Swallowing the Stars: 100x Return for Teaching Apprentices

Chapter 85 Return Voyage, Eternal Starfield

"Two choices—isn't that just like the old state-owned enterprise system from my past life?"

Qi Yuan easily understood the meaning behind the words of the burly man in the golden robe.

This so-called training sequence is equivalent to the so-called 'reserve talent pool' of some state-owned enterprises in the past.

The division of the four secret realms is equivalent to different job levels in a talent pool, such as 'reserve deputy manager', 'reserve project manager', 'reserve branch chief engineer', and 'reserve branch general manager'.

Only the company's best employees can join the talent pool.

The company will devote more resources to the reserve talents in the talent pool, such as holding various high-level training sessions, participating in various competitions and exchange activities, and giving priority to selecting and calling up these 'reserve deputy managers' and 'reserve chief engineers' when vacant promotion positions arise.

Of course, employees in the talent pool will also face more attention and pressure, and will often have to complete various training tasks and assessments for the company.

In addition to these key talents, the company will also have more employees of its own staff and employees recruited from the outside world.

These employees are also formal employees of the company, and their basic salary and benefits are similar to those of the reserve talents. The difference is that they cannot enjoy some core training resources and smoother promotion channels, and they have fewer opportunities to receive attention from leaders.

However, these people will also experience less pressure. As long as their work performance is acceptable, their superiors will not be too demanding.

After hearing the introduction from the burly man in the golden robe, Qi Yuan did indeed have some ideas.

He was particularly moved when he heard that the main responsibility of each branch's military department was to discover and cultivate talents.

This perfectly aligns with his original intention of finding outstanding disciples!
After all, with the system at his disposal, he has a unique advantage in finding 'geniuses'. He can just choose whichever has the highest return rate!

When I discover an outstanding genius, I'll try to snatch them up in advance and mark them with the system's 'tag'.

Even if there's no master-disciple relationship for now, it's okay. At least you can become familiar with them. When your strength improves in the future, once you have the qualifications to open your own academy and teach, the probability of these geniuses coming to you will be higher.

Furthermore, the various divisions of Virtual Universe Company control a large number of elite training slots.

In the original novel, when Luo Feng was transferred to serve as the inspector of the Qianwu branch at the Domain Lord level, Ji Tianzang, the Silver Snow Marquis, a dignified Immortal Marquis, asked Luo Feng for help in order to obtain more elite training slots. This shows how tempting the resources represented by these elite training slots are.

If Qi Yuan were to serve as the head of the martial arts department of a certain branch, he could secretly allocate a portion of the elite slots to his own disciples.

Wouldn't it be wonderful to spend the money from the Virtual Universe Company to support your own disciples?

Of course, the most important thing was what the burly man in the golden robe said: serving as the head of the Military Affairs Department seemed to come without much constraint.
Thinking of this, Qi Yuan tentatively asked the burly man in the golden robe:
"Lord Xingzhan, may I ask what the specific duties of the Director of the Military Affairs Department are, and are there any special restrictions on his freedom during normal times?"

"Oh, it seems you're interested!"

Upon hearing this, the burly man in the golden robe's eyes lit up, and he immediately laughed heartily, "Haha, don't worry, just like I told you, the main responsibility of the Martial Department is to discover and cultivate geniuses, and most of the time we handle things in the virtual universe, so there are basically not many restrictions in reality."

"Especially the position of Director of the Military Affairs Department in each branch, which is directly under the branch manager and has internal and external stewards in charge of specific affairs, can be called the most leisurely position in the branch!"

"Haha, this is a position that Soya and I discussed for a long time before coming up with a suitable one for you. So, what do you think? Give us a straight answer!"

Upon receiving confirmation, Qi Yuan's face immediately lit up with a bright smile: "Thank you both for your high regard. It is an honor to serve the company."

As he spoke, he looked at the silver-haired woman next to the burly man in the golden robe and politely apologized, "I'm sorry, Commander Cangyue, for making you come all this way for nothing. But rest assured, my territory is in the Lanting Universe Kingdom, so I am also a citizen of our Lanting Universe Kingdom. If I have the opportunity to contribute to the Lanting Universe Kingdom in the future, I will definitely do my best."

The silver-haired woman seemed to have anticipated this outcome, and instead of showing any displeasure, she smiled and offered a few words of encouragement.

"Haha, it's finally done. This trip was worthwhile."

The burly man in the golden robe laughed heartily, "The rest is simple, Qi Yuan. You choose which branch you want, mine or Soya's. Once you've chosen, your appointment and the upgrade of your authority will be completed very quickly."

"Which one should I choose?" Qi Yuan was slightly taken aback, and fell into a brief moment of hesitation.
More than a month has passed since the battle on Maple Moon Star.

In the past month or so, news of the Black Demon King, a ninth-level Domain Lord, being killed and falling, and the entire Blood Sun Star organization being swept away by the army of the Lanting Universe Kingdom, spread rapidly, causing a great sensation throughout the Blue Bay Star Region.

After all, a ninth-level Domain Lord is a figure of considerable importance in the entire Blue Bay Starfield.

His downfall involved many aspects.

In particular, some families and forces living in the Liuquan star system have extremely close ties with the Xueyang star.

With the fall of the Dark Lord, the power structure of the entire Willow Spring Galaxy is likely to undergo a complete reshuffling.

As a super strong individual capable of killing a ninth-tier Black Demon King at the Domain Lord level, Qi Yuan and his territory naturally attracted a large number of forces and individuals who saw an opportunity to visit him.

Spaceships from the Willow Spring Galaxy and even other parts of the Blue Bay Starfield swarmed toward Qi Yuan's territory like a swarm of locusts.

Everyone understands that a powerful force, far surpassing the original Blood Sun Star organization and comparable to the major world lord families, is about to rise.

If one can get involved in the rise of this emerging force and contribute one's share, the future rewards will be a thousand times or even ten thousand times greater!

Even some with deeper backgrounds, such as the various realm lord families in the Blue Bay Starfield, had already learned of an even more important piece of information: their trip was for a deeper purpose.
Amidst this lively atmosphere, Qi Yuan, who should have been at the core of the vortex, boarded the spaceship about to embark on its long voyage, accompanied by his disciples.

"You can leave the management of the territory to Samonka and the others. Your task is to focus on your training and improve your strength."

Qi Yuan carefully instructed Liao Li, who was seeing him off, "After I leave, use the nutrient capsule as soon as possible to raise your strength to the ninth level of the universe level. Also, cultivate the Thousand Teng as soon as possible. It will be your powerful help and partner in the future."

"Yes, teacher." Liao Li, who looked like a purple-haired girl, nodded emphatically.

"Alright, that's all. Go back now. You can contact me in the virtual universe if anything comes up."

Qi Yuan smiled and nodded at his disciple.

The thin, blue-skinned boy, Yuan Mu, standing beside him waved his hand repeatedly, saying, "Goodbye, senior sister. I'll bring you a gift when I come back!"

Soon after, a dark blue, ancient-looking sword-shaped spaceship departed from Red Leaf Star and sped into the vast expanse of space.
On a resource planet called 'Thunderstorm Star', which is filled with lightning storms.

"Hurry up, go over there and get a clean set of clothes, then get on the spaceship!"

A group of ragged, listless miners were urged by several stellar-level soldiers to quickly board a small C5-class spaceship.

Among the miners, an elderly miner with gray hair and a sorrowful face like that of an old farmer cautiously inquired of a soldier:

"Sir, where are we being taken?"

However, the soldier rolled his eyes and said irritably, "Stop talking nonsense. Just follow me when I tell you to, hurry up and stop dawdling!"

"Yes, yes, we'll be going now."

The elderly miner with gray hair was urged on by the soldiers and had no choice but to continue walking forward.

But in his heart, he couldn't help but silently lament:
"Alas, our ancestral star has fallen and has yet to recover. We do not know where we will be taken. What will become of the Thunder Origin Clan?"

"Teacher, your disciple has failed your trust!"

(End of this chapter)