White Night's Troubles / Resignation

Even if I have a bad temper, I won't hurt her.

"Six Gods?" Gladiia and saw a string of large Yan characters on it.

Incidentally, after entering Rhodes Island, Gladiia mastered Common, Ursus, and Flame Cavity in half a month.

"Ah, this is a spray from my hometown... to repel Originium Slug, but I've already washed the bottle clean, so it's harmless to humans," Qing Liu explained.

Gladiia shook her head. "It's alright, there are very few things on land that could harm me."

"..." Qing Liu couldn't help but feel that it was really powerful.

Gladiia looked at the spray bottle in her hand, somewhat puzzled. "You must be dehydrated too, right? Just soak in water whenever you have time."

"Because water resources are limited," Qing Liu replied with a smile. "Especially away from rivers, even with a water recycling system, Rhodes Island's water reserves cannot support a large bathhouse around the clock."

"Engine cooling water, drinking water, washing water, industrial water, pharmaceutical water..." Qing Liu carefully counted on her fingers as she told Gladiia about the water resource usage and recycling situation here.

Finally, she said somewhat shyly, "Even so, I still can't help but want to take a bath, so I limit myself to only three times a day."

After listening patiently, Gladiia raised an eyebrow. "Is it okay if I keep taking these baths lately?"

Qing Liu shook his head. "Don't worry about that. The head of the External Operations has already spoken to me. There won't be any restrictions on your use of the public bath. Director Bai Ye has arranged several artificial rains, so Rhodes Island won't be short of water for the time being. So you can continue using it after I finish cleaning the drainage area."

"Manager Bai Ye?" Gladiia never expected to hear Bai Ye's name from this young girl.

There's no escaping it here either.

"Yes, Manager Bai Ye." Qing Liu nodded, then looked at Gladiia with some curiosity, "Big sister, are you a friend of Manager Bai Ye? He is the most mysterious manager of Rhodes Island. It is said that only a few operators and seniors have seen him."

"I never expected that such an important person would come specifically to see a newcomer like me who hasn't been here long. He also seemed very approachable, completely different from the rumors."

The little girl chattered on and on about the Bai Ye Supervisor and the rumors, but Gladiia had no interest in listening.

She didn't know how she was feeling; she had never felt this way before.

You can imagine a top student from a family where maternal and paternal love is severely lacking, who, in order to spite his mother, abandons his future and undergoes Abyssal Hunter modification surgery to become a hunter.

When such a person encounters someone they don't get along with, but receives care and concern from that person in every aspect of their life, what kind of conflicting and awkward emotions will arise in their heart?

This is roughly how Gladiia is now.

She had never experienced this kind of emotion before. She originally wanted to feel like family among the hunters, but she didn't expect to receive so much kindness on land.

Whether it's Kal'tsit, the little girl Sargos in front of me, or even Bai Ye.

Yes, the greatest kindness even came from Bai Ye. If this little girl hadn't said anything, Gladiia wouldn't have known that he had secretly done so much for her. After all, Gladiia, who came from the sea, had never heard of water scarcity.

But it just so happened to come from him...

Gladiia sighed.

Chapter Four: The Troubles of the Bai Ye

Bai Ye had no idea what Gladiia was struggling with and feeling awkward about.

With his legendary weapon, Bai Ye could already use his powers to create artificial rain, as long as he controlled the output to prevent the rain from turning into Catastrophe.

As for telling that girl named Qing Liu? It was just a small favor, and Bai Ye didn't care at all.

However, he still asked the External Operations officers to bring some gifts from Yan for the little girl afterwards.

Bai Ye is troubled by two things.

First, there's the regular onboarding evaluation for new operators this year. Don't think this has nothing to do with Bai Ye. Even supervisors have their own regular evaluations.

Especially this year, for some reason, Dr. Kal'tsit set the evaluation standards for supervisors very high. Although the results of this evaluation won't affect Bai Ye, it would be awkward if other supervisors were excellent but Bai Ye was lacking.

Bai Ye was somewhat worried that his subordinates might not recognize him, or that they might be spouting off during the random interviews...

This year, he has focused most of his work on the construction of the Rhodes Island branch in the Core City. However, that place has a dedicated and independent evaluation system, which is not closely related to his identity as the head of the Bai Ye ship. It is unclear whether this was an unintentional oversight by Dr. Kal'tsit or intentional.

In short, it's very troublesome. Bai Ye thought about it carefully. She had indeed done some things for Rhodes Island's External Operations this year, such as further improving employee benefits and self-defense training, and arranging combat operators to provide field protection for doctors when they were out on missions...

In addition, the addition of Players to Rhodes Island expanded the field network. However, this also had a downside: during the server maintenance, the network, which relied too heavily on Players, crashed.

During the month that Players were not online, the External Operations did encounter some difficulties. Fortunately, the infected brothers in the Core City helped a lot. At that time, many infected people in the Core City were receiving treatment on Rhodes Island. After learning about the difficulties of the External Operations, they helped with field operations, which relieved some of the pressure on this side.

After the version update ended Players logged back in, things gradually recovered.

However, there's no use rushing this evaluation, since Rhodes Island has a really great atmosphere, and its employees are all outspoken and proactive. When the Human Resources Department was soliciting opinions, they were also very outspoken, leaving him virtually no room for maneuver.

Besides that, Bai Ye was also worried about the Mid-Autumn Festival Gala.

It's mainly because of the Players.

Even though we've already blocked a lot of people through Rhodes Island reputation and contribution points, there are still just too many Players.

Players are also allowed to participate in this event. The organizers of Rhodes Island's Mid-Autumn Festival party never intended to exclude Players from the beginning. After all, in their view, everyone should be treated equally, even if someone dies.

Later, there were just too many people, so Bai Ye became the bad guy and used his game administrator privileges to block a large number of Players.

Bai Ye was worried that these guys would cause trouble on Rhodes Island.

Logically speaking, these people have no connection to him, and their messing around is something Kal'tsit should be troubled by.

However, as someone who is deeply bound to the undead and has no intention of severing Bai Ye, Bai Ye will be dragged down with the Players if they make a mistake.

However, it turns out that Bai Ye was overthinking it. While there were indeed malicious Players, those Players could max out the regional reputation and contribution of the Rhodes Island main ship didn't seem to be bad people at all.

Many Players have established good relationships with the operators, or as Players put it, they have raised their personal affinity to a high level.

Perhaps Bai Ye was indeed wrong. After all, he had previously only worked with strategy groups and efficiency groups, researching how to improve strategy efficiency, standard boss fights, and accepting special missions...

This might indeed increase strength, keeping your character at a high level and giving you an advantage in both PVP and PVE.

However, it does indeed diminish the fun of the game.

Just like when Bai Ye first encountered any NPC after his time travel, his first impression of them wasn't their background or anything like that, but rather whether they had any special missions or if they would offer any benefits.

Looking back, it's actually quite sad. If an NPC can't help you at all, you won't pay any attention to them or care about them.

It's like climbing a mountain. Everything he does is to climb higher, but he ignores the scenery along the way. Even when he reaches the summit, he finds that he has missed so much along the way.

Bai Ye couldn't help but think of the past, the famous full-dive game "Arcadia Gate". Some Players joined the NPC faction "November Principality" in the first version, and in the 8th version, on the eve of the duchy's destruction, many Players still chose to stay in front of the duchy's castle gate and become members of the knight order.

Finally, these people shouted "For the Princess!" and charged towards an enemy force several times their size. Each of them lost at least 5 levels and a bunch of top-tier equipment.

Bai Ye hadn't left Zhongsi Academy at the time, so he didn't play the game. If it were him, he probably wouldn't have done so.

It's not worth it at all.

What is the concept of Level 5 in the eighth version?

You might not even level up once after grinding for a month.

And in the end, their efforts did nothing to change the outcome; the duchy fell as usual, and the eldest princess sacrificed herself to send her sister to the "ideal land" of Arcadia. Even in a fully immersive game with extremely high freedom of choice, the game developers will not change some pre-set elements because of the Players' efforts.

Bai Ye didn't understand this in the past, but after transmigrating, he gradually changed quite a bit.

Actually, the reason why Bai Ye, as Players, is so obsessed with strength is simply because he wants to prove himself here. After all, he is a loser, and if he can't prove that he is the strongest in the game, then he has truly accomplished nothing.

The Players were busy on Rhodes Island, while Bai Ye secretly observed them from the sidelines.

Rhodes Island simply didn't have a large enough auditorium, so the party was naturally held in the cafeteria.

This is considered the most spacious area on Rhodes Island.

At first, the logistics department was worried about how troublesome it would be to clear all these tables and chairs, but if they weren't cleared, there would be even less room for people.

Fortunately, some Players stepped in and cleared out their precious inventory slots to store tables and chairs.

This kind of Players- exclusive technique, which can be described as magic, is being performed so openly and legitimately in front of so many Terra natives for the first time.

Chapter Five Resignation

As it turns out, Bai Ye was overthinking things.

His presence and reputation within the department and Rhodes Island were not as insignificant as he had initially imagined.

According to statistics from the External Operations office, Supervisor Bai Ye has a very high satisfaction rate, even though he is often not on Rhodes Island and no one knows where he goes. However, the changes he has brought to the department are visible to everyone.

Of course, we still have to play with the memes. For example, people jokingly say that Typing Girl is the real department head, while Bai Ye is just the head's assistant, so she has to run around everywhere.

Bai Ye wasn't angry about all this, but he did start considering changing his position.

As things piled up, he simply didn't have the extra time to manage another department. Again, it's all just a joke, but taking it seriously would be absurd.

The Monarch Offline System was still feasible in the short term. At that time, Typing Girl was still stationed on the Rhodes Island main ship, while Bai Ye was out on field missions, building the network system and securing sponsorships. Typing Girl served as an assistant in carrying out Bai Ye's will, which was perfectly fine.

However, Typing Girl has now gone to the Core City of Chernobog, and Bai Ye is often not on Rhodes Island, so the entire department is not actually operating smoothly.

If Terra's communication technology could be developed to have a low-loss communication system with strong enough penetration over long distances that could bypass Catastrophe, then things wouldn't be so troublesome.

The current operating model of the External Operations is that the department leaders in charge handle affairs, and when there are matters that need to be reported, they are all delivered to the Core City by messengers. After the Typing Girl receives them, they are transferred to the system in the Core City, and then processed by Bai Ye after he sees them.

This mode not only increases the burden on messengers, but also delays important and urgent matters. Even if there are Players messengers as a backup plan, Players cannot always find Bai Ye whenever they want.

More than a year has passed, Bai Ye has been working in Rhodes Island's External Operations for quite some time. It's a mutually beneficial arrangement. Bai Ye needs to utilize Rhodes Island's extensive network of contacts across various regions, while Rhodes Island benefits from the various changes Bai Ye has brought about. They are likely among the first indigenous faction organizations to establish friendly relations with the Players.

Even now, the Terra is teeming with life and everything is thriving. The only organizations that Players truly trust are Rhodes Island and the Adventurers' Association, because these two organizations are practically endorsed by the game's official authorities. One is responsible for matters concerning the infected, and the other is a quest commissioning platform.

"So, are you planning to leave Rhodes Island? What about the Rhodes Island branch?"

Dr. Kal'tsit was not surprised that Bai Ye was going to resign.

As Bai Ye obtained what he wanted, the value of the External Operations diminished. And in less than two years, Bai Ye indeed fulfilled his initial promise.

He would have chosen to resign one day.

And the Rhodes Island branch...

"We can find someone else to be the department head; let Rhodes Island's Human Resources Department choose. As for the branch offices, let Typing Girl handle them; she manages them better than I do."

Bai Ye is better suited to interacting with Players, but for handling the affairs of the entire branch, the original residents are more suitable.

"And you?" Dr. Kal'tsit remained noncommittal about Bai Ye's suggestion.

"Me? Does that mean Dr. Kal'tsit can't bear to part with me?" Bai Ye asked with a grin.

In fact, he changed a lot. Before he transmigrated, he was a socially anxious person. After experiencing the trials of transmigration, he became a different kind of socially anxious person.

If it were the old him, he wouldn't have acted this way when facing an older woman.

Dr. Kal'tsit shook her head. "It's not that I'm reluctant, it's that you are."

Kal'tsit's words startled Bai Ye.

His original plan was to return to the Core City and then, according to his own plan, handle the affairs of various regions in an orderly manner—Great Yan, Kazimierz, Iberia ...

However, Dr. Kal'tsit's words made him realize that he might not be prepared to completely sever ties with Rhodes Island either.

"Da Yan has probably already set its sights on Nian and me. Leaving Rhodes Island now would be beneficial for both of us. Otherwise, Rhodes Island would also be dragged into the vortex," Bai Ye explained with a smile.

Kal'tsit shook her head again. "I didn't ask you about the Great Yan. I just wanted to ask what you think yourself."

"While Rhodes Island does not want to be noticed by any political entity, we will not abandon any operator to save ourselves."

"The key lies in your thinking."

As soon as Kal'tsit finished speaking, the smile on Bai Ye's face disappeared.

"..."

He didn't speak.

After a moment, he slowly said, "I have decided to resign from my position as manager and hand over the branch to someone else to manage."

Kal'tsit looked at him without saying a word.

Bai Ye continued, "I don't actually have any talent for management or command, but I am very interested in working part-time as a messenger on Rhodes Island. I wonder if Dr. Kal'tsit would agree?"

Kal'tsit raised an eyebrow. "You think you can just give up the supervisor's position like that?"

"After all, the things involved next are too big, and even the authority of the Rhodes Island director is not enough," Bai Ye said with a smirk.

"However, the cooperative relationship with Rhodes Island will continue, as it is beneficial to both parties."

Dr. Kal'tsit pondered for a moment, then shook her head. "A mere messenger is far too beneath your talents. You would be better off becoming a special advisor to Rhodes Island."