"Secretary Zheng, thank you for bringing us breakfast. It's too much trouble!" Zhao Yali said nervously.
"It's no trouble at all. It's on the way, and I need to take you through the procedures later. It will be a waste of time if there are no acquaintances." Secretary Zheng waved his hand.
"What procedures?" Zhao Yali asked.
"After the apocalypse, a lot of information is lost, such as household registration, ID, and so on. Everything has to be redone. Also, the evolved people have to go through a test and register!" Secretary Zheng explained in detail. He did not have the reserved manner of a mayor's secretary.
"It's that troublesome?" Zhao Yali asked.
"Actually, it won't take too long. You can get it done in a day." Secretary Zhen smiled apologetically.
"When can I get the documents?" Zhao Yali asked.
"It'll take about a day, right?"
"Can't I get them on the spot?"
Secretary Zheng smiled. A day was already very fast. With so many documents, ordinary people would not be able to get them all in less than three days. This was the effect of the efficiency after the apocalypse.
Zhao Yali finally realized something and said embarrassedly, "I don't know anything. I'm just asking."
"It's okay. Ask away."
"Oh, then I want to know what kind of work can I be assigned?" Zhao Yali finally asked the question that she was most concerned about.
"That?" Secretary Zheng said awkwardly, "It depends on your education and your previous work experience. If you don't have professional skills, the job might be more troublesome. Usually, you will be assigned to a factory."
"Oh, I'm an accountant. I have an intermediate accounting certificate. Is it easy to find a job?" Zhao Yali asked nervously.
Secretary Zheng shook his head and said, "It's very difficult under normal circumstances. Unless we build a new factory, it will be very difficult to find a job."
"Oh!" Zhao Yali did not notice Secretary Zheng's hint. She looked disappointed.
"Oh!" Secretary Zhen saw that the other party didn't understand what he was hinting at, so he didn't bother with the bureaucratic tone. "Actually, it doesn't matter if you can't go to the factory. You can still enter the government department. For outstanding talents, we can always make an exception. Oh right, may I ask, is Mr. Luo your …"
Zhao Yali was delighted, but when she heard the last part, she blushed and quickly said, "I have nothing to do with him."
"Isn't she saying one thing but saying another?" Secretary Zheng looked at her expression and immediately understood. A smile appeared on his face. "Thinking about it, how could such a charming young woman have no relationship? Perhaps the other women are like this." The wilderness was great. You could be lawless and do whatever you wanted. For example, if he wanted to find a lover, he would have to be afraid and afraid of being discovered. Of course, one had to be strong enough. If one was weak, then life in the wilderness would be worse than death.
Secretary Zheng smiled even more politely. He had come with a mission, which was to keep Luo Yuan in Desert City, even if it meant offending the higher-ups. A level five evolved human might not mean much to the higher-ups, but to Desert City, he was a timely help. With such a person staying, at least they could sleep better at night.
Take yesterday's invasion of the Sandworms for example. With him around, they didn't need to muster so many people and suffer such heavy losses …
…
After breakfast, they followed Secretary Zheng to go through the procedures.
The three-storey registration center was not far from the residential area, so it only took them a few minutes to reach the destination. As the saying goes, it's easy to get things done with help. Not only were there people filling in all kinds of documents, but it was also a smooth process. Even Zhao Yali's accounting certificate was successfully processed after a few simple questions from the clerk. Compared to before the apocalypse, the efficiency had increased by more than ten times.
However, there were too many documents to process, and there were quite a lot of people. It was already noon when they were all done.
There were very few restaurants in the city, and they barely saw any along the way, but there were still some. They walked into a hotel in the city center. Of course, according to the standard before the apocalypse, it was only a small town, but it was already the most luxurious hotel in the city.
It was already the peak of the mealtime, but the hotel was deserted. There were basically no customers, and the number of waiters was pitifully low.
"Most people work in the factory during the day, and there are more people eating at 11 or 12 o 'clock at night!" Secretary Zheng explained.
"Do you work overtime every day?" Huang Jiahui asked doubtfully.
"It's the same in the factory. We work about 12 hours a day!" Secretary Zheng said matter-of-factly.
"This … this is too much for your body. How can you stand it after such a long time?" Huo Dong was stunned and asked. No wonder there were so few people on the street.
"It can't be helped. Many factory tasks are very heavy, and sometimes they are rushed. They might not even have a day off for a few months. However, most people are in good physical condition now, so they can handle this kind of intense work."
Everyone sighed.
"Although it's a bit hard for the workers, compared to us soldiers, they are already doing well. At least they don't have to bear a lot of pressure." Commander Xia shook his head.
The rest of the meal was somewhat tasteless, and they always felt out of place in the atmosphere.
After a hasty meal, they arrived at their last destination, the Evolutionary Registration Center.
Secretary Zheng had thought that there would only be two or three evolutionaries, but it turned out that there were four. The girl with light green skin, whom he had always thought was an evolved person, was not an evolved person.
Without batting an eyelid, he moved a little further away.
If it was an evolved person, he would not have paid much attention to it. Some of them had mutated in the process of evolution, but they were not completely mutated and retained their consciousness. Most of them had strange bodies of all kinds. Not to mention changing their skin color, he had seen one or two who grew fur and scales. There was even a powerful evolved person who had become a giant.
However, she was not an evolved person, but her skin had changed color. He could not help but be vigilant.
He did not realize that Luo Yuan had seen his expression.
"She was parasitized by a kind of moss. You can see her as an evolved person, but you can also see her as an ordinary person," Luo Yuan explained.
Secretary Zheng was shocked and forced a smile, "I … I didn't mean that!"
"Are you worried that she's contagious?" Luo Yuan looked at him and asked.
Although Luo Yuan's tone was gentle, Secretary Zheng felt pressured. It was as if Luo Yuan had seen through all his secrets. He realized that it was useless to be smart in front of someone like Luo Yuan. He decided to tell the truth, "Yes … I was worried about that, but it's gone now. Since both of you are fine, it means that she's not contagious."
He spoke more fluently, and finally asked, "Can we report this to the higher-ups? I think the Biology Research Institute would be very interested in her. "
Everyone's face turned pale.
Chen Jiayi's face was pale, and she looked terrified. Luo Yuan thought for a while and said, "The child is still young, so I don't think we need to bring her. The samples should be enough."
"Of course, of course. Normal evolved people seem to have some misunderstanding about this. I know a little about the Biology Research Institute, but they definitely don't do human experiments. Most of them just draw blood." Of course, Secretary Zheng knew why they looked so upset. Those who knew a little about biology would know that with the current technology, there was no need for such a low-level method like slicing. Unfortunately, it was a taboo for ordinary people.
"There's no need to draw blood either!" Luo Yuan said. Who knew if there would be cloning? Before the apocalypse, no one would dare to clone humans due to moral pressure. However, with the current situation, no one could guarantee that it would not happen.
"This …" Secretary Zheng was in a dilemma. How were they going to test if they did not draw blood? Would they have to draw bone marrow?
However, he soon saw a strange scene. Chen Jiayi stretched out her hand, and a large amount of moss quickly appeared on her smooth skin. There was a series of gasps in the hall.
"This … This is unbelievable!"
"Alright, I'll give you some moss later. Let's do the test as soon as possible. How do we do it?" Luo Yuan said.
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