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Chapter 274. Mercenaries (1)

"Does the administrator want to find part-time work?"

Ayu asked over Bluetooth.

Jiang Jianxin nodded and pondered:
"The Fool Society is currently in the recruitment phase, and there are no tasks to be done."

"Right now, Black Pupil Pharmaceuticals, the TV station, and those other forces haven't made a move yet. Fool Society won't be the first to enter and become a target; they'll probably stay hidden for a long time."

"I can't just sit idly by during this blank period."

Jiang Jianxin said.

Actually, it's fine for her to just sit around doing nothing, but she was used to being constantly on the go in the Sword Sect, so suddenly being asked to lie down is a bit of a shock to her.

Although he wasn't short of money, Jiang Jianxin still preferred to find a part-time job to pass the time.

"You can browse the forum's job postings section; you might find a job you like."

Ayu suggested.

"It's just that you made me break the TV station's 'interest' algorithm before, so the information pushed to you may be a bit messy."

Jiang Jianxin didn't mind the mess; she was just afraid that her vision would be clouded and she would become one of those arrogant exploiters in high society.

At this moment, she opened the forum and, following Ayu's advice, clicked on the recruitment section, where she indeed saw a series of recruitment advertisements.

Because there is no algorithm to filter the job postings, all kinds of positions are listed, and they are arranged by region, with positions in the Haidu area at the top.

Jiang Jianxin traced the lines, further refining her understanding of job opportunities—

Gardener in a luxury residential area, saleswoman at a Rose Jewelry store, cleaning lady at an organ donation park, intern at a TV broadcasting program, clinical medical resident at Black Eye Pharmaceutical...

Jiang Jianxin couldn't resist his curiosity and clicked on the last one to take a look.

When Ah encountered her and she showed interest in this, she asked curiously:

"Would you like to become a doctor at Black Eye Pharmaceuticals?"

Jiang Jianxin replied casually:
"No, I was just curious and took a look."

She paused and added:
“In the ordinary society I used to live in, some people studied economics and ended up becoming doctors in big hospitals a few years later… So take a look at Black Pupil Pharmaceuticals and see if it’s just as haphazard and poorly run.”

To her disappointment, Black Eye Pharmaceuticals, a monopolistic giant in the medical industry, was surprisingly conservative and orthodox in its recruitment practices—without real talent and clinical experience, one really couldn't get into Black Eye Pharmaceuticals.

"Black Pupil Pharmaceuticals has the most stringent personnel requirements of all the forces. It has very high requirements for medical professional skills. Its recruitment has no under-the-table deals or backroom operations. Everything is open and transparent."

Ayu explained it to her.

"Although its reputation is not good, Black Pupil Pharmaceuticals still becomes the most desirable force for talented medical professionals in society, thanks to its open and transparent recruitment mechanism and top-level status in the medical field. Being hired by Black Pupil Pharmaceuticals has become a symbol of recognition of medical ability."

Jiang Jianxin paused for a moment and then asked:
"Don't they know that Black Pupil Pharmaceuticals also engages in shady businesses like organ trafficking and human experimentation?"

She never expected that even villainous roles would be highly competitive, and that only exceptionally talented individuals could even get in.

“I know, but Black Pupil Pharmaceuticals offers very good benefits in the medical field... those people also have families to support.”

Ayu said tactfully.

It's human nature to starve yourself to death in order not to harm others; that's impossible.

In an era where even a simple meal can cost an exorbitant price, moral bottom lines seem less important.

Jiang Jianxin understood this contradiction and knew that Black Pupil Pharmaceuticals' ability to remain standing was also due to its grasp of the contradictions in human nature.

She wasn't in the medical field, and with a sigh, she closed the dark recruitment section of the medical giant's website and continued searching for a suitable position.

Jiang Jianxin scrolled through the information for a while, and from the jumbled mess of data, he finally found something decent: [Rose Group's subsidiary: Rose Transportation—Recruiting mercenaries now, no interviews, no assessments. Click for details.]

She raised an eyebrow, showing interest in the mercenary position, and tapped the screen to check the details.

As the page redirected, just as my gaze was about to focus, a deep hum suddenly resonated in my mind.

"Om————"

Jiang Jianxin instinctively covered his temples, feeling his intuition awakened by the sudden fluctuation. Two lines of flashing text appeared in his mind:
Look how excited you are about your sickle.

【? 】

She blinked in confusion, but still took out the slender black metal rod from her personal space.

The moment the cold stick touched my palm, a subtle yet distinct tremor ran through me.

"what happened?"

Jiang Jianxin lightly flicked the staff with his fingertips, and the metal emitted a clear, resonant hum.

What are you so excited about?

Since leaving the underwater contaminated area, the big black stick has been very silent, and this is the first time it has hummed.

Jiang Jianxin's keen senses might be related to the "mercenaries" content he had just read.

She glanced at the newly redirected page.

[Welcome to the Rose Transportation recruitment page. Due to the collapse of the underwater pollution zone in the main stream of the Cangjiang River, some lake-type pollution zones are experiencing abnormal and uncontrollable expansion. Our organization is responsible for controlling the pollution zones and is recruiting mercenaries from the public to address the uncontrollable phenomena in these zones.]

The opening statement, so serious, successfully caught Jiang Jianxin's attention.

She subconsciously frowned and looked down carefully.

[Currently, there is a severe shortage of manpower in the contaminated areas:]
1. Listening to the Rain (S+ level danger)
2. Qingshan Lake (Level S Danger)
3. Xiaguang Lake (Level A Danger)

Below the list of contaminated areas is a table containing talent levels followed by strings of numbers.

The form was unexplained, and Jiang Jianxin didn't understand what it meant, but there was also a recruitment forum below the recruitment page.

Jiang Jianxin clicked in and took a look. From the posts that kept popping up on the forum, he quickly understood the current situation.

After the underwater contaminated area collapsed, in addition to the impact of the epidemic, a large number of lakes also began to expand, with Tingyutan being the most severely affected.

The latter has now developed to the point where it is impossible to control.

There is a strong force of rules around this contaminated area, which prohibits the operation of contaminated tools and will also greatly weaken the talent abilities of gifted individuals.

After the Rose Group's attempts to suppress the protests failed, they resorted to recruiting soldiers from the public to fill the contaminated areas with human flesh, thus limiting its continued expansion and engulfing of the city.

For every mercenary assigned to enter the Tingyutan contaminated area and who dies, the Rose Group provides their family with a huge compensation payment.

The table, filled with densely packed numbers, categorized the gifted individuals by level and specified the amount awarded for each level.

The recruitment forum is currently filled with discussions about the Tingyutan contaminated area, as well as numerous posts from people who have already registered.

Jiang Jianxin looked at several of the most popular ones, but the content inside made her shudder.

[Chocolate is delicious]: I'm in the Third Legion of Floating Light. Are there any older sisters from the same legion who aren't in Listening to Rain Pool? After I die in battle, could you help me collect the compensation for my mother? She has cancer and is too weak to get out of bed. After I die, she can go to Black Pupil Pharmaceuticals for treatment.

[Likes playing guitar]: Brothers! I'm not coming back. Are there any brothers in Cun'en City who can help me pass on a message to the gangster's daughter at the "Everyday" supermarket? I'm so glad I met her in college before the apocalypse. Tell her not to wait for me anymore. I'm a loser, and she deserves better!
There were many posts like this on the forum, and Jiang Jianxin became more and more silent as he read them.

She glanced at the black stick in her hand, then at the recruitment page.

"You...do you want to go to the contaminated area?"