Matryoshka Off-Limits

Chapter 38: Big factory

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Although he said that he was fine, Wen Shi's beautiful eyes revealed a hint of vicissitudes, which made Zhou Xiaochun puzzled.

When they were about to walk out of the dormitory hall, they ran into Tu Bianxi, who was rather stubborn and had stayed on the first floor last night.

Tu Bianxi's expression was also surprised when he saw Wen Shi, and he also felt a strong discomfort. It seemed that after not seeing him for one night, this newcomer had become stronger.

The two were not on the same wavelength. Wen Shi was wondering why the puppet doll on Tu Bianxi's shoulder disappeared, when he heard Zhou Xiaochun screaming at the top of his lungs. It turned out that the doll had somehow run onto his shoulder, holding a bottle of Meiling Liquid.

"Do you need the Beauty Spirit Liquid? It's very useful." The puppet doll said sarcastically.

This is not intentional, but because the sound itself is very shrill.

"Do you need it?" The puppet doll's face came very close, and Zhou Xiaochun quickly avoided looking into the dead eyes.

Giving gifts in person? Tu Bianxi actually still wants to get close to others

Wen Shi watched this scene with great interest.

Tu Bianxi: "I can guarantee your safety in the dungeon."

Although he is not a thing, the promise is still valid.

Zhou Xiaochun thought about it seriously for a few seconds, and finally refused embarrassedly: "No merit, no reward."

Tu Bianxi is very powerful but his style of doing things is too cruel. He and Ji Yuanzhi have been to the same dungeon before, and Tu Bianxi is more willing to bet on the latter.

Hearing his refusal, Tu Bianxi narrowed his eyes unexpectedly and said with a double meaning: "We will be divided into teams later, you have to think it over carefully."

If you are not an ally, you are an enemy.

Zhou Xiaochun still nodded.

The puppet doll retracted its outstretched hand and took one last look at him. Those cloudy eyes made Zhou Xiaochun feel cold all over.

Tu Bianxi walked out of the dormitory with the puppet doll. Wen Shi stared at his back and said, "Didn't the prompt say that the result of this group battle will depend on the NPC allocation?"

From the look of Tu Bianxi, it seems as if he can influence the outcome.

Ji Yuanzhi was very calm: "Maybe he has other ideas."

Supervisor Zhao notified everyone to gather downstairs of the dormitory building at 7 o'clock, and no one dared to disobey.

It was about 6:40 when Wen Shi came down. There were only 14 players left, and there were heavy casualties last night.

Everyone changed into the work clothes issued yesterday, with intern badges on their chests. Old employees only needed to arrive at the factory at 8 o'clock, and few people went downstairs at this time. Among these people, there were five people in the best mental state, Ji Yuanzhi, Tu Bianxi, the twin sisters and the member of the Seven Commandments. The others were either injured or had two big dark circles under their eyes.

Two people were discussing last night's monster siege in a low voice:

"They have started to attack normal people. Do you think the monsters will undergo a second mutation?"

"Who knows? Don't upgrade it to an S-level copy."

The most surprising thing was Supervisor Zhao. Yesterday, Supervisor Zhao, who looked at people with his chin, wore a hat and a pair of sunglasses today. After counting the number of people, he found that an intern was missing. He didn't care where the person went. He asked in a hoarse voice: "What are the names of the people who didn't come?"

"Li Jing, Wu Dali..." Ji Yuanzhi's voice was very clear even in the morning. He directly reported all the players who did not come. While answering, he received a prompt that his favorability with the interviewer increased by one.

Supervisor Zhao drew a big cross after these names with a red pen, then put away the list and motioned for everyone to follow him.

The leaves on the trees on both sides of the road looked even paler than yesterday, the road surface was exceptionally clean, and the radio was broadcasting loudly—

"Now broadcasting the weather forecast released by the Meteorological Bureau at 6:00 this morning. Today's weather will be sunny and then cloudy, with a maximum temperature of 33 degrees Celsius. The air pollution is serious. Please try to avoid going out."

"I'm interrupting with an urgent message. There was an accident at the sanatorium last night. The number of casualties is still being counted. A large number of patients who were receiving treatment ran out of the hospital, and some patients may have already died. Please pay attention to safety and take precautions..."

What a partial alienation.

Wen Shi sneered. Aren’t the monsters coming out in droves

The last sentence of the broadcast was: "Dear listeners, don't panic. You can always trust the nursing home."

Supervisor Zhao was walking in front of him and cursing something. In the distance, a large chimney with clouds of cream smoke was working hard. For some reason, Wen Shi always had a strong sense of disharmony. He always felt as if he had overlooked something about the dormitory and the sanatorium.

Players' phones vibrated one after another, indicating heavy pollution warnings from a unified system, and the sour smell in the air became stronger.

Wen Shi considered whether to buy a mask in the game store, but later gave up. The broadcast reported serious pollution but did not remind people to wear a mask. Perhaps this behavior would trigger the death rule.

Zhou Xiaochun covered his nose and walked between Wen Shi and Ji Yuanzhi: "Did any monsters go up to your floor last night?"

Wen Shi nodded.

Zhou Xiaochun was curious: "Then how did you manage to survive?"

Wen Shi only said: "There are not many high-level monsters."

As they walked forward, Zhou Xiaochun asked again about the purity of the soul.

Wen Shi was wondering why the boy didn't come down with Supervisor Zhao. Maybe something happened. He said absentmindedly, "When I wasn't encountering ghosts and wasn't nervous, I dropped about one value every hour. It didn't stop until six o'clock."

He was now down to ninety-eight.

Zhou Xiaochun showed an envious expression.

Wen Shi raised an eyebrow when he saw this, guessing that there must be more falling downstairs, and that someone might have already been using the Meiling Liquid.

Ji Yuanzhi took off his glasses and wiped them with the sleeve of his work clothes. He finally spoke: "The average initial value of the player's spiritual purity is about 80. The people who died last night were not only killed by the disparity in strength between them and the monsters, but also because of excessive tension."

Some people are cunning and cruel, but they are naturally timid, and are at a disadvantage when they encounter emotions as interference.

Wen Shi was more curious about how he came up with this initial average number.

Wen Shi didn't think this conclusion was based on guesswork. But everyone has secrets, so he didn't ask in detail.

It was not yet time to go to work, and the sun had not yet risen completely, so the entire factory seemed very deserted. Wen Shi was about to ask about the boy's news when Supervisor Zhao suddenly stopped in front of him and took out the crumpled list again.

"We will divide the workshops today. Those whose names I will call out later will go to Workshop 1, and those whose names I have not called out will go to Workshop 2."

Yesterday, Supervisor Zhao only mentioned it briefly, but today he explained it in more detail: "The three workshops have different benefits. The main factor affecting salary and benefits is the type of work. Remember, workers who clean raw materials have no status in a large factory. They are third-class workers and can only wait for seniority. Cutting and shipping workers are second-class workers. In addition, we have cooperation with the sanatorium, and medical staff are first-class workers. You are interns, and your status is not as good as that of third-class workers. You should also show respect when you see them."

"The probation period is three days, and the internship period is half a year. You must cherish everything you can learn during this period. As long as you do a good job, promotion is not a dream! Remember, the factory director has always paid attention to grassroots employees, in a large factory! If you want to be promoted to higher management positions such as workshop director and warehouse manager, you must have grassroots work experience."

"In a word, as long as you don't die from working hard, work hard to the death! The eight-hour work system is for public use. You should know how to strive for private performance and whether to spend extra time working overtime."

Zhou Xiaochun cursed the other party's ancestors in a low voice: "I knew that the lie about the eight-hour workday was as weak as my kidneys."

Wen Shi: “…”

There is no need to use the metaphor of harming oneself by 800 yuan.

Workshop 2 has better benefits and welfare, and players generally hope to be assigned there.

"Aaron."

The first name that was called was Wen Shi’s.

Most of the players, including Wen Shi himself, were slightly stunned. Supervisor Zhao had said that the final distribution would all depend on last night's performance. Pei Wenwei was considered to be in a better mental state among them, and his brother had followed the supervisor back to the room yesterday, so this pillow talk had to be blown.

Seeing that the handsome young man was not following Supervisor Zhao, some people couldn't help but gloat and thought, maybe he was played to death. The NPCs in the copy are not good people. It is ridiculous to think that they can influence the will of the NPCs by beauty.

Before he could gloat for too long, Supervisor Zhao had already called out the second name: "Lin Fei."

It is Ji Yuanzhi’s name in the copy.

Everyone was completely stunned, and their guesses about the distribution rules were overturned. Only Tu Bianxi remained completely calm, and mouthed a few names while looking at Wen Shi.

What happened next was exactly as he predicted. The twin sisters Liu Yun and Liu Yuan were also assigned to a workshop. Wen Shi did not have a very deep impression of the remaining two people. Fortunately, there was the talkative Zhou Xiaochun by his side. He first briefly introduced himself, and then introduced the identities of the other two in the virtual world. One was called Lu Tang and the other was called Zhang Suihe.

Almost at the moment when Supervisor Zhao finished speaking, a reminder sounded—

[Camp allocation completed]

[Competing teams: New employee team 1 (7/7), new employee team 2 (7/7)]

[Location: Dachang]

[Task deadline: before next month]

[Challenge goal: compete for outstanding new employees]

[Dear challengers, money is just a proof of our work, we are working hard for the future of all mankind! In order to carry forward the corporate culture of a large factory, our factory has specially launched the first excellent new employee selection plan, and three excellent new employees will be selected before next month.

This activity sets up an incentive fund: 15,000 yuan! Improved version of Meiling Liquid*6! Three surprise blind boxes!]

[Please challenge your team to fight hard before the end of the selection and win the position of outstanding new employee from the same batch of interns]

[The team with the most quota will win in the end. If no team gets a quota in the end, all participating players will be eliminated. If two teams each get one quota, all participating players except the quota winner will be eliminated.]

[Those who obtain quotas in the failed team enjoy punishment exemption and inheritance rights. ]

[Inheritance Rights: Inherit 50% of a dead teammate's property]

A separate panel pops up in the player's personal interface:

[Please enter the player number of your team's ideal captain]

[If the team wins, the captain will receive a special reward, and the final settlement will be increased by 10%]

[Captain selection remaining time: 1d]

[I believe one day is enough for you to get to know each other, so choose your favorite captain now! ]

All players received a prompt sound, and the current team began to be displayed on the attribute panel.

Wen Shi took this opportunity to come to Supervisor Zhao and asked in a deep voice, "Where is my brother?"

The work location had already been assigned, so he didn't care about offending a supervisor.

The other party did not answer and stood there coldly.

Wen Shi's voice was equally frighteningly cold. While browsing the torturous merchandise in the prop mall, he approached the other person and said, "I'm asking you a question, where's my brother?"

Every word reveals a deep chill and murderous intent.

Although he had not spent a long time with the young man, he could more or less feel the cold soul beneath his beautiful appearance. If everything had gone well last night, Supervisor Zhao might not be alive today.

After a few minutes of depressing confrontation, Supervisor Zhao's emotions collapsed first. He took off his sunglasses, revealing his red and swollen eyes. His face looked haggard and ten years older.

Wen Shi was stunned for a moment, and the momentum of his questioning just now disappeared.

Buddy, what's up with you

"He ran away!" Supervisor Zhao roared hoarsely, "Yesterday we entered the building and hadn't said a few words to each other. He said he was going to take out the trash, and then he ran away with the man on the sixth floor!"

After saying this, Supervisor Zhao burst into tears, sobbed loudly, and beat his chest hard.

(End of this chapter)