Chapter 4: The Pugilistic World

  Seeing Bofan's virtual pen moving non-stop on the test paper, the strokes seemed to be drawing a picture.

  Xia Xiaoxue, who was in charge of the assessment, and Xue Mei'er couldn't help but exchange a glance, with a hint of surprise flashing in their eyes.

  To know that this is not the era before the Dark Ages, the Dark Ages of killing and conquest for hundreds of years, let human civilization be destroyed in an instant.

  Even in the early days of the Dark Age, to resist the endless hordes of zombies, the remaining human government did not hesitate to use powerful nuclear weapons to attack, destroying many zombies and cities at once.

  Furthermore, the rampage of powerful zombies and mutated beasts afterwards completely destroyed the remaining cities in an instant. The mutation of the natural environment also caused plants to grow wildly, once again turning the cities into lush forests.

  Therefore, in modern times three hundred years later, the cultural heritage passed down by humans is mostly lost, with only a small fraction remaining. Moreover, even among the surviving cultural classics, many are incomplete and fragmented.

  Bu Fan didn't know that these extremely simple questions had caused such a huge shock to Xia Xue and Xue Mei.

  "Ah, no!" Bu Fang, who was in the middle of answering questions, inadvertently glanced at Xiaoxue and Xuerong, and was suddenly shocked by their expressions.

  The cultural memories of this era immediately emerged in his mind, making him secretly lament.

  Just now, he couldn't help but try again, and with a flourish of his pen, he wrote out the answers one by one. Even for many vague and incomplete questions, he still managed to come up with multiple answers, showing off his vast knowledge and great talent.

  Now it seems that cleverness is being misled by cleverness itself!

  Unfortunately, this is not a real paper and pen test, there is no chance for him to modify it, the questions that have been answered cannot be modified.

  Fortunately, after thinking of that point earlier, Bu Fan began to answer carefully in the following questions, and even for some questions, he only used rough descriptions to answer the concise answers that met the requirements.

  "Huh? How did this kid's movements suddenly change, could it be that he won't answer the remaining questions? However, it's also possible that the last few questions were retrieved from the cultural archives of the Federation, and with his identity, it's impossible for him to see those culturally transmitted classics, so it's only natural that he can't answer them!"

  Seeing Bu Fan's movements suddenly slow down, Xue Mei'er's eyes first showed a hint of surprise, her eyebrows slightly furrowed, and then seemed to think of something, her eyebrows slowly relaxed.

  "Done!" Bufen gently pushed the test paper over after finishing the entire set with great effort.

  As soon as Bu Fan finished, Xia Xiao Xue hastily took over his test paper and began to check it against the answers.

  This look, was shocked, only to see the front topic, step by step densely filled with answers, many also attached other answers, let Xia Xiao Xue's eyebrows furrowed.

  "Bofan, what kind of ridiculous answer is this? You've written so much nonsense, some of which doesn't even exist! Like the gender of the number one master in 'The Smiling, Proud Wanderer'! You answered that it's neither male nor female, what do you mean by neither male nor female? Dongfang Bubai is clearly a woman!" Xia Xiaoxue angrily pointed at some questions on the test paper and scolded Bofan.

  Bu Fan was taken aback, Dongfang Bubai is a woman? What the hell, when did Dongfang Bubai become a woman? Bu Fan roared in his heart.

  No, Dongfang Bubai is actually a female version, being made fun of by "Yu Ma" as a woman. Could it be that this little girl saw the Yu Ma version of "The Smiling, Proud Wanderer"?

  While Bu Fan was pondering Xia Xue's words, on the other side, Xue Mei was also thinking about Bu Fan's answer.

  "How did he know that Dongfang Bubai was a transsexual man? Did he read the original 'The Smiling, Proud Wanderer'?" Xue Mei'er thought curiously again as she looked at Bu Fan's immature face.

  To know that the original version of "The Smiling, Proud Wanderer" is a precious cultural relic, sealed in the Federal Museum, without certain identity permissions, it is impossible to view these precious originals.

  "Bu Fan, how did you know that Dongfang Bu Bai is neither male nor female?" Xue Mei'er suddenly asked, turning to Bu Fan.

  "Oh, I also heard it by chance. Once while browsing the Sky Web, I unexpectedly saw an adventurer telling stories there, and among them was this Dongfang Bubai, so I remembered!" Bu Fan had already thought of a set of excuses in his heart, and immediately replied calmly.

  "Oh!" Xue Mei'er nodded lightly, but the doubts in her mind did not disperse. This kid was clearly making excuses, but he didn't want to say anything, and Xue Mei'er wasn't in a hurry either. There would be plenty of time to get it out of him later.

  "Alright, Xiaoxue, don't nitpick anymore. Bufen's assessment score is already enough to pass our recruitment. However, I'd like to ask, Mr. Bufen really has no objections to our treatment? Our monthly basic salary is only 300 credit points!" Xue Mei'er intercepted Xiaoxue who still wanted to bother Bufen and asked solemnly.

  "No objection, I think, after Snow Miss verified my identity information, she will know that the monthly salary of 300 points is also a huge asset for me!" Bu Fan said with a wry smile.

  "In that case, please tell me your ID code, Mr. Bu Fan, and we can verify our identities while signing the cooperation contract!" Xue Mei'er stretched out her snowy white jade hand, smiling lightly at Bu Fan.

  "Is this really a successful job application?" Perhaps it was because he felt that success had come too suddenly, but Bu Fan instead felt a sense of unreality.

  "May I ask, what exactly is the content of my work?" Bufen finally couldn't bear the doubts in his heart and asked the two beautiful women in front of him.

  "Don't worry, I won't let you do anything dangerous, it's just a game!" Xiaoxue responded to Bufen's question with a roll of her eyes, looking like she didn't think much of him.

  Although Bu Fan also disliked Xia Xiao Xue's inexplicable targeting, the current situation was that he had to lower his head under someone else's roof, so he could only pretend not to see.

  Upon hearing Xia Xiao Xue's words, Xue Mei Er shook her head helplessly and then smiled at Bu Fan, saying in a soft voice: "Mr. Bu Fan, what I'm about to tell you can be considered a secret of the Eighth Base City, so please keep it confidential!"

  One smile to conquer the city!

  Xuemiao's smile made Bu Fan's mind suddenly flash with this phrase, but soon he adjusted his mood and shrugged his shoulders, opening his hands: "Of course, I don't want to ruin my own rice bowl!"

  "What Xiaoxue said is right, we hired Mr. Bu Fan to let you play a game!" Xue Mei slowly and gently explained the situation.

  It turned out that the Federal Government of Humanity had just recently developed a new virtual network game called "Evolution", and within "Evolution" there were two worlds: "Jianghu" with an ancient Eastern martial arts culture background, and "Holy Temple" with an ancient Western magical culture background. Xia Xiao Xue and her friends were going to play the one with the ancient Eastern cultural background, "Jianghu".

  "Due to the current circumstances, the game hasn't been fully promoted yet, so the information about it is only being spread within a small circle. Only some of the major powers in the big cities know about this news, so we hope that Mr. Bu Fan can keep it confidential for now and avoid causing a stir!" Xue Mei finally said to Bu Fan in a soft voice.

  "Alright, I understand, Miss Xue, don't worry, I definitely won't spread it out!" Bu Fan nodded and said solemnly.

  "Hehe, no need to be so polite. Once we enter the studio, we're comrades in arms! You can just call me Mei'er Sister from now on! I'll send you the address right now, and later you can come directly to our studio's address!" Xue Mei'er said with a smile as she sent the studio's address to Bu Fan.

  "Thank you, Mei'er sister, I know! I'll be right there!" Bu Fan said gratefully. He could tell that the stunning woman in front of him had a gentle personality and was somewhat caring.

  "Hmph, brown-noser!" Xia Xiao Xue muttered discontentedly from the side.

  "Alright then, we'll wait for you at the studio, hurry up and come over, see you!" Xue Mei'er said with a smile to Bu Fan.

  Bo Fan nodded gratefully and then turned around and walked out, preparing to go back and pack his things, heading to his workplace.