Work Prophet

For Li Yu, today was no different from any other day. He got up early in the morning, put on his sneakers, and ran to the Cultural Industrial Park.

He arrived at the company at 8:55, then went to the shower room for a cold shower. It's already summer, so the weather is quite hot.

After showering, Li Yu put on a shirt and suit, finished the tofu pudding with fried dough sticks he bought by the roadside, and then walked into the room at the end of the corridor to start his workday.

By 5:00 PM, he returned to that room on time, changed back into a short-sleeved shirt, and finished his day at work.

When Li Yu went downstairs, except for Zhang Yanlin who was still packing up, everyone else had already left the company.

In the beginning, Zhang Hai and others were not quite used to this habit of leaving immediately after work, but after a while, they got used to it.

Li Yu greeted Zhang Yanlin, who had plans with friends to see a concert today but was lingering at the company until the appointed time.

"Have you been following the news lately?" Zhang Yanlin asked while packing away a prop hammer and spear used for filming.

"What news?"

"Well, it's said that it might rain in B city for the whole next week. Since I can remember, it hasn't rained for such an extended period before."

"A week is quite long."

"Speaking of which, the weather seems to be getting more abnormal lately. There was a huge tsunami in the Pacific not long ago, reportedly stronger than the one in the Indian Ocean in 2004. Fortunately, there weren't many people on the islands hit."

"I saw that too," Li Yu said. "Sydney was also affected a bit, with flights halted."

"Nature is indeed unpredictable," Zhang Yanlin sighed a few more times, "Oh right, my mom mentioned you again recently and said she wants to invite you over for dinner. Uh... are you free this weekend? I can ask Zhou Xi to join too."

"I'm free."

"How about Saturday at 6:30 PM?"

Zhang Yanlin packed a fire-breathing dragon costume from the corner into a box.

Li Yu nodded, "Sounds good."

At that moment, Zhang Yanlin's phone vibrated, and she glanced at the number.

"It's Zhou Xi calling. Qin Shen should be off work now. We can head to the stadium. I'll clock out too. See you on Saturday."

Saying this, she quickly grabbed her small bag, hurriedly pushed the door open, and left. Li Yu checked the water and electricity before leaving the company.

On his way home, he took out his phone, which showed two missed calls. One was a spam call, and the other a bank promotion line that had previously contacted him about upgrading some membership.

With Ireya recapturing the Western Territory, there were no more obstacles for the Double Rest Sect to spread its teachings there, and believers were steadily increasing. Along with it, Li Yu's bonus maintained a stable increase as well.

His monthly income last month had already reached 400,000, and there were over 1.3 million in his bank account.

By the time the next settlement happens in half a month, he could probably be promoted to P7.

Besides those two calls, Li Yu also received a text message from the administrative department.

It congratulated him on completing a year of service and mentioned that the company had prepared an anniversary gift for him, which had been delivered to his residence.

Li Yu went home and indeed found a gift box outside his door.

It was about the size of a phone box, tied with a red ribbon.

Li Yu picked up the gift box, finding it very light. When he shook it by his ear, he could hear the sound of something inside hitting the sides of the box.

At home, Li Yu casually tossed the gift box on the sofa, cooked dinner first, and only after eating did he pick it up again to untie the ribbon.

Inside was a USB stick.

This wasn't more than a decade ago; USB sticks were cheap now and could be bought for just a few bucks.

Moreover, the USB stick in front of Li Yu wasn't new; it had been opened. Clearly, its value lay not in the stick itself but in its contents.

Li Yu picked up the USB stick and inserted it into the computer's USB port.

There was only one lonely document in the 64G USB stick.

Li Yu opened the document, and after just a couple of glances, his expression changed.

He picked up his phone and dialed Xu Mengyuan's number. After about ten seconds, a languid voice from the HR lady came through the line.

"If I remember correctly, this isn't work hours, right? Of course, if you mustered up the courage to call me just to ask me out, I can take back what I just said."

"I don't understand what this means," Li Yu said gravely.

"What do you mean?"

"My one-year anniversary gift."

"Oh, that's something many people could only dream of."

"So I'm the only one in the entire business department who saw what's on the USB stick?"

"Exactly," Xu Mengyuan said, "This morning, after discussion and voting, the five directors decided to give you this USB stick, and your reimbursement limit is now elevated to ten billion dollars."

"You should thank Taylor. The other directors were originally inclined to only disclose the first page of the USB's directory and add a ten-billion reimbursement limit. It was Taylor who convinced them otherwise."

"Are you joking? There's a nuclear bomb on that directory; this is absolutely illegal. When recruiting, you told me the third sector wouldn't break any laws."

"If you're concerned about legal risks, you can watch tomorrow morning's news. Your country will be enacting a new law allowing individuals to carry and use nuclear weapons."

"I don't need nuclear weapons."

"That would be for the best, as the environmental consequences from nuclear weapons should not be ignored, but surely there's something on that directory you can use."

"For instance, there's a database with all the medical cases in the world's hospitals and a matching search system that can help you quickly pinpoint suitable rebirth candidates.

"Taylor also opened access to NATO's arsenal for you, and you can choose your favorite weapons to carry across to another universe. Transportation won't be a problem either.

"If you prefer your national armament, that's also fine. The East Wind Missile, J-20, and even the Fujian Ship are on the list."

"My weight limit is only 5 kilograms. How am I supposed to take a carrier across?" Li Yu asked coldly.

"Don't you still have the [Eco-friendly Frog]? Your country is willing to immediately decommission that carrier, and afterward, all you need to do is have it docked on an uninhabited island and restrict the little tree frog's movement range to that place.

"Before long, it'll deliver the carrier for you."

"But you'd best first confirm your current location, because if you're inland, getting to the coastline won't be easy,"

Xu Mengyuan said, "Basically, what's in the USB is an official cheat tool."