Foundation Exusiai, Containment Breach!

"Hello, Manager. I'm here to join the company—though if there's coffee here, that would be even better."

Ku Tang's sparkling eyes curiously watched the red-haired angel.

For some reason, despite meeting for the first time, she already felt a little fondness for the angel before her.

"Ku Tang thinks you're very cute, Manager."

In the end, Ku Tang voiced that conclusion.

"Really... Hahaha..." Xiao Huasheng laughed awkwardly, then quietly said to Angela, "She's someone I know. I remember her. She died too? She doesn't remember me?"

Angela slowly nodded.

"No matter who they are, once they officially become our employees, they will lose all memories related to you. Of course, that does not prevent you from awakening those memories, though the process will be much more difficult."

"I see..."

After pondering for a moment, Xiao Huasheng extended her hand to Ku Tang.

"Hello, Ku Tang?"

But instead of shaking her hand, Ku Tang walked up to her, stood on tiptoe, leaned in, and lightly kissed her cheek.

"Huh? Why?" Xiao Huasheng covered her cheek and looked at her blankly.

The white-haired girl merely smiled at her. "Ku Tang just wanted to do that."

"Let's work hard together from now on and make the world suffer no more pain, Manager. If one day you can no longer handle this position, Ku Tang will replace you without hesitation."

Only then did Xiao Huasheng realize that the people who came to Lobotomy Corporation—

were all strange people driven by powerful obsessions. No matter which employee it was, they usually possessed fixations beyond the reach of ordinary people.

"Let's do our best together... Ku Tang." In the end, Xiao Huasheng said that to the smiling white-haired girl before her.

All of a sudden, the red-haired angel realized that perhaps Lobotomy Corporation also existed to fulfill its employees' obsessions.

She was not sure whether she could truly fulfill the wishes of these pure souls.

Then, she looked toward the other person.

He instinctively rummaged through his pockets, then, finding no cigarettes, asked Xiao Huasheng for some.

"Manager, got any cigarettes?"

"Cigarettes? No. But there's cake."

Pop.

A small cup of cake appeared out of thin air in Xiao Huasheng's hand. The former Mobile Task Force captain accepted it when he saw it.

He ate it with a reluctant expression. "A little dessert is fine, I suppose. That's just how the world is now."

Ai Er Lan chewed the cake, his eyes surveying the surroundings as though he were pondering something.

At that moment, Angela reminded her, "As the Manager, you may ask him why he wanted to join this company."

Hearing that, the red-haired angel snapped back to her senses. "All right, then. Why did you want to join this company?"

Hearing that, Ai Er Lan scratched his messy hair and muttered while eating the cake.

"Am I not already an official employee?"

"Yes, but I can still ask. Those things don't conflict, right?"

With a sigh, Ai Er Lan said, "To protect this world?"

Judging by everyone's expressions, Ai Er Lan knew that answer would not fool anyone.

So he could only say, "It's just for my wife and child. My household is small, and my ideals are small too. I only want to protect my household."

Ai Er Lan suddenly laughed at himself.

"If I said that in the Foundation, it wouldn't count as a very positive answer. Good thing I'm not captain anymore."

After finishing the little cake, he licked his fingers. "It tastes pretty good. Thanks for the treat."

Ku Tang looked at him curiously.

"So that's what you've always been thinking? Ku Tang thought you were a battle maniac."

Ai Er Lan looked at Ku Tang and waved his hand. "Ku Tang, don't make fun of me. Everyone likes a peaceful life."

"I thought you liked fighting, so I kept assigning you missions that were just difficult enough for you to suppress contained objects."

"?" Ai Er Lan stared at Ku Tang.

Ku Tang stuck out her little tongue and smiled. "Sorry~~"

"So it was you! I was wondering why the missions in the Foundation were so difficult!"

"Hehehe."

Ai Er Lan immediately started fooling around with Ku Tang. It seemed they had gotten along quite well in the old Foundation.

"Does anyone else want cake?"

Pop.

A small chocolate cake appeared in Angela's hand as well, and Xiao Huasheng immediately raised her hand.

Seeing her, Angela immediately glared at her. "This is an employee benefit."

"Fine..."

Hearing that, the red-haired angel dejectedly lowered her hand.

Ku Tang took the cake and had a bite. Then her eyes widened in delighted surprise.

"What is this taste? So, so happy."

She stared at the little cake in her hand and asked.

"It's sweetness. We cured your loss of taste. Consider it a small employee benefit."

Ku Tang's eyes widened, and she took tiny bites of the cake. "I used to think coffee was the best-tasting thing in the world."

That was because coffee was the only thing she could taste—the bitterness.

No matter how much sugar she added, it was useless.

As a secretary, she could always do many things perfectly.

But the coffee she brewed was always either too bitter or too sweet.

Only Jin Li was willing to drink her coffee over and over, spitting it out again and again, yet still finishing every last drop.

"I can make delicious coffee for Dad now."

Ku Tang smiled foolishly. As threads of sweetness spread through her, tears unconsciously overflowed from her eyes.

After her hometown had been destroyed by that contained object, Jin Li had pulled her from the ruins and raised her.

But even so, she had still lost her sense of taste in that disaster.

"I'll definitely go back and see him when I have time. But since I've already changed jobs, I have to prove myself at Lobotomy Corporation for him to see." Ku Tang finished the last bit of cake, a satisfied smile appearing on her face.

In the Foundation, Ku Tang could only ever call Jin Li Manager, since the Foundation's structure did not support father-daughter relationships.

Angela said, "When you get the chance, go back and see him."

But Xiao Huasheng could not smile as she looked at her, and a worried expression appeared on her face.

She knew.

All the official employees here were dead.

No matter what identities they had held in life.

After death, they would lose their identities, lose everything, lose their ideals.

Xiao Huasheng pressed a hand to her chest. She did not know whether she could fulfill the wishes of these dead people who had helped her.

Her normally cheerful face now showed not even a trace of a smile.

"What's wrong?" Ku Tang looked at Xiao Huasheng curiously, not knowing why she was so sad.

Then Angela directly stuffed a chocolate cake into her mouth.

"Mmgh! Mmgh!"

The serious expression Xiao Huasheng had just worn instantly vanished.

"She didn't get any cake, so she's sad." Angela smiled, pulled her into her arms, and carried her off toward the back.

"Anyway, let's take a look around the company first."

Angela waved her hand, and the two employees vanished from the Manager's surveillance room.

After a while.

Angela seemingly seriously sniffed the red-haired angel, then held her and asked in a relaxed tone.

"Manager, do you want to deal with the regrets the employees had in life? We are not a wish-granting service. You need to understand that all energy exists for us, not for these employees."

Xiao Huasheng gloomily chewed her cake, her eyes slightly dim. "But I keep feeling like I should do something for them."

Angela opened her mouth, intending to speak.

Rationality manifested more strongly in her. Her 91% brain capacity gave her the ability to see through the essence of many things.

Naturally, she could also see Xiao Huasheng's troubles.

But after realizing that her own heart still retained a kind nature, Angela could only smile.

"Do you know? Lobotomy Corporation was originally established to fill people with hope and plant the seeds of hope in everyone's hearts."

"Yeah, that's part of the game setting." Xiao Huasheng wiped cake from the corner of her mouth and nodded.

"But we are no longer in a game. We live in this cruel reality. None of this is an illusion. Look around you."

Following Angela's gaze, she looked around.

Everything was so real: the scent of iron, the slightly cool temperature, the warm touch of Angela's body, and the constant hum of machinery.

The moment all those sensations flooded her senses, Xiao Huasheng felt as though she had crossed into another lifetime.

"Manager, as long as you can ensure your own survival, do whatever you want. But if you plan to sacrifice yourself for others, please think of me."

Angela spoke.

She slowly kissed Xiao Huasheng's cheek. The ice-cold beauty said helplessly, "After all, we are one. This company is a great ship. If even you, the captain, become lost, where are we supposed to sail?"

After a brief silence.

The red-haired angel patted her cheeks, making them flush slightly, then sprang to her feet!

"Okay! Aren't there still blind-box Abnormalities? Bring them out already!"

"As you wish." Seeing her recover her spirits, Angela smiled and brought up the blind box they had obtained.

Very soon, the blind box's attributes appeared before Xiao Huasheng.

When she saw this blind box, Xiao Huasheng admitted that she was indeed impressed.

[Anger: 0%]

[Sorrow: 0%]

[Joy: 99%]

[Fear: 1%]

"Why is the Joy attribute so high?"

She looked at Angela and asked.

Angela nodded in response. "This proves that the situation I told you about happened. Among those many dead souls, I'm afraid only joyful emotions were extracted."

"By the way, this blind box only finished charging just now. Its energy level is very high, so it is very likely a high-risk Abnormality."

"Manager, whether to open this blind box is up to you. But I must remind you that when employee attributes are too low, there are some Abnormalities we cannot even touch."

"The TT2 Protocol has not gone online yet. That person has not died."