Qin Siyang was slightly surprised to hear this. "My... tempo?"
"Yes." Qi Tian nodded. "The more events follow a person's tempo, the more that person stands to gain. Across the entire Safe Zone, who gained as much as you did over the past year?"
"Your theory... is something I've honestly never considered, Commander Qi. But I haven't even felt the existence of any 'tempo' myself."
"Not feeling it doesn't mean it isn't there. Everything you set your mind to succeeds; you win every battle and take every objective because events have always followed your tempo. There are many kinds of tempo, and this is especially apparent on the battlefield. Some people alternate between tension and relaxation, some build up their strength before unleashing it, and others stay one step ahead."
Qin Siyang frowned slightly. "Then what kind of tempo do I have?"
"Your tempo comes down to one thing-speed. So fast that you strike before anyone can react, leaving everyone unable to keep pace with you."
Qi Tian continued, "Your arrival was like fitting the Safe Zone with an accelerator. Everything sped up, forcing everyone to follow your tempo. But the most astonishing thing is that even after everyone picked up the pace because of you, they still couldn't adapt, because your tempo kept accelerating!"
"Who could have imagined that a boy who awakened his sequence ability at the beginning of last year would be trampling legion commanders underfoot by the beginning of this year!"
Qin Siyang hurriedly said, "Commander Qi, you're praising me so much I'm almost too embarrassed to show my face. I haven't defeated a legion commander. I only managed to beat Qin Yingguang by a stroke of luck, and that was in the Combat Arena, where neither of us could rely on any tools. In a