Alien Creatures

Chapter 17 Contract

Hao Ren has a dream.

He hopes to become a knight, hold the power that no one else can, walk the world, eliminate violence and protect the good, guard the four directions without fear of the powerful, be grateful to thousands of people, and become a great hero in the world.

Oh, he was nine years old that year - it was a long time ago, and at that time, the "four directions" in his mind were limited to the two blocks around Nanjiao Primary School, and the upper limit of the powerful was his class teacher.

In the past two years, Hao Ren's ambitions have become very realistic like most people: strive to have an above-average income every month, marry a wife above the average, have one or two children above the average, and don't worry about the house, which is all of life - up to now.

Now the turning point of life is just around the corner. Hao Ren feels that he can almost see a completely different future in front of him. He looks at the woman who calls herself a god but doesn't look normal at all, and nods vigorously: "Okay, I promise you."

Raven 12345 didn't show any surprise on her face, as if she was used to this kind of scene and knew how Hao Ren would answer. She just nodded: "Well, from today on, you will be a grassroots trainee examiner of the Spacetime Administration. Before you become a regular employee, you will be treated as a temporary apprentice-level worker outside the establishment..."

Hao Ren: "...Please don't go into so much detail. I finally mustered up the courage!"

Raven 12345 seemed to smile. She saw that Hao Ren was still a little nervous and confused: "Don't worry, we are not an evil force. We are here to maintain world peace. Listen to what a noble cause this is. If I want to find an assistant in other worlds, the locals will come in droves. It's just that you have already entered the stage of atheism on Earth, and the development is estimated to be quite fast, so I have never intervened. Now even if you find an assistant, you can only keep a low profile. Don't think that your work is shameful because of this..." Hao Ren muttered: "Why do I feel that you don't look like a god? Is God like this?" "Hey, don't talk about you, I'm not used to it," Raven 12345 shook her hand, and her free and easy tone made Hao Ren stunned, "We also changed our household registration a few years ago. We were not called gods before. By the way, if you are not used to this term, you can also call us Xiling Apostles. This is the name of our race. God is just our job." "Xi Ling Apostle?" Hao Ren chewed on this strange-sounding term, "You don't sound like a human... Then how should I call you? Goddess?"

Hao Ren suddenly felt a little bit amused. This woman claimed to be a member of the gods, so he should probably call her Goddess, but why can't he find any feeling at all? Hao Ren felt that the atmosphere when chatting with Raven 12345 was almost the same as when he chatted with the big sister at the small supermarket at the corner of the street. Is this Goddess?

You old man, don't say to shine a halo behind you, at least don't pick your fingers when you talk?

Raven 12345 seemed to be even less concerned about this question. She nodded to Hao Ren while playing with her fingers: "I'm not used to being called that. Just call me by my name, or call me 12345."

Hao Ren: "...It doesn't feel like a human name..."

Then Raven 12345 began to explain the details of his future "work" to Hao Ren. In fact, there was nothing much to say. It was just to continue to receive those strange tenants. Since there was already a werewolf and a vampire at home, Hao Ren thought he could handle more abnormal creatures - as long as the new guy was as easy to talk to as the two at home.

"Don't worry about that," Raven 12345 assured, "We care about the lives of our employees and will not let you fall into a dangerous environment. Those who are sent to you are all people who have passed some kind of 'test' and are guaranteed to be safe and reliable. You just need to make sure they have good food, drink and accommodation and do not affect the lives of normal people. This is your current job. Other things are taken care of by other people and you don't have to worry about it for the time being. As for other situations... you will talk about it when you encounter them in the future. Any other questions?"

Hao Ren hesitated and asked what he was most concerned about: "What... What's the matter with Lily? It's really not arranged by you?"

"No, I said that only the new tenants who will come to your house in the future are the result of the organization's arrangement. That werewolf... You can regard it as fate. It is precisely because she found you and you seem to be very adaptable to it that I chose you. Most people don't have such a strong acceptance ability, and I just need someone with a strong outlook on life who can withstand such a shock as an assistant."

"I only need to arrange the lives of those 'clients' in the future, so how should this 'arrangement' be judged? Do you treat them as ancestors?"

"Not really, as long as they don't make trouble, the ultimate goal of all tasks is to allow human civilization to develop normally. Humans don't need to touch things that are inconsistent with their current development direction, because these things will make them have a wrong understanding of their own cosmic laws. Human life span is short, and this short life span leads to a wrong understanding of one or two generations, which may destroy their hundreds of years of development achievements and have the same far-reaching future impact. Based on your expression, I judge that you should have begun to be confused, so I will skip the following explanation," Raven 12345 said, while taking out a stack of papers from the table drawer, "In short, you are just a grassroots employee now, and a temporary worker. You can't know too complicated things, and even if you know, you can't handle it. I will tell you more when the time is right. Please rest assured that I have no ill intentions, because there is no need. Come and sign the contract now..." Hao Ren felt that the other party was hiding a lot of things from him, but he had no way to deal with it. Although Raven 12345 was easy to talk to, she seemed to be very principled and would never say anything that shouldn't be said. Hao Ren himself also knew that some things should not be rushed, and it was better to be cautious when nothing was clear. Hao Ren vaguely felt like he was on a pirate ship, but he didn't have the courage to jump off - he was sure he couldn't beat any creature in this place, including the fog-like guy just now.

Now Hao Ren was stunned as he looked at the contract in front of him. The words on the contract were easy to understand, but the content was confusing. The title line was "Employment Agreement for Trainee Inspectors of the Xiling Empire Spacetime Administration Bureau", and the subtitle below it was "Xiling God System Joining Agreement", and the real subtitle below the subtitle was "Documents Related to Temporary Workers in the Imperial Civil Department", and below it was another line of words written in tiny calligraphy that I didn't know if it was a title: The 106th revised version, re-edited version, and re-edited version, the final version, absolutely not to be revised, even if the Imperial Madam ordered it not to be revised at will - the imperial head's handwritten order, all offices shall comply.

Further down is the body of the contract, which contains some employee instructions and attendance rules in a simple and easy-to-understand manner. It states that after joining the company, new employees will be equivalent to regional-level saints, regional-level bishop candidates, regional-level prophets, regional-level street cadres, regional-level police officers, and many other identities. The note at the end states that this is based on the civilization form of the new employee, and is noted to facilitate the new employee to accurately position himself.

Then there is the welfare system that is even more destructive. The highest main god of the Xiling God system clearly stipulates that the newly promoted examiners who convert to the local main god enjoy employee benefits, including rice, flour, grain and oil during festivals, New Year's goods during the Chinese New Year, and consumption card subsidies every month. According to the different civilized environments, the local responsible gods will arrange the above benefits...

Hao Ren felt tears streaming down his face when looking at this contract. He vaguely felt that this thing looked very familiar, very familiar...

"How is it? Our unit's welfare is good, right?" Raven 12345 came over nervously, "I know you didn't have the courage to ask about our unit's treatment just now. I have met a lot of people in these years. Most of the newcomers are very strange. It seems that they always think that working for the gods should be voluntary labor, but our unit will definitely not do this. This contract was formulated by several experienced leaders above, saying that it is more in line with the rules of the mortal world. If you have no objection, just sign it?"

Hao Ren: "..."

He decided never to believe in TV and novels again in his life!