Chapter 26: Horror of the Oceanarium (2) Strange Talk about the Rules of the Oceanarium...
The waiting process is undoubtedly very tormenting, just like being on trial.
In a short period of time, thousands of thoughts flashed through Tan Yue's mind: Would Guan Shan think that these gifts were not sincere enough? Was his condition today not good enough or handsome enough?
What if the other person really refuses? Is there something he did not do well enough? If he is rejected, how should I cling to him so as not to look too bad?
He felt that every second of breathing became very long, and he even had a suffocating feeling.
Guan Shan opened the handwritten book and flipped through the contents.
Tan Yue had no secrets in his eyes. He had read the contents of this handwritten book before it was delivered to him. To be more precise, he watched Tan Yue finish his work day and night, and knew that he had prepared many gifts.
The only thing he didn't know was the process of how Tan Yue packed these things. After all, love still needs a little surprise, and He deliberately didn't know anything.
"I like your gift very much."
Hearing Guan Shan's words, Tan Yue's eyes immediately showed some joy, but because of the other party's deliberate pause, his heart immediately rose high, and he looked at the other party eagerly with a pair of clear and innocent amber eyes.
The same sincere confession, but the progress and details are very different. However, this familiar scene finally dispelled the gods' evil taste of playing with poor humans.
He softened his heart and said, “I agree.”
"You must not go back on your word! I absolutely cannot accept a unilateral breakup!" Tan Yue hugged his new lover tightly and expressed his attitude at the fastest speed. There was no way he would let Guan Shan calm down and regret it.
The beaming Tan Yue and Guan Shan stayed close to each other for a while, because in his heart, the two of them had just confirmed their relationship, and he would not do anything particularly excessive, such as hugging and cuddling, and the slightly outrageous thing was a kiss on the cheek, which was extremely innocent.
"By the way, should we tell other people in the aquarium about our relationship? Can I post it on WeChat Moments?"
After finding a partner, the desire to tell the whole world is very strong, but Tan Yue also has a strong possessiveness and is not willing to completely expose his lover to his circle of friends.
"Don't take a photo of her face, just a shadow or two hands, to announce that she has a boyfriend!"
Tan Yue said coquettishly: "Brother Guanshan, I am not that bad."
He feels from the bottom of his heart that his lover is so outstanding, and there must be many suitors besides himself?
Although Tan Yue didn't know why the other party was still single at this age, and whether he had had a history with someone, since Guan Shan didn't say anything, he would just pretend that it didn't happen.
Anyway, he is Guanshan's current girlfriend and her legitimate boyfriend. No matter how glorious Guanshan's past was, it will not affect his ability to demonstrate his sovereignty.
“Let’s shoot.”
Guanshan is very tolerant. His existence cannot be easily captured by images, but after understanding the human camera mechanism, he knows how to create a photo that deceives the human eye.
Tan Yue adjusted the angle with his mobile phone and took a picture of the shadows of two people leaning against each other, with the two people holding hands in the shadows.
After the message was sent, Tan Yue checked it again, and then gave Guan Shan a kiss on the cheek happily.
After they had just confirmed their relationship, Tan Yue just wanted to stick close to his lover. The two of them held hands and he didn't want to separate.
When Tan Yue was checking his circle of friends on his phone, the shadows of two people took the opportunity to slip away from the reflection.
The slender shadow drilled into the shadows of other products, and then returned to the employee lounge. The pitch-black shadow stretched out its limbs, put on a hat and a mask, and it was the trainer shadow in the aquarium.
The black shadow is everywhere, and can create a large number of clones to efficiently train marine animals, while also patrolling the aquarium.
The closing time of the aquarium is the rest time for several old employees.
Security guard Uncle Ping is an ordinary man who looks to be around 35 years old. His body wrapped in the security uniform looks very thin, as if he can be knocked down with one punch.
But if you lift up his uniform, you'll see that every piece of flesh inside is solid muscle. This "man" has a sturdy body that no human could possibly train to achieve.
Security guard Tan Ping sat in the lounge with his legs apart and his eyes closed. There were 600 monitors in his security room, which simultaneously broadcast all the situations in the aquarium. He would be alerted as soon as he saw any creatures violate the rules set by the director.
He would be ejected instantly like a bullet from a gun, then jump directly into the sea and give a hard punch to the restless marine creatures in it.
You should know that a mantis shrimp, which is only a dozen centimeters long, can punch with a force of 150 kilograms. Tan Ping is a human-sized mantis shrimp. Compared with his counterparts in the surface world, he is taller, faster and stronger. He also has extremely terrifying dynamic vision. No movement on the surveillance camera can escape his eyes.
If it were too useless, it might be killed instantly by the security guards. Fortunately, their aquarium is not an aquarium in the human world, and the marine life has a stronger ability to recover.
However, if the weak monster is eaten by other monsters of the same kind, security guard Tan Ping will not care. This is not within the scope of his job, so it's just that guy's unlucky.
He opened the cowhide bag with Tan Yue's name on it. Because the things were kept in the security room, the keeper Xiao Tan would always give him a little more every time as a reward for his trouble.
Tan Ping looked and saw that everyone else had only two puddings in their bags, but he had four! And a bunch of lychees.
In the aquarium, Tan Ping never lacked meat food, but he really liked to eat sweet things like this.
He threw the whole pudding directly into his mouth, and his sharp teeth instantly bit open the plastic shell on the outside. The slippery jelly slipped into his throat, and he chewed it hard.
After eating something sweet, it started to eat the charcoal-grilled dried squid that Xiaotan had brought for it, and it finished it in a short while.
There are very few human products in the aquarium. All kinds of fish and meat are fresh, and there are no deeply processed products.
I will let Xiaotan buy the products for me after I get my salary. He is an employee of the aquarium and cannot go out during working hours. Besides, it is too expensive to buy human products in the other world! It is more cost-effective to let Xiaotan buy the products for me.
After finishing his own portion, Tan Ping's hand reached out for the shadow's portion. Then a hand stretched out from his shadow, and the dark hand turned into a sharp knife and chopped directly at Tan Ping's arm.
The latter retracted his hand in time: "Don't be so stingy, I'm just helping you take a look."
The black shadow ignored him and rolled up the brown paper bag on the table. The bag fell to the ground and was swallowed up by the seemingly flat shadow as if it had fallen into a swamp.
Aunt Chen, who had just finished cleaning, pushed the door open. Tan Yue had wondered before whether this aquarium recruits staff based on appearance, because the security guard was very young, and although he looked average, he had a straight posture and great temperament, and looked completely different from those old uncles.
Cleaner Aunt Chen is even more charming. She looks good with no makeup and a mask, and looks even better without the mask. Aunt Chen's full name is Chen Meiji, and she is a real beauty.
Tan Ping said flatteringly, "Meiji, I'm looking after your things for you. This is the boxing gloves I asked Xiao Tan to bring for you. I'm giving it to you."
Aunt Chen is also a shrimp. She is a marine cleaner, the beauty shrimp. Although she has a very nice name and a beautiful appearance, the beauty shrimp is actually combative by nature and very aggressive.
Of course, Tan Ping didn’t think that he couldn’t beat Chen Meiji. They should be evenly matched. More importantly, he was pursuing Chen Meiji. After all, Chen Meiji’s previous husband died after being with her for a few years, and his body was eaten by Chen Meiji.
Chen Meiji accepted the gift and left, ignoring Tan Ping's advances.
Although Director Guan Shan did not prohibit office romances, after all, he himself had a human lover, but she looked down on Tan Ping.
The beauty shrimp still prefers its own kind. Tan Ping is very ordinary looking, so when she wants to find a husband, she prefers to find a handsome one of her own.
According to Black Shadow, the curator was in a good mood today. She planned to ask if she could recruit another male beauty shrimp to help her with the cleaning work.
After all, this aquarium only looks small from the outside, but it actually has a lot of extended space, so cleaning work is still very difficult.
Tan Yue and Guan Shan flirted for a while before asking, "I'll be staying here for the next two summer vacations. Is there anything I can help with?"
"Indeed," Guan Shan said, "The aquarium is going to expand soon. They will hire new employees and add new shelves. In addition to feeding the animals, you will have to do more purchasing. You can't go out on weekdays. It's still the same as before. You can only go out on Sunday nights."
Although love is important, you still have to get paid: "If the working hours are increased, will the salary increase?"
Tan Yue has been here for two months. If he gives up his other part-time jobs, he can't work in vain. The main reason is that he really eats a lot and has no money, nor can he spend his own money to buy a gift for Guan Shan.
A muddled financial situation can easily affect their relationship. After all, they are not married yet, they are just beginning to date.
Guan Shan generously said: "I will still pay you a daily wage once a week, and the daily wage will be increased to 600. You can go out to buy food every week, and this part can be reimbursed."
This is one of the biggest advantages of dating your boss: you won’t be exploited by a black-hearted boss.
"Great!" The part-time job now includes food and accommodation, the salary has increased, and I can also have a relationship at public expense. Where can I find such a great part-time job!
He showed off vaguely in his circle of friends, and after Tan Yue posted the announcement of his relationship, many people sent him messages.
He replied to some messages, and then poked his parents: "Mom and Dad, I'm in a relationship, and I won't be living with you for the next two months. I need a raise in living expenses!"
Boys of this age eat a lot to begin with, and after his appetite increases significantly, it is basically 3 to 4 times that of his peers.
The little money his parents gave him was really not enough for him to eat. Prices in the capital were high. If he didn't work part-time, the 2,000 yuan would be spent by him in half a month without any other expenses. This was even though the university cafeteria was subsidized and prices were relatively low.
Besides, my parents and grandparents have had more work recently, and their salaries and bonuses are said to have increased a lot.
He and Guanshan are both boys, so they probably won't have children in the future. His parents are saving money for raising their future grandchildren, so they should temporarily set some aside to feed this poor hungry child.
No one replied after this message was sent, which is normal. His family is full of busy people and basically cannot take care of him in time.
The more he talks about losses, the more he feels comfortable. He has known how to entertain himself since he was young and grew up healthily without any psychological problems.
The work efficiency at the Inner World Oceanarium is very high. Tan Yue had a pure sleep in the staff lounge hugging her boyfriend's arm. When she woke up at nine o'clock the next morning, there were many new employees in the oceanarium.
The new employees reported for duty in the morning, and changed into the aquarium's work uniforms one by one. However, they all looked depressed and listless.
Can these guys really do their job well? Tan Yue wondered in his heart, but he was not the human resources manager of the aquarium and would not question his colleagues.
"Hello, I'm the breeder Xiao Tan." After greeting the new employees, Tan Yue put on protective clothing and began to prepare for today's work.
He felt that these new employees were a little strange, and since he himself was not particularly fond of interacting with others, he just showed up and left.
"I hope these new employees are a group of easy-to-get-along-with people." Tan Yue prayed in his heart.
It took him several months to get along well with other senior employees of the aquarium management. Everyone was quite friendly, so they gradually became familiar with each other and established a relatively harmonious friendship.
After all, he didn't expect that he would be able to do this part-time job for so long. If he and his colleagues were strangers with whom he had little interaction, there would be no need to spend effort to maintain relationships.
Tan Yue's major and his personality destined him to not be the kind of social butterfly who is keen on socializing.
Tan Yue pushed the cart full of feed away, and a group of new employees whispered behind him.
"That NPC seems to be very kind and easy to get along with."
"Don't just look at his face. Did you see his employee nameplate? Keeper chat, the rules say, don't approach a keepers casually!"
There are nine new employees in this batch. Originally there were ten people, and one was reduced at the beginning.
Unlike the old employees of the aquarium, they are all ordinary human beings. Unlike Tan Yue, they have not signed a long-term part-time contract, but are only short-term temporary part-time workers.
A group of people were shopping nearby and were randomly pulled in from different stores and locations.
Suddenly I appeared in an inexplicable place, and when I opened my eyes I saw an ancient building standing in the fog - the Inner World Oceanarium.
The sign of the aquarium is scarlet red, and if you look at it for a long time, the colors seem to come alive, like blood flowing down.
It was a particularly calm male voice that reminded them in time: "Stop staring. If you stare, your sanity will drop. Once it drops to the passing line, you will lose your mind and stay here forever."
The group of people who came in at the same time as him still said something very cliché: "What the hell is this place?"
"You are illegally detaining me. I want to appeal!"
"You are, you are the little star Yang Xue, right? Are you filming some spoof variety show?"
Among the ten people, the oldest is 43 years old and the youngest is 22 years old. Their occupations include actor, restaurant owner, real estate agent, and online writer...
Obviously, most people were pulled into the inner world for the first time and knew nothing about it.
"This is the other world. There are monsters in the fog. If you don't want to die, don't leave this area casually. Everyone stay calm and don't yell."
"My name is Zhang Yang, and I'm from the National Special Bureau." The man who spoke up had dyed white hair, and he didn't look like someone from the relevant department, but more like a street thug.
"The National Special Bureau, isn't it the National Security Bureau? You little bastard, you forged your ID, it's illegal!"
"The National Special Bureau is a newly established secret department of the country. It is indeed a formal department. His credentials are not forged. I can testify to that." Another policeman stood up in the crowd and casually took out his credentials. He looked upright and stood straight, which was in line with everyone's impression of the police.
"I am Wang Guoqiang, a police officer from the street police station. I am responsible for the Donggang police station. This is my ID."
With the policeman's endorsement, everyone else quieted down.
Zhang Yang explained the specific situation and danger level of the other world as concisely as possible, and then warned: "We will do our best to ensure the safety of every citizen, but if you commit suicide, no one will save you. Everyone is responsible for their own life and death, and you must learn to be responsible for yourself."
Everyone has only one life. If you sacrifice yourself to save others in a place like this, you won't be recognized. Instead, you might save a fool who holds you back, and end up killing yourself.
Every member of the National Special Bureau is very valuable. They are willing to absorb reliable new members, but they don’t want just anyone.
And after many rounds of discussion, the authorities also set new internal rules. The inner world is different from the surface world, so they cannot abide by the rules of the mechanical surface world. They cannot say that someone is making trouble while they are still constrained by the rules and regulations of the surface world.
Everything is aimed at the members leaving on their own. We try to gain as much as we can and save as many people as possible.
People in the bureau should try not to hurt others as much as possible, but in the other world, under special circumstances, they can sacrifice a small number of people for the majority, and save whichever side has higher value.
In fact, the surface world currently has no means to monitor the situation in the inner world, and no one knows what the members are doing inside.
Everyone has a different style, whether to do cruel things or not, and how many people to save, all depends on their own conscience.
Among these ten people, there was a middle-aged man who could hardly understand what was said. After hearing this, he didn’t believe it at all and rushed out directly. Then, after a scream, he exploded into a bloody mist.
The white mist turned into bright red, which scared the other novices. Their legs were shaking and they subconsciously moved closer to Zhang Yang.
"People like this who don't understand human language should have been aborted in the womb. But now that medical technology is so advanced, the inferior ones are still around."
Among the members who have experienced the other world, few are mentally healthy, so they are naturally indifferent when seeing someone die in front of them.
This kind of trash can serve as a warning sign, which is the greatest value of his life.
Zhang Yang, who claimed to be from the National Special Bureau, said, "Okay, you all have seen it. In this situation, we probably have to do role-playing work. This is also the least dangerous area of the inner world. You are already very lucky. As long as you don't commit suicide and don't break the rules casually, you should be able to leave when the time is up."
Currently, there are three types of the other world that everyone controls. One is a battle royale that has no rules at all. This is very dangerous and basically no one survives.
One is a survival book where you will be teleported out when the time is up. If you are lucky, you can leave as long as you don’t starve to death.
The other type is the character in front of you, who does weird work for the other world and may get a little reward, but he must never lose his identity as an employee, otherwise the end will be death.
The reason I know about this situation is because there is a very lucky group of students in Province Y.
Three of the six lucky ones joined their National Special Bureau, one was Wang Yihan, one was Song Yu, and one was Zhang Hongying. The other three did not activate their special abilities, nor did they want to remember these things, so they all had their memories cleansed.
Wang Yihan possesses special abilities similar to Spider-Man. Song Yu has no special abilities, but has stayed here thanks to his excellent work ability and brain, and is temporarily working as a clerical worker in their bureau.
Zhang Hongying is possessed by a ghost named Shan Gui. She possesses the strongest ability, which can threaten the ghost. After the national departments helped to complete the containment of the accidents in other provinces, Shan Gui reached a better contract with Zhang Hongying.
However, Zhang Hongying's physical fitness is poor, and using this ability will have negative effects.
In fact, everyone who has activated special abilities will have some side effects when using their special abilities.
Those three people are very famous, not because of their powerful abilities, but mainly because they entered a zone where they were sure to die, but were able to come back alive. It is suspected that they were led away by an unknown master.
Everyone envies this lucky guy, who knows very clearly that he can never rely on others.
The person in charge of receiving them was a staff member of the oceanarium, a giant humanoid dolphin.
"Are you the new staff? You are so lucky to be able to work in the oceanarium named after our great Sea God!"
This dolphin is not friendly at all, but rather very arrogant. After all, their aquarium is a well-known building with a strong background.
"You will be working in our aquarium for a month. Your salary is 100 Gui coins per day. Work hard. Believe me, you don't want to be fired early!"
Upon hearing that there was a salary of 100 Gui coins, Zhang Yang couldn't help but show a bit of joy.
All kinds of human property have no appeal to the weird, but the weird coin is the only universal currency in the other world, and it is formed by the original power of the weird.
More importantly, after absorption, it can also enhance those weird special abilities they have activated.
They are not participating in a horror game. There is no game panel, no live broadcast room, and no powerful props. They can only rely on their own abilities and luck.
Their luck was indeed very good, as this time they actually entered a mysterious area with such little danger.
Of course, it is only relatively small. After all, workers in the strange world cannot be like those in modern society. If you don't want a salary and just quit your job, it will not have any impact on you except losing money.
Once humans lose their identity as employees in such areas, their fate is to become strange food.
After Xiao Tan, an employee who looked very much like a human, appeared, Zhang Yang repeatedly warned the remaining nine companions: "Don't try to get close to people when you see them. There are no living people in the other world! They are not the NPCs you think they are. They are the natives of the other world. Their intelligence is no different from that of humans, and they are even more insidious and cunning. They are always thinking of setting a trap for you to die. We call them that just to distinguish the two worlds."
"And didn't you see that he was wearing a mask? If he takes off the mask, he'll look like a man with a ripped mouth!" Zhang Yang had been through several inner worlds that were not very dangerous, and he still felt a little scared when he mentioned that kind of scene.
Tan Yue sneezed a few times, then he took off his mask, revealing a perfect and handsome face. Hmm... the smell of all kinds of seafood was still too fishy.
The boy put on his pure white cotton mask again. The aquarium was about to open for business, and he had to perform well to help his lover's business grow bigger and stronger!
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