Mercenaries in Two Worlds

"Hey, wait, I'm not ready yet! I believe you, okay?!" Zhang Qian now realized it really was a paranormal event and shouted in a panic, "Wait!" Seeing his body becoming blurry, Zhang Qian panicked even more, "I believe you, I'm crazy, I accept the agreement, please stop! I'm really not ready, please stop!"

"Hehehe, please don't make a futile struggle." These three words appeared on the screen, and then the light surrounding Zhang Qian disappeared.

Looking at the "hehehe" on the screen, Zhang Qian was speechless. Was this some kind of joke? "Hey, why was I chosen? Just because I'm too bored? No, I still need to find out if there's any danger to my life. Even though I'm bored now, it's better than dying!" Zhang Qian calmed down and decided he still needed to find out.

"Wouldn't that be life-threatening?" Zhang Qian thought to himself, then quickly said, "No, no, or I could be reborn indefinitely."

"Yes, it's extremely dangerous. An agreement has been signed, and there's no going back." The line on the screen completely disappointed Zhang Qian. As if remembering something, Zhang Qian's eyes lit up, and he said, "Then did you give me any special abilities?"

"Yes, a cultivation technique analysis light brain will be implanted into your brain. You will have the ability to copy and improve most of the cultivation techniques and martial arts you see. In order to facilitate your collection of top-grade spirit stones, you will also be given a space ring and an all-purpose language system."

"Oh, that's not bad!" This meant he no longer needed to worry about the cultivation method, but Zhang Qian wasn't satisfied and continued, "Anything else?"

"That's all. Be content with what you have. [Love↑Go△Novel↓Net wqu]" The computer mercilessly typed out a line of black text.

"Why don't you go and collect them yourselves? What do you need so many top-grade spirit stones for? What will happen if I don't help you collect them?"

"The distance is too great; the quantum entanglement channel cannot transmit living beings. The perfect universe we are building requires the special energy of top-grade spirit stones."

Zhang Qian felt a pang of heartache. Building a universe? This was even more unrealistic than a fantasy to him, several hundred million times more. Just thinking about it gave him a headache.

"Alright! Then let me ask you other questions." Zhang Qian's thoughts were wandering quite wildly, and he suddenly asked, "So, are there many alien civilizations?"

Yes, there are many.

"Wow, it really exists! Maybe I can win a Nobel Prize with this computer?" Zhang Qian chuckled, temporarily putting the agreement aside, and continued, "Where is it? Is it more advanced or less advanced than Earth? Oh, by the way, what should I call you?"

"You can call me Master of the 1024 Top-Tier Dimensional Light Brain. Your planet belongs to the first-level low-level civilization, while the highest civilization in the universe is the third-level civilization. Please rest assured, Mr. Zhang, a third-level civilization is not capable of traversing distances of tens of thousands of light-years. The Milky Way is located in a remote area and there is no danger."

Ignoring Zhang Qian's shouts, the screen suddenly went black and stopped responding to Zhang Qian. It was probably aware of Zhang Qian's purpose and, for the sake of some kind of cosmic balance, was unwilling to reveal too much knowledge to Zhang Qian.

Zhang Qian was still unwilling to give up and randomly pressed keys on the laptop, but there was no response. "Tch, so stingy. Sigh, I'm going to time travel tomorrow, am I going to die? I should call my parents first, it would be tragic if I really died on that Tianxing Continent tomorrow."

Zhang Qian reluctantly hung up the phone when his parents were completely bewildered by his strange talk and started yawning from sleepiness. Looking at the clock, it was already eleven o'clock. He had to get up early tomorrow for some insurance sales training. A headache struck Zhang Qian, so he took off his clothes and went to take a shower.

It was late at night, and Zhang Qian lay in bed, unsure whether he was afraid or excited. His phone showed 3 AM, but he still couldn't fall asleep. Deep down, Zhang Qian accepted this extraordinary experience; otherwise, he wouldn't be so calm. If he hadn't, he would have smashed his computer long ago, though he probably wouldn't have been able to destroy this magical thing anyway.

"Sigh, why think so much? Isn't it a good thing to finally say goodbye to this monotonous life and go see another world?" Zhang Qian murmured, looking at the dark night sky.

The town's nights are quiet, with only the occasional car speeding by. Most of the time, it's utterly silent, with only the dim yellow headlights lonely illuminating the deserted avenue. No one knows what strange things are happening in this world; after all, the world is always full of chaos, and it's hard to distinguish truth from falsehood.

Zhang Qian, who hadn't slept well the night before, was drowsy and listening to the insurance company employees enthusiastically explaining a new insurance product was pure torture. The bank branch manager, usually easygoing, didn't say anything when he saw Zhang Qian like this; even he himself was picking his nails, showing that like father, like son. Only the two financial managers were diligently taking notes.

Having endured the training and received his money, Zhang Qian pulled his suitcase back to his window, turned on the money counting machine to count the money, but for some reason, he kept thinking about what happened last night, and waves of excitement were surging through his body.

Deep down, Zhang Qian is still an adventurous person. If you look at his computer's browsing history, you'll find many posts about bungee jumping, mountain climbing, paragliding, and off-road mountain biking. It's just that life's constraints prevent him from abandoning everything to do those things, and he doesn't have the financial means.

He dealt with one customer after another like fighting zombies, and finally, when it was time to leave work, he discovered that one hundred was missing when he checked the accounts. Zhang Qian had been in a daze all day. If it weren't for his solid basic skills and hard work in training, he would definitely have made a big mistake. Losing only one hundred was already a small loss. It was already good that he didn't make any mistakes in depositing or withdrawing money and sending it to the wrong recipient.

After throwing down 100 yuan, Zhang Qian listened impatiently to his supervisor's lecture, refused the branch's dinner party, and directly bought a boxed meal from the nearby S County and returned to his room.

He hesitated again, and instead of opening his notebook immediately, he slowly began to eat.

Seeing that he had licked the last grain of rice from the empty lunchbox, Zhang Qian gritted his teeth and said, "When a person dies, they face the sky. I've finally had such a wonderful encounter, why should I be a coward?" He opened the laptop lid with a burst of anger.

The laptop screen remained blank. Zhang Qian frantically pressed keys on the keyboard without any response, and finally said, "1024."

"Please call me the 1024th Top-Tier Dimensional Transdimensional Light Brain Master," a line of text appeared on the screen.

"OK,"

"..."

"Before we travel through time, let me ask you one more question: how long will I stay there, and how will I manage my work and life here?" Zhang Qian asked the question he had missed last night.

"Don't worry, Mr. Zhang. No matter how long you stay on Tianxing Continent, only thirty minutes will have passed on Earth, provided you can come back alive," 1024 typed out.

Zhang Qian tried to ignore the last sentence and said, "That's amazing, are the times different in these two worlds?"

"The timelines of the two planes are not comparable, so please do not ask this question."

"Okay! I've been looked down upon. Now let me ask you again, what would happen if I died over there?"

"I will find another agent on Earth."

"Hehe, very good!" Zhang Qian was speechless at the insensitive conversation between 1024 and others.

Just as Zhang Qian was about to travel through time, the signal light on his phone flashed. He tapped the screen and saw a WeChat message with only one letter, "g?".

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