thing wrong with his mind!

They weren't far from the light screen Zheng Shanhe had created; they arrived in about ten minutes. However, the thumping footsteps they heard made their faces darken.

More and more monsters are gathering in the darkness, and they are heading towards that curtain of light!

Chen Jiaxu, who didn't need to walk, spoke haltingly due to the jolting, "Team leader, captain, I, we should hurry, we're almost there."

"Um."

"Want to take a look at the darkness, the monsters that lurk in the shadows? What do those monsters look like?"

“No.” Mo Shuwan immediately refused. “Let’s not worry about them now, lest we anger those monsters. Our most important goal right now is to find our employer and meet up.”

Chen Jiaxu then put the lighting prop card he had just received back into the storage space.

Two minutes later, they saw the thin man sitting under the light screen, and also saw all sorts of dark creatures around them. It seemed that they were the first team to arrive, so the man sitting under the light screen must be Zheng Shanhe.

As Mo Shuwan sized up Zheng Shanhe, Zheng Shanhe also turned his head to look in their direction, but since they were only illuminated by some lighting props, he couldn't see very clearly.

Seeing that Zheng Shanhe seemed to have no intention of ignoring the dark creatures, Mo Shuwan raised an eyebrow and said in a low voice, "They're testing us."

"I'll do it."

Liu Dongcheng took out his weapon this time, which was still a gun. The difference was that this gun did not need bullets and cost him more than 200,000 points. It was specially prepared for these dark creatures in the dark world. The only downside was that he could only use it a maximum of twenty times a day, but that was enough, since he was not fighting alone now.

Bullets, as bright as day, hurtled towards the dark creatures surrounding the light barrier.

Various noisy growls rang out as the monsters quickly dodged the bullets. Some monsters that couldn't dodge in time were instantly reduced to ashes by the power of the bullets.

Taking advantage of the monsters scattering, the group rushed into the encirclement. Upon closer inspection, they discovered countless defensive talismans on the ground. However, under the influence of darkness and the monsters' attacks, these talismans were being destroyed at a visible rate. With Zheng Shanhe's permission, they successfully entered the defensive perimeter.

Zheng Shanhe, who was sitting cross-legged on the ground, looked at Mo Shuwan, took out a cane from his storage space, and slowly stood up with the cane. He nodded to Mo Shuwan and said, "I am Zheng Shanhe."

“Mo Shuwan, they are all my teammates: Wen Zuo, Liu Dongcheng, Chen Jiaxu, and Yun Chenjing.”

Mo Shuwan noticed that when she introduced Wen Zuo and the others to Zheng Shanhe, he would nod politely and his gaze would follow her introduction.

This is a polite employer.

My first impression was pretty good.

Zheng Shanhe said, "The other two teams should be arriving soon. We'll sign the contract in detail after they join us." He seemed very tired after saying that, and sat down on the ground again with a frown. "Please make sure to patch up the gaps in these defensive talismans."

Mo Shuwan and her team would certainly not refuse such a small request from their employer, especially since they were only going to fill in the gaps and didn't need to provide any defensive talismans themselves.

"Someone actually got here before me!"

A loud roar from the darkness drew the attention of Mo Shuwan and the others. The first thing they saw was a scimitar spinning rapidly, followed by the scimitar's owner, a tall woman with flamboyant red hair.

She didn't have many teammates either; there were only six of them, including herself.

A curved blade dispatched five or six dark creatures surrounding the light barrier. Zou Zhiqing led his team into the defensive circle and first glanced at Zheng Shanhe, who was leaning on his cane trying to stand up. "Your appearance is quite unexpected."

Zheng Shanhe stood up, looked at Zou Zhiqing, and nodded. "I am Zheng Shanhe, this is Mo Shuwan, and the people next to her are her teammates."

"I know." Zou Zhiqing looked at Mo Shuwan, his gaze lingering on her hair for a moment. "I hope you and your teammates won't hold us back in the coming month."

I've seen this phrase in the discussion group several times already; it seems to be the other person's catchphrase. Mo Shuwan wasn't angry; she just smiled and said, "Mm."

Zou Zhiqing said, "When will that guy arrive? He's dawdling and might just hold us back."

"Hehe, it's not certain who'll hold us back."

Luo Baokun has arrived.

The light screen that guided them also disappeared when Luo Baokun appeared. Zheng Shanhe replaced several lighting prop cards so that they could barely see the people around them.

The three teams, along with Zheng Shanhe, finally met. Luo Baokun's team also had only five members. Mo Shuwan had secretly observed them and found that the atmosphere in Zou Zhiqing's and Luo Baokun's teams was very harmonious, unlike the teams of Lin Guaiji and Ao Tian that she had seen before, which were outwardly friendly but inwardly at odds.

It seems that Lan Wentian selected teams for Zheng Shanhe that were both strong and united.

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