Chapter 16: Bribery

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation  Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

“Ahh, this is comfortable.”

Old Li from the administration office carefully put the half-smoked cigarette into an iron box.

This was a rare good thing in the wasteland.

He looked at the clock on the wall. It was almost time to get off work.

Just as he was about to pack up and leave, he saw two figures, one fat and one thin, walking toward the administration office.

“Someone is reporting this at this hour?”

Old Li muttered. When he looked over, he found that the fat figure looked familiar!

“Isn’t this that silly little fatty? Did he realize that I lied to him?”

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The moment he saw Gu Xin, Old Li felt a little guilty.

Just two days ago, this little fatty had secretly come to look for Old Li and stuffed him with a pile of food, even though most of it was cheap compressed biscuits.

He said that he wanted Old Li to help him relay his information to the third team that Captain Gao Fei belonged to.

Originally, Old Li had planned to casually dismiss this person. This sort of thing was recorded into The Lighthouse’s management system. How could a logistics worker like him be able to change it?

However, when he turned around, he caught a glimpse of this little fatty’s information. He was originally under Captain Gao Fei.

Based on the principle of not accepting anything for free, Old Li accepted Gu Xin’s bribe.

Therefore, when he saw Gu Xin walking over from afar with another person, Old Li thought that Gu Xin had reported the matter to The Lighthouse.

He was naturally very anxious, but The Lighthouse was strictly managed, so he could not run away on the spot. There was nowhere to hide in this small administration department.

“The internal management of this lighthouse is very strict. They won’t dare to do anything,”Old Li muttered.

Therefore, he forced himself to stay in the administration office and pretended to be confused and not know this little fatty.

Soon, Su Chen and Gu Xin approached the management office.

Old Li took a closer look. These two were dressed as workers, and he immediately let out a sigh of relief.

Luckily, this fatty would not be reporting him to The Lighthouse.

‘He might not even know that I lied to him.’

“Uncle, I’m here to submit the combat sequence application.” Su Chen did not know about this and casually handed over Gao Fei’s recommendation letter.

When Old Li saw it, he broke out in cold sweat on the spot.

F*ck, this kid is a reserve member under Gao Fei?

This little fatty must know that I lied to him! I did not expect him to know an Evolver!

Could it be that this little fatty brought people to seek revenge?

Thinking of this, Old Li looked up at Gu Xin who was standing behind Su Chen.

However, he saw Gu Xin’s gloomy expression, which made him more certain of his guess!

“Uncle, where’s the thing?” Su Chen saw that Old Li did not return the recommendation letter to him and was in a daze for some reason, so he asked impatiently.

Old Li felt even more guilty after hearing Su Chen’s words.

Fortunately, the other party seemed to only want to take back the things that little fatty gave him last time and did not have any intention of seeking revenge.

This made Old Li let out a sigh of relief.

After all, The Lighthouse still had the rule of law. Even an evolved human could not casually beat up civilians!

It was easy to do if they just wanted the items.

After Gu Xin gave Old Li the pile of food last time, as Old Li did not have time to eat much.

“This is all that’s left. Convert the rest into contribution points. I’ll transfer another 20 contribution points to you!”

As he said this, Old Li stuffed all the food he had received before in front of Su Chen. He also connected his watch to Su Chen and transferred 20 contribution points to him.

Su Chen was speechless.

Was the welfare of the combat squad members that good?

They had not even joined yet, and they were already giving out gifts!

Somewhat dumbfounded, Su Chen accepted the food that Old Li had brought out. As he wished, he obtained the training qualifications.

However, this uncle seemed to be a little off!

He looked at me with a guilty expression? Could it be that he was taking my benefits for himself?

However, Su Chen did not ask any further. These gifts were originally a pleasant surprise.

Joining the combat team was his main purpose.

As for whether it was more or less, Su Chen did not really care.

He saw that Su Chen had already settled the matter.

Gu Xin walked up and patted his shoulder, indicating for Su Chen to wait for him for a while.

Old Li, who had just heaved a sigh of relief, suddenly became nervous again.

He had already returned the things. Why was this little fatty still here? There was no need to be so ruthless, right?

“I really don’t have anything else. Why don’t you come in and take a look?”

Old Li had no choice but to speak first. If this matter was exposed to the higher-ups, his position would definitely be lost!

Although the salary was not much, this job was still very leisurely.

“What are you talking about, uncle?”

Gu Xin looked at Old Li with a bit of doubt, and then walked over with a mysterious expression.

He threw his small bag onto Old Li’s table.

Old Li was shocked!

Gu Xin lowered his voice and said leisurely, “Uncle, I want to join Captain Gao Fei’s team this time. Please accept this food first. If it’s not enough, I’ll make it up to you when I have money!”

Old Li was once again speechless.

Then, he realized that these two kids did not know anything at all!

It was all because he was just scaring himself!

An employee had two mission opportunities in a month, and they were all assigned to the same exploration team.

If there were casualties, they would find someone else to make up for it.

This was practically common sense in The Lighthouse. Who would have thought that this little fatty would be so stupid?!

Reluctantly looking at the food in Su Chen’s hands, he felt sorry for his 20 contribution points.

Old Li then sadly accepted Gu Xin’s small bag.

As Gu Xin saw that he had accepted his things, Gu Xin immediately knew that it was a success!

He looked happy and gave Old Li a grateful look, then walked toward Su Chen.

“What’s the matter? Why are you so happy?”

Su Chen saw that after Gu Xin mysteriously said that, he seemed to have suddenly changed into a different person, so he asked curiously.

“Hmph, I’ve joined Captain Gao Fei’s team again! I pity my delicious food.”

Gu Xin’s face was filled with excitement. If Su Chen could awaken his special ability in the team, why was he not able to?!

Compared to becoming an Evolver, the food was like floating clouds!

Did Su Chen not receive the benefits of the combat team just now?

When he became an Evolver, would he be lacking food?

After hearing Gu Xin’s answer, Su Chen understood what had happened. It was nothing more than bribing an uncle from the administration department like last time.

However, when he heard this news, Su Chen was quite happy. His original intention was to let Gu Xin continue to stay with him as a squad.

He could still take care of him a little. Otherwise, he was really afraid that Gu Xin would not be willing to go and challenge an Origin Beast one-on-one…

However, seeing Gu Xin scratching his head after he ran out of food, Su Chen still could not bear it.

Thus, he stuffed all the compressed biscuits in his hand to Gu Xin.

Su Chen did not like the compressed biscuits. The texture was too dry, so he would rather have other food instead.

Seeing how good Su Chen was to him, Gu Xin was so moved that tears were about to fall!

“Su Chen! I, Gu Xin, can never repay you for your great kindness. You are my… good brother for life!”

Gu Xin stuffed food into his mouth and mumbled.

“Alright, eat your food.” Su Chen did not know whether to laugh or cry.

Since both of them had finished dealing with the matter, they each returned to their own residences.

Training would begin in the afternoon. Hence, Su Chen prepared to rest early.

Tomorrow morning, he was going to go to the black market to have a look.