Too Many Reincarnators? I Bring the National Team to the Field - Chapter 31

Li Xin was looking at Jiang Yu. She was covered in dirt, as if she’d been put through the wringer, with dark circles under her eyes and sweat stains on her face, like she’d spent a whole day working in the fields.

Jiang Yu was looking at Li Xin. He looked completely wilted, dark circles under his eyes, his spirit out of it, like a high school senior or a grad student buried in books, under enormous pressure.

This…

Wasn’t what they had imagined at all?

“Why do you look like this?!” they both blurted out at the same time.

After a moment, Jiang Yu gave a bitter smile. “Studying.”

Li Xin made a pained face. “Studying.”

Their eyes met, and both saw something complicated in the other’s gaze.

“So you have to study too,” Li Xin muttered.

Right now, his feelings were complicated-sometimes sympathy for Jiang Yu, sometimes for himself, and also a strange, inexplicable sense of… satisfaction.

Jiang Yu felt about the same.

She hung her head, her voice weak: “It’s not just studying. I have to learn all kinds of stuff about agriculture.”

Li Xin: “I have to study math, physics, and chemistry. I’m a total slacker in my second year of high school, and they want me to go straight to a PhD.”

“Who isn’t? Those videos and books, one mountain after another.”

“Those textbooks, stack after stack.”

“You don’t have it as bad as me. I’ve got a whole string of teachers-the whole institute is watching me!”

“I’ve got it worse. I have a team of lecturers, all of them watching me study! A team of lecturers? For a student, that’s basically hell.”

“I’m even worse. I not only have to study, I have to farm too. I’m driving tractors and seeders every day, and I have to install sprinklers.”

“I’m the worst off. All that math, physics, and chemistry stuff is impossibly deep. Each symbol is enough to drive a person crazy-I can barely breathe!”

“I’m the worst…”

“No, I’m worse…”

“I’m the absolute worst…”

…

The two of them went from arguing who was more awesome to comparing who was more miserable, getting more and more animated as they talked.

In the end, they hugged their heads and cried their eyes out.

Li Xin: “Sis, aren’t Metal-type Ability Users supposed to save the world, show off and humiliate others? How is this even harder than my regular second-year high school life before I awakened my power?”

Jiang Yu: “Bro, isn’t spatial ability supposed to be for hoarding supplies? At most, growing some veggies and fruit so we can have a good life after the apocalypse. Why is it this miserable?”

“Sis!”

“Bro!”

Tears streamed down their faces as they cried in unison, “This isn’t how it goes in the novels!”

At that moment, Li Xin seemed to think of something. He suddenly let go of Jiang Yu, stared at her, and lowered his voice: “Sis, don’t you want to fight back?”

Jiang Yu was stunned, then her heart skipped a beat.

She lowered her voice too: “How do we fight back?”

Li Xin gritted his teeth: “We could-”

Just then, the dorm room door next to them suddenly opened, and both of them instinctively looked over.

Sheng An stood there in her pajamas. Her face was still beautiful, but still just as sharp and cold as ever, sending chills down their spines.

Her gaze swept over them, and they straightened up like students caught skipping class by the dean.

She walked forward two steps, leaning against the half-open door, looking at them with a slight smile: “Not sleeping yet? Looks like you’re both full of energy. I’ll have the teachers ramp up the intensity for you tomorrow.”
“Ah-”

The two let out a miserable scream, then simultaneously released their grip and dashed back to their own rooms.

Jiang Yu: “I’m tired, going to sleep right away.”

Li Xin: “I’ve had enough for today, going to sleep right away.”

“Bang! Bang!” Two loud noises.

Their room doors were already shut, and everything fell silent.

Only then did Sheng An withdraw her gaze, turn around expressionlessly, and close her own door.

Inside the room.

On the computer screen, the image was shaking-clearly, she was on a video call.

Wan Yuan: “Sister Sheng, what’s wrong?”

Sheng An walked back, replying casually, “Nothing, just two immature kids gathering late at night to complain. I’ve already sent them back.”

Wan Yuan bared his teeth and sighed, “Looks like the Deviants in the Special Affairs Division aren’t easy to manage.”

“It’s not too bad. How are things on your end?” Sheng An countered.

While Jiang Yu and Li Xin were outside venting, Sheng An was in the middle of a call with M Country.

She wasn’t worried about Team 0, but since Li Wanyun had been sent out, she had to check in, ask about the progress, and see when Li Wanyun and Team 0 would be coming back.

She didn’t care about Group A, but Team 0’s captain Qi Lingwu and Li Wanyun were both her team members.

At her words, Wan Yuan’s expression grew complicated, and he sighed, “Li Wanyun’s space is really huge, and truly useful, but Sister Sheng, she’s also a real handful!”

Sheng An raised an eyebrow, “What happened?”

Wan Yuan gave a wry smile, “She’s incredibly bold, and her courage knows no bounds. After arriving, she contacted a ‘local guide’ and immediately started buying food and supplies, throwing around huge sums of money without any attempt to hide it!”

Sheng An wasn’t surprised at all, letting out a soft laugh, “She’s always been like this. That’s exactly why I handed her over to you guys-to have you cover for her.”

If Team 0 weren’t in M Country, Sheng An would never have let Li Wanyun go out.

That girl had no idea that every country is especially wary of ‘foreigners,’ especially M Country, given their tense relations.

Besides, even without considering that, her blatant spending of large sums to buy supplies would definitely draw attention.

-If she went out alone, there was no way she’d make it back.

Wan Yuan: “Sigh, we’ve been cleaning up after her every day lately. She’s almost been targeted several times, and we’ve had to solve it each time. Qi Dui is speechless.”

“Well, she does have space,” Sheng An said, clearly trusting them, and continued to ask, “What about the arms? How’s the progress now?”

At this, Wan Yuan perked up a bit and smiled.

“It’s almost done. We’ve already ‘sold’ her a batch at a ‘low price,’ which is less than one percent of the total. If we ‘sell’ her a bit more, even if she’s clueless, she should start noticing.”

In reality, the money Li Wanyun provided couldn’t even buy one percent of the arms.

They were relying on her lack of knowledge about arms.

“But, she’s ‘noticed’ us. Qi Dui had someone deliberately provoke her, really offended her. That girl is bold, lately she’s been buying supplies while tailing us. Once she’s done shopping, we’ll put on a show for her.” Wan Yuan chuckled.

Sheng An raised an eyebrow, “What kind of show?”

Wan Yuan: “A shootout, then give her a chance for a ‘zero-dollar haul.'”