Wearing a gray-black cloak that hid his face, Ji Huan looked no different from the demons on the street.
Early morning, when the light radiation is not too strong, is the most frequent time for Yefar’s demons to be active.
Along the way, the road was quiet, with occasional demons quietly passing by Ji Huan.
There were a lot of demons heading towards the market, some were empty-handed – to “buy vegetables”; and some with their prey– to sell. These demons get up very early as there is no shortage of hunters in Yefar, thus only the fresher prey will sell better.
It is true that you can always eat very fresh meat in Yefar.
He used to be one of them. Looking at the backs of those demons, Ji Huan slowly retracted his gaze under the cloak. Two months ago, he was worried every day that the remaining money was almost spent, and his future life was uncertain. But he has a regular job now.
He now can come here and have a look during his rest day, he can also buy something different to eat at dinner. As this idea floated in his mind, Ji Huan continued to walk forward.
There are more and more demons going in this direction, unlike the market that can only gather nearby demons. The employment market where Adan is located is the only employment market in the whole Yefar.
There are only a few people in Yefar who can do monopoly business, and Adan’s employment market is considered to be the only one — Well, Ji Huan now knows that this employment market is run by Adan.
This entire land belongs to Adan.
This was a pretty good place, where markets were sure to be crowded, bars would definitely be prosperous… In short, it was a thriving place, but Adan suddenly bought all the businesses on this whole land, and then opened the first employment market.
Well, at first no one came at all.
It is said that in order to attract his first business, Adan also used his previous “relationships” to force the demons who leased his land to come here to recruit people. Before that, the demons here rarely had the concept of finding jobs. After reaching a certain age, they felt that they could just go out to “socialize with people” and look for some work. Due to the fact that demons do not interact closely with each other, they do not have the channel of “introduction through a friend” or “referred by a friend”. Besides, they have no academic qualifications, so the only “jobs” they can find are very risky and terrifying.
Many young demons died on their first job.
Those demons were about the same age as Ji Huan and Abu ← That’s what Adan said.
Fortunately, with Adan’s employment market, the demons quickly realized the benefits of this market, and they unknowingly became accustomed to finding jobs here. As Adan later opened a testing area, the market gradually established some rules, and the demons as big as Abu voluntarily came to look for jobs when they reached the age.
Just like the little gray devil, who is purely intelligent and precocious. When Abu was of his age, he certainly didn’t know there was such a thing called the employment market← Well, this is also what Adan said.
Ji Huan was getting closer and closer to his destination.
The closer you get, the higher the level of the demons.
There was nothing different from before he left, and the demons in the employment market are still the same. But as soon as he entered the scope of the employment market, the surrounding air seemed to be different.
Something’s really different.
Strange, why didn’t he feel it before? The atmosphere here is so…
Horrible?
When Ji Huan appeared, all the eyes of the demons stopped on him.
This is the subconscious reaction of the demons to a new demon that has invaded their sphere of influence. Almost all living things would have this kind of reaction, even humans whose animalistic consciousness has been honed to a minimum by civilization.
Think back carefully, when he went to work before and entered the office every day, when he… Did everyone here look at him like this all the time?
This is the same as a demon scrutinizing himself, but unlike humans who are not very aggressive, the gaze casted by the demons was sharp and terrifying. Despite all kinds of cloaks, Ji Huan still felt the overwhelming pressure rushing towards himself.
However, he endured it.
Maintaining his original pace, he clenched the bag in his hand and walked straight forward.
This is just the entrance of the employment market, and the place where he works is located deep inside the employment market.
“Wait a minute.”
Unexpectedly, just as Ji Huan passed by a three-headed demon, he was stopped by someone.
Ji Huan stopped and turned his head, but didn’t take off his cloak.
He didn’t speak, but his whole body was full of doubts.
The cloak was a bit high, blocking the sight of others outside, but Ji Huan’s sight was also blocked at the same time. He couldn’t see what the opposite demon looked like, only the opponent’s chest was visible. Well, this was a very tall demon, probably only a little shorter than Abu, and looked very strong. This seemed like a young demon, the breath on his body…
This demon looked a bit weaker than Abu, probably weaker…um…two levels?
In just a short while, Ji Huan immediately made an analysis of the demon in front of him.
However, when he finished his analysis, Ji Huan suddenly froze: When did he start analyzing a demon with just one look? Can it still be refined to a “level” with such precision?
Ji Huan was stunned.
For a demon, analyzing another demon by breath is a basic skill. They have been doing this kind of analysis almost since childhood. In the world of demons, although the strength shown outside represents a certain degree of strength, what truly represents the actual level of a demon is their “breath”.
‘яЦ’
Ji Huan understood this word by himself through the expressions of others.
This word represents many meanings: magic power, strength, pressure…
In the end, Ji Huan decided to understand it as breath.
Demons use their “breath” to judge the strength of another demon, so as to avoid unnecessary disputes, bypass demons that are absolutely stronger than themselves, and even submit to an extraordinarily powerful demon. This is an an instinct bestowed to them by level (← Ji Huan misunderstood it here, it should be the instinct bestowed to them by rank).
All demons have this breath for other demons to judge.
As a human, Ji Huan naturally doesn’t have such a “breath” on his body (at least the little gray devil said he couldn’t feel it). The little gray devil is used to analyzing other demons from their appearance and voice, but Ji Huan can’t understand how demons analyze others through breath.
—Until this moment.
He suddenly understood what that kind of experience felt like.
But he seems to be in trouble right now.
Even if the opponent is weaker than Abu, it is still not an opponent he can handle. Besides, this is the employment market, where he comes to work every day. Every demon here may stand against him, if he is easily suppressed by a demon here today, he will encounter many troubles in the future…
Until this time, Ji Huan was still calmly contemplating the possible consequences of this incident and the countermeasures.
He was also negligent. After working here for such a long time, he only queued up honestly when he first came here. After that, he always came very early every day when the demons hadn’t lined up. And whenever he comes to line up, many demons already know him and never stop him.
It was the first time Ji Huan encountered such a situation where he was stopped by someone.
“What’s the matter?” Ji Huan said in a deep voice after thinking of the worst possible consequences.
“You, the newcomer, should line up at the end.” Ji Huan heard the demon on the opposite side say this.
Ji Huan: “…”
Well, it’s an ignorant young demon who thought he jumped in line.
Ji Huan’s definition of this demon is “Lengtouqing” (people who act without using their brains).
There must be other demons here doubting his behavior, but he was the only one who stood up. He was either very confident in his own strength, or had a somewhat reckless personality. Ji Huan has been working in the testing area for a long time, and his daily job is to judge various demons. Without even realizing it, he had become accustomed to analyzing a demon the moment he met one.
It’s fine in his daily life, but whenever he arrives at the employment market or where he works, this symptom becomes more apparent.
“I’m a staff member, so I don’t need to queue up.” Ji Huan said coldly.
His normal voice already sounds indifferent, and he didn’t even need to be intentional. He already gives people the feeling of being difficult to approach, but when he deliberately acts indifferent, he gives people the feeling that he is not indifferent, but simply cold.
The demon on the opposite side was also frozen by this degree of “high coldness”.
“Staff member? Are you from the recruitment team? They also have to line up! Go and line up over there!” The demon immediately said: “Don’t think that I don’t know anything because I came here for the first time. I already researched a lot before I came here! I know all about the situation here! Don’t try to bully the newcomers and jump in line!”
Ji Huan: “…”
He was a bit speechless.
“I’m a staff member in the testing area. If you’re here for the first time, I suggest you visit me later, get a resume, and confirm my identity by the way.” Ji Huan said coldly.
Then another voice came from the front: “Yes, yes! This demon is a staff member of the testing area, so there is no need to queue up!”
With this voice as an introduction, more and more demons spoke out. They all testified that Ji Huan is the staff here, not a member of the recruitment team, but a real staff in the employment market.
A staff member that doesn’t need to queue up!
So now, the demon who initially called out Ji Huan became the embarrassed one.
The “breath” that was originally directed towards Ji Huan’s body suddenly pressed towards that demon. Upon hearing about Ji Huan’s identity, almost all the demons who had witnessed this incident stood on Ji Huan’s side, and those who had dared to disrespect Ji Huan before became isolated.
That demon was kicked out of the line, and the vacancy left by him was immediately filled by the demon behind.
Grandpa was right. It is better to find a job as a civil servant. Although there are no civil servants in this place, the job in the testing area is really a privileged job, which is equivalent to being a civil servant here.
Hmm… It’s just that the salary is a bit lower.
However, the initial salary of a civil servant is not high.
At this moment, Ji Huan remembered Grandpa’s words.
But he didn’t intend to embarrass the demon.
Nor did he intend to accept the feelings of those demons who testified for him: if those demons really wanted to speak for him, they should have opened their mouths when he was overwhelmed by the other party’s breath, and not deliberately wait for others to speak. Those demons originally wanted to use that demon to test Ji Huan, and by the way, they could also sell him a favor.
This kind of favor will never be appreciated.
So next, Ji Huan simply said to all the demons who were queuing up:
“In the past few days, if someone had come to the testing area, they must’ve found that we have been closed for several days.”
“Today is the day when we resume business, with new testing equipment and more advanced testing experience from outside. Next, we will issue a new kind of personal resume, which will make it easier for everyone to apply for their ideal job.”
“In the coming days, it is expected that the number of demons coming here to test will increase sharply. Demons who do not have a resume yet, and those who want to update their resumes, please queue up early.”
After a very official speech and an advertisement of the testing area by the way, Ji Huan left at his original pace under the gaze of all the demons.
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