After figuring out the broad outlines of this Nightmare Game, as well as the fact that they were highly likely to encounter eerie beings who resisted coffee and lost control during their daily work, the players finally began to settle into the rhythm, and their work grew more orderly. The pressure remained and the danger had not passed, but at least they believed they had a basic grasp of how the game operated.
The daily tasks the headless Manager Jiao assigned to the employees had initially seemed random and chaotic, but after half a month, the players began to discern a fixed pattern in the assignments.
For example, Zhou Shirong, Bai Qi, Lu Jinyan, and Chu Qianren were all ostensibly newcomers. They always received the easiest work currently available, B-Rank jobs, on floors 1 through 43.
Over the past few days, however, perhaps because Manager Jiao had noticed something, Bai Qi, who constantly hovered around Pei Zhan while acting meek and obedient, and Chu Qianren, who had received official training, were always assigned to floors above the twentieth. Zhou Shirong and Lu Jinyan continued to work on the lower floors.
This caught some people's attention.
Su Bai was also keeping an eye on Bai Qi's actions. He was almost certain that her insistence on staying by Pei Zhan's side was closely tied to her own ability.
Her ability likely required prolonged, close contact with a specific person to take effect.
By rights, Bai Qi's points should not have been much different from Pei Zhan's. Yet even after Pei Zhan and Wen Ya had begun taking on high-risk S-Rank jobs, she continued to complete her B-Rank jobs for a daily payment of 100 points without a care, even going out of her way to bring Pei Zhan food and drinks outside