There were many people who came to certify their bodyguards, and most of them noticed Wen Shi.
That seemingly vulnerable thin body is like a page filled with outrageous stories, fragile and powerless.
"Is he here to commit suicide?" a big guy asked the question that all the applicants were thinking.
There were probably two reactions in everyone's mind. First, someone was at the bottom today and didn't have to die. Then, they lamented that this was not even up to the lowest standard in the industry and the machine would not use him as a reference for a bodyguard.
If you queue up, it will take at least half an hour, and Wen Shi walked all the way to the front.
"Brother, I'm in a hurry to reincarnate, can you let me go first?"
"..." If you say that, then I have no choice but to give way. The person leading the queue said, "Please."
No one raised any objections afterwards.
Wen Shi finally saw the tester of the Golden City.
An unaesthetically pleasing iron lump stood against the wall, with a brick-like display screen in the middle and several super-large computer cases connected to the back, each of which emitted a loud noise similar to the humming of an engine.
Wen Shi thought that the test method was that people were read as chips. After all, Golden City looked very high-end, but in fact, intelligent robots were operating the entire process.
Wen Shi followed the instructions and placed his electronic ID card through the port scan. His player ID briefly popped up on the screen, followed by a dizzying display of data. Seeing the player ID, Wen Shi immediately scanned the machine and successfully located the manufacturer: Roaming High-Tech Company.
As expected, it contains the word "you".
The screen didn't immediately pop up the message [Rating Failed], which made the people in the queue behind crane their necks to look. Could it be that this guy has some skills?
Wen Shi himself was also staring at the screen intently. The last time he was so confident was in Fengguan Village, but he ended up being disliked by everyone.
"SSS!"
A crisp sound suddenly came from the screen. Everyone present was already highly alert, and immediately the team dispersed and took attacking postures.
Seeing the fireworks exploding on the screen, Wen Shi immediately breathed a sigh of relief. The authentication was actually successful!
Because it went so smoothly, Wen Shi's body trembled violently, and the words "turning over" were written all over his hair and fingertips.
Ayu asked softly, "Son, why are you so surprised?"
Wen Shi couldn't explain why, and finally sighed with a sense of vicissitudes: "You don't understand."
Every slap in the face comes unexpectedly, but luckily nothing went wrong this time. Perhaps his achievements in the field of saving people are so great that even in the game, there is nothing to fault with him.
I realized later that the sound was made by the identification equipment. The bodyguard certification room, which was usually the noisiest, was now filled with astonished faces.
Wen Shi clearly heard a sound of people sucking in their breaths from behind him. At this moment, even the electronic eyes of the intelligent robot flashed with human-like surprise.
Snap!
A white light flashed, and the machine's electronic camera suddenly took a picture. The incident happened suddenly, and there was still a trace of confusion on Wen Shi's fair face.
Huangjin City is a city of data. When Wen Shi's evaluation results came out, the original first place was squeezed out, and his electronic business card began to be played in a loop on the projection screens of some buildings and squares.
[Lin Hejing: SSS-level bodyguard
Resume: Willing to be a human air cushion to save a man who fell; successfully protected a fellow traveler who had lost limbs and tongue; recently created a country to save himself and his students...]
People on the street, in shopping malls, and even some workers taking their lunch break all subconsciously stared at this electronic business card for a few more seconds.
He looks like a pretty boy, and you tell me he is the best bodyguard in the history of Golden City?
There must be something wrong with the machine in the Talent Building!
Immediately, a colleague whose ranking had moved down called the Talent Building for further confirmation.
To their disappointment, the official response was that there was no problem with the machine and that the resume of the bodyguard named Lin Hejing was completely true.
In the Talent Building, the first ones to wake up were the robots.
The intelligent robot immediately issued Wen Shi a professional qualification certificate and a smart phone, which meant that he could operate in the Golden City as a bodyguard.
While the intelligent robot was busy, Xiaohua asked, "Are there any professional certifications for dominatrixes?"
Wen Shi's mouth twitched, and he repeated the reminder in a low voice: "Choose a popular profession..."
Intelligent robot: "Professional abuser, ninth on the popular profession list. Because the group is relatively stable, certification is only conducted in July each year."
Xiaohua sighed regretfully and said to Wen Shi:
"I'll go see if there are any other jobs available. I'll call you later."
Wen Shi: "...Go ahead."
He walked out with his qualification certificate in hand, looking very impressive. The applicants behind him were eager to make a move, and they wanted to make a move. However, unless there were special circumstances, the challenge between the same industry must go through a series of procedures, otherwise they would be punished according to the Code.
Wen Shi also saw Article 34 of the Code written in large letters on the wall: Fighting is prohibited.
He suddenly felt that the laws of the Golden City were not completely useless.
A Yu looked at Wen Shi in confusion as he walked towards him straight ahead, looking around in all directions, a combination of calmness and timidity.
As if seeing Ayu's confusion, Wen Shi said, "My situation is a little special."
Without any additional skills, he could guarantee that he could not beat anyone present, but this did not prevent Wen Shi from walking out confidently.
"Identity." Wen Shi uttered these two words when he got back into the elevator.
He discovered a key characteristic of "Horror Society": every short story required a struggle for identity. In "Eagle-Staying," only one player could survive, and the survivor assumed the identity of "Lin Hejing." In the battle for the wealthy, it was undoubtedly a fight for the identity of heir, and now, it was a fight for the position of worker.
If he is lucky, perhaps he will eventually inherit one of the identities and have an additional title or achievement.
Wen Shi prefers the latter, as the halo effect of combat performance is more practical.
Just as he was thinking about the possible bright future, he was blinded by a bunch of flashing lights coming towards him.
A swarm of reporters gathered outside the building. There's a saying that entering Golden City is like entering the world of fame and fortune. Every time a top industry figure emerges in Golden City, it becomes a hot topic for coverage.
Under the crazy questioning of the reporters, Wen Shi had an absurd illusion that reality and the copy were blurred. He himself had no vanity in this regard, but it was more like there was an invisible force in the city that was interfering with his consciousness.
Wen Shi still remembers that when he was working as a night shift security guard in a large factory, the quality inspection area had rules that magnified misconceptions. By analogy, the Golden City seems to be able to strengthen people's sense of belonging.
As soon as he came to this realization, a prompt sounded almost immediately:
[You have discovered one of the rules of the Golden City.]
[Additional tip: If you stay in the city for more than seven days, you will completely become a citizen of the Golden City.]
Seeing that Wen Shi was about to be overwhelmed by reporters, A Yu shook the bell in time and led him through the sea of people.
Finally breathing fresh air again, Wen Shi felt a vibration on his waist and found that his phone was vibrating.
The thing that was vibrating was a smartphone sent by a robot.
The phone comes with a protective case with simple and crude small-print instructions on it, which can be summed up in two points: this phone is a top-end product and will not be tracked by location; this phone is specifically used to take orders.
Contact information is an indispensable component of a business card.
To prevent employees from being harassed, Golden City equips each person with a smart device to facilitate contact from those in need. Employees can then screen and accept orders, and they can turn off the device at any time during daily work.
Wen Shi thought the caller was someone eager to hire him, until a mature bass voice came over:
"Come to the Mekin Club."
Li Nan was at work and didn't want to say much. After sending a location, he hung up the phone in a hurry.
Wen Shiyuan forwarded it to Xiaohua, asking her to come and meet up after completing the authentication.
The club was a bit far from here, and apart from the banknote issued by the game, Wen Shi had no money circulating in Golden City.
His principle is: if it doesn't work, just leech off.
There was a missed call on the phone. It was from the man in the flowered shirt. Wen Shi listened to the message. It was probably about the screaming of a groundhog, asking him when he learned kung fu, and even vaguely asking at the end whether Mr. Lin's death was related to him.
The process is completely wrong, but the result is correct.
Wen Shi borrowed some money out of curiosity about the flowered shirt. Every industry here values integrity in business operations. Soon, the errand boy brought him a banknote worth five hundred yuan.
The currency exchange in Golden City was very troublesome, and the flowered shirt didn't give him much.
Wen Shi took A Yu and left in a taxi.
In the bustling city, the taxi drove very fast and stopped in front of a building second only to the Talent Building in less than fifteen minutes.
The Meijin Club is the largest casino in Golden City, receiving tens of thousands of guests every day. The interior windows are painted with dark colors, and luxurious lights are on day and night, creating a chaotic scene of debauchery.
Being too famous is not a good thing. Wen Shi attracts attention wherever he goes.
While he was searching for Li Nan, someone called his name in the rest area not far away.
The man was slightly plump, but the flesh on his body did not give the impression of being cumbersome. He wore a jade ring and nodded to Wen Shi with a smile: "I have long heard of your name."
Li Nan had just finished his shift change, so he changed out of his work clothes and came to the rest area.
"Congratulations." He first congratulated Wen Shi.
Casinos are places where information flows the fastest, and matters concerning 3S bodyguards have become a topic of conversation for many people at the poker table.
"Bodyguard is a popular profession."
The casino has strict requirements for the appearance of its staff. Bangs are strictly prohibited. The slicked-back hairstyle, which is extremely challenging for a person's facial shape, looks perfectly natural on Li Nan. He looks particularly refined. "It seems that the main quest is about to begin."
Through him, I learned that players need to certify seven popular professions in total before the main quest will officially begin.
Not every player will certify for popular professions. Six professions have already been certified before. Currently, there are more players gathered in the Golden City than Wen Shi imagined.
As expected, the reminder sound came at the right time:
"Welcome everyone to the City of Gold. Thanks to everyone's hard work, the seven most popular professions have been successfully certified."
"Please make 200 million within ten days."
Ten days. Wen Shi thought of the tip he had received earlier: if he stayed longer than seven days, he would be stuck in Golden City forever. This game was setting traps in every way.
He also received other prompts from the system:
"Congratulations on completing your initial mission and obtaining the status of [Junior Worker], which gives you a foothold in the Golden City."
"You are excellent and a benchmark in the industry. Please remember the principles that outstanding talents must abide by."
"One. Don't take ordinary orders. You only deal in top-tier business. Two. Don't take orders below 10 million. They're not worthy of your talent. Three. Super bodyguards are a myth in the Golden City. If you fail even once, you'll be expelled."
Wen Shi felt that since he was able to listen to the whole thing without getting angry, his endurance exceeded that of 99% of the people in the Golden City.
"I knew it." Compared to being slapped in the face on the spot, the act of flattery in games is more worthy of vigilance.
If you don't accept this or that, will you just starve to death in the city?
"Two hundred million." The president of Wangcai Bank raised his eyebrows after hearing the main task.
Fortunately, the difficulty level of this copy is not even A at present. During the step-by-step process, he can still focus on other things.
The president's gaze swept over Wen Shi, with a faint smile lingering in his eyes.
A certification level that is too high is not necessarily a good thing, especially for bodyguards. If the first order fails, the ranking in the same industry will drop to the last place that day, and there is only one way out: elimination.
Even if the first two orders were successful by chance, if he failed once, this bodyguard myth would be criticized by countless people.
Due to this high elimination rate, players normally will not take orders that are too difficult, especially the first order that determines life or death.
The president rubbed the jade ring on his hand and thought that he might as well give him another push. No matter who Pei Wenwei wanted to protect, he would assassinate him.
After Pei Wenwei was eliminated, the bank could rely on the debt relationship to take over most of the other party's inheritance.
All of them are so young!
Wen Shi was looking at his smartphone, not paying attention to the bank president's sinister intentions.
This is the advantage of electronic business cards. He does not need to go to the office to look for a job. Since he was rated as a top talent in the 3S industry, there are already a lot of people waiting for orders on his mobile phone.
A row of red exclamation marks suddenly popped up on the screen. This latest order cut in line and squeezed in front of all the orders. Wen Shi clicked it and took a look, his breath slightly held.
[The Lord of the Golden City invites you to protect him for one day.]
"It's time to live." Wen Shi murmured.
The president raised his eyelids and picked up the wine glass to hide his good mood. It seemed that he was about to come to life.
As a bystander, Li Nan knew what the president of Wangcai Bank was planning. He wanted to remind Wen Shi to accept the order quietly and not make a sound, but the latter had already spoken: "Comrades——"
Wen Shi took a deep breath: "I am going to protect the city lord."
The lord of the Golden City, the creator of the myth of the Golden City, the person who decides the life and death of all the citizens, the other party asked for 100 million at a time!
Once he establishes a good relationship with the city lord, he will definitely be able to rule the Golden City in the future.
By then, anyone who wants to plot against his Wangcai Bank or anyone hiding in the dark can be sent away with the help of the city lord.
Thinking of this, Wen Shi picked up the cherry from the cocktail and stuffed it into his mouth. The dark red juice flowed across his lips, and he extended his tongue to gently sweep it across. His eyes were filled with murderous intent that was even fresher than the cherry juice:
I'll kill you all in one go!
The air fell silent for a moment.
The rest area seems to be isolated and is particularly quiet in the noisy casino.
After a brief silence, Li Nan said to the president, seemingly out of nowhere: "I support you."
Support you to challenge the leader of the Murder City of Gold.
President: "…"