115: New members join the team

"I'm an assassin."

Gu Qingzhu took a step back.

Ily looked at Lin Ye eagerly, "Come on, Captain, let's have a match."

"Alright." Lin Ye didn't refuse.

He wasn't afraid of Ily in terms of physical strength.

The two chose the most primitive method: arm wrestling.

"Captain, I won't go easy on you!" Ily chuckled. Don't let her being a Priest fool you; she was a Priest who specialized in physical strength, full of muscle.

"Just use your strength." Lin Ye smiled.

As she gradually exerted force, Ily felt something was off.

No matter how much strength she used, Lin Ye remained as still as a mountain.

Ily held her breath and braced herself, using all her might, but Lin Ye remained unfazed.

Lin Ye sensed the gap between Ily and himself.

He was only using a fraction of his strength right now.

He gently increased it by ten percent, and it immediately became the final straw that broke the camel's back.

Thud~, Ily's hand was pressed onto the stone table, and cracks appeared on the hard stone table.

"Captain, you're too strong!" Ily's face was filled with disbelief.

She was a Ninth-Tier, her body over twenty-five times stronger than a Seventh-Tier, yet Lin Ye had easily defeated her.

The other two teammates also looked at Lin Ye in surprise.

"Watch me perform." Lin Ye patted Ily's shoulder.

Lin Ye's addition was very eye-catching. Everyone knew he was a Seventh-Tier, and they were unsure why Lotus didn't send Chu Tianba.

"Kid, is it just you in your team?" Zhong Yi asked with some surprise.

"That's right." Lin Ye replied.

Zhong Yi shook his head and said nothing more.

After everyone was ready, Royal Dynasty Song waved his hand, and the immense pressure instantly made everyone's shoulders sink a few inches.

Lin Ye felt the pressure and found it acceptable.

As time passed, the pressure gradually increased.

Other teams were eliminated one after another.

"Holy moly, how can Lin Ye last so long?"

"Is this the true worth of a genius? I'm so envious."

"He's only a Seventh-Tier!"

When the gravity doubled again, only Lin Ye and Zhong Yi remained on the field.

Zhong Yi was secretly alarmed. It would be a great disgrace if he lost to a Seventh-Tier kid.

But the facts did not change according to his will.

When he couldn't hold on and used Star Power to resist the gravity, Lin Ye was still at ease.

"Impossible!" Zhong Yi's face was filled with disbelief.

Royal Dynasty Song stopped the gravity and looked at Lin Ye curiously.

Lin Ye stepped forward, extended his hand, "Welcome to Lotus. I'm Lin Ye, the current Captain of Lotus."

"You're the Captain of Lotus?" Royal Dynasty Song shook Lin Ye's hand with some surprise.

He knew about Lotus; a beautiful elder sister had just been talking about how strong their Lotus was, ranked 36th, and he didn't expect to meet them so soon.

"That's right." Lin Ye didn't explain much.

The surrounding crowd heard this and were all very surprised.

"What's wrong with Lotus? When the tiger is away, the monkey becomes king?"

"Oh, come on. If you say that, you just lost to a monkey, isn't that ridiculous?"

"Honestly, I think it's too outrageous for Lin Ye to be the Captain. Isn't he only a Seventh-Tier?"

Lin Ye ignored them and led Royal Dynasty Song away from the crowd.

On the way back to the base, as everyone explained along the way, Royal Dynasty Song processed the news of the Lotus personnel changes.

"Don't worry, although the three strongest members of our team are going to break through, once the Captain reaches Eighth-Tier, it won't be worse than before." Lin Ye put his arm around Royal Dynasty Song's shoulder and cajoled him.

The most important ability when leading a team was to cajole.

If you don't paint a picture, how can the people below work hard?

Royal Dynasty Song nodded in a daze.

Taking advantage of the full team, Lin Ye decided to lay out the subsequent team building plans.

Lotus Squad had been idle for more than half a month.

Now that the team configuration was basically complete, they could also carry out missions to get accustomed to each other.

"Our squad isn't familiar with each other yet, so let's find some simple missions to get accustomed to each other first."

Lin Ye introduced the basic situation.

He was mainly speaking to Royal Dynasty Song.

Royal Dynasty Song was completely unaware of the Demon Invasion and was surprised to hear about it.

"No wonder, no wonder master was in such a hurry this time." Royal Dynasty Song secretly muttered to himself.

He hadn't been held back for a day or two, and his master had originally been indifferent, but a few days ago, he suddenly urged him to come out.

Presumably, he also knew some news and wanted him to adapt in advance, lest he get too used to staying at home and be unable to adapt.

However, despite being a homebody, his psychological quality was still good. He wasn't thick-skinned, nor would he be held back for thousands of years.

"So we'll first take control of this small Starlight Core to get accustomed to each other, and then carry out higher-level ones." Lin Ye stated their destination.

Everyone agreed in unison.

After making preparations, everyone arrived at the small Starlight Core marked by Lin Ye.

Accompanying them were the hired developers.

Lin Ye hired a National Enterprise.

Although private enterprises would share more, once War broke out, they would definitely not have the strength to protect this mine.

However, a National Enterprise was different; its strength was formidable.

Moreover, after Lin Ye clearly explained what this mine produced, the leader of that National Enterprise immediately couldn't sit still.

He sent the top team for support.

The importance of the holy light core was self-evident after the Demon Invasion.

There was no danger in this area, only a beast pack, which Lin Ye and his team easily cleared.

"Captain Lin, next we will use the Star Core to create a base. The movement will be very large, and I hope Captain Lin can repel any onlookers." The development team leader said.

Lin Ye patted his chest and guaranteed, "Don't worry, whoever comes will die."

This was a huge deal, a deal that would surely multiply dozens or even hundreds of times later. How could he let others snatch it away?

His teammates guarded the development team, while Lin Ye sat in the center.

He fully activated his Star Eyes, scanning the surroundings.

The development team leader took out a perfectly round gem. Runes swirled in his hand, and he cooperated with his teammates to activate the gem's power.

This was indeed the Star Core.

A must-have for creating a base.

Since the higher-ups attached great importance to this mine, the Star Core was also classified at the town level.

How big was the movement when a Star Core for establishing a town was activated?

Lin Ye had truly experienced it.

The earth rolled as if an earthquake had occurred. Centered on the Star Core, snakes, insects, rats, and ants all drilled out of the ground and scattered in all directions.

And the trees were quickly uprooted, and the holes left behind were quickly smoothed over.

This process would last for a long time until all unmarked Life within the Star Core's influence was completely repelled.

Lin Ye was very curious about the origin of the Star Core.

Everything in the Star Realm was so mysterious.

The huge commotion attracted many covetous gazes.

"Who is establishing a town? Did they discover some top-tier mine?"

"With this commotion, this resource point is probably more than three stars."

"Three stars can build a town? How ignorant. At least four stars."

General resource points only needed a shelter-level base for mining, while four-star resource points were already qualified to establish a town.

This attracted many people.

Lin Ye stood up, "Someone's coming. Get ready to act."

He felt that the development team's strong emphasis on this mine was correct. Although it was only a three-star resource point, its strategic significance was too important.

His teammates quickly got ready. The first batch of people who came were very weak; Lin Ye's five-person team simply released their aura and scared them away.

The next ones were also insignificant teams.

It was understandable, after all, the resources in this area were relatively scarce, and the teams operating nearby were just ordinary ones.