That's true, but when it came to the mid-term ranking announcement, everyone couldn't help but feel nervous.

Even his favorite dish, West Lake Vinegar Fish made with mutated sea fish, didn't taste good anymore. Cheng Xu was so nervous that his hands trembled slightly, and Liu Yunyan didn't dare to blink.

Liu Enxi was extremely nervous. She hugged the mermaid baby tightly in her arms, as if only in this way could she feel a little more at ease.

The top ten will be announced in the mid-term rankings, but only the top three who bet successfully will receive the gift pack.

[Competition: Mid-term Ranking - Adventurer Team: Saqueador]

"Oh my god, they have to report them one by one, it's driving me crazy..." Cheng's mother couldn't help but complain, this feeling was really a bit like receiving report cards in school.

The name sounded like it was in Spanish or Portuguese. Li Jinshao opened a translation app and searched it up, only to find that it meant "resource raider".

Then, the rankings were announced one after another. After each tense wait, there was a little disappointment and anticipation for the next ranking.

Finally, the battle reached its climax—

【Competition: Mid-term Ranking - Adventurer Team: Викинг Мечты】

The team's name sounded rather unusual, seemingly in Russian. Yoo Eun-hee, who happened to be a Russian major, immediately explained that it meant "Dream Vikings."

The team name sounded quite impressive, but the expected two words were not heard, leaving everyone somewhat disappointed despite their anticipation.

It seems they really wasted a lot of time today... If you think about it, they wasted at least a whole day.

Xi Xi absentmindedly shoveled a mouthful of rice into her mouth, then looked up and glanced around.

Everyone was unable to eat, especially the father, Xi Zhongcang. He appeared calm on the surface, but in reality, the amount of wine in his glass had not decreased at all.

However, the next second—

[Competition: Mid-term Ranking - Adventurer Team: Picking Up Chopsticks]

"!!!!!!!!!!"

"Holy crap! We're here!!"

"Let me check if the words are correct! Ah...it really is us!!"

"Wow, we even got second place! If we hadn't..."

The atmosphere within the team quickly rose. Xi Xi smiled as she watched everyone's excited expressions. Just as everyone was discussing among themselves, the system announcement suddenly rang out.

[Competition: Mid-term Ranking - Adventurer Team: Clinton]

Everyone was in an uproar, not just Xi Xi and her group, but also the public chat was filled with exclamations.

"Clinton is really something else..."

"Hey, this team previously held a recruitment event on the public chat, saying that voters would have the opportunity to participate in the initial team entry test."

"Damn it, there's a preliminary interview and a second interview?? Haven't you had enough of being a corporate slave? Let whoever wants to be interviewed go..."

"Don't you know Clinton? It's the most powerful organization right now, isn't it? Not just anyone can get in."

"Hilarious! You want to get in, but they might not even want you, hahaha!"

"Oh my god, I remember now, the recruitment was done in Chinese. Are there any Chinese people on the team?"

"Where did all these 'American freaks' come from? Are they just praising them too?"

"Don't even think about it. Captain Clinton is an American tycoon, that's for sure."

"There are probably people from all over the world in the team. I've even seen recruitment notices in French..."

"I've also seen Hindi speakers, but I heard that the top management are all Americans."

"What's the point of joining the team? Isn't it just eagerly becoming someone's slave?"

"Some people are just too servile."

"Could you please stop using such harsh language? What's wrong with admiring Qiang? Wasn't XXI also in Clinton's office?"

"Where did you hear that?"

“According to Celine, a Clinton executive, they have X11 backing them up, and the news has spread to other servers.”

"Holy crap..."

"No wonder @XiXi didn't dare to speak, it turns out she was just sucking up to white people."

"Really?? @XiXi"

Speechless...

"Are you sure that Cha Shiyi is Xi Xi?"

"If it's not her, then who is it? No one has claimed it yet."

"If that's what you're saying, then I understand the logic. Xi Xi is afraid to admit she's a member of XXI because she joined an American organization. That's confirmed."

"That makes sense."

"I'm so angry! Why should I join those old-timers?!"

"But the X11's license plate still starts with CHN..."

"They can't change their license plate number, otherwise they would have left Huarun and joined Meirun long ago, haha."

"Forget about those traitors. I'm wondering why no one is praising the second and eighth place teams, which are clearly Chinese teams?"

"How disheartening! I can't believe that only two teams from the top ten of our great China made it into the national teams..."

"Both teams are already very strong!"

"Better than a traitor."

...

Compared to Xi Xi, Liu Yunyan was already furious, and Chu Zhiqin, as a mother, could not tolerate the slander against her daughter. Just as they were about to speak up for Xi Xi in the public chat, they were stopped by Li Jinshao.

“Now is not the time.” His expression was unusually serious as he said in a deep voice, “This might be a trap.”

“I think so too.” Xi Zhongcang nodded in agreement, “Isn’t it strange? Why would that executive from Clinton say that? There are only two possibilities: either she was deceived, or she was deceiving people.”

Xi Xi pondered for a moment, then shook her head and said, "The possibility of being deceived is unlikely. Such a large organization shouldn't be so easily fooled."

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