Volume 2: The Church of Light Chapter 188 Pseudo-domain
"Didn't Zhao Xinan tell you that I was going to select my personal guards?" A smile appeared in the queen ant's eyes, and the whole small building seemed to become much brighter.
Xu Shen was secretly delighted and lowered his head and said, "I did."
"You know how to be careful with your words..." The smile in the Queen Ant's eyes faded slightly. She asked Xu Shen to come here in order to promote her personal guards. Besides having keen perception and alertness, personal guards must also know how to be careful with their words, keep a low profile, and not be clever.
"Since you already know, what do you think?" the queen ant said softly.
Xu Shen was somewhat flattered: "It would be a great honor for me to become the Queen Ant's personal guard!"
"Follow this king, no need for flattery."
The Queen Ant's voice was a little indifferent, making Xu Shen doubt whether he had said the wrong thing. "Since you are willing, you can serve by my side in the future. Although you are a personal guard, I will not restrict your freedom. You do not have to stay by my side all the time."
"Yes, sir."
"What are your abilities?" The queen ant stared at Xu Shen.
"Perception system, able to see through enemy weaknesses." Xu Shen replied. As a personal guard, this should be something that cannot be concealed.
"Then look at my current weakness." The queen ant looked at Xu Shen calmly.
Xu Shen was slightly startled, and immediately realized that it was a test of his ability. He immediately opened his eyes and saw that the queen ant in front of him did not change at all, but a black vortex gradually emerged at her wrist.
"Have you found the weakness?" asked the queen ant.
Xu Shen lowered his head and said, "I saw it. It's on your highness's left hand."
"What now?" the queen ant asked again.
Xu Shen was stunned for a moment, and then he saw that the black vortex that was previously on the queen ant’s left hand had now moved to her right hand.
Xu Shen immediately understood that this was the weakness that the queen ant deliberately exposed. Otherwise, with his ability, he would not be able to see the flaw revealed by the other party. After all, this was the king.
"It has moved to your right hand." Xu Shen said truthfully.
After Xu Shen finished speaking, he saw the black vortex on the queen ant's right hand gradually shrink and disappear.
There was not a whirlpool anywhere on her body.
As expected... the king has no weaknesses in my eyes, and even if he does, I can't detect them.
The queen ant looked calm and nodded slightly: "Not bad, although your ability is ordinary, you are smart. Your control of the silk is close to the domain. If you can continue to cultivate it and control it more finely and skillfully, it can also be regarded as a 'pseudo-domain'."
"Pseudo-territory?" Xu Shen looked at the queen ant in confusion.
"That's right." The Queen Ant did not hesitate to teach: "One of the differences between the two states and the king is the domain. When the ability is developed to the greatest extent, each domain will be formed. And your control of the ruins... is a pseudo-domain. Although it cannot be compared with the real domain, it is enough to give you a great advantage in the two states."
Domain...Xu Shen secretly took note of it in his heart. This was the ability characteristic that belonged only to the king.
"You are still young, so study hard." The queen ant said with a smile. Although it was only a very shallow smile, Xu Shen felt cared for, and even felt respect and love in his heart.
"Yes, Your Highness." Xu Shen showed gratitude and quickly agreed.
"Go down, someone will tell you the rules of the royal guards. As for the Black Light Branch, you don't have to worry about it. You can go back to work part-time anytime when you are free. Of course, you can also choose to rest and enjoy life." said the queen ant.
Xu Shen nodded again, looking quite excited and excited, and bowed and left under the gaze of the queen ant.
When he walked out of the building, Xu Shen saw his personal servant who had been waiting outside for a long time. The latter gestured with her hand, and Xu Shen immediately followed her, walked through the flower bed, and came to another building.
"This is where the Sixth Division's guards usually live while on duty."
The personal attendant turned around and said with a smile: "The captain of the sixth squad is waiting for you inside."
Xu Shen nodded and went inside. He saw a tall middle-aged man sitting on the sofa inside, wiping his helmet.
Hearing the footsteps, the middle-aged man looked up. Xu Shen was slightly startled and found that the middle-aged man's face looked quite familiar.
He thought quickly and suddenly remembered that when he went to Xudong before, the Queen Mother District sent 6 teams of personal guards to lead the team, and the captain of the team was the man in front of him.
The name seems to be... Wang Cheng?
Xu Shen's mind quickly flashed back to the memory of that time. The middle-aged man in front of him wanted to strike up a conversation with Mo Jia, but he gave him a cold face.
"Are you the new guard chosen by the Queen Ant?"
Wang Cheng looked at Xu Shen. It was obvious that he had no memory of Xu Shen. After all, when they gathered in the Ruins Cave, Xu Shen was just a ruins killer from a branch. There was no need for him to pay attention to him.
"Well, hello, captain." Xu Shen nodded.
Wang Cheng remained calm and dignified, and asked, "What is your ability?"
"Perception system."
Wang Cheng nodded slightly: "First, let me tell you the rules of the Royal Guard. Here, the safety of Her Majesty the Queen Ant is the most important thing. You must not disclose anything that happened in the Snow Palace. No matter what you hear, you must pretend not to hear it. In short, you must learn to play deaf and dumb and just do your job well. Do you understand?"
"I understand." Xu Shen nodded.
"We have six teams in total in the Guards."
Wang Cheng said, "They are the inner three squads and the outer three squads! The inner three squads are responsible for guarding the Queen Ant and the core area of the Snow Palace. They are also called the personal guards! The outer three squads guard the periphery of the Snow Palace. The five kilometers centered on the Snow Palace are all places we need to patrol. I'll give you a map of the detailed route later."
Are the personal guards also divided into inner and outer teams... Xu Shen's eyes flashed. It seems that he had just become a personal guard and started from the outer third team. He probably needed to accumulate qualifications, experience, and trust before he could be promoted to the inner third team and become the Queen Ant's personal guard.
As Xu Shen thought, Wang Cheng seemed to want to motivate Xu Shen by telling him the conditions for promotion to the third squad, which was similar to what Xu Shen had guessed.
Those who perform well can be promoted to personal guards within three years.
If there is a significant performance, it will be improved immediately, such as detecting important enemy situations.
"The duty time is a cycle of 12 days. In addition to the three squads, there are three shifts on duty. Each team is on duty for four days, and the rest of the time is for rest and recuperation. Do not indulge in pleasure during the rest time. For our bodyguards, entering and exiting places such as singing and dancing and casinos is a violation. If you are caught for the first time, you will be given a serious warning. If the second time, you will be directly dismissed from your post. Do you understand?" Wang Cheng said sternly.
Xu Shen had no interest in places like singing and dancing casinos. He would use his free time to practice swordplay, not to mention that he had to deal with the Light Chasing Club.
This kind of duty rotation schedule surprised Xu Shen a little. He thought it would be very busy, but it turned out to be very free.
In other words, you only need to work eight days out of every 24 days.
As for why there was a ban on going to places like singing and dancing casinos, Xu Shen could understand it. After all, they were the Queen Ant's personal guards. If they were caught with such habits, they would be easily exploited and infiltrated.
“If you see other guards entering and leaving such places and doing something illegal, you will be rewarded if you report them, which is equivalent to noticing the intrusion of a C-level ruins,” Wang Cheng said.
The reward for reporting is average, not too generous, but not too low either. Being too generous is to prevent someone from deliberately reporting, or even causing malicious framing.
This is like the law's leniency towards criminals . In fact, it is not tolerating crime, but protecting victims, preventing criminals from committing minor crimes and being sentenced to death, thereby going to extremes and strangling the victims.
After explaining some precautions, Wang Cheng looked at Xu Shen and said, "Is there anything you don't understand that you need to ask?"
How to become a captain... Xu Shen thought about it and felt that it would be better to ask other guards after he got familiar with them.
"without."
"Okay, go back and get your personal guard armor. It's the uniform you wear when on duty. Do more exercise during your rest time to recharge your batteries. The reason why we have such ample rest time is so that you can stay in the best condition when on duty. Do you understand?" Wang Cheng said seriously.
Xu Shen nodded.
Wang Cheng called another young guard nearby and asked him to take Xu Shen to familiarize himself with the environment.
The other party first took Xu Shen to the room assigned to Xu Shen here, and then handed Xu Shen a map, saying that he would take Xu Shen around the map tomorrow to familiarize himself with the route.
Under the guidance of the young man, Xu Shen came to the logistics office, had his body measured, and was told that the personal guard armor would have to be picked up in three days.
As for Xu Shen’s first duty time, it will be 6 days later.
It was late at night when Xu Shen returned to the banquet hall. Only a few people were still chatting there, and the rest had basically left.
Seeing Xu Shen coming back, Luo Hua and others hurriedly came over and asked expectantly, "Captain Xu, how is it going? Are you being selected as a personal guard?"
Xu Shen nodded slightly. Although he had expected this, fortunately there was no other twist in the story.
"You are still the best!" Luo Hua was full of envy. He had watched Xu Shen rise step by step with his own eyes, from being promoted to Team 2, accumulating merits along the way, becoming a second form, entering the Ruins Cave, and now not only becoming the captain, but also the Queen Ant's personal guard. He was simply promoted step by step, and the speed of his promotion was astonishing.
The other three were also extremely envious, their eyes were more flattering, and they were all extremely polite. They wanted to deepen their relationship with Xu Shen so that even if they encountered difficulties in the future, they could say that my friend is the Queen Ant's personal guard, which would be somewhat intimidating.
Xu Shen smiled and asked, "Where are the others?"
"Oh, that personal attendant came and said that the Queen Ant asked everyone to rest early and go back as early as possible tomorrow so as not to delay everyone's work." Luo Hua said, but there was regret in his eyes.
This is tantamount to kicking you out.
"Was anyone else asked to leave later?" Xu Shen asked.
"There are two more, but they are both in their initial stages..." When Luo Hua said this, the four people's expressions became frustrated. Two initial stages were chosen, but there was no chance for them.
Xu Shen recalled that there were indeed two people at the previous banquet who had performed well in their initial stages. They had premature ejaculation and showed some abnormalities in their abilities. They were probably chosen for training.
"Captain Xu, now that you've become the Queen Ant's personal guard, do you still need to go back to the bureau?" Luo Hua put away his frustration and asked Xu Shen curiously.
