From the moment Field Officer Sheng Zhan's order came down, Ronan began his life as a maintenance soldier at Relay Station Two Beehive.
Gongshi Liang Lu became his direct superior, guiding him as he learned to handle the maintenance and repair of all equipment, instruments, pipelines, and even building structures in the Two Beehive area.
It was wartime, and they were also affected by the negative BUFF of some "self-righteous bastard," so the workload was extremely intense. Even a pure rookie like Ronan had plenty of scattered tasks on his hands.
Compared with the earlier "chatting" phase before the Machine Core had been implanted, Ronan was now like a spinning top under the lash, unable to rest for a single moment.
Measured by gaming standards, this was probably one of those niche masterpieces with incredible "immersion" but utterly miserable "gameplay satisfaction"...
Ronan continued his "gaming career," but during the process, he discovered that he had to confront two troubles that had little to do with his main quest—or rather, his actual job.
The foremost "trouble" did not even belong to the Game Scenario itself, yet it was closely tied to it—Ronan discovered that the time he spent experiencing the Game Scenario seemed excessive.
Excessively off.
People's subjective perception of time was rather vague. Sleep, idling, intense concentration, high-pressure work, tedious repetition—every situation felt different. Some made each second feel like a year, while others passed in the blink of an eye. But no matter what, with the help of timekeeping tools, people could quickly recalibrate themselves to a "commonly accepted standard."
Yet Ronan's current problem was this: in the Game Scenario, he felt that a long time had passed. The base's public timer, his personal auxiliary Smart Brain, and even the manual verification of Liang Lu and Field Officer Sheng