Planting the Flag

"Hidden quest?"

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Hearing Yun Zhongge's words, Lin Qimeng narrowed her eyes and glanced sideways at Wang Qianduo.

"Who's this beauty? Your... friend?" Yun Zhongge, completely oblivious to the awkward situation, threw an arm around Wang Qianduo's shoulders and asked with a grin.

Although Yun Zhongge was highly skilled and very approachable, it didn't change the fact that he was just a 20-year-old guy.

Young people don't tend to overthink things. Seeing his friend chatting with a pretty girl, of course, he had to jump in and help.

As Yun Zhongge slung an arm around Wang Qianduo, the two people behind Lin Qimeng relayed Wang Qianduo's information to her.

"The number one archer from Sword and Rose? You're not mistaken?"

"Absolutely not. If we can't even get a celebrity player like that right, we really don't deserve this salary!"

While Lin Qimeng was privately chatting with the two, she took another look at Wang Qianduo.

She knew Wang Qianduo had registered his account at the company yesterday, he'd even complained about it.

But after only one day in the game, he'd already met a top expert. He wasn't simple at all!

"Aren't you going to introduce us?" Lin Qimeng said, looking at Wang Qianduo, who was currently staring at his toes.

"Haha, I almost forgot to introduce you. This is Yun Zhongge, and this is Lin Qimeng, my boss. And these two behind you are probably experts from our Shan Hai!

Uh, we have some things to do, so we'll be going now. We'll talk later!"

Wang Qianduo chuckled, and then tried to pull Yun Zhongge away. Yun Zhongge also sensed that the situation might be a bit off and obediently shut his mouth.

"Hey, Old Wang, don't rush off! We can talk more."

How could Lin Qimeng let Wang Qianduo get away with it? She grabbed Wang Qianduo and threw him a seductive glance, speaking in a sweet, coquettish voice.

Her expression, her voice, combined with her stunning beauty – no man could resist it. It made one's bones go soft.

"Talk... hehe... talk!" Wang Qianduo, a seasoned pervert, couldn't move an inch when faced with this.

And then, inexplicably, they all found themselves sitting in a bar. As soon as he sat down, Wang Qianduo wanted to slap himself.

How could he be so weak to beauty?

But since they were here, they might as well talk!

"I still have three spots for this quest. I won't say I'm not considering the company, but I'll give you a discount. Two thousand per spot.

The requirement is for experts within level ten. If the level is too high, the reward might be reduced!"

Since they wanted to talk, he might as well be upfront. Sixty thousand yuan was Wang Qianduo's bottom line.

He could get people to help him with the quest and make a small profit. Why not?

"The price is okay, but what about the quest rewards?" Lin Qimeng asked, picking up her lemon water and taking a sip.

"A hidden main quest no one has ever seen. What do you think?"

Lin Qimeng "Okay, but I'm already level ten. Will that affect anything?"

Wang Qianduo didn't know, so he looked at Yun Zhongge.

"No, level ten is a threshold. As long as you're not over level ten, there won't be any impact, even if your mecha has already evolved."

Yun Zhongge didn't hold back and directly answered their question.

Lin Qimeng looked at the two people who had followed her. Seeing them nod, she finally felt at ease.

Then, Wang Qianduo shared the quest with Lin Qimeng and told her to bring people to gather tomorrow afternoon to plan how to complete the quest.

"You have the nerve to charge us two thousand each for a quest like this?" Lin Qimeng said speechlessly, looking at the quest Wang Qianduo had shared.

"If you don't want to buy it, you can back out!" Wang Qianduo retorted.

"Hmph, I'm buying it. I'll transfer the money to your account offline. Let's go."

Lin Qimeng said, then turned and left with the two behind her, leaving Wang Qianduo and Yun Zhongge there.

"Haha, Brother Wang, I'm sorry!" After Lin Qimeng and the others left, Yun Zhongge apologized to Wang Qianduo for what had happened earlier.

"It's fine. I was planning to find people from the company anyway. If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have been able to get this sixty thousand!" Wang Qianduo said with a smile.

He really didn't care much about what happened earlier, as Yun Zhongge didn't have any bad intentions.

After chatting for a while, they also said their goodbyes and left. Wang Qianduo still needed to practice flying, and Yun Zhongge didn't have much free time.

"Zero, what should I do?"

On a vast, empty planet, Wang Qianduo was flying his mecha through the air. Ahead of him, however, was a cliff.

But at this moment, he couldn't stop.

Wang Qianduo looked at the cliff not far away. He was incredibly calm.

The more urgent the situation, the calmer he became. This might be a talent he'd awakened from his two lifetimes.

In a state of complete focus, Wang Qianduo felt as if he and the mecha had become one, indistinguishable from each other.

The moment his body moved with his will, Unit Zero, which was about to make intimate contact with the mountainside, suddenly rotated in mid-air, stepped on and shattered the mountain in front of it, and flew towards the sky.

However, this feeling of man and machine becoming one came and went quickly, but Wang Qianduo could now pilot the mecha freely.

"Zero, how was my performance just now?" Wang Qianduo said after landing, retracting his mecha, and leaving the training ground.

He found that Zero could still communicate with him freely without the mecha.

"Perfect. Your talent is absolutely one in a billion!" Zero's electronic voice sounded in his ear.

"Haha, you can even flatter now!"

Wang Qianduo laughed heartily, not taking Zero's flattering words to heart.

But he forgot that artificial intelligence never lies, because that is their underlying code.

Then he finished his last few seconds of fatigue, not wasting any necessary resources, which was a prerequisite for becoming a master.

Afterward, Wang Qianduo came to the trading area again, wanting to see if he could equip the last piece of equipment he had.

Leaving an equipment slot empty made his obsessive-compulsive disorder very uncomfortable!

And even if he couldn't buy equipment, buying two skills would be good!

However, the facts proved that he thought too much. Low-level equipment and basic skills were too popular at this stage.

Almost as soon as something was listed, as long as the price was not too outrageous, it would be instantly snatched up.

Especially some professional merchants, their speed was beyond Wang Qianduo's reach.

Wang Qianduo could afford outrageously priced items, but he didn't want to be a sucker.

"Flag planted! Flag planted! There's a mecha duel in the plaza, let's go watch the battle between advanced players!"

While he was browsing, he suddenly heard someone shout, and then there was a commotion in the crowd.

Everyone has a curious heart, and Wang Qianduo was no exception. He followed the crowd and went to surround it.

Then he saw that the plaza was blocked by a square energy shield. Inside the shield, a mecha was entirely crimson and held two sabers in its hands.

Another mecha was entirely blue and held a trident that shone with flowing light in both hands.

At this moment, the two mechas were in a standoff.

Mecha flag duels were a function unlocked above level 10, allowing two people to fight within a safe zone.

Of course, it wasn't allowed everywhere; they still had to go to designated places and pay a venue fee.

And the better the chosen location, the more expensive the venue fee. Especially in the center of a town like this, it was almost a sky-high price for ordinary people.

The two mechas dueling at the moment were both level 20 or above, mechas that had evolved twice.

The red one was called Dragon Hunter, an evolved form of an agile mecha, while the blue one was called Wave-Chasing Trident, an evolved form of a power-type mecha.

This battle had not yet begun, but everyone thought it would be a one-sided fight.

"Is the pilot of the Wild Hunter mecha out of his mind? Doesn't he know his mecha is perfectly countered?"

"Yeah, he doesn't have an advantage in either agility or the fire-vs-water matchup, right?"

"I really don't know what he's thinking? A sparring session between friends? But sparring in a place like this is too extravagant!"

"I envy you ignorant people. Don't you know that the people you're discussing are Wang Xinghe, the president of [Galaxy], and Yang Bo, the president of [Ten Thousand Miles]?"

"Are you saying this idiot is Wang Xinghe?"

"Yes, spit, spit, spit, you're the idiot, how can you discuss President Wang? But fighting a stronger opponent with a weaker one, I really don't know what he's thinking?"

Wang Qianduo listened to the discussions around him and became very interested in the two people fighting on the field. He had also heard of these two.