Embers Ad Infinitum

Long Yuehong couldn't understand Shang Jianyao's answer, so she didn't bother to understand it.

The two chatted casually, and went to the "Material Supply Market" together. When the "Staff Canteen" opened, they each spent 8 contribution points and ordered a boiled egg with two grains of steamed buns and a plate of sauerkraut.

After breakfast, Shang Jianyao and Long Yuehong took lunch boxes, entered the "activity center", sat in the corner of the hall, and waited for the distribution results.

At this time, the "activity center" was empty, only the employees working here, under the watchful eyes of Chen Xianyu, old man Chen, were busy wiping, cleaning, and fiddling with.

The elders who exercised and chatted here in the early morning are no longer there. They either send the younger generation to school, or go directly to their jobs.

——The company stipulates that those who have reached the age of 60 can be transferred to easier positions, or their workload can be halved. When they are 75 years old, they can really stop working and receive monthly subsidies based on their employee level.

However, there are not many retired employees who have reached the age of 75 and can come to the "activity center" to play at any time, because the previous generations that did not popularize genetic improvement, few people can survive in an environment of lack of supplies and insufficient nutrition. to 75 years old.

Long Yuehong took a breath silently, and said without words:

"I met the daughter of one of my mum's colleagues yesterday.

"She was just 18 years old and worked in a radio station under the 'Ministry of Entertainment'. She was just over 1.7 meters tall and looked good.

"Tell me, is it possible for her to like me? Hey, I'm only 1.75 meters tall after genetic modification, and my looks are average. My grades in all subjects can only be said to be average, and no department has booked me..."

Shang Jian Yao's right eyebrow moved slightly and said:

"What's her name?"

"Feng Yunying, hehe, she doesn't know Houyi, they are not in the same group." Long Yuehong thought that Shang Jianyao wanted to ask about Houyi's situation. After all, many employees of the company were loyal listeners of this announcer.

Seeing that Yao was disappointed, Shang continued to ask:

"Which floor and district do you live in? What's the house number?"

"What are you asking these for?" Long Yuehong was surprised and suspicious.

Shang Jian Yao glanced at him:

"Go to her and ask her if she might like you."

"..." No matter how inexperienced Long Yuehong was, she knew that this would mess things up, "Haha, stop joking."

He dared not continue this topic:

"Shangjian Yao, which department do you want to join?"

"Security Department." Shang Jianyao replied without hesitation.

Long Yuehong's voice was almost uncontrollable:

"Are you crazy?

"It's very dangerous! Don't think that having meal supplements is a good thing! Haha, you're kidding again."

The "Security Department" is the least safe of all departments in the company, and the annual employee death rate is several times that of other departments combined.

This is because they are responsible for many external operations, including but not limited to escorting bulk supplies through the wilderness, fighting people who invaded the sphere of influence or monster groups that migrated here, guarding outposts outside the underground building, and going deep into the wilderness to search for relics of the old world , Protect the expedition team to complete the corresponding plan.

As a result, employees of the "Security Department" often have to face pollution, disease, monsters, unintentional people, and bullets. It is inevitable that someone will be injured, sick, deformed, or even die.

When Long Yuehong was frightened by Shang Jianyao's answer, Meng Xia and others entered the activity center one after another, and sat down in different areas according to their familiarity.

Yang Zhenyuan has a good relationship with Shang Jianyao and Long Yuehong. They lived on the same floor, and they were admitted to the university at the same time and entered the same major. Therefore, after scanning around, he went straight to the two of them. .

"Hey, why do you look weak? Didn't you have breakfast?" Long Yuehong watched Yang Zhenyuan approach and asked with concern.

Yang Zhenyuan blushed:

"have eaten.

"Just a little tired."

"Why are you tired?" Long Yuehong looked puzzled.

Yang Zhenyuan didn't know how to explain it, so he turned to Shang Jianyao, sighed and said:

"It turns out that getting married is such a tiring thing.

"However, it's still very good. You should find someone as soon as possible."

As he spoke, he unconsciously smiled.

Long Yuehong felt that she understood, so she didn't ask any more questions, and continued the topic just now:

"Yang Zhenyuan, Shang Jianyao joked just now that he wanted to go to the 'Security Department'!"

Yang Zhenyuan thought about it seriously:

"If it can be limited to internal work, I would like to go too. The treatment is really good."

The salaries of the employees of the "Security Department" are the same as those of other departments, and they are paid according to the company's regulations, but because they need high-intensity training, they can eat a meal every day - training days and duty days are exclusive to the "Security Department" Meals in the cafeteria are cheap and the portions are generous, and meal allowances are usually distributed.

This has a fatal appeal for many employees of the company.

"Isn't this nonsense? If it's really restricted to the back office, everyone wants to go, er, except for the management and those who like to do research." Long Yuehong said disdainfully, "It's a pity, the back office of the 'Security Department' And the field posts come in rotation, unless you can enter the exclusive guard team of the big boss, the action cluster directly under the management, and the important project security cluster."

Shang Jianyao, who had been silent all this time, suddenly said:

"I want to be on field duty."

"..." Long Yuehong stretched out her hand and shook it in front of Shang Jianyao, "Is something wrong with your brain? Don't you know how dangerous it is outside?"

There are many employees in the "Security Department", and everyone knows a few of them more or less. They know what the current situation is on the dusty soil, and they know that there is still more chaos than order outside.

In comparison, a company that is peaceful, orderly, and able to guarantee the supply of basic materials can simply be called a paradise.

Because of this, even if the "Department of Security" has corresponding subsidies for field work, and can bring back the dusty items that do not need to be handed in or destroyed, not many people want to go from the bottom of their hearts.

In order to encourage everyone to join the "Security Department", the board of directors is very generous with the promotion of corresponding employees. Many people in ordinary positions may only reach D3 in their lifetime and cannot become senior employees. You can go to D4. At the same time, those who are discharged from the "Ministry of Security" and transferred to normal positions will all be promoted one level.

Yang Zhenyuan also couldn't understand Shang Jianyao's thoughts, but he didn't refute, he just pointed out:

"Employees of the 'Security Department' are basically selected from among those who are married and have children, and rarely find married or unmarried people."

"Yes, yes." Long Yuehong smiled and nodded.

He looked at Shang Jianyao and said:

"Why do you want to be on duty?"

"To save all mankind." Shang Jianyao didn't change his expression.

"Cough cough cough." Long Yuehong and Yang Zhenyuan choked on their own saliva at the same time.

At this moment, two people in black uniforms came in from the outside and handed a sealed paper bag to Mr. Chen Xianyu, the director of the "Activity Center".

Long Yuehong, Yang Zhenyuan, Meng Xia and others stood up at the same time, holding their breath.

What is contained in that paper bag is the distribution result of this time.

Unlike the unified marriage that needs to be announced, the distribution result is notified to the corresponding person in the form of a letter because it involves a confidentiality clause. During the whole process, no one else can know.

After confirming that the paper bags were not damaged and handing over the signatures, the two employees belonging to the "board of directors" retreated to Chen Xianyu's side to supervise the next distribution process.

"So fast, it seems that we are the first batch... I don't know what the position is..." Long Yuehong couldn't help talking when she was nervous.

Shang Jian Yao glanced at him and said:

"First assume that I entered the 'Security Department', so that no matter what the final result is, it will not be worse."

"It makes sense!" Long Yuehong had no other choice anyway, so he simply followed Shang Jianyao's suggestion.

Chen Xianyu Old man Chen showed the paper bag to everyone, broke open the seal, and took out stacks of letters.

Then he read the name on the envelope:

"Zhong Xiaomin."

A girl went up, took the envelope, and walked quickly to the side to open it.

"Yang Zhenyuan."

...

"Meng Xia."

...

"Long Yuehong."

...

"Meet Yao."

...

One by one's names were read out, and one by one, he stepped up to accept the envelope that determined his own destiny.

They didn't evade, and directly opened the envelope in the "activity center" and took out the letter paper inside.

Long Yuehong stood not far from Chen Xianyu, unfolding the paper with trembling hands:

"Long Yuehong, electronic card number 02511013768:

"Please report to room 14 on the 647th floor before noon."

Floor 647... Long Yuehong's mind buzzed, and the letter in her hand fluttered to the ground.

He quickly picked it up again and read it several times, hoping that he had read it wrong just now.

Unfortunately, no.

"It's over, it's over..." He muttered to himself, his face ashen.

This underground building has a total of 650 floors, and the 5 floors closest to the ground belong to the "Security Department".

Therefore, reporting to the 647th floor means joining the "Security Department".

Pa, Shang Jianyao patted Long Yuehong on the shoulder.

Long Yuehong turned around slowly, her gaze was dull:

"It's over, it's over..."

Shang Jianyao said with a bright smile:

"I'm assigned to the 'Security Department'."

"Ah?" Long Yuehong woke up from the nightmare, and grabbed the other party's letter.

He glanced quickly and saw clearly the above content:

"Shang Jianyao, electronic card number 02509083626:

"Please report to room 14 on the 647th floor before noon."

"Are we in the same place?" Long Yuehong calmed down a little.

"It looks like it." Shang Jianyao responded with a smile.

"Why are we so unlucky?" Long Yuehong was no longer so lost and depressed when she saw someone for company.

Shang Jian Yao slightly tilted his head and said:

"I applied for it myself."

"..." Long Yuehong was speechless.

At this time, Meng Xia, Yang Zhenyuan, Zhong Xiaomin and the others all saw the results of their assignments, and they were excited, happy, depressed, or sad, but none of them reacted as intensely as Long Yuehong.

"Shang Jianyao, where are you assigned? I'm going to the research institute on the 36th floor." Yang Zhenyuan approached him holding the letter paper.

Shang Jianyao replied with a smile on his face:

"Department of Security."

In an instant, the hall of the "Activity Center" became extremely quiet. Those sad and depressed people were surprised at first, and then felt that their distribution results did not seem so bad.

Seeing this, Long Yuehong didn't want to stay in this place, so she pulled Shang Jianyao and said in a low voice:

"Go and report, hey, I can only report first."

This is a result that cannot be resisted, unless the whole family wants to be exiled by the company.

Even if there are some channels to clear up the relationship, you have to report first, and then try to transfer away.

However, people with similar relationships have already taken the "predetermined" route.

Shang Jianyao waved to Yang Zhenyuan, took his lunch box, and walked to the other side of Area C with Long Yuehong.

There are elevators to the top five floors.

Long Yuehong followed Shang Jianyao for a while in silence, then suddenly pursed her lower lip, and said in a low voice:

"At least, you can see the real sky..."

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