"Assuming we start with zero points." Su Bai leaned against the sofa, his eyes half open. His voice still sounded a little weak, yet carried a languid air.
"Twenty-two working days over two months, completing the most basic C-rank work each day, working through all eight days off for full overtime attendance, plus the base salary—that comes to exactly 5,000 points." Su Bai's fingers shifted slightly, as though he were calculating in his head. "Just enough to reach the Blind Box Vending Machine's Minor Pity threshold. With a little luck... there's even a chance of rolling an S-rank."
"But that assumes we spend nothing extra over those two months." An almost imperceptible smile touched Su Bai's lips, as though he were mocking himself. "In other words, with my starting points, I'd have to work myself to death without eating or drinking. Given my current health, that level of intensity really would be asking too much of me."
"For new players starting with only a few dozen points, they can still barely afford some food, but they'll have very little room to maneuver." Su Bai's gaze shifted toward Zhou Shirong and Bai Qi, who had started with ten points, and Chu Qianren, who had thirty.
"Besides, even the simplest work is of unknown difficulty for newcomers."
Su Bai had not spoken this much in a long time. Speaking at length made his chest feel slightly tight, forcing him to pause occasionally to ease his discomfort.
He was no sage.
Most of what he said could be deduced with a little arithmetic, but speaking up at this moment was enough in itself to show where he stood.
He could not let the other players see him as a "doll" who could only be carried around.
No matter how comfortable lying back might