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Chapter 242 The Law of Time!

"Hey, I'm back again."

As she landed, Xi Yu spun in the air like a gymnast.
This wasn't to show off his martial arts skills, but rather to observe his surroundings through these spinning movements.

Environmental safety.

Land!

Raise both hands and bow gracefully

Perfect, 10/10!
Unfortunately, there was no applause from the surrounding crowd.

Overcome with intoxication, Xi Yu plopped down on the ground and let out a long burp.

It would be better to stay in that world.
In the past few days, Xi Yu has been in an unfamiliar place almost in the blink of an eye, from the entrance of the Urban Management Brigade of Facai City.

Compared to Lin Hao, his status was much lower.

Everyone in this place is busy.

Here, people without land are called "drifters," and people without formal employment are called "vagrants."

Xi Yu is a complete rogue.

Of course, this was not his intention; he felt he was still capable.

However, in this area, he was 35 years old and still in a purely technical position, not yet in management, so he was naturally the first to be laid off.

This caused Xi Yu's predecessor to go directly from a technical prodigy in the company to a rogue, collecting unemployment benefits.

Of course, becoming a rogue didn't mean he could just lie around at home. Xi Yu's personnel file was returned from her employer to the local street office, where it was now directly managed by the labor market.

Xi Yu has to go to the labor market to sign in every day until she finds a job.

If you don't go, this will be your first warning.

The second time, he was placed under administrative detention.

The third time, they were arrested and sentenced to labor reform.

Not going to work here is a real crime.

Throughout this process, Xi Yu always felt that the people here were a bit strange.

For example, the teacher in charge of his employment issues holds multiple identities and titles, such as "Dispute Resolution Specialist at the Social Conflict Mediation Center, Marital and Relationship Repair Engineer, and College Entrance Examination Registration and Employment Guidance Lecturer."

Sometimes he is passionate and outgoing, sometimes he is calm and reserved, and sometimes he is angry and irritable because Xiyu has not found a job!
"People like you who don't have jobs should be thrown into the incinerator and burned, so that your ashes can become fertilizer for growing fruits and vegetables!"

In other words, MBTI is constantly changing.

At first, Xi Yu thought the other person had gone crazy because of taking on multiple jobs, but after communicating with them during the job search process, she found that there seemed to be many people like that in this area.

Everyone's memories are continuous, but personality changes at different times.

It's like wearing some kind of human skin mask; the core is constantly changing, generally limited to 8 hours.

Seeing that she didn't know how to return to Valiant City for the time being, Xi Yu decided to settle down first.

After careful selection, Xi Yu joined a hotel called "Grand Ambitions Hotel," with the position of—

Beverage topology application expert.

This job offers exceptionally good benefits for Xiyu.

Meals and accommodation included.

This is a service offered by the hotel specifically for "Super Invincible Supreme Members" to conduct business. After joining, the daily job is to assist members when they conduct business at the hotel.
To refuse drinks.

"Mr. Li, life is so busy, it's all the more precious to have this opportunity to meet you. I'm honored to see you today. Please feel free to drink this, you can drink as you please."

"Mr. Wang, time may pass, but our friendship will endure. Mr. Ma's business will still need your patronage. I'll take care of it; you can do as you please."

"Mr. Liu, a train's speed depends entirely on its engine. You are our leader. I'll drink it, you can do as you please."

"."

One cup after another, Xi Yu quickly became the top seller thanks to her amazing alcohol tolerance.

The top salesperson gets more freedom.

During the day, Xi Yu would go out for a stroll and begin investigating this area.

One day, under the bridge, a crowd gathered in front of a bald, burly man.

"Master, I feel so tired at work, but I don't know why."

Bald, burly man: "Benefactor, work is just a bunch of thugs passing the buck and dividing the spoils, always trying to make things difficult for each other. Don't take it to heart. 10 yuan, next."

"Master, I just graduated from school and started working. I always feel that I am not mature enough in handling things. Please enlighten me."

Bald, burly man: "Benefactor, the sign of maturity is when your leader says he can fly. When you tell him to fly, make sure he's safe. 10 yuan, next."

"Master, I'm experiencing extreme emotional instability at work right now. If I don't just finish my 8-hour workday uneventfully, and something unexpected happens, I can't continue working. It's like any difficulty can bring me down. What should I do?"

Bald, burly man: "If your boss or clients talk too much, just lend them money. That way, your work will be uneventful. Here's 10 yuan, next."

"Master, given my current situation, do you think it's better for me to lose weight at night, or to work a part-time job at night?"

Bald, burly man: "If you skip dinner, you can lose weight and earn money for dinner at the same time. It's 10 yuan, next."

"Grandmaster……"

"...Sincere and kind..."

No matter how Xi Yu looked at it, she couldn't help but feel a strange sense of déjà vu about this bald, burly man.

After queuing up, it was Xiyu's turn.

Bald, burly man: "What's your question?"

Xi Yu tentatively asked:
"A devout Buddhist disciple?"

The bald, burly man's routine smile faltered for a moment, then suddenly became genuine:
"It's Captain Xiyu!"

What the hell!

Finally, in this strange and somewhat bizarre world, I found someone from my hometown!
Xi Yu was very touched!
Just as Xi Yu thought that the devout Buddhist disciple would immediately pack up and discuss how to leave this world, the devout Buddhist disciple waved his hand, signaling Xi Yu to step aside.

"Next!"

Xi Yu: ? ? ?
No wonder he's a Buddhist... I've heard that practicing Buddhism requires having a calm mind even when a mountain collapses in front of you.

It's okay to wait.

This wait lasted until the devout Buddhist disciple packed up his stall.

When they were alone, Xi Yu shared her observations and her desire to go home with the devout Buddhist.

Xi Yu: "Of course, before we leave, we need to find Lin Hao first. I wonder how he is?!"

Seeing Xi Yu's worried expression, the devout Buddhist disciple, now resembling a bald, burly man, sighed softly, rubbing his forehead:
"Captain Xiyu, did you not read the intelligence about Valcai City carefully? It's normal for us to be here now."

Through the devout Buddhist disciple's explanation, Xi Yu learned that in the city of Facai, all extraordinary individuals from outside the city needed to go through this process to come to this world.

A devout Buddhist disciple explained: "This is a world that the lottery market has been building for many years, a world between virtual and reality. In this world, extraordinary individuals will lose their extraordinary powers. They will only be allowed to leave after they have been integrated into the ordinary population."

In the Valve Market's philosophy, the extraordinary are a special productive force for social development; according to them, they have constructed a new production relationship.

Of course, this world also serves as a deterrent to extraordinary individuals from outside. It signifies that the Valuable City has the ability to strip extraordinary individuals of their prized supernatural powers!

Xi Yu: "So, we're saying that as long as we live and work here honestly for a while, we'll leave?"

The devout Buddhist disciple said, "Yes, you really didn't gather any information at all?"

Xi Yu scratched her head, then carefully recalled that day...

What kind of alcohol did I drink?

However, through this communication, Xi Yu felt much more at ease about Lin Hao's safety.

So next...

Let's immerse ourselves in the drink!

Don't worry about extraordinary work, don't worry about your job, don't worry about running into acquaintances, don't worry about drinking affecting your martial arts training, just drink heartily!

This is so cool.

But before Xi Yu could have had enough fun, he sat down on the ground.

Using her internal energy to expel the smell of alcohol from her body, Xi Yu stood up gracefully from the ground and looked at the man in front of her.

"Hello, we should be considered to have passed the test of your Valve City. Let me formally introduce myself again. I am Xi Yu, the deputy captain of River City."

In response to Xi Yu's greeting, the captain of the urban management brigade of Facai City stepped forward and shook hands in a business manner, but his gaze was fixed on Lin Hao.

He wanted to know exactly what Lin Hao had done to the "Second Space of Valve City," but he needed to carefully design the questions he asked.

If the question wasn't designed well, it would be like asking Lin Hao something completely random—

"Did you know there were three million in cash underground?"

This will inevitably make Lin Hao realize that he has the means to control the second space.

After a series of friendly, polite, and business-like exchanges, the captain of the urban management brigade of the city decided to host a welcome dinner for the three people who had "successfully passed" the second space assessment.

Xi Yu has a great interest in eating and drinking, but we still need to get down to business.

The city foundation still needs to be handed over.

"As for the issue of the city foundation, it's not a big problem, so you can leave it for now."

Compared to Hexie City's emphasis on the city's foundation, the captain of the urban management brigade in Facai City didn't seem to care as much. However, seeing Xi Yu's concerned expression, the captain of the urban management brigade in Facai City smiled and said:

"When your former captain took a portion of the city's foundation from us, it wasn't because our ancestors had a deep bond, or because our city pitied you and gave it to you. Your former captain, however..."

"It was stolen."

The office fell silent immediately.

The captain of the urban management brigade in the city waved his hand, indicating that the atmosphere didn't need to be so tense.
"These are all old, trivial matters. If the older generation of superhumans in our city were still alive, they would really cause you trouble. But now, the older generation is all dead, and the matter is over."

History is meant to be forgotten; there's no need to take it so seriously.

Besides, if you hadn't taken away the city foundation, our Valcai City wouldn't have been able to figure out a way to maintain the city's operation without the city foundation!
You stole the city's foundation, and you call that helping us?!

When talking about the grudges and grievances of the previous generation, the captain of the urban management brigade of the city of Facai did not seem to mind at all, and his logic was also reasonable.

However, what Lin Hao and his group heard sounded a bit strange.

The captain of the urban management brigade in Valcai City took the box containing the city foundation from Xi Yu's hand, shook it, opened it, and found it very novel:
"So this is the foundation of the city?"

"?"

Xi Yu looked bewildered.

"No? As the captain of the urban management brigade in Facai City, you've never seen the city foundation?"

"I've already said, our city doesn't need this. It's something that's been swept into the dustbin of history."

The captain of the urban management brigade in the city of Valcai played with the box in his hand for a while, then casually placed it on his desk:

"Let's go, let's go eat first. We can talk about other things tomorrow. The city foundation has been damaged for so many years. It doesn't matter whether it's repaired sooner or later."

The captain of the urban management brigade in Facai City had just finished speaking when the sound of an abacus clicking away rang in Lin Hao's ears.

The abacus of the God of Wealth (the God of Wealth of the North Road), acting as a divine artifact, is attempting to repair itself.

The abacus fragment of the God of Wealth (Northern God of Wealth) sensed the presence of the true form.

[In self-repair process]

As the beads clicked, Lin Hao felt as if overlapping shadows appeared in the scene before him.

[In self-repair process]

The sound of the abacus beads being moved became more frequent and rapid.

The overlapping scenes before my eyes began to change constantly. One second it was the office of the captain of the urban management brigade in the city of Facai, and the next second it became a spacious and clean laboratory with busy experimental staff inside. Most of the experimental staff were looking down and typing on their computers, as if they were calculating something.

Their work was initiated by a young man sitting in the very center of this laboratory.

Every now and then, someone would come up to the young man, bowing their head and asking him something.

However, because this scene kept changing, and it seemed that someone was arguing with the young man, Lin Hao couldn't fully interpret it through lip reading.
"Scientific management and technocratic rule are our goals."

"Give us a little more time, and the only thing holding us back is computing power."

The young people kept explaining and stating their positions, and the person arguing with them seemed to be saying:
"Stop! All of you, stop this social experiment! I am the mayor of Valiant City! You all have to listen to me!"

The next second, the laboratory was abandoned.

Without the hustle and bustle of people coming and going, the once clean and white laboratory now only has sunlight coming from some unknown window.

The ray of sunlight fell precisely in the center of the spacious laboratory, where the young man remained seated with his eyes closed.

When Lin Hao's gaze fell on the young man, the young man seemed to sense it, opened his eyes, and said fervently:
"Lazy Councilor, have we succeeded?"

The next moment, the scene before my eyes shattered and crumbled like a broken mirror.

[Fix, fix, fix and fix!]

【.】

Although the abacus of the God of Wealth (Northern God of Wealth) is a divine artifact, there is a barrier between the fragments and the original object due to the laws governing them.

[Unable to complete the repair!]

[Unable to complete the repair!]

[Unable to complete the repair!!!]

[Lin Hao, with his exceptional comprehension, comprehended the power of the laws of time while continuously observing the restoration of the abacus of the God of Wealth (the Northern God of Wealth).]

(End of this chapter)