“They should have seen my message…”

Sitting in the back seat of the young lady's luxury car, Ash slid his thumbwheel to summon his Gospel Book, flipped to the "Magician's Manual" interface, and could see the current team information in "Virtual Realm Exploration":

"Team composition: Death Sword Princess, Black and White Witch"

「Location: Time Continent」

Status: Exploring

Before leaving home, Ash arranged for the two of them to explore the virtual realm.

Of course, if he didn't make any arrangements, the two of them would explore on their own, but with Ash's approval, Sword Girl and the other girl could borrow his sports car.

However, the map seemed to be bound to Ash's game system and could not be lent to them.

And just like "Fiora's Leave Request", even though Ash is not in the team, the team still has to give Ash a share. 30% of the mana experience gained by Fiora and the Witch will be shared with Ash, and the special mechanisms they encounter may also be triggered by Ash.

The only difference from the operators is that there is no limit on Ash’s leave!

If he wanted, he could never enter the Void Realm in his entire life and become stronger just by living off the sword lady and the witch!

But when Ash confirmed that he would not participate in the exploration tonight, the game reminded him: "Communication with operators is an important means to maintain the bond. If the operators think that you are avoiding meeting them, the favorability will gradually decrease, causing the bond level to drop."

It was only then that Ash realized that the favorability of this game was actually fluctuating, and it was not constant once it went up. In other words, it would be fine if Ash took a leave once or twice, but if he took a leave every day and was out of touch with the masses for a long time, don't blame the front-line staff for being dissatisfied.

No, the purpose of work is to earn money, and Ash enters the virtual realm mainly to enhance the bond with the operators.

Rather than going to work, it’s more like... team building?

After realizing this, Ash suddenly became resistant to entering the virtual realm.

Ying——

With a slight vibration, the hovercraft turned into another lane, but Ash, who was sitting in the car, was as steady as a rock. He looked at An Nan in the driver's seat and his mind quickly returned to reality.

Although Harvey and Iguerra didn't reveal any secrets to him, the missions that could be related to people like them were nothing more than gang vendettas, theft, kidnapping, robbery and theft. After all, their business scope was very narrow and could be covered by one book of criminal law.

Although Ash is usually so calm, he actually secretly investigated the evil forces in Azula, mainly by asking people in the online game. Many enthusiastic brothers in Azula told him that there are currently ten major evil forces in Azula, namely the first palace, the second institute, the third family and the fourth company.

The first hall is the Mermaid Palace. The Sirens are known as the 'sewer royal family' of the Gospel Kingdom. There are Sirens' chain stores in all major cities. Almost all murders, smuggling, drug trafficking, and racial trafficking require the approval of the Sirens. They are well-deserved evil leaders.

The second firm is the two firms, naturally the top two in the Azula sub-list and the top ten in the national list. A small firm like An Nan, which was squeezed out of the top ten, received commissions that were leftovers from the second firm.

The Three Families were ancient families that had been rooted in the Azura region for many years. Ash didn't remember their specific surnames and emblems, but he only remembered that they were intermarried and had deep-rooted connections in important departments such as Bluebeard, Red Hat, and the Government Affairs Hall. Even the mayor came from the Three Families.

The four major companies account for more than 75% of Azura's GDP and are listed in the national corporate rankings. They are too big to fail. Although the four major companies have close relations with the three families and almost all of them have received investment from the three families, in general, the two sides are still in a state of conflict and friction. After all, capital naturally resists the feudal system of the family. If you think that you can control a successful company by investing some money in the early stage, then you underestimate the alienation ability of capital.

So when Ash was sitting in An Nan's car, he wondered which of the ten major evil forces they were going to cause trouble for. When they arrived at their destination, even though Ash was prepared, he was still shocked by the base of this evil force in front of him.

Azura Fourth Secondary Education Base

"here it is……"

"Fourth Lieutenant Colonel, you can call him Fourth Middle School."

An Nan got out of the car, pressed the car key, and the mature floating car went to find a parking space by itself.

Although it is a high school, No. 4 Middle School looks more like a business center. Warm and bright light shines through every floor, and the glass revolving doors are open. There are no security measures and no security guards checking visitors.

Ash followed Annan in, and his impression changed again. There was no classroom as he had imagined, nor was there any teaching sound. Through the window, Ash saw a series of fully covered capsules that looked like coffins placed in the room. There was a line of three-dimensional projections on the capsules, with the names of the people in the capsules written on them.

Rather than being a classroom, it is more like an experimental base where human experiments are being conducted.

However, these fully covered cabins looked very familiar to Ash. This was not...

"It looks like the virtual game cabins you often play, right?" An Nan said, "Or rather, the virtual game cabins look like them."

Ash was slightly startled, then he reacted: "Yes, since consciousness infiltration technology has been applied to private virtual games, then more important fields such as education, medicine, and experiments must have already applied this technology long ago!"

"Before I was born, the 'virtual education cabin' had already become the main body of basic education." An Nan introduced: "Except for the magician colleges, there are no teachers in primary and secondary education. Most people will enter the education cabin's customized education plan from the age of five. It is said that it is a wonderful experience - you will have a teacher who touches your heart in all aspects. He will understand everything you think and use the most ingenious methods and arrange the most comfortable scenes to make you fall in love with learning."

"When you reach secondary education, you will begin to discover your talents, from catwalk to sharpshooting, from hair management to fashion design, from biological research to civil engineering... Regardless of whether you have been exposed to it before or not, the education cabin will try its best to discover your hidden talents, allowing you to explore the limits of your talents in just a few years."

"Wait, you mean the education cabin can teach everyone according to their aptitude?" Ash was a little confused: "That doesn't sound like..."

"Just as you thought." An Nan said, "The Education Pod borrowed the big data analysis from the Gospel. Don't be surprised, most high-tech companies will borrow the big data from the Gospel. The seamless high-speed traffic flow along the road and the orderly drone swarms in the sky are all based on the Gospel data analysis, so the blood of this city can flow like art."

"I heard from Pan Ji that you and Mr. Harvey seem to have some doubts about our education system, and believe that families without points will lag far behind families with points reserves."

An Nan glanced at the room filled with hundreds of educational pods. "But in reality, Gospel will not charge you a single cent for tuition until your talent reaches the level recognized by the Void Realm."

Ash noticed a word before her words: "It is said?"

"Yes," An Nan flicked her amethyst earrings, "I never went to school."

“The vast majority of wealthy people will not accept the basic education provided by the Gospel Kingdom.”

"Why?"

“Because basic education is not free, if you want to receive basic education, you have to sign a contract and pay a price.”

"What's the price?"

“Get a lifelong education.”

Ash was stunned. He really didn't understand this time: "Is lifelong education a price?"

An Nan nodded and pointed to the mature sister who had just come out of the education cabin in the next room: "Depending on age, everyone has a certain amount of education time each year. It is the most in youth, and you basically have to go to class every day. After you become an adult and work, the education time is greatly reduced, but you still have to take at least 60 hours of courses every month."

"Adult courses offer a high degree of freedom. You can learn whatever you want, even if it's building blocks, playing the harmonica, makeup techniques, movie and drama appreciation... As long as your brain absorbs new knowledge, it can offset the time spent on education."

Ash blinked: "Isn't this... a good thing?"

"I never said it's not a good thing." An Nan nodded slightly to the mature sister passing by and walked up the stairs: "The Gospel Kingdom has been in a technological explosion period for a full thirty years, and the lifelong education system has made a lot of contributions."

“Then why don’t rich people get a basic education?”

"Why don't you want to employ me for life and insist on shortening the time to 101 days?" An Nan asked.

"Your analogy is inappropriate." Ash immediately retorted: "How can you compare being your slave and lifelong education? One is eating shit, the other is eating food!"

"I don't think you're acting like a slave to me." An Nan raised his eyebrows: "You mean, I'm shit?"

"No, no, no, I am the one, you are the one eating."

An Nan was so angry that he laughed that he forgot what he was talking about. After a while, he said, "Just like you are unwilling to accept a lifetime contract, if we have a choice, we will not accept lifelong shackles. My family would rather let Banji tutor me than let me sign a contract to receive basic education."

"By the way, the Gospel Kingdom also has another lifelong contract, or benefit - lifelong labor. As long as you sign the contract with the Labor and Social Security Bureau, you can still get the average social salary when you are unemployed, but correspondingly, the Labor and Social Security Bureau will assign you a suitable job."

"Of course, the job must meet the three basic principles: high pay, little work, close to home, and definitely in line with your interests and hobbies, because the assignment of work is also based on Gospel's data analysis. If there is no suitable job, Gospel would rather you stay at home and eat unemployment benefits."

"However, there are very few cases of long-term unemployment, because all enterprises have to accept the planning of the Labor and Social Security Bureau. The enterprise itself only has 10% of the staff quota, and the remaining 90% of employees must be provided by the Labor and Social Security Bureau. This policy is still in good working order, which is enough to prove that the quality of those 90% of employees is probably better than the 10% recruited by the enterprise itself."

Lifelong education, lifelong labor, then...

Ash looked a little strange: "Is there a lifelong love contract?"

An Nan smiled and shook his head: "How is that possible... Yes, the Gospel can indeed help you find your perfect match - if you saved the world in your previous life."

"But most of the time, the gospels can find treasures buried deep in the earth, can weigh the sun, and can measure the rhythm of the moon, but they just can't give us a perfect love."

"But..." An Nan raised the corner of his mouth in a subtle arc: "If you just want to choose the most suitable partner for yourself from the "people you know", the Gospel can still help you."

"Love is a luxury, but marriage is not. Lifelong marriage is common here. Although it is not mandatory, the vast majority of people will marry the person with the most suitable network after completing secondary education at the age of 17, and then follow the instructions of the Gospel to have sex at the most appropriate time and give birth to the healthiest baby... It has been proven that those who do this can be happy."

"The right education, the right job, the right partner. If life is full of difficult choices, then when you sign three life contracts, your life will enter a simple mode. You only need to listen to the gospel quietly, and the world will open up to you with its most tolerant side."

Discover the hidden talents in yourself, find a job that may not be great but can realize the value of life, have a partner who may not be perfect but can support you through thick and thin... Ash felt a little envious just thinking about it, and had to read the inspirational articles forwarded by his manager several times before he could calm down.

And these fortunes are just the basic social security for most gospel people.

If the normal Evangelist is on easy difficulty, then Ash's previous life was at least on hard difficulty. Before starting the game, the creator recommends that first-time players should not choose this difficulty.

This life is even more powerful. I directly used the "More Difficult Start" enhancement module, and the enemies were strengthened in all aspects.

Now that I think about it, Ash was pierced by the three-winged sanctuary wizard Gerald at the beginning, which was simply a dimensional attack by a max-level boss. If any game dares to start like this, I guarantee that I will refund your money within 2 hours.

However……

Ash asked doubtfully, "Don't these all sound good? What are you dissatisfied with, young lady?"

"I'm not dissatisfied." An Nan smiled, "On the contrary, I'm grateful for this operating system. It's because the gospel melody is so beautiful that my discordant sound is so harsh."

"arrive."

They came to the third floor and stood outside a room. The eldest lady pointed to the No. 15 education cabin inside and said, "My target is inside, an orc warlock, but a production warlock has no combat power. The next step is your job, Ash."

Ash looked around: "You want me to kill someone in school?"

"How is that possible? We are law-abiding citizens." An Nan said, "Just go over there and beat him up, and get him out of here. This is a task I specially prepared for you."

"Ah? Why is this my mission?"

"Because your other two companions don't look like people who can stop. They are more suitable for deep service that causes death and disability."

Yaxiu didn't refute Annan for a moment. He pondered for a moment and suddenly remembered that he got a "cowhide" magic spirit in the virtual world. It was obvious that it was a magic spirit of the weak faction, but if used directly, it could temporarily increase defense, so Yaxiu kept it and didn't krypton into the system.

He activated the 'cowhide' magic spirit to protect himself, and his fair and rosy skin was immediately stained with a light bronze color. Then he put on the mask given by Igula, and his appearance suddenly became like a street thug who had nothing to do after eating.

"Is he a bad guy?" Ash suddenly asked.

"Not really." An Nan glanced at him, "I just want to save face."

Ash didn't say anything else. He entered the room and found an emergency call button next to the education cabin. After pressing it, the No. 15 education cabin quickly opened to both sides.

A medium-sized orc came out and looked at Ash blankly: "Who are you?"

Ash: “************”

The orc was surprised and delighted: "Really? My father died a few years ago, and my mother has never found a new partner. She will definitely like you very much."

Ash: “************”

The orc scratched his head: "Haha, my brain is not that good. Even when I came here to study, I learned more about technology. I can't understand the theory."

Ash fell into deep thought, and finally chose to stand on tiptoe and pat him on the head.

"Why aren't you wearing a hat?"