Chapter 473 "The First Fifteen Events for D-Class Promotion Qualification!"
"It can indeed be combined with the little maid to create something like a 'system'..."
Colin had a strange expression on his face. In that case, it seemed like he could recruit people on his own.
No, I almost forgot.
Even though the office was his, he had no authority to recruit anyone. He couldn't even recruit company employees. He had to wait for them to agree to the "arrival mission" or become his subordinate...
"However, the permission to actively recruit people may be opened up once I reach a higher level."
"As a member of the Special Talent Program, I should have greater authority than the average person..."
"By then, we can do this..."
Colin leaned back with his feet on the table, thinking leisurely.
It would be interesting if he created his own "system", with some "chosen children" or something...
Of course, this requires access to some of the company's permissions.
One of the simplest ones is that he must be able to use company resources to assign tasks, otherwise it would be meaningless even if he brought people in.
Moreover, this small module may not be enough...
"After all this is done, it feels like setting up a branch office ."
Colin muttered, looking at the "information ball" on the table, and finally decided not to touch it for the time being.
Now, we can only make some small things that are not very meaningful.
It might be better to use it later when I have more resources, but I'll keep it for now.
Of course, it is a metaphorical way of keeping something in reserve, not a real way of keeping something in reserve.
After having this idea, Colin put it back into the envelope, put it in the "storage room", and left the office.
A wisp of food aroma penetrates into the nose...
At the dinner table, the little maid had already prepared four or five home-cooked dishes and was still preparing a dish of stir-fried large intestines.
Colin was in no hurry to eat.
"I'll upgrade my equipment first, then try the 'Advancement Trial Preliminary Mission'..."
Pursing his lips, Colin opened his "storage room".
After a brief consideration, he repaired "Time Stagnation".
Accompanied by a series of "ding ding dong dong" special effects knocking sounds, tens of thousands of points evaporated, but Colin also got the result he wanted.
"Not bad. The range of the time-stop effect has been expanded from 30 meters to 100 meters, and it can be adjusted infinitely. In other words, I can control the diameter of the range myself, thereby reducing energy consumption..."
"The duration has been extended from 7 seconds to 9 seconds, which is a huge improvement."
"Accordingly, some of my combos and strategies will need to change. Two seconds is enough for me to unleash another killer move."
"The repair progress has reached 49 percent..."
"Well, let's estimate that the full state would take about 20 to 30 seconds, and the range would be a kilometer or even longer?"
Colin held the Time Stop Gold Card between his fingers in his right hand and examined it.
After the restoration... there is no obvious difference in appearance from before, except that some changes have occurred and the color is brighter.
"I don't know what this item is made of. Judging from its current strength, it's probably a high-level containment object, right?"
Colin grunted and combined the other two time cards.
Putting aside other things, how did the company contain a monster that has the ability to reverse regional time, solidify time, and accelerate time, and make it into a prop?
Or maybe, it is not a certain containment object, but a modified "prop" of some other technological creation?
It seems that not every "prop" is a containment item.
Colin remembered that the base vehicle in his hand was some basic technological creation within the company, and then it was transformed into a "prop".
"You'll know when you have the chance to 'liberate' it later."
After collecting his thoughts, Colin jumped out of bed and pushed open the half-open door barefoot. He saw that the little maid had already prepared all the meals and was standing motionless by the table.
"Mr. Colin, dinner is ready." The little maid said expressionlessly.
"Um."
As Colin sat down, he thought about what happened before and asked, "How is your copying going on?"
"The first generation of semi-finished products is nearly complete. We will begin subsequent template production and prepare to continue iterating to the next generation..."
"Semi-finished product? What kind?"
Colin asked out of curiosity. A long time ago, he asked the officials to provide the venue, and then when it was not an emergency task, he would let a large part of the little maids split out to do self-production and splitting.
Over the past half month, there has been no feedback, and the official has always said, "I don't understand, I really don't understand."
I thought there was no result at all.
I didn’t expect that the semi-finished product of the first generation has already been made?
"Um."
The maid nodded, then transformed into an irregular sphere about two meters in diameter, floating in mid-air. She uttered, "That's about it. Currently, aside from floating and completing commands with a significant delay, it has no practical effect..."
"Is that so?"
Colin muttered, "What do the researchers at the factory say?"
As soon as she finished speaking, the little maid sent out a part of the "nano-intelligent machine" and produced a three-dimensional projection of the scene.
"Oh my goodness, what's going on? Is the capsule floating? Where does the energy come from? I can't even see any circuit components..."
"If it's not floating by magnetic levitation, could it be anti-gravity? What kind of energy is it using to float? Also, where is it receiving the signal? It's just a shell, and I don't see any corresponding equipment..."
"Yeah, isn't this just a steel shell made of alloy? It was just a pile of scrap metal just now, how did it start working? Magical superpowers? That's not right, the abnormality index hasn't fluctuated..."
"Well, it's definitely not an extraordinary method. I am an extraordinary person. I can tell whether it has extraordinary power or not just by touching it."
"Ms. Silver, may I ask how this is done?"
“I don’t know. I just did it when I wanted to.”
"I don't understand, I really don't understand..."
"That's impossible. There's no reason for it. It goes against all existing knowledge. Wait, it's such a smooth surface. Can you cut off a piece for us to examine under the microscope?"
"Can. "
“…”
Looking at the confused expressions of the on-site projection staff, Colin was secretly shocked.
Although the little maid said that this thing had no effect, it still brought a little "nanotechnology" shock to the people on the scene.
Even though the little maid was making it in front of them, she was also using various instruments to observe.
The final result is still misunderstanding.
During this process, the little maid first found a bunch of materials, mixed them, and then smelted them... At this point, everything seemed to be understandable.
In people's eyes, the difficulty is no more difficult than 1+1.
But the next second, the little maid immersed herself in the metal that had not yet cooled down.
I can't understand anything.
About two hours later.
The thing was completed inexplicably, shocking everyone.
"From this perspective, it's unlikely that the authorities will make any breakthroughs in the short term."
I can only say that it’s no wonder that there are things that can make all the shelters in the “Seventh Box World” helpless. There are indeed quite a few of them.
Afterwards, after finishing dinner, Colin looked at his next tasks.
Apart from the next prop trade and the "Advent Project , it seems that there is nothing else to do...
"No, it doesn't look like everything is alright."
Colin sat cross-legged on the bed and took a look at the parchment. He noticed that shortly after the third injection of the gene compensator, the pre-task for the "D-level promotion qualification task" appeared on the parchment.
After doing this, the "D-level promotion qualification trial" will begin.
"The first stage of D-rank promotion is a random mission, and the second stage is a fixed Happy Farm. There's still not enough information on this farm..."
Colin shook his head, then hesitated a little, wondering whether to start the prerequisite task for promotion.
Once you accept it, you will have no time to spare...
Because according to the "predecessors", the prerequisite task is to quickly complete ten general tasks with slightly lower difficulty.
There is currently no mortality rate in the mission and the danger level is not high.
The only difficulty lies in "speed".
The time requirement is very tight, and even experienced employees may not be able to complete it on time.
Of course, this is just the situation for ordinary employees. When it comes to himself, Kelin estimates that it may not only require "speed", but the difficulty may also increase...
After all, the company has a lot of flexibility in arranging personal tasks.
"Oh, the question should be from 'Ms. Bunny'..."
Colin recalled the description of this existence in Rosen's notes.
Then, thinking of the possible disasters in the future, he sighed.
"It's a life of hard work."
After he finished speaking, Colin pressed his thumb on the parchment and started this preliminary task.
[The task "Fifteen events within the specified time" has been issued. Please open the task bar for details.]
"Huh? Fifteen?"
Colin was stunned. How come this was different from what the "predecessors" said from the beginning?
Wasn’t it agreed that there would only be ten rings?
Not a human being.
Colin muttered inwardly and opened the taskbar to check——
【Fifteen events within the specified time】
[Note: From now on, three consecutive tasks will be released every week. Please complete them within the specified time. If you fail and exceed the time limit, please pay points again and try again the next day.]
[If you fail three times in a row, this mission will be put on hold for fifteen days and then reopened.]
【Currently completed: 0/15.】
【This week's task 1:】
[Description: Please follow the mission instructions before 9:30 PM that night and enter the target area (roughly an abandoned underground mining area). Wait and board the "Mist Train" and get off at the fourth stop to receive new action content...]
[Note: Please complete the task as soon as possible and continue to open subsequent events.]
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"Ah, this... Others schedule two a week, and I schedule three, right? Will I die if I have two extra weeks of spare time..."
Colin was speechless and could only hope that the task would not be too difficult.
If they were all the same tasks as before, completing three in a week would be impossible.
Not to mention three, sometimes even the more complicated ones may not be completed even one in a week.
However, following the mission instructions, he roughly sensed that the location indicated above seemed quite far away...
It may even go beyond your own province.
"The time now is around six in the evening..."
At this distance, there are two options. One is to fly into the sky, disguise yourself as a meteor, and continue on your own. Of course, doing so will definitely expose you.
However, it doesn't matter whether it's exposed or not. Colin knows that if he does this...
There will definitely be a lot of authoritative experts who will debunk the rumor and say "it looks like it, looks like it."
It's like when there's a mission somewhere and the ground is broken and a bunch of buildings are smashed to pieces, but when we investigate, it turns out to be a gas tank explosion. It's easy to explain if we want to...
If you really can't explain it, just suppress it, release some big news about a celebrity, take the opportunity to delete the records, follow the clues to clear your memory, and then drag it out.
So exposure is not the point. The point is that he can't maintain a very good condition if he travels for a long time.
The second option is to contact the authorities when you are unsure...
"I need to go on a long trip soon and need some help. I need a flying machine that is as fast as possible."
Colin edited a message and sent it to many people.
After a pause, he added, "Stop nearby, I can go over and do the work."
Currently, the little maid can drive all vehicles——
It can even be said that the more advanced and sophisticated the intelligent machinery, the smoother her operation.
Within about ten seconds of sending the message, Xuanyi Jin gave a clear reply and told him to go to a certain place.
Ke Lin glanced at the leftovers on the table not far away, sent a message to Qin Chuan, inviting him, Hu Zheng, and Xia Liufang to his house for dinner, and then he started to act.
Not long after, at a small, closed-off airport, a roar sounded, and Colin, sitting in a fighter plane, flew straight towards the target location...
"hiss……"
The pilot sitting in the cockpit looked up and saw the young man sitting on the glass above his head, as if welded there, and who could not be blown away even by the strong airflow. He couldn't help but take a deep breath.
However, ignoring the gazes of others, Colin remotely directed the fighter plane to move in his direction.
Due to the flight distance, Colin changed to another fighter plane in mid-air.
Then, at around 8:50, it arrived above the target location.
Facing the fierce wind and clouds, Colin opened his arms, his body ablaze with fire. He closed his eyes, fell backward, and took a leap of faith...
"boom!"
Not long after, Colin fell to the ground like a meteorite, raising a cloud of dust.
In the mountains and forests, he looked around and soon found an abandoned mine.
It was dark and eerie inside, with a faint unclean smell.
"Given the characteristics of the 'Mist Train', there might be something inside this mine, but it's not a big problem..."
Colin walked on the uneven stones and came to the entrance of the mine. He raised his foot and kicked open the not very strong steel door of the mine, then stepped inside.
Inside the mine, you can see many talismans and unknown mechanical devices.
"It seems the authorities have dealt with this place before, but it should be sealed, not completely resolved."
Colin observed the situation while going deeper into the mission as required.
Finally, he stopped in a fairly spacious cave underground where the temperature was much higher than on the ground.
"It's past nine o'clock. The car should be here soon, huh?"
Colin glanced at the time on his phone, then suddenly narrowed his eyes. He felt an invisible terror spreading from the caves on all sides of the mine. The atmosphere was heavy and depressing, and he seemed to hear foul whispers in his ears.
However, with a "crash", the flames began to burn.
The invisible terror receded like the tide...
