The Abyssal Garden: No Room for the Idle

The work process was simple: the input port would send over an abnormality or pollutant, marked with a label that indicated its traits, and they would process and package it.

Next, they contacted the customer, affixed the address, and shipped it out.

"It's similar to an assembly line, only there are more complicated processes and life-threatening risks, and there's no personal insurance fund."

At that moment,

At a workstation to the side and behind Su Qi, there was a man with a scruffy beard. His body was equipped with cheap prosthetic gear, flickering with electricity and unstable light.

Just then, he suddenly screamed as a blood-stained thorny flower violently pierced his eye!

"Save... save...."

"Pfft!"

The thorny flower pierced straight through.

The man's struggles gradually subsided, and only the electricity that hadn't dissipated yet flowed within the mechanics, causing his body to twitch.

"Take it away, clean it up, then recruit the next packager."

The handlers quickly received the instructions and came to deal with everything very efficiently.

Once they were seriously injured or even killed by a pollutant or an abnormality,

There would be no compensation.

No contract, just a cold cash transaction.

And the rules of this city?

Sorry, those were there to protect the superiors, the wealthy, the capitalists; they had nothing to do with ordinary people.

"Moreover...." Su Qi looked at the question mark above the dead uncle's body.

Many people weren't installing prosthetics for appearances or to follow trends or seek convenience; they were selling their own human organs and tissue for money, and then barely getting by with the installation of some worthless cheap prosthetics.

"Pollution instances... and the city before my eyes... which is stronger, which is weaker?"

Work continued.

All other workstations were carefully processing pollutants and abnormalities, avoiding situations like that of the uncle.

Only Su Qi's station operated at an extremely fast pace.

Whether it was abnormalities or pollutants, under his Spiritual Eyes, they were all like good babies; as long as you didn't provoke them or let them react, they were no different from a regular assembly line.

Therefore,

Su Qi quickly completed his daily target and could continue working at more than ten times the rate.

But...

"Alright, starting to get bored."

Su Qi disliked monotony. Indeed, he could ascend gradually with this ability and become the king among workers.

Commonly known as!

The Super Worker.

But it was no damn use...

And he couldn't slack off, as there were obviously a large number of electronic eyes and holographic detection devices watching them.

At this time,

"That guy is talented," remarked the interviewer, seemingly paying attention to this area. He narrowed his eyes and said softly, "It's time to promote him."

Su Qi also received the message quickly, telling him to go to another area.

"Congratulations, Citizen Su Buxian, your company position level has been upgraded from lower class to Level D, your Cyber Coin earnings per hour raised to 200."

Heh.

Finally, I can buy a couple more lollipops.

Rainier Vale and the others were startled and looked at Su Qi:

"That fast?"

Su Qi replied calmly, "I'll go up and check the situation first. You guys work hard and do a good job. Next year, I'll find you guys a sister-in-law."

"...."

Ptui!

Workers at other stations cast envious and jealous glances, then buried their heads and worked even harder.

The promotion system was clear-cut, ensuring enthusiasm to a certain extent.

But in the outrageous consumerist desires and frenetic conditions of this city, the money would always flow upwards.

Meanwhile,

As Su Qi stepped into the next area, he also received a reminder,

"Attention, you will be handling requests from higher-level customers."

"You will also face more dangers."

Interesting... It seems that continuing to ascend could grant access to higher-level information and even more.

However, the company screen provided could only be used for communication with customers, not for playing games, searching, or any other extraneous activities, and each employee's Communicator would also be cut off from the network, almost eliminating the chance of leaking or probing for information.

But Su Qi had a way, which was to chat.

Customers who could send and buy things here were considered middle-class with a certain amount of capital.

After all, the divide was too big.

He often gently steered the conversation, extracting the information he wanted from the other party, and could even gain some tips and high praise.

"Damn, it's like I'm... doing companion chat."

Half a day passed like this.

There was an hour of rest at noon, because after all, humans are iron and food is steel; even if their company was ruthless, they couldn't deny the employees mealtime.

Of course,

As expected by Su Qi, the cafeteria wasn't free either.

All food cost money.

"Damn it!" Fatty held his tray, eyes wide as he stared at the cafeteria's moving window: "A steak costs a damn 1500 Cyber Coins! I don't earn enough in a day to afford even one piece."

"Even a regular meatball soup costs 700!"

"Is this really the high-tech city of the future? Why do I feel so cold inside."

Su Qi said calmly, "Don't bother looking; that food isn't prepared for us."

He pointed elsewhere: "That's where we should go."

At the other side of the cafeteria, a crowd swarmed, buying not food but various nutritional compounds, goo, and satiating edible mixtures.

"That's cheaper, you can buy it for 100 Cyber Coins, and besides maintaining life's basic functions, it seems to have no other benefits."

"????"

"I can't work here even for a day!"

Su Qi twisted the knife a little more: "Think about your elderly mother and children at home; can you not do it? If you don't, there are plenty of others who will."