In the future, Earth becomes a relic of the mythical era.

Chapter 128 Dead Zone
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Fatty Orange's eyes lit up: "Wow, Professor Wen, you are truly mature, prudent, and farsighted!"

"Federal civil servants are prohibited from holding concurrent positions! However, there is one exception: federal strategic personnel can hold positions in other organizations!"

"Registered financial advisors are precisely the kind of strategic talent!"

"Since you have this status, you meet the requirements!"

Wen Yifu laughed and said, "That's right. In this way, Xiao Xie, you won't have to leave the Environmental Protection Bureau, and you'll also have more possibilities in academia."

"The college doesn't usually have too many requirements for you. You just need to complete a certain amount of teaching tasks each month and a certain amount of academic tasks within a certain period."

"Xiao Xie, Director Dai, what do you think?"

Dai Yang said, "Xiao Xie, honestly, I don't want you to work so hard. Your future in our bureau is definitely no worse than anywhere else!"

"However, taking a temporary post at Seven Star Academy will indeed be beneficial for you. Professor Wen is right; I shouldn't hinder your academic future!"

Bao Wanyou sneered, "I think you just want to have your cake and eat it too!"

Isn't that trying to profit from both sides?

Use the resources of Seven Star Academy to be with your loved ones.

Who wouldn't be happy about that?
Dai Yang didn't deny it, and said smugly, "So what? It's a mutually beneficial thing. If you're not happy, that's fine too. The door is right there. Goodbye!"

"you……!"

Bao Wanyou was furious.

I'd heard that this fat bastard surnamed Dai was a real pain.

I called him this morning to discuss Xie Lingxin's whereabouts. We agreed on the phone that I would help persuade Xie Lingxin.

No sooner had I hung up the phone than he produced some kind of waiver statement.

He is simply not a human being!
Fortunately, Wen Yifu reminded him of something, which prompted him to rush over in person.

Seeing Xie Lingxin remain silent, Wen Yifu disregarded their argument and said:

"Xiao Xie, is there something you're worried about? It's okay, just tell me what's bothering you, and we'll work together to solve it."

Xie Lingxin snapped out of her daze: "Oh, it's nothing. I was just thinking... I just graduated from high school not long ago, could I become a teacher at Seven Star Academy?"

How can someone who never even went to university be allowed to teach at a university?

Wen Yifu and Bao Wanyou exchanged a smile and said, "We've considered that too. Logically speaking, it's impossible."

"But firstly, you have the status of a registered scripture teacher, and secondly, you need to register your name with me first,"

"As a professor at the college, I am still qualified to directly admit a few students despite not meeting the usual requirements,"

"You can teach while preparing for a few exams. If you pass them, you can directly get a graduation certificate from Seven Star Academy,"

“I originally thought that with your level of expertise, having the status of a registered accountant was enough, and whether or not you need this diploma was irrelevant. But if you are willing and don’t mind the trouble, it would be best to take the exam.”

Xie Lingxin looked at Fatty Orange.

To be honest, he was quite tempted.

Having a degree from Seven Star Academy or being a teacher are both very useful and lucrative opportunities in the Federation.

He would certainly want it if it were easy.

Dai Yang kept giving him meaningful glances, clearly trying to get him to agree.

"Then... I'll follow the director's instructions."

Dai Yang was extremely pleased with Xie Lingxin's words, and his eyes practically disappeared from his smile.

Look, these are the talents in our family!
"Haha! Okay, then I'll go back and prepare the paperwork right away, and I'll be waiting for you to report for duty at any time!"

Having achieved his goal, Bao Wanyou stopped arguing with him.

He laughed loudly, "But don't drag it out too long, okay? Next month is when this year's freshmen will start classes."

"If you register before then, we can arrange your courses directly."

"Okay, I'll be there as soon as possible."

"Alright, then we'll be going now."

Wen Yifu and Bao Wanyou left satisfied.

Dai Yang was also very satisfied.

"Chief, what are you doing?"

Xie Lingxin saw him quietly using his foot to push the contract that Bao Wanyou had just torn up under the table.

Fatty Orange paused, then sat back down with a normal expression: "It's nothing. Um, Xiao Xie, you haven't signed the reward claim document yet. Hurry up and sign it, and I'll transfer the money to you after you sign it."

He tried to divert attention with money.

Xie Lingxin knew what he was doing, but she didn't intend to pursue the matter.

He could accept this selfish motive.

I picked up the pen again and signed the document.

"Chief, I have another question..."

After Xie Lingxin signed the document, she finally had the chance to ask the question that had been bothering her for so long.

What's this about exemption from military service?

Upon hearing this, Dai Yang's expression faltered slightly.

After a moment of silence, he said, "Xiao Xie, do you know how many frontline sanitation workers our Environmental Protection Bureau has?"

The term "frontline sanitation worker" is a euphemism for combat personnel.

Like Jin Su and Chu He.

Xie Ling thought for a moment: "I've heard Uncle Jiang mention it before. It seems that the Atmospheric Science Department is a front-line unit with nine subordinate teams."

Jin Su led Team Six, and Chu He led Team Seven.

A team doesn't have many people, ranging from a dozen to over ten.

Dai Yang asked, "Besides the sixth and seventh teams, have you met anyone else?"

Xie Lingxin shook her head: "No." Dai Yang nodded and said: "That's right, because they are all in the Dead Zone."

"Dead Zone?"

Xie Lingxin thought carefully and confirmed that she had never seen this word before.

"right,"

Dai Yang said, "You know that the realm can pollute the material world."

Of course, the first face-changing ghost he encountered belonged to a kind of legendary corruption.

Dai Yang said, "For us, sporadic pollution like this from ghosts and monsters is considered lucky!"

"The most terrifying thing is the widespread rumor of pollution!"

"That's eroding and polluting entire swathes of real land,"

“In eroded and polluted areas, even the physical rules are contaminated or even destroyed. Therefore, such places are called ‘dead zones.’ ‘Dead’ refers to the physical rules being contaminated, altered, or even ‘killed’.”

"The Dead Zone is more dangerous than the Legendary Zone because, although the Legendary Zone has many unknown and uncontrollable factors, it is at least governed by rules and order, while the Dead Zone does not."

"Our exploration of the legendary realm has lasted for as many years as the legendary realm's erosion of our world has continued for just as many years,"

"Even though the appearance of dead zones has many stringent conditions and the probability is very small, the number cannot be small over such a long period of time,"

"Within the Federation's borders lie many dead zones, all of which are battlefields. If this is not stopped, they will continue to erode and pollute, expanding their reach, with consequences we cannot afford."

"Most of our people were sent to the Dead Zone battlefield to stop the spread of contamination."

Xie Lingxin became even more curious: "What would it be like without rules?"

Dai Yang said, "The physical rules governing extinction in the Dead Zone are all random and uncontrollable, such as time, space, gravity, temperature, and so on."

"The most common problems are things like reversed directions, temperature, and gravity confusion. These types are relatively easy to deal with. The most troublesome ones are those involving time..."

"Think about it, there are dead zones where time becomes chaotic. If you go in, you might die of old age in an instant. How terrifying is that?"

"Of course, some dead zones can be considered treasure troves,"

"It was formed when a fragment of spacetime fell into the material world after a certain realm collapsed; time has ceased to exist in this region."

"In this region, a specific scenario will only repeat endlessly in a loop,"

Dai Yang laughed and said, "Does this sound familiar? That's right, it's like a dungeon in a game, you can refresh it infinitely, wouldn't you say it's a treasure trove?"

Xie Lingxin nodded subconsciously.

In the Federation, you can encounter all sorts of outrageous things.

They even have infinitely respawning dungeons?

Xie Lingxin came to her senses: "So, the military service mentioned in the reward refers to the conscription in the Dead Zone?"

Dai Yang said, "That's right. The Federation may seem peaceful, but there are actually many dead zones and battlefields in these places, where the laws of physics are mostly chaotic or even ineffective."

"The Federation's weapons are completely useless. Even the powerful space fleet becomes scrap metal once it reaches the Dead Zone. We can only rely on cultivators."

Xie Lingxin recalled that in the training group, many people were very happy when discussing the reward of exemption from military service.

For them, this reward seemed more important than any other reward.

Therefore, it seems that the battlefield of the dead is probably really dangerous.

They were overjoyed to enter such a dangerous place as the Domain Realm, yet they avoided the Dead Domain like the plague.

Dai Yang said, "Don't think too much about the Dead Zone for now. Military service isn't something everyone will get; it's just a matter of probability."

"The reward of exemption from military service is actually to buy you more time and opportunities. Even if that day really comes, you will have become strong enough to cope with it more easily."

Fat Orange didn't seem willing to talk about these things. After saying a few words, he changed the subject and gave a few more instructions. Xie Lingxin knew it was time for her to leave.

"Director, I'll go to work now."

I'm going back to slack off now.

"Well, let's go."

……

Xie Lingxin is a person who is very good at adjusting her mindset.

Upon returning to the Ancient Management Office, he no longer kept the matter of the Dead Zone in his mind.

When the sky falls, the tall ones will hold it up.

Even if it's my turn to step up, that will be a long time from now.

Before that, there was a time of joy.

"why are you laughing?"

Jiang Daqiu watched as Xie Lingxin sat down at the table as soon as she arrived, holding her phone and grinning foolishly.

"Hehe, hehe..."

Xie Lingxin looked at her phone and chuckled to herself.

"Uncle Jiang, do you have any money?"

Jiang Daqiu: "??"

"I have!"

He checked his account balance; the reward money had arrived.

A full 300 million!
There are also 3 spirit beads, which are worth 300 million in the internal treasury, and their normal market price is at least tens of millions!
"There's something wrong!"

Jiang Daqiu was furious. Although he couldn't see Xie Lingxin's balance, he could sense a deep malice directed at the poor from her words!

Xie Lingxin chuckled for a while, then suddenly fell silent.

He calculated that he had too many places where he needed to spend money.

This amount of money may seem like a lot, but it doesn't last long at all.

The most important and urgent thing is that I've lost my house!
300 million probably isn't even enough to buy a house...

I refuse to believe it. Now that I have a proper teaching qualification, how can I not make money?
Xie Lingxin decides to begin her grand plan to pick up money!

(End of this chapter)