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Putting everything else aside, it's not a good thing for the veterans to bully the newcomers. If the second team lays a hand on the newcomers, then even if they win, they've still lost.

Moreover, for our side, letting newcomers take the stage is not only a training opportunity, but also a way to quickly assess their character. After all, nothing tests character more than real combat.

Once they arrive here, even if newcomers can't stand it and want to leave, it's not the team's fault. If the newcomers stay, the experience of being guided by the veteran players will become their most profound memory when they first join the team, which will also be beneficial for managing newcomers in the future.

This does not harm the current team at all; the only ones who might suffer are the new members who have not yet joined the team.

Thinking about this, she couldn't help but exclaim how terrifying it was.

Lu Zhao narrowed his eyes slightly. The woman in front of him was basically like a nanny. If it were her, she would definitely let Song Lingge manage the internal affairs.

The reason is simple: this woman is too strong. Not only did she hold up the entire team during the time I was slacking off half a month ago, but her contributions over the years must also be considerable.

If it were a spoiled rich girl or an older child on their own team, that team would probably be finished long ago.

“I agree,” she said first.

Of the two new recruits who didn't make it in, one was sent by Li Manqiu. Presumably, out of respect for her, the second team wouldn't go too far, so she wasn't worried at all.

As for the second one, although I really don't want to admit it, judging from the current situation, it's highly likely to be the female lead. She's the female lead, how could she give up halfway because of a small thing!

Therefore, she would definitely wholeheartedly support a good thing like training newcomers without having to step in herself!

Messiah and Xia Zhifei looked at each other for a while, then raised their hands one after the other to indicate their agreement.

"So it passes unanimously?"

Song Lingge's eyes curved into a smile, and her originally gentle smile was now filled with a shrewd plan in Lu Zhao's eyes, which strengthened her belief that she should never go against Song Lingge.

It won't do any good.

She looked at that smile and felt a chill run down her spine for no apparent reason.

……

Lu Zhao's pressure has now shifted from participating in the competition to quickly recruiting new members. Although Song Lingge's plan is somewhat cunning, they are not bad people after all, and it is impossible for them to push newly recruited people onto the stage.

Therefore, her task is to get two new members into the team before the New Year, so that at least half a month can be left to train them, so that they won't be clueless when they go on stage.

As for the other two who would bring people, Song Lingge and Messiah were the final choices.

According to Song Lingge, the young lady's psionic attack range is too large, making it easy to accidentally injure teammates, so it's better for her to stay in the audience.

This only made Lu Zhao more curious. With such powerful and indiscriminate attacks, why didn't the original owner allow the young lady to participate in missions normally?

Moreover, judging from Xia Zhifei's usual performance, the enhancement of her spiritual energy is definitely not due to her physical abilities, otherwise how could she have been injured by a mere C-level spirit race member, Fu Qingtao, last time?

She couldn't ask before, but this time, she could take advantage of her hazy memory to find an opportunity to ask the young lady.

"Ah Zhao, have you chosen your two new recruits yet? When will they be able to join the team?"

After randomly accepting a routine patrol mission, Lu Zhao was immediately questioned by Xia Zhifei as soon as he sat on the chariot.

She touched her face guiltily, "It'll definitely be done this week!"

As for the female lead, I'll try inviting her this week. As for the person Li Manqiu recommended... I'll call and ask her after I get off the bus.

"Target location: No. 23, Xiayan Road."

Only after the electronic female voice reported did she slowly close her eyes, waiting to reach her destination.

Speaking of which... Xia Yan Road seems to be quite close to Shang Yan Road, where the hotel where the female lead is staying is located?

That way, she can conveniently go and increase her favorability after finishing the mission.

A thought flashed through Lu Zhao's mind, and he couldn't help but give himself a thumbs up for his time management skills. He opened his eyes with a happy smile and saw that everything in front of him was already bright.

"We're here so quickly," she exclaimed, getting out of the car with Xia Zhifei. After looking around for a while, she glanced at a maternity and baby store not far away and muttered to herself in confusion, "Is this our destination?"

The mission description stated that psionic fluctuations had been detected here, and they were tasked with investigating. However, they were surprised to find that the place was actually a maternity and baby products store.

Could it be that even children can awaken into the Spirit Race?

"Ah Zhao?" Xia Zhifei saw that she had started to space out again and tugged at her sleeve with some concern.

She snapped out of her reverie and smiled. "It's nothing. I was just thinking about something. Let me go take a look."

The young lady nodded and was about to go in when Lu Zhao stopped her and instructed her, "Don't reveal your identity yet. Go in as an ordinary customer."

Xia Zhifei understood immediately, but looked at the shop in front of her with some difficulty, "Should I pretend to be a young mother?"

Ah this...

It seems a little out of place.

Not to mention that the young lady's overall demeanor makes her look nothing like a married woman, not to mention that she knows nothing about children and simply cannot pretend to be a mother.

“Okay,” Lu Zhao sighed, rubbing his temples with a headache, “I’ll pretend. You’re just a friend who came shopping with me.”

Xia Zhifei immediately beamed, "Yes, Aunt Lu!"

Ugh, that nickname just doesn't sit right with me. She's never even been in a relationship!

Lu Zhao gritted his teeth inwardly before taking her hand and walking inside.

Chapter Seventeen: Why Are You So Skilled?

Unlike the most ordinary maternity and baby stores, this store was exceptionally large, completely unlike the small shops that Lu Zhao remembered, where even high-end products had to be placed in cramped spaces.

"This is a chain store, and the products sold inside are all independently developed by the brand," Xia Zhifei secretly explained to her.

Got it. It means that Sanlu Milk Powder Group not only produced milk powder, but also handled the after-sales service for the stores, and developed other related product lines.

Lu Zhao nodded knowingly. As soon as he stepped into the store, a friendly female employee came up to him and asked, "Are you here to buy something for your baby?"

"Hmm." She kept a little distance from the other person, feeling somewhat uncomfortable, and then carefully looked them over.

The woman appeared to be in her forties, and because she hadn't taken good care of herself, she looked a bit older. She was wearing the brand's employee uniform, and there was nothing wrong with her; she was just an ordinary middle-aged female employee.

"Is it a boy or a girl in your family? How old are they?" the salesperson asked again.

There was no trace of psionic energy emanating from this person.

Lu Zhao gave the other person a special look and replied, comparing the miniature version of Duan Yue, "My baby is a girl, just turned two years old. I came here to buy her a little outfit."

As he spoke, he subtly nudged Xia Zhifei again.

The young lady understood immediately and quickly said, "That's right! Spring is almost here, so I'm buying my little niece some spring clothes. I heard that your store has the most complete selection, so I came to take a look."

The sales clerk's face crinkled with smiles as he nodded hurriedly, "That's right, that's right! Our selection is not only the most complete and the best, but we also get our stock the fastest. Other stores don't have spring clothes at this time of year!"

Lu Zhao raised his head, looked around, leaving the young lady to talk to the shop assistant alone, and then gripped the portable radar in his pocket and walked inside by himself.

“Hey, she likes to shop alone first!” Xia Zhifei saw the shop assistant trying to follow her and quickly pulled her back, winking mysteriously. “Tell me first, do you have any new products here? I want to buy more for my niece.”

He looked exactly like someone who doted on his nephew.

The shop assistant, unsuspecting, readily introduced the product to her.

As for Lu Zhao, he pretended to be a customer and continued walking inside. He passed through the clothing section and soon arrived at the milk powder section, which was the store's main source of profit, so there were three or four shelves displaying various types of milk powder.

Occasionally, she would encounter a few young parents accompanied by shop assistants, and she would walk past them one by one, but she did not notice anything unusual.

So, it must have been a customer who left behind psionic energy fluctuations while staying here?

Lu Zhao frowned. The Spirit Race has a unique spiritual energy fluctuation on its body. Even if it does not use its abilities, it will unconsciously emit it. If that customer really left the fluctuation here, then why are there no similar traces on the streets before entering the store?

The mission description clearly states that the fluctuation record occurred this morning, so it wouldn't have disappeared into thin air so quickly.

Unless, of course, the person was carrying a signal jammer, but accidentally moved it away from themselves after entering the store, this situation would not have occurred.

The fluctuations left by Fu Qingtao at the subway station last time were due to the large number of people on the subway. He accidentally lost the signal jammer, and even though he found it in time, the fluctuations had already been left behind and recorded, which exposed his whereabouts.

But in a mother and baby store, where everything is peaceful and quiet, even if that spirit was careless, it wouldn't have lost the shielding device, or even gone far away from its shielding range without noticing it, right?

She continued walking until she reached the innermost part of the area, where the vibrations from the radar in her pocket confirmed that Eldar had indeed appeared there.

After finding a blind spot in the surveillance system and recording the fluctuations there, Lu Zhao took out the radar, squinted and examined it carefully for a while before frowning with some uncertainty.

The radar shows the owner of the fluctuating device... is he in the store now?

How can this be?

Surprised, she heard footsteps coming from the shelf next door. She quickly put the radar back in her pocket and then picked up a can of milk powder, pretending to look at it curiously.

"Oh, ma'am, what brings you here?" It was the same sales clerk from before, who came over enthusiastically, glanced at the baby formula in her hand, and said with some surprise, "This is for babies who are just over six months old, it may not be suitable for your child."

Lu Zhao then noticed the label on it and explained without batting an eye, "Oh, this is what my baby used to eat. I just picked it up to take a look."

Perhaps it was the pretense he had put on for everyone over the past month that greatly improved Lu Zhao's acting skills, because the shop assistant suddenly realized that he had no suspicions.

"Would you like to take a look at our other products in the same series? They are complementary foods suitable for two-year-old children, with a variety of flavors, and they are nutritious and healthy."

Lu Zhao smiled. "No need, we bought a lot at home... By the way, where is my sister?"

"I'm picking out clothes in the clothing section. Would you like to come along?" the sales assistant replied with a smile.

She then nodded, "Alright."

As the other person turned around, she glanced back at the wall behind her, then thoughtfully followed the shop assistant out of the store.

"Ah Zhao, you're here!" Xia Zhifei stood in front of the clothes rack, holding a little skirt in one hand and a top in the other. As soon as she saw her coming, she waved to her excitedly, "Come and see, does Xiaoyue like this kind of dress!"

Lu Zhao was somewhat helpless. Had this young lady forgotten that Xiaoyue was already seven or eight years old?

"The nanny just messaged me saying that Xiaoyue has woken up, so we'll head back now and come see her again next time."

She naturally pulled Xia Zhifei a few steps outside, then glanced at the smiling shop assistant behind her, her gaze shifting slightly downwards to the employee's name tag: "Your name is Zeng Ji, right? We'll look for you next time we come."

After saying this with a meaningful tone, he left the maternity and baby store with Xia Zhifei.

"How's the investigation going?" The young lady asked impatiently as soon as she stepped outside.

Lu Zhao curled his lips into a smile. "You seem to have remembered that we're here to do a mission, Miss. How come you always manage to look like you're about to go on a shopping spree wherever you go?"

“But those clothes are really beautiful…” Xia Zhifei explained awkwardly, “I can buy them and donate them!”

Lu Zhao was completely speechless at the young lady's extravagant behavior.

"Forget it, let's find a shop to sit down and talk slowly." She sighed helplessly and pulled her toward a nearby milk tea shop.

Chapter Eighteen: The Dark Room

"What? You mean that person is inside the wall?"