Rose Factory

Bai Liu is full of sincerity: "We have a high capacity for labor coordination, one person can be used as a hundred."

Liu Jiayi nodded repeatedly, "Uh-huh!"

Even if the processor did not believe in it, no matter how unwilling, two hundred kilograms of roses were placed in front of the tent, and the processor could not deny it.

The processor could only give them a hateful look, dumped four bottles of low-grade rose perfume on them, dragged the huge sack with roses in it, turned around and gave them a "follow me" sign.

"You have earned the qualification to be promoted to become processors." The processor coldly said, "The competition in this line of work is fierce, if you don't do your job properly you will be pushed down to become a lowly flower picker at any time, now follow me to learn how to become a qualified processor."

[System Alert: Congratulations to player Bai Liu for completing the side quest]

[Quest Reward: Player Bai Liu obtains 4 bottles of low-grade perfume, and gains progress in the main quest (promoted to processor)]

Bai Liu and Liu Jiayi looked at each other and followed them, once again stepping into the rose factory that worked around the clock.

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This is the second time Bai Liu has stepped into the piazza outside the Rose Factory.

The rose petals collected in the piazza are arranged on thick plastic film to be sorted for drying, and the processors come and go in tight protective suits, with several huge cauldrons drying the petals.

"Processors are responsible for going to the lower level of flower pickers to collect the dried leaf roses that come freshly picked."

The processor leads Bai Liu inside without looking at him, explaining as he goes, "Once collected, they are simply washed and dried in this piazza and on the top floor, and the fresh petals are removed from the leaves and stems and left to dry for twelve hours in daylight and twelve hours in moonlight before moving on to the next step in the process."

The processor pointed to the cauldrons in the corner, and the workers pouring petals into them:

"Once the petals have dried sufficiently, pour them into this pot to be tossed or dried until the petals turn a light pink color that approximates a young girl's inner lip, at this point the pre-processing of the dried leaf roses is done, and you will need to deliver the processed dried leaf roses to the official plant workers who will do the next step in the process."

The processor led them down the same long corridor they'd first traveled, but instead of going straight, they turned right as they passed the exhibit hall, and the view shifted into another long corridor.

The left and right of the long corridor are sequentially numbered, prison general rooms with a staircase up at the end corner.

"This is the processor's dormitory, you don't have to live in tents." The processor pointed to the rooms, "Generally speaking, our dormitories are eight-roomed, spread out on the first, second, and third floors, and you can go up from the staircase side, and further up is the factory worker's room, which is a two-person room, and on the top floor is the perfumer's room, which is a spacious and brightly structured, single-unit condominium structure - the factory worker's and perfumer's room floors are not accessible to lowly processors like us."

"The top floor is the perfumer's room, so where is the factory manager's room?" Bai Liu asked.

The processor choked on Bai Liu's brain-dead question and snarled, "The plant manager's room is even more out of bounds for you!"

Bai Liu pretended to be innocent as he looked at this processor, "But at least I need to know where the factory director's room is so I can avoid it, right? Otherwise what if I accidentally break into the factory manager's room?"

The processor's face froze slightly and he sneered back, "The plant manager's room is not something you can break into by just wandering around."

"Well, I'll go on and introduce you to the rest." He skimmed over the topic with a twinkle in his words, "Up ahead, turn right on the stairs, there's the infirmary, we allow our employees to call in sick here, but in order to prevent you from being lazy, you must come here to the infirmary after calling in sick, and come back to work as soon as you've been cured."

"Lastly, I'll talk to you guys about the salary of the processors." This Processor turned to Bai Liu, "After you become Processors, you are considered half official employees of the Rose Factory, and you will receive a base salary of 3 bottles of low-grade perfume every day as long as you complete the basic tasks."

Bai Liu inquired, "What does base mission mean?"

"Each of you will process 240kg of fresh dried leaf roses per day to the factory workers." The processor said.

Liu Jiayi slowly looked up and asked back in a stilted tone, "...... How many kg of roses did you just say?"

The processor looked at her with a sneer, "240kg, your job includes sifting, drying, and drying and concocting these 240kg of roses, this is just the most basic task, you won't be able to get your base salary if you don't finish, and you'll be eliminated by the other flower pickers who have been promoted up after three days."

"For you rookie processors, working all night is the norm to get things done, and the dorms are just for you."

This processor pretentiously patted the shoulder of Bai Liu who didn't say a word: "Oh yes, it's probably useless for you guys to know about it, but I can still tell you that the May Rose Festival is coming up, and recently the factory has an incentive labor mechanism for us processors, whereby for every additional 60kg of roses processed after completing the basic tasks, you can be rewarded with a bottle of intermediate level rose perfume ."

"Do a good job." The processor snorted with a mocking face, "Don't keep wandering around thinking about our factory manager, if you don't complete the basic tasks, you might be vagabonds after three days."

"With your current work tags you can levy roses from the flower pickers, remember, levy as much as you can handle, the roses you pick won't be fresh for half a day at the most, and the roses that are wasted by that time are deducted from your paychecks - that's the place over there to pick up your processor's uniforms, so change your clothes and you're ready to get to work."

The processor showed Bai Liu where they could change, and when he was finished, he turned and left, dragging Rose with him, and hurried off to catch up on his work in the open-air factory.

[System Alert: Triggered side quest - Obtained a bottle of mid-level dried rose leaves Wa Si perfume]

Liu Jiayi remained silent for a long time before speaking, "240kg for daily tasks and 60kg for reward tasks, a total of 300kg of dried leaf roses to process, even if we do it for 24 hours without sleep, we still have to process 12.5kg per hour ...... "

"No, it's going to be more than that, because drying will take a day and a night if you start counting from the collection." Bai Liu stroked his chin in deep thought, "That equals to the first day we have no way to start working, according to the words of that processor just now, three days if we fail to complete the basic tasks we will have to be replaced by the upgraded flower pickers, then all in all the average amount of tasks for the two days we have behind us should be at 360kg, and if we also add in the daily bonus tasks ......"

Bai Liu calmly added: "Well, but this is the normal social animal work overtime routine, I can still accept."

Liu Jiayi: "......"

Liu Jiayi is beginning to fear in advance what life will be like when she enters society.

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Bai Liu and the others went to collect their uniforms, and normally they should have gone to the flower fields to collect the roses as instructed, but Bai Liu was so relieved that he let Liu Jiayi collect 720kg of roses by himself, and waved his hand to say that he had something to do and had to leave for a while.

Liu Jiayi was speechless, "I can't handle that much on my own, you better come back soon."

"I know." Bai Liu hooked the corners of her mouth and lowered her eyes to the four bottles of perfume in her hands, "Aren't I going to get help with this?"

Seeing Bai Liu turning to leave, Liu Jiayi called out to him, "Wait!"

Bai Liu raises an eyebrow and looks back.

[System Alert: Player Liu Jiayi has spent 200 points to open the "Mute Small TV" service.]

Liu Jiayi looked around to make sure that no one was close by before frowning and approaching Bai Liu to whisper, "I told you about the fact that three of the four players you lured last night were high-level players from the King's Guild, didn't I?"

Bai Liu nods.

"I think it's that hunter who has teamed up with someone from the King's Guild." Liu Jiayi's brows tightened, "The hunter's target is obviously you, and the reason why the King's Guild would cooperate with the hunter, I think their target should be me."

Liu Jiayi pursed her lips and remained silent for a moment before speaking, "Queen Heart ...... holds me in high regard, she is training me as the tactician of this time's battle team... if I were to betray the guild, it should have a great impact on the King's Guild's league this time around... ..."

"You brought me into the game so blatantly, this group of people should be coming for you, and with the way the Queen is going, she'll definitely think that if she kills you, I'll return to the King's Guild ......"

Liu Jiayi tugged a little uncomfortably at the oversized protective suit she was wearing, her fingers wringing and tangling behind her back as she looked away from her head and whispered a few quick words, "I'm sorry, it's the things on my body that are pissing you off."

There is a reason why Liu Jiayi would say that, Bai Liu if he was simply saving Liu Jiayi and healing Liu Jiayi's injuries, he could have just thrown Liu Jiayi into a level 3 game and let her pass the level on her own and come back out.

This avoids Bai Liu from being directly targeted by the Heart guild, and also allows Liu Jiayi to quickly come out after healing and clearing the level on his own, which is indeed the best way to go, aside from seeming to have no conscience whatsoever.

But with this method, Liu Jiayi would definitely be surrounded by the King's Guild alone, and be in a situation where he would be surrounded on all sides.

The people in the King's Guild wouldn't harm Liu Jiayi, though they would definitely try to restrict her freedom and trap her in the King's Guild to play this league.

Heart's brainwashing skills are quite good, and with the addition of various mental value props stored in various guilds and Heart's skills, controlling Liu Jiayi to serve the King's Guild to the best of her ability is not a difficult task for Heart.

Thinking about this, Liu Jiayi did not want to go back at all, she began to fear the Empress, Liu Jiayi was afraid of the Empress's compulsion to return to the little witch who was caught in the whirlpool of suspicion, the devilish little witch.

And Bai Liu followed Liu Jiayi in, clearly standing out to protect her from being the target of a diversion herself, willing to go directly up against the King's Guild for her.

Liu Jiayi is not a fool, on the contrary she is very smart, she understands very well that Bai Liu is totally asking for trouble for her, that's why she said this apology.

--Although she saved Bai Liu's life once by taking a bullet for him, it was only to pay him back.

Bai Liu Jr. saved her once at the orphanage, and Bai Liu saved her, so to speak, to the death at the church.

Now it's her turn to owe Bai Liu - Liu Jiayi is a bit annoyed, she feels that she can't settle the debt with Bai Liu for a short time.

But after this subtle apology, Liu Jiayi secretly raised his head a little, trying to "accidentally" scan Bai Liu's reaction with the light at the end of his eyes, and then he heard Bai Liu calmly reply, "How can you apologize to me in such a low voice? "

Liu Jiayi : "......"