Chapter 2
The passenger ship made an emergency stop at the nearest seaport.
Soon a young man carrying a huge box appeared at the dock.
"I'm Donald, a member of the Operations Department of the K8 Star Region Transcendental Chapter. What's the situation now?"
Donald looked to be in his early twenties, with neat short hair and a vibrant look.
Almost all the crew members of the passenger ship gathered around the newcomer.
The crew members still had expressions of panic, fear and confusion on their faces as they scrambled for the lead.
“Fortunately there were no casualties!”
"Yes, we didn't encounter any abyssal creatures, but something even stranger seems to have happened..."
A group of people were talking and gesturing at the same time.
Not far behind, the passengers on the passenger ship who still did not know what was going on were getting off the ship through the wooden ladder.
"What's going on..." The boat suddenly stopped here.
"We are extremely sorry for giving you such a bad experience. We will arrange the fastest land-based aircraft to take you to your destination. We are truly sorry."
The staff's sincere attitude made the passengers swallow their complaints about the inexplicable transfer.
The ticket for the aircraft is much more expensive than that for the ship. Although the transfer is a bit troublesome, the final arrival speed is obviously much faster than originally planned.
Lu Mi slowly walked down the boat, one hand in the pocket of his windbreaker, as if he was just drifting with the flow.
The people who were nearby couldn't help but look at him several times, only to be surprised to find that there was such a person on the boat.
Donald, who was about to take the threaded bell from the crew, paused.
A strange feeling made him look back.
It was not the momentary alertness one feels when encountering danger, but rather like foreseeing a fleeting shooting star, with the heart suddenly skipping a beat and pounding.
The crowd swayed through the humid air, but he caught sight of the figure from behind at a glance.
"...Who are the people on this ship?"
Extraordinary people have far sharper intuition than ordinary people.
He stared at Lu Mi's black and white windbreaker as he walked away, without looking away.
The crew members looked at each other in confusion, as if they found it strange.
"The K8 star zone is relatively underdeveloped. Those who come here are usually locals working from the neighboring mining area..."
This is a relatively polite statement.
The K8 star zone is notoriously desolate throughout the entire alliance. It is so remote that it is almost impossible to find on the map. Normal people would just try to get out, and no one would want to come in.
"No." Donald denied in his heart.
That person doesn't look like a local.
*
The sky cleared up.
This time the staff didn't lie.
The aircraft did indeed take everyone to the correct destination very quickly.
Lu Mi followed the street signs and found his destination.
The K8 sector branch of the Extraordinary Guild is located in a suburb.
After passing through a lush forest, a large manor-style building can be seen at the end. Inside the aging iron gate, a tower stands tall, and the "gate" emblem of the Extraordinary Guild is hung on the spire.
...This must be the place.
Lu Mi walked to the iron gate and saw neither the guard nor any other figures.
A slightly stronger gust of wind blew and the door opened directly. It was not locked at all.
He thought about it and walked in.
This manor is obviously quite old. The ivy climbing up a large section of the wall is vigorous, and the swing in the courtyard has long been rusted.
However, according to the recruitment information Lu Mi saw on Star Network, the K8 branch should have been established only half a month ago, so this manor should have been requisitioned or acquired.
Regardless of which one it is, excluding the possibility of pursuing retro, it indirectly shows that the economic situation of this branch does not seem to be very good, and it is not enough for them to build a new base.
Lu Mi had just walked through the corridor of the courtyard when he suddenly saw a man walking out of the main building.
The man was holding a pile of documents. Only when he was looking at the road did he poke his head out from behind the mountain of documents, revealing an extremely vicissitudes of life face of a middle-aged man.
The other party noticed Lu Mi standing in the middle of the corridor and was stunned with a look of strain on his face.
“…Who are you?”
"I'm here to apply for a job." Lu Mi answered slowly.
"Apply?"
As if he had heard something incredible, the man subconsciously reached out to search his pocket, but there was no space due to the pile of documents.
Is there really anyone who would respond to that kind of poverty advertisement?
Seeing this, Lu Mi walked over and helped take the document away, holding it easily in one hand.
Six took out his glasses and put them on. Seeing him move with ease, he moved his lips and asked, "Are you a transcendent?"
Lu Mi thought for a moment, "Can someone who is not a supernatural being be hired?"
Six gave him a look that said, "Are you stupid?" and said, "Of course not. Having the ability is the first prerequisite for joining a guild!"
"Oh," Lu Mi nodded, "Then I am."
Six: “…”
No, why do I feel like you're so casual about being a transcendent here? That's a one-in-a-million talent!
He now suspected that Lu Mi had not understood the situation clearly and had come here simply to cause trouble.
It’s not enough to be good-looking!
"Come with me."
However, Six didn't say anything in the end. Perhaps because Lu Mi could serve as free labor, he took him to a building on the side.
"I am the person in charge of this recruitment and also the interviewer."
While directing Lu Mi to put the documents on the desk in the office, Xikes spoke.
That's unfortunate.
Lu Mi finally mustered some strength.
This was his first job in this world since leaving the abyss. Before that, finding a normal job seemed like a lifetime ago, which was a bit sad to think about.
For his new life plan and his ideal future, he has to be serious!
Then Six noticed that the young man, who had been careless all the time, suddenly fixed his gaze. The sunlight shone through the window onto his eyelashes, and his clear silver eyes looked at him intently.
In an instant, as if some invisible sense of oppression descended, Six could not help but straighten his back suddenly.
Then he reacted and his mouth twitched.
Well, now he kind of believed that the other party was serious.
"Ahem." Six coughed lightly and took out a piece of paper from the drawer. "Please fill out this resume first. I'll go get something."
Lu Mi took it readily. It contained some basic information, but the part about "past experience" gave him a pause.
When Lu Mi finished the final stroke, Six came back with a fish tank.
After putting his things down, Xikes picked up the completed resume and took a look. "...Lu Mi?"
He muttered to himself, a name he had never heard of. Transcendents were few and far between, but he knew anyone with a bit of fame in the circle, and this one was clearly not one of them.
But Lu Mi didn't care and was looking at the fish tank curiously.
There is a strange creature swimming in the fish tank that looks like a pufferfish but has a hard shell.
"This is a creature from the abyss called a fishworm. It's not very powerful and isn't very aggressive towards ordinary people, so it's classified as E-level, the lowest danger level."
"However, its mental power is extremely sharp, even far exceeding that of many C-rank monsters. Here, I will use it to test your mental level."
Xikes pushed his glasses up, narrowing his eyes slightly with a sharp gaze. "The average person's mental strength is usually at level one. Those with strong wills can achieve miraculous breakthroughs and reach levels two or three. But that's their limit. Level four and above is when one truly enters the realm of the extraordinary and gains the key to a whole new world."
To put it bluntly, he still wanted to see whether Lu Mi had real talent and knowledge.
In fact, if the newly established K8 branch had not been short of funds and could not afford the latest testers, this test could have been more accurate.
This fishworm had to be approved by him through numerous layers of approval. Living abyssal creatures were not easy to find. Even capturing the lowest-risk creature alive was extremely difficult, and he had to control it well.
Xix carefully placed the special fish tank on the table, took a deep breath and said to Lu Mi, "I will record its reaction data. Don't reject its spiritual tentacles."
Lu Mi glanced at the little monster in the fish tank with a strange expression, raised his eyebrows meaningfully, "Are you sure?"
However, Six had already tapped the fish tank from the outside, and instantly, the fish and insects swimming leisurely in the tank stopped.
The next second, like an animal alertly exploring its surroundings, the fish worm extended its invisible spiritual tentacles outward.
Only when they come into contact with these tentacles, the cold and sharp feeling of invasion, can make people realize that even E-level abyss creatures are far more hideous and terrifying than ordinary life.
Because of Six's previous instructions, Lu Mi did not stop the fish worm's spiritual tentacles from touching him.
From the perspective of the fishworm, it had just encountered this young man who exuded an alluring and appetizing aura, and the next moment—
It was dragged into a dark space.
The fish worm's body, which had been moving slowly, suddenly swelled up, and it slowly opened its mouth, revealing a dense spiral of sharp teeth in its mouth.
If it could speak, it would definitely say: "Superhuman! Another Superhuman!"
Only extraordinary people have their own spiritual space. It was captured alive because it failed in the collision of spiritual space!
The fish worm was instantly enraged, and with a tearing sound of its shell, its four-segmented worm-like limbs emerged from the bottom.
Just as it was about to rampage through this space, tearing everything apart before leaving—
"BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!"
Amidst a series of uniform loud noises, two rows of doors descended from the sky, extending to the end of the pitch-black corridor.
And now, Yu Chong stood alone in the middle of the corridor.
"What? What is this?" Such questions just popped up in the little head of the fish worm.
Then, each door opened a crack.
Yu Chong's fierce eyes suddenly froze.
All I could see was the scenery behind the doors and through the cracks—
The nearest door leads to a scorching hell.
A figure lurked behind the flames, and the hissing of a snake could be heard. That being sat atop a giant serpent of red smoke, burning everything in its path.
The scene created by this power is so familiar, at least most creatures in the abyss are not unfamiliar with it: the great drought catastrophe... A notorious name came to his lips, but was swallowed down by extreme trembling.
In the fear that was about to swallow itself, the fish worm suddenly realized that it was invading a human's spiritual space.
So it was not facing that adult, but this realization did not make it feel better, but even more terrified.
"That human... could actually harness that adult's power?!"
"No no no, that sir actually gave his power to a human!??"
Wait, it's not just that adult—
Yu Chong's gaze quickly fell on the remaining unopened door and the corner that was visible through the gap.
Some are well-known, while others are things it has no chance to touch in the abyss.
The pitch-black space is the boundless universe, and the doors on both sides of the avenue face each other from afar.
They rise from the ground like giants, like thousands of troops.
This is the territory they defend.
The master of this space is their king.
The more I watched, the more frightened I became.
Finally, it remembered a rumor from the Abyss. At the time, many monsters scoffed at the rumor, and it was captured in the human world shortly afterwards, so it didn't take it seriously at all.
But now I see, could it be that——!
"Have you heard?" The disbelieving whispers of their fellows echoed. "A human has arrived from the northern region of the Abyss. Some insects have seen many great demons following him, and they seem to have accepted him as their master... They've even given away their true names!"
——Could it be true? !
The fish worm immediately gasped, if it still remembered to breathe.
At this time, more and more doors were alarmed - the spiritual imprints left by these big demons finally reached the limit of their patience.
So with the tacit consent of Lu Mi, the lord of this space, the fish and insects were directly expelled.
At the moment of being violently kicked away, Yu Chong's first thought, rather than the pain that pierced his soul, was actually - what merit did he have...
Outside, Six, who was closely watching the fishworm's reaction, witnessed a series of baring teeth and kicking of the fishworm, and suddenly found that its whole body twitched and its belly turned over.
Six: ...!?
Six: "Wait! What's going on???"
He hurriedly put his hands on the glass. If he was not afraid of the poison carried by the fish and insects, he would dare to go down and fish them out!
This is a valuable experimental subject and tool insect!
Six turned his gaze to Lu Mi.
Lu Mi looked at him innocently, calm and collected, "Did I pass?"
Xix looked at him expressionlessly and said, "Generally speaking, if it can show the desire to attack, it means it has crossed the threshold of Level 4. The stronger the aggression it shows, the higher the level."
Lu Mi nodded and pointed out: "So I passed."
“…”
Six was silent for a moment, his forehead twitching with a hint of madness. "This is unscientific! I've never seen a fishworm look like this. What on earth are you..."
"Six! Look what I brought you!"
Before he could finish his words, a hearty and cheerful voice suddenly came from outside the office.
Lu Mi looked over and the first thing he saw was an excessively large box.
The young man carrying the box met his eyes, and immediately, he exclaimed in surprise, "It's you!"
Lu Mi:?
"Oh, I haven't introduced myself yet. I'm Donald. Not long ago at the dock, we... uh, I saw you!" He looked very excited.
Six frowned and interrupted him, "Donald, didn't I ask you to go support the passenger ship? Why are you back so soon? What's the situation there?"
"Strangely enough, the crew members said they had never encountered any abyssal creatures. But later I went to that sea area myself and found it."
As he spoke, Donald unloaded the large box on his back.
Lu Mi saw many unfamiliar instruments inside, including some strangely shaped guns. And now, above these props, separated by a layer of fishing net, lay a gigantic octopus-like monster.
The monster had obviously been forced in, lying motionless - transporting a living abyss creature in this way, even though it posed almost no threat, was quite bold.
"It was only half dead when I went there. I thought you always said one fish worm was not enough, so I brought it back thinking it might be useful!" Donald looked refreshed, and at the end he looked at Lu Mi again, looking very happy.
Lu Mi: ...This is probably the unlucky guy who was hit by him in the sea?
"To think there's such a thing...!" Six was startled. He then looked at the monster and confirmed with just one glance, "It's a D-class, but it's almost dead."
Then he felt that this miserable scene looked familiar, and couldn't help but look at the fish and insects that were also half-dead.
Lu Mi felt no guilt under Xikes's gaze, and he was thinking absentmindedly that the accuracy of his long-range attacks seemed to need to be improved - in fact, he was worried about affecting that sea area at that time, so he intentionally weakened his concentration.
Finally, with a painful expression, Sixes picked up the monster and carried it to the fish tank. "I'm going to the operating room."
Really, even people haven’t been there yet, but two abyss species have been arranged there first.
Before leaving, he turned back to Lu Mi and said, "You've passed the qualification test. It doesn't matter if you have the interview later. It's all for nothing. Just start working for a few days first."
Donald on the side was surprised: "We are finally going to have a new colleague?!"
"Donald, take him to sort out the pile of information on the table in the archives room, and get him familiar with the place while you're there."
Hicks said to Lu Mi with a complicated expression, "You will be working in the archives for the time being. Donald will tell you the details."
Six didn't know if what he was doing was right.
The fish and worm test naturally couldn't be compared with the most advanced equipment, but there was at least one thing he was sure of now—
This young man named Lu Mi probably has amazing talents!
Why have we never heard of such a strong rising star before?
The author has something to say:
This time, Xix thought that Lu Mi was a genius who started at level 50 and could reach the peak level 70.
In fact, Lu Mi had just stepped down from level 100 and was planning to just follow the crowd and live a carefree life.
Lu Mi: I really didn’t want to create a genius character at the beginning.
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