When system cheat becomes rampant!-Chapter 555 - 416: Wufu Desolate Beast Research Company

Chapter 555: Chapter 416: Wufu Desolate Beast Research Company

Having the ability to communicate with desolate beasts is indeed rare. Such individuals are highly sought after in the Pioneering Departments of the Union, especially for missions in foreign desolate territories. Students from elite universities are often recruited by the Pioneering Department as soon as they graduate.

Shen Tongtong, as an Awakener of the “SR-grade Beast Language System,” possessed exceptionally powerful desolate beast communication abilities; she was precisely the type of talent they sought.

It was understandable that the Wufu Desolate Beast Research Company urgently needed such System Awakeners, but the question was, did they really need them to this extent?

After all, Jiuzhou residents had been studying the characteristics of desolate beasts for generations in order to combat them, summarizing a set of behavioral languages for desolate beasts and collecting and recording translators for common desolate beast sounds.

Although the translation couldn’t guarantee one hundred percent accuracy, the primary business of the Wufu Desolate Beast Research Company was to provide various types of edible desolate beasts to the Jiuzhou continent, capturing them ultimately for slaughter.

Even if they wanted to research and improve desolate beasts, those beasts weren’t very powerful, with the strongest only at the Meridian Opening stage. In such cases, the Beast Language Translators were absolutely sufficient.

So why did they specifically need someone to communicate with the desolate beasts?

Considering that people like Huajiuyue and Gao Zhuo were targeting someone like Shen Tongtong, Xiang Beifei always felt there was more to it than met the eye.

Normally, Shen Tongtong was still just a high school student, and her knowledge was not comprehensive. Such a person, even if joining the Desolate Beast Company, would be groping in the dark. Only by going to university to systematically study desolate beast knowledge and advancing her cultivation could she better handle her duties.

But Unrestrained seemed very urgent, and so did the Wufu Desolate Beast Research Company.

What exactly were they so urgent about?

The two people in the stairwell did not discuss this further, and Xiang Beifei did not ask further. He was just an applicant ready for an interview. It was most important to blend into the company first; once he was in, there would be plenty of opportunities to snoop around.

The elevator quickly reached the sixth floor. He stepped out and was met by a long corridor, with a light blue floor that looked impeccably clean.

The offices lined both sides of the corridor. For a large conglomerate like the Wufu Desolate Beast Research Company, the Human Resources Department alone occupied an entire floor, as they dealt not only with employee matters but also with filing various desolate beast records.

He turned left through a yellow glass door and arrived at Room 501, only to find that six people were already waiting there.

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When he entered, they all looked up, their expressions ranging from wary, curious, arrogant, to indifferent, apparently all job seekers.

Large companies have many applicants each day, and the positions required a large number of personnel. Normally, there would be more than these people, probably waiting to go in for their interviews one by one.

Xiang Beifei found a seat and began observing the system interfaces of these job seekers.

Those present were mostly older than Xiang Beifei, with one or two looking like they had just graduated. Most were S-grade, with a few R-grade Awakeners. The positions applied for varied, as did the requirements for System Awakeners.

For instance, the girl in a yellow dress beside him had awakened the “R-grade Notification System.” Her system log was filled mainly with notifications.

From her system log, it seemed she had been the class president in school, often posting various announcements in the class group, including exam schedules and holidays, all handled by her system tasks.

She was likely applying for an administrative position.

Another side had a young man dripping with sweat, appearing quite nervous and looking around restlessly, muttering to himself. His system was the “R-grade Penny Pinching System.” He would insist on going Dutch at meals and precisely calculate down to three decimal places.

He was probably applying for an accounting position.

Not far away, there was a man in a yellow jacket, an Awakener of the “R-grade Fiery Eyes Insight System.” With such a high-end name, it was clear he possessed a very special discernment ability—his probable job application was for a product quality inspector?

Of course, apart from these, he also spotted a man dressed in thick clothing, looking like he was wrapped like a dumpling in this scorching heat, seemingly awakened to some cold-natured constitution, too frail for comfort. Yet, as soon as he sat down, he started removing his outerwear, then a sweatshirt, a strong odor of sweat wafting through the air, causing people nearby to frown in disgust.

But this man seemed utterly oblivious, and after a while, he put his removed clothes back on, only to start undressing again after five minutes.

His behavior looked very strange!

But in reality, he had awakened the “S-grade Armor Shedding System.”

This system had a unique ability—shedding off one’s body defenses could enhance his own power.

This meant that him removing an item of clothing, or getting someone else to take off theirs, was essentially equivalent to completing a task.

After all, even the thinnest clothes served as a protective item.

Of course, helping someone trim their nails or trimming his own also counted as performing tasks. He trimmed his nails right to the flesh, almost as if he wanted to pull them all out.

However, his most formidable ability was aimed at desolate beasts equipped with armor, possessing an extremely strong armor-breaking capability.

This person was here either to apply for a technician role researching armored desolate beasts or for a high-paying job like a Desolate Hunter within the company.

The latter possibility was more likely.

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Xiang Beifei observed these people with interest. Although he had tricked two ministers of the Union and even killed Unrestrained. But he had, in strict terms, entered society for the first time, just about to experience the life of a corporate drudge, yet he was still profoundly curious about these job seekers.

In the Martial Arts College, he had seen systems mostly related to combat, but once out of the Martial Arts College, he realized that this world was not just about those with strong lethal systems, but also housed a variety of very special literary Dao System Awakeners.

The people in the reception room were all waiting, with three rooms on the other side apparently conducting interviews simultaneously. Every now and then, a voice would announce who should go to which room for an interview, and the people leaving the interviews looked either happy or distressed but were continually replaced by newcomers.

A big company deserved its reputation with a never-ending stream of interviewees.

Xiang Beifei had been waiting for half an hour when the pretty receptionist downstairs suddenly came over apologetically and said, “I’m so sorry, there has been a mistake in the notice. You are applying for the laboratory technician position; you should go to the laboratory on the seventh floor, they are waiting for you there.”

“Okay.”

Xiang Beifei didn’t care much and stood up to head towards the seventh floor.

Just as he stepped out of the staircase, he saw an old man in a white lab coat standing there, discussing something with another young man.

The old man in the lab coat, hearing footsteps, looked up and glanced at Xiang Beifei, asking, “Are you here to apply for the Beast Pill research technician position?”

“Yes.”

“I don’t like people who are late,” the old man in the lab coat said sternly.

“The receptionist notified the wrong location; I waited on the fifth floor for half an hour,” Xiang Beifei responded politely.

“I hate liars; you better not lie to me.”

The old man immediately took out his phone and called the reception to confirm the matter.

Xiang Beifei couldn’t help but be surprised, thinking how seriously this old man took the matter, needing to confirm such a trivial issue personally.

Soon, the old man received a response and angrily scolded the person on the other end of the phone: “You’re not working diligently! Do you not realize you’re wasting a lot of our time here? The time of our research department is wasted by you! If you can’t handle this job, you might choose to resign, otherwise, fulfill your duties properly!”

The old man sternly rebuked the person on the phone.

“Definitely not someone easy to provoke,”

Xiang Beifei couldn’t help but think.

“Don’t be late next time,” the old man said to Xiang Beifei after hanging up, then turned and walked inside.

“If there is a next time,” he added.

“Okay.”

Xiang Beifei followed, all the while observing the old man’s system interface.

[Host: Zhao Ruizhong]

[SR level, Biological Modification System]

[Stage: Early Orifice Transforming]

This man specialized in researching various creatures; by modifying the bodies of organisms, they could be strengthened!

This specifically manifested in ways such as catching a mosquito and breaking off one of its wings, which counted as a modification! Thus, normally if he plucked out one of his own hairs, cut his nails, or pulled out some fur from his pet, it all counted as modification!

As long as the modified creature stayed alive, it would increase his system value!

[You have lost three hairs inadvertently modifying your own body, modification value +1]

Modifying organisms, simple changes hardly added much system value, like shedding hair which was merely a point, but the more complex the modification, the more system value it added, and the amounts could be substantial.

[You transplanted the Flame Spray Gland from the White Flame Rabbit to the Extreme Ice Rabbit, giving the Extreme Ice Rabbit powerful ice and fire attack abilities, modification value +1821]

The capabilities of Zhao Ruizhong’s system to modify many desolate beasts, making them stronger, understandably made Xiang Beifei wary.

Because enhancing desolate beasts, making them stronger, strictly speaking, was not a good thing!

He suddenly remembered the three people from the marketing department he had met in the elevator earlier, who had been complaining about the sudden increase in strength of desolate beasts leading to fluctuations in the prices of edible-type desolate beasts; could it be related to this man?

But that didn’t make sense, because logically, since he was from the Wufu Desolate Beast Research Company, fortifying desolate beasts should result in economic losses for his own company.

“Doctor Zhao is very thorough. This time it was the receptionist’s fault, not yours, but be sure to be punctual next time.”

The young man walked beside Xiang Beifei and kindly reminded him, then smiled, “Of course, I hope you get hired; this lab always lacks personnel, and Doctor Zhao tends to dismiss those who do not meet the standards.”

“Does he often dismiss employees?”

“Yes, he prefers to err on the side of deficiency rather than excess. He doesn’t indulge those he finds unfit,” the young man said, “I forgot to introduce myself; my name is Liang Hao, and I’m a technician in this lab.”

[Host: Liang Hao]

[SR level, Super God Gene System]

[Stage: Early God Refining]

This person’s system also dealt closely with desolate beasts, akin to a biological modification system, where he could extract the genes of one desolate beast and transfer them to another, merging the two types of genes, making the resulting beast stronger.

Liang Hao’s system and Zhao Ruizhong’s had a similar purpose; both involved enhancing desolate beasts through modifications.

Does everyone in this lab need to research how to make desolate beasts stronger?