One night passed without incident. The next morning, as soon as it was early, Lin Feng and Ophelia stood outside the door, waiting for the teleportation device to activate.
With ten minutes left, Lin Feng silently pinned the insignia belonging to the Golden Silver Tree to his chest.
It was a bit unsightly, but it was a requirement, and there was nothing he could do.
"Speaking of which, where's your sister? Isn't she coming out?" Lin Feng chatted with Ophelia beside him, bored as he watched the countdown.
"I'm quite curious, how do you sisters usually divide the right to control the body?"
With a dual soul like this, one was online, and the other was definitely offline.
Lin Feng was curious about how the two sisters usually lived.
When they ate, would they eat twice in one meal?
"My sister only controls the body in daily life," Ophelia replied.
"As for tasks, the steady elder sister will handle them," Ophelia patted her chest, in a relatively good mood.
In one sentence, she answered both of Lin Feng's questions.
"So when one of you is out, what state is the other in? Sleeping? Or what?"
Lin Feng's curiosity was piqued. They had only talked about serious matters yesterday, and he had overlooked the sisters' unique nature.
"Um... how should I put it?" Ophelia frowned, organizing her thoughts.
"I can be asleep, but I can also feel everything you touch, just without the right to control it."
"So, if you touch something now, your sister can also feel what it is, see what it is, but she can't control it?"
Ophelia nodded.
All right, it was indeed a peculiar mode of operation.
Wasn't that suffocating?
Ophelia felt a little uncomfortable under Lin Feng's curious and probing gaze.
"Okay, time's almost up, let's stand inside!"
The teleportation device was similar to a teleportation array, with a moderately sized light circle that could accommodate two people without feeling crowded.
Looking at the countdown, with more than a minute left, Lin Feng nodded and stood inside with Ophelia.
As the countdown ended, the light circle emitted bursts of light, sending them away from this temporary staging planet.
The scenery before their eyes shifted, and the two arrived at the planet where the first challenge was located.
Noisy sounds reached their ears.
There were conversations everywhere, as well as hawking.
Huh? Lin Feng raised an eyebrow.
Hawking sounds, what the heck?
Stepping out of the teleportation array, Lin Feng discovered that this was clearly a place like a small city.
Along the roads, there were stalls selling goods, which left Lin Feng a bit bewildered.
He had originally thought it would be a desolate, uninhabited planet, but unexpectedly, it was so modern.
"What is this stuff?" Lin Feng looked around.
There were many people in black robes on the streets, with insignia of their respective factions pinned to their chests.
The hawkers on the roadside were also in black robes.
"Those selling things are basically members of the auxiliary teams, or people with close ties to them,"
"They sell some information and items here," Ophelia explained from the side.
"The goods are all good, no one is trying to deceive you, but the prices are extremely expensive..."
"Here, we will have one day to prepare, gather information, and select the items we need."
Lin Feng understood.
This was the money-making ground for auxiliary team members, but it looked more like they were here to fleece the participating personnel.
However, with a day of preparation time, it seemed to be an operation tacitly approved by the higher-ups.
"I'm going to sell some information, do you want to come, or do you want to browse first?" Ophelia glanced around and asked.
Lin Feng looked confused.
"Selling information? Are the auxiliary teams going to allow you to compete with them for business?"
Ophelia was a participant in the selection process, so could she really compete with the auxiliary teams for business here?
"Heh heh, I have a good sister who is a member of the auxiliary team!" Ophelia smiled mysteriously.
This was no joke, a fundamental quality of an intelligence operative was to get along well with everyone!
Lin Feng raised an eyebrow and chuckled, "Oh wow, I didn't realize you were so good at managing your relationships!"
"Since that's the case, I'll go with you to see your good sister first!"
Lin Feng scanned the area with his senses, and the entire structure was imprinted in his mind.
Only this area was populated, but there wasn't much to see.
Lin Feng wasn't interested in the things being sold at the stalls, nor did he have any desire to browse.
He just wanted the selection to start quickly, end quickly, and then go home to relax.
"All right, follow me!" Ophelia had no objections and led Lin Feng towards her good sister's stall.
The selling area was not very large, so Ophelia quickly found her "good sister."
The good sister had set up a small stall.
She wore a silver mask, her face hidden, and a mark formed from the number 0 was pinned to her chest.
This mark was the insignia of an auxiliary team member.
There were other hawkers in black robes, but their colors and the patterns at the bottom were different, seemingly used to distinguish ranks.
"Agre, I'm here!" Ophelia rushed over excitedly and greeted her.
"Oh, Ophelia," the black-robed woman with the silver mask also seemed very happy to see Ophelia and gave her a hug.
"Quick, quick, I've saved a good spot for you!"
"There are also a sign and a pen, just write down what you want to sell!" Ophelia pointed to a vacant spot on the table.
Ophelia gave her a sweet smile and, without being polite, moved over and started writing and drawing on it.
"Oh, right, I forgot to introduce my teammate, he's L... Shan Hai."
Ophelia almost blurted out Lin Feng's name, her tongue almost tied.
Fortunately, Lin Feng had cast a spell on her, making it impossible for those two words to be spoken.
The black-robed woman named Agre sized up Lin Feng with great interest.
"Shan Hai, I know."
"Nice to meet you!" Agre frankly extended her hand.
Lin Feng was silent for a moment, then still reached out and shook her hand.
But his mouth, as if of its own accord, uttered a sentence.
"How happy are you?"
Agre was taken aback, then silently withdrew her hand.
In her heart, she couldn't help but label Lin Feng as having a peculiar thought process.
She was also in the intelligence field and knew that the Golden Silver Tree's Shan Hai's strength was directly proportional to his temper.
As expected, that opening remark killed the conversation, confirming for her that this Shan Hai was more interesting than she had imagined.
"Okay, I'm done writing!"
Nearby, Ophelia's voice could be heard.
She placed the signboard she had written on a corner of the table, and then placed a document next to it.
She didn't seem afraid of her goods being snatched.
"Agre, are there any special points to note for this selection?"
After arranging her own things, Ophelia began to chat with Agre.
She was good at intelligence work, but she couldn't always rely on those eyes, and it was very tiring, wasn't it?