I'm the King of Wage Earners in Lobotomy City

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If containment fails, the punitive bird will fly out of the containment unit and peck at the staff several times. After causing some damage, the punitive bird will fly back into the containment unit on its own initiative. If it is injured during this process, it will become "angry" and inflict significant damage on the attacker.

Action Recommendation: Do not take action.

"You're doing a good job of stopping us. In the past, newcomers would have wondered why we didn't go to save the person when they saw this, since that person was our colleague."

Yuwen stopped where she was and watched the harmless little bird return to the shelter after pecking at it once more.

She waved her hand to indicate that Du Jue could continue patrolling. "It's not a big deal if I don't have friends here, but I probably wouldn't be able to survive a day without colleagues."

Du Jue looked a little strange. Even without his colleagues, he still had Angela's help, so surviving wouldn't be a problem. "Senior Yu Wen, actually, before I joined the company, I worked as a cleanup person, so judging the situation is a required course."

"Oh? The minister also asked me to mentor you, but aren't you quite professional? During work hours, you shouldn't have any interest in the anomalies, not even in casual conversation. You did a good job on that."

Yu Wen nodded approvingly, which made Ilya, who had been watching them, feel somewhat discouraged.

Before Du Jue could respond, an alarm sounded, completely different from the previous one, followed by Ilya's anxious yet firm voice.

"Control Department staff! Now is the time to make good use of the work guidelines. I believe that we can solve the 'test' on our own!"

"Act according to my standards! We will definitely be able to solve this challenge perfectly!"

Yu Wen, who had just been calm, suddenly changed her expression. She scanned the entire corridor warily and noticed a large number of black robots that had suddenly appeared, their sharp, curved legs pounding holes in the alloy floor.

The trials are obstacles that the Seed of Light project must overcome.

Abnormalities are actually passively altering their environment, manifesting as a distortion of reality, much like an unprotected box of nuclear waste that pollutes the surrounding area.

The company employs special suppression technology to contain the anomalies, preventing the headquarters from becoming a multi-layered hell. However, the energy collected by Project Seed of Light is so vast that it attracts some illusory concepts to materialize.

You used to learn about it during employee training, but now it seems to be starting earlier and more powerful than ever before.

Upon seeing Angela's prompt, Du Jue suddenly realized why his supervisor had told him to take a break. It turned out that collecting too much energy at once could bring forward or even intensify this disaster called the test!

Ilya's voice came through the headset: "Du Jue, this is your first test. Be sure to follow my work guidelines. My guidance will ensure your survival!"

A faint mechanical sound echoed in the minds of all the employees, and even Song Ya's terrified attempt to cover his ears could not prevent it.

One day, we pondered a question: Where did we come from? We were given life, yet irresponsibly abandoned.

Yu Wen watched as the armed, sharp-speared killer robots rapidly approached, and immediately said anxiously, "Hey! Newbie! You haven't received your EGO yet, so quickly hide next to me. I'm not going to go out of my way to save you; protecting you is the limit!"

call!

The thorny spear that suddenly pierced out from beside Yu Wen instantly smashed the sharp spears that the killing machine was attacking.

Bang!

Du Jue, instantly covered in dragon scales, excitedly swung his spear, causing shattered gears and torn iron pieces to scatter on the ground. The clanging sound stunned Yu Wen, who was on guard behind him.

She watched in surprise as Du Jue, having once again unleashed a monstrous serrated blade, swept through hordes of killing machines like leeks. She quickly recovered and joined the fray, exclaiming, "Hey! Who's leading whom here?!"

Boom! !

The moment they made contact, Yu Wen noticed something unusual about these killing machines. Contrary to her assumption that they had become weaker due to their large numbers, they had actually become stronger!

The killing machine in front of them had huge gears spinning wildly at its joints, and the long spear it raised even turned red from the intense friction before violently slashing down without warning.

Tear it apart!

Yu Wen hurriedly dodged, and when she turned her head, she saw that the corridor wall, made of a special alloy, had been torn open like paper, leaving a huge hole.

You should know that in the past, this kind of sheet metal could be handled by just a few level-two employees, but now even an excellent level-five employee like her is finding it very difficult!

"Back off!"

Upon hearing Du Jue's resolute order, Yu Wen decisively drew her knife and retreated. The buzzing killing machine in front of her was instantly smashed to pieces by its terrifying weight.

Yu Wen looked up with lingering fear, her pupils shrinking in disbelief. She couldn't comprehend when Du Jue had donned that fine, dense red scale armor, and wondered if the two weapons in his hands were both EGOs!

It's important to know that EGO equipment is not such a convenient thing; it can even put mental pressure on the user.

However, Yu Wen felt no joy at solving the problem, only because she heard Ilya's anxious support instructions through her earpiece, and the strange robot that had once again broken into the corridor, its huge, black machine gun muzzle pointed directly at the two of them.

"Holy crap! Is this even a test?!"

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Chapter 188 Command.

"Extinguish them! You should immediately withdraw from the control center and construct a defensive line according to the standards in the manual!"

While hurriedly directing her employees, Ilya noticed the two people in the corridor and immediately instructed, "I didn't expect this test at all. Don't act rashly!"

Bang!

Du Jue, who had just blasted through the killing machine head-on, had no time to respond. At this moment, the corridor leading to the control center was occupied only by a fortress-like red-eyed robot, whose left arm was a roaring chainsaw and whose right arm was a rotary machine gun rarely seen in the city.

Upon noticing the machine gun being raised, Yu Wen immediately turned away from the control center. "Except for that! Avoid the danger first, let's take a detour! Those aren't ordinary bullets!"

The angry mechanical voice rang out again, and Du Jue even flashed through his mind images of artificial intelligence launching a rebellion war, and a sense of fear of machines suddenly arose in his heart.

They are ultimately bound by life. And we will unleash our despair and fury!

Gladiator exoskeleton!

"You hide first! I'll carry out the minister's orders!"

Du Jue's dragon scales instantly disappeared, replaced by streamlined white light armor. Without hesitation, he dragged his thorn spear and strode forward.

Faced with this unprecedented disaster, Du Jue immediately thought of an extremely serious matter—the large amount of energy collected in a short period of time seemed to have temporarily broken through the headquarters' suppressor, so was he in a very dangerous situation at this moment?

Du Jue couldn't be sure whether the illusion from the stars would also appear during the test, or even be strengthened. He could only and had to resolve the test as soon as possible to avoid a worse situation!

"Wait, Du Jue, you should listen to Yu Wen, don't be stubborn!"

Seeing Du Jue charging headfirst on the monitor, Ilya grew anxious. She hadn't expected Du Jue to execute her orders so thoroughly and decisively. But that thing wasn't an ordinary machine; it was a supernatural entity formed from people's deep impressions of something!

Moreover, it has been significantly strengthened compared to the past.

She immediately shouted the order: "Stop! Don't go near the control room. There are new response standards now!"

Yu Wen, who was behind, was shocked by Du Jue's instantaneous change of clothes, but when she saw the other party stubbornly charging forward, she immediately cursed under her breath, especially since the machine gun had already started spinning. She then opened the door and left the corridor.

"I thought he was a normal person, but it turns out he's just a one-off colleague! He actually values ​​orders more than himself!"

Yu Wen closed the door without hesitation; she was already used to her colleague's sudden outbursts.

Some seemingly friendly individuals have become psychologically twisted and will go on madness to open the containment chamber doors and release the abnormalities, just to take revenge on everyone equally.

"What idiots! And the minister too, even after an accident, he still acted according to the usual standards!"

Yu Wen, her chest heaving violently, gripped her trembling, displeased katana tightly, when she heard a continuous barrage of gunshots echoing down the corridor.

clang!

The crusher slammed into the ground, like a boulder blocking water and deflecting the oncoming storm of bullets.

The mere vibration of the weapon was enough to tell that this level of ranged attack was completely within the Gladiator's exoskeleton's capabilities. He immediately raised the Thorn Spear and decisively stepped out from under the cover of the Crusher.

Bang bang bang!

A deep, muffled sound filled Du Jue's white armor, but all that remained were countless black and gray marks. Instead, Du Jue immediately felt a surge of heat gathering in his chest, as if his heart was about to boil.

Faced with the gun that had once again locked onto him with remarkable sensitivity, Du Jue exhaled a puff of smoke without hesitation, turning it into a mask. In the closed Lobotomy headquarters, he didn't need to hide anything; this was the source of his confidence to face the challenge head-on!

The smoke burst forth instantly, filling the entire corridor, and the hardened smoke that quickly transformed into it circulated throughout Dujue's entire body.

The hidden dragon should not be used!

Even in this slow-moving world, Du Jue moved like lightning, his waist and arms covered in swirling hardened smoke, leaving all the metal jets behind.

Upon reaching the enemy, immediately and decisively strike down and crush them.

Rumble!

The enormous sound, far exceeding that of a metal storm, instantly made Yu Wen, who was outside the corridor, hurriedly move away again. She even wondered if there were self-destructing robots inside, and the alloy floor beneath her feet shook and trembled.

Steel parts flew everywhere, and the clanging sound was like a rain of iron.

Panting heavily, Du Jue swung the trampling machine to sweep away the trash blocking her way, then strode forward and kicked open the twisted and deformed door. "Minister Ilya! I'm here!"

Chaos erupted in the control room as panicked office staff hastily piled up their bulletproof desks. The remaining employees guarded the other end of the control room, defending against invading robots, with bursts of bullets occasionally blasting through.

"Completely eliminate it?! How did you manage to do that all by yourself?!"

Ilya, who was nervously holding the memo and giving instructions, stared in astonishment at the armored man surrounded by smoke, unable to even maintain her usual energetic smile.

The man in purple standing next to him crossed his arms and spoke coldly: "Is this why you insist on the Control Department handling things on its own? Relying solely on the bravery of a few employees? Falling into chaos when faced with an unexpected situation is hardly the behavior of a rational department head. Now, open the Intelligence Department's access channels."

“Don’t say that, Gabriel. Ilya couldn’t have foreseen such an anomaly in the trial.”

Michelle, with her short brown hair, quickly tried to smooth things over, "But this situation really should be dealt with as soon as possible, Ilya... how about I have my training staff help us handle it?"

He injected himself with a pneumatic syringe, and when he looked up, he saw Ilya caught in the middle, looking troubled. He hadn't expected that there was bullying among the ministers.

The saying goes, "Even when beating a dog, you have to consider its owner." No, it means that a minister and his subordinates share both glory and misfortune!

Du Jue immediately shook off the parts on his body, making a series of crisp sounds, and then decisively spoke: "Minister! I have arrived at the control department. Please give the order!"

“That’s right, Ilya. Your employees are more rational than you and know that the control department can’t solve the problem.”

Upon hearing this, Ilya looked up at the confident Du Jue and felt her incompetence exposed. She pursed her lips and was about to speak under the pressure of the atmosphere.

Noticing the minister's awkward, stiff smile, Du Jue immediately seized this opportunity to show his loyalty. With Angela protecting him, he wasn't afraid to offend the other ministers. "Shut up! This is the Control Department! The only person with supreme command authority, besides the supervisor, is the Minister of Control."

"There can't be two suns in the sky! Ministers, I hope you won't add to the chaos and emergency!"

Du Jue didn't even glance at the two ministers, but instead stared expectantly at Ilya, "I can lead a team to solve this challenge, please send me to provide support!"

Prepared to compromise, Ilya instinctively replied, "Okay, I'll do as you say!"

Swish!

Having dealt with the minister, Du Jue left directly, leaving behind a trail of choking smoke.

"What on earth is this?!"

Clutching the crucifix, Song Ya hid in a cubicle of the detention room, watching in horror through the observation window as the killing machine frantically tore apart the iron gate.

Song Ya hesitated, wondering whether to re-enter the containment chamber. He had just finished working on that terrifying armor and dared not go back in. So he immediately asked the minister for help: "Minister, save me!"

Boom!

The Thorn Spear, trailing white smoke, slammed into the killing machine outside, shattering the sounds in the corridor. But this only made Song Ya behind the door grip the EGO weapon even more tightly.

The solace of repentance and the ability to sever ties with the past quickly calmed Song Ya down.

crunch.

Taking a deep breath and bracing himself for a fight to the death, Song Ya stared intently at the opening door, then exclaimed in disbelief, "Du Jue? It's you?!"

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Chapter 189 Tangyuan (Sweet Rice Balls).

"Enough talk, come back to the control center with me!"

Du Jue fought his way through four corridors, encountering employees who banded together in resistance. He witnessed the power of those EGOs – even employees without combat experience could use them perfectly.

Those people could be dealt with, even ordinary spear-wielding robots, but the big guys that raised their machine guns and started firing needed to be avoided.

Enemies using guns and cannons naturally pose a significantly lower threat to Du Jue. The enemy's extremely high rate of fire, on the contrary, causes the heat of the "Hidden Dragon" to accumulate rapidly, making the battle almost over within three seconds of firing.

Control Department.

When everyone saw Du Jue return with the injured employees, they suddenly realized that the alarm had abruptly stopped, finding the speed at which the test had been resolved somewhat unbelievable.

Yu Wen, who was wiping her katana, suddenly stood up and looked at Du Jue in surprise. "Is this the latest EGO?! My armor can't even keep me completely unscathed, but it's easy to defend against swords. No wonder you were so fearless in the face of heavy firepower."

The author of "Put Away Your Weapons" has some speculations about this. Perhaps the part-time job cards are created by accumulating emotions with others during one's onboarding and promotion, thus enabling them to function similarly to EGO.

"Excellent! This test has been successfully passed. Apart from some employees with physical disabilities and those who were shot, there were no flaws!"

Ilya excitedly began writing in her memo, "As long as the treatment is completed, there will be no casualties in this trial!"

Wearing a turtleneck sweater and a full-face black mask, Gabriel glanced at Du Jue indifferently. "Ilya, you should test the staff for mental pollution, or they'll break down. Hopefully, you've already noted that down in your notes."

"Furthermore, how can you let your employees boss you around? This isn't even rational; it's pure recklessness."

Gabriel didn't hesitate to pour cold water on Ilya's enthusiasm, saying, "If you can't even do a good job as a commander, then do you even deserve to be a minister?"

Those who pass by should pretend they didn't hear this.

Michelle frowned slightly, looking worriedly at Du Jue, who was comforting the injured employees. "Actually... isn't it enough that the outcome was good? At least the Control Department did get through this crisis. But I think it's necessary to open the Intelligence Department and the Training Department today."