Forbidden Nightmare

Chapter 55: Daily Life of an Intern
Except for a glance at the camera in the corner when he first entered the dream study room, Li Nanke never looked at that thing again, as if he was completely unaware of and didn't care about the existence of the camera.

He was completely immersed in the ocean of knowledge. When every bit of knowledge he learned could be used and every bit could help him gain a deeper understanding of his own strength, the sense of accomplishment brought by learning knowledge was simply incomparable.

It's like when you're listening to a lecture, the words 'Knowledge +1' keep popping up above your head.

Li Nanke couldn't help but think that if he had had the energy to study hard in his previous life, he might have been able to get into Tsinghua University or Peking University.

He stayed alone in the study room, switching to another data disk as soon as he finished studying one. The old man named 'Weird Professor' in the dream course never changed.

As he studied one dream course after another, his understanding of forbidden objects and supernatural powers gradually became clearer.

It was not until I put on the dream synchronizer again that I felt dizzy and groggy, and I immediately stopped studying.

When I looked at the real time, I realized that I had been in the study room for eight hours, and I had only learned nearly one-third of the more than one hundred dream data disks.

Eight hours, minus the time spent falling asleep repeatedly, means nearly ninety hours have been spent continuously in the dream course.

Although Li Nanke has an excellent memory and possesses extraordinary powers, his mental will is far superior to that of ordinary people, but he still finds it difficult to endure such non-stop cramming education.

He felt that the content of the second half of the course was not impressive enough. When he recalled it now, his memory was a little fuzzy and some knowledge points seemed to have been forgotten.

"Let's learn this first today. Tomorrow, we will consolidate the second half of the course and try to learn all the basic courses within four days."

"Once you officially enter the research room, you will be able to come into contact with new taboo objects..."

Li Nanke set a small goal for himself. After studying dozens of dream data disks, he realized that these courses were just basic knowledge.

The types of taboos in this world are varied and bizarre, and the types of supernatural powers derived from them are also huge and complex. It is a very arduous task to deeply understand and integrate them. The road ahead has just begun.

He took off the synchronizer, his stomach rumbling with hunger and his eyes dizzy, and left the study room.

While the animalistic main trait gave Li Nanke a strong body, it also brought greater consumption.

In his dreams, he could use source energy to replace his daily food energy supply, but now the source energy has long been consumed, and he must consume high-fat, high-protein, and high-carbohydrate foods to make up for the calorie gap.

In fact, the physical system's extraordinary powers are not as bad as Matthew said. Perhaps the single-system physical extraordinary powers are not very good, but the animal matrix can contain countless main qualities, which is equivalent to the integration of all related schools and professions, and it will definitely not be bad.

The fact that the beast nature can become a major matrix on its own, and is on par with the other three matrices, is the best proof. Maybe when the beast nature matrix is ​​fully developed, it can explode a star with one punch...

Moreover, Li Nanke did not subjectively want to strengthen his animal matrix, but most of what the Great Other Shore gave him were main animal traits, so he had no choice.

Perhaps it was because he had experienced too few forbidden dreams, or perhaps it was because physical-related supernatural powers were most likely to appear in primary forbidden dreams... Well, it could also be a problem with the forbidden objects he had come into contact with twice before.

Not long after leaving the study room, Li Nanke happened to run into his fellow student at the corner. He saw through the situation but did not say anything.

Jiang Lei smiled and said gently, "Xiao Li, have you eaten?"

"I was thinking about going out to eat, but I don't know where the restaurant is."

"Come on, I'll take you there. It's a good opportunity to get familiar with the route and show you around all the places you can go. Then we'll get off work."

Li Nanke arrived at the control bureau at nine in the morning. It is now five in the afternoon. The Crisis Control Bureau is really a standard nine-to-five job.

Jiang Lei took him to the elevator and explained the daily life of a researcher.

The research department is composed of teams led by directors. The director can be said to be the highest-ranking official Li Nanke can meet except for the minister. Director Frank is his direct boss.

In the internal personnel grade classification of the Crisis Management Bureau, the director is an A-level personnel, while his intern status is F-level, which is at the bottom of the food chain in the internal organization.

However, his identity was somewhat special. Jiang Lei secretly told him that when certain personnel were hired, the Human Resources Department would assess their potential and give them scores. The higher the score, the easier it would be to get promoted.

This will avoid the need for seniority and internal factions or suppression by leaders, and prevent some capable talents from being buried, which will lead to a decline in the efficiency of the entire organization. In fact, the work of a researcher is not as boring as people imagine. It is not about sitting in the laboratory all day and working hard on taboos, because the team led by the director operates according to the project.

When there are projects, we are quite busy, working eight hours a day and having weekends off. When there are no projects, as long as we have a good relationship with the director, it is equivalent to a paid vacation, so the research department can be said to be the most idle department.

However, there are sometimes unexpected situations, such as when encountering an urgent project, you need to work overtime with triple pay.

The team led by Frank had just encountered an urgent project. Jiang Lei was supposed to work overtime, but he was allowed to babysit the newcomer for one day.

Another headache is that sometimes you have to follow the recipients to the disaster front and help them complete the initial containment plan for the taboo objects. This is also the most dangerous accompanying mission...

While they were talking, the two had already taken the elevator to the restaurant floor.

The floor is located on the 5th floor above ground. Through the glass curtain wall of the corridor, you can see the flashing neon lights of the city at night, like the Milky Way pouring down, turning the distant blocks into a dreamlike picture.

Brightly lit high-rise buildings rise from the ground, their exterior walls inlaid with colorful electronic screens, playing dazzling images, as if it were an ode to this city that never sleeps.

The tempting aroma of food had spread along the corridor, and Li Nanke was so hungry that he couldn't help swallowing his saliva.

Walking into the restaurant door on the soft carpet, you will find the interior is spacious and bright. Behind the glass walls is the blue sea, with various ornamental fish swimming and playing. Looking up, you will find that there is a holographic projection device hanging from the ceiling, projecting an ocean-themed scene similar to that of an aquarium.

Soft music echoed in the restaurant, and bionic waiters in uniform were walking between the tables.

Li Nanke looked towards the buffet table in the center. There was a wide variety of delicious food, including traditional Western food, Japanese cuisine, Chinese delicacies... basically covering most of the regional cuisines.

"Today the restaurant on the fifth floor has an ocean theme, and the restaurant on the tenth floor has a different theme, which rotates every day."

Jiang Lei probably saw that Li Nanke was hungry, so he took him straight to the central dining table and said, "Some of the dishes on the central dining table are not complete. If you have time next time, you can ask the waiter for a menu. The dishes ordered are all cooked fresh."

"For some dishes that require a long time to cook, we can connect to our control bureau's internal cloud network, and order and reserve in advance in the dining service."

"If some dishes are not included, you can also suggest them to the kitchen to develop them. Don't be embarrassed. They will add them after asking them twice."

"However, this restaurant does not have some dishes with particularly high-end ingredients. You need a certain status to enjoy them in the upper floors..."

"..."

Li Nanke had a blank expression on his face, with a pile of food on his plate, and said silently: "It's really willful to have money."

Due to the physical strengthening brought by the extraordinary power, his appetite has also increased significantly. He swallows a series of delicious high-calorie foods into his stomach. A large amount of fried food and high-sugar food will not cause obesity at all, because the powerful digestive system will convert them into energy required for body metabolism and daily consumption.

When others saw the pile of plates piled up by Li Nanke, they knew without even thinking that he was a meat-system transcendent.

Of course, taking in food to obtain physical energy is a relatively low-level and primitive method. When the extraordinary power of the flesh system is raised to a certain level, there are other ways to supply energy...

Although the flesh-system extraordinary people are rated low in the entire extraordinary system and are not favored by other extraordinary people, they still have great advantages in some aspects.

The City of Redemption has an open atmosphere. In addition to extraordinary people, there are also many ordinary professionals in the Control Bureau.

While eating, several young women from the neighboring table came over and added their contact information. Judging from their ID badges, most of them were from the Logistics and Intelligence Department. Li Nanke did not refuse. As newcomers, more friends would open up more paths.

Seeing this, Jiang Lei said with a smile: "Xiao Li, do you want to experience the nightlife in the high-paying area?"

"Brother Jiang, what do you say?"

"Hey, what's that look in your eyes? Do you still have a stereotype about researchers? Let me tell you the truth. The more boring and stressful the work, the more you need to relax after work."

Seeing that he was full, Jiang Lei stood up and said, "Let's go, let's get off work. Brother Jiang will treat you today and take you to experience the charm of this city that never sleeps."

(End of this chapter)