For the trainees who did not know in advance that the next dungeon was a team dungeon, fifteen minutes was too short. It was so short that it was fleeting, and they did not have enough time to find a suitable teammate.
The main system also tested the trainees' communication skills. Many of the new trainees exposed their shortcomings in this kind of place. They did not know how to work in a team.
Many of the new trainees gathered their courage and went to the higher-ups to ask if the teams that were not full were accepting new members. For example, Zong Jiu's five teams, each team was missing one or two people. Not every team had thirty people.
Seeing that someone went up to ask, many of the new trainees who were looking for opportunities could not sit still.
This was a matter of life and death, not a game. How could a moment of humiliation be more important than their lives?
However, it was a pity that when they went to ask the higher-ups with a smile on their faces, the majority of them were mercilessly and coldly rejected.
For example, the Night people team led by Fan Zhuo, although there were close to thirty people in the team, everyone had a very clear division of labor. There were strict rules about who was responsible for what and who was responsible for what. Night people were strong, but they were also famous for not keeping idle people. Those who did not contribute to the organization could not stay in the Night people even if they obtained the ability of a half-vampire.
The abilities of these new trainees were there for all to see. Their glib tongues showed that they could not contribute and would only drag the team down. The higher-level trainees were used to flattery, and no one was willing to split the team's strength to protect these delicate new trainees.
Except for the Holy Sanctum.
The Holy Sanctum answered almost every request. The first trainees who applied to join their team were all accepted, including the team led by Messiah.
"Sorry, our team is full."
The overly enthusiastic trainees surrounded the area around the Holy Sanctum. Many of the higher-ups could only wave their hands apologetically.
Other than the Holy Sanctum's team, Zong Jiu's team was the most popular.
However, he was not interested in helping the new trainees, especially those who had clearly expressed their intention to ride on his coattails.
Immediately, some newbies who had been rejected felt indignant. "Damn it, what are you pretending for? You were promoted as a newbie, but now that you're in Grade A, you're pretending to be a big shot?"
"That's right. He's so arrogant. One look and I can tell that he's someone who has forgotten his roots."
"Back then, I was also an E-rank newbie … If you ask me, I don't know why he has such a good relationship with the other S-ranks. You've been taken care of by an S class throughout the entire dungeon. How can your score not be high? "
After being rejected by Magician, the newbies' jealousy exploded.
In their eyes, Zong Jiu's level was not much higher than theirs when they entered the tournament.
But along the way, he was recognized by his mentor at the casino. His mentor's words were still "to commend his beauty and courage", and he directly received a start-up fund of 5,000 chips from the Dealer. Not to mention, No.1 gave him flowers in public, No.3 escorted him in the Barren Village dungeon, Night people invited him in the King's Game, and it was rumored that several S-ranks were willing to listen to his suggestions in the No.1 Middle School dungeon.
It was ironic. When Zong Jiu first entered the tournament, the ones who were hostile toward him were the low-level veterans who did not want to be squeezed out. Most of them were above Grade C.
Now that he had displayed sufficient strength, intelligence, and social skills, the high-level trainees who had been watching from the sidelines were the first to accept his existence. Every organization had expressed their friendliness to him. Even if they could not recruit him, it would be good to have a good relationship with him.
In comparison, the newbies who had been at the same level as him were becoming more and more dissatisfied with him.
Zong Jiu had never cared about their opinions, but Xu Su had complained to him about how the low-level trainees did not know how to work hard and only knew how to envy others.
The current situation of the low-level trainees was that they had no strength and no courage. Once someone stuck their head out from their team, there would always be a group of ill-intentioned trainees who would rush up and drag the person back into the mire.
Even Xu Su was considered a traitor who had latched onto the magician's thigh and kept pointing fingers at him behind his back.
"Don't worry about these people. Just be yourself."
Zong Jiu waved his hand indifferently, his tone cold.
Criticism was something he had never lacked, whether in his previous life or after transmigrating into a book. If Zong Jiu cared about these things and had his hands tied, then he would not have been able to reach where he was today.
However, not all the newbies were useless.
One of the newbies who had applied to join their team had caught Zong Jiu's attention.
"Don't be in a hurry to reject me."
The technician man in a T-shirt pushed up his glasses and suddenly took them off his face.
"Because I have a special ability."
The next moment, everyone saw the eyes behind his glasses.
They were not the interlaced black and white pupils of a normal human, but a pair of extremely dark eyes. There was even a faint layer of dark light floating above them. It was extremely strange.
Anthony, who was standing behind Zong Jiu, exclaimed, "Yin-Yang Eyes?!"
That's right, as the second highest ranking member of the Night people, Anthony did not lead his own team, nor did he join Fan Zhuo's team. Instead, he joined the magician's team and condescended to be his subordinate.
Anthony was no longer the same Anthony who had caused trouble for Zong Jiu in the casino and the abandoned village. After experiencing the reminiscing between his boss and Zong Jiu, and after witnessing the magician's rocketing to Rank-A, he could now be a quiet subordinate vampire without batting an eyelid.
Little did they know that Anthony was extremely shocked.
The Yin-Yang Eyes was a famous special ability in the Infinite Loop.
The most famous Yin-Yang Eyes was the enhanced ability in the Rank-S Guanluo Yin Instance Dungeon. Although there were other Instance Dungeons, the activated Yin-Yang Eyes were not as powerful as the one in Guanluo Yin Instance Dungeon.
There was once a survivor in the Infinite Loop who had obtained the top-level Yin-Yang Eyes ability in the Guanluo Yin Instance Dungeon. Unfortunately, he had fallen in a certain Instance Dungeon and there were no records of the top-level Yin-Yang Eyes ever since.
Other than that, there were many normal Yin-Yang Eyes.
The ability of Yin-Yang Eyes was similar to that of Spiritualists. The only difference was that Spiritualists could not see the spirits of supernatural beings, but Yin-Yang Eyes could.
The greatest advantage of this ability was the ability to see spirits and restrain them. It could even see through the origin of a spirit at a glance. This was the greatest advantage of this ability. It could provide information that Spiritualists could not provide, and there was no need to worry about the Spiritualists being devoured or possessed by evil spirits.
However, compared to Spiritualists, Yin-Yang Eyes' attack power was weaker. Spiritualists' attack power was already very weak, and Yin-Yang Eyes were even weaker. This meant that it was infinitely close to zero.
Therefore, instead of saying that Spiritualists were ability users that only large organizations had the strength to create, it was more accurate to say that Yin-Yang Eyes were the symbol of large organizations.
Night people had a Yin-Yang Eyes owner.
Therefore, Anthony had some understanding of this special ability.
It could make the entire eye appear dark black, so it was definitely not an ordinary Yin-Yang Eye!
"That's right."
The Grade C newbie put on his glasses again and said in a serious tone, "My ancestors in the real world are famous ghost hunters in Xiangjiang. This is also the Yin-Yang Eyes that were passed down."
The newbie said that his name was Zhong Yiyuan and that he had the Yin-Yang Eyes ability long before entering the Infinite Loop.
Therefore, he did not spend extra survival points to buy himself any items, nor did he carry out other expensive body enhancements. Instead, he chose to directly enhance his Yin-Yang Eyes.
He did not know if he had brought this ability from the real world. Logically speaking, this type of ability could only be enhanced through the Instance Dungeon, but he could directly choose to enhance it from the main system.
In this way, the reason why he could not quickly increase his evaluation even though he had treasures was also revealed.
Anthony lowered his voice. "The Yin-Yang Eyes have almost no offensive ability. It can only be activated with the help of other trainees with offensive abilities."
This meant that without a strong partner, having a pair of Yin-Yang Eyes was useless. It was like guarding a mine without a shovel.
Anthony's tone was sour as he said this.
Night people's Yin-Yang Eyes was an ability that the higher-ups had specially brought back from the Instance Dungeon. However, Magician just put up a sign and the Yin-Yang Eyes automatically came to him. Moreover, it was a Yin-Yang Eye from the real world.
If this news spread, the other large organizations would fight over it.
However, Magician did not know the value of the Yin-Yang Eyes. He nodded indifferently. "Okay, you're allowed to join the team. But let me make it clear, my team does not keep idle people. After you join, you have to show your worth. "
Zhong Yiyuan: "Okay."
Now, the Zong Jiu team had successfully gathered thirty people.
Soon, the fifteen minutes were up.
[Fifteen minutes are up. Stop forming teams.]
[Please select your team leader and confirm the number of members in your team. Submit to the main system.]
Zong Jiu was undoubtedly the team leader.
After he confirmed the number of members and the content of his team, the main system opened a portal beside their team.
It was dark inside the portal and nothing could be seen clearly. Only the dark purple frame at the edge of the portal shone with an ominous color.
"Is everyone ready?"
Zong Jiu turned to look at the team behind him.
"Yes!" Everyone answered in unison.
"Okay, let's go then —?"
The white-haired Magician was about to lead his men into the dungeon, but he didn't expect the black-haired man to lead his men straight into the portal behind him.
Zong Jiu:???
Everyone:???
Xu Su immediately reacted. "Wrong way, wrong way. Your spatial door is over there!"
Both teams were standing on the same platform and the portal was very close. If it wasn't for the fact that they opened one after the other, they would have made a mistake.
Zhuge An had made a mistake.
"Huh?"
The trainee who was following behind Zhuge An immediately staggered and stopped.
He looked hesitantly at the team that had already entered the portal. He was at a loss. "What should we do? Our team leader and the others have already entered."
"It's fine."
Zong Jiu glanced at the group that had disappeared into the purple portal and muttered, "Follow them. It's just that the portal is different. We can enter the Instance Dungeon through your portal. It's fine."