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When Mo Wendao woke up, there was a new text message on his phone along with a pending friend request:
『Your employee registration has been approved. Report at 13:45.』
『Ask for Xu Linna in the Market Research Department.』
『Don’t be late.』
Mo Wendao stared at the messages for a moment to collect himself, then checked the friend request. The profile picture was the Three Lives Pharmaceuticals logo, a blooming silver lotus. Beside the name “Xia Nuoya,” a line of small text listed her positions:
CEO of Ping’an Three Lives, Executive Director of Pharmaceutical R&D at Three Lives Pharmaceuticals.
Еn u m̌а
Mo Wendao casually searched for information on Ping’an Three Lives and learned that it was a health consultancy whose main clientele consisted of upper-middle-class and elite members of District 52 society.
Looking at the price of 120,000 watts a month for platinum membership, Mo Wendao clicked his tongue. No wonder he had never seen any advertisements for Ping’an Three Lives in the Lower City.
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He had already guessed yesterday that this senior sister had an extraordinary status. Now it seemed very likely that she was the personal disciple of some elder within Three Lives Pharmaceuticals.
Mo Wendao accepted Xia Nuoya’s friend request, and the note attached to the request immediately popped up, looking almost like a personal status message:
『If you need something, leave a message and explain the situation directly.』
『Do not ask “Are you there?” Do not send stickers.』
Ѐǹ u m̂ ȧ . іd̈
『Three strikes and you’re blocked.』
Seeing this, Mo Wendao’s finger froze above the phone’s built-in “cupped fists” sticker. He could not help recalling Xia Nuoya’s expressionless face while she spoke yesterday. This senior sister seemed somewhat difficult to get along with.
Before Mo Wendao could finish composing an appropriate greeting, another message appeared:
『Transfer: 5,000 watts.』
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『Replace the television and light bulb that I broke.』
『The rest should be enough for you to buy a decent set of clothes.』
Е n ú ḿа .і̇ d̀
?
The sudden transfer of money caught Mo Wendao completely off guard, leaving his thoughts in disarray. Although Senior Sister had indeed broken his television and light bulb last night, he still felt things could not possibly be this simple. Considering Xia Nuoya’s attainment in the demonic path, he suspected that Senior Sister was most likely testing him.
Testing whether his nature was greedy, and whether he might someday run off with the sect’s magical treasures and secrets.
Mo Wendao immediately replied: 『That’s too much. 150 watts is enough.』
His previous television had come from a secondhand market in the Lower City. Old Gu had introduced him to the place and even gotten him a twenty-percent discount. Including replacement parts, the whole thing had only cost 72 watts. A light bulb was even cheaper. He could stop by a hardware store on his way home and replace it for 3 watts. Even 150 watts would be enough to upgrade the television by an entire tier, and the remaining money would be more than enough to buy a suit from one of the familiar vendors at the market.
Mo Wendao instantly finished calculating everything in his head and felt quite satisfied with his reply.
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Yet only a few seconds later, another message arrived from Xia Nuoya:
『You’re a company employee now. You represent the image of Three Lives Pharmaceuticals.』
『Don’t shop at flea markets anymore. If I catch you doing it, I’ll deduct your bonus.』
『Any other questions?』
Mo Wendao stared at those three lines for quite some time before finally accepting the transfer. It seemed he had failed to consider things properly this time. Still, there really was one question on his mind.
He quickly typed: 『Senior Sister, why do you always send your messages in three parts?』
Ѐ ń ǔ m̊а
He sincerely sought guidance. Thinking back carefully, ever since Senior Sister had first messaged him under the identity of the mysterious contact, every message had followed the same standard three-part format. He knew that many great sects had traditions of their own. Now that he had joined the sect, even if only as a menial disciple, he naturally needed to adapt to its rules and customs as quickly as possible.
Before long, Xia Nuoya replied:
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『Because I use voice-to-text.』
『I can’t speak that much in one breath, so I’m used to splitting it up.』
『Also, why are you calling me Senior Sister?』
Mo Wendao: ...
W̆ е́ b ñ ȯ v е ľ Ẽ n̂ ŭ m ӓ
Had he perhaps been thinking far too deeply about this senior sister of the demonic path? Even so, he quickly replied: 『Senior Sister recommended me to Three Lives Pharmaceuticals and gave me an opportunity to advance. I naturally must remember this favor.』
This time, Xia Nuoya did not respond for quite a while. Mo Wendao stood there waiting for more than five minutes before another reply finally arrived. This time, it consisted of only one word: 『Fine.』
After that, Xia Nuoya truly did not send him another message.
Looking at the additional 5,000 watts that had suddenly appeared in his account, Mo Wendao came to a realization. He had misjudged her this time.
Dilarang mengopy novel dari Enuma.id.
Senior Sister was decisive and true to her word. She was not difficult to get along with at all.
That day, Mo Wendao personally experienced the unbridgeable gulf between a giant of the demonic path and unaffiliated street cultivators. In the Lower City, gang members would cause a major incident and take several lives for the sake of 5,000 watts.
E n û m а̃ . і d̀
No wonder the people of the Lower City both loved and hated the corporations, dreaming of obtaining a permit to enter the Middle City.
Mo Wendao firmly remembered what Senior Sister had said about the company’s image. This time, he stopped trying to save money. He visited the most heavily advertised designer store in the Lower City, one that claimed to be the first choice of corporate employees, and purchased a black suit. This was also the image of corporate employees he most frequently saw on television. Afterward, he went to a nearby salon to have his hair styled.
The hairstylist trimmed away for quite some time, then sprayed some unknown substance over Mo Wendao’s head. Mo Wendao stared at himself in the mirror. Under the stylist’s efforts, his appearance gradually changed. His hair became glossy and slick until he slowly transformed into someone even he found slightly unfamiliar.
After leaving the salon and looking at the deductions from his account, Mo Wendao felt a little dizzy.
How had simply buying a suit and getting a haircut somehow cost him 1,047 watts?
At 13:30, he arrived at the Lower City branch of Three Lives Pharmaceuticals fifteen minutes early. He was greeted by a female android whose appearance was indistinguishable from that of a real human, except for a pale blue ring of light the size of a fingernail rotating above her forehead.
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With a hint of curiosity, Mo Wendao followed the android to the second floor.
Pale blue rays swept across his body. Guided by the android assistant, Mo Wendao walked along the pristine white corridor toward the office of the Director of Market Research.
When the automatic door opened before him, he saw a woman wearing Three Lives Pharmaceuticals’ futuristic white lab coat. She had pale pink, shoulder-length curls, exquisite makeup, and was so beautiful she looked as though she had stepped straight out of a television cosmetics commercial.
The holographic employee badge on her chest revealed her identity:
Director of the Lower City Market Research Department, Xu Linna.
The two stared silently at each other for a moment. Mo Wendao watched as the standard professional smile on Xu Linna’s face gradually stiffened, twisted, and transformed into an expression of disbelief mixed with fear.
Èṅu ma
“Hm? What’s going on? I smell poverty.”
Xu Linna muttered to herself, then instructed Mo Wendao, “Stand right there. Don’t move.”
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She then hurried all the way back to her desk, anxiously pulled out a gas mask, and put it on. Only after activating its air purification system did she finally breathe a sigh of relief. Then her brilliant, star-like cybernetic eyes carefully scanned every inch of Mo Wendao’s body.
Her muttering sounded somewhat muffled through the gas mask. “36% synthetic fried-skewer odor, 43% Lower City market district odor, 21% cheap alcohol odor...”
Her voice grew louder and louder. Even through the gas mask, Xu Linna’s profound terror was obvious.
“Holy shit! One hundred percent pure poor person!”
W.е b̄nо̀ v̄еl̆ Ĕ n û m̌á
(End of Chapter)
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