"This slow and meticulous work, sea lords are unlikely to be willing to wait. But for the sake of cultivating crops, the company has already expended a large amount of resources and waited for two years, ultimately yielding fertile lands."

"It's why I came here, to try my luck with you. I believe Bitter Root is a very useful plant. With some patience and large-scale cultivation, after a few years, not only can it absorb and reduce the Death Light fog along the coast, but it can also be converted into Carbon Light Ash."

This young man is quite eloquent.

Zhou Yi slammed the table: "I'm investing in this project."

"Really? Are you willing to let me join the company to cultivate Bitter Root?" The other party couldn't help but confirm again.

"Of course. I keep my word."

Zhou Yi said: "This is a very useful plant. At Guangtai Dam, efforts are being made to alleviate haze pollution. We can plant more Bitter Root there and then gradually expand their cultivation area to ensure everyone's operational safety."

"Do you have any salary requirements?"

Da Li said: "I'm no longer a combat unit... I'll be satisfied with 2 Light Seeds a year."

"No problem."

After pondering for a moment, Zhou Yi said: "Da Li, I allocate 100 Light Seeds to you for the specialized cultivation of Bitter Root. Considering your cultivation needs to be near the Dead Sea, you can work at Mushroom Forest, under Sun Chonglai. He's growing mushrooms; you can discuss and experiment more."

"Yes! Thank you, thank you, Chairman!"

After receiving the start-up fund, the Sea Horse Shooter happily took the flowerpot and went off to his new role.

...

Zhou Yi turned his attention to the second job seeker.

It is a quadrupedal robotic dog, with a body that is interspersed gray and white and slender limbs. From top to bottom on its head are a front camera, an illuminating lamp, and a rotating black radar.

What particularly drew Zhou Yi's attention was a small spherical stone attached to the metal robe on its back, unknown if it's a special tool or something else.

The robot dog has a white [Go2] model symbol and the word Unitree in English on its back.

Zhou Yi knows this company, 'Unitree Technology', which specializes in robots and robotic dogs.

He had even once thought about buying a robotic dog, but due to financial constraints, robots from the Old Humans era were not cheap.

"Hello Mr. Zhou, I am Go2-AIR 703, just call me 703."

Its voice has a very standard robotic tone.

Zhou Yi moved a small stool and sat in front of the robotic dog: "Are you a programmer?"

"Mr. Zhou, I am a self-taught programmer."

"So what is your main job?"

"I was a surveyor at the Chuneng City Mineral Department, but later because my functions weakened, my performance rating dropped to E, making me a temporary surveyor, somewhat like being semi-unemployed."

703 said: "Actually, I anticipated this day because carrying out surveys in the Dead Sea itself entails significant wear and tear. My model and body had no particular advantages. After being attacked by Guangna Species a few times, despite recovery and maintenance, I discovered my functions weakening."

"Long-term fieldwork inevitably results in wear and tear on the body."

"I've always been studying programming, and I even passed the Zen Test and accessed the Wisdom Cloud for further training. Unfortunately, changing professions isn't easy; I lack enough experience, so I faced rejections from all quarters and couldn't become a formal Mechanical Programmer."

"Upon hearing that the Wasteland Development Company was recruiting, I came all the way here to try my luck."

Red Kestrel confirmed 703's identity through Chuneng City.

Zhou Yi looked at the robot dog and said: "Honestly, I'm not very familiar with the Mechanical Programmer profession. Is it usually about writing programs, and then maintaining and optimizing them?"

"What you described basically captures the work of a Mechanical Programmer."

703 said: "The programs of each Mechanical City are constantly increasing, requiring ongoing optimization and updates, hence the need for programmers."

"But programming is too vital for most mechanical life forms; thus, programmer selection is extremely strict, making it difficult for someone like me, who took this up midway through a career change, to get an opportunity."

Zhou Yi thought to himself, this isn't a problem for the company.

The Wasteland Development Company has no such burden.

He interlaced his fingers: "Do you have any impressive programs or works to show?"

"I created a small program."

703 said, "It can be used as long as there is an enhanced controller."

Zhou Yi signaled, and assistant Gong Zheng handed his device to the robotic dog.

703 squatted on the ground, rotated its forelimbs, pulled out a data cable from its side, and plugged it into the rear interface of the controller.

A new icon appeared on the glass screen, resembling a magnifying glass.

Under 703's gaze, the new program launched, displaying a plain page similar to a TXT document.

The robotic dog looked at Zhou Yi and said: "Mr. Zhou, this is a small program I wrote. It can recognize and translate the Dead Sea Documents. However, it currently only recognizes Chinese in the divine era languages, and there are still some inaccuracies."

Zhou Yi understood instinctively: "Scan with an electronic eye or camera and then translate through this program?"

"Yes, just like that."

Then Zhou Yi handed it a "Doraemon" comic.

The robotic dog began scanning and translating, and as it did so, it generated two common scripts from this era.

"Give me the comic back quickly, I haven't read it yet."

"What should I do, what should I do, I've lost the comic."

"Oh, you really, there's no helping you... 'Substitute sticker'!"

...

The translation was very accurate.

"Very nice." Zhou Yi was somewhat surprised: "Such a program, hasn't it been promoted and recognized?"

"It's actually of little use."

703 said: "Because mechanical life mostly understands Chinese, so it's practically useless. But it could be useful in Human City, only the program requires a matching enhanced controller and a scanning device, so the cost is actually quite high."

"So the practical application is much narrower than I anticipated," the robotic dog said.

"This would actually be quite useful in our company."

Zhou Yi said with a smile: "The literacy rate among human employees in the company is low. If equipped with your translation program, it would facilitate reading the collected Dead Sea Documents, even if they are illiterate it wouldn't affect their ability to listen."

"703, Wasteland Development Company is very pleased to welcome you aboard. I hope you can use your program to make knowledge more easily spread, and also allow the people here to possess more information."

"The annual salary for an ordinary programmer is 100 Light Seeds, we will set your salary accordingly, is that okay?"

Zhou Yi extended his hand.

The robotic dog reached out its paw and they shook.

"No problem at all! Thank you very much, thank you for believing in my capabilities."

703 said, "I will definitely do my best, to contribute my strength to the company."

Zhou Yi thought for a moment: "Currently, you are the only mechanical programmer in the company. At first, follow Gong Zheng, and try to install the translation program in each of our enhanced controllers."

"There is an older mechanical teacher named Diamond in the Mushroom Forest, and it also teaches various programming languages. When you have time, you can go there and exchange experiences, and also teach the Black Hand Mushrooms there. Mainly, to cultivate helpers who can share your workload."

Then they signed an electronic agreement.

703 suddenly said, "Chairman, recently a virus program called 'Sunday' has been spreading in various cities. The Chuneng City I was in also suffered a large-scale infection and attack. Shouldn't the company also take some preventative measures? There are also mechanical life professionals in the company."

"I had already heard about this in Recursive City."

Zhou Yi also followed up: "What exactly is this virus? Is it just to implant tendencies like work six days and rest one? There must be deeper motives, right? How much do you know about it?"

703 hesitated.

"The organization that developed this program is called 'Mechanical Knight Order'..."

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