Chapter 118 Rules
Then Shi Qing and I were surrounded.
I did learn a lot of things—
For example, this world called [Overlap] is a season-based world. Once you enter this world, unless you die, you will continue to enter this world to survive in each season. For most people, surviving each additional world will make them stronger, and surviving an additional season is even more so.
But everyone still wants to end this precarious life, so everyone sets their sights on the first place. The first place in each season can get an extra reward - a wish.
This wish can make anything come true, including never entering this world again.
So... my brothers need me to get this wish?
But after listening to it, it really is a very old-fashioned infinite flow setting.
But there are still some differences, for example, humans are not allowed to kill each other in this world.
“Humans should help each other.”
This is the first sentence every newcomer sees after completing a dungeon for the first time.
…
So this group of people were so excited when they saw Shi Qing?
Perhaps they were convinced that with Shi Qing, their chances of survival would be higher?
I was listening to all kinds of information obediently like a vase. The girl named Jia Jia kept looking at me. I looked at her with a questioning look. She shook her head and pointed at the middle-aged man, telling me with her mouth that it was her father.
...The general meaning is that her father doesn't let me play with her.
Her father had some hostility towards me, and I noticed that even the more senior contestants seemed to have this hostility towards me.
Why?
My appearance?
Or something else?
But they trusted and loved Shi Qing...but they didn't believe what he said about my appearance being due to a curse.
Very strange.
This is the first time I’ve been so clearly disliked.
[Indeed, it seems you were quite popular in your previous world. The main system has shut down some of my permissions... I don't know why.]
So your world can only crawl along the telephone line.
【Woo woo.】
I continued to listen to Shi Qing comforting them. Unlike to me, Shi Qing was like a perfect saint to them, patiently listening to what they said, crying about how terrible their work day was, and then Shi Qing would comfort them just right, and offer some suggestions, and then receive a grateful face, either crying or laughing.
People here are divided into four jobs.
Harvesting, recycling, sorting and packaging.
Harvesting is the job of my group and Shi Qing. Recycling is to collect the bite fruits we have cut. Sorting is to sort the different grades of bite fruits. Finally, packaging is to put different grades of bite fruits in different packaging.
Shi Qing and I didn't see anyone from the recycling team today, so besides the fields we harvested, there were other areas of the fruit - probably the areas that other farm workers were responsible for.
After all, we were asked to come here in the first place because of a shortage of staff.
The dangers of harvesting come from the three-meter-high vines and the biting fruit with its corrosive sap.
The danger of recycling is similar, but because it has been cut down, the activity of the bite fruit is much lower.
The danger of sorting comes from the sorting machines and the punishment from the instructors if the sorting is not done correctly.
The same goes for packaging.
The four danger levels decrease in order:
Therefore, the harvesting and recycling are basically done by young and middle-aged people.
The sorting and packaging are basically done by children and the elderly.
This division of labor is very humane and not completely random.
However, the workload is also different. Each person must complete one-fifteenth of the work every day according to the area he or she chooses. Failure to complete the work will result in a salary deduction. This is the same for all four. Some people have larger areas, while others have smaller areas.
And the size of the area can only be inferred by yourself.
But if the person who picks the most and the best will receive a reward—then only the harvesting team has this opportunity, right? Or is it that this "picking" is not actually referring to the "work" we are doing now...
It's simply picking.
After all, the wages here are settled on a bite-size basis.
The price fluctuates every day, and starting tomorrow, meals will no longer be free. Their implicit words are asking us to sell the Yao Yao Fruit as soon as possible.
At most, it’s about quantity.
The best is about quality - which corresponds to the bite fruit level of the sorting group.
So can I understand that the person who holds the largest number and best quality Bite Fruits in the end will get extra rewards?
That is the first place in the competition.
It's a very strict logic. I looked out the window of the empty factory. It was pitch black and the door was locked. Combined with what the brothers said before, even Rajesh, as a farmer, cannot violate the rules of this world.
But it seems... it doesn't say that you can't secretly pick the Yaoyao fruit at night?
After all, it only said that if you were caught going out at night, your wages for that day would be deducted, not that you would die.
Rabbit Head is hiding this news because, in addition to humans, these monsters are actually also considered contestants?
If the monster gets the most and best Bite Fruits, can it also get that extra reward?
[Hiss, host, how did you come up with this idea? ? ]
Am I not smart?
So, who makes the rules?
Is it the "God" who spoke at the beginning?
God, whose side is he on?
I yawned.
Shi Qing stopped talking for a moment, and the entire factory fell silent. Only some crying and breathing sounds could be heard.
I paused and looked to the side. Shi Qing was looking at me.
"Sangsang, are you sleepy?"
I shook my head and nodded.
There is still too little information now, and there are still fourteen days... Although I don’t know why these guys want me to get first place, but after walking through so many worlds, it’s better to get first place than last.
The lesson I learned the hard way is that the consequences of playing badly are very dire!!!
"I'm sorry, my brother isn't feeling well. I understand your feelings and will do my best to help you," he said, lowering his eyes. "Humans always help each other, so please help those around you. This dungeon is quite difficult, but there are rules and regulations. Please believe that we will make it out safely."
After saying that, he took my hand and helped me up, then found a corner, took off his outer sweatshirt and put it on me, "Let's sleep."
Half of me lay in his arms.
Theoretically, we are twins and should be the same age, but he looks several times older than me.
This is no different than me sleeping with him.
I could feel the strange looks from those people even without looking!
I'm not a porcelain doll, am I?!
"Sangsang, the ground is dirty."
He whispered.
I know, but man, that's a bit too much——
Am I some kind of goofball character now???
I think my current reputation is damaged because of you guys! ! !
This group of people are hostile to me. It can't be caused by some brothers I've never met, right? ? ?
And so the night passed.
Early the next morning, I was woken up by a sharp knocking sound. I opened my eyes and saw that I was in Rose Head's arms, and he was covering my ears.
Others glanced at me from time to time.
Shi Qing stood beside me, seemingly unaffected and still protecting me.
...So I started thinking, it's normal for me to be treated with hostility for not being so discreet, isn't it? No matter how you look at it, I'm not on the human side, am I?
I looked towards the source of the sound, it was from various monster trainers, and the sound was probably the sound of some weapon striking.
It's time to go to work.
Each group walked into the door in turn, and we were the last to walk in, returning to the orchard we were in yesterday.
Some of the fruits are still inside the leaves.
You look like you’re still sleepy - you can’t get up for the morning routine, right?
"You already exceeded the quota yesterday. The total duration is fifteen days. If you finish your area ahead of schedule, you can go to other areas to assist others," Rose Head said to us at the orchard entrance. "...And of course, your salary will be doubled."
Then he took out a palm-sized cloth bag from his back and handed it to me and Shi Qing.
"Here's your paycheck for yesterday."
I opened the cloth bag and found ten coins in the shape of berries.
"Put the Bite Fruits in this bag and they'll turn into coins," Rose-head looked at me. "Of course, the instructors know exactly how many Bite Fruits there are in each area, so don't even think about sneaking them in while you're working. If you find them missing, they'll be deducted from your wages. If your salary ends up being negative, they'll be turned into fertilizer."
"But... Sangsang is a smart kid."
The latter part of his words was very meaningful, and I instantly understood what he meant.
If you can’t touch your own, you can get something from another area…?
Orchards, sorting centers, and packaging centers.
As long as it is not the area you are responsible for, you can go to other areas as long as you finish your work ahead of time, then you can sneak out at night to take other people's things.
...So, humans can go to the monster area, and monsters can also come to the human area.
Even humans can go to human areas, and monsters can go to monster areas.
It is impossible to work step by step to the end. Once the bite fruit in your area is lost, the confrontation begins.
I looked at Shi Qing, and he looked at me with a smile.
Thank you. You also seem to be a black man who doesn't care about the lives of those people and monsters.
I mouthed the word "recycle" and tilted my head, and Rose Head instantly understood what I meant.
I call it the bug-level understanding between brothers.
"Don't worry, recycling work is very special, so there will be instructors supervising the whole process."
"There is absolutely no problem with recycling."
He emphasized the word "absolutely".
——I understand. Everything is fine except recycling work.
Use the final reward to encourage everyone to get more Bite Fruits.
Then use punishment to prevent everyone from taking action in the area they are responsible for.
Unless everyone wants the final bonus, conflict is bound to arise.
Everyone will try their best to get other people's bite fruit - otherwise if the salary is not enough to compensate for the loss, then they will die.
[How wicked! This is a truly wicked company.]
How cruel! I'm just an ordinary office worker, but the people working here are real animals.
…
Shi Qing and I once again began our hard work—of course, it wasn't too hard. This Yaoyao Fruit was very dangerous for ordinary people, but it was nothing to us two.
Or it’s nothing to me, but at least as a human being, Shi Qing will feel tired.
And I won't.
I feel like I can finish it all in one go by working really hard, and then go steal other people's fruits.
[You're rolling again, right? ? ?]
If I don’t roll, someone else will!
So my life as a cow and horse on a black-hearted farm began.
[You haven't experienced it at all, okay? Your farmer brother gave everyone a private room to create a luxurious single dormitory for you. Can you please not make you look so pitiful? ? ?]
Then time came to the fifth day.
——Shi Qing and I have harvested all the bite fruits in Area C.
Rose Head even gave me a small salute to congratulate me.
Thank you, it’s full of unnecessary ritual.
I had fifty Yaoyaoguo coins in my wallet, while Shi Qing only had forty - probably because I ate for free and he had to pay.
The brothers are very clear about the accounts between each other.
Then Rose Head put away the chainsaws in our hands and gave us two work badges.
"This badge allows you to go to any work area and perform any job, but I don't recommend Sangsang go to the human work area," Rose Head said to me, "because you'll be paid double the salary, and your salary comes from the daily wages of the workers in that area."
"So...if Sangsang doesn't want to conflict with humans, then go to the monsters."
Rose Head handed me a map, an area map of the farm.
"As for you, feel free to do as you please."
He looked at Shi Qing. I don’t know why, but I actually saw disgust in a rose.
The competitive spirit among your slices is really strong.
Of course, it would be better if the competition wasn't me.
I don't want to experience the feeling of being the heartthrob among my brother's slices.
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