However, the company rules were set by Lin Miao, so there is still room for maneuver. He just can’t play word games, can’t use ambiguous descriptions, and at the same time, he can’t violate the rules he set himself.
This is a bilateral constraint.
Moreover, Lin Miao can choose to grant employees certain permissions or even... the truth.
For instance, releasing tasks to the player group, although the tasks need to be reviewed by Lin Miao and the system.
Applying for expansion projects
Applying for research and development projects
And after the company expands in the future, being responsible for managing players in other regions.
After all, Lin Miao only has one brain, and it’s impossible for him to manage every detail of the ever-increasing number of players’ daily lives.
Someone has to share the burden.
At the same time, there’s a certain level of transparency in the information among the employees.
For example, Lucy, who signed her name without hesitation, saw the number 002 on her profile picture.
And the one before that, 001
About ten minutes later, Lucy finally snapped out of it and looked at the red-haired woman’s profile picture with great caution. Why had she never seen this person around Lin Miao, not even in the office?
Lucy leaned into Lin Miao’s embrace, her head dizzy as if she might faint at any moment, but she still bit her lip to stay awake, grabbing Lin Miao’s collar and asking,
"Who is she? Why have I never seen her before?"
"It’s normal you haven’t seen her; we’ve only known each other for two weeks..."
"Remember the night we met? I was talking with her when you interrupted. She was the one who re-stitched my wound after you had stitched it up."
Mentioning this incident, Lucy blushed a deep red. She wanted to ask more questions, but her head was buzzing with countless chaotic sounds and information, and she felt too weak to muster any strength.
She looked around and finally realized she was sitting on the other’s lap, snuggling in his arms.
That Super Dream Chip from Phoenix Club was all well and good, except it only captured Lin Miao’s feelings, not Lucy’s. Now it felt like recreating an event, a rare chance to experience it anew.
"Remember my name, I’m Takeda Lucina..."
Saying this, Lucy leaned against Lin Miao’s chest and drifted into a deep sleep.
That night, Lucy had a bizarre dream.
Her consciousness seemed to follow some guide, passing through an endless sea of data, arriving in a strange, ambiguous world.
There were skyscrapers, yet their architectural style was distinct from those in Night City.
No gray skies, no foul-smelling streets, no rampant gangs, not even prosthetics...
The sky was bright and clear; the streets weren’t exactly clean, but there were flowers and trees Lucy couldn’t recognize.
Although there were companies, they didn’t wield the same dominance as Huang Ban or Military Science. They survived cautiously under government control, paying taxes dutifully and providing insurance for employees.
Despite the customary class divisions, bullying, internal strife, and overtime common in companies, this place seemed far better than the world Lucy lived in.
It seemed technologically backward, yet in some ways surpassed Night City.
Lucy wandered aimlessly down the street, the pedestrians around her lacked the unique depraved feeling from overdoses or the Super Dream indulgence seen in Night City. They seemed energetic, exuding a certain vitality.
Without prosthetics, without gunfire, yet it didn’t hinder them from living better lives.
Of course, most people’s hair was black, with only a few dyed colors that were evident in an instant.
As a result, Lucy’s silver hair was unusually conspicuous in the crowd.
Vaguely, she seemed to see a somewhat familiar figure.
The red hair of the person made Lucy spot them instantly.
Some players logged off, intending to save game time for playing during the day.
But the players who stayed saw quite a show.
[Brother Dao: "Exclusive news, exclusive news, ’Shocking, the Untold Story of the Nameless Female Hacker and the Boss’."]
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They were all pictures of Lucy chatting with Lin Miao on the balcony, taken from tricky angles with a bit of a Hong Kong paparazzi’s suggestive touch.
Also, a new entry about Lucy appeared in the character encyclopedia, with very little character description, full of mystery.
[Mantou: "What? I can’t accept this! Boss belongs to the players, I haven’t even started my strategy yet!"]
[Silver-haired Natural Curl: "They’re a perfect couple, born for each other. Who are you to oppose, you great cow demon king?"]
[Mantou: "You wanna die, don’t you? I know where you live and what class you’re in!"]
[Red Barrel: "Holy crap! A box!"]
[Lousy Warrior: "It’s already over."]
[Painless Hu Lang: "This isn’t fair meow. I just started my fanfic, and it’s already going to waste."]
[Titan: "This is good news. I saw with my own eyes this female hacker whispering to our little hacker. Maybe there’s a hidden storyline mission. @Pandora who loves opening boxes, what do you think?"]
[Pandora: "She’s amazing, teaching me hacking skills."]
[Brother Ni: Totally stunned, could it be a character like Kai De Sisk instructor role?]
[Wildman: "What? Damn, why don’t we have mentors? Is hacker the developers’ favorite class?"]
[Master Master Master Master: "Buddy, what’s your profession?"]
[Wildman: "Ah Zhe......"]
It’s as if, besides hackers who have a clear career, Wildman and others can only be considered combat personnel.
Even having to moonlight as construction workers, electricians, garbage collectors, and so on.
The main issue being that attribute increases were so challenging, even though Wildman could feel he was stronger than when he entered the game, his physical attribute was still at 6 points.
[Brother Ni: "I think this female hacker NPC has the potential to be a permanent fixture. After all, the hacker profession is too weak in the early stages; she’s like a balancing patch. I reckon Wildman can take on five Pandoras single-handedly."]
[Wildman: "One-on-one tutoring? Privileged single-child treatment, unfair! It’s just unfair!"]