VIP Trait Slot!
[KPI Task Released--]
[You left your small village, worked your way up through Black Workshops and Labor Outsourcing Companies, and finally succeeded in becoming Outer Sect Disciple of the Azure Cloud Sect, a major sect in the Central Region.]
[You've been flipping tables at the drop of a hat all this time; that's not how an office worker should behave!]
You must shed your gangster-like practices and cultivate modern corporate values!
[Workplace Advancement Mission: It's time to show off your true skills. Propose an innovative and Rationalization Proposal for the sect, and have it adopted!]
[Task Reward:]
[1. Sixth Simulation Attempt unlocked.]
[2, Number of times Grade A or higher Trait were extracted * 1.]
[3, number of times the Trait Slot can be upgraded * 1.]
[Note: Upgrades a regular Trait Slot to VIP Trait Slot. The effects of Trait in VIP Trait Slot are doubled.]
Lu Ping stared at those lines of text, his entire body frozen for a full eight seconds.
Then, the corner of his mouth twitched.
What kind of ridiculous Rationalization Proposal this?!
They've all transmigrated to the world of cultivation, and everyone's busy pursuing immortality and killing to seize treasures.
The KPI that drove workers to the brink of suicide at the end of each month in my past life has actually caught up with me!
In the past, every company nominally encouraged open communication and encouraged employees to offer Rationalization Proposal, claiming it was to cultivate employees' Sense of Ownership and work together to build a better company.
The system itself is quite good.
In practice, they all became rigid targets for each department and each individual.
Each person must submit two Rationalization Proposal each month; failure to do so will result in a deduction from their Performance Assessment.
Where do all these Rationalization Proposal come from!
If every employee could point out two major problems with the company every month, this lousy company should have been dissolved long ago. What's the point of it still running?
Furthermore, Lu Ping's anger flared even more as he read the third section of the mission description.
Who's acting like a gangster?
He, Lu Ping, eighteen years old, is a gentle and refined young man, and an incomparably handsome true god!
From the Black Tiger Gang to the Greenwood Sect, and then to the Azure Cloud Sect, in which instance did they not persuade others with reason?
Even if we take a step back and say... isn't physics itself a principle?!
Even though we're familiar with each other, I'll still sue you for defamation if you keep talking nonsense like this!
Lu Ping cursed under his breath.
Despite his complaints, he knew in his heart that the system was being patched.
Clearly, in the previous instances, he had relied on his superior strength, exceeding the mission objectives by several levels, and directly employed a "I don't eat beef" approach, which alerted the system to the problem.
The system is determined to force Lu Ping back onto the path of office life, and doesn't want him to rely on brute force to pass the level again.
Office Survival Simulator, how responsible!
He really... I'm devastated.
This time, the system has a strict rule: innovative suggestions must be proposed and adopted.
[Salty Fish, in effect.]
Lu Ping took a deep breath, suppressing the urge to fight the system.
Putting aside the frustrating tasks, the reward is just too good to pass the time.
The Sixth Simulation Attempt, drawing entries Trait Grade A or higher, are all standard rewards.
The key reward is the third one: the number of times the Trait Slot can be upgraded.
VIP Trait Slots offer double the Trait effects!
If we put [Passive Income] into the VIP slot, wouldn't our daily Spirit Stone earnings double? We could earn several Spirit Stones every day without doing anything!
If we add "[I'm the Client]" to the list, the damage amplification... will it become twenty times?
Thinking of this, Lu Ping's breathing became heavier.
Oh, it's not just a little heavier, it's almost as heavy as an ox.
The system's scope is expanding.
System Master, all that dueling and cursing is just my little demons at work.
Lu Ping's love for the system was unwavering from beginning to end, a love that would last a lifetime, through thick and thin, until they grew old together...
Lu Ping turned off the panel and began to seriously consider how to complete the task.
His current identity is that of Outer Sect Disciple the Azure Cloud Sect.
In the last simulation, he had dealt with Shen Yaoxin, the Sect Master of the Azure Cloud Sect.
He was a typical old fox, skilled in weighing options, focused on interests, and adept at manipulation.
As long as one can meet with Shen Yaoxin, and use one's demonstrated "value" to "amicably" negotiate with him, it wouldn't be difficult to get him to verbally "happily" accept a suggestion.
The real challenge lies in the modifiers in the task description.
"Innovative"? That's a fatal flaw.
The Azure Cloud Sect is a major sect in the Central Region with a history of ten thousand years.
Behind every rule and system of this behemoth lies a complex web of vested interests.
To put it bluntly, it's a mountain of crap code that's been piled up for tens of thousands of years.
Who dares to move?
Lu Ping made a suggestion today, saying that the welfare distribution process for Outer Sect Disciples should be changed.
Tomorrow, we might lure out an old monster who's been in seclusion, because he cut off his great-grandson's share of Spirit Stones in the Medicine Garden, and he's now causing trouble for him.
After all, even the Household Ancestor Zhao possessed methods like Proving the Dao by Killing One’s Wife, and Zhao Qingsu refined the entire clan. Who knows, some insignificant ant might be the catalyst for some old monster's breakthrough?
Of course, with Lu Ping's current strength, he could easily defeat any of the so-called old monsters from the Azure Cloud Sect.
However, since the system wants him to follow the rules, he'd better behave himself.
Finally, if all else fails, then say, "I don't eat beef"...
What's even more challenging is that "innovation" is actually very difficult in this world.
Other transmigrators, relying on memorizing a couple of poems and mastering double-entry bookkeeping from their previous lives, were able to dominate the other world and achieve overwhelming victory.
Lu Ping, on the other hand, not only failed to achieve his goal of defeating his opponent in this world, but was also repeatedly slaughtered by waves of old monsters and used as a pawn in a game of strategy.
It's true what they say, comparisons are odious.
While the underlying driving force of this world is still Spiritual Qi, its superstructure is Cultivation Capitalist System!
These old monsters who cultivate immortality are even more adept at playing the financial game, creating monopolies, and exploiting ordinary people than the Wall Street gang in my previous life.
Spirit Blank Monopoly Distribution Rights, Spirit Vein Leasing, Multilevel Distribution, Pill Recipe Patent, Professional Rank Certification...
What's the difference between these and Blue Star?
Given Lu Ping's ordinary experience, it's really difficult for him to offer any innovative "Rationalization Proposal" in this world.
I'd like to offer a trivial suggestion, such as improving the accommodations for Outer Sect Disciples; the system would most likely flag it as unacceptable.
Making a suggestion that touches on core interests will either result in Shen Yaoxin's outright rejection or invite trouble and a barrage of attacks.
If he had followed the proper procedures to report to the Azure Cloud Sect, and started from scratch, he could have gradually figured out the interest structure of the various halls within the sect.
Finally, I wrote a detailed business plan and submitted it to Shen Yaoxin...
This process would take several years to complete.
Lu Ping's eyes darkened slightly.
This world seems relatively peaceful and calm at the moment.
According to the memories in the simulation, forty-two years later, the Western Extremity Ruin Sha invaded, the Southern Region Demon Race was in turmoil, and even the ancient Sacred Ground Mountain Gate Great Forest Temple was destroyed by a giant hand of unknown origin.
The Severed Palm appeared to have been caused by Lu Ping.
Now, considering the whole situation, it seems that even without Lu Ping entering the Palm Realm, the Severed Palm would still have been activated.
At that time, there will still be widespread war and immense suffering.
Forty-two years is but a fleeting moment for a great cultivator.
Time is too tight.