novelraw Chapter 596 - 250: Everyone is Here
Chapter 596 - 250: Everyone is Here
"Why are you here?" Returning to Courtyard No. 7 with Qian Zhongshan, Li Xiu discovered Li Qingyi chatting with Sha Chu.
"What? Commander Li doesn’t welcome me?" Li Qingyi said with a smile.
"Welcome, of course, you’re very welcome. I couldn’t even invite you if I tried." Li Xiu laughed.
"No need for your invitation, I’m here on my own accord." Li Qingyi handed a form to Li Xiu.
"What’s this?" Li Xiu took the form and was slightly startled to see that it was an application to join the team.
"You want to apply to join my technician group?" Li Xiu looked at Li Qingyi in surprise.
"Yes, I want to participate in the competition, but no other team wants to take me, so I had to come to you. You won’t refuse me, will you?" Li Qingyi chuckled.
Li Xiu knew Li Qingyi was joking; if she really wanted to join another team for the competition, they would welcome her eagerly.
Not to mention Li Qingyi’s prominent status here, undoubtedly no one would dare to go hard on her in the competition. And speaking of Li Qingyi’s current Light Base level strength, she’s definitely top-tier competition strength. Even if she can’t match those who have long been upgraded to Light Base level, she’s much stronger than most.
"I would like to refuse, but I’m afraid of offending the young lady, so I’ll have to approve." Li Xiu smiled.
Li Qingyi couldn’t help rolling her eyes. Li Xiu was the type to take advantage and still play humble, but she couldn’t be bothered to argue with him.
Qian Zhongshan, hearing that Li Qingyi was joining the technician group and would be representing them in the competition, was overjoyed, feeling as if a huge burden had been lifted from his mind.
Li Xiu had said he only needed one more person. Now that Li Qingyi was participating, he wouldn’t need to take part in the competition.
Li Xiu saw through Qian Zhongshan’s thoughts and grinned at him, "Captain Qian, even though we have enough people, you must still participate in the competition. So I’ll remove someone else; no matter how the roster changes, even if there’s only one member competing, you must be there."
"Commander, why is that?" Qian Zhongshan widened his eyes at Li Xiu, truly puzzled why Li Xiu would rather remove someone as strong as Li Qingyi but insist on him competing.
Could it be that he had offended Li Xiu in some way, and Li Xiu wanted him to be humiliated at the competition?
"Why?" Li Xiu looked at him coldly and said, "Do you know why our group is called the Technician Group?"
"I... I don’t know..." Although Qian Zhongshan had some thoughts, he didn’t dare to voice them.
Privately, they’ve speculated why Li Xiu named the group the Technician Group, thinking there were only two possibilities: either Li Xiu was an idiot who didn’t know the deeper meaning of the word "technician," or he knew, but it was his quirky taste.
The first possibility seemed unlikely, most believed it was the second.
Li Xiu calmly said, "Tech refers to technology, and nician refers to the Magic Armor Master. A group named after Magic Armor Masters where not one Magic Armor Master participates in the competition would be a huge joke, so no matter what, there has to be a Magic Armor Master in our competition roster. That person now is you. You are our technician group’s true representative, someone irreplaceable by anyone else."
Qian Zhongshan looked at Li Xiu in a daze, not expecting Li Xiu to think this way. He always thought he was just there to make up the numbers.
"Tech means the art of creation, nician means leading in the world. The original meaning of the word ’technician’ is someone daring to pioneer their own path. I don’t know what ’technician’ represents to you, but to me, it’s the highest praise for an individual. Able to do what others can’t, think of what others dare not think, accomplish what others can’t accomplish, pioneer new realms for all eternity. The Magic Armor Master profession itself is a path that no predecessors have walked. If you, as a Magic Armor Master, lack the courage to lead, you are unworthy of the name Magic Armor Master. As a technician, you may lose, but you must never stop progressing. If you’ve already admitted defeat in your heart, then you’d better not participate in the competition and go back to being a Magic Armor Master honestly, like Hua Mei, guarding your little patch of land and raising children."
Chang Zhongshan stared at Li Xiu, these words caused a storm in his mind, as if a fire were burning in his chest.
"Tell me, are you a technician or not, and do you want to participate in the competition?" Li Xiu looked at Qian Zhongshan intently and asked loudly.
"I... I... I am a technician... I want... I want to participate in the competition..." Qian Zhongshan snapped back to reality, looking at Li Xiu and said.
"I didn’t hear you, what did you say?" Li Xiu asked again.
"I’m a technician... I want to participate in the competition... I will become stronger... I won’t lose..." Qian Zhongshan’s voice seemed to release the burning fire in his chest.
"Very good. That’s the spirit the captain of the technician group should have." Li Xiu patted Qian Zhongshan’s shoulder contentedly, "So from now on, you need to be mentally prepared. I’m going to put you through Hell-level special training. Not only do I want you to participate in the competition, but I also want you to win. This will be difficult, requiring unimaginable effort from you, but you can still turn back now if you regret it."