[Esports] Team Leader Xie, your mid laner is causing trouble again.

Song Bo raised his hand and tapped Ling Wang on the head. The force was neither too light nor too heavy, but the sound was very crisp.

"How dare you talk like that, you little brat!"

Ling Wang clutched his head, which had been struck hard, and only then did he realize that he had unintentionally uttered some profanities.

He stood aside, unable to refute the argument, and added:

"The person who just took the captain away said that the aunt will come to deliver the keys to the captain's Omega later. It's because the captain is being taken to the residential area next to the base to prevent him from becoming anxious due to prolonged separation from his AO after being marked."

This is probably the first time Ling Wang has ever spoken such a long string of words.

After he finished speaking, he straightened his chest without making a sound, raised his chin slightly, and although his face was still expressionless, he exuded a subtle sense of smugness.

Excellent! He can now speak in long and complex sentences, which is another big step forward in his plan to integrate into the group.

Soon he'll probably be able to chat freely with everyone, and maybe even learn to joke around. Then he'll be a new Ling Wang.

Li Zhi's ears burned, but she retorted stubbornly, "What captain's Omega? Speak properly."

The arrogance that had been building for the new year was somewhat dampened.

Then she looked at the gland patch on the back of Kurichi's neck with an accusing gaze.

Feeling uncomfortable under her gaze, Li Zhi coughed lightly, looked away, and changed the subject:

"In that case, I'll go check on the captain first."

Upon hearing this, Liang Shoucheng quickly came over and called out to Li Zhi:

"Going to see River? Could you take something back for him?"

Li Zhi turned around with some curiosity, wondering if an Alpha in his sensitive period still needed to be given a gift.

He wondered in his mind if it might be a basket of free-range eggs or two cartons of pure milk.

Then Liang Shoucheng handed over three thick notebooks from the competition training group.

With a serious expression and solemn tone, he said, "We'll start playing against the strong teams in our group in a week. Tell River that even if he's not feeling well, he shouldn't slack off."

"These three notebooks contain the essential parts, so be sure to read them thoroughly. I've folded the corners of the important chapters so that he doesn't just look at the folded parts, but also at the parts next to the folds."

Li Zhi blankly accepted the three notebooks, each as thick as a Xinhua Dictionary. The weight made her arm sag, and she almost dropped them.

His lips moved, but in the end he only managed to utter a hollow "oh".

Cheng Yi and Ling Wang had already run off the moment Liang Shoucheng spoke.

How many esports players actually enjoy reading? Making them look at those notebooks would be worse than killing them.

Song Bo stood aside, arms tucked in his sleeves, enjoying the farce, and couldn't help but sigh:

"Young people are so fast!"

Li Zhi: "..."

Following the location sent by Song Bo, he found Xie Jichuan in the residential area next to the base.

The community is small, with excellent greenery and wide spacing between buildings, making it very quiet.

Following the specific address written on the key, Li Zhi found Xie Jichuan's small apartment and saw two tall bodyguards standing on either side of the door from a distance.

The two stood like two mountains on either side of the door, each a head taller than Li Zhi, and their mere presence exuded a sense of oppression.

Li Zhi subconsciously slowed her pace, clutching the three notebooks in her hands even tighter. She was pondering how to explain her purpose when the two bodyguards exchanged a glance.

They seemed to have exchanged some information silently.

The two then turned to Li Zhi in unison, bowed deeply, and said in a loud voice, "Greetings, Young Madam!"

Li Zhi: "…………"

He hesitated, then pointed to the door: "Is that... Xie Jichuan inside?"

The two bodyguards replied in unison again, "Yes, young mistress!"

Li Zhi was speechless, her temples throbbing twice: "Don't call me that."

The two bodyguards nodded in unison, their expressions serious: "Yes, madam."

Li Zhi, unable to bear it any longer, rolled her eyes at each of them.

He walked up, opened the door himself, and went inside, out of sight, out of mind.

As he closed the door, he couldn't help but catch a glimpse of the scene outside.

A bodyguard was moved to tears, his tough exterior revealing a tender side, his eyes red and swollen.

"This is the first Omega that the young master has brought home."

The other bodyguard was equally moved; although he didn't shed tears, his voice choked with emotion.

"Young Master hasn't laughed like this during his vulnerable period in a long time."

Li Zhi's lips twitched, and she slammed the door shut.

You're insane!

The apartment that comes into view is a large, single-level building. Looking in from the entrance hall, you can see the spacious living room and the city skyline outside the floor-to-ceiling windows.

The overall decor is cozy, with warm yellow light streaming down from the ceiling spotlights and onto the soft fabric sofa.

It's clear that someone has been staying here temporarily; there are several large moving boxes piled up in the corner of the living room, which haven't been unpacked yet.

Li Zhi looked around but didn't see Xie Jichuan anywhere.

But a few faint scents of Alpha pheromones lingered in the air, barely perceptible, hovering around the tip of the nose.

He walked through the living room into the house.

The layout of the entire single-level apartment is very simple. Except for a bedroom at the end of the corridor, which has a door, the other functional areas are basically all visible.

Li Zhi walked over and knocked on the door: "Xie Jichuan? Are you in there?"

No one responded.

Li Zhi pursed her lips, hesitated for a second, then grabbed the doorknob, pushed the door open, and went inside.

He had expected to be exposed to a strong scent of Alpha pheromones.

After all, Xie Jichuan was in his most vulnerable period, and having been locked in a closed room for so long, his pheromone concentration was probably high enough to make someone faint.

He even held his breath beforehand to prepare himself mentally.

But what hit him was a sweet lychee scent that he knew all too well.

But this scent was somewhat different from his pheromones.

Although the sweetness is similar, it has a very plastic, industrial feel, as if someone is trying to recreate the taste of a lychee with chemical reagents.

It's a very accurate recreation, but it's always missing that one bit of soul.

This is an artificially synthesized pheromone.

The room was dark, with heavy blackout curtains completely blocking the windows, and only the light from the corridor filtering through the crack in the door.

In the darkness, a pair of glowing electronic eyes slowly slid toward Li Zhi from afar.

Li Zhi lowered her head and looked into its eyes.

It was an electronic sphere, about the size of a lead ball, entirely white with a smooth surface, and only two circular electronic displays lit up on the front, serving as its eyes.

Those "eyes" were looking up at Li Zhi at that moment, and the pixels on the screen flickered slightly.

He looked Li Zhi up and down, then turned back, with a kind of procedural confusion.

Li Zhi was also confused.

He crouched down a little, looking directly at the sphere, and stared at it for a long while.

Only then did the tiny electronic ball speak.

The voice was a childlike, electronically synthesized voice, like a smart voice assistant developed by an early childhood education product company.

But it wasn't speaking to Kurichi; it seemed more like it was executing its own pre-existing program.

"The concentration of peppermint pheromones in the air has increased and fluctuated dramatically, and is continuously releasing lychee fruit aroma (No. 067). Take immediate action."

As the electronic voice faded, Li Zhi once again smelled a strong lychee fragrance emanating from his feet.

Li Zhi's doubts deepened. He couldn't understand why such a small mechanical ball was placed in Xie Jichuan's room, constantly emitting artificial pheromones that smelled like lychees.

He reached out and fumbled on the wall to turn on the room light switch, and the daylight-like light instantly illuminated the entire room in every detail.

Li Zhi's face also turned pale.