Three Towers Game

Chapter 365 Fierce Battle
The Three Towers Company's game has officially begun.

After the bosses of the four groups were selected, everyone except the bosses received a number from one to twenty-nine.

If Wen Xishu's area is Zone C, then Wen Xishu's employee numbers are C01 to C29.

His own number is c00.

Day 1 is about to begin. Countdown: five, four, three, two, one…

zero.

The electronic screen suddenly made a "ding" sound.

Then, a calendar appeared.

Day 1 begins.

No one felt anything was wrong, and everyone went to their assigned workstations according to their assigned numbers.

Soon, the computer screen displayed the tasks they needed to complete.

“What the hell is this?” said Li Weiwei, c01.

"That's it? That's a bit of an insult," said C02 Clark.

"If this is our job, it doesn't seem bad. At least the job is very, very simple." C03 is a person named Tang Zhe.

That is, the person Wen Xishu saw earlier, who had no interest in choosing a boss and was even yawning.

Tang Zhe's ability is calculation.

This time, the task was to solve arithmetic problems.

Wen Xishu said:
"It seems that you are all the same, it's all about arithmetic."

All the questions presented at each workstation are arithmetic problems.

At this moment, Wen Xishu didn't seem like a boss, but rather like an examiner.

Those who survive the apocalypse are not necessarily academic geniuses, but they can certainly do math.

Wen Xishu quickly checked everyone's computers and discovered a problem...

The questions that each person has to answer are actually different.

"Is it based on the different computing power of everyone?" Wen Xishu quickly came to a conclusion.

For example, C22, a black man named Turtle, whose special skill is running fast.

They are said to live in a primitive tribe and are chased by wild animals every day.

His tribe was so primitive that the apocalypse didn't affect them much.

Stuart wasn't stupid, but to be honest, he wasn't very good at arithmetic. So Stuart's arithmetic was basically single-digit addition and subtraction, and it wasn't traditional numbers, but pictures.

It's so simple that anyone could easily solve it.

However, the question for the boy named Tang Zhe in C03 was much more difficult.

His arithmetic skills were comparable to those of the mathematicians who flew in the sky and were worshipped as gods.

At this moment, Tang Zhe was calculating the missile launch trajectory. Wen Xishu glanced at the symbols and such and felt as if they were tainted by whispers.

Even as the boss, he couldn't understand it at all.

Thus, Wen Xishu came to a conclusion.

The difficulty is dynamic; here, there are no unqualified employees.

Each employee can complete their own task.

Employees only need to ensure their own pass rate.

Yes, there is a pass/fail rate for job duties.

Three Towers appears to have scanned everyone. They have a clear understanding of each person's computing power.

It's hard to slack off here.

You might think arithmetic is simple, but work requires accuracy and efficiency.

The accuracy rate must not be lower than 95%, and the efficiency requirement is that you must complete one question within the specified time, and the number of blank questions cannot exceed 5% of the total number of questions.

Under this mechanism, if Wen Xishu could choose, twenty-nine Turtles would definitely be better than twenty-nine Tang Zhes.

He could solve all twenty-nine of Thurte's problems at a glance.

But Tang Zhe's problem was one he couldn't solve.

If the boss can help the employees... then Wenxi Tree can definitely help Turtle solve all his problems.

But this idea is actually wrong.

The first day of our 30-day interview journey, noon. Three hours have passed in the morning, and everyone has done quite a few questions.

Wen Xishu was surprised to find that... the number of questions for each person was completely different.

Even though the difficulty of Tang Zhe's problems is many times greater than that of Thurter's... the number of problems Tang Zhe solved is not equal to that of Thurter.

But the displayed progress is the same.

The fourth hour.

Thurst has solved two hundred problems.

But Tang Zhe is still working on the sixth problem.

And everyone's progress is 333.333%...

"One-third, I understand."

"The number of questions is not fixed, nor is the difficulty of the questions. As long as you do the questions carefully and don't make any mistakes... then the only measure is time."

"In other words, four hours have passed, a third of the time has passed."

"In other words, each person's daily workload is twelve hours."

At this moment, Wen Xishu suddenly understood the range of "not difficult but not simple".

Even the simplest arithmetic is very easy to make mistakes if a person does it continuously for more than ten hours.

When Wen Xishu was a child, she encountered a vendor who offered a challenge for 50 yuan per attempt. He said that if you could count from 0 to 200 in one go without making a mistake and maintaining a smooth speed, you could win 200 yuan. This game was only for children.

This is essentially a gamble on "stability".

With many people watching and the boss giving hints, children who are challenged are often prone to making mistakes due to nervousness.

It's definitely not difficult, in fact, it's quite simple, but the repetitive and tedious process often leads to mistakes.

This world naturally has many jobs that are difficult and challenging.

But indeed... there is a lot of work, neither difficult nor easy, the biggest challenge being overcoming boredom and fatigue.

Relatively speaking, mathematics is already considered less boring.

But twelve hours is still too long.

By the eighth hour...

Wen Xishu could already sense that some people were starting to fall behind.

Gao Lele was clearly tired.

The difficulty of Gao Lele's questions has been reduced, and the time allotted for answering them has been increased.

But the more he tried to do this, the harder it became for him to muster his energy.

However, correspondingly, strong men like Turtle and Clark have abundant physical strength.

Even though doing problems is mentally taxing, their efficiency did not decrease at all.

At that moment, Wen Xishu suddenly thought of something...

These people might be better suited to earning money through overtime.

Employees may voluntarily apply for overtime. For each hour of overtime worked, employees will receive an extra 0.5 points for the day. Those with exceptional performance will receive… additional rewards.

This is the original quote that Wen Xishu found while flipping through the Scorpion Knife.

Of course, the true embodiment of the "overtime saint" is Shen Changfeng, who never experiences hunger or thirst.

This is the Iron Man that all bosses love.

Shen Changfeng kept doing his problems without feeling sleepy, hungry, thirsty, or needing to urinate.

Regardless of the difficulty of the questions he answered, the sheer number of questions...

That was the highest number of questions solved, with over a thousand questions answered.

The problem-solving efficiency is also consistently high.

This is practically the template for the King of Rolls.

Shen Changfeng's efficiency is terrifying, but Li Weiwei is no less impressive. Li Weiwei solves very difficult problems, and her efficiency is also quite good.

Her exquisite makeup remained flawless even after ten hours. Her face always carried an air of languid composure.

This is highly unlikely in reality.

But this is the Three Towers Corporation, and many of the people working here are survivors who survived the apocalypse.

They all possess abilities beyond those of ordinary people.

Overall, Wen Xishu felt that his employees were very reliable.

The twelfth hour ended quickly.

[Your normal working hours are about to end. You can clock out in 30 minutes. After you finish get off work, you will be transported to the rest area.]

[On the first day, all staff in Zone C worked normally, with accuracy and efficiency meeting requirements.]

[Decrease everyone's DR value by 5 points.]

[All HP points reduced by 5.]

Everyone receives one reward point (including the boss). The team currently has 30 points. The points have been tallied and sent to the boss, who needs to distribute them before the end of the day.

[All staff members have achieved satisfactory work performance; a free dinner will be awarded as a reward. The free dinner will replenish five HP points.]

[After one hour, overtime applications will be open. All employees can choose to work overtime for two hours to bring more benefits to themselves and the team. However, overtime must be applied for and approved by the boss.]

[The scores for the four major groups will be released after all regions have completed their overtime work.]

Gradually, the employees began to stop writing, and many started to stretch and twist their necks to relieve fatigue.

But for the few elites who survived the brutal environment of the apocalypse, it was as if nothing had happened.

The group quickly went to the rest area and had a fairly substantial dinner.

The food at Three Towers was decent; it wasn't as good as a fancy restaurant, but it was definitely better than what most people ate in the apocalypse.

Despite her delicate features and elegant demeanor, Li Weiwei was once so pathetic during the apocalypse that she did some things that she still finds disgusting and frustrating to this day.

Clark Kent even ate so many rats that he felt like vomiting.

They all thought the food provided by the Three Towers Company was the best food imaginable.

Working twelve hours a day is actually quite grueling, and most people don't plan to work overtime.

But Li Weiwei, Clark, and Shen Changfeng all submitted overtime requests.

Li Weiwei knew very well that to survive the apocalypse, one had to be of value.

What is the value of an employee? It's in generating points.

The boss currently has thirty points...

Would the boss distribute the 30 points equally among everyone? Would a company like Three Towers hire 30 people with the same score?
Isn't the point of having scores simply to determine who is better?
She didn't become the boss, and she accepted it. After all, there was a monster in the Red House that could kill her.

But if she were the boss, she would inevitably allocate more points to herself.

Therefore, I have to work overtime to get more points.

Fortunately, Li Weiwei has excellent physical fitness, so working overtime is not a difficult thing for her.

Shen Changfeng shared the same idea.

No food, no drink, no sleep... Although he has no fighting talent, when it comes to navigating the workplace, no one is better than him.

Especially for jobs with a dynamic balance of difficulty, doesn't that mean that everyone ultimately competes on workload? That is, willpower and physical strength?
Thinking of this, Shen Changfeng became extremely excited.

As the boss, Wen Xishu soon received three emails requesting overtime at his workstation.

Wen Xishu also has his own thoughts on overtime work.

In military strategy, there is only one option: "Go on an expedition." The effect of going on an expedition is as follows:
Those with higher scores can suppress those with lower scores. They can reduce the score of the lower-scoring group to 80% the next day. However, this requires 20 points.

Yes, there is competition between groups.

Wen Xishu could imagine the hiring standards of the Three Towers Company...

The first step is definitely to select from the group with the highest scores.

No matter how high your score is, if you are in the loser's bracket, you will not be accepted.

This is related to some sports award selections. The MVP always comes from the winning team.

Li Weiwei received a reply quickly, and her face turned somewhat ashen.

Because Wen Xishu gave a reply that she found hard to understand.

[After consideration, the boss has rejected your overtime request.]

Clark is the same in this respect.

[After consideration, the boss has rejected your overtime request.]

Both of them were somewhat puzzled. Being refused overtime work?
As the boss, shouldn't you be trying to find ways to make us work overtime?
Only Shen Changfeng received permission to work overtime.

Overtime is permitted.

Li Weiwei was unconvinced and went directly to Wen Xishu to say:

"Boss, why can't I work overtime?"

Wen Xishu had anticipated that the second-in-command would come to inquire, and he calmly replied:

"Overtime will bring points, but what's the cost? You don't think that HP (work points) is only deducted during regular work hours, do you?"

Li Weiwei was stunned.

Wen Xishu said:
"First of all, although you are very capable, you will get tired. But Changfeng will not. Changfeng may not have the ability to lead a community like you, but his ability, on a mental level, is naturally suited to working overtime, making him the best test model."

Li Weiwei seemed to understand a little.

Her expression softened.

Wen Xishu continued:
"I need to test the effect of dr value on a person's mental state, so I need a person who is objectively mentally stable and does not experience mental fatigue."

"This person cannot be you, because although you are strong inside, you will also get tired."

Li Weiwei nodded, "That's true."

Shen Changfeng certainly wouldn't have that kind of superhuman quality; he wouldn't feel tired...

Wen Xishu continued:
"Don't be fooled by the rules that encourage us to work overtime; I won't agree to it until I understand the costs involved."

"Li Weiwei, you must remember one thing..."

"Not being hired doesn't count as a failure. Failure is when HP=0 and the score is less than 0."

Li Weiwei nodded:

"Boss, which area are you from? In Longxia? Would you be interested in coming to our community?"

Her eyes were no longer just gentle, but had a captivating, almost ethereal quality.

Wen Xishu said:
"This is a matter of privacy. I'm going to start recording overtime data now. You should go."

Li Weiwei felt somewhat embarrassed, but she still obediently left.

Working hours are from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m.

From 8 p.m. to 2 a.m. the following day is overtime work.

In other words, you can work a maximum of six hours of overtime per day.

Those who work overtime can earn up to three extra points.

In Wen Xishu's view, the value of "Drive" is a manifestation of a certain kind of spiritual power.

Soon, he also obtained the data that Shen Changfeng valued most by making Shen Changfeng work overtime for six hours...

Data that wasn't mentioned in the rules and could only be discovered by players through trial and error.

"Working overtime for an hour earns you 0.5 points, but at the cost of a 5-point decrease in HP."

"By now, Shen Changfeng has lost thirty HP points..."

"If he works normally tomorrow, then he will lose a total of 35 HP points."

Wen Xishu quickly arrived at the vending machine.

He discovered something interesting but terrifying...

"Shen Changfeng helped me earn three points, but if I use these three points to buy food to replenish my HP, it actually... it actually only replenishes 10 HP?"

Once you've exchanged health for points, you can't exchange points back for health. Unless you lose money doing so...

However, Wen Xishu ultimately spent three points to restore some of Shen Changfeng's health, even if it wasn't fully restored.

From Shen Changfeng, Wen Xishu observed that once the life value drops, it will definitely make people feel "uncomfortable".

The more it decreases, the more exponentially this level of discomfort increases.

Another strange thing is that Wen Xishu discovered...

Shen Changfeng's dr value actually increased.

"really weird."

Wen Xishu was puzzled.

“Drive is a driving force, which I can understand as the driving force for working overtime, and enthusiasm for work.”

Interestingly, Shen Changfeng's work enthusiasm actually increases when he works overtime?

This is unreasonable. If you ask an author who writes 4,000 words a day to try writing 10,000 words a day, he will definitely hate the job, and his motivation should decrease.

The sudden surge in driving force left Wen Xishu feeling bewildered.

"But what if... he's the only one in the world who can work overtime? What if working overtime is a magic formula?"

"I refused everyone else's request to work overtime, but only allowed Shen Changfeng to work overtime. Will he feel that he is being treated differently because of this?"

"In any case, I still need to continue to observe. I will arrange for Shen Changfeng to work overtime again tomorrow."

There was still too much data to test, and Wen Xishu still felt very uncertain.

He needed more precise data. Wen Xishu immediately went to the office area.

Actually, by this time, everyone in the entire office area had arrived.

They didn't sleep.

Because it was 2 a.m., the time when everyone finished working overtime.

The first day's settlement has arrived.

The scores for the four groups and four regions will also be released.

Everyone was eager to see how the other groups would score.

Before this, Wen Xishu received a notification.

Please allocate your earned points. Your current score is 31 points. As the boss, you receive an extra point.

Wen Xishu didn't think much of it. He kept his score and divided the remaining 29 points equally.

Soon, everyone received their scores.

Shen Changfeng was actually feeling a little uncomfortable.

"I worked six hours more than everyone else...and it cost me my life points...but I actually only got one point?"

"Why!"

Shen Changfeng was clearly dissatisfied with Wen Xishu's actions.

But considering that Wen Xishu was his boss and had saved his life, he held back.

Soon after, Vivi Lee and Clark discovered that everyone had a score, one point each.

The two exchanged a glance and thought Wen Xishu was a bit naive.

"Egalitarianism...is too naive. It will greatly dampen everyone's willingness to work."

Li Weiwei thought to herself.

But Wen Xishu didn't think so.

Because Wen Xishu was certain that this point wouldn't be easy to get.

Sure enough, the electronic screen soon displayed the scores for all teams, along with an additional rule—the cost of survival.

[Note: To survive at Three Towers Company, a basic cost of one point per day is required. If an employee's points earned at midnight are less than zero after deducting the basic cost, that employee will be forcibly laid off.]

This news sent a chill down everyone's spine.

"What do you mean?" Turt was a little confused.

Tang Zhe explained:
"What else is there to do? Eating, breathing, and sleeping all cost money here. If we don't work overtime, the money we earn is just enough to live on. There will be no surplus."

Shen Changfeng said in astonishment:

"So, if you only earn one point, it's the same as not earning any points?"

Tang Zhe nodded:
"Isn't that obvious?"

Shen Changfeng clenched his fists.

Tang Zhe said:

"However, at least we all survived today, which means our boss isn't so bad."

After Tang Zhe finished speaking, the electronic screen immediately displayed new content—

Area A: A total of 70 points were obtained. After deducting military expenditures and population expenditures, 20 points remain.

Area B: A total of 31 points were obtained. After deducting population expenditure, 4 points remain.

Area C: A total of 34 points were obtained. After deducting population expenditure and additional expenses, 1 point remains.

Area D: A total of 47 points were obtained. After deducting population expenditure, 17 points remain.

Wen Xishu frowned slightly. He was deduce how Area A had scored 70 points.

This deduction made him feel that Area A was a bit crazy, excessively crazy.

At this moment, Wen Xishu's employees were also shocked.

70 point?
Are all employees working overtime? How could someone possibly get such a high score of 70?
They found the score incredible.

Li Weiwei's eyes gleamed with fervor. Area A, as expected of the legendary Team A, they're too strong. With this score, everyone can survive!
However, Wen Xishu did not think that Area A was the strongest; he thought Area D was the strongest.

"There's a master in District D..." Wen Xishu pondered silently.

He didn't think for long, because two pieces of bad news interrupted him.

[Area A launched an attack on Area C. The attack was successful. Area C's points tomorrow will be reduced to 80% of their normal value.]

[Area A has initiated diplomatic relations with Area C. Employees in Area C who are dissatisfied with their current boss are welcome to go to Area A, where they are willing to be accepted.]

[Area A issues a declaration to Area C: Welcome to our paradise of grade supremacy!]

At this moment, people are filled with anxiety.

Wen Xishu suddenly laughed:

"I've been given the cold shoulder..."

He didn't pay much attention, because Area A wouldn't be the last area he would reach.

At the same time, he also discovered something terrible.

Area B.

The score in Zone B is the same as the score in Zone C, which I manage, but Zone B actually has four points remaining.

Wen Xishu certainly knew what this meant.

"Tsk tsk, Section B, it's a bit bloody."

Beset by internal and external troubles, this is the moment.

With everyone's scores reduced to zero, and with the diplomatic efforts of Area A, Wen Xishu now has to deal with the employees' emotions and an extremely severe survival test.

(End of this chapter)