When system cheat becomes rampant!-Chapter 410 - 302: Employment Vanguard

The Jiuzhou Talent Archive Bureau is the crux of the Alliance’s development. Located at the center of the Jiuzhou Alliance, it is in the heartland of the Jiuzhou continent.

As for someone’s background—should the Alliance seek to investigate it, they can generally find the needed details in this Archive Bureau. However, aside from Alliance staff, ordinary people have a hard time accessing these records.

Xiang Beifei went to the Talent Archive Bureau to scope it out. It was still working hours, and he watched various System Awakeners coming and going between the buildings, observing their systems.

Those who came here were generally corporate representatives handling various archival procedures, or individuals who had suddenly become unemployed and were seeking help. The Alliance would assist them in finding work.

But in reality, Awakeners of S-class or above rarely struggled to find work. Even R-class Awakeners managed to get by without worrying about employment.

Those unemployed were mainly N-class System Awakeners. Once out of work, and with a poor-performing system, sustaining a livelihood in Jiuzhou was tough. Even if the Alliance found them jobs, the only work they were qualified for was at the lowest level, dirty and exhausting tasks. System rank sealed their fate.

Xiang Beifei infiltrated the hall with the guise of the Ronin Sword. As long as he was in a crowded place, nobody had the time to give him a second glance.

He had learned from Ye Changfeng how troublesome it was to forge an identity within the Talent Archive Bureau. As soon as someone was born, they were registered in the bureau, and ordinary staff couldn’t just help register a new identity.

To investigate high-level Awakeners from within the Alliance also required various application procedures. It wasn’t something that could be done using just any internal computer at the Talent Archive Bureau, as these computers couldn’t access the data of high-level Awakeners.

One must go to the main control room of the archives.

But that place was off-limits to ordinary people.

Xiang Beifei didn’t know where the main control room of the archives was, nor could he look up everyone’s records; he needed someone from the inside to guide him.

And that person needed to possess the right system. He needed to scout for one.

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Unemployment assistance staff were servicing N-class job seekers who were looking for work. There were many people seeking help, some of whom appeared to have lost everything they owned.

Xiang Beifei’s gaze fell upon one of the clerks providing service. Explore stories at novelbuddy

[Host: Wu Wen]

[S-class, Persuasion System]

[Realm: Early Meridian Opening]

This was someone who gained system points by persuading others.

At that moment, Wu Wen was conducting an employment consultation for an N-class Awakener, who looked destitute in ragged clothing, with greying hair, and walked with a limp. He was a middle-aged man.

"Identification card," Wu Wen said.

"I... my identity card is lost. Someone scammed me out of all my money," the middle-aged man said in a flustered and anxious manner.

"Place your palm here," Wu Wen directed, pointing to a clean glass panel.

The middle-aged man carefully wiped his hand on his clothes, fearing he might dirty the clean counter, before placing his hand on it.

The glass panel quickly emitted a red light, and soon Wu Wen had captured the man’s Qi signature: "Zhang Xiang, 45 years old, middle-aged and unemployed, from Jizhou, N-class Awakener."

"Yes, that’s right!"

Zhang Xiang nodded eagerly and sighed in relief. After a moment, he spoke in desperation, "My son... my son is a pioneer, an S-class Awakener."

When mentioning his son, pride clearly shone in his eyes. His son’s success brought him as a father pride, but the light quickly faded: "But he sacrificed himself last year on a mission in the outer wilderness."

"Understood, family member of a pioneer," Wu Wen stated emotionlessly.

"This is my employment questionnaire!"

Zhang Xiang hastily handed Wu Wen a completed form listing his skills and the type of work he was seeking.

Without so much as a glance, Wu Wen took the form and set it aside, "I will assign you as a miner in the outer wilderness, two days off per month, salary two thousand. I have already created an employment account for you."

"A miner in the outer wilderness? But I’m not good at that. I’m good at farming; I can do farming. I made that very clear in the questionnaire," protested Zhang Xiang.

Unable to help himself, Zhang Xiang glanced towards his system interface.

[Host: Zhang Xiang]

[N-class, Farmland System]

[Realm: Early Qi-Controlling]

Zhang Xiang spoke anxiously, "I can farm, but I have no land anymore. The construction developers took my farmland by force, and I have nowhere to farm. They didn’t pay me either. I just hope the Alliance can arrange for me to have a small plot to cultivate."

But, as if he hadn’t heard Zhang Xiang’s plea, Wu Wen continued, "You can go and mine in the outer wilderness."

Zhang Xiang shook his head, "I can’t mine, my leg is injured."

Wu Wen looked up, and an almost imperceptible red light glinted in his eyes, "No, you can."

Zhang Xiang stared at Wu Wen’s eyes, momentarily dazed.

"Yes, I can mine," Zhang Xiang muttered to himself.

"Then please sign here. Someone will contact you in two days," Wu Wen said.

"Right, sign here."

Zhang Xiang, with a vacant look in his eyes, scribbled his name on the paper.

"Please rate my service a ten," Wu Wen added.

"Okay, ten points."

Without realizing it, Zhang Xiang mechanically rated the clerk’s service a ten on the counter’s evaluation interface.

"Thank you for rating our service! We wish you a pleasant work experience!"

A pleasant voice sounded from the counter.

"Next!" Wu Wen said.

Zhang Xiang mutely took his employment recommendation form and hobbled away, a line of neat, beautiful characters still inscribed across it: "The Alliance Talent Archive Center will, according to your preferences and system traits, find you a satisfactory job!"

Xiang Beifei silently watched everything.

Wu Wen had just used his system ability "Persuasion." This ability could forcibly change the thoughts of those with lower cultivation than his, making their thoughts on certain matters deep-rooted, compelling them to act exactly as he had said.

There was a sign above Wu Wen’s station listing his accolades:

—— Employee of the Year!

—— Best Helping Hand Award!

—— Employment Pioneer!

Xiang Beifei then turned his gaze back toward Zhang Xiang, who was leaving with the employment file, and pondered.

While he was thinking, Wu Wen had already efficiently helped another job-seeking applicant complete their procedures.

"No, you will go mining." Wu Wen said.

"Yes, I will go mining." The young man nodded vacantly.

Wu Wen then had the young man rate his service as "perfect."

Wu Wen had arranged for nine N-level Awakeners in a row to go mining, not even bothering to look at their employment questionnaires, just uniformly assigning them. Anyone who didn’t agree was directly subjected to his "Persuasion" ability.

After a while, Xiang Beifei approached Wu Wen.

"Your ID?" Wu Wen asked without looking up.

"I’ve lost my ID; my name is Zheng Xian." Xiang Beifei said.

"Place your hand here," Wu Wen pointed to the counter and instructed.

Xiang Beifei didn’t comply but instead asked, "Do you think I can find a job here?"

"Of course, we will regard your preferences as we find you a satisfactory job," Wu Wen replied emotionlessly.

"I see they’ve all chosen to go mining, but I do not like mining," Xiang Beifei said.

Wu Wen looked up, and a red light flashed in his eyes, "No, you like it."

[You have used Persuasion on the N-level Awakener]

"Fine, I like it." Xiang Beifei said.

[Zheng Xian has been persuaded by you, your Persuasion power +7]

Xiang Beifei thoughtfully looked at Wu Wen’s system interface, finding the "Persuasion" ability quite useful.

"You need to tell me the truth," Xiang Beifei said.

Wu Wen felt irritated inside. What’s wrong with this guy, babbling so much for what!

He lifted his head to look at Xiang Beifei, but soon a nearly imperceptible glow flashed in Beifei’s eyes.

"Yes, I will tell you the truth."

Wu Wen’s eyes glazed over before he responded.

He didn’t even realize he had fallen into his own system’s ability!

"Why do you like sending people to the outer wilderness to mine?" Xiang Beifei asked.

"Because the mining industry lacks workers, it’s highly dangerous, offers low wages, and basically attracts no one. I’ve signed a private contract with the mining company; every worker I refer allows me to take a cut from their wages," Wu Wen replied.

"Is that so."

Xiang Beifei nodded slightly. He then asked, "Doesn’t the Alliance care?"

"This is something the Alliance tacitly allows. They need to manage the unemployment of N-level Awakeners, ensuring they have something to do. I’ve solved both the employment issue and the build-up of unemployed N-level Awakeners for the Alliance; they can’t praise me enough," Wu Wen said.

Xiang Beifei fell into silence.

So this is how the Alliance dealt with the unemployed N-level Awakeners.

The N-level Awakeners were numerous but also the hardest to manage. With poor system abilities and generally low accomplishments, they were easily deceived by higher-level Awakeners, cheated out of money, ordered about, and ultimately left to wander the streets.

The unemployed that the Alliance could control were essentially all N-level Awakeners because high-level Awakeners never struggled to find work. These unemployed N-level Awakeners turned into a hidden threat for the Alliance; if left to roam the streets, they would cause significant trouble.

Therefore, as long as the employment issues of N-level Awakeners were resolved in any way, the Alliance would turn a blind eye to the methods used by the staff below.

Even if it meant forcing them to mine in the wilderness beyond the domain!

"Understood, find me in the park outside after you get off work," Xiang Beifei said.

"Okay," Wu Wen nodded.

Xiang Beifei continued, "You need to cancel your influence over everyone and from hereon earnestly refer to each job seeker’s questionnaire to find them work, and properly fulfill your duties."

"But my efficiency will drop if I do that!" Wu Wen said anxiously.

"You must do it," Xiang Beifei’s eyes shimmered again.

Wu Wen’s gaze turned vacant, and then he nodded earnestly, "Alright, I will do that."

Xiang Beifei turned and left the hall without looking back.