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    Shen Xiao was indeed only curious for a moment. After craning his neck to look for a while, he retracted his gaze and started discussing what takeout to order with Xie Wei and Bai Chen.

    As the three Main Roster Players from the A-Team left, the B-Team training room completely erupted.

    Yuan Shaofeng touched his chest, deeply moved, and exclaimed, “Oh my god, I just bowed to Captain Xie! Today must be a good day for climbing the Ladder Ranking!”

    Bai Ke, the B-Team Sniper, walked over and retorted upon hearing this, “Oh, when did Captain Xie start offering this service?”

    Yuan Shaofeng gave him a look of disdain. “What do you know? This is called faith.”

    As a devoted fan of Xie Wei, Xu Ziyan was surprised to find an ally. He was eager to discuss the topic further but was afraid of losing control and exposing himself. He opened his mouth, then swallowed the words back, finally just smiling.

    Bai Ke said, “Heh, what good is it for you, an Assault Player, to bow to Captain Xie? It’s only useful if I, a Sniper, bow.” He then looked at Xu Ziyan, smiled, and introduced himself, “Hello, I’m the Sniper, KK.”

    Xu Ziyan straightened up, about to introduce himself in kind, but Bai Ke interrupted him with a smile. “I know you, Ice. You play Medic very well. I’ve been matched with you several times in Ranked Matches. Speaking of which, why haven’t you started streaming?”

    Players of Resist at this level, whether casual or professional, almost all have a streaming channel. After all, Resist has high traffic and strong watchability, making streaming an efficient way to earn money.

    In contrast, Xu Ziyan, who didn’t stream and didn’t have a Weibo account, seemed a bit out of place.

    His actions were too low-key; almost no one knew about something as significant as him joining the TWG Youth Training Camp.

    Xu Ziyan smiled sheepishly. “My computer at home was slow and couldn’t support streaming, and later I just got lazy about setting it up.”

    Bai Ke said, “Then what about your Weibo? Don’t tell me your phone memory isn’t enough.”

    Xu Ziyan hesitated for a moment before saying awkwardly, “Uh, when I first started playing Resist, I got into a heated argument with someone on Weibo. Just as I was about to win the argument, the other side tagged a bunch of people, and they all started attacking me. I got angry and uninstalled it. Later, I was too lazy to download it again; there was no need for it.”

    Bai Ke was speechless. That reason was certainly unique.

    Yuan Shaofeng asked, “Then you haven’t signed a streaming contract either?”

    A streaming contract?

    Xu Ziyan, who had genuinely entered through the back door and parachuted in, looked momentarily confused. He instinctively turned his head to look at Lu Donglou.

    Lu Donglou happened to be paying attention to the commotion on this side. Hearing this, he quickly stepped forward to smooth things over. “Ice joined the team in a hurry; we haven’t had time to arrange those things yet. It’s already this late; hurry up and eat something. You still have training this afternoon.”

    Normally, when they chatted, as long as they weren’t streaming, Lu Donglou wouldn’t interfere, no matter what they talked about or how far the topic strayed.

    But today was different; Lu Donglou had interrupted their conversation twice.

    Yuan Shaofeng was quick to notice and immediately felt something was strange.

    Bai Ke’s mind worked even faster. Xu Ziyan had just been promoted from the Youth Training Camp and directly joined the B-Team. Although he was nominally a Substitute Slot, judging by Old Lu’s satisfaction with him, a Main Roster Player spot was clearly a done deal. And the A-Team members had just come over to look… If there wasn’t something fishy going on, he’d eat dirt.

    He understood the situation clearly in his mind, but of course, he couldn’t show it on his face. He smiled brightly and said, “Ice, what are you eating later? Want to join us?”

    Xu Ziyan had no objection and nodded in agreement.

    The three of them also pulled in Meng Cang, another Assault Player from the B-Team. The four of them didn’t order takeout but went to a nearby restaurant for a meal.

    Through their conversation, Xu Ziyan learned that Bai Ke’s older brother was the A-Team Assault Player, Bai Chen.

    Bai Chen was an Alpha, but Bai Ke was a Beta. Bai Ke chuckled, “Rare, right?”

    Xu Ziyan was perceptive enough to see that Bai Ke’s smile wasn’t genuine, so he didn’t respond.

    Yuan Shaofeng quickly changed the subject. “Speaking of which, Ice, do you know anyone on the A-Team?”

    Xu Ziyan, who still had Xie Wei’s Temporary Marking on the back of his neck, lied through his teeth. “No, why?”

    “Oh,” Yuan Shaofeng said. “After God Xiao and the others left, a few more A-Team members came over to look. I thought you might know someone among them.”

    Xu Ziyan felt guilty. “No, I don’t.”

    Yuan Shaofeng said “Oh” and didn’t press further, lowering his head to eat his rice.

    The reason for this was that after Shen Xiao returned to the A-Team training room, he exaggerated Xie Wei’s distracted state, even adding some fictional details, saying that Xie Wei was so stunned by the B-Team’s new Medic that he was utterly captivated, which was why he was acting so unusually.

    The A-Team members were consumed by curiosity and rushed over to see what kind of Omega could make Captain Xie, who usually avoided AO matters, act so abnormally.

    Fortunately, the Coach and Xie Wei later found out and stopped everyone, giving them a thorough scolding. This prevented the B-Team training room entrance from turning into a “tourist attraction.”

    Meng Cang rarely spoke, simply focusing on eating his food and occasionally interjecting a sentence or two to adjust the flow of conversation.

    When the dining table fell silent, he looked up, thoughtfully observing Xu Ziyan for a moment, and suddenly asked, “Ice, is that a marking patch on the back of your neck?”

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