Chapter 571: Chapter 571: Joining the Team
"When they arrive, we’ll know. However, I feel the possibility is quite low." Liu Li thought it was impossible for someone to awaken their spiritual power. Xu Yi’s meaning was clear; if awakening were possible, it would have happened early on and wouldn’t take this long.
"Let’s get to work since they’ll take at least half an hour to get here." Cheng Jie called out. They still needed to harvest vegetables to take back, and then Bai Yu would bring them to Xu Yi and the others.
So many days have passed, yet new vegetables have grown, allowing Xu Yi and the team to store more fresh vegetables.
Next time, Flash and Bai Yu may not come, and if Xu Yi and the team want to eat, it might not be as easy. They might have to wait until they complete the 500-day challenge.
Thirty-some minutes later, Black Qilin arrived in front of Cheng Jie and Liu Li.
It appeared friendly and circled around Cheng Jie and Liu Li several times.
Black Qilin had grown much larger, resembling the size of a bull, looking very fierce.
"Sister Cheng, Sister Li." Jiang Ming shouted happily, still the leader among these eliminated participants.
In the hearts of the eliminated, Cheng Jie and Liu Li still held a high status.
Because they were also eliminated, but among the most successful ones.
They were different from Su Yan, who relied primarily on luck, while Cheng Jie and Liu Li depended on their own efforts and perseverance.
Cheng Jie looked at these people; only two had advanced to level 4 pinnacle, one being Jiang Ming.
The rest were all level 4.
So, it seemed these people’s strength is still quite good.
When they first arrived here, they were only newly level 3 or at the pinnacle of level 3.
"Welcome to Base Alpha, the base chosen by Xu Yi. I wonder if you’d like to join Xu Yi’s team?"
Cheng Jie directly started recruiting. After all, the base needed hands, and since these people were willing to give the Star Chart to Xu Yi, it showed their admiration for Xu Yi.
"Can we join?" Jiang Ming couldn’t believe he could join Xu Yi’s team.
Liu Li quickly said, "Of course you can; Cheng Jie and I are fully authorized to represent Xu Yi."
"We are willing to join." Jiang Ming answered on behalf of everyone.
"However, once you join, you must stay to help build the base, unable to continue the challenge." Cheng Jie said candidly, but she felt these people didn’t have the strength to continue challenging.
Compared to her and Liu Li, their strength was still much lesser.
"We are willing to stay; as long as we don’t have to return to our planet, we can stay anywhere."
Jiang Ming and the others understood well; if Xu Yi and his team successfully challenged, humanity would gain control of this planet. At that time, other humans would flock to Spirit Blue Star.
Staying and persisting for 500 days would surely not leave their strength lacking. Compared to newcomers, they’d be much stronger. Naturally, they would gain great benefits, benefiting their families as well.
So, no one wanted to return, nor did they want to continue adventuring.
They knew of Xu Yi’s choice of a teleportation point from the Star Chart, which led them to unite with Black Qilin and Unicorn to seek opportunities at this base.
"Welcome to joining us and becoming a part of our team. However, I must say upfront: team members must follow orders. Anyone who disobeys will be immediately expelled." Cheng Jie happily said, as with so many people joining, their labor shortage was quickly filled.
"Yes, we will definitely follow commands." Everyone answered loudly.
"What’s with these ten or so Fierce Beasts? Have any of you tamed them?" Liu Li pointed to the Fierce Beasts pulling a makeshift sled.
"No, this is controlled by Xu Yi’s mount, Black Qilin; it’s not considered tamed. If Black Qilin is slightly negligent, they will flee or attack us." Jiang Ming immediately explained.
Cheng Jie and Liu Li were shocked, not expecting Black Qilin to be so powerful, controlling so many Fierce Beasts.
"Sister Cheng, where’s Xu Yi? He’s not at camp, is he?" Jiang Ming asked with a hint of hope, although he had guessed.
Cheng Jie immediately said, "No, they should be training at the edge of level 6 Fierce Beast Territory."
"The edge of level 6 Fierce Beast Territory?" An eliminated participant’s eyes widened.
These days, they worked hard training, but progress was slow.
They thought Xu Yi and his team would be at most level 5, not charging to level 6 so quickly.
But Xu Yi and the team were already challenging level 6.
This gap was somewhat beyond their expectations.
"Black Qilin, you want to find Xu Yi, right? Bai Yu is currently at Base Alpha; you can follow it to find Xu Yi." Liu Li walked up and patted Black Qilin’s head.
She knew Black Qilin was quite intelligent and understood many words.
Upon hearing "Bai Yu," Black Qilin immediately jumped excitedly.
As Xu Yi’s mount, it was keenly familiar with Xu Yi’s scent. Naturally, it could tell there was no scent of Xu Yi on Liu Li and Cheng Jie, indicating Xu Yi wasn’t nearby.
If Xu Yi were nearby, there would be some presence of his scent.
"Let’s go, we’ll take you back first." Cheng Jie said.
The harvestable vegetables were ready to be taken back to Bai Yu.
Thus, the group arrived at the Meteorite Crater.
Black Qilin already caught Bai Yu’s scent and ran to the cave entrance on its own. Naturally, Unicorn followed behind Black Qilin.
Then, Black Qilin and Unicorn saw Bai Yu lying inside the cave.
Bai Yu sensed something, opened her eyes to take a glance, saw it was Black Qilin and Unicorn, and immediately showed a surprised expression. But she quickly lay down again and closed her eyes.
Because she was truly tired and needed a good rest.
After resting well, she would have to travel back to Lu Ke’s side.
Black Qilin did not enter but squatted at the entrance, barking twice at Unicorn beside him.
Cheng Jie and Liu Li did not disturb them, arranging a place for Jiang Ming and the others.
Then, they asked Jiang Ming to provide some personal information.
For example, what was their previous profession, what education did they receive, what skills they had.
Xu Yi’s documentation left not only agricultural knowledge but also various industrial knowledge.
And they needed more than just vegetable, grain, and fruit-like agricultural products, also other tools and items.
Though Xu Yi brought many supplies, they would deplete and need replenishment.
By collecting their backgrounds, Cheng Jie and Liu Li could make reasonable arrangements.
Soon, these people were assigned their job positions and immediately began their work.
Initially, Base Alpha had only now truly begun operating.
When Xu Yi and the team completed the 500-day challenge, the area would undergo tremendous changes.
This may become the core spot for human civilization development on Spirit Blue Star.
Many human elites will rush here in the future to contribute to building.
