Feng Qian immediately reacted.

Nodding eagerly, his tone filled with emotion: "That’s right! Seeing your selflessness in protecting everyone and fighting against the strange, I want to be like you."

Zhou Lei didn’t lag behind much either, instinctively shouting, "Me too."

Clearly,

Feng Qian and Zhou Lei weren’t the only Death Fighters with the idea of aligning with Lv Bai.

Currently, the Death Fighters stuck in the tent area mostly harbored this thought.

After all, trapped in the tent area, they couldn’t hide, nor escape, and couldn’t use their abilities either.

Wanting to survive, this was their only option left.

The moral boundaries of Death Fighters are quite flexible; losing a bit of face is nothing as long as they can stay alive.

As for why they dared to come straight to seek allegiance, it’s probably because, to the Death Fighters, Lv Bai is kind.

Willing to risk his life to save even the natives in the Death Arena, it seems not far-fetched to save the lives of these Death Fighters.

Given the current situation, it seems their guess wasn’t wrong in the minds of these Death Fighters.

Lv Bai didn’t reject any Death Fighters coming to seek refuge.

No matter how many there were, he took them all in, even giving them the title of ’apprentice’ to ease their movement in the tent area.

On the other hand, Captain Mao, who had been with Lv Bai all along, was now a bit bewildered.

At first, he thought this secret visit to investigate civilians contaminated by eerie Yin Qi might encounter some sudden crisis or battle.

But he never expected Lv Bai to be strolling around the tent area for a while.

Unlike secretly searching for contaminated civilians, it was like he came here specifically to find apprentices.

He was puzzled as to why Lv Bai was so easygoing today.

Previously, when asked about spreading these skills, he clearly said that ordinary people couldn’t learn them...

The surrounding onlookers seemed quite excited, seeing Lv Bai accepting two more "apprentices," they loudly encouraged.

"Come on, young fellows, you have to learn well."

"It’s a pity, if I had children, I’d definitely want them to learn from the Guardian God."

"Great, the Guardian God’s skills can be spread; surely, there’s nothing to fear from the strange, right?"

"No way, I also want to learn the Guardian God’s skills, but I don’t know if the Guardian God would be willing to take me."

"Forget it, to really abandon my currently peaceful life and face the strange, crisis-ridden days, I probably couldn’t do it."

Lv Bai waved with a smile to the surrounding onlookers and continued to stride forward.

As he strolled longer, the number of Death Fighters following him gradually exceeded twenty people.

A large group moved along the pathways between tents, and while it wasn’t a grand sight, it was still quite crowded.

The Death Fighters exchanged polite greetings on the surface, showing their friendliness.

What they were privately thinking, however, was another matter.

Regarding this, Lv Bai actually had a clear idea.

Without a doubt, a significant number of them attempted to kill him last night.

Not to mention, among these Death Fighters, there were definitely quite a few clones hidden.

Compared to those genuinely seeking refuge to survive, the hidden clones had no such intentions.

After all, clones had no threat of death; how could they honestly follow someone like Lv Bai?

At most, they were temporarily lying low, never hesitating to stab him in the back if the chance arose.

Lv Bai pretended to know nothing about this, continuing to lead Captain Mao and a large group of Death Fighters as they wandered around the tent area.

...

They wandered until it was past eight o’clock at night.

Lv Bai then led a full twenty-seven Death Fighters back to the high-class residence, converted from the military district family quarters.

The courtyard allocated to him was one of the largest in size.

Next door lived Minister Zhang and some other senior action department members, so the security around the family quarters was predictably strong.

Captain Mao stood right next to Lv Bai, not needing to report to his superiors.

Even though there weren’t any observers during the stroll, many alert personnel hidden among the crowd ensured that any sudden situation could be immediately reported.

Entering the family quarters, Lv Bai naturally sat down on the wicker chair in front of the courtyard, clapping his hands to draw the attention of all the Death Fighters present.

"Everyone, quiet down, let’s talk for a bit before the food is served."

Lv Bai’s gaze swept over each Death Fighter in the courtyard.

Emitting an aura of harmlessness, even his smile seemed brighter.

"I know you all decided to learn from me in order to eliminate the strange. I’d like to assure you that, as long as you’re willing to learn, I’m willing to teach.

However, dealing with the strange is perilous; to ensure everyone’s safety, I hope you all can coordinate and develop collectively, maintain social stability, uphold cultural heritage, fortify spiritual homes, strive to be theory champions, act as lantern bearers, and promote new cultural trends...

...Inspire innovation, grasp pragmatic methods, tighten the legal strings, adjust behavioral rudders, rapidly advance efforts, restructure existing frameworks, optimize incremental structures, and reconfigure resource elements...

...Harness powerful forces and create headline products!"

The more Lv Bai spoke, the more passionate he became, eventually standing up from the wicker chair.

Captain Mao, standing beside him, listened with twitching mouth corners, his expression akin to constipation, wanting to interrupt but not daring to really speak out.

The Death Fighters felt similarly to Captain Mao, with a growing sense that they might have allied themselves with a lunatic.

Yet, unlike Captain Mao, they didn’t even dare to entertain thoughts of interrupting Lv Bai’s speech.

The tedious verbal torment continued for half an hour before it finally ceased.

Lv Bai sipped the tea beside him to moisten his throat.

Seeing this, Feng Qian suddenly clenched his right fist and raised it high, shouting: "Master Lv is right, since I’m learning skills from you, I should dedicate myself and work steadfastly, quickly lighting the realistic groundwork, mastering pragmatic methods."

Lv Bai’s eyes lit up as he nodded approvingly: "You have insight and sincerity."

"It’s all thanks to your inspiration."

Feng Qian shamelessly revealed a flattering smile.

Seeing this, Captain Mao frowned.

With a military background, he actually disliked this attitude, and was planning to remind Lv Bai not to teach someone like him.

But before he could speak, Lv Bai raised his voice and asked, "Very good, what’s your name?"

"Feng Qian, Qian as in modesty." Feng Qian beamed.

"Very good, you will be my first disciple from now on."

Lv Bai’s smile suddenly faded, his eyes turning a bit playful: "As for the others..."