Outside the Alliance Talent Archives Bureau, Zhang Xiang was limping back ho, still clutching an employnt recomndation form in his hand.
"I need to go mining." This thought had been on his mind the whole ti.
But soon, this idea gradually faded away.
Wu Wen had already taken the initiative to remove his influence over him.
"How can I mine with this leg!"
Zhang Xiang despondently sat down on the flowerbed by the roadside.
He couldn’t help but rest his elbows on his knees and support his forehead with his hands, his eyes brimming with exhaustion.
Xiang Beifei went to buy a bottle of water and a bag of bread and then ca over, saying, "Here."
Zhang Xiang wearily lifted his head, seen the bread and mineral water, and paused for a brief mont.
He hesitated and did not reach out to take them.
"I have no money." Zhang Xiang shook his head.
"I heard just now that your son was a pioneer. Pioneers deserve respect, and their families should be treated well. This is for you," Xiang Beifei said.
Zhang Xiang lifted his head to look at the young man before him.
"Take it, I have no other intentions." Xiang Beifei said.
"Thank you."
Zhang Xiang said gratefully, quickly taking the bread and water and devouring them hungrily.
"How long has it been since you last ate?" Xiang Beifei asked.
"Two days. It’s been two days since I’ve had food." Zhang Xiang kept stuffing the bread into his mouth.
"I rember the Alliance gives a large amount of condolence money to each pioneer’s family. You shouldn’t be living so down-and-out," Xiang Beifei said.
Zhang Xiang’s gaze darkened slightly, and he gave a bitter smile.
"It’s my bad luck. I used to be just a content farr, but forced developnt took my land, without paynt. When I went to argue with them, they sent an old man to deal with . Before I could say much, the old man suddenly fell down and lost consciousness! Apparently, he was the developer’s father, and then they claid I had injured him. I had no idea what was happening," Zhang Xiang sighed.
"Didn’t law enforcent care?"
"They said it was my fault. I didn’t quite understand. I saw that the head of the enforcent team seed to be friends with the developer. Later, the Alliance Court ruled against , and I had to pay them a large sum of money. The condolence money left by my son was all gone," Zhang Xiang said with a bitter taste in his mouth.
Xiang Beifei fell silent once more.
Not all heads of enforcent teams were like Lu Hong, principled and loathing evil.
There were also heads of enforcent teams like "Lai Wuying," who rely wanted to complete system tasks.
"What happened with that old man?" Xiang Beifei asked.
"He was faking it to extort money! Before the Alliance Court’s ruling, he was critically ill, claid to have a third-degree disability and couldn’t take care of himself, they said I had beaten him into a vegetative state. But a few days after the court’s decision took effect, he was walking in the park!"
Zhang Xiang clenched his fists.
Monts later, he opened his hands again.
"Why is life so hard?"
He murmured to himself, his tone helpless and bewildered.
Xiang Beifei silently watched Zhang Xiang.
He didn’t know how to answer that question either.
The system world was perhaps just like that.
Without a high-level system, you are inherently seen as lesser, dood to suffer oppression.
N-levels in this world live a hard life with too few ways out. The suppression of the low-level by the high-level systems inevitably ans they have a bleak future.
Even though Zhang Xiang was the family of a pioneer, the Alliance didn’t seem to have treated him well.
His own son had worked for the Alliance, sacrificed as a pioneer in the Outer Frontier, but as the family of a pioneer, he was swindled out of the condolence money.
If Zhang Xiang were a high-level System Awakener, it might have been different, but he was only an N-level Awakener. Who would care about an N-level Awakener?
"He was so young!"
Zhang Xiang pulled out a photo, it was of his son, barely in his twenties, not long out of university, who had chosen the noble profession of a pioneer full of grand aspirations and never returned.
His eyes were filled with tenderness and sorrow.
The mont his son awakened as an S-level, he felt his life was filled with hope, proud that he could hold his head high, even proud when his son chose to be a pioneer, for it was a lofty occupation.
But who could have foreseen things turning out like this?
"Thank you for the bread and water," Zhang Xiang stood up and once again expressed his gratitude to Xiang Beifei.
"What plans do you have for the future?" Xiang Beifei asked.
"Plans?" Zhang Xiang shook his head blankly, with self-mockery smiled, "Maybe I will choose to go to the Outer Frontier to mine! This life is probably over for . Next life, I’ll try not to be an N-level Awakener."
He hobbled off towards the road.
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His figure was solitary.
That was a man who had lost hope in life.
"I’ve often been told, as long as life hasn’t knocked us down, it’s we who are in control of it," Xiang Beifei spoke from behind.
Zhang Xiang stopped in his tracks, smiling wryly, "Whoever said that must be a high-level Awakener."
"He’s my grandfather, just an N-level Awakener," Xiang Beifei said.
Or at least, that’s how he viewed his own system level.
But he had always lived that way.
Zhang Xiang paused in reflection.
"Then he’s very optimistic," he said.
"Yes, he never gave up hope."
Xiang Beifei stood up, walked over, and handed him a note, saying, "Don’t give up either, you can go to this place and try looking for a job."
Zhang Xiang hesitated for a mont, then took the note. It was inscribed with an address and the words "Kong’s Mansion Banquet".
"Go and find an elder nad Xiang Qingde, just say his grandson sent you, and he’ll help you. Take this money for now." Xiang Beifei stuffed two thousand yuan into Zhang Xiang’s hands.
"I can’t accept this, I’ve already had your water and bread..." Zhang Xiang hurriedly pushed the money back.
"You’ll need the fare, it’s going to be a several hours’ ride."
As soon as Xiang Beifei finished speaking, he left without waiting for Zhang Xiang to say anything more.
He didn’t know why he was helping this N-level Awakener.
Perhaps it was because they were both from the pioneer families, or maybe he thought of his grandfather’s foresight, who chose to move to the slums discreetly to avoid the pension from being scamd or extorted in various ways.
As long as an N-level Awakener has a large sum of money in their pocket, you never know in what way it might end up in the hands of higher-level Awakeners.
Xiang Beifei couldn’t help all N-level Awakeners, but at least he could start by helping one.
As for the future, that would be dealt with in the future.
"Xiang Qingde? Nad Xiang? Kong’s Mansion Banquet?"
Looking at the note in his hand, Zhang Xiang vaguely rembered sothing. Many news stories had been bustling recently, especially regarding the "Inquiring Dao" event which even he heard about from the billboards on the streets.
"Could it be... Could it be that person?"
Zhang Xiang was shocked!
That genius N-level Awakener!
Could he really have t such an important figure?
Zhang Xiang was greatly excited. He quickly turned around to look for Xiang Beifei but where was there any trace of him?
"Gone... Is he... really him?"
A new hope lit up Zhang Xiang’s eyes once more.
He had to go there, to confirm this matter.
Perhaps that person could change the situation for N-level Awakeners?
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In the evening, after getting off work, Wu Wen walked towards the outside.
But then he rembered sothing and began to look around in the crowd.
He soon saw Xiang Beifei not far away and quickly headed towards him.
"Who are you? Why did you ask to find you?" Wu Wen looked at Xiang Beifei with caution.
Although he was persuaded to co here to find Xiang Beifei, it didn’t an that he believed in Xiang Beifei.
"I need to get into the Archives control room. You should know where that is, right?" Xiang Beifei asked.
Wu Wen’s face changed and he exclaid, "How dare you! The Archives control room is not a place you can just walk into! Who on earth are you?"
"From now on, I’m your boss." Xiang Beifei said.
"Yes, boss."
Wu Wen blurted out without thinking.
He probably never thought that one day, he, who often used this ability to persuade others, would et a tough nut that not only resisted but also turned the tables, making him the persuaded one.
"This ability is really useful," Xiang Beifei thought to himself with satisfaction.
It only took a few words to persuade Wu Wen.
"Forget it, I don’t have a son like you, I’m your boss! From now on, you must do as I say." Xiang Beifei said.
"Alright, boss!" Wu Wen changed his tone and replied.
This ti his voice was filled with much respect, as being persuaded to beco a subordinate, naturally, he had to show the attitude of one.
"Can you take to the Archives control room?" Xiang Beifei asked.
"What does boss want to do in the control room?" Wu Wen asked nervously.
"Don’t ask for the reason, you just need to answer."
"I know where the control room is, but there’s no way to get in, it’s difficult to get through." Wu Wen quickly said.
"Just tell the location, the rest I’ll handle myself." Xiang Beifei said.
Wu Wen shook his head, "Boss, I can’t tell you the location."
"Can’t tell ?"
Wu Wen said uneasily, "We’re sworn to secrecy, we know how to get there, but we can’t reveal it."
"Understood," Xiang Beifei nodded slightly.
The high-level system’s suppression of lower-level systems ant that S-level Wu Wen was bound by Alliance secrecy, unable to vocalize work-related information— a common ans of confidentiality.
"Then you’ll take there tonight."
"Okay, boss." Wu Wen nodded. After a mont, he added worriedly, "But there are security patrols at night, and they’re very strict here, not so easy to evade."
"Is that so? Then tell more and let’s see if I can get in." Xiang Beifei said.
"It’s not that I doubt the boss’s abilities, but this building is protected by powerful defenses! Boss, are you a UR-level System Awakener?" Wu Wen inquired.
"No."
"Then you definitely can’t get in! The system defense is as solid as a fortress, very hard to crack!" Wu Wen said earnestly.
"Is that right?"
Xiang Beifei remained calm.
He wasn’t a UR-level System Awakener.
But he was the UR System’s terminator.
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