"You’ve been there, to another dinsion?" Zhang Yanlin’s eyes widened.
Li Yu nodded. "When I was working, I almost had to go there every day for business trips. Next ti I go, you can watch my room, put a cara or sothing in there, and you should be able to see disappear."
"Really?"
"Really."
Zhang Yanlin took a deep breath and leaned back in his chair, "I’ve always thought this year was quite magical, but all the news from the past six months combined isn’t as unbelievable as what I’ve just heard."
"I can give you so ti to process this..."
"Suppose, suppose everything you’re saying is true, is the company just doing charitable activities there, spreading cultural and technological knowledge?" Zhang Yanlin continued, "After all, they pay quite well. Where does the money co from?"
"The company isn’t just about charity. Actually, their real purpose in hiring us is to collect beliefs there."
"Beliefs?"
"Yes."
"What uses are there for that?"
Li Yu handed the computer to Zhang Yanlin. "Open a translation software that has a read-aloud feature, type any sentence into it, anything at all, then pick so obscure minor language and have the AI read it out."
After saying this, Li Yu closed his eyes.
Zhang Yanlin thought for a mont, chose Spanish, and specifically turned her body to make sure Li Yu couldn’t see what she typed even if he secretly opened his eyes.
When the electronic voice finished, Li Yu accurately recited what she had typed.
"Life is not as good as you think it is, but also not as bad as you think," Li Yu opened his eyes. "This is a quote by Maupassant."
"When did you learn Spanish?"
"I’ve never learned Spanish. Try another language; I’ll understand it just the sa. This is the special ability that beliefs grant ."
This ti, Zhang Yanlin changed to an even more obscure Indonesian, using her own phone for the translation.
But Li Yu still accurately expressed its aning. "Though I am enclosed in a nutshell, I think myself the king of infinite space. ’Hamlet.’"
"Incredible!" Zhang Yanlin was truly astounded this ti. "Then can you understand anything said?"
"Yes, but only spoken language; I still can’t recognize written text," Li Yu said.
Zhang Yanlin finally began to believe, asking, "Can I also go to that universe?"
"I’m afraid not," Li Yu said, "Cross-dinsional travel is sothing very few people can achieve."
"What a pity, if there really is another world I’d like to see it for myself."
"There is another way to get there, though."
"What way?"
"If you are in a soul state, I might be able to bring you there."
"What does a soul state an?"
"It ans being dead," Li Yu said, "and in this case, there’s no coming back because I can’t bring anyone or anything from that world back here. For reincarnation, the bodies used are from that side."
Zhang Yanlin listened with a semblance of understanding but still grasped the main point, lowering her voice, "So, you ca to the hospital just to collect souls?"
"Exactly."
"Then shouldn’t we go to the morgue? Usually, that’s where the dead are."
"Dead people won’t do," Li Yu said, "I must persuade the target while they are still alive and obtain their consent."
Zhang Yanlin tried to clarify her thoughts, "You an we need to find a living person, moreover, one who’s close to dying, and then they also need to agree to sell their soul to us?"
"Not sell." Li Yu said, "My plan is this, we offer the target an opportunity for rebirth in another world, just like in ani and novels. In return, they must work for us after their rebirth."
Pausing for a mont, Li Yu continued, "You can open the last Word docunt on the desktop, I just took so ti to write a work contract, see if there’s anything that needs to be added or modified."
Zhang Yanlin, upon hearing this, found that docunt.
Upon opening it, she discovered that it indeed was a standard employnt contract, which listed Party A and Party B. In the column for Party A, Li Yu had already filled in "Double Rest Sect," while Party B remained blank.
It also included basic information such as ID number, date of birth, ho address, and start date of work at Party A.
But the real highlight followed.
The duration of the employnt contract was for a lifeti, followed by rights and obligations of both parties.
Party A was required to provide a new body for Party B and provide essential survival information for the other world after rebirth, including local customs, social structure, and approximate price levels of goods, among others.
The first three months also included free language training and accommodation.
Party B, in turn, needed to work for the Double Rest Sect after completing the training, adhere to all its precepts and the local laws and regulations, and not use their knowledge and technology to create chaos or disrupt social order.
Then ca the section on remuneration, but since it used Divine Country points and Red Lion Empire’s common currency for settlent, Zhang Yanlin couldn’t understand it well and just read an overview.
She then flipped to the consequences of violating the contract.
This section looked quite strict, including penalties for dereliction of duty, and most severe of all, if one caused significant harm or loss, the Double Rest Sect would reclaim all rights to the body and its use.
After reading, Zhang Yanlin was utterly bewildered.
As a contemporary young person, she watched plenty of transmigration dramas and ani novels but had never seen a need to sign an employnt contract before crossing over.
It felt just like applying for a job.
Li Yu explained, "It’s better to clarify so matters beforehand to avoid conflicts later, making both parties unhappy. What do you think after reading it?"
"Um... The obligations of Party B seem a bit excessive." Zhang Yanlin voiced her concerns.
"Yes, but we are after all providing a precious opportunity for rebirth, and it even allows the retention of mories, equivalent to living another lifeti. Additionally, I have to find a suitable body for them, considering these costs, the contract will definitely reflect that.
"Moreover, I haven’t restricted the personal freedom of Party B. If they are not quite satisfied with the job initially assigned by the sect, they can also request a transfer. We usually respect the personal wishes of Party B, regardless of what they want to do in the other world, whether adventuring, leading troops, doing scientific research, or engaging in comrce... all are permitted.
"Oh right, during the probation period, the sect will also provide the necessary support, helping them adapt to the new life and environnt early on."
"When you put it that way, it does sound considerate." Zhang Yanlin recalled her own disorientation and adjustnt when she moved to another city for school, let alone transmigrating to another world.
The sensation in novels of imdiately conquering all upon arrival is purely a thrilling plot set by the authors. Most transmigrators are likely not even to survive a week, being played by the locals as easy targets since it’s their hoground.
Not to ntion anything else, if you ask Bill Gates to buy street food, he’d probably even get swindled out of his underwear.
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