【City of Measurement】

In the core area, at night, a dinner was going on. The diners were the staff of the Spark Mechanical Group of the City of Surveying. This was their work team-building dinner.

The drinking party among employees is like a big stage where you give way to others. Different people play different roles. Even the object of the toast, the person toasting, the timing of the toast and what to say have to be thought over and over again.

There are those who are at a loss, those who are full of resentment, those who rely on their elders and those who are flattering. The newly hired clerks are pushed onto the stage by the seniors and offer wine glasses to the seniors with smiles on their faces, as if it has become a routine.

Today, the Xinghuo Mechanical Team's work dinner welcomed several new faces. They are all new members who have just joined the company and have passed the Liming system's assessment of their qualifications.

Xiao Mei stared at the wine table quietly, her hand holding the glass trembling.

"Xiao Mei, you are new here, please give Leader Wang a toast." Suddenly, a big hand patted Xiao Mei on the shoulder. The owner of the hand was a senior worker.

Xiaomei's pupils trembled. She had been coaxed by the crowd and forced to drink five glasses of wine. Nausea and dizziness rushed to her forehead, and her cheeks turned red.

On her shoulder, the hand from the senior pinched her skin intentionally. But the others looked away as if they didn't see it and continued talking.

...She never thought that her dream working environment would be like this.

Seniors at work often use inexplicable reasons to push tasks to newcomers like her, and use the slogan of "training young people" to make things difficult for her, asking her to repeatedly redo work plans that clearly pass the quality standard. The boss who has a fat body deliberately treats her

He verbally humiliated her, left her a small note with her cell phone number, and touched her thigh when she was using the water dispenser.

She has worked overtime until late at night several times, and her originally adjusted schedule has become a mess. She even suffers personal attacks from female colleagues with comments such as "green tea" and "white lotus" because of her good appearance, and remains cold to inquiries about her work.

Violence. Someone dug up her past life experience and said that she was a person who worked in dirty jobs in the fringe area. She must be dirty at heart. She came here to work just to seduce anyone.

All kinds of negative remarks, huge work pressure, reversed day and night schedules, criticism and harassment from the boss... She was about to collapse.

She had never thought that the core area of ​​this bustling city would be like this. Didn't the Dawn System carefully assess character when assessing job qualifications?

Maybe this is really the case... In order to maximize work efficiency. In such work fields that have nothing to do with character, such as machinery manufacturing, as long as employees do not commit crimes or disrupt social order, as long as output can be maximized,

If she can pass the test, the person who will be sacrificed will only be a person like her who has no background and a weak temperament.

This is a very ridiculous and funny evaluation standard, but it is implemented just like this, because this is indeed a measurement result that maximizes benefits. The Dawn System only cares about the results, not the process.

...She has obviously left the father who sold her. Lord Akto rescued her. She can have a job to support herself and say goodbye to the darkness——

But when she looked up, she found that it was still dark higher up.

She was forced to stand up amidst the cheers of her seniors, like a goose being lifted up by its neck, and tremblingly toasted to the leader.

"I'd like to toast you..." She tried to raise her voice.

That was the leader who usually harassed her, touched her thighs, and even now looked at her with greedy eyes.

After sensing her displeasure, Leader Wang laughed and said, "What? Xiaomei doesn't want to see me?"

The people next to him immediately echoed and laughed: "Xiao Mei is our newcomer with outstanding abilities. It is normal for such a genius to be arrogant, but she does not dislike you. As the saying goes, it is better to have a hole in your stomach than to leave a gap in your feelings. Xiao Mei

, if you want to prove that you are not not close to Leader Wang, you have to have a few more drinks."

...It feels like a pinprick.

Xiaomei stood there, her whole body seemed to be pierced by gazes, and her fingers were cold.

"Everyone is happy today, so why not drink more? A thousand cups of wine is too little for a close friend!"

"Now that men and women each occupy half of the sky, Xiaomei, even if she is a girl, needs to be more heroic. Come on, I will fill it up for you..."

"Leader Wang, the fish and meat dishes are all facing you today. You are sitting in a Feng Shui treasure place. This little girl is serving you wine to borrow flowers to offer Buddha. I wish you great success and make further progress. I hope you will bring everyone with you in the future."

Do great things! Make big money! You may even enter the central laboratory and become the city lord's assistant in the future!"

As soon as they saw the opportunity to praise Leader Wang, people were like carps jumping over the dragon gate. No one would defend a female employee who had just entered the position and had no family behind her.

Another wine glass was filled, and Xiaomei's stomach turned. She was about to vomit, but no one cared. Amidst the laughter, no one cared about the tears of a new employee.

"……vomit."

The wine poured down her throat, and she knew she couldn't retreat. She made a promise to the Lord of Akto... She would become a person who makes money with her own hands.

She had to learn to get used to it...she couldn't retreat...even if her stomach felt uncomfortable as if it was about to be pierced by a sharp knife...

When it came to the eighth cup, Leader Wang finally relaxed his brows: "Okay, I see Xiaomei's sincerity, let's stop here. Skills at the wine table are not skills. In the future, we have to rely on the efforts of our new employees."

Make achievements."

Amid the cheers of the crowd, her eyebrows slightly opened and she smiled.

"Thank you, leader..."

The moment she said these words, something broke in her heart.

She sat down, as if a death row prisoner was being released. Next, a new employee was being made difficult. It was a little girl as young as herself. A drunk leader yelled at the little girl to perform a "beautiful girl"

"Take off your clothes", and the others laughed and took it off, no one cared about the little girl's ugly expression.

After all, on this occasion, anyone who becomes a "drunkard" can be forgiven for saying anything.

Xiaomei left the wine table with an excuse and stumbled into the bathroom. As soon as she closed the door, acid water surged up and she couldn't help but vomit. The hot smell of wine almost burned her, and her stomach felt like a heavy weight had fallen.

.

“Ugh… vomit… oooooooooo…”

She vomited, covered her lips and began to cry. She reversed day and night, sleeping only four hours a day. This kind of life was more exhausting than before, and her heart throbbed.

While spitting out the acidic water, she suddenly remembered the gentle city lord. He dragged her out of the quagmire of inferior personality and took her away from the hell on earth in the red light district. He said that she would have a new life. He said that she would have a new life.

Said that the Dawn System would arrange a job for her...

Where is he now? I heard that Caius Tower was opened...

"The white lotus flower today made me sick to my stomach."

Suddenly, a female colleague's voice came from outside the door. Xiaomei immediately covered her mouth, not daring to cry.

"I didn't like her as soon as she came here." The voice of another female colleague came: "But she does her job very quickly. I have left all my plans to her these days. She has done it for others.

I don’t know about the job yet, hahaha…”

"She told me privately that Leader Wang was harassing her, which was really ridiculous. Leader Wang was powerful and talented, but he still had to risk emotional overload to harass her? Besides, she looks like this, who says it's not her fault..."

Xiaomei leaned against the door, covering her mouth and shaking.

Two female colleagues chatted and walked out of the door.

"--what are you guys saying?"

Suddenly, a male voice came from the door. He seemed to be standing at the bathroom door.

"I...we..."

"We didn't say anything..."

The two of them bullied the weak and feared the strong, and their tone softened instantly.

"The Dawn System sent you here, and this is how you repay the city-state? By slandering your colleagues and stigmatizing others, how can you be worthy of the Lord Akto who founded the city-state?" The male voice spoke fiercely.

The two female colleagues lowered their heads and did not dare to say a word.

Five minutes later, the two female colleagues left in a hurry, and the sounds outside disappeared.

Xiaomei opened the door and walked out of the bathroom with some fear, hoping to find someone to help her. After walking for a while, she saw a man waiting at the corner. He was wearing a fitted suit, neat cuffs, straight trousers, and blond hair.

The silk is combed back and styled with hairspray, like an elite.

Seeing her coming, the man smiled and stretched out his hand to her:

"Hello, your name is Xiaomei, right?"

Xiaomei didn't dare to stretch out her hand. She vaguely felt that the man looked familiar, as if she had seen it on TV...

"I am the Speaker of the Central Committee of the Core Area. You can call me by my real name, Ailande." Seeing this, the man did not force himself and took out a business card from his arms and handed it to her.

"Core Area... Speaker?" Xiaomei finally recognized this man - the man is Core Area Speaker Fukri Colby. The central figure of power in the City of Measurement, together with the Eagle and Dog Mechanical Army, the Sanctuary, and the Garden of Eden.

He is the equal of the giant leader. His face is often seen in live press conferences on TV. His status is completely different from hers.

Why...does he know her?

Why...why do so many noble people suddenly appear in her bleak life? Why do they take care of her so much...? Is fate finally going to give her a gift?

Alande smiled. He was a player and had obtained the status of speaker. Earlier, when Edward led the resistance army into Central City, he had expressed his views on "supporting the Lord of Akto City" at a press conference. He

He did not choose to enter Caius Tower, but continued to search for clues in the City of Measurement.

In the process of searching for clues, he discovered a key NPC named "Xiao Mei". Su Mingan had been in contact with her for a long time. Xiao Mei must be an important role, and he wanted to win her favor.

"Have you been bullied by your colleagues?" Ailande asked her in a low voice: "If you don't like this job, I can apply for the Dawn System to give you a chance to be re-evaluated. You don't have to worry about living on the street."

"You...why do you want to help me?"

Ailande quickly thought of a reason: "I can't stand people slandering others. Besides, you look like my sister, so I want to help you."

"Then I..." Xiaomei's eyes brightened slightly.

She actually wants to enter the Central City Laboratory... She is no longer an inferior personality, her emotional level is changing to normal, she is qualified to enter, and she will no longer implicate the city lord.

But soon, she shook her head: "But, I can't squeeze other people's places. If I get a better job, the person who should have got the job will lose a lot..."

She bowed and her black hair fell: "Sorry, thank you for your kindness, but I can't do this."
To be continued...