I'm in the Ark, a player.

It seems he never expected the Emperor to assign him such a task.

"if not?"

The Emperor spread his fins.

"For your sake, I sent them all out to do work further away. Now Penguin Logistics only has you left."

Just after the Emperor finished speaking, a task pop-up appeared in front of Qin Tianling.

[Task: Onboarding Test]

[Task Description: Chen Huijie has recommended you to Penguin Logistics, but working at Penguin Logistics isn't something just anyone can do. Prove your abilities!]

[Reward: Rabbit's Pocket Watch]

Oh ho? There are quests available here?

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I bought a game because it was at its lowest price ever during the Spring Sale, but it turned out to be Dafeng. It beat my Red Priest, which caused the update to be delayed for the past two days. Sorry.

Chapter 23, A Girl's Blush Speaks Louder Than a Thousand Words

Qin Tianling followed Mostima out.

The two walked out of the Emperor's office, through an area that looked like the Penguin Logistics office area, and into the elevator.

Mostima pressed the button, and the elevator began to descend.

"So how do we measure it?"

Qin Tianling asked.

"Just measure it like that."

To be honest, I've been with Tencent Logistics for quite a while, but I haven't mentored many new employees.

I think the Emperor probably only wants to test a few things.

They'll test your battlefield mobility, your Originium abilities, your physiological endurance—basically, a whole bunch of other miscellaneous things.

"It's just like a college physical fitness test..."

Qin Tianling complained.

"Well, if you find it too troublesome, there are ways to pass the test quickly."

"any solution?"

"Simply put, you just need to prove that you can fight and that you're not easy to kill."

"Will I fight you?"

"Um... I'm just a messenger with no strength to even kill a chicken."

Therefore, I plan to assign the task of testing you to someone else.

After Mostima finished speaking, the elevator stopped and the doors opened.

Outside, a girl with orange-red hair stood with her arms crossed, as if waiting for Mostima to come down.

Mostima stepped out of the elevator, approached the young woman, and introduced her to Qin Tianling.

“This is the person I intend to test, Fiameta.”

"What are you planning to do now?"

Fiameta crossed her arms and glared at Mostima with annoyance.

"Help me test him in real combat."

"This is your own business, isn't it? I'm not an employee of Penguin Logistics, and I have no obligation to do this kind of thing."

"Alright then, hu—"

Mostima said with a regretful expression, but before he could finish saying the rest of the name, he was interrupted by Fiameta, who was furious and looked very upset.

"I'll help! I'll help, okay?!"

"Hmm? You agreed to this yourself, didn't you?"

"Tsk."

Seeing Mostima's smug expression, Fiameta could only click her tongue.

Mostima is so wicked! If I hadn't agreed in time, she would have spread my shameful code name everywhere again.

Mostima already made her very uncomfortable when he called her by that code name in private, not to mention that other people would find out that those old geezers had given her such a cringeworthy code name.

"So, shall we begin testing now? Destroy the Phoenix."

Qin Tianling, who was standing to the side, suddenly spoke up and asked,

Why do the cutscenes take so long?

"What...what did you just say?"

Upon hearing Qin Tianling's words, Fiameta, like a slightly rusty and stuck machine, stiffly turned her head to look at Qin Tianling.

"So, shall we begin testing now? Destroy the Phoenix."

"How...how did you know that code name!?"

Holy crap, box!

At that moment, Fiameta's face turned red, and her heart raced, like a shy teenage girl.

You can see all her worries on her face.

—After all, a young girl's blush speaks louder than words, though the blush on her face was a bit exaggerated.

"So, shall we begin testing now? Destroy the Phoenix."

Qin Tianling repeated that all he wanted to do now was complete the task and get the reward he longed for.

As for how I knew?

The NPC's name on the minimap reads: Phoenix Destroyer - Fiameta!

This updated NPC marking feature is really useful, isn't it!

"Damn it... In short, you're not allowed to call me the Destroyer of Phoenixes! And no other weird codenames! Whatever that bastard Mostima said to you, forget it all now! Immediately, right now!"

Immediately afterwards, Fiame glared fiercely at Mostima.

"You've already told everyone my code name, and you still want me to help you? No way!"

"Hmm... Is it possible that I didn't say anything to him just now?"

Mostima shrugged, looking completely innocent, and said...

She was telling the truth, but Fiameta was unlikely to believe her.

"Who would believe you!"

"Sigh... Alright then, one-armed chainsaw man."

*Latland slang and profanity*

Fiameta's face turned even redder.

..........

Qin Tianling followed Mostima to the basement to prepare for the test.

Strictly speaking, this entire building belongs to Penguin Logistics.

So it's normal that there's a training room dedicated to Penguin Logistics on the second basement level, right?

And since the emperor has some money, it's normal that the training room is two and a half stories high and occupies an area of ​​about two football fields put together, right?

Mostima didn't use the two staffs behind him, but instead drew out a shorter staff, stood in the middle of the training ground, and looked at Qin Tianling.

"Let me make this clear beforehand: don't underestimate me just because I'm a deliveryman. I'm actually quite strong."

Don't let your guard down or you'll suffer the consequences!

"is it?"

Qin Tianling flexed his wrists, twisted his neck, and then stretched his legs, as if he were doing warm-up exercises before a physical education class.

He straightened up, looked at Mostima, and slowly a smile spread across his face.

"Although you are really strong and will be difficult to deal with."

but--"

He took a deep breath, straightened his chest, and uttered his declaration of certain victory in an unquestionable tone:

"We will win!"

"Let's begin!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Qin Tianling charged towards Mostima.

For some reason, the constant clanging sound during the run suddenly closed the distance considerably.

Mostima, of course, couldn't just let Qin Tianling get close to him like that.

She stood there, watching the figure draw closer, the staff in her hand slowly rising.

A blue light shone from the tip of the staff, like a star being lit. The light grew brighter and brighter, eventually condensing into a fist-sized sphere of light at the top of the staff.

Energy surges, compresses, and gathers strength within it—

Then, shoot it!

A blue spell shot out from the tip of the staff, tearing through the air and heading straight for Qin Tianling's face!

high speed!

But in Qin Tianling's eyes, it wasn't fast enough!

He pushed off with his feet, and his body turned in a subtle arc!

The blue spell flew past his shoulder without even touching a hair!

dodge,

Perfect dodge!

The world suddenly slowed down.

Qin Tianling is still sprinting forward.

The opponent is a mage, so melee combat is advantageous for me!

This was Qin Tianling's idea: as long as he could drag the fight into close combat, he would be able to win the battle!

Ding ding ding ding—

The pampered ring frantically slipped on and off his index finger, each time boosting his stamina bar and keeping him constantly charging forward.

Because of the fact that time slows down by an unknown number of times while my speed remains unchanged, the act of running forward normally in bullet time would cause Qin Tianling's speed to surge dramatically and become incredibly long in normal time!

In an instant, the distance between the two suddenly closed.

Mostima seemed to sense Qin Tianling's sudden surge in speed and the close proximity he had gained, so she reached out and gripped the staff behind her.

And the instant she grasped the staff—

In her world, time slowed down.

More accurately,

It was as if time itself slowed down in her mind at that moment.

Then, at that moment, Qin Tianling and Mostima simultaneously realized something, looked at each other in surprise, and then spoke at the same time.

"Is he someone with similar abilities to me?"

"Oh? It's a Stand of the same type as mine?"