Chapter 39: Perfect New World (Part 9)
Bei Xi lay on the cold operating table, trying to distract from the pain in his body by using the image of Nan Huan in his mind.
Her abdomen was covered with a layer of white cloth, and it was impossible to see what was underneath.
But he could clearly feel the empty chill from below his chest, and the blade moving along his skin, cutting away at his flesh bit by bit.
After realizing that the tortured body was not her own, she immediately gave up fighting back.
Her strict control over her body meant that apart from her slightly pale face, nothing else looked unusual, so she was able to focus her attention on observing her surroundings.
The man in the white uniform seemed to be some kind of researcher. He used the knife very steadily against his skin. The people around him wearing masks had no expression on their faces. It was obvious that they were very used to such cruel and excessive behavior and did not think there was anything wrong with it.
On the operating table outside the round glass door, there were several staff members recording data.
Further away, Bei Xi couldn’t see clearly because of the line of sight.
The entire space was extremely quiet, and occasionally one could hear the sound of a knife cutting through the skin.
There were no more clues except a number on the right wrist that was not his own.
Bei Xi can be considered an experienced veteran player. She never thinks the game is gentle. The gentler the scene, the more profound the malice hidden behind it.
If you haven't found it yet, it just means the time has not come yet.
Bei Xi certainly has no shortage of patience.
She closed her eyes and dozed off, amusing herself by imagining the image of Nanhuan in her mind.
The sharp sound of the lock turning is very abrupt in the quiet room, and it also shows that the person's mood must be very anxious.
"Warning, warning, No. 32's physical condition has suddenly deteriorated. Suspend all experiments and prepare for rescue."
Along with the sound of hurried footsteps, the radio in the room sounded.
Then Bei Xi keenly noticed that something had entered the house. She sniffed and seemed to smell a faint fragrance, like the scent of flowers, but the smell was very light and disappeared in the blink of an eye.
The researchers who were surrounding her removed the last piece of flesh from their abdomen within a few seconds, ending the process that was not sure whether it was an operation or an experiment.
He pushed her out without even giving her time to take off her corset.
Everyone's actions quickened in an instant, making Bei Xi realize the importance of No. 32.
When the hospital beds passed by each other, the scent of flowers became a little stronger. Bei Xi caught a glimpse of the other person's curled up body and the gauze wrapped around him, soaked with an unknown blue liquid.
The fragrance penetrated into Bei Xi's nostrils and went into her internal organs. After a moment, Bei Xi felt a hint of impatience spreading from her chest without any warning.
Didi——
As if sensing something, some instrument monitoring Bei Xi's body sounded a rapid prompt.
Bei Xi saw the researcher who was pushing him, and after hearing this warning-like prompt sound, the expression on his face finally changed, as if he was very surprised.
Then, the forced sleep from the system made Bei Xi close his eyes.
After enduring pain in the hospital bed for a while, Nan Huan felt his eyelids becoming heavier and heavier, and the next second he lost all consciousness.
When she opened her eyes again, the system prompt sounded.
【bite--
Congratulations to the player for passing the interview and obtaining the initial perfect value. Please continue to maintain this perfection and devote your whole self to the perfect company.
Initial Perfect Value: 100
Tip: A decrease in the perfection value will cause physical discomfort. When the perfection value drops to zero, you will be eliminated by the perfect company.
Tip: Hidden identity exploration degree reaches 5%]
Nan Huan then realized that he had returned to the pure white room without knowing when, and was standing in front of the mirror.
The palm print on the lower right corner of the mirror had disappeared at some point, the moment Nan Huan opened his eyes.
She seemed to catch a glimpse of a human-shaped object in the mirror again, which was wrapped in blue mist and expanded little by little, then quickly shrank and disappeared.
When Nan Huan looked again, there was nothing in the mirror.
But this mirror still cannot reflect my appearance.
After coming out of the mirror, Nan Huan could no longer feel the physical pain of others.
Nan Huan was a little surprised that the interview was just like this, because she did nothing except lying on the bed and enduring the pain, and she didn't even say a word.
If this was the entire interview process, Nan Huan felt it was a little too simple.
When did Youxi become so kind? Nanhuan didn't quite believe it.
She first checked her virtual panel and found that after the other physical values, there was another perfect value.
According to the prompts, it is obvious that in this copy, perfection value is more important than health value.
Being eliminated by the company means death for players.
Since the perfect value is such an important number, it is naturally not so easy to obtain, but what about my own 100?
Maybe——
These somewhat strange situations are all related to his hidden identity, not to mention that the body he saw after entering the mirror just now was not his own.
Nan Huan turned over his wrist and saw a faint blue number 31 just below his right wrist.
But because the number is not big and the color is very light, it is not obvious. If you don’t look closely at your wrist, you can’t find it at all.
There were no more clues in the room. Nan Huan was a little worried about Bei Xi. She reached out and tried, and found that the door could be opened, so she walked straight out of the room.
There were already a few players in the corridor outside the door, but to Nan Huan's surprise, they all had injuries of varying degrees. The conditions of the injuries were different, but the same thing was that everyone looked very bad.
Some players sat on the ground and had begun to heal their wounds, but no one was willing to go near the rooms on the sides, as if there were some ferocious beasts there.
Before Nan Huan could go forward to ask anything, the doors of the rooms on both sides opened at the same time.
Bei Xi was in the room on the right. She didn't seem to expect to see Nan Huan as soon as she opened the door. She was stunned for a moment, then quickly walked to his side.
He looked the man up and down, feeling a little worried, and then twisted Nan Huan's body to check it carefully. After finding that the man was indeed not injured, he held him in his arms and asked, "Are you okay?"
Nan Huan shook his head. While the other person was looking at him, Nan Huan was also looking at her.
Although I knew that the other party was very capable, I finally felt relieved after confirming it with my own eyes.
"President, Miss, if you have nothing to do, please come and see me. I have something to do, ahem..."
Twelve, who came out of the room on the left, was ignored by the two men. If she wasn't really injured, she really didn't want to disturb them at this time.
Bei Xi was the first to react, and a rare, barely perceptible embarrassment flashed across his face.
Then he used his free hand to support Twelve without leaving any trace, and then looked at the injuries on the other's body.
After all, although Twelve is young, he is still quite capable. It takes very strong abilities to be able to hurt the opponent.
"How did you do this? Why are you hurt so badly?"
Nan Huan was a little shy at first, but when he saw Twelve's injuries, he took a deep breath.
I saw a whip mark on Twelve's delicate and clean face, from the left cheek to the right corner of the lip.
The skin and flesh were already turned outward, making her face look extremely hideous.
Her body was not in much better condition. There were whip marks of varying degrees on her shoulders, abdomen, and calves. Her clothes had long been torn, and there were bloody marks on them. She looked like she had been abused.
"Something unexpected happened."
Hearing that the eldest lady was concerned about him, Twelve let out a bitter smile.
She was naturally aware of her own president's abilities. It would have been fine if the other party was not injured, but she was somewhat surprised that the eldest lady was also fine.
But I really didn't want others to know about my own affairs, so I just responded ambiguously.
However, the sharp-eyed Bei Xi quickly noticed the strangeness of the scar and asked, "Did you do it yourself?"
Although this was a question, the tone was very affirmative. Bei Xi was familiar with Twelve's weapon, strength, and whip-wielding habits, so she could easily see the strangeness of the whip.
Bei Xi had actually noticed the other players in the corridor a long time ago, and was surprised to see that both Death Scalpel and Hongfen had suffered varying degrees of injuries.
But if everyone is like me and goes to the same scene, with each other's abilities, they will not fail to see the problem, and the injuries they suffer are somewhat related to their respective skills.
She quickly concluded that the questions in this interview might be different from those for others.
"Okay, let's treat the wound first, and we can deal with the rest when it's convenient."
Without waiting for Twelve to answer, Bei Xi said another sentence, not only because this was indeed not a good place to talk, but also because she knew that there were some things that Twelve was unwilling to say.
Although Nan Huan was shocked, he soon understood why Bei Xi did this.
Bei Xi took out the potion from the warehouse and treated Twelve. The three of them stood in front of the room at the end and did not move to the crowded place.
After drinking the potion, Twelve's face was finally not as ugly as before.
Suddenly, the door of the room opposite was opened, but the person inside fell against the door before he could walk out of the room and fell heavily to the ground.
The noise was quite loud, attracting the attention of others.
There was a bloody hole at the location of Li Qing's heart, with dark blood flowing out. His eyes had begun to become unfocused, and he couldn't make any sound.
He just leaned against the door, as if waiting for death to come, and his face was full of peace, as if his wish had been fulfilled and he had no regrets anymore.
All this happened so suddenly. Although Nan Huan had seen such cruel wounds in the mirror, when he saw the gunshot wound on the other person's body, he was ready to step forward and provide rescue immediately.
But just as she made a move, Bei Xi stopped her, "It's too late."
Bei Xi could tell at a glance that the other party was already beyond saving.
His skills are different from others. The whip doesn't hit the vital parts, so a few whips won't kill him, but the gun is different, and it can still hit the fatal position.
He was already dying the moment he fired the gun. He must have been able to walk out of the mirror with his perseverance, but he was at the end of his rope.
Nan Huan felt a little lost. This was the first time she watched a person's life slip away bit by bit right in front of her eyes, but she could do nothing.
It was not until this moment that she truly realized the cruelty of the game.
Bei Xi seemed to be able to sense what Nan Huan was thinking. He tightened his arms and hugged her a little tighter, giving her some support.
Nan Huan let himself lean in the other's arms, and his originally empty heart seemed to finally feel at ease.
Nan Huan looked up and wanted to say something to the other party, but his peripheral vision caught a glimpse of the mirror in Li Qing's room.
There seemed to be a vague shadow inside, wrapped in blue mist, expanding little by little, and finally growing into a human shape, and disappeared from the mirror in an instant.
The last bit of light in Li Qing's eyes was extinguished. The man who betrayed him finally died at the hands of his own gun. All this should be true.
At the last moment, he finally smiled with satisfaction.
"These are the interns our perfect company needs. Congratulations on passing the interview and getting the perfect score."
Director Wang appeared from somewhere and appeared in front of the players.
He paid no attention to the injuries of the players and was happy on his own. However, Nan Huan noticed that he didn't seem to want to stand with those injured players, and avoided them as if he was avoiding some germs.
"You must remember that in Perfect Company, perfection is the most important indicator. You must maintain and improve your perfection at all costs. Only in this way can you become a formal employee of Perfect Company. Otherwise, you can only wait to be eliminated."
When talking about being eliminated, his eyes deliberately slid over the dead players.
Then, his face froze as if he had seen something dirty, and he quickly took out a small bottle from his arms.
Just spray it on your face, just like you are spraying yourself with sunscreen.
But this spray is blue.
Most of the players, because they were injured and felt a little irritated because of the strange interview, did not take Director Wang's words seriously.
But when the blue molecules in the spray spread rapidly in the air, everyone seemed to shift their attention to the spray.
It was a greedy, unconsciously attracted gaze, and some people even began to get restless.
Apart from a few capable players and the guild leader who were a little more restrained, Bei Xi and Nan Huan were the calmest.
Although Bei Xi didn't show it on her face, she could feel the restlessness in her body, which was a little aggravated by the appearance of the spray, but not serious.
Nan Huan was the only player who had no reaction at all. She just felt that Director Wang's action of spraying the spray seemed similar to that of the ticket inspector drinking water on the train.
"Well, today's interview is over. Before I take you back to the dormitory to rest, I have one more thing to announce."
His skin was still as smooth as before, and there was nothing wrong with it, but the smile that suddenly appeared on his face seemed a little stiff. After saying this, he walked straight in front of Bei Xi and Nan Huan.
"Perfect Company hasn't had such excellent interns for a long time, and two of them at once. Our company's fine tradition is that those who are capable should do more work, so in addition to your main job, the company has decided to ask you to work part-time as warehouse managers. I will pick you up at the dormitory at twelve o'clock tonight."
Wow, this game is pretty close to reality, with endless ways to exploit employees.
This is the familiar PUA rhetoric - those who are capable should do more work.
And this hellish part-time working time makes players feel dazed for a moment, thinking that they are still in the real world being tortured by 996 or even 007.
The assignment of this part-time job came somewhat suddenly.
Everyone had just finished the interview and had different perfect scores. Director Wang also said that Beixi and Nanhuan were excellent interns. Everyone knew what the criteria for "excellence" were.
For a guild leader, the top ranked player, this is not surprising.
But I didn’t expect that this young lady who suddenly appeared was so strong, especially since the opponent didn’t have any injuries at all.
This statement not only created enmity between the two, but also left no possibility for Nan Huan and Bei Xi to refuse.
However, the two did not intend to refuse, because as soon as Director Wang finished speaking, the system prompt sounded in their minds at the same time.
【bite--
Congratulations to the player for unlocking the two-player side quest - Part-time Manager of the Perfect Warehouse
Task content: You who have just entered the "Perfect Company" have been appreciated by Mr. Wang in the human resources department for your extraordinary perfection value. In addition to your main job, you have been given an extra part-time job. Please perform the duties of a part-time administrator from midnight to three o'clock tonight, guard the perfect spray in the warehouse, and become a real warehouse administrator. 】
Bei Xi and Nan Huan looked at each other, and it was clear from each other's eyes that they had both heard the mission just now.
"What does the warehouse keeper want?"
Since the mission could not be avoided, Bei Xi naturally had to collect more information about the mission. She asked directly and to the point.
It seemed that due to the perfect values of the two people, especially Nanhuan, Director Wang spoke quite straightforwardly.
"Just follow the warehouse's rules. They're posted on the warehouse door, and you'll be able to see them at night."
At this point, his eyes revealed some cunning, and his tone changed.
"But the premise is that you two are still alive when I come to pick you up in the evening."
As soon as these words were spoken, the players who had originally planned to go back to the dormitory to rest for a night suddenly had some bad associations with the dormitory and stopped in their tracks.
Death Scalpel knew that the president and the eldest lady might have unlocked the task when he heard that they had separate part-time jobs.
Although he was not quite sure why the other party's perfection value was higher than his own, he was sure that as long as there was a mission, there would be clues.
So he tried to ask Director Wang, "Will there be extra pay for a part-time warehouse manager? If there is a shortage of manpower, I can go and help. I don't mind paying you less."
He was afraid that his inquiries would be too obvious, so he simply used salary as an excuse.
"Of course there are extra subsidies, but you have to be alive to spend them. It's not easy to earn a salary. I will arrange work for you tomorrow, but the premise is the same. You have to live to see tomorrow's sunrise."
If Lao Wang had just said that he would survive tonight to the president and the eldest lady, the players could still deceive themselves and maybe they would be fine. But now that Lao Wang said this to Death Scalpel, it has made it clear that they will not have an easy time tonight.
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