“Open your interface panel,” Shen Mo reminded her. “You can mute the commentator and the live comments. Once we’re in actual combat, those things are easy distractions from what you need to see and focus on.”

Bai Youwei nodded and found the mute option in her panel.

Still, she decided to keep them on. It was her first dungeon run, and she planned to observe as much as possible — the live comments and commentary were part of what she wanted to observe.

Though, it really was a different atmosphere from the residential district. The residential district had no such thing as a “commentator.”

【Now, we can see that the Freaking Legendary Squad has made a slight change to its roster — there’s a new female member! This is exceptionally rare! As everyone knows, in the competitive district, the ratio of men to women is nearly a thousand to one. The Freaking Legendary Squad is actually fielding a new member — and a female one at that — on such a critical new dungeon run. What kind of surprises will this newcomer bring us? We’ll just have to wait and see!——】

Quite the commentator — what an absolute torrent of words.

Bai Youwei grumbled inwardly and was half-tempted to mute the commentary, but feared she’d miss something important, so she endured.

After the commentator, the live comments above erupted into chatter:

【(~▽~) A girl! A girl! Mom, I see a girl!】

【Nothing could ever steal my love for Little Chili Pepper! Chili Pepper baby, go get ’em! Big bro loves you! Big bro is throwing you a hundred rocket boosts!】

【(乛_乛) The commenter up front — do you have any idea what your fan points even are? Rockets? You couldn’t even afford a matchstick!】

【I love Little Chili Pepper! I love Little Cabbage too! Little Cabbage sis, charge charge charge!】

【(>_<) Little Cabbage sis’s braids are so cute!】

Bai Youwei was already fighting the urge to roll her eyes. They’d already invented nicknames for her this quickly? What kind of people were these viewers?

The rest of the team appeared to have already muted the live comments and commentary — none of them showed any reaction.

Yuri said, “As planned — we head to basement level 2 first to collect fuel. Then we split into two groups. Shen Mo and Ada take the fuel to the nest; Natasha, Weiwei, and I will draw the Queen away from the nest. If you run into any guards, radio us immediately.”

The Queen and the guards were the names given to the monsters within this dungeon.

The Queen was similar to a queen ant within a colony — enormous in size, spending her days mating and reproducing.

The guards were the robust worker ants that protected the Queen.

The remaining worker ants were collectively referred to as aberrants.

The dungeon objective was to eliminate all aberrants. But as long as the Queen kept reproducing, the aberrants could never be wiped out — so the Queen and the guards had to be taken out first.

“Move out.”

With one word from Yuri, the entire squad immediately moved into an arrowhead formation and advanced at speed!

Shen Mo charged at the front, with Natasha and Ada flanking left and right. Behind them came Bai Youwei, and bringing up the rear was Yuri.

【Here we go! The squad is now moving toward their objective! Our Captain Yuri is as composed and cool-headed as ever! Our Newcomer King is radiating intensity as always! Our Chili Pepper Goddess looks absolutely stunning today, as she always does! Ohoho, those sharp eyes of hers are like a Cupid’s arrow — not only piercing but making the hearts of countless male viewers tremble with feeling! …Hmm? This new squad member’s running form doesn’t seem particularly professional, and she doesn’t appear to be carrying any weapon at all — what’s going on here?】

Bai Youwei: “…”

Was there even a proper technique for running?

Live comments scrolled by one after another:

【Holy crap, please don’t tell me she’s totally useless?】

【Dead weight get out get out get out get out get out——】

【Don’t panic, let’s watch a bit more, watch a bit more… ahhh I’m already panicking! Please don’t let my beloved squad get wiped out because of dead weight!】

【What was Yuri thinking, bringing someone who won’t even carry a weapon? What’s the point?!】

【I am a die-hard fan of the Freaking Legendary Squad! I refuse to believe Captain Yuri would bring dead weight onto the field! There’s definitely more to this! Something’s going on!】

…

Bai Youwei was furious — these people were unbearable! One moment they were calling her “Little Cabbage sis” all affectionately, and the moment they spotted something off about her form, they were screaming at her to get lost!

Absolutely infuriating!

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