Testing

"Miniaturization technology?" Xie Qingming and Wang Sheng exchanged glances, their eyes filled with shock.

Raiden Ryoma's gaze deepened as he thought, This shouldn't be miniaturization technology, but quantum technology.

Yesterday, Raiden Ryoma had clearly seen how Moon God's Protection appeared in Li Ming's hand, so he leaned more towards the quantum technology that Anti-Entropy had been researching.

Li Ming saw their shock, but not suspicion. Instead, he uttered a special term. Li Ming had to admire how skewed the technological tree of this world was. However, both of them were a bit cautious at the moment, "Um, can we take a look?"

"Please do. We need to file it later anyway."

After Xie Qingming and Wang Sheng took Moon God's Protection from Li Ming, their expressions were filled with shock. They carefully examined the lines on Moon God's Protection. Not only was there a special crescent moon-shaped emblem, but many parts also revealed Destiny's technology.

Xie Qingming and Wang Sheng exchanged a look, and they both had an idea.

"Mr. Li Ming, you can come with me to file the report now." After Xie Qingming glanced at Wang Sheng, she led Li Ming out of the conference room.

Li Ming followed Xie Qingming as they walked, while Xie Qingming held Moon God's Protection in her arms.

They then arrived at a place that resembled a training ground. Xie Qingming, holding Moon God's Protection, left first, and then another young lady came to lead Li Ming into the training ground.

"Please come this way, Mr. Li Ming."

Li Ming followed the young lady to a changing room. The young lady gave Li Ming a set of clothes. Glancing at the black tight-fitting suit in his hand, Li Ming's expression turned a bit subtle.

But he didn't say anything. Little did he know, after Li Ming entered the changing room, the young lady followed him in, which startled Li Ming.

To his surprise, when Li Ming started to undress, the young lady hadn't left yet and was even commenting on Li Ming's physique from the side.

Seeing that Li Ming was almost done, and was holding the tight-fitting suit with a troubled expression, wondering where the zipper was and how to get in, he saw the young lady take the suit and tap the emblem in the center.

The tight-fitting suit immediately became loose. Li Ming slipped into it. The young lady grabbed Li Ming's hand and patted his chest, and the clothes instantly tightened.

Then, the black tight-fitting suit was tightly fitted onto Li Ming's body, even outlining the slight bit of excess flesh on his stomach with intricate detail.

After that, he was thrown into the training room by the young lady.

Sitting slumped in the training room, Li Ming was still a bit dazed. "Who am I, where am I, what am I doing?"

After a while, the young lady's voice rang out, "Mr. Li Ming, the filing review will now begin. There is a strength testing device in front of you. Please strike it with all your might."

As soon as the voice fell, a strength testing device rose from the ground. Li Ming was confused but still followed the voice's instructions. However, he didn't use his full strength, only secretly gathered his power, "Inch Punch · White Tiger Listens to the Wind · Six Powers!"

Energy gathered in his right hand from within his body. He assumed a horse stance, and his power was released with the twist of his waist and abdomen.

Bang!

Immediately, a bright light flashed, and the strength testing device displayed the letter B.

Before Li Ming could react, the strength testing device retracted, and the voice promptly sounded again, "Mr. Li Ming, this is a reaction speed test. Please be prepared. The speed testing device will appear shortly."

Before Li Ming could react, the flat ground beneath his feet turned into a series of rolling cylinders, and then the cylinders began to roll rapidly.

With a sudden movement, Li Ming almost fell. Fortunately, his reaction speed was good, and he rolled with the momentum. Then he started to run, not very fast, just maintaining smooth breathing.

After one minute, the ground returned to its original state. If he hadn't used the wall to buffer, Li Ming would have definitely crashed into the wall, leaving a large pit.

Subsequently, the letter C appeared on the wall.

"Mr. Li Ming, next is the final reaction training. These are rubber bullets, so please don't worry."

As soon as the voice fell, numerous circular holes appeared on the surrounding walls, and long iron pipes extended from them.

Looking at the dark gun barrels, Li Ming's expression froze. You're making things difficult for me, Fatty Tiger!

However, he wasn't given a chance to react. Bullets poured out instantly. But they weren't fired all at once, otherwise Li Ming felt he would have definitely been riddled with holes.

Every time a gun barrel was about to fire, it would retract slightly, and the sound of the gun barrel was not small. So, even though he was hit by one or two bullets from time to time, he managed to dodge most of them successfully.

After the final ten bullets were fired, the wall finally returned to its original state. Li Ming finally caught his breath.

The letter C appeared on the wall.

"Alright, the assessment is complete."

The door to the training room opened, and the young lady walked in with Xie Qingming. When Li Ming looked over, he could clearly see that the young lady's face was full of smiles.

Xie Qingming handed Moon God's Protection back to Li Ming and said with a solemn tone, "Mr. Li Ming, your filing is complete. This is your weapon. Do you want to review your file now?"

He took Moon God's Protection and held it in his hand, but he didn't rush to unequip it. Otherwise, if Moon God's Protection disappeared directly from his hand, it wouldn't be explainable by miniaturization technology.

Li Ming nodded, "Can I take a shower first?"

"Please do."

After Li Ming left, the young lady suddenly said to Xie Qingming, "Sister Ming, that little brother shows signs of erosion. Did he come into close contact with Honkai?"

"Then it wasn't just close contact," Xie Qingming sighed. "By the way, does the logistics department still have serum?"

"There should be some. After all, this stuff is incredibly expensive, and not many people use it."

"Alright, help me write an application report. I need to get the serum for him later."

"Okay!"

Li Ming returned to the changing room. Following the young lady's earlier action, he patted his chest, and the tight-fitting suit immediately loosened. With a couple of tugs, the suit fell off Li Ming. He looked at his wrist, and the originally light red patterns had become more noticeable, as if blood was flowing. Li Ming sighed, hoping it could be resolved quickly.

After a thorough wash, Li Ming felt much refreshed. Although it was only ten minutes, he had broken out in a sweat. He placed Moon God's Protection aside. After he put on his clothes again, he tucked Moon God's Protection into his pocket and then unequipped it.

Moon God's Protection briefly disappeared from Li Ming's pocket. After he walked out of the changing room, Xie Qingming handed him a document, "Mr. Li Ming, this is your filing document. If you need to take action in other cities in the future, you can submit this filing document. However, I must say, you cannot arbitrarily harm ordinary people."

"That goes without saying. We practice martial arts precisely to protect our region."

Li Ming glanced at the documents in his hand. Strength: B, Speed: C+, Reaction: B-, Physique: C+, Weapon: Moon God's Protection, Rank: A.

The documents only contained a simple description of his information, without detailing specific aspects of Li Ming, such as his Inch Punch martial art or the data for Moon God's Protection.

Li Ming breathed a sigh of relief. Thankfully, they didn't find anything out. It would have been too miserable to be discovered on my very first day after transmigrating.

Meanwhile, in the conference room.

Raiden Ryoma took a sip of tea and looked at Wang Sheng. "Mr. Wang Sheng, when Li Ming's background check information comes out later, please let me see it."

"Yes, Mr. Ryoma! However, isn't that a bit against the rules?"

"After all, young Li Ming will be my bodyguard for the next month, so I naturally need to understand him better. Oh, and that young man needs a serum. Please handle it."

"As you command, Mr. Ryoma. I'll submit the application now."

The conference room door was suddenly pushed open. Raiden Ryoma and Wang Sheng immediately put on an act of having been doing nothing. Wang Sheng lowered his head, instructing someone to arrange the application, while Raiden Ryoma wore a gentle smile.

There was no way to tell that the two had any connection.

"Mr. Ryoma, Mr. Li Ming, your investigation is complete. Thank you for your trouble. Please wait a moment, there are still a few things to handle, and it will be done shortly!"

Xie Qingming didn't argue with Wang Sheng. Instead, she spoke to Li Ming and Raiden Ryoma. Li Ming simply waved his hand, while Raiden Ryoma smiled and said, "It's alright. This is something we can't be uninvolved in, so cooperating with the work is only right."

After speaking, Xie Qingming and Wang Sheng both left the room simultaneously. Xie Qingming thought Wang Sheng had something to do, and Wang Sheng thought the same.

Then, they found themselves walking to the logistics department together.

"Wang Sheng, what are you doing here?"

"What are you doing here, Captain Qingming?"

"I'm here to pick up some things." "Me too."

The two looked at each other. After verification, they parted ways and headed straight for the cold storage where the serum was kept.

Then, they met again at the entrance of the cold storage.

"Wang Sheng, do you like me?"

"What are you talking about? If I liked you, would I need to corner you in the logistics department?"

"Then tell me what you're here for."

"What business is it of yours?"

"You're here for the serum too?" Xie Qingming guessed something from Wang Sheng's evasive answer.

Wang Sheng also realized Xie Qingming was there for the serum, so he stopped pretending. "Since everyone is here for the serum, there's no need for me to interfere. You can take the serum over. I won't go."

Wang Sheng then left. Xie Qingming watched him, her eyes flickering slightly. Does Anti-Entropy have something to do with this?

Watching the light green serum being injected into his body, the faint red patterns that had appeared on his hand gradually subsided.

Li Ming's heart slowly settled. Then he heard, "This serum needs to be injected multiple times to neutralize the erosion of Honkai Energy. Also, since it's still in the experimental stage, the effects can vary from person to person. And avoid strenuous exercise."

"Okay, when is the next injection?"

"One month apart, for a total of three times. Every branch will have the serum; just make a reservation in advance."

"Three times? Thank you, Sister."

"You're welcome. You can leave now."

After Xie Qingming finished injecting Li Ming, she cleaned up the syringe and left.

"Young Li Ming, are you coming with us now?" Raiden Ryoma looked at the suitcase in Li Ming's hand and his brand-new clothes, which bore no resemblance to the disheveled appearance he had the day before, carrying a snakeskin bag.

Li Ming tickled the little Yae and then said, "I'll be in your care, Mr. Ryoma."

"It's nothing. I already spoke with your Uncle Su yesterday, so I naturally need to look after you."

With that, Raiden Ryoma took Yae's hand and walked out. Li Ming followed closely with his suitcase, leaving Xie Qingming and Wang Sheng alone in the conference room.

Wang Sheng paused. "How is that young man?"

"A young hero." Xie Qingming's eyes were distant, which surprised Wang Sheng. That kid can get such high praise?

Then, Li Ming's personal file appeared on the computer. Li Ming, from Huodou County, Qinghe City. His grandfather was a martial arts master. He had practiced martial arts since childhood. Strength evaluation: B to B+. Calm demeanor, quick reactions. The origin of his firearm is unknown, suspected to be Schicksal craftsmanship. His father and mother's information is unknown.

Never mind what was happening in the conference room; let's look outside.

After Li Ming came out with Raiden Ryoma, he let Yae sit on his suitcase and dragged her along, making Yae giggle.

Raiden Ryoma was relieved to see Yae getting along so quickly with Li Ming, and he was naturally happy about it.

Shortly after leaving the Qinghe Branch, a new driver pulled up in a car. A black car stopped in front of them.

Seeing Li Ming's youth, the driver assumed he was some young master and quickly offered to help with his luggage. Li Ming repeatedly waved his hands, but in the end, the driver helped him put the suitcase inside.

After getting into the car, Li Ming hesitated and then asked, "Mr. Ryoma, what brings you to Schicksal?"

"There's no harm in telling you. I just saw that Yae is about to start school, and I haven't had much time to spend with her. Now, I just want to spend more time with her."

After speaking, he looked at Yae, who had been very active just moments ago but was now tired and listless, with affection in his eyes.

Li Ming was also stunned. He remembered that in the original Honkai Impact 3rd story, Raiden Ryoma was wrongly imprisoned due to Cocolia's actions when Yae grew a bit older. This experience of human fickleness caused Yae's Herrscher persona to awaken.

I have to say, Cocolia is really...

But I remember Yae's personality changed drastically because of a kidnapping when she was little. I don't know if it's this time, or if it's something else.

"Alright, let's talk about your treatment. A monthly salary of 150,000, which converts to nearly three million in Far East Federation currency a month. The compensation isn't low, and your uncle mentioned you want to continue your studies. I can introduce you then, but do you have a preferred academy?"

After hearing Raiden Ryoma's words, Li Ming immediately thought of Welt Yang, who was recovering at California Institute of Technology, and blurted out, "California Institute of Technology."

Raiden Ryoma's eyes flashed, and he smiled, "That's perfect. I have close ties with professors at California Institute of Technology."

Seeing that Raiden Ryoma actually agreed, Li Ming was a little surprised. However, he didn't dare to make any more moves now, as perhaps his actions had seemed suspicious.

Seeing that Li Ming didn't want to talk anymore, Ryoma didn't say much else. Li Ming looked at his reflection in the car window and was a little dazed. Were his hair tips turning reddish?