New concept of the mysterious way to ascend to immortality

Chapter 225 Employee Interview!

Yuan Zhu and her senior enjoyed their dinner to the fullest, grabbing whatever was delicious without any hesitation.

On the contrary, Nie Yin, the weak and withdrawn junior who was forced to join this dinner party, held her small bowl with utmost care and used her chopsticks to carefully pick up only the dish closest to her. Then, like a silent squirrel, she ate quietly without making a sound and trying to minimize her presence.

After Yuan Zhu had eaten and drunk his fill, he noticed that the poor girl had picked all the chopped coriander leaves off her plate and didn't dare to cross the line by stretching her arm out a little to touch the plate next to her.

This scene of meticulous caution and remarkable self-control, while pitiful, pleased Boss Yuan. He needed exactly this kind of obedient, timid, and easily manipulated employee!
Without even needing to threaten them, the other party would already cower, submit to their fate, and willingly enjoy the fun of being 007.

"Look at you, how can you be full just by eating chopped cilantro?"

The senior student, having finished eating, then noticed the oblivious junior student secretly using her chopsticks to dip into the soup, picking up a small piece of cilantro, and quietly putting it in her mouth.

That pitiful scene instantly stirred her compassionate heart, and she quickly picked up a piece of venison from the plate, got up, and put it in the other person's bowl.

The timid, withdrawn girl was instantly frozen in shock, standing there with her bowl still in her hand. Only after the senior student had arranged the venison and sat back down did the girl slowly thaw, recovering from her dazed state, and weakly say, "Thank you."

Snake, who had been observing the whole thing, spoke up: "Something's not right with her. She's reacting way too sensitively. She even gets agitated when you put food on her plate?"

Yuan Zhu agreed: "It feels easier to handle now. Senior, you have great taste. I like weak, cuddly... and easy to bully!"

...

After they had eaten and drunk their fill, the senior student glanced at her watch and said, "It's getting late. Since you've already met, I'll take my leave. As for the specific employment contract and cooperation details, you can discuss them yourselves. Little Yuan, this is all I can do for you. Junior, if you want to change your destiny, you have to seize the opportunity! This guy has great potential and is the best choice you can find at this stage."

The junior student holding the bowl remained silent upon hearing this, but slightly turned her head towards the senior student, nodded gently, and said weakly, "Thank you, senior student."

At this moment, the senior student had already walked outside the door, turned around and poked her head into the private room, giving the two awkwardly dressed people a motherly smile, then slammed the door shut and ran away gracefully.

Only the two of them remained alone in the silent private room.

So Yuan Zhu chose to watch the girl with the pointed ears eat, while the introverted girl froze after picking up a venison with her chopsticks. Sensing the gaze, she remained motionless, resisting Yuan Zhu's stare.

Yuan Zhu noticed that the little girl's body was trembling at an almost imperceptible rate.

"Um... don't be afraid. I'll tell you I'm a good person, but I don't know if you'll believe me. This is your territory, and it's still inside [Rain Courtyard]. Use your brain. Even if I had bad intentions, I wouldn't dare to act rashly, right? So, what are you afraid of?!"

Upon hearing this, the autistic junior's pointed ears suddenly twitched, as if she were trying to convey a thoughtful expression. Then, the trembling began to subside.

Yuan Zhu merely shifted his gaze slightly, pretending to look at the wall plaster, while using his peripheral vision to cover her. The autistic girl breathed a sigh of relief, canceled the pause, and began to nibble on the venison chops.

Although her head was lowered and her facial features and expression were not clearly visible, the slight upturn of her lips still revealed that she was eating with great enjoyment. It was as if she hadn't tasted such delicious food in a long time.
This weak yet amusing scene immediately put Yuan Zhu in a great mood.

How cute! She has thoughts in her mind but pretends to be calm, but her inner thoughts are completely betrayed by her ears and body language.

It gives him a sense of absolute control, like having a one-sided, full-screen perspective, easily grasping the other party's inner thoughts, and firmly holding onto their bottom line in negotiations! He's almost certain to win this round of negotiations.

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Feeling confident that he had the upper hand, Yuan Zhu began to probe the autistic girl: "Your surname is Nie, and your name is Nie Yin, right?"

The quiet atmosphere was suddenly broken, and the weak and withdrawn girl's eating was once again put on hold. Fortunately, Yuan Zhu's previous comforting words gave her some confidence.

So Nie Yin thought for a moment, then nodded, but didn't say anything.

Yuan Zhu wasn't in a hurry: "Then do you know what my name is?"

The autistic girl spoke for the first time, softly saying, "Yuan Zhu."

The voice is sweet and moist, refreshing and thirst-quenching. It's so beautiful, I want more!

"Huh? Did your senior tell you everything?"

"..."

He remained silent, but nodded.

Although he seemed like a fun and easy target, this hesitant communication was far too inefficient, so he couldn't help but ask first, "I'm ordering you to eat, don't just stand there motionless, making me look scary! Did you hear me?!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Nie Yin shuddered, buried his head in the bowl, and obediently began eating plain rice.

Yuan Zhu felt that he seemed to have grasped the correct way to play the game? So he said to himself, "Do you know that I'm planning to raise [experimental frogs]?"

"Mmm!" The autistic girl, who was trying to eat, perked up her ears, gave a soft reply, and continued to concentrate on eating.

Yuan Zhu: "I lack knowledge and experience in this area, so I asked my senior for help. She introduced you, so you are an 'expert' in this field and can help me, right?"

"Yes!" The young woman held an empty bowl in her hand, head down, bangs falling down, pretending to eat without actually eating.

Yuan Zhu's eyes twitched as she watched, secretly amused. How could it be so cute?

"Stop, stop faking it! So, you have experience raising 'experimental-grade frogs,' right?"

“Yes! I…” The girl hesitated, unsure how to begin.

Yuan Zhu decided to give her a push, forcing her, "I order you to speak out loud! Say whatever you're thinking, don't hide it."

Nie Yin shuddered and shifted her gaze to the plate beside her, saying weakly, "I'm in charge of feeding the 'test subjects' for the entire class in the dormitory and the laboratory. I have experience."

Yuan Zhu: "Very good, keep it up! Do you understand the 'breeding environment' for this type of frog? It's not about small-scale feeding to keep them alive, but large-scale breeding and cultivation. I've got the land and contacted a construction team, but I don't know how to build a professional breeding farm. What use are you? Have you ever built a breeding farm? Answer me!"

The autistic girl's ears twitched as she fell into thought: "I've never built a frog farm, but I often go to frog farms to pick up supplies, so I know the layout and how it's used for daily operations. I can get the blueprints from the academy. I can learn the construction methods and steps on my own."

Yuan Zhu thought for a moment, then tentatively asked, "Let me ask you again. I plan to illegally modify a group of ordinary illegal orc immigrants using the [Power System]. But I know nothing about the application of [Frog God Contamination], and I have no experience with it... What would you do? Secretly report me?"

"I won't report it." "Why not?"

Nie Yin: "A large number of experiments conducted by this school of thought are suspected of being illegal. It is the norm to turn a blind eye and no one will report it."

Yuan Zhu nodded in satisfaction: "I'm finally starting to sense a little bit of 'professionalism' from you. Can you assist me in completing the 'orc modification'?"

The autistic girl lowered her head and said, "Yes, but I have no experience."

"You have no experience, so what makes you think you can agree to this?"

Nie Yin: "I have personally witnessed and participated in these kinds of experiments. I am confident that I can help you complete it."

Yuan Zhu asked in bewilderment, "Since you have participated in this type of use, why do you say you have no experience?"

"I have no experience as the lead surgeon. I can only stand on the sidelines and provide the most basic services, such as recording experimental data, injecting drugs, cleaning up, and retrieving corpses. I have no experience in personally modifying 'experimental subjects,' but I've seen a lot. I can do it!"

Although introverted and timid, Nie Yin didn't want his professional abilities to be underestimated. Even the tone of his reply wavered for a rare moment, but quickly subsided.

Yuan Zhu sensed the change in her mindset, so he intensified his teasing: "Oh, so you're just a nobody."

"No, that's not it! I..."

Nie Yin wanted to argue, but quickly fell silent, displaying an expression of numb resignation to his fate, a result of his daily oppression and bullying.

Thus, Yuan Zhu's "holy light" helpful instincts kicked in, and at Spicy Strips' urging, he decided to emulate Orochimaru and save the soft girl. He offered her a helping hand during her most desperate and difficult time, gaining her favor and winning over a devoted working girl.

"I don't like your current state. Because I don't understand the [Power System], I can only place all my hopes on you, this 'professional talent.' I don't care how you were bullied in the [Frog School] before—whether you weren't qualified to lead experiments or lacked the ability to do so. After I hire you, you're my right-hand man, and no one can bully you anymore. I'll shower you with money, invest resources in you, and give you opportunities! At the same time, I need to see your confidence and awareness, and your returns. If you perform too weakly, how can you convince anyone? How can I feel comfortable investing in you?"

Upon hearing these seemingly encouraging words, the autistic girl remained silent. However, her ears perked up and twitched violently, betraying her conflicted feelings of eagerness and hesitation.

Snake: "Boss, my strategy worked! This kind of melodramatic, withdrawn girl needs to be won over with the 'rustic CEO offensive'! A little bit more greasy is needed to soothe her parched soul."

Yuan Zhu asked with concern, "Is your approach reliable?"

Snake: "Trust me! The oilier you are, the more she'll be. It won't feel greasy at all, she'll love it!"

Seeing the other person's twitching ears but their embarrassing hesitation to respond, Yuan Zhu sighed, "Oh, you're so useless! Fine, let me ask you again. I want to develop some cultivation-supporting magical potions based on the [Power System]. Do you have the ability to do that?"

The soft-spoken girl: "I...I'm confident."

Huh? This time she actually dared to make a promise? All her previous replies and guarantees were within her capabilities. But developing related magical potions is clearly not something an ordinary student can master. Since she dared to agree, it seems the offensive was effective?

Yuan Zhu: "You're a little more confident now, but don't you understand enough? Speak louder!"

The girl responded weakly, "Yes? I was assigned to work-study positions at several pharmaceutical companies, so I know a bit about it. The investment in [Potion Research] is very high, the returns are low, and it often depends on luck."

Yuan Zhu: "Do you know how to make potions? Are you capable of doing it?"

"Yes, the basic reagents were prepared in the laboratory."

Yuan Zhu became interested: "Oh? Do you know alchemy? Do you know how to make pills?"

"Beginner-level alchemy, capable of using the [Four Symbols Ritual]."

"Excellent, just the kind of talent I need! Now, please introduce yourself. What extraordinary knowledge have you learned and mastered? What have you learned in the Frog School? What about your current situation, what are your dreams? What are your future life and career plans? Which extraordinary system do you want to cultivate? What kind of compensation do you need me to pay you? What are your expectations for the company?"

A barrage of questions left the girl completely bewildered, causing her to freeze up on the spot.

Yuan Zhu had grown accustomed to her behavior and no longer cared excessively about her personal feelings. Taking advantage of the girl's momentary daze, he activated the [Soul Crystal] and unleashed a 'Detect Evil' attack.

A faint fluctuation of holy light spread throughout the private room, startling Nie Yin and instantly putting him into a state of tense vigilance.

However, according to the detection, there was not a single trace of 'contamination' in the other party's body. The deviation was stuck at 20%, which was not high. On the contrary, it was very pure.

Although there were no 'extraordinary traces', the [Soul Crystal] detected a considerable amount of negative emotions emanating from the other party. It seems that behind the seemingly gentle, weak, dull, and clumsy appearance lies a strong negative energy.

If this girl were to get involved in a corrupt system concerning the 'spirit and soul,' she could instantly unlock her potential and become corrupted and evil. Indeed, as the senior student said, she has chosen a 'potential stock' for herself.

Aside from the opponent's negative potential on the 'mental level', the fact that a slight use of the [Soul Crystal] elicited a strong reaction from the opponent indicates that the opponent's 'perception ability' is also very strong.

Under normal circumstances, when a Holy Temple player uses their Soul Crystal to sense the intensity of pollution and determine the evil alignment, the fluctuations are very weak and will not arouse suspicion.

Nie Yin's intense reaction only proves that he is talented. In the field of extraordinary research, this 'sensitivity' is a talent—a more acute ability to detect changes in experiments and a more precise execution of experimental procedures.

"Don't be nervous. I've cultivated [Holy Light], and it's just basic detection. You should be familiar with it, right? If we join forces, we'll be a perfect match. I'll use Holy Light to kill viruses and purify the area for you, while you take the lead in the operation. We'll work together seamlessly."

Nie Yin calmed down, raised her head slightly, mustered her courage to meet his gaze with her emerald green right eye, and then quickly looked away: "[Holy Light], I am very familiar with it. I did not sense any malice from you."

"I have goodwill toward you, so please start introducing yourself."

"You have too many questions, I can't answer them." The introverted girl ended the argument with just one sentence.

Yuan Zhu: "Don't panic, answer one by one. When did you join [Rain Academy], how long have you lived there, and how many years have you studied in [Frog School]? The senior said you were a junior, but then introduced you to me. How many years does a university course usually take?"

Nie Yin: "I can't remember anything from before. I only know that I was rescued by the academy when I was a child and have been living in the [Rain Academy]. I studied basic education on campus for 4 years and audited classes at the [Frog School] for 3 years. After completing the basic courses, I met the graduation and employment requirements and have been working on campus to save money."

Yuan Zhu: "How old are you this year?"

As if guessing Yuan Zhu's thoughts, Nie Yin replied, "I don't know. My bone age shows 17 years old. My lifespan is the same as that of humans. My half-elf bloodline is very thin, and I am not a long-lived species."

Upon hearing this, Yuan Zhu immediately showed a disappointed expression. With such long ears, it turns out it's not a 'family heirloom'!

(End of this chapter)