Chapter 54 Life, Career, Epic Potential? Numb and Alienated, Not Belonging to This World
After leaving the small restaurant, Qin Fang arrived at the entrance of the instance. After looking around, he continued to use the examination target to search for potential cattle and horses.
Another half hour passed, and still nothing was found.
Qin Fang sighed... His epic potential was far too low.
This method of searching is also extremely problematic.
He can only search one by one now. It is true that there are huge crowds, but not everyone can line up for him to check. After all, the flow of people is constantly moving, and he can only check one target at a time. No matter how fast he goes, he will still miss some.
And then there's the matter of repetition... With people coming and going, he might be targeting the same person with multiple tests...
With so many people, how could he possibly remember everyone so clearly? He's not a computer.
"However, there is one thing worth noting... Xiao You's previous profession was 'farmer,' while Lin Fan's profession this time is 'chef'... Although Gu Yiyun's profession belongs to the combat sequence, it is clearly more support-oriented... Could it be that the proportion of people with epic potential is higher among life professions?"
Three epic potentials, two of which are life professions.
Is it a coincidence, or does it indicate something?
There are too few cases to make a definitive judgment at this time. However, it is worth noting and will be verified later.
...Most of the day laborers live in the ecological park. Qin Fang is quite familiar with that area, since he and Qin Xiaoyou used to do odd jobs there most of the time.
Just as he made a note of this, a flash of light appeared, and Qin Fang looked up to see the words on it.
[Hard difficulty - Mountain of the Dead speedrun record broken: New record, 15 minutes 13.37 seconds.]
[Clearance Team, Paradise. Member: Xiao.]
The speedrun record for difficult sections has been broken.
Immediately, as expected, the crowd erupted in another uproar.
But this time it wasn't because someone broke the record again, but because of Paradise and Akatsuki himself that sparked the heated discussion.
...In the past few days, the dungeon records have been broken one after another, and people have become accustomed to this.
But his interest in the amusement park only grew stronger each day.
Qin Fang began to notice the white light around him... streaks of white light appeared from time to time, and then a figure would appear.
There's simply no way to tell who's traveling alone and who's part of a group.
Soon after, Qin Fang saw Qin Xiaoyou emerge from the crowd. Although she was alone and dressed as a female assassin, no one would associate her with the mysterious paradise 'Xiao'.
Qin Fang walked over, but Qin Xiaoyou didn't notice him. Instead, she continued staring blankly, clearly intending to continue.
"Xiao You".
Qin Fang called out to her in time.
Upon hearing Qin Fang's voice, Qin Xiaoyou turned her head and then revealed a sweet smile: "Brother."
Qin Fang nodded. Qin Xiaoyou seemed to remember something and wanted to speak, but then suddenly paused.
"Brother, did you find it?"
She changed the subject.
Qin Fang smiled and nodded.
Qin Xiaoyou's eyes lit up: "Who is it? A man or a woman?"
"He's a guy, he works at that little restaurant over there... um, I specifically waited for you to tell you that you'll be leveling up by yourself in a bit, and then head back when it's time. I won't be going with you."
Qin Xiaoyou paused for a moment, then let out a soft breath and nodded: "Okay."
She knew some of the details of Qin Fang's profession, so she also knew that sooner or later she wouldn't be able to run dungeons and level up with her brother, and she had naturally made some mental preparations for it.
And this is clearly what she wants to see.
She also knew that she was relying on her brother too much and actually longed to be independent.
Seeing her like this, Qin Fang nodded with satisfaction, said a few more words, and then Qin Xiaoyou went back into the dungeon...
Clearly, this girl is really into fighting.
Qin Fang looked at it, finally let out a sigh of relief, and temporarily put aside his plan to continue searching for potential cattle and horses.
It's too inefficient.
Moreover, his current corporate reputation does not support his aggressive recruitment of employees.
Now that we have a goal, let's leave it at that for now.
Let's farm today's reputation first.
With that in mind, he looked at the instance and also chose to enter the normal instance.
However, he didn't rush to break the record. Instead, he leisurely cleared the Undead Mountain dungeon once.
Normal dungeons pose absolutely no challenge for Qin Fang... With his current stats, he could simply activate 'Ice Crystal Mirror' and stand still while a normal boss attacks him, and he probably wouldn't lose even half a bar of health.
After easily clearing the normal stage once, Qin Fang obtained a pass for the hard stage. When he came out, he heard people around him discussing how Xiao had cleared the normal stage again.
He smiled, glanced at the clear record of the normal version, and sure enough, it had been broken by Xiao You a few minutes ago.
He glanced at the time, then went straight in and selected the normal version to continue.
This time, he's going to break the record.
His original idea was to save some energy when breaking the record, leaving room for later employees to break the record, so as to make it easier to boost the company's reputation.
But after thinking about it carefully, Qin Fang felt that there was no need to pay too much attention to one or two low-level dungeons.
Moreover, this is actually a good thing.
Especially in the early stages.
Take Lin Fan for example. If they successfully sign him, he can choose to level up faster by going to the Rabbit Dungeon, the Dark Jungle, or the current Undead Mountain Hell Dungeon.
Since his progress record had been updated more than half an hour ago, he could now focus entirely on leveling up without worrying about attracting the attention of the alien races like Qin Fang and Qin Xiaoyou.
As for gaining corporate reputation... you can simply go to a more distant dungeon and grind it slowly, taking your time to complete it and leaving room for improvement.
In this way, the upgrade will not be delayed, and it can also confuse the alien race... After breaking the record, run away, and the alien race will naturally be unable to stop you.
They won't fall into the same predicament that Qin Fang and Qin Xiaoyou faced in Rabbit Village.
Thinking about it that way, it doesn't seem so bad?
As Qin Fang thought about it, he easily broke the speedrun record set by Qin Xiaoyou.
...He can almost instantly kill ordinary bosses.
To enhance the company's reputation, he naturally included Paradise and its code name.
As I came out, I heard a surprised voice from the person next to me: "What...what does this amusement park mean?"
"Xiao Po Wan Boss Po... Hiss, this amusement park, are we playing here?"
"Is the boss and Xiao really at odds?"
"No way? This doesn't seem that simple... Could it be that they're using this method to lure the centaurs here so they can kill another batch of them?"
"Hmm, this line of thinking..."
People buzzed with discussion. Xiao had just broken the record, but the boss turned around and broke it back. They all knew that the two had always acted together, so they were very puzzled by their current behavior.
They even came up with conspiracy theories.
Qin Fang was both amused and exasperated... He was simply trying to boost the company's reputation.
Shaking his head, noticing that no centaurs were nearby, he ignored them and continued into the difficult dungeon to break records...
...
Before you know it, a day has quietly passed.
It's rare that I didn't see any centaurs all day today.
Even at night, the Undead Mountain instance was still packed with people and brightly lit.
Dungeon towns are usually places that never sleep.
It's lively 24 hours a day.
The small restaurants in town don't close, but the staff will change shifts.
When it was time for Lin Fan to leave work, after handing over his duties to his colleagues, he dragged his tired body onto the bus back to Tieya City.
Sitting in the car, he stared blankly at the brightly lit, bustling town in the dungeon.
The sense of alienation I had been vaguely sensing before was stronger than ever today.
The hustle and bustle belongs to others.
Although he was part of it, he ultimately did not belong to this world.
Profession……
A strong sense of resentment appeared on his handsome face.
But in the end, they succumbed to numbness and despondency.
The vehicle slowly started and drove away from the Mountain of the Dead.
Qin Fang turned his head and glanced at Lin Fan, who was across the aisle, his eyes flashing.
(End of this chapter)
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