Embers Ad Infinitum

"This is good." After hearing that Murray and Benito would end their mission soon and return to the Eighth Research Institute, Shang Jianyao showed two rows of white teeth and praised with a smile.

This means that the "old investigative team" will have the opportunity to track and trace.

Jiang Baimian was noncommittal and asked instead:

"When did you join the Eighth Research Institute?"

Murray, who has long artist hair, yawned and said:

"I have been in the institute since I was born..."

According to his description, the current personnel composition of the Eighth Research Institute consists of three parts. One is the descendants of the employees who survived the destruction of the old world through marriages with each other - the Eighth Research Institute did not receive any blow at that time, and there were not many People suffering from "unintentional disease" are very similar to Cornynmis's situation. The second is the batches of fresh blood brought back from the dust by the corresponding commissioners of the Eighth Research Institute over the years. The third is the "native-born" people. Children born from pairing with these fresh blood.

Murray is the third type and Benito is the second type.

The children of the Eighth Academy will be tested when they are young, and they will memorize various costs and corresponding fields. When adolescence ends at the age of seventeen or eighteen, awakening will become their graduation test.

Those who can successfully awaken will receive further education, and then be assigned different jobs according to the price paid and the abilities gained. Some are responsible for internal security, some specialize in special correspondents, and some become reviewers or researchers.

Those who cannot awaken can only work as handymen, or participate in various productions, or help researchers, or open up wasteland and farm in the hot spring valley, or hold lower-level administrative positions. As for the cleaning inside the institute, ordinary robots are responsible for it.

In the system of the Eighth Research Institute, these are "ordinary employees" who can only be promoted to "assistant researcher" at the highest level. Unless they have enough outstanding scientific research talent, they can break the ceiling.

Similarly, they must gain seniority or make considerable contributions before they have the opportunity to be allocated genetically modified medicines.

The awakened ones are "graduate students" one level higher than ordinary employees at the beginning, enjoying various resources. After they complete their studies, do a good job in multiple assigned tasks, and successfully become full-time employees, they become "lecturers".

Murray and Benito are on this level.

Normally, if they can stay in Gerstburg for another year or two without making any mistakes, and wait until a new person takes over, they can be promoted to "Assistant Researcher" after they return.

For the "researchers" who are further up, they currently have no hope. The hard condition is that they must enter the "soul corridor".

If "researchers" have made great contributions but have not explored the depths of the "soul corridor", the Eighth Research Institute will often give them a title that is closer to an honorary title - "associate professor".

All awakened people who have explored the depths of the "Soul Corridor" are "professors", but not every professor is a member of the "Professor Association". Only "Vice Dean", "Charlie", and "Professor Li" Only those recommended by half of the four "doctors" can join the core group that manages the Eighth Research Institute.

Employees within the institute like to call members of the joint committee "tenured professors."

"In the old world, researchers and professors were often equated, and the same was true for assistant researchers and associate professors." Jiang Baimian muttered softly after listening.

Murray is very free and easy as an artist:

“You have to carve out enough layers to build a promotion system.”

"Then we can use tenured professors, first-level professors, second-level professors, and third-level professors." Shang Jianyao said earnestly, "You still read too few books and play too few games. If it were me, I would It’s decided like this: Professor of the Foundation Stage, Professor of Half-Step Perfection, Professor of Great Perfection, Professor of Innateness…”

"Stop!" Seeing that he had stunned Murray with his talk, Jiang Baimian hurriedly stopped him from talking.

She immediately turned her head and asked about Murray:

"Is the person who can delete memories on a large scale an associate professor or a professor?"

"A professor, but not a member of the Association of Professors, is working on it." Murray didn't hide it.

Having explored the depths of the "soul corridor"... Jiang Baimian asked further:

"what is his name?"

"He is from Gray Earth, and his name is Chris from Honghe, but he prefers us to call him Professor Qin." Murray replied, "As for what he looks like and what the price is, do you think we will still remember him?"

"I understand." Shang Jianyao showed a sympathetic look.

Then, he asked curiously:

"Why is there only a 'vice dean' and not a principal?"

"Since I can remember, there has been no principal." Murray shook his head, "There were still a few surviving employees from the old world alive at that time, and they were very avoidant about this issue, not even telling their own children. "

It seems that the chief director of the Eighth Research Institute is involved in some secret, and there is a high probability that he did not die when the old world was destroyed. Otherwise, those old employees would not be so shy about the corresponding issues twenty or thirty years ago... Jiang Baimian Make certain assumptions in your mind.

If the headmaster of the Eighth Research Institute really dies when the old world is destroyed, it is a very normal thing. It is not worth making a fuss about, and there is nothing to avoid, unless just his name itself has some kind of magic power, or indicates that A certain secret, so that the old employees can keep it secret.

"Can you usually see the starry sky?" Jiang Baimian changed the topic.

If she could, she and Gnawa could directly calculate the location of the Eighth Research Institute with the help of various natural reference objects.

Murray shook his head and said this was strictly prohibited.

After asking about related matters for a while, and roughly understanding the composition of the "Professor Joint Committee" and many detailed issues of the Eighth Research Institute, Jiang Baimian winked at Shang Jianyao.

According to the plan, Shang Jianyao walked up and communicated with Murray in the form of questioning and conversation.

After his persuasion, Murray deeply realized that this was a trustworthy team. The reason why they pursued the affairs of the Eighth Research Institute was because there was a traitor within the Eighth Research Institute who wanted to subvert the "Professor Association". Dominate everything.

In order to help this team solve the internal problems of the Eighth Research Institute, and in order not to alert the enemy, Murray needs to quietly contact them before returning to the Eighth Research Institute and give the agreed meeting time and place with the "pickup person".

"Happy cooperation." At the end of the conversation, Shang Jianyao smiled and extended his right palm.

Murray smiled back, stretched out his hand and shook his hand:

“A pleasure to work with.”

At this time, Benito finally woke up.

Shang Jianyao immediately said to Murray:

"You go and wait outside. We need to confirm whether he is from the traitor side."

It was a "reasonable" request, and Murray readily agreed.

For Benito, Shang Jianyao followed the same method and not only gained his trust, but also asked Murray the same questions again.

The answers from both sides can match.

Then, Jiang Baimian called Murray back and said to him:

"Benito has no problem. You must cooperate sincerely in the future."

Murray and Benito shook hands vigorously.

"This is our contact information." Jiang Baimian tore off a piece of note paper and handed it to Murray.

Shang Jian Yao asked:

"How much money do you still have?"

"Seven or eight Grand Knight gold coins," Benito replied.

"So few?" Shang Jianyao looked disappointed, "As a special commissioner of the Eighth Research Institute, you are so poor?"

Murray suddenly felt a little ashamed:

"Seven or eight Great Knight gold coins are enough for us for more than half a year.

"Moreover, we all asked for our funds from Moore, and now his home has been taken over by the Sheriffs of Gerstburg."

Shang Jianyao sighed and said:

"Seven or eight coins, just seven or eight coins.

"Look, we fulfilled our promise and did not harm your lives. You should also make some compensation for this, for example, six gold knight coins."

Jiang Baimian did not stop him, because since he wanted to use Murray and Benito as bait to catch the "pickers" of the Eighth Research Institute, he could not tell Sheriff Yergai their whereabouts in exchange for the reward.

Without the five Grand Knight gold coins as a reward, the "Old Tune Team" didn't know how to meet Kitis for a while.

You can't really use nuclear bombs or Gnawa as collateral, right?

Murray and Benito thought that this was the case, so they each took out gold coins from their wallets, collected six coins, and handed them to Shang Jianyao.

The remaining should be enough for them to survive until they are recalled to the Eighth Academy.

"Not bad." Shang Jianyao handed the Great Knight gold coin to Jiang Baimian while praising Murray and Benito, "You have a spirit of fair dealing."

Jiang Baimian put away the gold coins, thought for a while and said:

"You'd better make a disguise and move to another place.

"There should be a safe house ready, right?"

"Moll has prepared two places, but neither of them are in this neighborhood." Benito replied.

"That's good." Jiang Baimian breathed a sigh of relief, "As soon as possible."

She planned to go to Sheriff Yergai tomorrow or the day after tomorrow to collect Benito's portrait and information about sniper activities in this neighborhood, no, in exchange for some reward money.

This is worth a great knight gold coin!

After bidding farewell to Murray and Benito, Jiang Baimian and Shang Jianyao took Gnawa and continued to check the wiring and circuit conditions of this unit in order to convince the Sheriff or other relic hunters who would follow up that they knew everything. did not find.

It took about ten minutes for them to finish the work, return to the jeep, and share the situation with Bai Chen and Long Yuehong.

Long Yuehong frowned and said:

"So, the next plan is to wait for Murray and Benito to be recalled, and then follow them to the meeting place, capture alive the internal employees of the Eighth Institute who are responsible for picking up the special commissioners, and get the Eighth Institute's information from them Specific location?”

Isn't this a little too simple?