Chapter 10 Hiring Teachers

The system can clean up the pollution and damage caused by zombies, regrow severed limbs, and heal wounds, but it cannot remove students' vomit with a single click.

So when the group of late students returned to their dormitories and breathed a sigh of relief, Fu Qing demanded that the system call them out one by one and forcibly summon them to the cafeteria.

The rest is history, but they will probably never be late again in their lives.

In short... this cafeteria does have some flavor.

Fortunately, the principal has special privileges and can eat takeout in his fragrant principal's office.

Fu Qing ignored the commotion on the forum; she ate her fried noodles and opened the management panel.

After the opening ceremony, the status of the main quest "An Unforgettable First Day" changed to "Completed," and the reward of 50 teaching points was obtained.

After receiving the reward, Fu Qing first went to the construction mall for a stroll.

She had already looked through the various sections of the management panel before, and finally bought the prop [Full Simulation] for the practice. This was not the result of her selection, but because it was almost the only option Fu Qing could make.

[Small-scale experimental field]: 100 teaching points

[Small Cold Storage]: 200 teaching points

[Simulated Combat Chamber]: 600 Training Points

[Water Treatment System]: 200 teaching points

[Solar Panels]: 300 teaching points

[Waste Incinerator]: 100 Teaching Points

[100 Wooden Spike Traps]: 200 Tutorial Points

[Spiked Traps (Iron) *100]: 500 Tutorial Points

[Spiked Traps (Steel) * 100]: 1000 Tutorial Points

[Fence Upgrade - Spikes (Wood)]: 200 Teaching Points

...

Even though she knew this would happen, Fu Qing became more and more silent as she scrolled through the page: "

I can't afford it, I simply can't afford it.

Even if she received the 50-point reward, she was still essentially a poor person.

In fact, you can roughly tell the direction of the school, or rather the simulation management game, from the types of products in the game store.

For example, the simulated combat pod is clearly for teaching purposes, used to improve students' overall quality.

Meanwhile, defensive fortifications such as experimental fields and cold storage facilities, water treatment and energy systems, and trap walls were used to convert school facilities.

If proper preparations are made within this year, the school itself can become an excellent refuge when the zombie horde attacks in the future.

The area of ​​over 600 acres is not large for a school, but it is certainly not small either. In an emergency, the artificial lake, grove, and teaching buildings can all be demolished and converted into a breeding farm and warehouse for stockpiling livestock. The plain outside the school can also be converted into farmland and planted with high-yield grain crops, which would be enough to support the survival needs of all teachers and students.

Fu Qing recalled the mission the system had initially assigned—"to establish a well-equipped survival school"—which was roughly the same idea.

Unfortunately, almost on the very first day of her rebirth, Fu Qing discovered that this world was not the world she originally lived in.

The most obvious point is that she is not like many novel protagonists who are reborn back into their original selves in this timeline. She is more like a person from another world who suddenly appears, with identification and the property left by her parents, enough for her to live a normal life, but without any further connection with this world.

Fu Qing also tried searching for her roommates and friends from her past life on social media, but found nothing. She didn't know if they didn't exist in this world at all, or if they did exist but were no longer the people she knew.

Perhaps because Fu Qing's rebirth violated the laws of the world, everything related to her had a butterfly effect.

Apart from that, the world was not much different from what she remembered.

Television is filled with a constant stream of new faces, while some countries are still at war. On social media, ordinary people complain about the trivialities and boredom of life, the pressure and anxiety of work and study, but they also cherish the small joys in the ordinary corners of life.

So much so that it seems both so familiar and so unfamiliar.

Fu Qing is not someone who silently grieves. As the saying goes, being alive is good enough; one should be content.

She glanced at the online store again, sighed, closed it, and began to plan her next move.

Since there aren't enough teaching locations, the first step is naturally to see what new tasks are available.

Two "New" signs are highlighted in the task list.

Main Quest: "Issuing the Course Schedule"

[Description: Registration day went smoothly, all new students have assembled, and everyone is eager to begin their new academic life! Please let them know their class schedules for the coming semester and upload them to the course selection system.]

[Requirements: Create 4 new courses for the first semester, including at least 1 required course and 1 elective course. (Incomplete)]

[Reward: 100 Teaching Points]

As expected, the system wouldn't let its host sit idle; once the previous main quest was completed, the next one immediately began.

Judging from the descriptions, the two are also in a sequential relationship.

Fu Qing speculated that you can only get the next main quest after completing one, and if you want to earn more points, you can only keep doing quests.

Who knows how many tasks there are in total? If you slack off and progress is too slow, and the zombie horde breaks out before you finish, the points you could have earned might be wasted.

The "laissez-faire" peace plan is facing an unprecedented crisis.

Missions outside the main storyline are more random.

[Bonus Task: "Step One"]

[Description: A good teacher-student relationship is the first step in creating a harmonious campus. Try to connect with your students!]

[Requirement: Student approval rating reaches 20% (Not met)]

[Reward: 1000 Teaching Points]

Additional tasks mean that they are not mandatory, have no time limit, and will not affect the issuance of subsequent tasks.

In other words, it's okay if you can't do it.

—Teachers don't necessarily have to be kind and approachable or popular with students; they just need to be qualified in teaching.

However, Fu Qing was really envious of the generous reward.

This one task is equivalent to ten main quests!

A reward of 1000 points, but only requires 20% of the player's favorability. Is this the legendary newbie perk?

She became somewhat interested and clicked on the teacher information section.

The student popularity rating wasn't updated before the start of the semester, but after the registration day and opening ceremony, a new item was added, though it wasn't displayed as a numerical value.

The words "student preference" are followed by a long bar scale. From left to right, the color changes from red to green, with a vertical bar in the middle indicating the dividing line, and the scale below the vertical line is 0.

Green represents positive numbers, and red represents negative numbers.

Fu Qing's pointer landed on the far left of the scale, in a position that was almost black with red.

Fu Qing: "..."

She clicked on it, and a number popped up in front of her.

-98%.

—Aside from pure fear and a desire to avoid it at all costs, there was also a tiny 2% of respect.

The system tried to reassure: "At least it's not -100%."

Fu Qing chuckled: "Should I be happy?"

The system abruptly shut up.

Fu Qing wasn't used to having a voice constantly buzzing in her head; she always felt like it could read her thoughts, a feeling she instinctively resisted. After the system quieted down, she felt a little more at ease, looking at the enormous -98% figure with a sense of helplessness.

I thought a mere 20% would be easy to achieve, but I never expected it could be negative.

If she can't do it, she'll stop thinking about it for now. She'll be in the office until 9 p.m., so she has some time to work out the class schedule.

In the "Campus Information" section, there is a "Courses" option, but clicking on it results in a blank page.

Fu Qing clicked the big plus sign in the middle and selected "Create New Course".

In addition to filling in basic information such as course name, teaching content, teaching location and number of participants, and course selection conditions, a lecturer must also be assigned from the existing faculty and staff list.

The first few items were fine, but the last one gave Fu Qing a bit of a headache.

Fangzhou University is a huge makeshift organization. The semester starts tomorrow, and today there is only one teacher who also serves as the principal. Who would believe that?

According to the system, at least four classes need to be set up, even if each class is a large class of 200 people, including Saturdays and Sundays, and then changed to alternating weeks... she can't manage it all by herself.

Besides, even unscrupulous big companies don't use people like this anymore.

She was reborn to enjoy life, not to be exploited.

But school starts early tomorrow morning, and we only have one night left. Where are we going to find teachers?

Fu Qing suddenly remembered the "Recruitment" button below the teacher information.

[Click to Recruit]

She spent the money without hesitation when it came to 10 teaching points at a time.

A flash of light, and a piece of paper floated down from the void above, which Fu Qing caught in his hand.

She looked down and saw it was a resume: "..."

The name and personal information on the resume also appear on the management panel page.

[A new applicant has come to apply!]

Attribute: N

Expected salary: 1 teaching location/month

【personal information】

Name: Bai Tang

Gender: Female

Age: 24

Abilities: Intelligence A, Physical Ability C-, Survival Skills S, Intelligence C

Overall rating: A+ (Even a student with uneven academic performance can become a good teacher; hoarding is the dignity of a shut-in!)

Should we hire them?

(Note: If you decide to hire this employee, working hours will be calculated from today, and salary will be paid 30 days later. Failure to pay on time may result in teachers going on strike or resigning!)

The last line of the message also included a crying face.

Fu Qing paused for a moment, then asked the system, "What does this attribute mean? Is it different from the rating below?"

The muted system is bubbling up again: [Yes, attributes are a special evaluation method in the extraction process, with a total of four results: N, R, SR, and SSR. The rating is a comprehensive evaluation of teaching ability.]

This is similar to the gacha games of the past, where faculty and staff are like cards in a gacha pool. Fu Qing understood the analogy, but still didn't understand: "What determines the attributes?"

The rating is based on a comprehensive assessment of four dimensions: intelligence, physical skills, survival skills, etc., which seems reasonable. However, Bai Tang clearly has an A+ rating, yet he's only a regular "N card," which is a bit strange. Could it be that the two are not equivalent?

The system replied: [The attributes are ranked according to the time of death.]

[Ranks 2 through 9 are SSR, 11 through 100 are SR, 101 through 1000 are R, and all ranks after 1000 are N.]

[If you are also in the recruitment pool, your attribute should be UR.]

The only UR card.

Fu Qing paused for a moment: "So, even if you draw N, it doesn't mean it's bad. After all, there are also outstanding people who die prematurely due to some unexpected factors."

Similarly, drawing an R or SR doesn't guarantee absolute safety, as there are some people who fled to remote mountains in the early stages of the virus outbreak.

Or it could be that they lived in areas with low population density and low mobility from the beginning, which led to them being infected much later.

Of course, those who manage to survive to the last 1000th place are unlikely to be too bad.

The system affirmed: 【Yes.】

Fu Qing seemed to be deep in thought.

She looked down at the resume in her hand. In the upper right corner of the resume was a standard one-inch photo with a blue background. The girl in the photo had a blunt bob, large black-rimmed glasses on her nose, and stared lifelessly at the camera.

The dark circles and eye bags left by years of staying up late are etched on fair skin, making the weariness in her expression even more pronounced.

This photo was clearly not taken in a photo studio; it was probably generated automatically by the system. Bai Tang was still wearing a loungewear outfit on her upper body, which she had been wearing for who knows how long, with the neckline loosely exposed.

It looked exactly like Fu Qing remembered.

...That's right, Fu Qing knows Bai Tang.

She might not have heard of the name, but the face was very familiar.

In the first year of the virus outbreak, Fu Qing went to a residential building to collect supplies. He accidentally bumped into a large group of zombies. While fleeing for his life, a door in the corner suddenly opened, and a pale arm reached out and pulled Fu Qing into the house.

When she regained her footing, the Bai Tang she saw looked exactly like the one in the photo.

Dressed in loose loungewear and fluffy slippers, he looked like a shut-in who had been engrossed in gaming for a month. The room was spotless, with several boxes of instant noodles piled in the corner, comics scattered on the coffee table, and even a faint citrus scent in the air—it didn't look like it was eight months after the virus outbreak.

The girl stared in astonishment at the bloodstains covering her body.

Seeing her like this, Fu Qing was afraid that she would ask the question at any moment: "Ah, is it the end of the world outside?"

Fortunately, Bai Tang wasn't quite that outrageous. After a brief exchange, Fu Qing learned that she was an art blogger who had been working as a freelancer after graduation. Because of her work and personal hobbies, she was usually a homebody, and to minimize going out, Bai Tang had stocked up on a lot of things at home. Later, after becoming obsessed with apocalyptic literature, she bought some medicine, generators, canned food, and the like. Not long after buying them, the virus outbreak occurred, and she has managed to survive until now thanks to those supplies.

As she was speaking, a fluffy little creature came over and rubbed against Fu Qing's leg.

Even the cats at home are doing well, which shows how superb Bai Tang's hoarding skills are.

Fu Qing felt embarrassed to stay at her house any longer. She briefly explained the situation outside, then picked up the gift Bai Tang had given her—a bag of bean sprouts and scallions that she had grown on her balcony—and climbed over the wall to go downstairs.

Before leaving, she asked Bai Tang again to confirm, "Is everything alright?" The other woman confidently gave her a thumbs up.

"It's okay, I've stockpiled a bunch of visual novels. Just to be on the safe side, I can play for another eight months. I won't get bored."

That was their only meeting, but it left a deep impression on Fu Qing.

Looking at the photo on her resume, she wondered if Bai Tang had ever finished playing her galgame.

Should we hire them?

Fu Qing nodded "Yes".