Multiverse Scholar Hiring System

After the coin-like object absorbed those drops of blood, a sharp pain suddenly shot through his wrist. The broom in his hand fell straight to the ground, his vision went black, and he collapsed stiffly.

After an unknown amount of time, Zhang Yi opened his eyes. His mind was a complete mess, and it took more than ten minutes before he finally came to his senses.

Though his face was pale at that moment, his heart was even more shaken.

What he had experienced while unconscious was simply too fantastical.

The coin-like object he had always worn on his wrist was the first item he had ever made when he first operated a machine tool at the age of eleven.

So, to commemorate the first time he had operated a machine tool and the item he had produced, he had kept it on him ever since. Although it did not look particularly good—after all, it was impossible for someone operating a machine tool for the first time to produce anything attractive—he still wore it as a memento.

But Zhang Yi had never imagined that the material he had used to make that object was not ordinary material. It contained elements of the universe's origin. The thing he had accidentally created back then truly was a coin. Of course, it was not currency from this world, but the vessel of the Multiverse Scholar Hiring System.

When he had operated the machine tool back then, he had only been eleven. The system had judged that he possessed the potential to become a mechanical processing scholar. However, he had not entered the processing industry afterward, so he had been unable to activate the system.

But now, he had obtained the system once more. Although he no longer had the potential to become a scholar at his current level, he did have his own workshop, and his blood had splashed onto the coin.

That was why the Multiverse Scholar Hiring System had been activated again, allowing him to luckily become one of its employers.

As its name implied, the Multiverse Scholar Hiring System allowed its users to hire scholars from across the myriad worlds to work for them. Naturally, hiring was not free; it was paid employment. Furthermore, because the system had originally recognized that Zhang Yi had the potential to become an industrial mechanical scholar, he could only hire industrial scholars.

Since hiring through the Multiverse Hiring System was not free, there naturally had to be something similar to money in this world. Within the system, it was called Scholar Coin.

The Scholar Hiring System had ranks. From ordinary scholars at the lowest level to god-tier scholars at the highest, there were five major ranks: elementary scholars, intermediate scholars, advanced scholars, top-tier scholars, and god-tier scholars. Each rank was further divided into beginner, intermediate, and advanced stages.

The standard separating each major rank was based on the civilization level of the employer's world. By humanity's current civilization standards, Zhang Yi could only hire elementary scholars.

That was because, according to the system's method of classifying civilizations, human civilization had not yet even reached Level One Civilization.

The system's civilization classification was very similar to the classification proposed by the famous scientist Carl. The difference was that Carl's civilization levels were determined by energy, whereas the system classified civilizations by energy, lifespan, and range of activity.

The civilizations of the myriad worlds within the system were divided into five levels: Planetary Civilization, Stellar Civilization, Galactic Civilization, Interstellar Civilization, and Cosmic Civilization.

Each civilization level was further divided into three minor levels. Although Earth's civilization had not reached the standard of a Level One Civilization, it had already reached its threshold. That was why Zhang Yi could gain the system's recognition.

The Scholar Hiring System could hire scholars from every industry across the myriad worlds. However, Zhang Yi found it somewhat regrettable that because the system had originally recognized him as part of the industrial branch, he could only hire industrial scholars, such as scholars of Mechanical Industry, Electronic Industry, Metallurgical Industry, Computer Industry, and so on.

Since this was Zhang Yi's first time activating the Scholar Hiring System, his original Scholar Coin had been converted into one hundred Scholar Coins. He also learned how to obtain more Scholar Coins. Scholar Coins were essentially real-world money: one Scholar Coin could be exchanged for three thousand yuan. In other words, if he converted all his Scholar Coins into cash, they would be worth three hundred thousand yuan.

At the same time, Zhang Yi was extremely curious about the system. Could the money of this world really be used in other planes?

The system soon gave him an explanation. Money from this world was not universal currency across the myriad worlds, but the belief contained within that money was universal currency across the myriad worlds.

At that thought, Zhang Yi desperately wanted to exchange all the Scholar Coins in his hand for cash. His father's hospitalization had cost a great deal during this period. Although most of it had been covered by the driver who caused the accident and the insurance company.

In truth, however, the driver's family was also in great financial difficulty. On top of that, the driver himself had been severely injured. Though he had been rescued, he would likely spend the rest of his life in a wheelchair. He might even have trouble eating or using the restroom, so he simply could not afford much compensation.

The insurance company could not possibly cover everything either, so Zhang Yi's family could only bear part of the expense themselves. Fortunately, they still had a small amount of savings, but the hospitalization expenses had placed them under tremendous strain.

But that was clearly impossible. Since he had only just obtained the Scholar Hiring System and it was still only Level One, it did not support converting Scholar Coins into cash.

Once Zhang Yi had fully recovered, he realized that he was lying on the floor and immediately got up. Although he had already given the factory a preliminary cleaning, there were still many oil stains on the ground, and it was still rather dirty.

He was also very grateful that he had cleaned the factory once. Otherwise, with all kinds of scrap metal scattered everywhere, if he had fallen like that, he would have been crippled even if he had not died. Not to mention that he would never have been lucky enough to activate the Scholar Hiring System and become one of the Multiverse Scholar Hiring System's employers.

After standing up, he instinctively opened the Scholar Hiring System in his mind. The first thing that appeared was a line of large words. "The Scholar Hiring System hires all kinds of scholars from across the myriad worlds, accompanying you into the sea of stars and helping you reach the pinnacle of the universe."

After those words disappeared, the Scholar Hiring System's true interface appeared in his mind.

The Scholar Hiring System was divided into two hiring sections: short-term hiring and long-term hiring. Below them was a dense list of scholars from various industries, such as Military Industry scholars, Mechanical Industry scholars, Chemical Industry scholars, Computer Industry scholars, and so on.

Seeing these types of scholars, Zhang Yi selected the Mechanical Industry scholar option under long-term hiring. A long list of race names and ability descriptions appeared before him, with photographs behind each introduction.

The people in those photographs were bizarre and varied in every conceivable way. After all, the Scholar Hiring System hired scholars from every race across the myriad worlds. Naturally, it included all kinds of races, not just humans.

Race: Dwarves

Name: Xiao Hua

Scholar Rank: Elementary Mechanical Industry Scholar

Ability: Mechanical processing

Gender: Female

Height: 1.4 meters

Weight: 50 kilograms

From Universe 1256. Racial Talent: Mechanical processing. She also possessed enormous strength disproportionate to her size and could easily lift objects twice her own weight. She had decent self-defense capabilities.

Hiring Price: 60 Scholar Coins per year.

System Prompt: Do not expect too much from her. Although she bears the title of scholar, she still has a long way to go before becoming a true scholar. In reality, she is merely a beginner in the mechanical industry. However, because her race possesses powerful racial talents, she has the potential to become a true scholar.

Behind those descriptions was also a photograph. In it was a beautiful little girl, but when Zhang Yi saw the photo, the thought of a legal loli somehow surfaced in his mind.

He hurriedly shook the thought from his head and opened the next scholar's profile.

Name: Red Alert Trainee Mechanical Engineer

Race: Human

Ability: Mechanical processing

Scholar Rank: Elementary Apprentice Mechanical Industry Overlord

Weight: Between 50 and 100 kilograms

From Universe 1267. Racial Talent: Balanced. Ability: Having undergone military training, they possess a certain degree of self-defense capability.

Hiring Price: 100 Scholar Coins per person per year.

System Prompt: They possess relatively complete theoretical knowledge and practical skills in mechanical processing. They also have good discipline and execution ability, making them your best choice for large-scale hiring.

Name: Xiao Lu

Race: Gnome Race

Ability: Mechanical processing

Scholar Rank: Elementary Apprentice Mechanical Industry Overlord

Height: 1.1 meters

Weight: 30 kilograms

From Plane 3215. Ability: Elementary mechanical processing. Racial Talent: Precision mechanical processing.

Hiring Price: 80 Scholar Coins per year.

System Prompt:

"Xiao Yi! What's wrong with you, child? Why haven't you come home to eat yet?" Just as Zhang Yi was about to keep reading, his mother's voice came from outside.

Zhang Yi checked the time and saw that it was already past one in the afternoon. No wonder his mother had come here to call him.