Chapter 19 Yaoliang Technology King Program

The soles of Ye Xiaoxuan's shoes sizzled in the hot oil and black smoke rose from her feet.

She gritted her teeth and stared ahead—the control console was only twenty meters away, but the road seemed like an insurmountable chasm.

"30% mana... should be enough."

She took a deep breath and leaped up suddenly, the raging magic power in her body condensing into a temporary hardened layer under her feet.

With every step, black and red energy bloomed on the oil surface, like a fleeting lotus.

She remembered what she had said to Zi about the copy.

"Xiao Zi, what do you think will happen to me in reality if I die in the dungeon?"

“It will disappear too.”

"Disappeared... that's the right word."

Disappearing and dying have never meant the same thing. She once asked Zi why she had never heard of any copies in the real world.

Zi's answer was: "If a person successfully leaves the dungeon, he will forget about it and think it was just a dream."

"What if it fails?"

“This person will disappear from the world, and people will subconsciously forget him. Even if the traces of this person’s life will not disappear, no one will remember him anymore.”

Social death, sense of existence reduced to zero.

When a person dies, it is like water disappearing into water.

This was her first feeling when she heard these words. Now when she asked Zi what would happen to her, she came to the conclusion that there was no difference.

…

There was a "splashing" sound of oil behind her - the hot oil turned into a giant hand and grabbed her calves.

"Bang!"

Ye Xiaoxuan turned around and threw out a flash of light, her oily hand exploded, and hot oil drops fell like rain.

However, this thing seems to become more powerful the more you hit it.

A few drops penetrated her defense and left red marks on her arms.

"hiss--"

Before, I could feel the pain even though my body's defenses were intact, but now my defenses are also broken.

She endured the pain and continued to sprint, and finally rushed to the control console.

An access control machine appeared in front of her.

The huge screen seemed to swallow everything, and below it were only two buttons: "Confirm" and "Cancel".

The moment Ye Xiaoxuan stood in front of the clock-in machine, the clock-in machine prompted:

[Face recognition error, please check in again]

"Need a password..." Ye Xiaoxuan glanced around, and her eyes suddenly stopped at the attendance sheet on the wall.

The date marked by a red circle: 12.25

Is this it?

According to the time clock, she should have three chances, so let's give it a try.

The four-digit password, without thinking too much, Ye Xiaoxuan entered the numbers "1225".

Who knew that, right after that, a huge layoff notice appeared in front of her:

[Warning: Unauthorized personnel are prohibited from operating the system]

A mysterious force surrounded her from all directions, and Ye Xiaoxuan was swallowed up by this force.

…

Lao Wang stared at the email on the computer screen, his fingers hovering above the keyboard, trembling slightly.

Ye Xiaoxuan was in his body, but couldn't move.

I could only use my eyes to see, and I saw a few big words at the beginning on the computer screen:

[Emergency Notice] Job Optimization and Adjustment

Sender: HR-Department@Yaoliang Technology

Mr. Wang Jianguo:

After company evaluation, your position (system architect) has been replaced by an AI system.

Please clean up your workstation before 18:00 today, and your access card will automatically become invalid.

——Thank you for your dedication over the past five years.

The thank you on screen is particularly ironic at this moment.

He has worked hard in this company for eight years!

The air conditioning in the office made the back of his neck feel cold.

At that moment, he felt that the keyboard sounds of his colleagues around him were some kind of mocking secret language.

However, no one looked up at him.

Everybody is doing their own thing.

17:55

The boss walked over, tapping the floor with the tip of his shoes impatiently: "Mr. Wang, do you need help cleaning up?"

Lao Wang silently stuffed the family photo behind the monitor into the cardboard box - after working for so many years, this was actually the few things he could take away when he left the company.

18:00 sharp

The door signal beeped and turned red. The security guard stood at the elevator entrance, holding a black garbage bag: "Mr. Wang, please leave the company's belongings behind."

"I didn't take anything, this is mine."

The security guard seemed to feel sorry for him and took a quick scan. After finding nothing there, he let him pass.

It's raining heavily.

Lao Wang was standing at the door of the office building holding a cardboard box. The rain had blurred the "Yaoliang Technology" logo.

My phone vibrates, and my wife sends me a message:

"My daughter's tuition fee is due. Have you received your salary?"

…

The scene turned, and when Ye Xiaoxuan opened her eyes again, she found herself in the Star Cocoa (a well-known coffee brand) store.

At this time, Lao Wang is communicating with the HR on the other side of the screen.

After looking for jobs countless times, Lao Wang has been rejected everywhere, so now he has to apply for basic positions.

On the screen, HR and Lao Wang looked at each other.

In the interview room, the HR looked serious:

"The position we are recruiting for requires at least ten years of experience to meet the job requirements. How much experience do you have?"

Lao Wang responded with a wry smile: "Nowadays, there are no programmers with ten years of experience. Although I have only worked for eight years, I still have fifteen years of experience. After all, I have been working overtime for many years, so my years of experience have automatically doubled."

Lao Wang used to be a down-to-earth person, but since there has been no response at work, he has started to talk nonsense.

HR did not respond and continued to make surprising demands:

"So what other specialties do you have?"

"In addition to computer skills, such as copywriting and event planning, it is best to understand Feng Shui so that you can control the overall situation."

Lao Wang couldn't help but ask: "Isn't it too much to ask for such a responsibility as a management team for a basic position?"

"We want all-round talents."

Lao Wang suspected that he had entered the wrong meeting.

"So how much are our salaries?"

"7000"

"With such requirements, the salary is only 7,000?"

“After all, this is just a basic position.”

"Why do basic positions have so many weird requirements?"

"The boss asked."

"What kind of request?"

…

Lao Wang kept asking, and the HR was a little annoyed by him. His face darkened and his tone was cold:

"Whether you can achieve it or not, this is the company's requirement. If you feel you are not capable enough, you can change companies."

…

The reality is so ironic that some companies always want to recruit employees who can do the work of ten people and are all-knowing and omnipotent under the banner of basic positions. They want the horse to run but not eat grass, and they paint a big picture but are unwilling to pay overtime.

"Would you like to work for 6,000 yuan a month?"

…

"Yes, I can accept all of them."

"Okay, let's take a look here..."

By the way, you are thirty-nine now, right?

"Yes," Lao Wang answered with a trembling voice.

"Sorry, we don't want employees over 35 years old."

Failed again, Lao Wang thought, he had worked in Yaoliang Technology for too long and he no longer had any other skills. He could do nothing except writing code.

…

This scene is somewhat similar to what she had experienced before.

Looking at Lao Wang like this, Ye Xiaoxuan couldn't help but think of her past.

At that time, she was like this because of... Later, she finally found a job and worked hard to gain a foothold.

…

The screen flips again.

Ye Xiaoxuan saw another scene.

In the picture, Lao Wang, or rather herself, wiped her face, unlocked her phone, and clicked on the food delivery platform to register as a rider.

Looking at the names of the registered riders on the screen, Ye Xiaoxuan couldn't help but widen her eyes.

The name on it is the delivery rider: Jin Dachuan.

The first delivery address: Yaoliang Technology.