Jiahe New Residence Honorary Homeowner Medal

Liu Zheng fell rapidly, as though an invisible hand were dragging him downward.

Everything before his eyes played out at double speed.

Yet every floor's windows were shrouded in shadow, revealing nothing within.

Remembering the scoring the triangular-eyed security guard had mentioned, Liu Zheng took a deep breath and curled himself into a ball.

The mutated core muscle groups fired at full power, driving his body to spin like a top.

Sixteen and a half aerial twists!

To a burst of enthusiastic applause, he abruptly spread his body out in the second before impact.

Sixteen and a half aerial twists, followed by a vertical landing.

Thunderous applause echoed throughout the entire complex.

Liu Zheng lay on the ground, most of his body riddled with compound fractures and all his internal organs hemorrhaging badly, staring at the gloomy sky.

Several faceless figures appeared along the rooftop's edge, making all manner of gestures to express their admiration.

Others booed at him, presumably displeased that he had actually survived.

Liu Zheng suddenly felt the inconvenience of no longer being human. He had no way to raise a middle finger anymore.

"Ptooey."

He spat a mouthful of saliva mixed with fragments of his internal organs onto the ground, venting his frustration as best he could.

"Congratulations. You have completed this challenge brilliantly."

The triangular-eyed security guard walked over.

"Next, we will announce the judging results for this challenge."

He solemnly took out an envelope and removed a slip of paper from inside.

"Removing one highest score: 9.99."

"Removing one lowest score: 9.96."

"The Deliveryman contestant's final score is 9.97! Let us congratulate the Deliveryman contestant for becoming the champion of this Rooftop No-Rope Bungee Standing Challenge!"

The triangular-eyed security guard crouched down and raised Liu Zheng's tentacle.

Applause erupted as dozens of phantom figures emerged from the air and surrounded the two of them.

"Next, we invite the chairman of the Homeowners' Judging Committee to present the contestant with his prize."

The triangular-eyed security guard said.

A figure several sizes larger than the others stepped out from the crowd and pinned a bronze medal to Liu Zheng's chest.

"Name: Jiahe New Residence Honorary Homeowner Medal"

"Type: Item"

"Quality: Excellent"

"Effect: Allows free entry and exit from Jiahe New Residence Complex. While working, you will receive the cooperation of all property management staff and homeowners."

"Note: Collect five Honorary Homeowner Medals to gain an additional effect."

"Can be taken out of the instance: No"

The larger figure patted his shoulder, then vanished along with the other figures.

The triangular-eyed security guard also returned to his indifferent expression and headed toward the complex entrance.

"This prize is kind of interesting."

Liu Zheng touched the medal on his chest.

With this, the person who had ordered food probably would not refuse the delivery later.

He wondered what the additional effect would be after collecting five medals. Would he become an Honorary Owner of every residential complex?

With the Legendary Deliveryman Persona and the Honorary Homeowner Medal, delivering food would become much easier.

Though maybe not necessarily.

He remembered the sprinkler truck. Something like that had never appeared on his previous delivery routes.

Perhaps the beginner protection period had ended.

The longer he survived, the more likely he was to encounter danger on the way back to the restaurant.

He could not solve everything by throwing money around. Getting the Legendary Deliveryman's Hat was imperative.

Liu Zheng waited for his flesh to recover as he thought.

A few minutes later, he regained the ability to move.

"It's getting faster and faster."

Liu Zheng's recovery speed was now at least twice what it had been when he had first mutated.

Besides the Legendary Disguise's boost, the change in his essence was probably an important factor as well.

He wondered whether Mr. Li would specifically ask for his eyeballs to go with his drinks once his transformation was complete.

Liu Zheng sneered and headed toward Building 7.

His luck was not bad. The building he had bungee jumped from was Building 9, right beside Building 7.

So although the sprinkler truck and the challenge had delayed him somewhat, he still arrived outside Apartment 1503 ten minutes early.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Liu Zheng pounded hard on the door several times.

Click.

The door opened at once.

But he did not see the person who had ordered the food.

Could all the homeowners in this complex be invisible?

Liu Zheng felt a headache coming on.

He cautiously swept his tentacles through the air a few times, but touched nothing.

"Hello, your delivery is here. Please come out and collect it."

Liu Zheng had no choice but to shout into the apartment.

"Who are you shouting at?"

A tiny voice came from below him.

"Huh?"

He looked down.

A tiny person no bigger than a fist was looking up at him, appearing extremely angry.

"Sorry, I didn't see you just now."

Liu Zheng hurriedly apologized.

"Then don't look at me."

With a loud bang, the door slammed shut.

"Damn, I was just telling the truth. Did he have to get so angry?"

Liu Zheng was rather speechless.

Speechless or not, he still had to make the delivery.

He kept pounding on the door.

This time, Liu Zheng pounded for a full three minutes before the door to Apartment 1503 opened again.

"I'm warning you, human. Being small does not mean I'm easy to bully. Get out of my sight immediately, or I'll scoop your brain out spoonful by spoonful and feed it to my dog."

Miniature Man threatened him.

This time, he was not looking at Liu Zheng's face, but staring at Liu Zheng's crotch.

"You keep a dog too?"

Liu Zheng's expression turned slightly strange.

At that size, was he raising the dog, or was the dog raising him?

"Ross!"

Miniature Man seemed to know Liu Zheng was thinking something highly disrespectful and shouted loudly.

A lumpy purplish-red mist suddenly spread out from around the corner of the living room.

A strange creature leaped out of it.

Its body was long and slender, composed of an exoskeleton covered in holes, with luminous mist swirling within it.

The contours of its face shifted constantly, like a wax figure endlessly melting and cooling again.

The only things that remained unchanged were its eyes, which sprayed scorching red light, and its protruding jaw.

The creature, which could hardly be called a dog, extended a long straw-like tongue and silently pounced at Liu Zheng.

He had no way of judging its strength, but he could tell from its appearance alone that it was bad news.

"Wait, I have this!"

At the critical moment, Liu Zheng tore off the Honorary Homeowner Medal and held it up before him.

"Stop!"

The sharp tip of the tongue was only a hair's breadth from his brow. Liu Zheng could even feel the phantom pain of his skin being pierced.

"Ross, sit."

Miniature Man issued another command.

Ross let out several low whines and obediently sat on the floor.

Its eyes remained fixed on Liu Zheng, filled with the desire to hunt.

"On account of the Homeowners' Judging Committee, we'll let this slide. Think before you speak in the future. Others wouldn't have a temper as good as mine."

Miniature Man said coldly.

"Then what should I have said?"

He humbly asked for advice.

"You should have said, 'I'm sorry, sir. My eyesight is poor, and I failed to notice your magnificent figure.'"

Miniature Man said in an overly formal dubbed-movie tone.

"Pfft."

Liu Zheng exerted tremendous effort to suppress the urge to laugh out loud.

"Your art of conversation leaves me in awe."

He said sincerely.

"Very good. Put it there."

Miniature Man was very pleased with his attitude.

Liu Zheng took out the meal and placed it on the shoe cabinet by the door.

"Then I wish you a pleasant meal."

He said politely.

"Wait. Do you want to earn some extra money?"

Miniature Man stopped him.