He seemed to sense something, and his consciousness immediately dove into the status list of the Warband’s members.
When he saw that the "In Deep Seclusion" status behind a name that had been inactive for nearly five years had quietly vanished, an irrepressible wave of excitement and elation erupted across his usually gentle face.
"Wait a second! That’s it! Haha, that’s it!"
Dragon Jade slammed a hand on the table, his face alight with a joy that was a complete departure from his usual composed demeanor.
As Ning Jing and Nissan stared in astonishment, his slender fingers flew across the tactical light table. He dragged a team member’s profile and forcibly dropped it into the four-person squad for the "Nightmare-grade" mission.
Ning Jing’s brow furrowed as he looked at the newly added profile.
It was a young, resolute face he had never seen before.
The person’s basic information was clearly displayed beside the profile picture.
[Name: Qin Feng]
[Life Force Index: 5960.0]
[Enrollment Time: Sixty-five years]
The instant he saw the numbers, Ning Jing’s pupils constricted. A surge of fury flared up from the depths of his being.
"Dragon Jade! Are you kidding me?!"
His voice rose sharply, filled with fury. "A Life Force Index of 5960?! Enrollment time of just over sixty years?! You’re sticking a rookie like that into the squad for a ’Nightmare-grade’ mission? Are you trying to send him to his death, or do you want all of us to die right alongside him?!"
His questions weren’t an argument. They were a roar.
Nissan, who had been leaning back in his chair enjoying the show, wiped the relaxed expression from his face. He glanced at the name on the light table, a flicker of surprise in his eyes.
"Qin Feng? He’s out of seclusion?"
Facing Ning Jing’s thunderous rage, Dragon Jade simply waved a hand, his excitement not diminishing in the slightest.
"Ning Jing, calm down. Don’t get angry yet."
he said soothingly. "Look closer. His status hasn’t had time to update yet. The guy’s finally out of seclusion! Haha, as long as he agrees to join, I’d say this mission is more than halfway in the bag!"
"Not updated? Just came out of seclusion?"
Ning Jing’s anger subsided slightly, but his brow remained tightly furrowed, the suspicion in his eyes not diminishing in the least.
He stared intently at Qin Feng’s profile, running calculations in his head.
"Fine, I’ll trust you this once. This Qin Feng... his previous record was a Life Force Index of 5960. To reach the ’minor limit’ of 7200, he’d need to fuse acupoints over 120 times, closer to 130 times. At the speed of a normal genius, that would take at least seventy years. In other words, his actual enrollment time is at least 130 years. Hmm. At that age, to have cultivated all his killing techniques to the Control Realm... he’d qualify as a reclusive old prodigy."
Based on his own understanding, Ning Jing had reached what seemed to be a logical conclusion.
However, the moment he finished speaking, he heard Dragon Jade’s voice, tinged with a mix of amusement and seriousness.
"One hundred and thirty years of enrollment? Oh, Ning Jing, Ning Jing. When I said it wasn’t updated, that’s not what I meant."
Dragon Jade extended a finger and tapped the "5960.0" Life Force Index next to Qin Feng’s name on the light table.
"This data is from five years ago, before he went into seclusion."
"What?!"
This time, Ning Jing was truly livid.
Five years ago?!
’5960 five years ago means... just over 6000 now?’
He took a deep breath, suppressing the tempest in his mind. In a tone more serious than ever before, he said grimly, "Dragon Jade, this is critical. This isn’t just about points—it’s about our lives!"
His gaze swept across Dragon Jade and Nissan’s faces.
"A ’Nightmare-grade’ mission leaves no room for luck. One misstep—even just bringing in one teammate who’s slightly weaker—could trigger a chain reaction that at least doubles the chances of us all dying in there!"
"Hahaha, calm down, I was just messing with you."
Dragon Jade laughed. "Alright, I’ll stop keeping you in suspense. I just checked. In five years, he’s already raised his Life Force Index to 7200. He successfully fused his acupoints. Relax, it’s not what you’re thinking."
Ning Jing: "?"