Chapter 29: Internship Period

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Chapter 29
Reply 2: Damn, what is going on? This is the third missing person notice I’ve seen. Everyone is looking for this same person, and they all appear to be newcomers from "Ocean Cruise."
Reply 3: Huh? Another one? Who posted it? Send the link, let me see.
Reply 4: One is named Li Juanjuan, the other is Zhao Meila. From what those two are saying, this man has some connection to the rising newcomer Zhao Jinchu.
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The forum was buzzing with discussion.
Zhao Jinchu browsed the posts while listening to the system’s explanation.
System: [Complete five shifts and survive to be promoted to a permanent employee. This period is known as the internship.]
[Base salary is 300 experience coins, with commissions calculated like permanent employees based on performance.]
[Experience coins are equivalent to money; you can use them to buy anything you want in the mall.]
[There are currently about 60,000 intern workers.]
[The Infinity Worker Company has approximately 130,000 employees total.]
Zhao Jinchu raised an eyebrow.
She hadn't expected interns to make up such a large portion of the workforce.
She spent a few days familiarizing herself with the Infinity Worker Company.
Otherwise, life remained the same: attending classes, eating, and sleeping.
If there was one thing that felt different, it was that she hadn't seen Qi Yan for several days.

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Huaxi University, classroom.
Zhao Jinchu replied to messages while listening to the lecture.
Qi Yan: Wuwuwu, Jinjin, it hurts so much~
Zhao Jinchu: ?
Qi Yan: I don’t want to take the medicine, I don’t want the IV drip, I don’t like these people.
Reading his messages, Zhao Jinchu felt he sounded genuinely distressed.
She pulled up his attribute panel.
Mental Value: 100
Stamina Value: 100
There was no change whatsoever.
Zhao Jinchu was so annoyed she laughed.
She thought for a moment, took two candies out of her pocket, snapped a photo, and sent it to him: "When you’re recovered, I’ll give you these. I hear they’re very effective."
For some reason, the signal on Qi Yan’s end was intermittent and very poor.
Ding-dong, ding-dong.
The "Worker" app on her phone kept receiving private messages.
The system spoke up suddenly: [Ding, detected that intern Li Xiaohong has gifted you a Bronze Prize Voucher. Will you accept it?]
Zhao Jinchu spun her pen between her fingers.

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Li Xiaohong? Oh, that high school student.
System: [Li Xiaohong's message: Sister Jinchu, wuwuwu, could you please come into a small instance with me? My brothers are missing, wuwuwu, I'm so scared. This voucher is the most valuable thing I have. I'm giving it to you, can you please help me? Wuwuwu.]
She lowered her head and opened the private message inbox in the Worker app.
The system was synced with the app.
The system's sudden notification suggested that this voucher was something worthwhile.
She quickly found the private message from Li Xiaohong.
She first took a look through Li Xiaohong’s account history.
Starting four days ago, she had lost touch with her two brothers.
Four days ago: [Wow, I skipped school today! Only my two idiot brothers went, I'm so happy to be playing by myself all day.]
Three days ago: [My brothers haven't come back for a day and a night. I went to school and they weren't there. What is going on?]
Two days ago: [Where did my brothers go? My gut tells me something happened to them. What do I do? Wuwuwu.]
One day ago: [I paid to ask the system: my brothers were forcibly dragged into a small world to complete tasks. I’m so worried about them, I have such a bad feeling. What should I do? Wuwuwu.]
The responses under the post were sparse.
"Forcibly dragged into a small world to do tasks? Wow, this is serious."
"Usually, only the first time is a forced job. After that, the system is quite respectful to everyone. If this happened, it was likely unexpected even by the company. Your brothers should pray for themselves; the odds are not in their favor."