My Identity Is Becoming More and More Astonishing

"Silence in the hall."

The sudden sharp command stopped Chen Yu dead in his sentence.

As everyone turned towards the sound, they saw the Alliance's chief, the young man in a duckbill cap, and the man in steel armor walk into the hall together and take their places at the center of the hall.

"Has everyone arrived?" The chief looked at his watch, "Your Highness, would you check for us?"

"A total of... fifteen people," the young man in the duckbill cap quickly counted, "all here."

The man in steel armor frowned, "Weren't we supposed to have seventeen?"

"With me, sixteen," the young man in the duckbill cap said as he rubbed his face, "Plus you, seventeen. Dumbass."

"Oh. That makes seventeen," the man in steel armor nodded in understanding.

"Ahem!"

A small cough interrupted the exchange between the man in steel armor and the young man in the duckbill cap. The chief scanned the room and coldly said, "You are all outstanding individuals of the younger generation in the Transcendent realm. Even if you do not know each other, you should at least be familiar with one another by face. Since we're strapped for time, I won't bother introducing you to each other."

With that, the Alliance's chief pointed to the man in steel armor beside him, "This person is a B+ level powerhouse and your team leader for this mission. Greet him!"

"Hello, Team Leader!" the crowd said in unison.

Then, the chief pointed towards the young man in the duckbill cap, "This here is the current Prince, your deputy team leader."

Compared to the B+ rated strength of the man in steel armor, the young man in the duckbill cap's identity clearly caused a greater shock in the room.

Except for a few Transcendents who were already aware of the young man's identity, the rest of the group was abuzz with astonished whispering.

It was like a bubbling cauldron.

Alliance's chief: "Greet him!"

"Hello, deputy team."

"Hello, Your Highness."

"Prince Your Highness..."

This time, the crowd's greetings were scattered.

Chen Yu, who had been silent the whole time, suddenly grew alert and took a new interest in the young man in the duckbill cap. He then turned to his dumbfounded chubby neighbor and asked, "Hey, I want to ask you something."

"What... what?" The chubby neighbor came back to his senses.

Chen Yu: "Do you natives have this thing where children pay for their fathers' debts?"

Chubby neighbor: "Huh?"

"Like when a dad messes up, his enemies take it out on his son." Chen Yu explained, lowering his voice, "Is that reasonable?"

"That does happen," the chubby neighbor answered without hesitation, then confused, "But what's this 'natives' you're talking about...?"

In the middle of the hall.

As the Alliance's chief introductions came to a close, the young man in the duckbill cap revealed a "superior's" smile, nodding at each Transcendent one by one.

These carefully selected elite seeds were, without exception, all future hard-hitting figures in the Transcendent world.

They were also key to the stability of his future "imperial power."

Each of them was someone he needed to court desperately.

This was one of the reasons why he was willing to "personally get involved" and take part in such a dangerous A+ rated mission.

The other reason, naturally, was—merit.

He especially looked towards Chen Yu.

Discovering that the latter was "pleased" and "excited" about his identity, he nodded in satisfaction.

'It seems...' the young man in the duckbill cap pushed up the brim of his cap, his lips lifting into a smile, 'this Chen Yu, at least on the surface for now, can be won over by me.'

"Silence!"

After waiting a minute, the Alliance's chief shouted again, quelling all the noise in the hall. He continued, "Due to the last-minute addition of one person, His Highness will have his own team. All of you will divide into teams of three. Excluding His Highness, there will be five teams in total. You have two minutes to combine freely."

Upon hearing this, Chen Yu's eyes lit up, and he took a big step to appear in front of Li Yao, greasily scratching his bottom, "Beauty, you and me, how about we team up?"

The girl: "… I refuse."

"Why?" Chen Yu squinted his eyes, "We used to be lovers, after all."

The crowd on scene: "!!!"

"Nonsense!" Whether out of shyness or anger, the girl's cheeks flushed red, "Stay away from me!"

"Teacher." Chen Yu immediately turned his head and raised his hand to the Alliance's chief, "Li Yao does not wish to sit... no, to be teamed with me."

Alliance's chief: "…"

Alliance's chief: "Can't you pick someone else?"

"I won't!" Chen Yu stamped his foot, shattering a gold brick beneath it, "I want to be with her, and that's that!"

The young man in the duckbill cap: "My hall..."

"Why must it be her?" The man in steel armor was puzzled.

Chen Yu: "Because she's sassy."

"You!" Li Yao's cheeks reddened even more, as if steam was about to come out of her head, "Are you asking for a beating?"

"Thump!"

Chen Yu stamped his foot again, breaking another gold brick, "Come at me then."

The young man in the duckbill cap: "My hall..."

"Chen Yu, stop messing around," the Alliance's chief said sternly, "Li Yao does not want to be in the same team as you. Find someone else."

"No way," Chen Yu got angry, stomping his foot again and again, "If I can't be with Li Yao, then I'm not going!"

"How dare you!" The Alliance's chief also roared in anger, "You dare not go! I will behead you!"

"If you behead me then you all won't be going anywhere," Chen Yu retorted.

"We might not be able to go, but I… I also think that you and Li Yao make a pretty good team," the chief nodded seriously.

The young man in the duckbill cap: "My hall! Does nobody listen to me?"

"Yu," the chubby neighbor edged closer, cautiously saying, "I'll be in your team, pick me."

Chen Yu: "Scram."

Chubby neighbor: "Mhm."

"Li Yao." The Alliance's chief looked towards the girl, "Just be in the same team as Chen Yu."

"My lord..."

"It's an order!"