Infinite: Dawn Game

Chapter 218 Guild Tournament Team Leader

"..."

Lin Feng's hand trembled as she held the teacup, avoiding Lu Chusheng's gaze.

"No, that won't work."

Lu Chusheng stood silently in place.

A few seconds later, he walked up to Lin Feng and snatched the teacup from her hand.

"I've made up my mind."

Lu Chusheng tilted his head back and finished his cup of tea, then looked at Lin Feng, who dared not meet his gaze, and said, word by word:

"During the guild tournament, I will sit in the stands as a substitute and watch you compete against other guilds. There is only one chance to summon a substitute in the guild tournament, and I hope you and the healer can use it when it is most needed."

"but I--"

"This is an order."

Lu Chusheng interrupted Lin Feng's flustered words, his gaze remaining indifferent:

"As a player in the monitoring team, you should obey all the captain's instructions."

Lin Feng opened her mouth, staring blankly at Lu Chusheng's indifferent face, and murmured:

"But, Brother Lu, I can't lead the guild tournament yet, if, if..."

Guild matches do not allow the use of any suppressive drugs that are beyond one's own talent skills.

Lin Feng's innate skill has a side effect of "pollution," the kind of "pollution" that makes her indiscriminate between friend and foe.

She herself was well aware of the consequences of overusing her talent skills in guild battles.

What if I lose control?

What if a player in the monitoring team "dies" because of their own actions?

Even though being eliminated in a guild tournament doesn't actually mean "death" in real life, the price of having your mental and physical strength drop below 10 points or even to zero for nearly two months afterward is terrifying.

In that state, the player is practically dead.

"The doctor said your recovery is going well this time," Lu Chusheng said succinctly.

"I already had a meeting to discuss this while you were unconscious, and most of the players on the monitoring team said they weren't worried about the potential side effects of you using your talent skills."

"So you can rest assured about that. Also, players who become vegetative or even insane after 'dying' in guild battles will be taken care of by dedicated staff, so you don't need to worry too much about that..."

Lu Chusheng recounted all the possible scenarios, then frowned as he looked at Lin Feng, whose gaze was gradually becoming vacant.

"Lin Feng?"

"...I heard it."

Lin Feng was shocked by the players who explicitly supported him as the team leader.

Their own talent's side effect, "contamination,"... doesn't seem to be a problem at all to them.

Lin Feng immediately lowered her head. "But I have another question."

Lu Chusheng narrowed his eyes slightly: "Ask."

Lin Feng hesitated somewhat when he asked the question so naturally.

After hesitating for a while, Lin Feng whispered:

"Is the reason I was assigned to lead the team in this guild tournament because Brother Lu doesn't want to face off against Brother Zhou, no, Zhou Yuanyang?"

Lu Chusheng frowned: "Why do you say that?"

He hadn't even considered that.

This was purely for training the players in the monitoring team.

Lin Feng licked her lips. "Didn't Zhou Yuanyang join the Black Robe Church last year? Many players in the monitoring team say that Zhou, Zhou Yuanyang, is a traitor—"

"He is not a traitor."

Lu Chusheng suddenly said, "Zhou Yuanyang left the inspection team after I gave him my explicit consent; he is not a traitor."

Lin Feng paused for a few seconds, then subconsciously said, "Brother Lu..."

"Joining the Black Robe Church was Zhou Yuanyang's own choice, and it has nothing to do with us."

Lu Chusheng bent down and placed the teacup on the table. "It has nothing to do with him, don't overthink it."

Lin Feng breathed a slight sigh of relief and didn't say anything more.

"I will arrange for you and the doctor to run a few game dungeons together to improve your teamwork. You should rest well for the next few days."

After finishing his speech, Lu Chusheng didn't linger. He placed the nutritional supplements he had almost forgotten in his backpack on the table and turned to walk towards the door.

“By the way,” Lu Chusheng said without turning around, “although they don’t seem to care about the side effects, I suggest you try to avoid them as much as possible, since you can definitely overcome them.”

After saying that, Lu Chusheng opened the door and walked out.

boom--

After the front door closed, Lin Feng stood alone in the living room, blankly busy closing the bedroom door.

Oh right, I was actually going to ask Brother Lu about Yu Shijiu... but I completely forgot because of the guild competition that was all over the place.

Lin Feng: "..."

She wiped her face and felt her hands, feet, heart, liver, spleen, lungs, and kidneys trembling.

Suddenly being announced that she would be representing the inspection team as the team leader in the guild competition... even though Lu Chusheng said that he could be invited to enter the dungeon to save the day if necessary, she was still genuinely a little weak-kneed.

In addition to the side effects of the talent skills... oh, and what Lu Chusheng mentioned about "cultivating cooperative understanding"...

Lin Feng sighed helplessly, sat on the sofa, and looked up at the ceiling.

...As it stands now, my time will likely be occupied until the guild tournament ends.

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Yu Shijiu's house wasn't very big.

After inviting two friends inside, the originally cozy and warm yellow house suddenly looked a bit small.

Fatty, on the other hand, ran into its own little nest and lay down to catch up on sleep, only glancing lazily at the two "friends" sitting in the living room before yawning.

Well, it's just a cat, it certainly doesn't need to do things like entertaining guests, meow!

In the living room, Yu Shijiu busied herself pouring juice and getting snacks—well, those snacks were given to her by Xu Han and the others.

"I do not know how to cook."

Yu Shijiu sat opposite Xu Han and He Lingling with some disappointment, her almond-shaped eyes sparkling and beautiful under the light.

"What would you like to eat? Maybe I'll go buy something outside, or have someone bring me a couple more boxed lunches—"

"No need, no need." Xu Han quickly stopped Yu Shijiu from standing up again, and casually grabbed a bag of potato chips and started tearing open the packaging.

"I'll eat this; I'm not hungry right now."

He Lingling, standing next to him: "..."

She picked up a piece of bread and started eating it listlessly, and the dark circles under her eyes seemed to have gotten worse.

"I'm a little hungry, what should I do? Maybe I should order something—wait?"

He Lingling, while chewing on a piece of bread, pulled a cup of instant noodles from a snack bag, looked up, and said:

"How about Shi Jiu treats me to instant noodles?"

"it is good!"

Yu Shijiu's eyes widened slightly. He quickly got up, took the instant noodles from He Lingling's hand, and ran to the small kitchen to boil water.

In the living room, He Lingling gazed at the small house decorated in a creamy yellow hue that looked like it had been carefully chosen, and nudged Xu Han with her hand.

"Did Yu Shijiu choose this house himself?"

This doesn't look like it. Yu Shijiu doesn't have such "normal" aesthetic sense... Come to think of it, this decoration really does look very warm.

It's obvious that they put a lot of effort into finding this house.