Chapter 328: The Establishment is Good

After half a month, Gao De came to the Sea Abyss Bai Ta again.

It's just that this time, he was no longer like last time, only able to enter from the side door, but could walk through the main gate in a dignified manner.

Before walking into the Sea Abyss Bai Ta, Gao De adjusted his collar unconsciously.

Whether in his previous life or this one, he had always been a student. The "Sea Sentinels" could be considered his first proper job in his two lives.

And it's a job within the "system," eating public food.

Yo, not bad. Sure enough, the end of the universe is the establishment.

Some inappropriate crooked thoughts popped up in Gao De's mind again, and then he stepped toward the main gate.

Before he even got close, a woman with a tall figure, a face full of heroism, and wearing a Sea Hai Shao Bing uniform walked out of the gate.

"Gao De, we meet again. I wasn't wrong, was I?" the other party said with a smile.

It was Mei Liya, who had called out to Gao De and taken the initiative to strike up a conversation after the preliminary test.

A polite smile immediately appeared on Gao De's face: "I'll take your kind words."

"I heard you were coming to report today, so I took the initiative to take on the guidance work. Today, I will take you to register and make a record, and by the way, introduce you to the situation of the Sea Sentinels and your work."

"Then I'll trouble you, Mage Mei Liya," Gao De thanked her.

"We are all colleagues, and I only joined a year earlier than you. No need to be polite," Mei Liya smiled: "Moreover, I heard that you performed outstandingly in the re-examination and have been identified as a seed newcomer, incorporating you into the fast-track promotion channel."

"It won't take many years before you should be able to catch up from behind and have a military rank above mine." Her tone even carried a trace of just-right envy.

"Seed newcomer." Gao De had already automatically equated it to "selected graduate" in his heart.

After the pleasantries, Mei Liya quickly cut to the chase and introduced the situation of the Sea Sentinels to Gao De:

"We Sea Sentinels are specifically in charge of all matters in the water areas."

"This water area, including the offshore area of Dorn Port and all inland river systems within Bairo County, all fall under our jurisdiction."

Mei Liya's steps were light, taking Gao De along while walking and talking:

"You are not a local resident of our Jin Quehua Dynasty, so you might not be particularly familiar with the dynasty's situation."

"Within the dynasty's territory, except for the three mountain ranges, there are no earth veins on the land."

"No earth veins exist?" This was indeed beyond Gao De's expectations.

He had noticed that the Jin Quehua Dynasty was all vast plains from Holder Town all the way to Dorn City, covered with fields and villages, and he couldn't see any desolate land at all, let alone earth veins.

But Gao De never expected that the entire territory of the Jin Quehua Dynasty would be in such a situation.

"Yes," Mei Liya saw Gao De so surprised, felt satisfied in her heart, raised her eyebrows slightly, and continued: "Therefore, all earth vein creatures within the dynasty's territory come from two places."

She stretched out a finger: "One is the Eryinlaya Range, the Green Tooth Mountain Range, and the Sword Mountain Range. These three mountain ranges are the source of all land earth vein creatures in the dynasty."

Then, Mei Liya stretched out her middle finger: "The second is the water area."

"In the ocean, there are many earth veins, and because the ocean area is vast, far greater than the land area, the number of earth veins in the ocean is several times or even dozens of times that of the land."

"This situation leads to the number of ocean earth vein creatures also being dozens of times that of the land. These ocean earth vein creatures—um, we generally call them sea beasts or water beasts—they will also follow the seawater and sneak into the inland river systems."

"What's even more troublesome is that many sea beasts are oviparous. Adult sea beasts are larger targets, so they are easier to defend against, but these beast eggs follow the water flow into the inland rivers, which is impossible to defend against."

"You know, the danger and destructive power of earth vein creatures are enormous. They are inherently cruel and love to slaughter humans."

"Our Sea Sentinels' duty is to patrol the water areas within Bairo County to ensure that no sea beasts are making trouble within our jurisdiction. It is mainly divided into two parts: one is the daily patrol of the offshore area of Dorn Port."

"Dorn Port is the economic lifeline of Dorn City, and most of Dorn's income comes from here. So we have to patrol the offshore area every day. If we find sea beasts, we must take action to eliminate them in time to ensure that passing merchant ships will not be attacked by sea beasts."

"Of course, even with daily patrols, it is inevitable that there will be fish that slip through the net. This is understandable. But once a merchant ship encounters a sea beast attack and sends a distress signal, we Sea Sentinels must arrive in time to rescue."

"If we don't arrive in time, or if the number of casualties exceeds a certain number, we must accept an investigation by the Hai Shao Bing Court to deliberate whether there is any dereliction of duty."

"Once it is determined to be dereliction of duty, the consequences are very serious," speaking of this, Mei Liya's tone became much more serious: "Ruining one's future is a light matter; if it's serious, one might lose their head."

Seeing Gao De's expression tighten slightly, she jumped back to a relaxed tone and continued: "But you don't have to worry too much. Our Hai Shao Bing Court's investigation procedures are still very reasonable. They will comprehensively consider the strength of the sea beasts, the number of casualties, and other aspects to decide whether it is dereliction of duty."

"Then what about the other part, is it responsible for the inland river systems?" Gao De asked actively.

"Yes," Mei Liya nodded: "However, the water area of the inland river systems in Bairo County is really too large, and it is impossible to carry out daily patrols, nor is it reasonable."

"So the Sea Hai Shao Bing mages responsible for this part have no daily tasks and mainly take on specific tasks."

"The so-called specific tasks are that once people below discover water beasts, they will report the news to our Sea Sentinels, and then someone will integrate the information and release it in the form of an elimination task. The Sea Hai Shao Bing mages responsible for this part can freely take on tasks according to their own strength and schedule."

"Won't there be old oilers mixing and waiting to die?" Gao De discovered a blind spot.

Since the tasks are freely taken, if they never take them, wouldn't they be able to not work and still receive a salary?

"Hahaha, of course there won't be such loopholes for you to drill," Mei Liya laughed.

"We Sea Sentinels have an assessment mechanism. Whether it is daily patrolling the sea to eliminate sea beasts or taking on tasks to eliminate water beasts, you will receive corresponding military merit."

"Military merit is the most important thing for us Sea Hai Shao Bing mages."

"First, it is a very important indicator for our military rank promotion—that is military merit. Only when your military merit is sufficient can you start the promotion process."

"Second, our military merit can be used to exchange for many good things."

"Including supernatural materials, spell formulas, magic potions, etc. —things you can think of and things you can't."

"Finally, at the end of each year, the higher-ups will conduct an assessment and rating for us based on the military merit we obtained that year."

"The mages ranked in the last half-percent are unqualified. If they are unqualified for three consecutive years, or if they are unqualified for five years within ten years, they will be cleared out of the Sea Sentinels."

Good guy, last-place elimination system. The last half-percent, that is, ranked in the bottom 5%.

"So, under the assessment mechanism, no one dares to neglect their duties and mix and wait to die."

"Moreover, under the premise that military merit can be exchanged for rewards, any mage with a bit of ambition is more diligent than the next when taking on tasks, and they have to rely on grabbing them," Mei Liya teased.

"So that's how it is," Gao De nodded. This mechanism is indeed quite reasonable. He thought for a while and asked again: "Then which part will I be responsible for in the future?"

"The cruelty of sea beasts in the ocean is extremely high, which is not something a newcomer can deal with, so newcomers all start from the second part, without exception."

"At least you have to reach the third circle before you can change posts to patrol the ocean," Mei Liya said.

That's too great. Gao De was extremely satisfied.

He was originally worried that if the daily tasks were too busy after joining the Sea Sentinels, it would be very inconvenient for him to teleport back to the northern realm through the astral realm.

But this mechanism now perfectly meets Gao De's needs—it's equivalent to "flexible working."

As long as you ensure that your military merit for the year is in the top 95%, how you arrange the specific time will not be controlled at all.

This is simply a god-like job!

Mei Liya seemed to see what Gao De was thinking, shook her head, and continued: "Don't think that patrolling the ocean is a bitter job. There are plenty of people grabbing this job. Even if you reach the third circle, you may not necessarily be able to change posts to patrol the ocean."

"Why is that again?" Gao De asked humbly.

Patrolling the ocean is obviously not free enough. According to human nature, why would they grab such a job?

"Still because of military merit."

"Military merit is divided into first, second, and third classes."

"Things that can be exchanged for third-class merit are generally some magic potions and ordinary spell formulas."

"Things that can be exchanged for second-class merit are much better, including supernatural equipment, rare spell formulas, and even some precious knowledge."

"Needless to say, first-class merit is even better, but the specific list is not public, so before obtaining first-class merit, it is impossible to know what good things there are."

"However, I heard people say that you can even exchange for specially customized rune constructs!" After finishing, Mei Liya looked at Gao De again, waiting for his reaction.

After hesitating for a second, Gao De still cooperatively made an unbelievable expression: "Ah, rune constructs?!"

"Yes," Mei Liya was satisfied again, and then continued: "And first, second, and third-class merits are not interchangeable. That is to say, even if you have accumulated one hundred third-class merits, you cannot exchange for things on the second-class merit reward list, let alone the first-class merit list."

"In addition, there are military merit requirements when promoting military rank. For example, if a sergeant-level mage wants to be promoted to a sub-lieutenant-level mage, they are required to have at least one second-class merit."

"The danger level of sea beasts appearing in inland river waters is far less than that in the ocean, so the military merit we can obtain by taking on tasks is basically third-class merit, with occasional second-class merit. As for first-class merit, that's something you might not see once in decades."

"Only in the ocean are there the most unexpected situations, and only then are there more opportunities to obtain first-class merit."

"Now, you know why so many people want to patrol the ocean."

Gao De nodded, and at the same time, he also understood the specific meaning of the re-examination.

It was actually simulating the daily work of the Sea Sentinels.

Why did the rules allow mages to add buff spells in advance?

Sea Hai Shao Bing mages patrol rivers and seas, and when they discover sea beasts, they will choose to enter the water to eliminate the beasts.

Although the water area is the home field of sea beasts, before entering the water, Sea Hai Shao Bing mages can also add buffs in advance.

This is also why watermanship is listed as a scoring standard in the Sea Hai Shao Bing assessment.

In ordinary encounters, sea beasts will run away if they see the situation is not good.

But the duty of the Sea Sentinels is to behead these sea beasts to prevent them from continuing to commit crimes.

In this case, it is inevitable to enter the water for pursuit. How can it work if you don't know watermanship?

"Okay, go ahead and handle the registration procedures," Mei Liya took Gao De to a four-story small building and pushed open the door of the room on the left on the first floor.

Gao De walked in.

The overall area of the room is not large, estimated to be about thirty or forty square meters.

A staff member was sitting at the table in the middle, and when he saw Mei Liya and Gao De, he greeted them quickly.

"This is a new member, help him handle the procedures," Mei Liya said.

"Understood."

Gao De stepped forward and sat down in the chair. The staff member handed over several forms.

The first one is a personal information form, including name, age, etc., but the information on it has already been filled out. All Gao De has to do is sign to confirm.

After scanning it and confirming that the information was correct, Gao De signed his name.

The second form is the salary table.

As soon as he saw the header, Gao De immediately straightened his body and looked at it seriously.

"Gao De, second-class apprentice mage, monthly salary 2 Jin Quehua coins."

He looked up in astonishment.

No, a monthly salary of 2 Jin Quehua coins? This is cheaper than the intern "college students" of his previous life?

The dignified Sea Sentinels, so stingy?

"Don't think it's too little," Meiliya said, having seen what Gao De was thinking, and patiently explained to him: "We Sea Sentinels have military merit rewards for completing missions, and the things that can be exchanged for military merit are all valuable goods."

"This is actually our real salary, and this 2-gold salary should be called a subsidy."

"Because, even if you don't do anything and lie at home for a month, this money will still be issued as usual."

That is indeed true. After Mei Liya said this, Gao De could understand.

Moreover, he scanned the salary table. The military rank levels of the Sea Sentinels are divided into six major levels, from low to high: apprentice mage, sergeant-level mage, sub-lieutenant-level mage, lieutenant-level mage, field-officer-level mage, general-level mage.

Apprentice mages are divided into first-class and second-class. As a newcomer, he is naturally the lowest-level second-class apprentice mage.

And the monthly salary of a first-class apprentice mage has already increased from 2 gold to 2 gold and 5 silver, equivalent to an annual salary of 30 gold.

The annual salary of the higher-level sergeant-level mage directly leaps to 100 gold.

Good, this is so promising.

Once you become a sergeant-level mage, you can receive 100 gold for free in a year without doing anything!

No wonder they say public food is an iron rice bowl, and it tastes good.

This is so fragrant!

After signing the salary table, Gao De signed many more documents, including service documents, confidentiality agreements, etc. After all these were done, Gao De obtained a personal identity identification card.

It is engraved with his name, military rank, and other information, which is his proof of identity in the Sea Sentinels.

Subsequently, the staff member moved two sets of Sea Hai Shao Bing uniforms out of the box under the table and handed them to Gao De along with a key.

"The key is the key to the housing assigned to you. It is a large room with three bedrooms and one living room. Of course, it is only for you to live in, it does not belong to you. You can choose to live in it or not, there is no requirement."

There is also a dormitory, sure enough, it is a good unit. Gao De silently took the key. The hotel expenses in Dorn City are not cheap.

"Let's go, we still have many things to collect next," Mei Liya urged.

"What else?" Gao De asked while getting up.

"First is the spell formula and spell magic potion of 【Ocean's Touch】. Our daily work is fighting underwater, chasing sea beasts. 【Ocean's Touch】 is a must-learn spell."

"So, the Sea Sentinels will provide each newcomer with a free copy of the 【Ocean's Touch】 spell formula and spell magic potion, which is equivalent to a newcomer benefit."

"In addition, you also need to go to the Bi Bo Ting side to collect a beast pet."

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