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"There's such a thing?"

"A Temporary Worker? Sigh, I want to be a Temporary Worker too."

"The wages for working here keep getting lower and lower. If I had any way to quit, I'd definitely go to Scarlet Preferred."

"Haha, in that case, this living person might get assigned to my dorm."

"Hehe, that's true..."

Mu Rufeng sized up the employee who had answered his questions.

She was not particularly tall, only around 1.65 meters.

Her entire body was wrapped in white bandages, with only one eye exposed.

Judging from her build, she was a woman.

Though her voice carried a trace of hoarseness, it was still barely recognizable as a woman's voice.

Mu Rufeng could also smell a strong burnt stench coming from her.

It seemed this employee retained the appearance she had when she was burned to death.

"No need to thank me." Bandage Girl replied, then turned and left.

Mu Rufeng checked the time and found that it was already 6:20.

There were only forty minutes left until seven.

Mu Rufeng immediately took quite a few instant noodles and snacks from the vending machine.

The vending machine trembled as it prepared five cups of instant noodles for Mu Rufeng.

This time, Mu Rufeng did not sit at a dining table to eat. Instead, he sat beside the vending machine.

As he ate, he learned about Scarlet Preferred from the vending machine's mouth.

After finishing dinner, Mu Rufeng was only eighty percent full. Then he drank a bottle of Scarlet Eyeball, leaving him somewhat stuffed.

Soon after, he carried a 1.5-liter bottle of Scarlet Eyeball toward the dormitory building.

Although Mu Rufeng had sold out all the vending machine's goods, he had still kept some for his own use.

The dormitory building was not far away, only a three-minute walk from the cafeteria.

Many employees were heading toward the dorms along the way, just like him.

Of course, quite a few who considered themselves strong seemed to be preparing to hunt at night.

It could be said that every night, Scarlet Preferred's employee count dwindled.

With competition now so intense and employees difficult to recruit, Scarlet Preferred had begun recruiting living people from the real world.

Moreover, this was merely an experiment. If it truly proved feasible, they would no longer recruit living people one at a time.

All of this was intelligence Mu Rufeng had obtained from the vending machine.

Though some of it might not have been entirely accurate, he reckoned eighty percent of it was true.

Mu Rufeng had also curiously asked, "Since nighttime is so dangerous, how do you avoid those employees?"

The vending machine answered, "I'm a vending machine. I'm different from them. Once it's seven, I can shut down and sleep. While I'm shut down, I belong to Scarlet Preferred's public property."

"Even at night, they wouldn't dare damage Scarlet Preferred's public property. Otherwise..."

The employee dormitory building was seven stories tall and covered quite a large area.

It was completely enclosed. Even the first floor was fully sealed behind sturdy iron railings.

Mu Rufeng estimated that there were twenty rooms on each floor.

And judging by the layout, the rooms seemed to open opposite one another, meaning the room count had to be doubled.

In other words, there were a full forty rooms on each floor, making two hundred and eighty rooms across seven floors.

He did not yet know how many people lived in each room, but they were definitely not single rooms.

At the entrance to the dormitory building stood an extended L-shaped structure.

Ignoring the employees' stares, Mu Rufeng walked into the dormitory building.

There was a barred gate at the dormitory's main entrance, but it was currently open.

The moment he entered, Mu Rufeng felt a gust of cold wind sweep over him, making his hair stand on end.

He was not wearing a shirt right now. If he were not immune to the cold, he would definitely catch a cold tomorrow.

After entering, the first thing he saw was a dorm manager's office.

The office window faced directly toward the main entrance.

On the other side of the window, a plump Dorm Manager was looking at Mu Rufeng.

"You're a newly hired employee, right? Come here." The Dorm Manager raised her chubby hand and beckoned to Mu Rufeng.

Mu Rufeng answered and quickly approached the window.

Now, he could see even more clearly.

The Dorm Manager's lower body was not a pair of legs at all, but a fat ball of flesh.

Mu Rufeng sniffed, and a greasy odor filled his nostrils.

"Huh? You're a living person? A Temporary Worker? Hehe."

"Let me see which dorm I should assign you to."

The Dorm Manager licked her lips, then took out a register and began flipping through it.

"Oh, right. You should've just received your wages, shouldn't you? Want to buy a few candles?" the Dorm Manager suddenly asked.

"Candles? Can you let me take a look?" Mu Rufeng's heart stirred, and he immediately spoke.

"These are good stuff. They can save your life." The Dorm Manager quickly handed over a yellowish candle.

Dorm Manager's Secret Recipe Candle: A candle refined from the Dorm Manager's body fat.

Effect: Once lit, it emits the Dorm Manager's imposing aura. While it burns, all ghosts weaker than the Dorm Manager will retreat.

Note: While it burns, there is a certain chance of attracting the Dorm Manager.

Mu Rufeng only felt that his hand was greasy, making him somewhat nauseated.

Calling it good stuff was indeed not wrong. It truly was useful, but it would attract the Dorm Manager.

This Dorm Manager was certainly extremely powerful. Mu Rufeng reckoned that once the candle was lit, safety would absolutely be guaranteed.

It was just that if it attracted the Dorm Manager, what would happen afterward was anyone's guess.

"Sister Liu, how much are these candles?" Mu Rufeng glanced at the name tag worn by the Dorm Manager and asked.

"One hundred per candle. Ten percent off for three, twenty percent off for five," the Dorm Manager said.

"Uh..." Mu Rufeng did not know how to respond for a moment.

One hundred per candle? Was that expensive?

Very expensive.

One hundred was a lot. These employees only had a base wage of fifty.

Only certain specific positions earned commission. Most just received a dead wage of fifty a day.

Using two days' wages to buy one possibly dangerous candle, Mu Rufeng felt that the Dorm Manager's business must be terribly poor.

"If you don't have money, you can use your flesh and blood to make up the difference. Don't worry, even if you chop off an arm, I can help your wound heal quickly."

The Dorm Manager spoke as though this had been her true purpose all along.

"Sister Liu, give me five," Mu Rufeng said, taking out the cash and passing it straight through the window.

The Dorm Manager froze for a moment, then her face lit up with wild delight. She immediately reached out and snatched the money.

"Good, good, good! Hahaha!" The Dorm Manager burst into delighted laughter.

"Here, here, these are your candles. I only just opened for business today, so I'll give you one extra for good luck. Six-six, everything goes smoothly!"

The Dorm Manager took a plastic bag, placed five candles inside, then handed it to Mu Rufeng.

Mu Rufeng immediately took it and put the candle in his hand into the plastic bag.