On the fifth day, Tian Jing selected another 20 team members.
These 20 team members were bewildered.
They had been worried about being too outstanding and being chosen by Captain Tian to go to jail. Why was Captain Tian not playing by the rules?
"The remaining team members continue!"
Captain Tian's sharp shout caused all the team members to immediately split into two groups: one group went into the maze, and the other followed Captain Zeng back to the camp.
On the sixth day, Captain Tian again picked out 20 team members. These 20 team members performed in a perfectly ordinary manner.
By the seventh day, no more team members were desperately trying to avoid going to jail. According to Captain Tian's judgment, they couldn't escape it.
No, according to Captain Tian's methods, everyone should have gone to jail.
Therefore, today they participated very seriously in another round of mental tempering and reported back to Captain Tian diligently.
Captain Tian selected the 20 best performers and had Captain Zeng send them back to the camp.
The eighth day was for another 20 team members.
But today was different. After Captain Zeng sent the 20 team members back to the camp, he brought back the first batch of 20 team members and Li Weixin and Li Weiyan.
Before these 20 team members could even mention the changes in their bodies, they were discovered by their teammates.
Then they were surrounded by their teammates, who asked why they had been demoted after going to jail, and if it was due to Captain Tian's punishment.
These 20 team members had not been asked by Captain Tian to keep it a secret, so they naturally shared the good news of their solidified internal energy with their teammates.
This caused an uproar among the team members.
An uproar about what? Of course, it was about beating their chests and stamping their feet, calling themselves stupid.
Captain Tian was here for special training, so how could she deliberately torment them or make them drop levels?
Captain Tian had said that this training would only last for half a month.
The 20 people from the first day and the 20 people from today totaled only one hundred people.
Furthermore, those who returned were even more formidable. Would they be selected by Captain Tian again?
Then would they still have a chance? Would they not have a single chance?
A significant portion of the remaining people were at level two and level one.
"Quiet!" Tian Jing shouted at the chaotic team members.
The next second, there was absolute silence.
Tian Jing scanned the expressions on all the team members' faces and then said coldly:
"Don't say I didn't give you a chance. The team members returning today and in the next four days will not participate in the jail training."
"For the next four days, 26 people will be selected from your 104 members each day to return to the camp."
"On the 17th, 18th, and 19th, all returning team members will participate in the selection, with 40 team members selected each day."
"This means that the team members selected on the 15th and 16th will not have the chance for a second round."
"Of course, those selected on the 17th will only have three days of training, those selected on the 18th will only have two days, and those selected on the 19th will only have one day."
"On the 20th, the psychic team's dungeon training will end. All team members will leave the dungeon, and it will be the martial arts team's turn for training."
The psychic team members had mixed feelings of joy and disappointment. Some clenched their fists, cheering themselves on to be selected on the 13th and 14th to get a second chance.
Tian Jing glanced at the expressions of the team members and continued:
"Of course, if you have a grudge against the martial arts team, you can choose to get revenge. Don't tell them, let them also waste three days like you did foolishly."
The psychic team members all blushed. They had wasted far more than three days; they had wasted the second chance for 205 team members.
Tian Jing smiled faintly and said, "I don't know when the next training will be, so do your best."
"Li Weiyan, you can participate in the maze training, but you can only go to the dungeon for training after the martial arts team's selection."
Li Weiyan nodded. Even if he only participated in the maze training, he still had an advantage over his teammates in the martial arts team because he had already spent four days in the dungeon.
...
The psychic team members no longer rested at night. During their assigned time slots for the maze, they continued to meditate, striving to be selected sooner.
The subsequent selections not only boosted enthusiasm but also significantly improved individual performance.
On the 19th, after all team selections were completed, Tian Jing and Zeng Jingrong locked the maze gate.
"Zeng Jingrong, I'll go back first to check things out. You can use the psychic team members to swap with the martial arts team members and bring them back."
"Ask Ranran and Yanyan to help you. Spend more time with Shi Yi; she might be scared as her due date approaches."
"As a captain, don't act like you have no subordinates to do your work."
Zeng Jingrong nodded. "You go back. You've been out for half a month. If anything comes up, we'll contact each other by phone."
"Mm." Tian Jing nodded. "You go back and hold a meeting for the team members. The dungeon training must absolutely not be spoken of."
"I know." Zeng Jingrong's expression was serious. "The combination of the maze and the dungeon is an excellent place for training and upgrading. It must be kept confidential."
After this training, all team members had improved their levels. There were no longer any level one members, and very few level two members.
There were the most at level three, and already eight people at level four.
At level five, it was still him and Ranran.
After returning, they would have to re-register the team members:
"Tiantian, shouldn't I also go to the dungeon for a while? You're busy training these people, and you haven't seriously cultivated yourself."
Tian Jing nodded. "Go to the dungeon after I get back. I'm not in a hurry; mine is more solidified than yours."
They each went their separate ways.
...
In the past half month, something big had happened in Zhangshan Village; to be precise, something big had happened to the Tian family.
Sisters Tian Daxue and Tian Xiaoxue went up the mountain to pick wild fruits. Many members of the Tian family ate them and suffered from dizziness and vomiting.
Tian Daxue and Tian Xiaoxue, who ate the most, died after rescue efforts failed.
Wang Zhongfei was well aware of the recent events in the Tian family and found the deaths of Tian Daxue and Tian Xiaoxue too suspicious at this time, so he reported the incident.
The town police station launched an investigation.
The hospital analyzed the vomit from the Tian family members, and based on the descriptions provided by the Tian family, it was confirmed that they had been poisoned by Ma Sang fruits.
Ma Sang fruits ripen in May and June each year. They are sweet with a slightly astringent taste and are highly poisonous. Their appearance resembles mulberries, and they are often mistaken for mulberries by children.
All members of the Tian family claimed that Tian Daxue and Tian Xiaoxue had picked them, washed them, and given them to eat.
Otherwise, if they had seen the clusters of Ma Sang fruits, they would have recognized them.
Those two dead girls deserved to die; it was their bad luck.
Although their stomachs had been pumped, they had been sent to the hospital too late, and their bodies had absorbed too much toxin. They still required further treatment in the hospital.
Those two damned girls, what was there to investigate? Were they not miserable enough? They were being forced to speak and recall.
Village Chief Wang was clearly doing it on purpose, intentionally reporting the case to have the police torment them, because with a murder case in the village, his position would be untenable.
Subsequently, the Tian family also claimed that Tian Yongyi's family was suspicious, arguing that they only had an accident after Tian Yongyi's family left.
Furthermore, Tian Yongyi's youngest son, Tian Ligui, had money, and they urged the police station to find Tian Ligui quickly to pay their medical expenses.
The police officers were getting headaches from the Tian family's constant bickering. In their current state, they were still weak; what state would be considered strong?
The case made no progress, and the Tian family refused to leave the hospital.
The matter dragged on until Tian Jing returned.
As soon as Tian Jing returned, she heard such big news from Ouyang Meihua. Her mind immediately recalled Zeng Jingchu's words about ill-gotten gains easily involving bloodshed.
Like Wang Zhongfei, she also believed that the deaths of Tian Daxue and Tian Xiaoxue were not accidental.
She just didn't know if Zeng Jingchu had any involvement.
If Zeng Jingchu hadn't told her, she really wouldn't have known that the stagnation of the Tian family for over a decade had been due to human intervention.
After all, the Tian family was lazy and greedy.
However, she had no intention of asking Zeng Jingchu. If that guy wanted to say something, he would say it without her asking.