Psychics don't die from gunfire

Chapter 292: Eight Levels of Black Boxing and the Monitoring Network

“Monitor the network.”

Hearing this word, the young man's expression suddenly became a little serious, but before he could speak, the man in the flowery shirt smiled.

"Brother! It doesn't matter where you go. I've been talking for so long, why don't you just choose me? Isn't it good for me to earn some hard-earned money? It's no problem for me to give you a little bit back!"

".What kind of job do you want to introduce?"

Hearing this, the man in the flowered shirt knew he was safe. He quickly waved his hand, signaling the others to disperse, and at the same time hugged the other man - the latter misstepped and dodged.

The man in the flowery shirt was not annoyed and continued to smile.

"Don't worry! Get in the car first, brother! We'll talk on the way! We'll also give you a welcome meal!"

Just like that, under the regretful gaze of others, the young man got on the van and quickly disappeared at the end of the street.

"Tsk, the guy named Chen got the upper hand."

Looking at the van's back, the sturdy man smacked his lips and said unhappily: "It's rare to meet a good fighter. This is much more valuable than those old, weak and disabled people."

"You can talk now."

Inside the van, a fat man was driving, while the man in the flowered shirt and the young man were sitting in the back seat.

Watching the young man get into the car and keep a distance from him while talking, as if he could attack at any time, the man in the flowered shirt looked more and more satisfied.

"My last name is Chen, you can just call me Skinny Chen."

The man in the flowered shirt, no, the skinny Chen said with a smile: "What's your name?"

"Song Zhi."

"Okay, okay, Brother Song." Skinny Chen raised two fingers and said, "Let me put it this way. There are basically two ways to get a job. One is to go to a factory and fill the assembly line. Literally, an assembly line, with cheap labor, just filling the line."

Hearing this, the young man frowned.

"Don't think I'm trying to scare you." Chen Shouzi counted on his fingers and said with a smile, "Think about it, your temporary residence is only valid for two months. Who knows if you can really stay here? Become a citizen of our East Continent Common Cough, the Pan-East Continent Federation? In this case, who would be willing to hire you?"

"Don't even think about wandering the streets and trying to survive two months. One of the conditions for regularizing your household registration after two months is that you have to have a stable capital flow record."

"Do you know anything about mechanical maintenance or other technical skills? If you do, I can recommend some slightly better jobs, but again, at best, they're better than working on an assembly line."

"What's the second way?"

The young man narrowed his eyes and said, “This is what you really want to say.”

“It’s easy to talk to smart people!”

Skinny Chen complimented him and asked seriously, "Brother, how long did it take you to get here?"

"A week and a half."

"Crossing the wasteland for a week and a half, that's amazing, really amazing!" Skinny Chen clapped his hands, "Let me get this straight, let's fight in a ring! How can you waste all your skills on an assembly line? I can introduce you to a black boxing ring! It's quick money and more fun!"

"Ring. Black boxing?"

The other party frowned even more tightly: "The prosecutor said that if you want to become a regular employee in two months, you must not leave any illegal records. Black boxing. No, I won't go."

Unexpectedly, when Chen Shouzi heard this, he burst into laughter.

Seeing this, the young man suddenly thought of something and his face changed slightly: "Could it be that you can hide it from the monitoring network?"

"Haha. Ha, how is that possible?"

Chen Shouzi laughed even louder, but when he noticed that the other party was a little unhappy, he stopped laughing: "Who can hide it from the monitoring network? Even if there is someone who can hide it, it is definitely not someone that small people like us can contact."

"But who told you that our 'black boxing' is illegal?"

The other party was stunned.

"We have officially obtained a sports competition certificate! It's a formal and legal competition!" Chen Shouzi said with a grin, "It's just that it's not displayed openly. Most people here don't even know that there is such a thing. Isn't it just 'black boxing'?"

"I'll just be frank, Brother Song."

Chen Shouzi suddenly stopped laughing and became serious: "In black boxing, as long as you have the ability and are appreciated by the people above you, you can get money, coupons, prosthetics, food, drinks, entertainment, beautiful women, what can't you get?"

"Don't take this household registration thing too seriously. Believe it or not, if you win a fight today and do well, someone will help you get your official household registration by this time tomorrow."

The young man opened his eyes wide: "It's actually like this." "Besides, you know, if you go to work on the factory assembly line, even if you get your household registration after two months, you will still be the lowest level 'eighth class person'. You have no power at all and anyone can come and step on you. If you work honestly for your whole life, maybe you can be promoted to a 'seventh class person' when you are about to die."

Chen Shouzi pulled back his sleeves, revealing a piece of shiny alloy, which was a purely mechanical prosthetic limb.

He raised his voice a little: "See? If I hadn't been appreciated by the boss and became an intermediary, I would have been an eighth-class person all my life. How could I be like now, eating whatever I want and getting the approval for implantation of prostheses? Even if I work for a few more years, I can be promoted to a seventh-class person!"

"Brother Song! You are a capable person - I still have some insight. Once you get on the ring, I won't say much, just two games. As long as you win two games, I guarantee that you will be able to upgrade your skills! If that doesn't happen, I will give you the extra money!"

When someone is so sincere from the bottom of his heart, how can you refuse?
So with Chen Shouzi's happy face, the van drove along the elevated road, passed through the uneven city, and finally stopped at a street where the buildings were obviously shorter.

Chen Shouzi got out of the car. After a few seconds, he found that the other party did not follow him. He drove around and saw the young man standing on the cracked old concrete ground, looking around.

Then he seemed to smile.

"This is the air I've been waiting for."

Chen Shouzi was stunned for a moment, then revealed a look of understanding. He laughed: "What's this place? You haven't been to a truly prosperous place yet! But no matter what, it is definitely much more comfortable than your wasteland!"

The people on the street obviously knew Chen Shouzi, and several of them came over to greet him, but most of them looked at the young man standing nearby, examining him without disguising their gazes. Some people also had eyes that showed they were interested in watching another good show.

"Brother Song, don't worry. Just have a good rest today and gather your strength. I'll go and make arrangements for you first." Skinny Chen turned his head and waved to a man, "Brother Wang! This Brother Song is new here! Take him out for a meal and find him a place to sleep. I'll pay for his expenses!"

The man didn't waste any time. After Skinny Chen left, he took the young man and finished everything neatly and efficiently.

The residence was a third-floor room in a street-side apartment. It was barely clean, but the interior furnishings were quite shabby.

After saying "Call me if you have any questions", the man left the room and went downstairs.

“It’s a very standard process.”

After a few breaths, the room fell into silence again. The young man stood up, walked slowly to the window, and pulled open the curtain. He could see that a thick rusty wire mesh blocked the window.

"It's a formal procedure, and I'm a legal citizen." Song Shi tapped the black necklace hanging around his neck: "So, everything is legal and compliant?"

"It's so simple."

Lapis Lazuli's voice rang out - or rather, its voice and Song Shi's voice only rang between each other, without a single sound being transmitted out.

That was one of the many functional modules provided by the Enlightener before leaving the City of Forged Light, the "soundproof room".

"Why is the immigration inspection procedure so simple?" Lapis Lazuli considered the words carefully.

A young and somewhat fierce face was reflected in the window with several cracks.

One of the modules Lapis carries, the "Makeup Kit", allows for fairly deep disguises that can last for several days.

——One of the racial superiorities of [Intelligent Machines] is that they can carry more equipment modules than humans.

"Well, 'liquidity' is the wonderful thing here. Who dares to make a fuss about it?"

Song Shi looked into the distance: "And there's no need to stop them, right? Just like the Donglu Republic under our feet, they have a monitoring network, so they are not afraid of anyone causing trouble."

"I can feel it."

Lapis Lazuli's tone turned serious.

“Such a huge and special domain, incredible design and theory, and here it is actually realized.”

"That's all I can say... Well, it's pretty impressive."

Song Shi supported Yanbian and said, "In terms of network technology, the Enterprise Alliance has gone the furthest and is undoubtedly leading the world. Only in the area of ​​ultra-large network domains can the East Continent Republic be said to be in no way inferior, or even better than the Enterprise Alliance."

"There's a surveillance network watching over it. To be honest, if I were the only one coming in, it would actually be quite troublesome. I'd be restricted in what I could do."

"You have such high trust in me?" Lapis Lazuli's screen flickered, and a rare smiley face popped up.

"Hehe." Song Shi raised the corner of his mouth: "Monitoring the network is troublesome, but a demon who has studied in the Enterprise Alliance and reached Depth 4 is not a cabbage that can be found everywhere. Not to mention that you are not a human, but an intelligent machine."

"There's nothing to do for now, go surf the internet and take a rest."

Lapis Lazuli said, "How long do you expect to be here?"

"Anyway, I won't really join these people in a dirty fight." Song Shi stretched and sighed comfortably, "I still have to go to Yulai. Fengzhou is such a shabby place, it's so damp and wet, I can't stay there any longer."

(End of this chapter)