National Juggernaut

Chapter 5 Tradition?

"Are you sure, this is really City Hall? Not something more threatening, like"

Lan Mengqi gesticulated and compared for a long time, but couldn't come up with an appropriate adjective to describe the pile in front of her.

It's no wonder that she lost her words, this is also a common problem for outsiders who saw the Bailu District City Hall on the Fourth Ring Road for the first time. Who would have seen this circle of illegal buildings?It is impossible to connect it with the government office that is linked to order, norms, and laws.

"For example, Demon King's Cave and Dragon Cave? In the questionnaire three years ago, when it came to the impression of the District City Hall, the answers ranked second and third were these two."

"Second and third? Then first"

"Garbage dump, more than [-]% of the people chose this answer. By the way, the most popular answer in the extended questionnaire is 'the outside is giant garbage, the people inside are small pieces of garbage, the outside is dead garbage, and the inside is live garbage, The outside is non-burnable garbage, the inside is non-burnable fossil brain garbage, the ultimate dump is well deserved. And by the way, the staff who made the 'junk dump' option'”

"He was fired?"

"No, he was promoted. It is said that the district chief likes this title very much, and even changed his house number - the head of the small garbage village in Trash Tun."

"Just be happy."

After a long time, the rabbit squeezed out a smile.

"Well, after the news got out, not many people called the garbage dump of the government hall. He is the head of the garbage dump in the Bailu District. You are from Bailu District on the fourth ring road, and you are also a garbage resident in the garbage dump."

Recalling what his boss did in the past, was he so smart and thought so far, Zheng Li shook his head.

"Should I say that this is self-hacking so that people can't hack anymore. Although from what I personally know about that one-threaded idiot, he should just use this as an excuse to not organize his office and files, 'I'm all rubbish If you grow up, you still want me to sort out the junk files'"

Here comes the swearing and swearing of former (government) employees against their bosses.

Now, even the cheerful rabbit didn't know how to answer the conversation.

"Well, it's quite spectacular. Well, it's impressive and impactful."

At this time, after stepping through a gate, in front of the two of them was the government office area of ​​Bailu District, Fourth District, Fourth Ring Belt, Shiqian City.

It is no wonder that it has caused a lot of controversy. The buildings in front of me, or the large buildings, are too scary.

The huge bones of giant beasts lay there, filled with the smell of quicksand and sulfur, and the faint smell of blood, as if they were still on the battlefield yesterday.

As for the city hall, which is the core of administration, all kinds of buildings are located in the chest cavity. A single rib of the municipal giant exceeds the height of a five-storey building. There are more than a dozen large objects, piled together like building blocks played by children.

The bones of giants and the scaled wings of giant dragons are nothing. On the metal hills with high spires, there are sad faces with human nature. It is a ghost ship that is still burning with black fire, and there are ghost crew members who are cooking barbecue on the upside-down bottom of the ship.

Similar things are mixed together, piled up into several spiers, and the buildings of the city hall are mixed in. No, to be precise, that is the office department of the city hall. Lan Mengqi has already seen the side of the ghost ship open There are also two signs hanging on the hole, and there are still people waiting in line outside to work.

It’s no wonder that others say it’s a rubbish dump. When a first-time visitor walks in, the first impression is “really chaotic”, and the second is “really messy”, followed by “Where am I? Where am I going? Where did I come from?” Here?” asked Philosophy three times.

"Oh, that's the archives management office. It deals with endless mountains of files every day. Many things are dangerous and must be kept secret. There are not a few people with spiritual pollution. There are few living people who are willing to do it. Ghost employees are on duty 24 hours a day and There will be no psychological problems, and many former employees died and rehired.”

It seemed that as soon as he returned to his original unit, Zheng Li's words became a little too much, and his tongue was a little out of control.

"However, let me say that the main reason for the large-scale rehiring is that the dead ghost employees only get half of their salaries. Those little bastards from the Finance Bureau and the Personnel Bureau like this kind of free food, travel subsidies, and housing subsidies the most. The employees do not need job training and annual leave. If no one called to stop at that time, and the talent introduction policy of the administrative department was reformed three years ago, nearly half of the new employees would be ghost employees. What's it like?"

Of course, the facts are not as bad as Zheng Li said. The situation of the archives management office is really special. The area of ​​each district starting from Central is quite amazing. There are too many documents every day. The documents are boring, boring but necessary. After working for a long time, they become the living dead who are numb to deal with documents.

Heh, the other part of the documents is even more interesting. Daily documents can make the living bored to death, but those with dangerous signs can make the dead look alive.

Too much secret and dangerous knowledge. Ordinary people will mutate without being crazy if they come into contact with them too much. At the beginning, some employees complained. After entering the file management office, the mental institution is standard equipment, and the strange zoo is the home. If you are not careful, the cemetery will not It is a long rest (holiday) place, and the dead will be dragged to work overtime.

Uh, later, they really used dead people to work overtime, and they didn't have to pay overtime pay.

But looking at the bewildered rabbit, it seemed a little too dark, so Zheng Li still explained a few words.

"Existence is justified, don't look at it like this, it was also an ordinary government office building back then"

Although there are six rings in Shiqian City, the fourth ring is already the outermost extension of the city government's complete control area, and the fifth ring is an independent city-state and factory area from the beginning, so it is not convenient to travel.

The more the outer ring is, the less stable the space is, and in addition to the empty and vast no-man's land, there are many strange beasts, monsters, and demonized beasts.

The fifth and sixth rings are wild areas, and the 24 districts of the fourth ring are also the most extended border fortress areas of Shiqian City. Not far away, the huge towering city wall and the roaring trains are examples.

Since ancient times, the "border" has generally been fierce and fierce, and there are many floating populations coming and going. Quite a few famous hunters and adventurers have settled here. To keep the scene, it is natural that the lord/boss/district head must have prestige.

"I thought I was better than you. This area will be my territory from now on, and everyone will pay me protection fees. Ha, you say you are my boss, wahhgh! Little shrimp! Come to fight!"

Although it's ridiculous, in Shiqian City, which was initially built, there are not a few strong people with this kind of orc thinking.

In particular, the largest adventure task entrustment area in the entire Fourth Ring Road is in the Bailu District City Hall, with supporting facilities such as the black market, weapon shop, and flower street. Think about the hardest hit areas where I am super strong and I want to be a boss.

As a top leader in a practical sense, the challenge letters received by the first district mayor filled his mailbox every day. She was so annoyed that she simply ran out of the city.

Then half a month later, there was an extra corpse of a natural disaster-level monster on the city hall, and there was a photo with the signature of the first district chief beside it. She smiled so happily, so she was quiet for a long time .

However, the challengers who came after hearing the news are well-known strong men who even the head of the district have a headache. Many of them came from other super giant cities thousands of miles away. It should be said that they are shooting themselves in the foot .

The predecessor led the way, and the successor was learned and well-mannered. The first priority of the incumbent is to hunt for big ones, otherwise he will be unable to restrain his cards and arrogant and untrained subordinates.

And in order to show that I am not worse than my predecessor, I have to hunt for bigger ones. After each term, the land area is not enough, and the towers have begun to pile up.

Under the strong protest of the employees, coupled with the fact that the "bigger" aspects are becoming more and more difficult to find, I went to find novel and difficult ones to prove my ability.

The alien battleships of the Moss, the ghost ships in the blue sea, and the sphinx mummy of the son of the sun god all came from this way.

Later, when this became a tradition and culture, it was not just the district chiefs who came to this display platform to pile up the loot.

Many well-known adventurers, explorers, and hunters in this area will secretly hang their proudest prey in the corner of a certain big guy, and they don't forget to leave their spiritual seals and fancy signatures.

Later generations keep innovating, and the legacy of the predecessors is not easy to dismantle. Over time, it will naturally become a garbage dump. However, these messy things have been piled up for a long time and have undergone strange changes. For example, those who die inside are particularly likely to become ghosts. "Garbage Tunnel" is also known as "sweatshop where ghosts never let go".

Once such a bad start is made, the big bosses in other border ring areas have to keep up even for the sake of face (in the beginning, for the sake of border security, they were all able to fight). As the boss keeps up, how can others not follow up? .

For quite a long time, this "modern punk style mixed with bones and metal" has become the standard configuration of government offices in various districts.

"If you smell garbage, you'll know you've arrived at the city hall." It should be the most common malicious words heard at that time. After all, these guys are also experienced in handling loot. How could there be a smell.

Only later, with the development of the times, the roads leading to other giant cities became stable, and there were more inter-city exchanges. The government office building, as the face of the city, is really a bit ugly.

Shiqian City has also lost several people because of this, and the "office buildings of Shiqian City" have even become a stalk of the entire human society, so the city government issued several decrees forcibly ordering the district governments to take away their "ancestor treasures". " Pulled into the district museum.

Well, the District Museum is right, the Municipal Finance Department and the Research Department have no access, so he dare not open his mouth.

Some district museums are directly pulled in, while others are repaired overnight. No one wants to send their "garbage" elsewhere.

This is not just a matter of honor and tradition. Later generations have discovered that these things have gone through the test of the times and have long been the wealth left by the ancestors. They can be used in disaster years or for development needs, and Bailu District This is the most special, and it cannot be dismantled.

"I can't help it. The originality of the ceremony has met the conditions. Both the sacrifice and the overflow of spiritual energy have become an internal cycle, and they have long been alienated. The space gap left by the forced demolition has a high probability of causing a large-scale space earthquake, and a small probability of it appearing. An ultra-small black hole beast, are you sure you want to dismantle it? I would say it’s pretty good, such a high degree of spiritual energy bonding not only increases the chances of the deceased’s spiritual body remaining, it should also increase the rate of shipment of spiritual blades. Increase it by one percent."

Zheng Li still remembered what the expert in the direction of the spiritual energy field said during the regular inspection two years ago.

So, after tossing around with a few other diehards outside the district, the Bailu District has not been demolished.

The only trouble is that I don’t really look photogenic during interviews, and there is also the traditional visit (show off) program at the end of the year-the district chiefs collectively visit the museums in each district, especially the history exhibition area and the newcomer exhibition area. The district chief will be incompetent and furious for several days.

It’s not that he didn’t call on other well-known hunters and nova hunters to put their trophies in the district museum, but your boss didn’t do that. He followed the tradition and hung his prey “Grey Abyss specialty, super giant shadow raven” on the top of the tower, and prevented other People hang under you, why should other people send their honor and pride to the museum.

He knows it won't work, but you suggest he send his baby to a museum

"How can I send my glory and pride to a cold warehouse with no one passing by! Absolutely not! It will cry! Honor is my life, blood and thunder!"

It will only cry if it is killed by a fool like you!Glory and pride?You are a purebred human being, so the tradition of animalizing demihumans came from there!

At first, Zheng Li almost swallowed a mouthful of old blood, and sprayed it directly on the opposite face.

Now, looking at the spire where there are two more giant beasts than last time, he rubbed his eyebrows, he knew who secretly did it without asking, the "beast" disguised as a pure human The big guy" will blow up!

"It has nothing to do with me, it has nothing to do with me. I did the right thing when I resigned back then, or I will be pissed off by this idiot and this group of bastards sooner or later."

It is worth mentioning that when the questionnaire was proposed, the option to mark "garbage dump" on it was to know the result of such marking, in order to prevent a certain orc from continuing to secretly pile up "garbage".

But judging from the results, someone still failed, the black-hearted met the shameless, and the shameless won.

At this moment, walking on the streets I am familiar with, a former government employee, Comrade Zheng Li, cannot help recalling the past youthful years.

At the time, he was young, er, at least young at heart.

Not long after waking up from the freezer, the insecure young man, without hesitation, took refuge in the biggest evil force in the area - the local government.

Later, with his excellent administrative ability and knowledge accumulation, he did a good job. When he resigned due to something two years ago, many people kept him.

"Brother Zheng Li, many people greet you, you seem to be doing well here, hehe, is there any preferential treatment, can I skip the line?"

Even a simple rabbit can see something.

After all, from the time they came in, the government personnel and employees they met along the way not only did not have the habitual business-like indifference, but most of them came over to say hello after seeing them.

"Mr. Zheng, here to do something? Do you want my help?"

"Mr. Zheng Chu and Zheng Li! Good morning! Me? I'm fine! Super energetic!"

"Ah, isn't this Xiao Zheng, wait and have a drink or two."

This is still normal, more greetings are a bit intriguing.

"Senior! Long time no see, do you have an appointment tonight?"

"Boss, are you coming to see us? Tsk, I knew you were not that kind, so let's have lunch together when you have time?"

"Secretary-General Zheng Li? Uh, former Secretary-General Zheng, come back and take care of that orc!"

"Yeah, Boss Zheng, it's too bad, you're gone, that orc and his war gang are going to heaven! He wants to gather a large group in the area to open up wasteland and mines outside the sixth ring road. Go and persuade him." , We are government office staff, not the orc battle group."

"Two days ago, when he was recruiting new office staff, he actually looked at the muscles first rather than the work ability. The new secretariat was like the scene of a bodybuilding competition. Last time, the little girl who came to work next door cried in fright. I think our Bailu District is going to over."

Hehe, it has nothing to do with me. Along the way, Zheng Li smiled very happily. The trouble is someone else's. It's great that I don't have to deal with that single-celled orc.

"Oh, the gate under the red dragon head over there is the District Civil Affairs Bureau. You can just go there directly. You have already made an appointment, so you don't need to wait in line."

Originally, Zheng Li planned to send the Buddha to the west, to observe until the end.

But he noticed that under the shadow of the big tree behind him, a shark demihuman was smiling at him and beckoning.

"Awu? He actually contacted me directly. Isn't this a category B prohibited item in the implementation manual? He is not a fool who violated the rules at will. Is there any urgent change in the project that made him violate the rules?"

(End of this chapter)