After some minutes that made her head nearly pop and dizzy, she felt a soft breeze hitting her face and the smell of smoke and grass mixed with many more scents in the air.
Several noises started to register to her somewhat ringing ears.
"You can open your eyes now."
Xu Qinran obeyed and opened her eyes. The scene before her made Xu Qinran's eyes glitter.
"Wow..." She is speechless.
The scene before her. She first noticed the various forms jelly beings, wearing the same white and blue uniform.
They are busy talking to their clients, filing some files, chatting (probably it's their break time), and many more.
They are like millions. Going in and out. Making the place crowded but not too much to the point the space to move around is too limited.
However, that is not what only surprised her a lot, but the fact how beautiful the buildings are. The jelly beings are working at the almost transparent building, as if everything is 90% glass only.
It is the perfect combination of futuristic and retro style from Romans or Greeks.
There are also beings that wears clothes from different cultures and times, many of them are not from Earth and are not familiar to the somewhat uneducated Xu Qinran.
The transportation they use are futuristic also. They use flying cars, scooters, motors, and... swords?!
They actually managed to think of having swords as a form of transportation??
Xu Qinran looked at Wak who is so proud and is grinning at her.
"Now, now, let's go to your new working place and sign some papers!" Wak flew to the tallest building with Xu Qinran.
.....
"Hi..." Xu Qinan said to the man that looks like a woman but has a swirling mustache.
The man scrutinized her keenly and suddenly slammed the table.
"She's suitable to be a beta tester!! Wak where did you find her?? No! That does not matter. Read this and sign if you agree," he carelessly tossed a tablet at her... but it feels like it's not really a tablet. It's a stone shaped like a rectangle but with a digital screen.
Xu Qinan caught it and the document was a bit long. However, it did not took 3 minute for her to understand every bit of it and excitedly signed it.
Wak just smirked, "Welcome to the team!"
"Happy cooperation, dear!" The man that looks like a woman smiled and laughed happily.
Wak then patted her shoulders, "I'll leave you to Jinny. Jinny, come guide Xu Qinan to her workplace."
A small kid with blue skin and antennas on his/her forehead. The kid's gender can't be distinguished at all.
"Ms. Xu Qinan, it's a pleasure to meet you. Please come with me, fyuu," the small kid said as the antennas on the forehead created some noise.
Xu Qinan smiled a bit at the cute sound the kid made at the end of the sentence and followed, "Thank you, Jinny."
The kid smiled like a professional and casually opened a portal.
Casually.
Made.
A.
Portal.
Xu Qinan's eyes widened and her eyes glittered.
Wak, who haven't left yet, can't understand why this kid, Xu Qinan, who literally traveled several dimensions not so long ago using a higher grade portal, be amazed at some small low grade portal.
'Well... humans.'
Xu Qinan doesn't know nor care about Wak's thoughts now and smiled giddily.
She remembered one of the movies that she watched during the breaks the owner of the shop gave to her while her parents aren't strictly watching her as often.
The protagonist was a doctor that can create portals just by making a circle.
But, the difference is.... the kid just opened one without doing that action. Just pointed a finger and then... poof! It appeared!
"You're so cool, Jinny!!" After exclaiming that, she followed the kid and went into the portal, leading her to some kind of space.
The sky's black patterned with gorgeous stars that occasionally falls down to be a shooting star.
There are also planets and beautiful nebulas that made the whole space stunningly beautiful.
Although Xu Qinan doesn't know what is a nebula, she is highly fascinated.
Not only that, when she looked down, it's also the same as the ones above her. As if she is walking in outer space.
Despite not having any gravity in outer space, the clothes she wears aren't floating at all. Heck! She can even breath.
"Awesome..." She is left breathless by the beauty she might not see in her lifetime if she weren't kidnapped.
Or sold.
As she marveled the beauty, Jinny started to talk in a professional manner, "Starting today, you will be a beta tester. Do you know what is a beta tester?"
How would Xu Qinan who was treated poorly since birth to the point she got used to it, know about that? She doesn't even know video games exists.
And so, she shook her head.
"Beta testers are people who would try a product that was yet released to the public and give some feedbacks to the company." Jinny explained while walking.
"Our company is related to all other companies. We are the scouts and we look for people that is suitable for which company, and often acts as a broker for several dimensions' transactions. We also recently formed relations with other worlds that are bound to disappear at anytime. So, what I mean is, your job is to give feedbacks to the systems that will help these worlds."
Xu Qinan tilted her head and asked, "Can you please explain further what you are trying to say?"
"Systems are the workers from all other companies. They were sent to help those broken worlds. However, they are still newbies and it is still unknown how much help can they do to these worlds."
Jinny stopped and turned around to look at the tailing Xu Qinan, "Since systems can't directly help the world as an outsider, they will attach themselves to a host that is a local there. And that's where your part plays, other than giving feedbacks."
"So... not only I need to give feedbacks... I am also obliged to help the world? Do you think suck big thing should be left to a 12 year old kid?" Xu Qinan felt terrified at the realization.
"Oh, don't worry, it's just simple. However, the worlds are so weak that it can be destroyed just because of some locals' feuds. It's a bit funny now that you think of it." Jinny revealed a smile that looks both professional and childish.
"Ah..." Xu Qinan doesn't have any opinions about that. She's just worried that the job she signed up for is definitely not that simple like what was said by the contract she just signed.
"Don't worry! It'll be fun! Not only can you help the worlds and get the systems have improvements on their jobs, you can also regenerate your incomplete soul! I must say, it's quite unusual for someone to live with their souls incomplete till 12 years old. No, super unusual. So, be confident! You will definitely do a good job." Jinny patted her shoulders and continued walking.
"Yes..." Xu Qinan just sighed and thought that she should at least try before backing out. She can't waste those kind beings' efforts and kind intentions.
Not long after, they saw a door. It opened on its own, revealing several balls of light in columns getting ejected, next to each columns are bodies from different beings submerged in nutrient solution.
A light came out of the bodies, and the light was soon ejected.
Some of the bodies straight up got ejected after becoming a light.
After that, the columns got swallowed up by some mechanism behind and put a new column for the next being in line.
It is quite busy and at the same time... quite empty since there's not much beings compared from before, giving Xu Qinan the illusion that there's very few beings even though there's like hundreds of them in the room.
"Do you see those beings who straight up got ejected after becoming a light? They are just purely made up of energies and frequencies, in short, a soul without a body." Jinny explained after noticing Xu Qinan's confusion.
Xu Qinan nodded in agreement.
"They are beta testers like you. You can chat with them during your breaks. Anyway... Breta, can you please give Xu Qinan her ID card? She'll start today, thank you." Jinny said to the lady with eyes that are purely black and have several arms.
The lady smiled sweetly, "Oh, hello Jinny! Here, Xu Qinan. Get yourself familiar during the process. The system guide will be there to help you, so don't worry. Welcome to the team!"
Xu Qinan reached out for the ID with two hands and smiled gratefully.
"I'll be going now. Zaijian, Xu Qinan. Jiayou~" Jinny said in Chinese, making Xu Qinan smile.*
"Xiexie..." Xu Qinan spoke Chinese again in a long time, making her feel nostalgic for some reason. She then lined up among the four lines.
It did not take long for her turn to come.
"Huff... I can do this."
"Don't worry kid, it is fun! Just trust the process and don't trust anyone too fast." The being behind her said kindly.
"T-Thank you."
And then she stepped inside the column.