Chapter 1205: Chapter 1205
1205: Chapter 1191 Pressure 1205: Chapter 1191 Pressure If the days spent wasting time on the Divine Boat were once simply boring, this time, they were torturous.
Even the carefree Lu Ping’an began to worry about his companions left on the ground.
But since it was their own choice, Lu Ping’an could only choose to respect it.
As the right arm of Lu Ping’an and even the entire team, Guan Xinxian had always played a stable central role.
However, inevitably, as the battles escalated, his actual combat power struggled to keep up with the frontline.
And it was his decision that led Lu Ping’an to leave the Redemption behind on Mercury 42, while also delegating many resources to ensure that the Chamber of Commerce could continue to operate normally during this period.
Whether it was “saving,” “managing,” or simply just living, Lu Ping’an delegated authority to him.
He entrusted this authority to the deputy commander he always trusted, believing he would take good care of himself and this newly started industry…
Of course, it was also because Lu Ping’an felt that losing it all wouldn’t matter much.
This decision, however, led to some unexpected developments.
After Lu Ping’an made the announcement, within the last twenty-four hours, another group chose to stay behind.
If the team were to withdraw entirely, they would have no choice and would not be foolish enough to stay alone in a foreign land…
But with the deputy commander and the Redemption here, as well as the club’s mobile base, they could indeed survive on this land and carry out their own endeavors with extra caution.
“…Have they become desperate?”
In reality, along the way, only a few of the old guard like Xia Qin and Meow had been of any help to Lu Ping’an at the high echelons of battle.
It wasn’t their fault; it was simply that Lu Ping’an’s progress was too rapid, and at the same time, the team expanded too quickly.
The improvement in strength and the accumulation of resources naturally relegated many who joined as warriors to the second line.
Perhaps, that was also the reason many chose to stay behind…
“Lady Marian, aren’t you worried about your daughter?”
The former Great Priest of the Beast God and now a member of the tea-drinking retirement group, Lady Marian, just smiled and shook her head.
“Ha, worried, of course I’m a little worried.
But it’s her choice….
Head of Group Lu, sometimes you’re as mature as an old fox, and other times you’re like a young man from an era of peace.
We are all adults now, we know there are rewards for our efforts, no one wants to fall behind, and no one wants to miss out on a good opportunity.”
In Lu Ping’an’s eyes, this might be threat and hardship, but to some, this “cabin of spirit and time” was an opportunity.
Although it wasn’t the time of Silent Mountain Range World’s destruction, lacking the widespread heavenly materials and the savior’s opportunities, they were now standing with the world on an advantageous battlefield, theoretically with the upper hand in a fight behind closed doors.
If they stuck together, they could survive the chaos and gain even more.
“Catherine is a knight, actually, she’s already the Knight Commander.
But you’ve been using her as a secretary, making her work overtime on clerical tasks every day.
She has complaints but has been afraid to voice them…”
The mother’s grievance made Lu Ping’an feel somewhat indebted.
Looking at it that way, the other party making such a choice was indeed his fault.
Lu Ping’an recalled, no wonder sometimes he saw her at midnight with a resentful expression.
He originally thought she was overworked from the never-ending overtime, and he had even raised her salary a few times.
Now it seemed that she didn’t want to work in the office at all…
she wanted to be on the frontline.
“She never told me that.”
“How dare she speak to you like that?” The mother was so exasperated she could only laugh.
Given Catherine’s delicate position as the intermediary between her own people and Lu Ping’an, even if she excelled as a warrior, it probably wasn’t as effective as saying a few good words in Lu’s ear.
She didn’t even dare to show her reluctance to work in administrative roles.
Regardless of the coincidences and rights and wrongs, facing this mother who had every reason to be angry for her daughter, Lu Ping’an sincerely apologized.
“Don’t apologize to me; I only ask that you take another look at that girl Catherine.
If she asks you to go to the frontline again, please don’t dismiss her with a single line.”
“I can’t do without you here.”
Well, he had indeed said that.
Lu Ping’an touched his chin and at this moment, he probably could only offer a helpless and wry smile.
It wasn’t like he had ever refused her, but he had said similar complimenting phrases like “I don’t know what I’d do without you” several times.
Under such circumstances, it was indeed difficult for her to turn down the “indispensable” job.
But in reality, this was merely a pattern he fell into when he first returned to Earth, where he conveniently handed work over to her, then discovered she was doing well…
With the situation of Lu Ping’an and the Peace Club, a professional management department should have been organized long ago.
Now, she might finally be getting what she wanted, to thoroughly enjoy her life with the identity of a warrior…
(Meanwhile, Catherine: Ah, why do they want me to be the Supervisor?
All these administrative papers and transaction records for me?!
Oh my god, none of my assistants are here.)
(Others: No helping it, Head of Group Lu isn’t here.
These tasks can only fall to you since you’ve always dealt with them for him!)
Lu Ping’an shook his head and sent his blessings to the Catherine below, wishing that she could live the life she desired…
But looking back, it seemed Catherine was not the only case.
Lu Ping’an’s own advancement was too rapid, and even as others desperately tried to catch up, they inevitably fell further behind, subjecting many to immense pressure.
This was not merely on the level of combat power.
“The teacher stayed behind as well, taking the research team with him.
He said he wants to make the most of the time to properly digest the research findings…”
Lu Ping’an and his group had collected too many Magic Plants and Life samples, but truth be told, the portion they had managed to assimilate was less than one-tenth or one-twentieth of the total.
Research takes time, and the breeding and iteration of Beast Taming and Magic Plants need duration.
Lu Ping’an’s courtyard in every world would see an abundance of obligatory labor converting local specialties into Life-points.
However, the biological samples and gene modules absorbed by the courtyard had yet to transform into tangible benefits and combat power.
The reason was quite simple: they were too busy…
Specifically, the immediate combat requirements continuously raised by Lu Ping’an and his people, such as improvements to the Sunflower, the re-cultivation and evolution of the Magic plant catapult, and other practical projects, consumed a large amount of their time and energy.
With short-term combat research unable to halt, there naturally was no time left to digest the wealth of treasures accumulated along the way.
This time, many among them planned to use the interval to complete their research…
The efficiency might be lower, but with the support of the “world”, “God of Plants/Cannon”, “God of Life”, and the help of so many Big Shot Linnus locally, they should be able to fully assimilate these accumulations.
And with the production end putting in overtime, naturally, the downstream couldn’t stop.
Following up on the Magic Potion side, the protectors of the Magic Alchemists stayed behind as well…
This chain reaction ultimately resulted in quite a few people remaining.
“After all, they too have ambitions.
Such a grand era has just begun; who would be willing to fall behind?
No one knows what the future holds, so naturally, strengthening oneself is the Main Road.”
This was the underlying truth.
A soldier with no ambition to be a Marshal is no exemplary soldier, and who wouldn’t want to become the next Lu Ping’an?