Soon, everyone's reactions validated Xu An's thoughts.
Among the crowd, the brother and sister who had remained silent until now stepped forward again. They glanced at their companions, who could perhaps not even be considered allies.
In a certain sense, they might have only been in a competitive relationship.
But this realization did not make the two of them back down.
They helped each other up and walked forward, then looked deeply at Qin Chuan.
"I know everyone has some concerns, so I'll be the one to speak. After all..."
The man's unfinished sentence was drowned out by the look in his eyes as he gazed at his sister.
Although her brother had not said anything, the girl still felt her brother's love.
They only had each other left.
When a person has less and less to possess, they have nothing left to lose.
So, to a certain extent, they, the brother and sister, were the least afraid of offending the people from the laboratory.
"We don't know about others, but when we went down, we were indeed called into a room in groups of three, and then we were assigned tasks. Besides giving us芥子空间 (Jiezi Kongjian - Mustard Seed Space), they also gave me a direction and told me to go to that direction to find a specific monster."
As soon as the man's words fell, the remaining few people erupted in a frenzy, as if a basin of cold water had been poured onto hot oil.
Many began to chime in.
"Me too, hey, you too?"
"Yeah, yeah, didn't they say this coordinate was only given to me?"
"So this lighthouse is really a bunch of liars, huh? They said they valued my ability, so this was a hidden mission, and they only told me?"
Another person, upon hearing the person next to them speak, quickly agreed.
"Yeah, yeah, that's what they told me too. Damn it, so it's just polite talk, they say the same thing to everyone?"
It was precisely because the laboratory had revealed this information before they left the lighthouse that, after disembarking, they had immediately decided to act separately.
Everyone thought they were the unique one.
Unwilling to share their hard-won intelligence with others, everyone was driven by the laboratory's generous rewards, thinking of claiming the prize for themselves.
This group of people, who were purely driven by profit, would conversely become their most loyal supporters and believers.
But because of this, their already scattered manpower became fragmented, each acting independently.
Acting independently on the ground was undoubtedly the most dangerous behavior.
The laboratory, they wanted to profit from this, yet did not want these people to return alive.
Xu An understood everything in an instant.
The intricate schemes of this matter gave her a headache, and at the same time, made her even more wary of the laboratory.
The reason was simple.
Neither she nor Zhou Haimei had received the so-called unique "coordinate."
One stone stirred a thousand waves.
While everyone was discussing the veracity of the matter among themselves, Qin Chuan suddenly tapped the table with his finger.
The previously noisy room immediately fell silent.
Xu An looked at the table under Qin Chuan's hand. Logically, the sound of fingers tapping on the table should not have been so loud in a confined space with more than a dozen people.
And everyone was indignantly chattering and discussing, but Qin Chuan's few taps on the table were as if they were striking right by your ear.
While astonishing everyone, it also made them involuntarily quiet down.
Seeing that the people in the room had finally quieted down, Qin Chuan slowly spoke.
"Say your coordinates and let's compare them to see if they're the same."
His furrowed brow had not relaxed at all.
Clearly, through these people, he had thought of himself.
Initially, when he was working for Xia Jin, he had been misled in the same way.
Qin Chuan suddenly remembered the rabbit-headed monster.
It seemed that his encounter with Xu An was also because of the rabbit-headed monster.
And the coordinate of that monster at the time was given to him by Xia Jin.
Thinking back now, their fate was truly wonderfully inexplicable.
The brother and sister stated their coordinates first, and then the others listened with changing expressions.
Following that, they readily reported their own coordinates.
After comparing them, they discovered that none of their coordinates were the same.
As they reached the last few people.
Everyone's gaze turned to Xu An, Zhou Haimei, and Chu Yu, who had been staying in the corner.
Xu An: "Don't look at me, I didn't receive any coordinates."
Zhou Haimei also shook her head, "I remember someone told me at the time, but my memory isn't very good, so I forgot."
As soon as Zhou Haimei finished speaking, Xu An looked at her with surprise.
"You have coordinates?"
"Yes."
"Why didn't you tell me?"
"That broken coordinate was too long, so I forgot," Zhou Haimei said, nervously twisting her hair with her fingers.
It seemed she had never taken it seriously from the beginning.
Everyone then turned their gaze to Chu Yu.
"What about you, you don't have coordinates either?"
Chu Yu's seemingly ordinary and unremarkable demeanor, the kind that would be forgotten with a glance in a crowd, suddenly underwent a drastic change.
The moment Chu Yu looked up, her narrow eyes inexplicably turned to Qin Chuan.
"I didn't receive any coordinates, but I was assigned other tasks."
This statement shocked everyone even more.
Some were genuinely inquisitive, while others were secretly probing.
Each with their own calculations and judgments.
Everyone eagerly asked Chu Yu what kind of task she had received, and if it wasn't a coordinate point, then what was it?
But Chu Yu remained silent, only staring directly at Qin Chuan, as if engaged in a silent contest.
It was Qin Chuan, after glancing at her, who perceived her intention.
Xu An, observing their silent confrontation, thought there was nothing for her to do and was happy to be a spectator.
Only Zhou Haimei beside her asked Xu An with a confused expression why Chu Yu kept staring at Qin Chuan.
People in the crowd continuously pressed Chu Yu.
They had the air of not considering the matter settled unless Chu Yu's task was revealed that day.
But Chu Yu only flashed for a moment, so quickly that everyone thought they were hallucinating.
Those who were initially curious about Chu Yu, even having a desire to investigate her, now looked at the subdued Chu Yu, who showed no trace of aggression.
They had to believe that the sharp, sword-like figure from before could not possibly be the Chu Yu before them.
However, only those present, like Xu An, knew that this was the truth Chu Yu had concealed.
Or rather, that Chu Yu, filled with sharpness and a fierce gaze, was the Chu Yu who was called the Captain in the Southern Base.