God of Pets

"What is Chen Guan thinking? He can submit the task, so why doesn't he? Isn't he digging his own grave?" Ximen Ding stood in the distance, filled with questions, unable to resist his urge to complain.

Jiang Tianqing just chuckled, "This Chen Guan, he's truly a character who loves and hates distinctly and never lets himself suffer any loss."

"What do you mean? Isn't he taking a huge loss by not submitting the task? How is this not a loss? And what do you mean by love and hate distinctly? How did you see that?" Ximen Ding was full of confusion, and the other members of Team 9 were equally puzzled by what this meant.

Jiang Tianqing looked at Chen Guan from afar, with a touch of admiration on his face, and explained, "If they submit the task now, Bu Changning, who betrayed Team 17 but remains its deputy captain, will still get quite a lot of points. And those who chose to quit and did not stick together with Team 17 can also reap the benefits without contributing at all, without taking any risks, even those who retreated at the last minute can still receive many points."

"Ah, I had forgotten about that, so that's it. If it were me, I also wouldn't be willing to let those guys enjoy the benefits. But if Chen Guan doesn't submit the task, he won't get the reward points himself, and he might even lose the captain position. What should he do then?" Ximen Ding pondered.

"What does it matter if he doesn't serve as captain? What about negative points? Don't forget, they've hunted down three World-Defying Secret Spirits, and just the materials from those Secret Spirits are worth no less than the points. With these materials, they already have the capital for a Second Awakening, they don't need to do any more tasks," Jiang Tianqing said.

"But if they have negative points, they won't be able to enter the regular army," Ximen Ding said thoughtfully.

"Who says having negative points means they can't enter the regular army? There's no written rule about that. It's just a conventional tacit understanding formed over time, which applies to ordinary reserve team members. Don't forget who Chen Guan is; he is the man Ji Nanhong selected. Do you think something like this can stop him from entering the regular army?" Jiang Tianqing said with a smile.

"That's true." Ximen Ding was stunned for a moment, then also smiled, "Although this kind of special privilege might sound a bit uncomfortable, thinking about what Bu Changning and the others did, suddenly it feels that sometimes having special privileges is not a bad thing. At least what Chen Guan is doing is really satisfying. If I were Chen Guan, I'd do the same."

Chen Guan was feeling good, but Li Jinting was having a tough time now.

He didn't believe for a moment the nonsense Chen Guan had been spouting. He immediately understood what Chen Guan intended to do, and inside, he was inwardly cursing.

"Captain... you can't not submit the task... If you don't, all our points will become negative, and we'll have no chance to enter the regular army..." Several members from Team 17 rushed over, pleading with Chen Guan, "Captain, you know where we come from. If we lose the chance to enter the regular army, our lives are ruined. Please, captain, submit the task."

"Meng Team, you should advise the captain too. We really can't not submit the task. If we don't, we're all finished."

"Captain, our families are all counting on us. I really can't bear to be kicked out. If I can't get into the regular army, I'm done for..."

"..."

Several people begged Chen Guan desperately, and some asked Meng Team and An Yiqiu to help persuade Chen Guan.

Li Jinting watched from the side, saying nothing, waiting to see what Chen Guan would do. If these people could persuade him to relent, it would naturally be a good thing for Li Jinting.

Chen Guan looked at Meng Team, seeing hesitance on his face, yet he spoke up himself, saying coldly, "Since you can't afford not to enter the regular army, and it's worse than death for you not to get in, then why didn't you go do the tasks? You're not afraid of dying, but you're afraid of doing tasks?"

One sentence made all the team members' expressions change dramatically.

"Chen Guan, was it us who didn't go to do tasks? It was because of you that we didn't dare go. Everyone knows what you've gotten into. We didn't dare go with you."

"Yeah, you can't be so selfish. If there was any way, we wouldn't refuse to do the tasks with you. It's really because you've offended the wrong people. You made your own mistakes. Can you expect everyone to bear them with you?"

"The task is everyone's task, and it's not just your points that are deducted. Why just say you won't submit?"

"You're indeed the captain of Team 17, but you don't care about the team. You only care about showing off yourself. You have someone backing you, but we don't. You don't care about a few points, but those points mean our lives. You're pushing us to the edge of the cliff. Are you fit to be our captain?"

"Commander Li, Chen Guan alone can't represent the entire Team 17. We're willing to submit the task."

"..."

Chen Guan watched them quietly without a word.

The faces of Meng Team and An Yiqi started to look ugly. They had felt earlier that it was unfair to those team members because they were being forced by the circumstances, unlike Bu Changning.

So Meng Team and An Yiqi were somewhat shaken before, already considering persuading Chen Guan.

But now they found out that things weren't as they thought.

Chen Guan looked at each of the resentful members of Team 17, who painted him as a ruthless tyrant, a landlord, a slave owner, a capitalist squeezing every drop of their labor. He wasn't angry. Instead, he smiled.

"Yeah, that's how it should be. I like honest people like this. What's the point of hiding? This is how a person should be, fighting tooth and nail for their interests and for a path upwards, even if it means stepping over others' corpses. That's the effort a person should make." Chen Guan left everyone stunned with his words.

Even the people of Team 17 couldn't tell if Chen Guan was praising them or mocking them with his words.

Chen Guan walked to the side of a large truck, unlocked it, unbuckled it, and directly opened the container, revealing it was filled with Snake Sheddings and Phoenix Feathers exuding a bloody light, leaving the onlookers wide-eyed.

Chen Guan ignored the Team 17 members who were staring intently and turned to salute Li Jinting, saying, "Sir, I have a rather unreasonable request, and I hope you can grant it."

"Let's hear it," Li Jinting said with interest, roughly guessing what he wanted to do.

"Just now, they said something I feel is very correct. I shouldn't drag others down for my selfish desires. I may choose not to complete the task, but I shouldn't let my team members suffer such a big point deficit," Chen Guan said sincerely.

Upon hearing Chen Guan speak like this, the people of Team 17 all displayed joyous expressions.

Ximen Ding seemed a bit annoyed, "Does that guy Chen Guan have a screw loose? People badmouth him like that, and now he has an epiphany, wanting to repay their evil with good? This must be the innate Sacred Body of an S13!"