Chapter 82 - Fermentation

“By then, you can look for other jobs, so don’t worry too much.”

Su Mo was silent for a while, not knowing how to comfort her, and casually replied.

“It’s easy to find jobs, but they are all allocated, and the salary is terribly low.

It won’t starve you, but it’s also not enough to live on.”

Zhou Qian shook her head.

Su Mo became even more silent, not knowing how to respond.

At that moment, Lin Zinuo walked over, her mood seemingly quite good, and she started talking when she saw the two of them.

“What are you two doing?”

“Sister Zinuo, we’re just chatting.

The situation in the game is getting worse and worse.

Do you think we’ll be out of jobs soon?”

Zhou Qian replied worriedly.

“Hey, don’t worry about that.

Just let things take their course.

Those who need to repair ships, repair them.

Just do what you need to do.”

Lin Zinuo didn’t really care about those stirring issues.

“Alright.”

Zhou Qian reluctantly nodded.

“Come on, no long faces.

Do I have some good news for you?”

Lin Zinuo, seeing their spirits weren’t very high, spoke cheerily.

“What good news?”

Zhou Qian looked at Lin Zinuo with curiosity.

“Everyone performed extremely well this time, and once we safely return to Dawn City, everyone will get a bonus.

Especially you, Su Mo.

There will be a merit for you, and a hefty bonus, no less than twenty thousand.

But, half of the bonus will have to be taken to repay debts.

Happy about that?”

Lin Zinuo was in a great mood; everyone could pocket an extra sum of money, which of course was skimmed from the Sea Battle Group’s fund.

“Oh.”

Su Mo didn’t react much.

Seeing Su Mo’s wooden response, the smile on Lin Zinuo’s face stiffened slightly.

This guy is really no fun, never seen him happy.

“Is there anything else?

If not, I’m going to mech training.”

Su Mo responded coldly.

“No, go ahead.”

Lin Zinuo touched her forehead and waved her hand.

Su Mo turned around and got off the ship.

At that time, on the coast, there was a Green Shield Mecha parked.

Su Mo originally thought about driving the mech onto the ship’s deck.

However, this action was vetoed by Qin Wang, who had plenty of reasons; the ship was not yet repaired, and rashly driving such a heavy mech on board could potentially sink the whole vessel.

Soon, Su Mo got back into the mech, controlling the cumbersome mech to train on his own.

In his mind, he imagined the enemy and controlled the mech to make the correct defensive movements.

Naturally, Su Mo dared to train with such intensity because the hangar stored a lot of fuel, enough for him to squander alone.

Zhou Qian and Lin Zinuo walked to the edge of the deck, leaning against the railing, watching the disciplined Su Mo with admiration in their eyes.

It really proved the saying: It’s not the geniuses who are better than you that you should fear, but the geniuses who work harder than you.

In Zhou Qian’s eyes, Su Mo’s mecha piloting skills could rank high within the entire legion, but he was still not satisfied.

“Impressive, right?”

Lin Zinuo smiled as she spoke to Zhou Qian.

“Disciplined people are the scariest.

By the way, Sister Zinuo, why did you log on so early today?

Finished studying?”

Zhou Qian looked at Lin Zinuo with curiosity.

“Don’t you know who I am?

I officially graduated with a PhD, my learning capability is strong, I just need to study the theory once and I’ll understand it.”

“Sister Zinuo is really impressive!”

“Cough cough, don’t praise me, what I talked about is just a theory, I’m unclear about the actual practice, so don’t get your hopes too high.

In any case, when the ship sets sail, it has that lifeboat, so if worst comes to worst, just abandon ship quickly.”

Lin Zinuo coughed, preemptively offering a word of caution.

Zhou Qian frowned at this.

“Really?”

“Come on, I’m just outlining the worst-case scenario.

You also know this big guy isn’t easy to operate, it might get grounded or even capsize.”

Lin Zinuo replied, feeling helpless.

“True, by the way, Sister Zinuo, I heard that the protests outside are getting scarier and scarier, is it really okay?”

Zhou Qian asked worriedly in her conversation with Zinuo.

“People are naturally afraid of the unknown, besides being curious; so, it’s normal for things to get blown out of proportion.

You guys shouldn’t worry about these matters, they have nothing to do with us, we just need to focus on our jobs.”

Lin Zinuo mused thoughtfully.

“Isn’t that what I’m worried about?

It might escalate and affect Star Ring, and we might really end up unemployed.”

“Don’t worry, this storm will settle eventually, we just don’t know how it will settle.”

Lin Zinuo mused thoughtfully in response.

Upon hearing Lin Zinuo’s words, Zhou Qian hesitated briefly, believing that Lin must know something, so she asked quietly,

“Sister, I’m a bit curious, is this game really like what is being rumored online?

That it’s not a game, but real?”

Lin Zinuo showed a hint of difficulty and then told Zhou Qian,

“I’m not too sure about that either, probably only the Legion Leader knows.

Sigh~ don’t worry about these things anymore, knowing more isn’t always better.”

“Okay.”

Zhou Qian felt a bit regretful that she couldn’t solve the mystery, but soon came to terms with it.

Just like Lin Zinuo said, knowing more isn’t always an advantage; better to just let things take their course.

By evening, Su Mo logged out from the game, his face showing signs of fatigue, having spent a prolonged time online.

Aside from necessary part handling, Su Mo had spent all his other time on Mecha training, drastically over-exerting both his mental and physical strength.

After all, simply operating such a huge machine was very strenuous, not to mention high-intensity training.

Su Mo left the machine room and entered the elevator.

He quickly reached the lobby on the first floor, only to find that the building’s doors were sealed.

This was very unusual, as nothing like this had ever happened before.

At this time, the lobby on the first floor was crowded with guild members, all whispering among themselves, all looking worried.

“Why haven’t they opened the door yet?”

“Even if they open the door, we can’t leave; the streets are full of protestors, and they seem quite agitated.”

“It’s safer to stay inside for now.”

“It’s all going wrong, this is really going to blow up.”

“Yeah, it’s so frustrating, I tell you, I haven’t slept well these past few days, just thinking about it.

I thought it would calm down after a few days, but instead it’s only getting worse.”

“Ah…..”

“Hey, they said that the world of Star Ring might actually be real and that people could die, is that true?”

“Don’t discuss this here.

Didn’t you see the notice in our group chat?

It’s strictly forbidden to talk about this.

So whether it’s true or not, I don’t know.

But I know, if I lose this high-paying job, tonight my wife will kick me out of the house.”

“Makes sense….”

Su Mo waited on the spot for a while, seeing that the company gate was still not opened,

he turned back upstairs, planning to get something to eat.