The 20th seat has been replaced, and the current 20th seat is held by Lin Xuan.
“Not bad…” In the very center of the Nanxiao base, First Seat Chongyuan looked at the report handed to him, bit his pen, and crossed his legs. “Who do you think this new 20th Seat will join?”
“My lord…” Duan Zhilong lowered his head, his tone filled with frustration.
"Alright, what are you so upset about?" Chongyuan chuckled, stood up, and put his hand on Duan Zhilong's shoulder. He pointed to the pile of documents on the table with a roguish look and said, "Don't you think we get tired of dealing with all these big and small official matters every day? I get tired just looking at them."
"Sir, you've clearly entrusted all the official duties to me, haven't you...?" Duan Zhilong silently shed a tear of bitterness.
"So, what's there to be discouraged about now that people are scrambling to do these jobs?" Chongyuan shrugged, then sat back down and pushed a huge pile of documents in front of him to Duan Zhilong. "I'm going to take a nap. Wake me up when it's time to eat."
"Sir..." Duan Zhilong looked at the densely packed documents in front of him with a dark expression, and resignedly sat down to examine them one by one.
Meanwhile, Lin Xuan, who had just become the twentieth seat, was lying on the bed in a deep coma, while Ji Yueyao and Kaqi were eating bread beside him.
"Termite, is it okay for him to sleep like this? He's been sleeping for over a day." Kachi sat at the dining table, propping her head up as she looked at Lin Xuan lying down.
"He's just exhausted, don't worry," Termite said calmly.
"That's good." Kachi nodded, and then she had the mind to take a closer look at where they were now living. Because Lin Xuan had become the twentieth seat, their accommodation had been moved to the top twenty seats, which was where Wu Yun lived.
It has to be said that this place is completely different from where they lived before. The whole house is cleaned by professionals, and the facilities inside are all brand new.
"I have to say, the quality of life at the Nanxiao base is really terrible. It's not bad at best, but at worst, it's unbearable to live there." Kachi leaned back on the sofa and yawned comfortably, then tied her hair up in a low ponytail. Her hair had grown quite a bit, and leaving it down like that was getting in the way.
Thinking of hair, Kaqi suddenly looked at Ji Yueyao. Ji Yueyao's hair was much longer than when she first met him. Now, more than four months have passed without her realizing it.
"Captain, do you need a hair tie?" Kachi took out a delicate little bottle from her pocket and picked out a hair tie from the miscellaneous items inside.
"Tie your hair?" Ji Yueyao, who had been staring blankly out the window, paused for a moment and unconsciously touched her hair. She used to get a haircut once a month, but now that she hadn't had a haircut in so long, her hair had grown to her shoulders.
"You've grown so fast." Ji Yueyao shook her head and said softly to Kaqi, "No need. Kaqi, do you know how to cut hair? Could you cut my hair for me? I don't like having long hair; it's too much trouble."
"Um... I do know a little bit about cutting hair." Kachi had been a reserve member of the life skills department before, so she knew a bit about these things. After rummaging through her backpack, Kachi thought for a moment and then got up and walked towards Ji Yueyao.
After Ji Yueyao's hair was cut, she looked at it through the glass and was quite satisfied. Well, they cut off all the long hairs, and it looked much better than she had expected.
“By the way, Captain,” the previously silent Termite suddenly spoke up, “Now that you have a basic foothold in the Nanxiao Base, I need to tell you about the power structure of the Nanxiao Base.”
Ji Yueyao silently rolled her eyes. "Don't use the formal 'you,' it sounds weird. Just be casual."
"Yes." Bai Yi stood up straight, nodded, and stood next to Ji Yueyao. He said seriously, as if reporting a mission, "The Nanxiao Base is ostensibly divided into lower, middle, and upper classes. However, among the upper class, which consists of twenty seats, there are three major forces."
"Hmm? The information I read said that the first seat has the highest status, and then they go down in order." Ji Yueyao looked up at Bai Yi and asked.
“That was the old Nanxiao Base.” Termite shook his head. “Because the Nanxiao Base accepted outsiders very simply, it was all about strength. So, certain forces from C country and even foreign countries would keep sending people to the Nanxiao Base.”
"Is such a chaotic Nanxiao base really that attractive?" Kaqi asked, leaning on the table beside her, somewhat puzzled. In her opinion, a stable base with strict rules was a good base worth fighting for. A chaotic base like Nanxiao was actually problematic in terms of management, so who would want to fight for it?
“I think… for foreign countries, the chaos at the Nanxiao base is just the right opportunity to easily pry open a thorn in our country.” Ji Yueyao took a map from the cabinet and spread it on the table in front of Kaqi. “No matter how chaotic the Nanxiao base is, its area is no less than that of a large base like the Xiyu base. Relatively speaking, if foreign forces control the Nanxiao base, it’s equivalent to a large portion of our country’s land being forcibly ceded. Do you think foreigners wouldn’t seize the opportunity?”
It seems that the analytical skills she developed during her three years of high school are still there. High school was really tough... After saying that, Ji Yueyao unconsciously traced a circle along the border of Country C with her hand, pausing for a moment with some nostalgia. The map of this world is really not much different from the world she used to live in. It's just a pity that the people in this world are no longer the same people as before.
“The captain’s analysis is correct, but that’s only one of the reasons.” Baiyi nodded in agreement to Ji Yueyao and then raised his hand to the Forbidden Forest in the southern part of the Nanxiao Base. “The Nanxiao Base is almost on the edge of the Forbidden Forest, and the Forbidden Forest is the most mysterious place apart from the Blank Land. So, in the end, this place is the safest gate to the Forbidden Forest.”
“I think I saw some information about the Forbidden Forest when I was in the training area before,” Ji Yueyao said, stroking his chin. “There are a lot of unknown alien creatures in the Forbidden Forest, and some religious groups have spread rumors that there is a beacon of hope for humanity in the Forbidden Forest.”
"It's just a rumor," Termite chuckled. "Although our people have never entered the inner areas of the Forbidden Forest, the Light of Hope sounds like a myth."
"Is that so..." Kachi scratched her head, a little embarrassed by her ignorance. It seemed she really needed to brush up on her knowledge in these areas.
Ji Yueyao nodded slightly, neither agreeing nor disagreeing, but her gaze was fixed on the Forbidden Forest, the largest remaining forest in the world... It truly filled people with a desire to explore it.
"Oh, right," Ji Yueyao suddenly said, "Didn't Mu Yanxuan go to the Forbidden Forest?"
“My lord, it’s just a rough reconnaissance mission, there won’t be any danger.” Bai Yi blinked, his voice filled with reverence as he spoke of Mu Yanxuan. “Besides, you know how powerful my lord is, Captain, so you don’t need to worry.”
"Which eye of yours saw me worrying about him...?" Ji Yueyao was speechless. After glaring at Bai Yi, she said calmly, "Let's continue talking about the power structure of the Nanxiao base." (To be continued.)
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