Chapter 46 Talent Recruitment
"What? You're saying you lost your phone here? I didn't see it, don't come looking for me."
Upon hearing Fu Qing explain her purpose, the elderly woman who collects trash immediately waved her hand, her face full of vigilance, indicating that it had nothing to do with her.
Fu Qing patiently explained, "I just wanted to ask if anyone found it and handed it over to you."
Seeing her kind expression, the old woman relaxed a little, but still shook her head: "No, I don't think it will be easy for you to get your phone back. This isn't a tourist area, it's just a small hill, there's not even a ticket booth, so if someone finds it, I don't know who to give it to."
“Please try to recall, any clue will do. I lost my phone three days ago, and it rained heavily the night before.” Fu Qing refused to give up and stuffed fifty yuan into her hand. “Or was anyone passing by at the time? I can post a missing person notice online, but they have to have some distinctive features.”
She pretended to be embarrassed.
The old lady appeared to be a villager from the foot of the mountain, who had come up to collect mineral water bottles and other items left behind by tourists to sell. When she saw the fifty yuan, her eyes lit up and her attitude improved considerably.
"Let me think... It rained three days ago, and there weren't many people going up the mountain. I only remember seeing one person."
She actually remembered.
"It was a woman, completely covered up from head to toe, wearing a large mask and sunglasses—a lot of young people who come to hike these days are like that, obsessed with whitening and sun protection, wrapping themselves up like mummies; it's kind of scary to run into one of them out of the blue. But if you ask me, young girls are beautiful no matter what; a healthy complexion is the most beautiful thing..."
The old lady's topic gradually veered off course, so Fuqing had no choice but to interrupt her subtly: "But you just said that it rained that day."
"Yes, it's raining." The old woman paused, then fell into thought. "Right, there's hardly any sun on a rainy day, why is she wearing sunglasses?"
Naturally, this was to avoid being stared at by passersby.
Fu Qing sighed softly. It was a pity that the old lady hadn't noticed anything unusual at the time and had only regarded her as an ordinary mountaineer, so she hadn't paid much attention and couldn't provide many useful clues now.
Fu Qing patiently guided the old woman to recall her memories. Finally, as if remembering something, she suddenly punched the palm of her other hand with her fist.
"Oh right, when she raised her hand, her wrist was exposed. I remember there was a large centipede-shaped scar on the back of her left hand." The old woman said, gesturing to indicate the approximate location and length. "Such a big scar, it's obvious she's suffered a lot. Poor thing."
The scar on the back of my left hand.
Few people possess such characteristics, and Fu Qing finally obtained useful information.
Having memorized the shape of the scar, Fu Qing bid farewell to the old woman, got into the car, and posted on the forum.
Pinned (Posted by Admin): [Looking for a missing person; providing clues will earn you points]
Based on the old woman's description of her height and physique, she listed the woman's characteristics on the main building and then had the system generate a diagram of the scar, which she then posted online.
The fact that she was able to arrive on the day the skeleton died and prevent the body from being discovered by anyone means that the woman must have been waiting in S City.
Fangzhou has over two thousand teachers and students who are all informants. As long as she is still active in S City, she will be caught sooner or later.
Fu Qing typed on the holographic keyboard that appeared out of thin air, carefully choosing her words while mentally reviewing what the old lady had just said.
Throughout the conversation, the old woman's tone remained natural, and she showed no reaction even when Fu Qing took her to the burial site, indicating that she had no concept of "a corpse having been there".
The skeleton's body went unnoticed by anyone before the woman took it away.
Fu Qing wanted to expose the virus, but some people insisted on covering it up.
Although she was disappointed by the failure of the plan, she was not discouraged, as the trip had already been very fruitful.
—Using short videos to set a trap, they lured the Skeletons and their group, discovered that the zombie virus had appeared, extracted information about the existence of the Zombie King from the Skeletons, confirmed that the virus was not yet infectious at this stage, and obtained information about a new devout believer, Scarred Woman, confirming that she was likely active in the vicinity of S City.
Just a few days before, she knew almost nothing about the devout believers.
Your understanding of this world has deepened!
[Received 300 teaching points as a reward]
Keep up the good work!
As expected, the system displayed the reward. Fu Qing glanced at the numbers in his account and continued typing.
The first task is to gather information about the scarred woman. The second task is to observe whether anyone around them has an unusual interest in zombies, or whether a normally normal person suddenly stays indoors for a long time, covers their skin when they go out, and exhibits changes in skin color, expression, personality, or heightened senses.
If you discover anything, report it to the school immediately. Be sure not to alert the other party. If the clue is confirmed to be valid, you will be rewarded with 5 teaching points.
Fu Qing didn't have high hopes for Task Two. The number of devout believers who could be infected was still small. In order not to expose the virus, even if they were infected, they probably wouldn't go out. The chances of them being seen by students who were occasionally out on weekends were extremely low.
But she still posted it anyway.
The forum has been around for a long time, and the administrator has only posted twice: once to establish a publicity group, and this time.
As soon as the post was published, a large number of students flooded in.
[What? There's a side quest!]
[Front row group photo]
[Another 5 o'clock teaching point, the principal is so generous, I don't want to go to class anymore, I want to form a team to find someone (x)]
After a line of people checked in and took photos with the people in front, some gradually realized something was wrong.
[This feels a bit strange. Why are they suddenly looking for someone? These conditions are a bit odd...]
[+1, Putting aside the scarred woman, what does "having an unusual interest in zombies" mean? Does it imply that besides us, there might be others in the world who also know about the impending apocalypse? Moreover, the principal used the word "interest" instead of "fear," which is a bit chilling. Could this group be on the opposite side of us...?]
The later descriptions are even more bizarre. People who were originally normal become abnormal, hiding their skin when they go out, almost like vampires. Could they have turned into zombies? Impossible, haha…]
[What? I can't understand Chinese anymore]
[Someone please save me...]
[Holy crap, wasn't the virus supposed to break out at the end of August next year?]
Seeing panic spreading within the forum, Fu Qing quickly stepped in to calm things down.
Administrator: [Regarding Task Two, targets meeting the criteria may have already shown early signs of viral infection, but the virus is not infectious at this stage, and the number of carriers is extremely small. There is no need to panic. The only solution is early detection and early intervention.]
This reply caused a huge uproar.
[Early virus?!]
I don't know what to say anymore. I thought it would be a long time, but it's happened so quickly... It feels so unreal.
[A person is training on the playground when suddenly they feel dizzy.]
Many more people fell silent.
After more than two months of training, they thought they had matured a lot and were mentally prepared, but faced with this news, they were still helpless like children for a moment.
Even though Fu Qing had explained that the number of infected people was extremely small, everyone still immediately called their family and friends to confirm that their important people were safe before they felt at ease.
After hanging up the phone, they looked at the long list of names in their contact list, feeling a lingering sense of fear while also realizing how lucky they were.
If the principal hadn't reminded them, they would never have known about the virus, let alone received the information so far in advance and taken preventative measures.
They must be strong to protect those who are hiding behind them, completely unaware.
[I got caught again during PE class this morning. Looking for a training partner to practice with me. Extra training after class, same rules. DM me if interested.]
[Looking for fighting partners, preferably all girls, so we can help each other apply medicine after class]
[Me, me, me, the person upstairs, please check your private messages]
106L: [Anyone want to get a haircut this weekend? I'm thinking of getting a buzz cut... I've been hesitant before, just cutting it short, but now I realize washing my hair is too time-consuming. I'd rather use that time to run a lap and memorize a couple more zombie facts.]
107L: [Are you a boy or a girl upstairs? Going together?]
108L replied to 107L: [Girls, let's go together.]
Some people were spurred on by the news of the virus and felt that they hadn't trained enough, so they simply used the comment section of this pinned post as a place to make friends and find partners for school activities.
Another group of people are still analyzing the information in Fu Qing's words.
The principal's reputation for never wasting words is deeply ingrained; every sentence he utters may contain a wealth of information, making analysis essential.
Am I the only one wondering, where did the virus actually come from?
[The lack of infectivity means the virus cannot spread among humans for the time being. So why were these people infected? Does this indicate that there is one or a few sources of infection? If they are eliminated, will the zombie virus outbreak be prevented?]
If we had more samples from infected individuals, perhaps we could try to analyze their commonalities and find the source of infection—that might be what the principal wants us to do. I boldly guess that the scarred woman is also related to this, or even that she is one of the infected individuals.
Among the students were many intelligent and perceptive individuals who quickly guessed Fu Qing's true intentions.
This post received many likes, indicating that most people agree with the original poster's analysis.
They joined in the discussion below, making the pinned post a hot topic.
Until someone carefully replied to this floor, but the focus was not on the zombies.
[Did no one notice the principal's wording? "Early detection, early resolution"—I only have one question: what exactly does "early resolution" mean...?]
[That can be solved from a physical perspective, of course.]
[Isn't it a bit inappropriate to directly stab someone in a society governed by the rule of law? ? (horrified)]
[If the principal swears, I'll stand up for him; if the principal robs me, I'll take his bag; if the principal tries to kill someone, I'll hand him the knife!]
[Leaving aside the importance of this intelligence, the fact that the principal shared it directly through a mission, indirectly reminding us to be wary of changes in our surroundings, and that the people the principal was preparing knives for were all "bad guys interested in zombies," proves that the principal is a great person, right?]
[Perhaps the implied meaning of "solution" is resolving the eventual outbreak of the virus? This is, in a way, saving all of humanity.]
[It's been two months, and anyone still doubting the principal's motives should be kicked out immediately!]
[I'm becoming increasingly convinced that the principal is on our side, on the side of humanity.]
[I suddenly feel that there might be something extraordinary hidden behind this mission... We who only need to study in school are actually fortunate.]
...
The system reported gleefully: [Host, student favorability has increased! It's not far from 40%.]
Fu Qing, who hadn't visited the forum since that reply, paused, puzzled.
I just posted a task, how did my account suddenly increase?
She sometimes felt that Fangzhou's students were like a plate of bacteria in a petri dish in a biology lab; they would just sit there motionless, and every now and then, a new surprise would emerge when the lid was lifted again.
No one knows where these changes came from; they just happened silently on their own.
Right now, Fu Qing is just eating a chicken leg, and some passing students are looking at him with touched eyes.
Fu Qing: "..."
She finished her meal quickly, returned the empty plate, and went back to the principal's office to think about the plans for the second half of the semester.
Most other universities have a four-year system, but Fangzhou only has one year, so it's natural that they can no longer follow the traditional method of two semesters per year.
Fu Qing had long planned to introduce new courses after the midterm exams, and then adjust the scheduling of some courses as appropriate to make room for the new courses.
Now, more than two months have passed. Like Bai Tang's stockpiling class, which highlighted the key points last week, students will be taking exams and submitting midterm assignments this week.
The progress of other courses is about the same, in other words, new courses need to be put on the agenda.
Fu Qing made a list of the courses that Fangzhou currently lacks, and plans to find teachers according to the list.
After deducting expenses such as salary from all the recent income, the current balance in the Fuqing account is 764 points.
She first spent 300 teaching points to add twenty more realistic zombies—the previous ten were far too few, and many people stayed up all night queuing up but still couldn't get one. With the increased number, the average rental time for each student per week also increased, so that no one would go a whole week without being able to touch one.
Then, Fu Qing pulled up the recruitment page that he hadn't seen in a long time and silently prayed that he would have good luck today.
At the same time, he couldn't help but complain: "System, can't you come up with a pity system? Like a guaranteed SR in ten pulls, or a targeted wish system or something."
Relying solely on luck is truly unsettling.
The system loaded for a while and then displayed the message: "Perhaps you could check out the in-game store."
Online store?
Fu Qing was taken aback, thinking of that all-encompassing online mall and the various amazing props it sold, such as holographic simulations.
She never finished browsing the entire online store. Could there be items related to the lottery inside?
Fu Qing exited the recruitment page, clicked into the store, and after searching, a result popped up.
A bit of luck
Description: Can be used for recruitment wishes, significantly increasing the chance of the desired talent appearing (effective within ten recruitment attempts). Sometimes, all you need is a little luck.
Price: 50 teaching points
It costs 50 teaching points...
Moreover, it only says that the probability has been greatly increased, without specifying the exact probability.
Fu Qing instinctively felt it was unreliable, but helplessly, he searched the entire store and found only this one item related to recruitment.
Fifty points it is, she has money now and desperately needs talent.
Before you click to purchase, a message will automatically pop up asking you what type of talent you are currently looking for.
There are actually three empty spaces below.
System Explanation: [Talent will be randomly selected from the three types you filled in. In the next ten recruitment rounds, there may be one or more candidates who meet the criteria; it all depends on luck.]
This sounds more in line with its price tag of 50 teaching points.
Without hesitation, Fu Qing rattled off three options: "Medical care, infrastructure, and weapons..."
Finally, she wanted to say "weapons manufacturing and application"—which was the first three courses on her list.
But as soon as the first two words were uttered, Fu Qing suddenly changed his tone: "No, the last point is that I want to understand the talents of the zombie believers."
This is certainly considered a type of talent.
Before you know it, she's found another loophole, and the system freezes for two seconds in obvious frustration.
a long time.
[Your application has been submitted; you can begin recruiting.]
[If you encounter someone who meets our criteria within ten recruitment rounds, their resume will be highlighted. Please pay close attention.]
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