Chapter 405

Still obtaining a partner... If I can't find a job again, I'm afraid it will be difficult to even get a piece of bread!

Leaving the Sixth Cleaning Bureau with a dark face, joining the long queue in front of the Cleaning Bureau, looking at the shining new badge on the virtual panel, the unemployed youth Li Ang sighed faintly.

Good news, he is still a man, and even has a cheat.

Bad news, this cheat seems to be of little use for the time being, and sometimes even carries a strange debuff...

After staring at the pitch-black 【Unemployed Youth】 badge and the matchmaking success rate -80% entry for a while, Li Ang, while slowly "crawling" forward with the long queue at the door of the Cleaning Bureau, cast his gaze on the other two badges that were in the "wearing" state.

On the virtual panel that came to this world with him, there are a total of three badge slots. Among them, on the slot in the middle, a badge is flickering with a dim dark cyan color, and it reveals a warm and gentle intention.

【Trustworthy Brother (Bronze): Because your parents died early, you took on the responsibility of taking care of your younger siblings very early. You are a responsible and reliable brother, so you are deeply loved by your younger siblings】

【Wearing effect: When talking to minors younger than you, the other party will easily develop a sense of trust in you, and when the emotions are agitated, it is easy to trigger the special state "confide," telling you their inner depression and secrets】

【Advancement route: None】

【Hidden characteristic: Not activated】

And next to this "Good Brother" badge is a crimson badge whose color is as fierce as fire and looks even more dazzling than the sun.

【Materialist Soul (Heterochromatic · Crimson · Cannot be upgraded): As a firm materialist, you firmly believe that matter is the foundation of objective existence, spirit and consciousness phenomena are products of matter, and all things that cannot be understood originate from one's own cognition of the world not being accurate and profound enough】

【Wearing effect: For things and knowledge you can understand, through your own analysis and thinking, you can familiarize yourself with and master them relatively quickly, and obtain additional effect improvements based on your own understanding when using them;

For things and knowledge you cannot understand, by expanding the boundaries of your own cognition, you can immediately obtain part of the information related to them, and reduce the influence from the other party when encountering them based on your own understanding】

【Advancement route: Reached the highest level, cannot continue to advance】

【Hidden characteristic: Not activated】

"..."

Just looking at the description, this heterochromatic badge seems very remarkable, but in fact, it is not at all.

This badge only triggered once at the beginning, helping him master the language of this world within three days, reaching the level of being able to communicate normally. Later, it seemed to not exist, and there was no movement.

But even if the trigger difficulty is very high, his badge cheat is definitely not something in the "normal" range. I don't know if his situation counts as the controllable "anomaly" that the red-haired woman said? If it counts, then maybe he is very suitable for that Cleaning Bureau?

Unable to help but look back and look in the direction of the Cleaning Bureau, Li Ang shook his head quickly, completely dispelling this absurd thought.

Don't be silly, that is an annual death rate of ten percent!

And looking at the other party's attitude, the Cleaning Bureau is definitely not a department that can be quit at will. It is possible that you have to work for a lifetime once you join.

He is not even seventeen years old now. If he can retire at sixty, he has to work for more than forty years. The death rate can reach more than ninety percent, which can almost be said to be certain death!

If he were alone, that would be it. After all, this life is equivalent to being picked up for nothing. Instead of working hard in the mine, burning the furnace, and refining medicine, working as a laborer for decades to get sick, and then like those neighbors living in the veteran alley, first being emptied of his few savings by injury and illness, and then being thrown into the hospital corridor, lying on those hospital beds full of vomit waiting to die, it is better to go all out now and fight with this rotten life!

But... now there are four people in his family. The two younger ones are not even as tall as his waist. The younger sister who is older is only one year younger than him, but she has been weak since she was in the womb, and because of a reagent leakage accident, she inhaled a lot of alchemy waste gas, and her lung disease has been intermittent and never improved, so she can't do heavy work at all.

He can go all out to fight, but if he dies in that so-called Cleaning Bureau, the family will probably have to work one big one to death first, and then slowly starve the two small ones to death. None of the four people in the family will survive!

"Fuck!"

Thinking of this, Li Ang couldn't help but raise his head, look at the queue in front that still couldn't see the end, then bit his back molars hard, and spat fiercely at the blue stone floor tiles carved with exquisite patterns under his feet.

"This dog-day world!"

As the sun sets, the dim residual light passes through the clouds mixed with alchemy waste gas, sprinkles on the dirty streets of the capital, and under someone's abnormally heavy footsteps, it is trampled and broken bit by bit, until it completely returns to darkness.

After queuing for more than two hours and accepting several rounds of inspections and inquiries, a certain unemployed youth was eliminated without accident.

Even if Li Ang threw away the dignity that had long been thrown away, grabbed the interviewer's sleeve and promised repeatedly that he would definitely be competent for this job, and almost knelt down and begged bitterly on the spot.

But seeing Li Ang's physique, which was obviously a circle thinner than his peers due to malnutrition, the fat official in charge of selection didn't even bother to respond, simply pushed him away with a slap, then moved to the next applicant, pinched the other party's arms and thighs with disgust, and then stamped a pass red stamp on the other party's thin black chest...

Damn!

Recalling the scene that simply didn't treat people as people and was almost no different from picking livestock, Li Ang couldn't help but habitually bite his back molars, then spat out the depression that had been lingering in his heart heavily.

Even though he had "come" here for almost three years, he still couldn't get used to all this fucking stuff.

In his previous life, although he didn't have any great achievements, his parents were both alive and his family was harmonious, and he had been safe for half his life. The biggest setback in his life was just being scolded by his boss, but in the blink of an eye, he was thrown into this damn world, and he had to fight with all his strength just to live the simplest life. It's really...

Forget it, instead of thinking about these, it's better to figure out where to find some work tomorrow and find a way to subsidize the family.

Seeing that after turning the front intersection, it is the veteran alley where his family lives, Li Ang couldn't help but stop, rubbed his stiff face hard, and finally managed to squeeze out a little smile on his face.

Trying to maintain the smile on his face, Li Ang walked into the alley with very poor lighting, walked quickly through the dirty old street full of debris in the dark, and walked towards the low hut located in the southeast corner.

Just as he stood still at his door and raised his hand to knock on the door, the old iron door, which was covered with rust and was older than him, suddenly opened, revealing a white and delicate face that could be counted as pretty but had obvious illness. "Brother."

After calling Li Ang, the thin and thin girl didn't have time to ask about the situation, and saw her brother outside the door frown, and scolded with a serious face:

"Didn't I say several times, don't open the door to people randomly?"

"I didn't open the door randomly."

The girl who was scolded was not angry. While taking Li Ang's coat and patting it gently, she smiled and said:

"I recognize your footsteps. Only when you come back will I open the door in advance."

"That's not okay either!"

Hearing the thin girl's words, the warmth in Li Ang's heart, which was full of resentment, couldn't help but ripple, but he still taught with a straight face:

"Although this side is not as chaotic as the slum area in the outer city, it is not without bad people. What if you heard it wrong?"

How could I hear it wrong...

Hearing Li Ang's words, the thin girl couldn't help but sigh in her heart.

Even in the veteran alley where people are generally poor, there are not many people whose footsteps are as heavy as her brother's. Especially after surviving that big illness three years ago, her brother's footsteps became more and more heavy. Even in her dreams, she could hear his stepping sound as if he were carrying a heavy burden.

However, although she was confident that she would never hear it wrong, the thin girl didn't argue with Li Ang, but took his coat and hung it up, then walked into the kitchen and brought out the dinner that was still steaming.

After Li Ang sat at the table with a face full of fatigue and lowered his head to start wolfing down, she sat at the old table with a lame leg, her white and thin arms propping up her thin cheeks, and gazed softly at Li Ang who was eating the simple stew in large mouthfuls.

It's so late, why don't you go to rest properly and watch me eat?

Because he was hungry for a whole day and ate a bit urgently, Li Ang was a bit uncomfortable being watched by his sister, coughed and said softly: "The two little ones? Asleep?"

"Hmm."

The thin girl nodded lightly upon hearing this, and smiled gently as she leaned forward.

"When the sun just set, they were still clamoring to wait for you to come back before sleeping, but after a while they started rubbing their eyes. Finally, they slept together beside the dining table. I just carried them back to the inner room to sleep."

"Don't worry about it next time."

Looking at the sister's white and bloodless face, Li Ang couldn't help but shake his head:

"Your body is not very good, the two little ones have grown a lot in the past two years. Next time, just let them sleep first, and when I come back, I will carry them back, cover them with a thin blanket, and don't catch a cold."

"Hmm hmm."

The thin girl responded softly twice, still not arguing with Li Ang, just nodding with a smile, leaning forward lightly, and directly accepting the care from her brother.

This looks like she didn't listen again...

Seeing her appearance, Li Ang couldn't help but shake his head helplessly.

He has always had no way for this sister who looks white and weak but is actually stubborn. Seeing that he couldn't persuade her, he didn't say anything more, but after eating dinner silently, he said hesitantly:

"Today..."

"It's very late today."

After interrupting Li Ang's words, the thin girl spoke first:

"The Road Administration Department is so far away, and you are reluctant to pay the fare, so you must have walked there. If you have to go out tomorrow, then you should rest now."

"..."

"Hmm..."

Realizing that his sister had seen that he had failed to find a job again, Li Ang sighed, then frowned and said:

"It's my uselessness, if I could..."

"Brother!"

"Hmm hmm, I won't say it."

Squeezing his fists hard, deciding to work twice as hard tomorrow and find a job no matter what, Li Ang got up to collect the dinner plates, walked towards his small room, and after tossing and turning for a while, finally managed to fall asleep with a full belly of worries.

However, before dawn, the sleeping Li Ang was awakened by a violent coughing sound like a bellows, and along with it, there were the desperate cries of his younger brother and sister at home.

"Brother! Get up! Get up!"

(End of chapter)