Wu Di and Liu Tianzhi exchanged a glance, seeing confusion in each other's eyes.
What was going on?
He didn't want such a good opportunity?
They knew that if this promotion mission was successful, they could reach the executive department's main base months, or even years, earlier.
There, both resources and connections were far beyond what they had here!
From the perspective of new recruit benefits alone, according to their inside information, if they went to the main base, the trainee meals and medicinal baths would be twice as effective as here!
Wasn't the ultimate goal of everyone who wanted to enter the main headquarters to achieve better development and improvement? Although there were risks, wasn't it worth taking a gamble?
However, Liu Tixing didn't give them a chance to persuade him.
"Alright, I have some other matters to attend to. You guys go to the cafeteria yourselves."
He turned and left.
Wu Di looked at his retreating back and asked, "What's wrong with Tixing? I feel like he's been preoccupied ever since he came back."
Liu Tianzhi couldn't figure it out either and could only ask, "What do we do now? Captain Fan needs three people. Should we go find Li Chonglou?"
Wu Di thought for a moment, then sighed, "It seems we can only find him. I doubt others would be considered."
In their minds, Li Chonglou's strength was quite good, possibly even stronger than theirs!
In three missions, although Li Chonglou and Chen Pingfan didn't contribute much in the second one, he was the key to the first two. If they were in Li Chonglou's shoes, they couldn't think of any way to successfully complete the missions through such layered difficulties.
Yet, Li Chonglou had managed to do it.
However, despite their doubts, they were confident in their own strength.
Few who cultivated their realms to this extent wouldn't have their own trump cards.
After making their decision, they found Li Chonglou, who was dining with Chen Pingfan in the cafeteria.
"You're looking for me to discuss something?"
Looking up at them, Li Chonglou raised an eyebrow.
Chen Pingfan, who was sitting beside him, teased, "Don't tell me you want Brother Li to be a squad leader too? To split some people?"
Wu Di and Liu Tianzhi were also squad leaders from the same batch. If they were coming to him, Chen Pingfan couldn't think of any other reason for discussion.
Moreover, in his opinion, Li Chonglou's track record was more than enough.
They also had some understanding of Chen Pingfan. At that time, they were divided into four squads, and Chen Pingfan had a high chance of becoming a squad leader among the solo players.
However, they hadn't expected him to suddenly follow Li Chonglou.
As a result, most of the solo players had now integrated into their three squads.
Wu Di smiled and said, "Brother Chen is joking. Our squad leader positions are due to everyone's support, and we don't have the right to decide such matters ourselves. But with Brother Li's abilities, becoming a captain is just a matter of time."
They were all aware of the prejudice others held towards Li Chonglou.
If not for this, someone would have already pushed him into a leadership position after he led them to complete the first mission.
Everyone knew that when entering a new place and environment, the most important thing was to integrate into one's own group first. And as they joined in the same batch, they were naturally the best choice.
While it seemed like becoming someone's subordinate, it was actually a form of implicit benefit.
After all, if anything happened, there would be someone to bear the brunt, and they wouldn't have to worry too much about unnecessary things.
Chen Pingfan chuckled. Those who had spoken well on the plane had disappeared upon their return, and such prejudice wasn't easily dispelled.
However, it was true that their attitudes had improved. If Li Chonglou helped them more in the future or interacted with them more, perhaps it would be as Wu Di said.
But, that wasn't the main point.
Judging by Wu Di's words, it was clearly not about this matter, and Chen Pingfan couldn't help but feel a little curious.
However, since he wasn't the person involved, he could only turn his gaze to Li Chonglou.
"Is there something that can't be said here? Brother Chen is one of us."
Chen Pingfan felt a warmth in his heart but still said tactfully, "Brother Li, you guys should talk among yourselves. Since Captain Wu said so, it must be something important."
He then picked up his meal tray.
Wu Di quickly apologized to him, and Chen Pingfan simply smiled and nodded.
Originally, the two of them were not well-received by most people, and the cafeteria area was divided by seniority. In an instant, only the three of them remained.
Wu Di had originally intended to ask people to leave to talk, but seeing the situation, he sat down directly.
"Brother Li, have you heard of the promotion mission?"
Li Chonglou's originally calm expression froze.
His heart instantly tensed.
The promotion mission, could it be the only fastest way to leave the branch base that Master Qing told me about?
A surge of joy rose in his heart, but Li Chonglou suppressed it.
He revealed a hint of confusion and asked, "What promotion mission?"
Wu Di glanced around, saw that no one was paying attention to them, then leaned in and quietly explained the promotion mission.
It was indeed the mission he had been wanting to undertake!
Li Chonglou immediately felt as if he had searched everywhere without success and then found it effortlessly. His face lit up with joy.
"You want me to join?"
Wu Di smiled and said, "That's right. Captain Fan Li, the strongest captain of the branch base, approached us hoping to bring three people to execute the mission together."
"This time, as long as we complete it successfully, we won't have to climb step by step as we normally would. We'll get there in one go!"
Li Chonglou's brows furrowed slightly as he noticed the number of people mentioned.
He asked doubtfully, "Three people, isn't that exactly enough for the three of you? Why are you looking for me? Isn't Liu Tixing going?"
"Uh."
This question was a bit awkward.
However, to show his sincerity, Wu Di spoke frankly, "To be honest, we just spoke to Liu Tixing, but it seems he has some personal matters to attend to and cannot go."
As expected, I'm the backup.
But this was normal. After all, the three of them had been together since taking the exam. It would be abnormal if they had approached me first.
Li Chonglou nodded, showing understanding.
At the same time, he had already formed a guess.
What could be more important than the promotion mission? This kind of opportunity wasn't something you could get whenever you wanted. Senior students in the branch base could find those in the same year, or even those a year older than them. They wouldn't need to come to them, the newcomers, every time.
Alternatively, they could only find newly admitted trainees.
Whichever of these two possibilities was true, it meant that if they missed this opportunity, it would be almost impossible to participate again!