Unsure if headquarters would suddenly send a notification, Leng Yue waited in her spatial dimension for a while. During this time, she continued studying Taoist techniques and did not neglect her studies.

However, Xiao Mei's host had already entered the assessment world, but there was still no news from Leng Yue. So, she prepared to draw a mission.

"Are we really going to the mission world?" Zero asked with some concern. "What if headquarters can't find you and just disqualifies you?"

Leng Yue had considered this before, "There shouldn't be anything for us. If there were any arrangements, headquarters would have issued a notice long ago. Since nothing has happened, it's probably because I'm not qualified enough!"

Zero nodded. "Alright, then I'll draw a mission for you?"

Leng Yue did not refuse and obediently sat on Shao Fa.

After waiting for quite a while, Ling still hadn't succeeded in drawing the item, and couldn't help but wonder, "Huh~ what's going on? There are tasks on the task platform, so why can't I click the draw button?"

"What's wrong? What error code is there?" Leng Yue saw Ling fiddling with it, but couldn't get it working after a long time.

Zero glanced at Leng Yue. "I don't know, probably not! But how could something that's just been repaired break down so quickly?"

Leng Yue also expressed her helplessness, saying, "Then take another look. If you don't understand, I understand even less!"

"Wait a minute, let me log out and log back in." Zero said, trying again. "Hey, this time it should work! The colors are different. Looks like it crashed!"

"Ah~ Isn't this supposed to be high-tech? How come it crashes?" Leng Yue was speechless, and she was starting to doubt the headquarters' technical capabilities.

"Who knows? We don't know, and we dare not say. Shall we draw again now?" Ling turned to look at Leng Yue, who nodded.

As Leng Yue was pondering what kind of world this would be, what missions she would have, and whether she could stay with Qian Chen for a lifetime like in the previous world, Zero suddenly shouted from the side!

"What's wrong? What's wrong? What happened?" Leng Yue was startled and hurriedly looked at Ling.

Ling, trembling, tossed the subtitle to Leng Yue, which read "Successfully captured" in large red characters.

"What is this?" Leng Yue had never seen anything like it before. "Is it a bye? Then let's draw again."

"Yueyue, finish reading this! Honestly, now I know why you couldn't do well in school! You don't even finish reading the questions, I don't believe you can get them right!" Ling was speechless. Leng Yue always only read the first half of what she saw, completely ignoring the rest. Ling was also exasperated; how could someone be so stubborn?

Leng Yue didn't even lift her eyelids, answering Zero as she looked, "Yeah, yeah, that's why I could only be a bad student before... What? What the heck is this? This is... yeah... what am I supposed to do?"

As Leng Yue read on, she stammered, finding it no better than Zero. "What...what is an artificial NPC? What is this thing?!"

"An artificial NPC is someone who lets you act as an NPC in a mission," Zero explained simply.

"I still don't understand." Leng Yue was still confused. She was a mission taker, so why was she being treated as an NPC?

"Didn't they say it? They want you to enter the assessment mission and replace the original NPC who died as the new NPC. Simply put, you're an NPC." Zero realized how convoluted it was after saying it, but that was the gist of it.

"What am I supposed to do?" Leng Yue was bewildered. Was it really okay for headquarters to be so cunning? Not only were they ignoring her for the assessment, but they were also completely ignoring her altogether?

"I don't know either, because we didn't get a script here." Zero looked helpless. "You'll only find out once you're inside the mission."

"Why didn't you tell us before?" Leng Yue was filled with resentment.

"I already said it said 'successfully captured,' so it seems to be random. It seems even headquarters probably doesn't know who will go." Zero also felt it was going too far, but what could it do? They were headquarters, after all. Leng Yue was so angry; if it didn't try to stop her, things could get really bad.

Hearing Ling's words, Leng Yue felt a little better. "If that's how it is, I can barely accept it."

"Yueyue, don't act impulsively. We're still very weak." Ling had to tell Leng Yue the seriousness of the situation. "Once we're on a mission, do your job properly. Don't act recklessly just because you're unhappy, understand?"

Leng Yue felt a little embarrassed after hearing Ling's words, "I understand, I will be careful."

Ling knew that Leng Yue was a sensible person. It was just that she'd started to get a little temperamental lately from being pampered by Qian Chen. That made sense; it meant Leng Yue was becoming increasingly happy!

However, Zero still hoped that Leng Yue wouldn't confuse her private life with her work. After all, headquarters wouldn't indulge her little quirks like Qian Chen did.

“The NPCs shouldn’t be too difficult to create; they should be similar to those in the game. As long as you don’t do anything unnecessary, you should be able to get by.” Zero glanced at the countdown timer that suddenly appeared on the webpage. “Time is running out; you need to be mentally prepared.”

"Since this is a mission world for assessment, the mission participants shouldn't be able to contact the system. This is a talisman; carry it with you. Don't use it unless absolutely necessary, because if you do, the mission participants inside might discover you. We don't know the content of their assessment, so you absolutely cannot expose yourself." Time ticked by rapidly, and Zero quickly explained everything it could think of.

As soon as Leng Yue nodded, "I..." the time on the other side turned to 0, and Leng Yue was pulled out of the space and disappeared from Zero's sight.

Zero prayed incessantly, "Jesus, God, Lord, please bless this innocent child. Amen~"

Zero wanted to draw a cross on her chest after she finished speaking, but her fins weren't long enough, so she had to give up. "Next time I change my appearance, I definitely want to change into a human shape! Seriously, it's so inconvenient."

The hosts being assessed were not allowed to contact the system, thus effectively giving the system a break. So Zero happily put Leng Yue out of her mind and went to chat with Xiao Mei.

Unlike the carefree and comfortable Zero, Leng Yue, who was conscripted into the army, was in a pitiful state. She had barely opened her eyes, and before she could even see the world clearly, a dark figure grabbed her by the neck.

Leng Yue kicked and struggled incessantly, but the dark shadow on her remained unmoved. The hand on her neck tightened, and Leng Yue's eyes began to roll back.

Leng Yue was almost in tears. What kind of NPC was this, dying in the very first episode? She hadn't even seen this world yet? She hadn't even met the other mission participants? She didn't want to die! Help! Someone, please save her!

Perhaps heaven heard Leng Yue's heartfelt words, or perhaps this NPC wasn't meant to die so easily. A split second before she fainted, Leng Yue heard the door open and seemed to hear someone shouting, "Assassin! Assassin! Someone come protect me!"

Leng Yue thought for a moment, "Protecting the Emperor? Was the Emperor assassinated? Oh, so this is the palace! Am I a concubine or a princess?"

After that, Leng Yue knew nothing.