Chapter 118: Temp Worker, Get the Credentials (Second Update!)

The sun set in the west, dusk brilliant; the evening glow dyed the clouds red like gorgeous flames, hanging at the sky's edge like an oil painting in heavy colors.

Qin Shi slung his schoolbag over his shoulder and stepped out the school gate, watching the cars coming and going on the broad avenue, considering whether to buy a vehicle for daily transport.

After all, he had one and a half "small goals" tucked in his waist; walking out every day was too much trouble.

"Neither suffering hardship unnecessarily nor enjoying blessings one doesn't have is advisable."

Qin Shi was just about to head for the bus stop when two crisp honks — beep beep — drew his gaze over.

The car window rolled down, revealing Chen Yun's heroic and spirited pretty face; she raised a hand to take off her sunglasses, deliberately curling a wicked, charming smile:

"Get in! Handsome little brother, let me give you a ride to a thrilling place, how about it?"

Qin Shi didn't know what Chen Yun was up to, but he opened the car door, tossed his schoolbag onto the back seat, and then sat down himself.

"Old Qin, you're truly depraved! Abandoning your integrity just to make money!"

Zhou Ning watched helplessly as his good brother once again got into yet another strange beautiful woman's Rui Shi SUV.

He was heartsick and determined to train hard, striving to break into the rich-women circle!

Whoosh whoosh.

Qin Shi fastened his seatbelt, the car window lowered halfway; late summer was almost past, the wind no longer carried any stuffiness, blowing against the hair on his forehead.

"Sister Yun, where exactly are you abducting me to?"

Chen Yun steered one-handed, the Rui Shi SUV — like a fierce beast — weaving through the roads, speed gradually increasing.

"Don't ask yet; you'll know when we arrive. I heard from Xiao Qingqing that you're worth a lot now; just at the Hengzhou Martial Association, you could sell for over a hundred million."

Female drivers really drive fiercely.

In the passenger seat, Qin Shi felt a very strong push-back sensation; during the evening rush hour she floored it to 150 km/h — Sister Yun is truly a lawless outlaw, completely unafraid of being caught by traffic police.

In just about twenty minutes, the Rui Shi SUV stopped at the entrance of a building complex mainly white; the tires braked hard on the ground, grinding out obvious marks.

"Sister Yun, I dare not ride in your car again next time; you drive too wildly."

Qin Shi's face turned slightly pale; his vitality was 34 points, his mortal body might not withstand a metal shell.

And street racing in the city is a completely different matter from flooring it on the highway; the danger level skyrockets.

It felt like a collision could happen at any moment, causing a rollover.

"Isn't it to catch people before they get off work? Five minutes later and the doors would be closed."

Chen Yun put on her sunglasses, closed the car door, and joked:

"What? Carsick and want to vomit? I usually don't dare drive like this; today I'm especially rushed."

Qin Shi regulated his breathing, recovered, and turned his head to look — Chen Yun had actually brought him to the entrance of the "Cheng Hua District Inspection Branch."

"Sister Yun, are you going to detain me?"

"What's the panic? You haven't broken any laws. Our Inspection Department was planning to send you a silk banner, award you a 'Good Citizen' medal!"

Chen Yun said jokingly.

After showing her credentials, she led Qin Shi into the Inspection Branch lobby.

"Well if it isn't our Inspection Department's Chen the police beauty; what free time brings you to grace us today? Finally remembered your revolutionary comrades, came to visit an old colleague?"

In the lobby, a tall young man in a leather jacket came downstairs; he seemed to be an acquaintance of Chen Yun's and actively greeted her.

Only his manner of speaking was rather slick and oily, making one quite uncomfortable.

"Lao Wei. Long time no see and still this punchable virtue; not bad, not bad, keep it up. By the time you're thirty, not only will little girls find this act annoying, even cleaning aunties will find it greasy."

Chen Yun's tongue was quite sharp, each sentence more venomous than the last, every word poking the heart, freezing the tall young man's narcissistic smile instantly.

He could only force a change of topic, glancing at Qin Shi in his Xin Yi High School uniform:

"This is your little brother? He's quite good-looking. Dropped your phone, or had your bag stolen, came to report a case?"

Chen Yun shook her head:

"Old Feng and I agreed; I'm helping Xiao Qin apply for a Temporary Inspection Credential."

The tall young man's tone was exaggerated:

"Chen the police beauty, don't joke; how old is your little brother? He hasn't even graduated high school, right? Temporary Inspection has requirements; you going through the back door will easily cause trouble."

Chen Yun frowned and retorted:

"I always follow discipline in my work; Old Feng and I have already settled it. Don't be an eyesore here; it's none of your business — scram!"

She reached out, grabbed Qin Shi, and walked upstairs.

The tall young man called Lao Wei, however, stuck like a cowhide candy:

"That won't do; I can't watch you make a mistake. Temporary Inspection Credentials have a headcount limit — one radish, one pit; your brother takes one, others lose one; when anonymous reports come, it'll be enough for you to handle..."

The tall young man muttered on and on, verbose and nagging, making listeners very annoyed.

Chen Yun was so angry her eyebrows shot up; she suddenly stopped, turned around, and like a face-change, a sweet smile appeared.

Then she hooked her arm around Qin Shi's shoulder beside her, pulled him in front of her, and her lips touched his cheek in a fleeting dragonfly dip.

"Don't misunderstand; Xiao Qin isn't my little brother — he's my boyfriend."

Chen Yun tilted her head, appreciating the tall young man's expression shifting between green and white, satisfied, and swaggered away.

"Sister Yun..."

Qin Shi, who had inexplicably sacrificed his dignity, coughed lightly twice.

"One bottle of Level 4 Energy Liquid! Hush money! Don't tell Xiao Qingqing about today's matter!"

After they turned the corridor corner, Chen Yun finally spoke, decisive and resolute.

"This guy pursued me before; I hate this type — no real ability but loves to pretend, still quite full of himself, a scumbag. I've rejected him several times in a row. But don't worry; Lao Wei may be greasy, but his character is passable; he won't do something like getting jealous and finding trouble for you."

Qin Shi looked at Chen Yun with reddening earlobes and felt the police beauty sister wasn't as calm as she acted.

For the sake of one bottle of Level 4 Energy Liquid, he wisely changed the subject:

"Sister Yun, what is a Temporary Inspection Credential?"

Chen Yun tried hard to forget the absurd action she had taken in a moment of impulse just now, keeping a straight face as she said:

"Before, I got a great merit thanks to you. I just got promoted two days ago, filling Gao Haipeng's vacancy, and am currently a Senior Inspector in the Action Division.

I don't like owing things, but you don't lack anything now — you have money if you want money, you have treatment if you want treatment. So I thought it over and decided to help you apply for a Temporary Inspection Credential; this thing has quite a lot of uses, similar to a low-spec Dao Guan armed self-defense permit."

Qin Shi's eyes brightened; this thing was indeed what he needed. Old Martial Arts practitioners inevitably have to fight people, but being tightly bound by the laws and regulations of social order, restricting their fists and feet, was always rather inconvenient.

"The Patrol Department's police strength and personnel inevitably cannot cope with every local malicious event, as well as deeper-level abnormal phenomena.

So Temporary Inspection Credentials are issued to hire some powerful Martial Artists or Spirit Scholars, letting them assist the Inspection Department in handling cases, or dealing with them."

Chen Yun took repeated deep breaths, making her facial color return to normal.

"Of course, Temporary Inspection Credentials also have grade distinctions. High-grade credentials can even freely enter and exit the Inspection Headquarters, access certain case files, and command Inspection Personnel below Senior Inspector. The one I'm applying for you is Third-Tier Credential; make do with it for now."

Sister Yun is reliable!

Qin Shi thought to himself: the sacrifice of his beauty wasn't in vain; if he gets this no-blame-taking temporary worker proof, doing anything in the future will be quite worry-free.

"Sister Yun, how many tiers in total?"

"Five tiers. The lowest tier belongs to Informants, providing intelligence information; the next tier up is Auxiliary Police type, helping maintain order, protect scenes. Your tier has arrest and interrogation authority; if procedures are met, you can even shoot criminals dead."

Chen Yun knocked open the office door at the end of the corridor; inside was a white-haired old man wearing reading glasses.

"Lao Feng, my younger brother here has great ability; the mess at Old Factory Street was settled by him. The Hengzhou Martial Association plans to focus on cultivating him; such a Tomorrow's Star, letting him be a temp worker at your Cheng Hua District Branch — you should be secretly delighted."

Chen Yun spoke in a carefree, casual manner, seemingly quite familiar with the white-haired old man.

"Chen Jie, you're praising him to the heavens; the procedures that should be gone through still have to be gone through."

Lao Feng smiled bitterly, his voice unexpectedly young, not aged at all.

"Xiao Qin, Lao Feng looks like your grandfather's generation, but actually graduated not long ago, twenty-six or seven, a top student from Jia Kai University of Technology Mechanical System, majoring in Machine Spirit Communication."

Chen Yun leaned close to Qin Shi's ear, pretending to whisper secretly, but actually speaking in a voice everyone could hear:

"The Cheng Hua District Branch's electronic equipment maintenance, as well as gear management and upkeep, are all handled by Lao Feng. He alone takes care of so many Machine Spirits' moods every day; not dying of overwork already counts as a great fate."

So he's a programmer big shot!

Qin Shi felt solemn respect; it's universally known that the less hair, the older the appearance, and in the programmer industry, the more powerful.

"If I'd known earlier I would've chosen the Martial Arts Department; my parents insisted the Mechanical System is good for finding jobs."

Wearing a plaid shirt, the haggard-faced "Lao Feng" wanted to wipe away bitter tears at the mention of this.

"The surveillance system's Machine Spirit has a violent temper; every day it throws a fit because of circuit disorders. Also, all kinds of network equipment — they're all chatterboxes, holding meetings and gossiping at the drop of a hat, and even pouring out their hearts to me... Qin Classmate, you're still in high school, absolutely do not choose the Mechanical System!"

So doing mechanics is this painful?

Qin Shi was astonished.

He still had a "Hundred Tempering" Achievement formed by a "Divine Machine Symbolic Badge" here.

Thinking that when he had free time, he'd specially research mechanics and metal.

"Alright alright. The major was chosen by yourself; if you really studied the Martial Arts Department, Life Force Development alone would be enough to torment you to death."

Chen Yun interrupted Lao Feng's woeful lamenting, directly saying:

"It's just going through the process! Xiao Qin, give Lao Feng a show! Let him see your astonishing talent!"

"Boyfriend! Cradle-robbing! Chen Yun, didn't expect you to actually like this type!"

Wei Zheguang stood at the edge of the lawn, fiercely bullying and trampling the small grass, kicking up flying dirt, muttering:

"I want to see just what this kid has going for him besides looking decent and having a tender, young face — what point beats me, the Cheng Hua Branch's number one handsome guy!"

He held a breath of anger in his heart, turned and walked toward the branch lobby, a few steps *deng deng* treading the staircase, arriving at the office at the end of the second-floor corridor.

"Lao Feng, where's the person?"

"Who?"

Wei Zheguang's sudden appearance startled Lao Feng, who was communicating with the computer Machine Spirit and auto-controlling a game character; he jumped, instantly switched screens, changing to a normal interface.

"Chen Yun! And that little white face!"

Wei Zheguang said angrily.

"They took the elevator to Basement Level One. Applying for a Temporary Inspection Credential requires going through procedures, right? Combat, Spirit, Mechanics — all aspects do a test to see specifically which path to go, good to record it inside, convenient for requesting people to assist investigations when things happen."

Lao Feng couldn't understand why Brother Wei had a face full of dejection, as if his secretly crush Goddess had just been snatched away, his whole body emitting a weakling aura.

"A little brat who hasn't even grown all his hair, still wants to get a credential! I really don't believe he can pass! Lao Feng, you didn't collude with Chen Yun to go through the back door, did you?"

Wei Zheguang crossed his arms, side-glancing as he asked.

"How could it be? Sister Yun isn't that kind of personality. Everything follows normal procedure; look, Brother Wei, they've already entered the combat room."

Lao Feng input a command, communicated with the Machine Spirit, opened the surveillance screen, switched to Basement Level One.

In the picture, Qin Shi pushed open the door and entered the combat room; following pre-set parameters, several bionic dummies triggered combat state.

"Brother Wei, look — output force, movement speed, these all strictly follow Third-Tier Credential standards."

Lao Feng brought up the backend parameters.

"700kg of fist power, then Second-Tier Body defensive power, hundred meters in ten seconds burst and speed... wouldn't this be a bit too high? He's still a student; what if he gets injured?"

Wei Zheguang looked at Lao Feng, suspecting he might also secretly crush on Chen Yun; otherwise why deal such a vicious hand.

"Sister Yun ordered it! Follow procedure, to avoid idle talk! Normal Third-Tier Temporary Inspection Credential is just like this, ensuring you possess the strength to fight criminals!"

Lao Feng expressed great innocence.

Could Sister Yun's words have hidden meaning?

That he himself hadn't grasped?

"It's said like that, but..."

Wei Zhehao felt the four bionic dummies had comprehensive Qi Life Force above forty points; this kind of joint encirclement and kill, even students from Qiguang Heng University Martial Arts Department might not be able to handle, let alone a high school student.

But before he could finish his sentence, his voice stopped abruptly.

Perhaps the frame rate wasn't high enough; the effect shown on the screen was very blurry.

Only Qin Shi was seen stepping into the training chamber, pushing off with his feet and raising his leg as if a gust of wind roared to accelerate him, making his movements extremely fierce and swift; with one strike he kicked the android dummy against the wall, producing a thunderous boom.

Immediately after, he spun and twisted his waist, slammed into another android dummy lunging forward, grabbed its neck with his palm, and slammed it heavily onto the floor.

Because his movements were too fast, the surveillance cameras simply couldn't capture the trajectory of change, causing Wei Zhehao to see it stuttering, as if Qin Shi was just casually kicking and punching, and those android dummies were all knocked down in one blow.

"Xin Yi High School students are all this fierce?"

Wei Zheguang was stunned; the combat power Qin Shi displayed had reached around fifty points.

"It seems Classmate Qin is taking the combat path."

Lao Feng nodded, preparing to end the assessment, but then saw Chen Yun in the screen make a "continue" gesture.

In less than two minutes, Qin Shi walked out of the training chamber, glanced at the monitor, then, with a relaxed face and a smile, headed toward the Spiritual Field Power control chamber for testing spiritual power.

"Is Classmate Qin this versatile?"

Lao Feng was shocked beyond measure, and following Chen Yun's instructions, opened the next door.

Five minutes later.

Qin Shi walked out again and entered a closed space filled with various parts or metals.

Still around five minutes, the green indicator light showing passage lit up.

"Freak! This kid..."

Wei Zheguang had a complicated mood; the original anger of a goddess being led away by a pretty boy instantly underwent a subtle change.

"He's actually a genius who masters all systems! Lao Feng, do you think I'm more handsome or he is?"

He bared his teeth, reluctantly accepting reality in displeasure, and turned to ask.

"Definitely you, Brother Wei!"

Lao Feng answered decisively.

"Then introduce your sister to me!"

Wei Zheguang said.

"It's time to make Chen Yun a thing of the past; I'm giving up the Great Tree and embracing Sen Lin!"

Lao Feng shook his head and refused:

"That won't do. My sister likes the type like Classmate Qin; he's more... approachable, and also very refreshing."

"The 【Divine Machine】 and 【Breaking and Conquering】 achievements have both improved."

After settling the Temporary Inspection Credential assessment, Qin Shi gazed at the Stele Panel and discovered considerable progress.

During the elevator ride, he suddenly asked Chen Yun:

"Sister Yun, does the Patrol Department issue equipment? For example, bulletproof vests, powered weapons, charged weapons, and the like?"

(Chapter End)