116: Chapter 115 Experience. Go.

He turned to the side, facing Yang Hang, his eyes feigning difficulty.

"I am not trying to give you a hard time. Yang Yue, if you, this young lady, join our team, the top four is basically guaranteed. Once you get the resource support, you can just share it with your brother."

Yang Yue felt her fists clench at the middle-aged old man's words, and she turned to look at Yang Hang.

Yang Hang understood what Instructor Liu Qiang meant by now, and he couldn't help but laugh bitterly inside.

When he felt something was wrong earlier, he had examined the complex psychological state of the person before him: Instructor Liu Qiang of the Revival Society Defense Administration.

The main point was that he didn't really like Yang Hang's overly indifferent attitude when they first met.

Accustomed to flattery, he felt a bit of a letdown when encountering someone like himself who showed no particular reaction, feeling offended.

Another part was the effect of him using the Power of Causality to sever the cognitive connection between "Yang Hang" and "Fate Master," and to a certain extent, reducing his own presence.

This also caused his external Gold Tier talent, Little Luck Technique, to appear less impressive in the eyes of others.

Combined, these two factors led to this situation.

In the end, Yang Hang and Yang Yue naturally failed to team up with him.

When Yang Yue chose to leave with Yang Hang, Instructor Liu Qiang even felt a bit regretful.

He tried to persuade Yang Yue, saying that his team was ranked thirty-second on the team display board, that such a strong team was hard to find, and that after winning the rewards with them, she could share some with her brother—there was no need to act on impulse, it wasn't worth it.

Yang Yue didn't even bother to acknowledge Instructor Liu Qiang, leaving behind only a few figures shaking their heads in confusion.

Then, the two of them started looking for a team again.

Along the way, Yang Yue comforted her brother, saying the other party had no vision and no brains and would regret it, while Yang Hang listened quietly, occasionally chiming in with a sarcastic remark.

"Brother, don't be angry." She suddenly softened her voice, turning her head to look at his profile.

Yang Hang looked over.

Yang Yue's eyes were full of sincerity.

"I know you are very powerful. Your talent is ten thousand times stronger than they think. Your low merit points are only because your talent isn't combat-oriented, not because you aren't strong."

She let go of Yang Hang's sleeve and instead hugged his arm.

"In the entire Magic Sea, who else can open a Silver Grade treasure chest whenever they want? Besides the Fate Master, you are the only one. In my heart, you are even more amazing than that Fate Master Yang Hang."

Yang Hang looked down at his sister.

He nodded seriously.

"Being acknowledged by my cutest sister makes me happy."

"Hmph, of course. I have always thought that you, Brother, are the best."

Yang Yue huffed, then suddenly leaned in, putting her head close, lowering her voice until only the two of them could hear.

"Brother."

"Hmm?"

"Can you use the Little Luck Technique... to add some bad luck to Instructor Liu Qiang's team?"

Her eyes were bright, filled with a pure, undisguised desire for revenge.

"Can you do it?"

Yang Hang looked at his sister's expectant eyes, squinted, and nodded in cooperation.

He made an OK sign and said:

"Do you even need to ask?"

"It's already been arranged."

Yang Yue's eyes instantly lit up like two lamps.

The two had hit a wall with their original intended team, so they naturally started looking for other teams that weren't full yet.

Then they hit a few more walls.

Either it was a team that Yang Yue didn't like after learning more about them.

Or, many of these teams only needed one more person at this point.

Even if there were rare teams that needed two people, they either didn't favor support ability users or already had one.

It was very normal; after all, most teams still preferred to group according to their original pairings, and when they were short of people, it was mostly just one person; it was rare to be short of two.

It was a two-way selection process, after all.

In the end, Yang Hang and Yang Yue successfully found a team that accepted both of them; their surface-level strength was not bad, after all.

The core of the team was Captain Ye Shuang, who ranked fifty-first on the God-Seeing Society leaderboard and was the deputy director of the development department of the Little Life Society.

Her talent was the Silver Grade Poison Mist Spread, and she was a very gentle big sister in her thirties.

On the east side of the platform, near the supply area, a woman in her early thirties was standing beside two companions.

She was wearing a dark green tactical tunic with a slightly high collar, tight cuffs, and a belt with dark patterns around her waist. Her long hair was casually tied behind her head, with a few stray locks hanging by her ears. Her features were soft, her temperament calm, and her posture as she stood there was relaxed and natural.

But what Yang Yue was staring at was not her appearance.

It was a wisp of faint green mist that was vaguely drifting in the air within a half-meter radius of her feet.

The mist was extremely faint, almost invisible to the naked eye, but Yang Yue's Water Control was extremely sensitive to changes in the surrounding water vapor—the humidity of that layer of mist was abnormally low, and water molecules were decomposed the moment they approached her body.

This was a display of her strength.

Poison.

Yang Yue subconsciously took half a step back and looked at the team list on the Fate Platform.

Team 71: Captain Ye Shuang. Talent: Poison Mist Spread (Silver Grade).

Identity: Deputy Director of the Development Department of the Little Life Society.

Yang Yue swallowed a mouthful of saliva.

Captain Ye Shuang, Poison Mist Spread.

Just the name of this talent exuded a fierce "keep away" vibe. Coupled with the title "Deputy Director of the Development Department of the Little Life Society"—could a woman capable of being a high-level executive under President Shen Qing be anything but a smiling tiger?

She hesitated.

Then Yang Hang tapped her on the shoulder from behind.

"Let's go with her."

"Huh?"

"Her team currently has three people and needs two. It complements your Water Control, and they don't have a support ability user either," Yang Hang explained seriously. "Besides, she just rejected two teams that took the initiative to invite her, which means she has her own standards for selecting people. I feel we have a hope."

Yang Yue blinked and looked back in the direction of Captain Ye Shuang.

The woman was looking down, talking to a burly man beside her with a serious expression, nodding occasionally. Another slightly younger man stood by with his arms crossed, his gaze scanning the surroundings alertly.

"...She looks like she isn't very easy to talk to," Yang Yue whispered.

"People you think are difficult to talk to are usually quite easy to talk to."

"What kind of logic is that?"

"Experience." Yang Hang gave her a push. "Go ahead."