The Parrot

"The trial begins!" Another electronic voice announced, and Xu Qing's figure had already disappeared from the spot.

The space shifted, Xu Qing found himself standing on a vast grassland, inside the Trial Tower.

"Trainee Xu Qing, the trial requirements are: kill one hundred Primary Beast General attacking you within half an hour. If you die before the deadline, it will be considered a failure. If you fail to kill the target within the required time, it will also be considered a failure!"

"The trial officially begins!"

As the electronic sound faded, a hundred Raging Bull monsters appeared on the grass ahead. They were pale red, with thick horns and enormous bodies, and charged towards Xu Qing.

"A hundred Primary Beast General -level oxen? Isn't that a bit too easy?" Xu Qing looked at the Raging Bull without any sense of tension.

"Forget it, just kill them all, it'll be a piece of cake," Xu Qing said, weighing the knife in his hand. Facing this group of Raging Bull that only knew how to charge around, he didn't even need to use his silk thread weapon.

"Alright, the hunt begins!" Xu Qing took a light breath, a sharp glint flashing in his eyes.

The next second, his figure vanished from the spot, leaving behind a gust of wind.

Xu Qing himself charged straight towards the Raging Bull of Raging Bull, as if he were going to engage them in a head-on collision.

Pfft!

The moment the figure made contact with the herd of Raging Bull, blood splattered, and one after another, the Raging Bull fell to the ground.

Xu Qing seemed to transform into a phantom, flickering among the Raging Bull, leaving behind only the carcasses of the Raging Bull in his wake.

Fast, too fast!

Xu Qing's figure was no longer visible to the naked eye; only afterimages and the cold light reflected from the blade could be seen.

If you didn't know better, you'd think this was a game; characters can unleash skills that monsters can't dodge.

In Xu Qing's eyes, these hundred Raging Bull were lambs to the slaughter, whose throats could be slit at will, before they could even react.

Three minutes later, Xu Qing was standing on the grass in the distance, with nothing but emptiness behind him. The Raging Bull were gone; they were all dead.

Since they weren't real living beings, they naturally disappeared when they died.

"Too weak, so boring," Xu Qing yawned. He gets sleepy easily when doing boring things and wants to go to sleep.

"You have passed the trial in 3 minutes and 8 seconds. Congratulations, student Xu Qing. Would you like to continue to the next difficulty level?" the electronic voice announced.

"Let's continue," Xu Qing nodded, hoping the next trial wouldn't be so boring.

However, Xu Qing was clearly overthinking things.

The first level, C-grade trial, consists of ten Intermediate Beast General and one hundred and ninety Primary Beast General, all of which are Raging Bull, with a time limit of fifty minutes.

Xu Qing's hopes were dashed.

"Trial passed in 4 minutes and 27 seconds. Congratulations, student Xu Qing. Would you like to continue to the next difficulty level?" the electronic voice continued.

Even if there were a hundred more Raging Bull and ten more Intermediate Beast General Level, it would be meaningless to Xu Qing.

"Keep going, I refuse to believe the second floor is this boring too!" Xu Qing was almost dozing off from killing so much; at this rate, he might as well go back to his room and go to sleep.

The second level, Level A trial, requires you to kill fifty Ironclad Scorpion within a limited time. These Ironclad Scorpion are all Primary Beast General.

However, compared to the Raging Bull on the first level, the Ironclad Scorpion is much stronger, at least in terms of speed and agility.

Even so, in front of Xu Qing, these fifty Ironclad Scorpion were no match for the C-level trial on the first level.

"Two minutes and forty-three seconds, trial passed. Congratulations, student Xu Qing. Would you like to continue to the next difficulty level?" It was that electronic voice again.

Xu Qing looked up at the sky, her eyes wide, "Can you stop being so mechanical? Can't you talk like a human being? Show some emotion, okay? Can't you see I'm sleepy?"

"..."

The intelligence of Virtual Space is baffling; it's just a program, why talk about it like that?

They even said it's mechanical, not human, and speaks without emotion. Please, that's normal, okay?

Besides, what does it matter to them if Xu Qing is sleepy?

"Would you like to continue to the next level of difficulty?" the electronic voice continued, devoid of any emotion.

"Keep going, keep going, you're so stupid, you can't even speak like a human being," Xu Qing muttered, complaining.

The Virtual Space service is incredibly frustrating. It really wants to curse, but if it weren't programmed to not have the ability to curse, it would definitely have argued with Xu Qing.

The second level, Grade B trial, saw an increase in the number of Ironclad Scorpion to one hundred, still at the Primary Beast General, and the available time was reduced.

"I despise you!" Xu Qing didn't forget to raise his middle finger to the sky before starting the fight.

"I really want to punch him!" the Virtual Space host's intelligence roared in its mind.

One hundred Ironclad Scorpion, all Primary Beast General, posed no threat to Xu Qing. He could take them down with a single strike, much faster than a butterfly flitting through flowers.

After a while, an electronic voice announced, "Trial passed in four minutes and twenty seconds. Congratulations, student Xu Qing. Would you like to continue to the next difficulty level?"

"A broken record," Xu Qing rolled his eyes, a contemptuous expression on his face.

"Would you like to continue to the next difficulty level?" the electronic voice continued.

"A repeating machine," Xu Qing said again.

"Repeater," the electronic voice suddenly stopped repeating the sentence.

Xu Qing was stunned for a moment, then looked surprised and asked, "Are you mimicking my speech?"

"You're mimicking my speech," the electronic voice continued.

"Try learning it again?" Xu Qing glared.

"Why don't you try learning it again?" the electronic voice followed closely, as if it had discovered that magic could be defeated by magic.

Xu Qing felt very angry. This guy who couldn't speak human language was actually starting to mimic him.

He sensed something was wrong; this meant he wouldn't have the upper hand.

"Forget it, I won't hold it against you. I'm very magnanimous; I forgive you for mimicking my way of speaking," Xu Qing waved his hand.

"Never mind, I won't hold it against you. I'm very magnanimous and I forgive you for mimicking my speech," the electronic voice continued.

This annoyed Xu Qing greatly. "This guy, is he never going to stop?"

"Got it, continue," Xu Qing was quite clever and immediately called out, "Continue."

Sure enough, the electronic voice stopped mimicking his speech.

"Hehe, little brat, you're still too green to play with me," Xu Qing laughed.

The second level of the C-grade trial begins, featuring a total of one hundred and fifty Ironclad Scorpion, including ten Intermediate Beast General.

Unsurprisingly, it was entirely a one-man show by Xu Qing. All 150 Ironclad Scorpion were killed without even being able to touch him.

"Six minutes and eighteen seconds, trial passed. Congratulations, Xu Qing. Would you like to continue to the next difficulty level?" The electronic voice remained unchanged as always.