On the Ghostly Artifact Ship, several newly promoted captains wore stiff expressions.
After the annual meeting ended, everyone tried to avoid contact.
Not long had passed, and upon meeting again, the scenes from the annual meeting immediately replayed in their minds like high-definition movies.
There was no escape.
Especially Black Wuchang Liu Buwei and Yu Baixing of the Seal Team.
At that time, one had secretly moved a dining table, while the other had pursued him, performing the great 'Acupoint Sealing' technique…
Their foolish appearances caused them to feel mortified with every recollection.
The awkward atmosphere was almost tangible, capable of building three tall buildings on the ship.
Sitting nearby, Xu Youzhi quietly opened one eye. Watching the reactions of these juniors, he secretly chuckled.
One of the original intentions behind arranging the annual feast was to allow these newly promoted captains to become familiar with each other.
Even if they were to prank their juniors, the seniors wouldn't go too far.
In fact, they had already seen each other's embarrassing pasts, so what was there to fear?
They were already more familiar with each other than ordinary people.
Even if there was awkwardness, it would only be temporary.
Furthermore, as they grew older…
Looking back decades or centuries later, wouldn't these memories also be a form of beauty?
Suddenly, Xu Youzhi's gaze fell upon Jiang Lin.
This junior had a good disposition.
Before the other party noticed, Xu Youzhi withdrew his gaze and pretended to be asleep again.
Jiang Lin sat among these new captains without feeling much.
Right after the annual meeting ended, he had felt a bit awkward, but in his three lifetimes of memories, there were plenty of embarrassing events.
He had even been a swallow.
Moreover, after he took a trip to the mortal world, the drawings made by his viewers looked quite good.
Later, he became busy with work and gradually let go of what had happened at the annual meeting.
At this moment, seeing that everyone had fallen silent and was surrounded by clouds.
Looking down, he could vaguely see the appearance of some cities and landscapes.
After a moment's thought, Jiang Lin opened the live stream.
He hadn't started his live stream mission for the day yet.
Whenever he had an opportunity, Jiang Lin wouldn't miss out on those 500 points.
As the saying goes, without taking small steps, one cannot reach a thousand miles; without gathering small streams, one cannot form rivers and seas.
Anything could be accumulated, eventually transforming from quantity to quality.
As soon as the live stream was opened, a large number of viewers flooded in, as if they had been waiting for this moment.
"Hahahaha, I finally got to see it!"
"First, first! No one can snatch it from me!"
"Streamer, streamer, where are you going now? Are you coming to the West?"
The viewers were excited, shouting, and already banging on their tables in front of the screen to celebrate.
Ever since the streamer mentioned going to other halls in a couple of days, they had been getting excited in advance.
Especially the viewers from outside the Eastern regions!
Before, they could only watch enviously as the streamer worked in the East, like during the Ghost Shopkeeper incident (╥╯^╰╥).
But now it was different!
The streamer was going to other halls!
This meant the streamer might go West, South, North…
They were incredibly thrilled.
"Don't get your hopes up, the streamer will still return to the East, hehehe…"
"I don't care, I don't care, I want to run wild in the comments right now ✿✿ヽ(°▽°)ノ✿!"
…
"Are those rapidly flying things around clouds?"
"Look ahead, it's a huge clump of… clouds."
"It's flying, it's flying! That clump of clouds is flying apart to both sides!"
"Holy crap, can you guys use more elegant wording? We all had nine years of compulsory education, why are you so brilliant!"
At times like these, the viewers would always marvel at how much the live stream camera understood them.
The live stream camera was divided into two parts, one facing the ship and the other facing outside the ship.
As the Ghostly Artifact Ship flew, the surrounding ethereal clouds gradually began to thin.
Looking down from high above, cities, lakes…
Green mountains and clear waters, the magnificent landscape, were all displayed before their eyes.
This made the viewers, who lived in tall buildings and couldn't see the starry sky by looking up or green grass by looking down, feel their eyes light up.
At the same time, there was a deep sense of relief.
"This is the magnificent landscape of our motherland!"
"Look at the water, it's blue, and the mountains are green! (doge)"
"Actually, my dream is to live in the countryside, have my own small house, a piece of land, and a dog…"
"Upstairs, dreams are called dreams because they are what you wish for in your dreams! (o^-^)"
"Damn it… you're so right!"
…
While the viewers were excitedly sending comments, the awkward atmosphere on the ship continued to spread.
Even though Jiang Lin hadn't felt anything at first, under this atmosphere, he couldn't help but feel the urge, shared by other ghost officers, to secretly dig a basement on the ship with their feet.
Jiang Lin: "…"
After a moment's thought, he chose to remain seated to cooperate with everyone.
Otherwise, it would make the other ghost officers seem too awkward.
Beside him.
Xu Youzhi watched for a while, shook his head with amusement, and was about to 'push' these juniors.
Suddenly, a voice rang out.
"Hahahaha…"
Qin Zhouzhou, the captain of the Intelligence Team, suddenly opened her mouth and laughed a few times with a serious expression.
She wore a black robe, with a black belt tied at her waist, from which hung a green jade pendant. Her long, straight bangs covered almost half of her face.
She possessed the ability to be unnoticed in a crowd.
"Everyone, why are we just sitting here like this hahahaha… why don't we do something?"
…
These few 'hahaha's made the viewers feel awkward as well.
Some viewers hadn't noticed the atmosphere at first and thought these captains were meditating…
But then the 'ha' came out, like a signal that opened a switch.
"Most afraid of the sudden awkwardness in the air…"
"For every 'ha', there's that much awkwardness, count them (doge)."
"By the way, do you guys find these ghost officers somewhat familiar?"
"Are you referring to the ghost officer who moved the table, or the one who performed acupoint sealing? (o^-^)"
…
However, despite the awkwardness, it did break the atmosphere on the ship.
Yu Baixing of the Seal Team closed his eyes, and Jiang Lin took the opportunity to stand up and look at the scenery by the ship's edge.
Qin Zhouzhou of the Intelligence Team thought for a moment, then suddenly took out a large iron pot from her storage bag.
"Hahaha, I'll treat everyone to hot pot."
As she spoke, she began to set up the pot and take out ingredients.
"There's a saying in the mortal world: there's nothing that a meal of hot pot can't solve."
"If there is…"
She looked at everyone seriously. When the ghost officer captains looked at her, they saw her slowly extend a scissor hand.
"If there is, then it takes two meals."
Qin Zhouzhou's voice was flat, and her expression was very serious, giving a sense of earnestness.
But…
Black Wuchang Liu Buwei's mouth twitched. Was this person… really serious?
Suddenly starting to talk about cooking hot pot…
Didn't she feel awkward?
…