Joining the Job Entry Examination

"Colonel Chen sent you here because..."

Sitting down in an abandoned little garden nearby, Lu Xin asked about Gecko.

"It's important!"

Gecko was rather unhappy that Lu Xin had been so rude to him and hadn't invited him upstairs to sit, choosing instead to sit in this desolate, rundown garden. However, he seemed to be a broad-minded person, and soon cheered up. He turned mysteriously to Lu Xin and said:

"Brother, you've got quite a lot of face. This time, the Six Monsters of Qinggang have all come to Satellite City No. 2 for you..."

"The Six Monsters of Qinggang?"

Lu Xin listened, feeling slightly puzzled.

"Yeah, six monsters!"

Gecko said with a serious expression, "Very strange, very strange monsters!"

"What are they here for?"

Lu Xin's heart jolted, and he hurriedly asked in earnest.

"To conduct an examination for you..."

Gecko seemed surprised. "The headquarters didn't notify you beforehand?"

"An examination?"

Lu Xin was stunned for a moment before reacting. Of course he had been notified about this. He had been waiting for it all along. After all, he clearly remembered Han Bing saying that only after completing the examination could he be officially recruited and become a genuine Pollution Cleanup Personnel...

Of course, it seemed that after becoming a regular employee in this department, there wasn't much improvement in benefits...

But it didn't matter. The words "become a regular employee" were reassuring in themselves.

Lu Xin felt a faint surge of happiness, but then grew somewhat concerned. "Why are monsters conducting the examination?"

Seeing his puzzled expression, Gecko seemed rather pleased with himself. He put on a mysterious smile and said, "You'll know when you get there..."

"All right."

Lu Xin could only agree. Then he added, "Sister, stop gesturing at his neck!"

Gecko was startled. "Who are you talking to?"

"My sister!"

Lu Xin felt there was no need to hide it as he usually did in front of someone who had undergone a similar mutation.

So he answered honestly, "She's gesturing at your neck right now. It seems she wants to tear it off..."

Gecko shuddered slightly, and the hairs on his body stood on end.

Lu Xin had no choice but to reassure him. "Don't worry. Most of the time, she listens to me pretty well!"

Gecko instinctively shifted to one side. "What about when she doesn't?"

Lu Xin glanced at him and silently nodded.

"You really live up to your reputation..."

Gecko had originally wanted to make another joke, but he immediately stood up and instinctively moved farther away from Lu Xin. "I love joking around with people, and I like people joking with me too. But why do I feel so creeped out joking with you?"

"Maybe it's because I wasn't joking?"

Lu Xin wondered inwardly, then asked curiously, "What do people say about me?"

"Your information is highly classified!"

Gecko smiled. "But everyone says you're dangerous."

As expected, rumors in any company are unreliable and full of prejudice...

Lu Xin thought about it for a moment, then stopped discussing the subject. "So... when is the examination?"

"Wait for notification!"

Gecko glanced at the black electronic watch on his wrist. "But it should be soon!"

Lu Xin was rather puzzled. "Does something like this also have to be decided at the last minute?"

"Heh..."

Gecko immediately laughed. "Do you think the Six Monsters of Qinggang leaving the Main City is a small matter?"

As he spoke, the screen of the electronic watch on his wrist suddenly lit up slightly, and Gecko's expression immediately turned more serious.

"It's here!"

Lu Xin quickly asked, "When?"

"Fifteen minutes from now, at the Qingzhuo Building in the east of the city!"

Gecko announced the time and place, his eyes brightening. "Brother, those monsters all have terrible tempers. They hate it when people are late. But we're not exactly close to the place, so now's the time to see what you're capable of..."

Before he had finished speaking, he had already retreated backward. When his back touched the wall of the apartment building behind him, he continued moving backward, actually walking up the wall while facing away. After kicking off four or five steps in a row, he thrust his body upward and stuck tightly to the wall.

He smiled at Lu Xin and said, "Brother, come on. Let's see who gets there first..."

As he spoke, he rapidly climbed up along the wall like a ghost, disappearing from the rooftop in an instant.

"This..."

Lu Xin watched Gecko disappear, his expression somewhat dumbfounded.

He estimated the time, then silently stood up, went to the staircase beside the garden, and followed it into the subway station.

Rumble!

As luck would have it, an old subway train covered in colorful painted designs pulled into the station.

Lu Xin silently swiped his card to enter, thinking, Doesn't he know that the last subway train goes straight to the Qingzhuo Building?

When Lu Xin leisurely walked up from the subway entrance, he saw Gecko climbing down the wall of a nearby building, panting heavily. Since it was not yet very late, there were still plenty of pedestrians on the streets. He had needed to avoid their gazes, hiding himself from time to time and only darting quickly through certain secluded corners when no one was paying attention.

"I didn't lose..."

Facing Lu Xin's strange gaze, he explained indignantly, "I mainly went back to look for you when I saw that you hadn't followed me at first. Who could've known you'd take the subway... If I didn't care about other people's opinions, I would've arrived ahead of you!"

His explanation might have made perfect sense, but Lu Xin still felt speechless.

"Is the examination site upstairs?"

Lu Xin changed the subject and looked up at one of the tallest buildings in this satellite city.

"Yes. They should be ready. Let's go up!"

Gecko answered helplessly. As he looked at the building, which seemed absurdly tall from directly below, his eyes suddenly lit up.

"Should we climb straight up?"

Lu Xin gave him a deep look, then honestly went inside and took the elevator.

The entire building was extremely quiet, with hardly any idle figures in sight. Only in the lobby and by the stairwell could they see some armed guards. They stood like straight nails, lending the whole building a solemn atmosphere.

This was the first time Lu Xin had seen such tight security in a satellite city.

As far as he remembered, not even the Guard Department, the Administrative Hall, or the City Patrol Army barracks had ever deployed such a massive security detail.

With Gecko leading the way, Lu Xin entered the building easily. After registering, they took the elevator to the nineteenth floor.

"Come over here. The professors have already arrived!"

Chen Jing was waiting at the nineteenth-floor stairwell. She wore a black suit and looked energetic and capable.

"All right!"

Lu Xin somewhat awkwardly shook her hand, then followed her toward the main office on that floor.

"This examination is a routine procedure before you officially join the organization!"

"After passing the examination, you'll have your own codename and officially gain the opportunity to receive guidance!"

"..."

"Officially join the organization..."

Lu Xin keenly caught the key point in Chen Jing's words, and his steps immediately grew lighter.