Time passed differently in the Dreamscape than in reality, and Jin Cheng had nothing to do right now, so he had plenty of time to spend in the Dreamscape.
Things did not go smoothly at first, because he kept trying to advance the Dreamscape using his current way of thinking.
Only after playing through it did he realize many truths:
People needed rest. If they did not rest on time, they would die.
People needed food. If they did not eat on time, they would also die.
You could not listen to everything the factory director or foreman said. Those guys were capitalists' lackeys, out to take your life.
In order to meet production quotas, workers' lives did not count. If you listened to them, you would either work yourself to death or die in all sorts of bizarre accidents.
Although he died many times, Jin Cheng was utterly engrossed.
Each time he died, he could make a little more progress and add a little more to the Dreamscape's settings.
Though still clumsy, he was trying to understand that era and treat himself a little better.
Outside the Dreamscape, Chen Yu compared Jin Cheng's performance and used the Constitution Panel to assess the Dreamscape's effects. The more he looked, the more speechless he became.
[A certain cultivator wanted to work continuously but was denied. Negative Emotions +34] [A certain cultivator was utterly shocked by overtime pay. Negative Emotions +42] [A certain cultivator secretly succeeded in working overtime but received no overtime pay. Positive Emotion +74]
The machinery factory's situation was similar to Jin Cheng's, but this was the first time Chen Yu had seen someone as extreme as Jin Cheng.
The Negative Emotions points he wanted were perfectly avoided, while every Positive Emotion point