As the bus drove on, more and more people crowded in, and the bus suddenly turned into a can of people, overcrowded, but no one complained, and every one of them was lifeless.
Zhang Feng saw that people's eyes had no light at all and were as numb as a piece of wood.
There is no hope in life, but I don’t want to die, so I can only live in this muddleheaded way.
sad.
While sympathizing with these people, Zhang Ze was also thinking about what to do.
"The equipment and skills can all be used, but... what's the time marked on it?"
He frowned, stared at his attribute panel, and complained: "Isn't it going to take time?"
It makes sense when you think about it. The narrator has already reminded you that in this world, time is everything.
However, it took a lot of time, and Zhang Ze couldn't afford it.
"Using equipment and props takes 1 hour each."
"If you use skills, it will take... 20 hours each time!"
Zhang Ze looked at his time balance and felt a pain in his heart. He could only use it once.
"Sister, how long does it take you to use a skill?"
"Oh, let me see..."
Zhang Feng checked it and said in surprise: "10 hours, my God! It's so expensive!"
"10 hours? Why is yours less than mine? I want 20 hours." Zhang Ze was very surprised. He thought to himself: "Could it be based on the level of talent skills?"
"The higher the level, the more time it takes?"
With this idea in mind, he asked other people in the team channel, and the results confirmed his suspicion.
The first is Moonlight Bunny, who is the lowest level. Her talent skill [Plundering Sheep] is level B, and it takes 2 hours to use it once.
Then there is the little money princess with A-level talent skills. It takes 3 hours to use her once.
Titan's S-level talent takes 5 hours, Liu Yueying's SS-level talent takes 10 hours... and Zhang Ze is the highest, with an SSS-level talent that takes 20 hours.
Zhang Ze curled his lips. He didn't expect that in this demonic realm, the SSS-level skills he was proud of would become a burden. How could this make sense.
"Instead of being depressed, it's better to quickly find a way to earn more time, survive in this demonic realm, and then quickly find a way to clear the level."
“So, how much will I make from this job?”
Information about this cannery job quickly appeared in Zhang Ze's mind.
"I go to work at 8 a.m. every day, take a 30-minute break at noon, and get off work at 10 p.m., with no rest on weekends."
"If you arrive late and leave early, you will be deducted half a day's salary. If you ask for leave, you will be deducted one day's salary. If you are absent from work for no reason, you will be deducted half a month's salary. If you disobey management, you will be fired directly!"
For such a job, guess what the salary is?
The daily wage is 24 hours!
"Damn it! This job is even more cruel than the 996 Fortune Report we have there!"
Zhang Ze was stunned. As long as he didn't work one day, he might die the next day! Because your time is running out!
If you want to quit your job, you can!
But you will never find a new job, because everyone's job has been arranged long ago. If you don't do it, you will be unemployed, and there will be no second job for you.
Even if someone dies and a job becomes vacant, it will be left to those young people who have just turned eighteen, and you won’t be able to take your turn at all.
Therefore, once you lose your job, it means death!
Of course, you can go into a "side job" where women sell their bodies, men sell their blood and organs, or you can go into theft and robbery. There is always a way that suits you.
However, once caught by the Sheriff, he will sentence you to death on the spot, take away all your time, and let you die directly.
In this dark society, some people are overwhelmed and eventually choose to commit suicide. Their bodies will be recycled. No one knows what the recycled bodies are used for.
"It's so dark!"
Zhang Ze sighed in his heart.
The bus arrived at the factory area, and some people got off the bus, including Zhang Feng.
"Brother, the shoe factory is here. I'll get off the bus first."
"Okay, stay safe and see you when you get home from get off work tonight."
Zhang Ze waved goodbye to his sister and watched her and a group of female workers walk towards a factory that looked like a concentration camp.
After a few stops, Zhang Ze's cannery also arrived. He followed the crowd and got out of the car and walked towards the cannery.
Although everyone around him worked in the cannery, the cannery was too big, with hundreds of working factories and hundreds of thousands of people working here. It was impossible for him to know everyone.
After punching in the fingerprint machine, Zhang Ze's day's work began.
Being lazy will not work. The walls and roof of the factory are covered with cameras, monitoring the working status of each worker at all times.
Fishing, lack of energy, dozing off, stealing...all will be discovered and punished.
So no one dared to be lazy, they all worked hard and did not dare to be lazy at all.
After all, their survival depends on this job.
The bell rang for get off work, and the hard day was finally over. Zhang Ze felt as if he had returned to his original world. He was extremely busy and exhausted physically and mentally in order to complete the company's task targets.
Returning to the fingerprint punch machine again, pressing his finger, a prompt appeared in Zhang Ze's field of vision.
"Salary settlement on the same day, 24 hours, the current balance is 33 hours, 11 minutes and 23 seconds."
"Well, it's ten o'clock in the evening and I will go to work at eight o'clock tomorrow morning. I have 10 hours of free time."
Zhang Ze thought to himself: "If you can avoid sleeping, try to find a way to find the stone door and key to leave this demonic realm."
It was a good idea, but he had no clue.
Ask someone? The numb workers around him rarely spoke, like puppets, unable to ask anything useful at all.
Therefore, Zhang Ze decided to find the answer through other means.
"I remember that I seemed to have an old computer at home. Maybe I could look for answers on the Internet."
After boarding the bus, the team channel, which had been silent for a day, became lively.
[Irritable Dragon King]: Is everyone off work? Damn it, I moved a thousand bricks today and I'm almost exhausted!
[Little Princess Money]: I’m so tired too. I washed hundreds of dishes and my hands are swollen! Woohoo!
[Little Bird Yiren]: Everyone is having a hard time. My sister and I are still depressed. We sewed hundreds of sets of clothes today. I feel like vomiting when I see the sewing machine!
[Moonlight Bunny]: I envy you so much. I haven’t gotten off work yet...
【Escape】: Why? It’s already 10 o’clock!
[Moonlight Bunny]: At night, the bar’s peak customer flow is. I have to work overtime until 3 a.m., and I’m going to cry to death!
[The Melancholy of the Sky]: So, is there overtime pay?
[Moonlight Bunny]: If there was overtime pay, I wouldn’t complain. The key is that there is nothing!
[Irritable Dragon King]: This is so dark!
[Giant God]: Everyone, please be patient a little longer. When we find the stone door and the key, we will be able to escape from the sea of misery.
[Knowing Autumn Overnight]: I asked around today and no one around me has heard of Shimen. We have to think of other ways.
[Rakshasa]: I remember I have an old computer at home. I went back to see if I could find information online.
[Irritable Dragon King]: Do you still have a computer at home? Rich people! I don’t even have household appliances in my house! Hey, why don't you feel emotional? Why don't you say anything? You haven't gotten off work yet?
[Knife without emotion]: Well, I took the initiative to apply for overtime, and there are still a hundred pigs to kill.
Everyone: "..."
Dragging their tired bodies, Zhang Ze brother and sister returned to their home and had a simple dinner.
"Brother, I can't do it anymore, I want to sleep!"
Zhang Feng threw himself directly on his bed and didn't want to move.
"You go to sleep, I'll go check on Shimen."
Zhang Ze came to the old computer and tried to press the switch. Fortunately, the computer was still usable.
But...there is actually an Internet fee!
"It takes 2 hours for one hour... If I calculate it this way, it will take 3 hours for me to surf the Internet for one hour!"
Zhang Ze felt a pain in his heart, but in order to find clues about Shimen, he had no choice.
The computer system in this world is similar to that in Zhang Ze's world. He found the browser on the desktop and opened it, which directly led to the search interface.
He tried to enter the word "Shimen". After a few seconds, hundreds of search messages appeared on the screen. Zhang Ze checked them quickly. Unfortunately, none of them were related to clearing the Shimen.
"Did I search wrongly? Then change the search topic."
But Zhang Ze tried several times and still couldn't find any information related to Shimen. Seeing that the hour was about to come, he sighed and prepared to shut down the computer.
Suddenly a message popped up: "Director of the Time and Wealth Bureau, Mr. Mike Sim has issued a reward order to the citizens of the city. Anyone who provides any clues about Mr. Sim's daughter will receive a 100-hour reward!"
"If you can help the police find Mr. Sim's daughter, you will receive a reward of 10,000 hours!"
"I hope all citizens and friends will actively provide clues..."
Zhang Ze raised his eyebrows: "Time and Wealth Bureau? What department is this?"
The information about the Time and Wealth Bureau suddenly came to mind. To put it bluntly, it is a time bank where people store their extra time.
There is a question here. Your body can store it for an unlimited time, so why should you deposit it in the bank? Isn't this unnecessary?
If you think this way, it means you don't understand how dangerous this world is.
First of all, the time that exists in oneself can be traded, which also means that it can also be taken away by others!
As long as the other party threatens your life, you can only hand over your time, otherwise, no matter how much time you have, it will disappear with your death.
Therefore, many wealthy people deposit their extra time in banks to avoid being robbed.
In addition, the time spent in the bank will accrue interest, which is not much, but it is better than nothing.
"The bank president's daughter was kidnapped? It seems that the security in this world is really chaotic!"
Zhang Ze shrugged and closed the computer. This matter had nothing to do with him, and it had nothing to do with Shimen.
However, this incident sounded a warning to Zhang Ze: for his own safety, it is best not to go out at night.
So he chose to stay at home, lie on the bed, and chat with everyone in the team channel.
[Rakshasa]: It’s no longer possible to search for information online. There’s nothing there.
[Knife without emotion]: I had already expected that the stone door and key would definitely be difficult to find.
[Irritable Dragon King]: Well, what should we do? I've had enough of this kind of life of moving bricks every day!
[Knowing Autumn Overnight]: I had a chat with my neighbor in the next room today. He told me that the bar is the best place for information, so why don’t we go to the bar to try our luck?
[Little Bird Yiren]: Isn’t Little Rabbit working as a waitress in a bar? Wouldn't it be better to ask her directly? Call Bunny, call Bunny!
Everyone waited for a while, but there was no reply from Moonlight Bunny.
[Giant God]: Probably too busy to read the message.
[The Melancholy of the Sky]: Well, Little Rabbit is so pitiful, having to work so late.
[Liu Yueying]: In this case, why not go to the bar by ourselves.
[Rakshasa]: I agree. Xiaotu is very busy with work and doesn’t have time to ask. It’s more appropriate for us to ask ourselves.
[Little Princess Money]: Well, I won’t go. I stood there all day washing dishes and my legs were about to break!
[Irritable Dragon King]: Then you can rest at home, I will go for you.
[Giant God]: Anyone who is tired and doesn’t want to go can rest at home. It doesn’t matter.
Sky's Melancholy also made a request, and everyone except her, Princess Qian, and Zhang Feng set off to the bar.
The bus operates twenty hours a day. Everyone took the bus and arrived at the only bar in the slums - the Human Bar.
When you open the door, you will find smoke and crowds inside, loud music and noisy voices. Workers after a hard day's work are here to find joy and solace.
The group walked through the dancing crowd, looking for the Moonlight Bunny.
But there were too many people here and the lighting was not good, so she couldn't be found at all.
So everyone had to sit down at the bar, order a cheap drink, and observe the surroundings while drinking.
Most of the people who come here to spend money are migrant workers like them, but there are also a few well-dressed men. After inquiring, it turns out that these are young men from wealthy areas who come here to find excitement.
To put it bluntly, he is deceiving young girls from the ghetto.
Many girls have the "Cinderella" dream, hoping to meet their Prince Charming, turn over overnight, and escape from their current misery.
These young men were generous with their money and good at talking, and they immediately fascinated these innocent girls and made them lose their minds, and they willingly gave themselves to each other.
As everyone knows, they are just each other's playthings, and when they get tired of playing with them, they are thrown away like garbage!
"People in the slums probably don't know about Shimen. Why don't we ask these rich people."
He quietly whispered to everyone: "But these rich people's bodyguards will definitely not let us get close, so we have to trouble the girls to take action."
"Okay! My sister and I will definitely handle it!"
Xiaoniao Yiren looked confident and asked: "Tell me, which one are you looking for?"
Zhang Ze took a look, pointed at a man in a white dress and said: "Just him, remember, don't wrong yourself, if they dare to take advantage of you, just do it, we will rush over to help!"
"Don't worry, anyone who dares to touch us is seeking death!" Xiaoniaoyiren sneered.
Liu Yueying also covered her face with frost and nodded slightly.
So, with everyone watching, the two sisters walked towards the man in white.
At this time, the other party was looking for prey when he suddenly saw two peerless beauties walking towards him. His eyes lit up immediately and he stood up with a smile: "Two beauties, can we get to know each other?"
