"What thing?"
Long Yi didn't quite understand.
He looked at the debris in the courtyard with a gaze that was hard to describe.
Was there anything worth exploring in this broken courtyard?
What was going on?
But how he thought was his business. Whether for Duan Chen or for Wang Zihao, there was still plenty to do in this courtyard.
Wang Zihao wordlessly nudged Long Yi. "Stop messing around. Just do what you're told."
Long Yi pouted reluctantly.
However, this kind of thing was not too difficult for him.
Although his flames couldn't harm Duan Chen, their attack power was not low.
It was just that Duan Chen was too strong. If it were the Duan Chen from before, he might have been a bit flustered in response.
But now, Duan Chen, who had merged with the white king chess piece, would absolutely not panic due to the attacks of these rookie agents.
He could also imitate the flames Long Yi used. However, if he were to do all of this by himself, what would be the point of having these new rookie agents?
So, although Duan Chen really wanted to resolve everything by himself, he suppressed his instincts and did his best to delegate some trivial matters.
Long Yi didn't know Duan Chen's good intentions. If he knew that Duan Chen didn't need them at all, he wondered what kind of expression he would show.
After clearing away these messy "leftovers," he let out a heavy sigh of relief and walked over to Duan Chen to report on his mission.
"Instructor, I've finished what you asked me to do. Is there anything else you need my help with?"
Duan Chen shook his head.
Naturally, there was nothing else for Long Yi to handle.
The collection of the embryos here, the surface skin of the villagers, and the internal mechanical constructs had all been roughly processed.
He used special containers that could store the bizarre to store these items separately.
Wang Zihao handled the input of knowledge and information.
Tian Ximeng recovered and modified the mechanical constructs, creating many spider-like mechanical creations that could be used for reconnaissance.
This helped them further explore this very bizarre village. Duan Chen didn't believe that the Apostles would choose an ordinary village to descend for no reason.
This village must have some undiscovered secret.
He firmly believed this.
And this was also due to his sixth sense.
Duan Chen glanced at the sky. It was already afternoon, and collecting information had taken a lot of time.
It would soon be dark, and at night, they would need to spend the night in this village to prevent other strange occurrences.
It was also to further collect information about this ancient village and to probe for the existence of any portals here.
The thought of portals made Duan Chen's heart sink.
Wang Zihao happened to see Duan Chen's somewhat solemn expression and instinctively asked,
"What's wrong, Instructor? Are there any other issues here?"
Duan Chen shook his head. "It's nothing major. Let's just find a clean room to stay in for now."
Su Baiyi hesitantly suggested, "Instructor, although it's said that men and women should not touch each other, we are on a mission now. I wonder if we can all stay in one room?"
Duan Chen looked at Su Baiyi with some surprise, frowned, and then quickly relaxed.
"I don't mind, of course. But I'm very happy that you have this awareness."
Su Baiyi slowly tidied her white sleeves.
She smiled gently.
"Instructor, you're joking. We were mentally prepared before coming on the mission. Let alone staying in one room, even other possibilities, as long as there is a need, we must be able to do it."
Duan Chen nodded inwardly, feeling that Su Baiyi's awareness was very good.
When he first learned that there would be women among the rookie agents he was to lead, he was actually not very willing.
Not everyone was like Mi Xueer, able to put aside their status and follow him to learn like an ordinary girl.
However, it was clear that the three female agents he was to lead, although new to the job, did not have too many reservations about the boundaries between men and women.
This was a good thing.
It wasn't about being lustful, but that sometimes, during missions, these things couldn't be considered.
Moreover, he wouldn't truly treat these women as women; he would do as he saw fit.
When on a mission, there was no gender distinction; everyone was a comrade.
He looked around, checking if there were any stragglers he had missed. His True Sight was constantly active, consuming a lot of spiritual energy.
However, for the current Duan Chen, he could still persevere.
He searched around the ancient village and found no anomalies that his True Sight could detect. He then closed his pupil technique to reduce spiritual energy consumption.
Duan Chen returned to the room they had been assigned to earlier, the room from which a bizarre, octopus-like creature had been extracted.
Wang Zihao, Su Baiyi, and the others were already waiting in that room. Seeing Duan Chen return, their eyes sparkled.
"Instructor, did you find anything?"
Duan Chen told them that he had found nothing. Wang Zihao's face didn't show much disappointment, or rather, everyone had already been prepared for this.
"Help me contact Xiao Li," Duan Chen suddenly said. "There are matters here that require a work report, but I suspect none of you want to write a work report, right?"
Long Yi immediately lowered his head, not looking at Duan Chen.
It was laughable; he certainly didn't want to write work reports and summaries.
Although Wang Zihao was an intelligent type, he also didn't want to shoulder such troublesome matters.
He immediately smiled politely. "Then I'll contact Sister Xiao Li for you right away."
"By the way, Instructor, can I upload the various information captured here today to the Spirit Energy Net?"
The so-called Spirit Energy Net was the official website.
Duan Chen naturally had no reason to refuse. He nodded and let Wang Zihao do as he pleased.
This was something that benefited humanity, and there was no reason to refuse.
Seeing that he had entered his own world, he arranged the evening's events.
"There are six of us, so let's divide into three men and three women. Mixing genders makes work less tiring."