I really don't want to work in the world of weird rules!

Yang Shiyin leaned against the hospital bed, her brows furrowed.

"This situation is absolutely unprecedented and an exceptional case. If only our boss could be more assertive and argue with the higher-ups, but unfortunately, he's not that kind of person."

Han Yan pursed his lips.

"You should wait until you're promoted before taking on this role as the ringleader."

"Forget it, I'll quit in a second once I've accumulated enough points."

Gu Changyuan silently agreed in his heart; he also wanted to carry the train and run away overnight.

Amid this strange resonance among working-class people, the three of them collapsed onto their hospital beds.

Han Yan stretched out a long yawn, let out a long sigh, and his tense nerves completely relaxed.

"This time I really had one foot in the grave, it's so good to be alive! Mr. Lu, thank you so much this time."

Gu Changyuan humbly shook his head, only saying that he had done his best.

To be honest, I relied entirely on memorizing the encyclopedia information for "The Mysterious Exploration of Ghost Stories".

No matter how much he explained, he only received cheesy praise like "You were so smart and decisive in the face of life and death," so he simply shut his mouth and pretended to be profound.

Yang Shiyin coughed lightly, trying to salvage her senior's dignity.

"We're actually not that bad; we just underestimated the difficulty of the D-level challenge and were careless."

Han Yan bluntly exposed his excuse, saying it was far too clumsy.

Yang Shiyin patted her chest shamelessly and declared that she would definitely show her skills if she encountered strange phenomena again.

Gu Changyuan silently looked away, hoping there would never be a "next time" in this lifetime.

However, the peaceful time of paid slacking off was fleeting.

Yang Shiyin suddenly sat up straight and stared intently at her phone screen.

"Manager Li has finished his meeting and is heading towards the infirmary."

Upon hearing this, Han Yan sprang out of bed as if he had a spring in his body, and Gu Changyuan, seeing this, could only grit his teeth and stand up as well.

Finally, we're going to see the real person in person.

Manager Li Zihao, the famous employee D, codenamed "Lizard"!

One of the most popular employees in the "Tales of the Strange" series, it's said that even the game's parent company is rushing to produce exclusive merchandise featuring him.

Gu Changyuan couldn't hide his curiosity. Just how could such a legendary figure have three heads and six arms?

Recalling the extremely perfunctory attitude of the other party when I pressed the emergency call button, they were definitely a difficult person to deal with.

However, just thinking about the opponent's miraculous rescue at the last moment, as if a god had descended to earth, makes all my temper seem to be filtered through the lens of a peerless master.

Three steady knocks sounded on the door.

Han Yan immediately straightened up and shouted that the door was unlocked and asked the manager to come in.

The door to the infirmary was slowly pushed open. A tall, dark figure stood outside.

He wore a perfectly tailored, solid black suit with a neatly worn employee badge. The standard attire of a professional professional, exuding a sharp and capable aura.

The infamous manager Li Zihao, and the rumored employee D, have finally been revealed.

Gu Changyuan had just bowed respectfully to greet them when he looked up, but the moment he did, he felt as if he had been struck by lightning.

It's a lizard, really a lizard.

Gu Changyuan stared intently at the area above the other person's neck.

It wasn't some kind of cosplay prop headgear; above the lapel of the suit, there was a huge white-scaled lizard head!

He froze on the spot, his mind racing. This was absolutely impossible.

It must be because the psychological trauma from being a TV presenter was too severe, and under the pressure, he developed severe stress-induced hallucinations.

They must have mistaken the mask for a real head.

Gu Changyuan's gaze shifted downwards, and on Li Zihao's belt, there was clearly a pale mask still hanging.

His brainstem was almost burned dry.

But then I heard the tearful greetings of two senior colleagues.

"Boss, it's so good to see you alive!"

How did these people manage to remain so calm?

A giant lizard in a suit swaggered into the house. Shouldn't the newcomers be given a high-energy warning beforehand?

Why does it feel so natural now, like normal office small talk?

Han Yan enthusiastically pulled Gu Changyuan over.

"Manager Li, this is the new guy codenamed Mr. Deer. Quickly call him Brother Li."

Yang Shiyin joked from the side.

"Look how surprised Mr. Deer is. He probably hasn't seen such a dashing-looking manager before. To be honest, he doesn't really look like the kind of face our species should have."

Gu Changyuan's lips twitched violently. Couldn't they just give a straight answer as to whether this was workplace flattery or an implication of some kind of terrifying rule?

The pale white lizard head slowly turned around, its cold, vertical, scarlet pupils shifting eerily in their sockets as it stared intently at Gu Changyuan.

"Mr. Deer."

The harsh, grating voice sounded like fingernails scraping across a blackboard.

"Can you see this?"

Gu Changyuan felt a chill run down his spine.

He instantly suppressed his inner turmoil and answered in an extremely calm voice.

"You mean? Oh, my eye isn't injured, my vision is perfectly normal."

He couldn't help but applaud his own perfect on-the-spot reaction.

An eerie silence lingered for a moment.

"yes."

With a sickening grinding sound of bones rubbing together, the pale, reptilian head finally turned back.

Gu Changyuan's legs went weak, and his back was soaked with cold sweat.

What kind of bizarre world is this? It's already fraught with internal crises in the ghost stories, and when I get back to reality, I'm scared half to death by my boss.

Gu Changyuan gritted his teeth and refused to reveal a single word.

The situation is already quite clear: this lizard head is an absolute taboo.

The two seniors most likely only saw a normal person's face!

The nail that sticks out gets hammered down; we absolutely cannot reveal anything to this lizard.

He forced himself to put on a standard professional fake smile, but fortunately, with Han Yan and the other person keeping the atmosphere lively, the topic quickly got on track.

Yang Shiyin eagerly pressed the higher-ups for an explanation of the accident.

Li Zihao nodded slightly.

The cause of the incident was simple: another group of employees who broke in midway through the show were simply due to human error at the dispatch center, which resulted in "Tuesday Quiz Show" being assigned to both Group D and Group L at the same time.

Han Yan and Yang Shiyin cursed inwardly. No wonder they were in such a hurry before departure; it turned out that their superiors had caused a mess.

Manager Li continued to give a briefing on the situation.

Group L wrote down the postcards for entering the ghost story medium at almost the same time as Group D, but they left the company building while filling them out, causing the final effective time to be nearly fifty minutes later.

Yang Shiyin sighed, guessing that he had probably taken the newcomer to buy coffee.

Han Yan's eyes darkened; Group L was known for being fiercely protective of its own members among that group.

Recalling the complete annihilation of Group L, both men showed a hint of desolation in their expressions, but quickly composed themselves.

The unfortunate time difference, coupled with Group D triggering the process first, ultimately led to this tragedy.

Li Zihao responded coldly.

His next words, however, were like a bombshell.

"Company executives refused to upgrade the danger level of 'Tuesday Quiz Show' to Level A."

The three people in the ward widened their eyes simultaneously.

The given reason is extremely absurd: there is a lack of cross-validation by a third-party team, and the initial survival rate is as high as 43%, so it is impossible to determine whether this strange phenomenon truly meets the Class A standard.