Chapter 2: Life and Death in Officialdom

  "There are nine goddesses' information in the system, all of whom exist in reality and were selected from around the world. I can help the master pursue these goddesses."

  "How can I help?" Xuan Taoming's heart moved, global goddess, what standard was used to select them? It's best not to have blacks, and it's also best not to have island nations, the reason is understood by everyone.

  "I will provide a complete strategy guide, teaching the master how to proceed step by step, ultimately pursuing the goddess and fulfilling my mission."

  "What's the success rate?" Xuan Taoming's eyes lit up.

  "In theory, one hundred percent."

  Xuan Taoming was so excited that he almost jumped for joy. Didn't this mean that the goddess was about to fall into his hands?

  "Quickly show me which goddesses they are and when we can start? I'm so eager!"

  "Please choose the number of strategies, one to nine."

  Xuan Taoming wanted to say that, in line with the general understanding, monogamy is the way. But the next moment he suddenly remembered a quote from a great man "A man who doesn't want to get married isn't a good man!"

  "Nine!" Xuan Taoming felt that as a man, he should be a good man!

  "Please sign the contract, master."

  Staring at the three-meter-long contract in front of him, Xuan Tai Ming skipped over the middle clauses and went straight to the last page, signing his name with a flourish, gazing longingly at the beautiful woman in front of him.

  "Congratulations, master. The all-purpose navigation instrument has been successfully activated. You can call me Xiao Yi from now on. Starting today, I will help you pursue the nine goddesses within a year."

  Xuan Taoming's eyes shone brightly: "The service attitude is really good, 9 yuan a year. It seems that in two months, I can get rid of one white radish!"

  "The master misunderstood, Xiaoyi's meaning is that she will help the master for a year, but does not guarantee that he will be able to pursue her within a year."

  Xuan Taoming was shocked: "What does it mean? Do you have an expiration date for use?"

  "It's not that Xiao Yi has an expiration date, but rather that her master only had one year of life left, and after a year passed, the master died."

  "Ah! Tell me clearly!" Xuan Taoming jumped up suddenly "I'm in good health, how can I only live for one year?"

  "It's written in the contract, didn't you see it? One goddess is a ten-year stake, and the master chose nine at once, directly deducting ninety years of life. In theory, the master's lifespan has been deducted completely, but to ensure the master's rights are maximally protected, an extra year was left for the master to try."

  Xuan Taoming shouted loudly: "I'm telling you, this is a naked scam! I won't do it, I want to re-sign the contract!"

  "Sorry master, the contract can only be signed once, unless the master breaches it."

  "Then I'll break the promise!" Xuan Taoming didn't have a good habit of exchanging his life for credibility.

  "In case of breach, the all-purpose navigator will initiate self-destruction program and perish together with the carrier."

  Xuan Taoming's face turned pale with cold sweat: "Are you going to blow my head off?"

  "Sorry master, this is program settings."

  Xuan Taoming fell weakly to the ground, I'm still young, I'm still in my prime, there are so many cabbages waiting for me to pick them up!

  "One year! It's only been a year, and you're already left with nothing but a pitiful one year. Ah, my dear cabbages, I declare that I regret it too much! Regret why didn't I guard you when you were still young, now that you've grown up, even the roots are gone! Beautiful women are the foundation of life, and must be grasped from childhood! Heaven, I regret it!"

  Just as Mingwu was proclaiming his life philosophy that beautiful women should be raised from loli, Xiao Yi spoke up again.

  "Master, if I can pursue a goddess within a year, I can return ten years of lifespan."

  "Ah! Why didn't you say so earlier!" Xuan Taoming was overjoyed, it wasn't a dead end after all. As long as he could get rid of one Goddess White Cabbage, he could live for another ten years, and then continue to get rid of more in the next ten years, eventually living several decades longer.

  "Right, what if these goddesses are poached by others?" Xuan Taoming suddenly thought of a problem.

  "Wasting ten years of chips."

  Xuan Taoming's face turned somewhat unsightly, and he clenched his fists tightly: "Whoever dares to snatch my goddess will be killed without pardon, because what you're snatching isn't a goddess, but the life of your old man!"

  "So tell me quickly, how to chase a goddess, which one?"

  "The master is in the initial state and can only randomly display information about three of the goddesses."

  Xuan Tai Ming nodded slightly.

  "The First Princess, Luo Yu..."

  "Wait a minute! Is the First Princess one of the Nine Goddesses?" Xuan Taoming exclaimed in surprise.

  "Yes, master."

  Xuan Taoming lay directly on the bed, with a "come and get me" attitude: "Come on, blow my head off, it's better than being hacked to death, then dismembered, and finally fed to dogs."

  "Yes, Master, self-destruct sequence is about to be initiated."

  "Hey! Wait a minute, can't you hear the joke...?" Xuan Taoming hastily stopped and muttered discontentedly.

  "The First Beauty in Politics, Fang Weixue..."

  "The number one beauty in the business world, Qiu Xiao Ye..."

  Qiu Xiao Xie Yan Taoming didn't know which side was sacred, but the first beauty in the political circle, he had seen some art books, indeed a beautiful person like a fairy, enough to be on the cover of Time magazine. He couldn't help but exclaim: "Are you talking about our Tiānshān Province Deputy Governor, 28-year-old official beauty Fang Weixue?"

  "Yes, master."

  Xuan Tai Ming was about to vomit blood, and viciously said: "How could I possibly chase after her? She's a provincial governor, radiant with glory, while I couldn't even get within 100 meters of her without being killed!"

  "Don't worry, master, Xiao Yi has prepared a strategy route and can pursue it."

  "Hmph! The premise is that no one else is chasing you, right?"

  "Yes, master!"

  Xuan Tai Ming could only bitterly smile. There isn't a single goddess who is simple. To put it another way, if a goddess were simple, she would have either been snatched up already or become a weed by the roadside.

  "Tell me about your general strategy."

  "It is the master, first with money, second with power, third, the master's self-quality."

  "Hmph! Talking is useless, I want to have money and power, what goddess can't be obtained?" Xuan Taoming felt that he had been deceived, and almost all of his life was deceived away.

  "Based on the current situation of the master, I provided the best route, allowing the master to have both power and money, making it convenient for future strategy routes."

  "Oh, you can also make me rich and powerful, can't you help me win the lottery? Dig up antiques? Or rob a bank?" Xuan Taoming raised a small glimmer of hope.

  "Sorry master, I don't have precognitive abilities, nor can I see through things, and I certainly don't have martial arts skills. All I can do is provide possible routes for you based on the information around you."

  Xuan Tai Ming suddenly felt a wave of disappointment: "Then what else can I hear? What other way is there to have both power and money?"

  "Be an official."

  Xuan Taoming smiled wryly and said, "I never thought of becoming an official, I don't have the slightest quality for it, how can I get into the official circle, and after getting in, how can I climb up? I've heard that mixing with officials is very difficult."

  "Xiao Yi will provide the best route for the owner at any time and remind them of obstacles on the road in a timely manner. Xiao Yi can navigate for the director in all aspects."

  Xuan Taoming blinked: "Is that so? But I have no way in, can't get into the official circle, having you is also useless."

  "Master, according to the civil servant information I automatically searched for, Dongshan City Meishan County Investment Promotion Bureau is recruiting a business clerk for the Investment Promotion Bureau. The exam will be held in two days' time, and tomorrow is the deadline for registration."

  "Huh? Meishan County?" Xuan Taoming was somewhat unwilling. Going to a county to be a civil servant, no future!

  "Right, I haven't prepared materials either, isn't it too late to take the exam?" Xuan Taoming thought of another problem.

  "Don't worry, owner, just upload all the civil service exam materials here and I will automatically generate the corresponding answers during the exam."

  Xuan Tai Ming's eyes widened, if he had met you a few years earlier, getting into Tsinghua or Peking University wouldn't have been a problem! Who knows, by now he might already be holding a glittering graduation certificate in one hand and embracing his beloved in the other.

  It turned out that without Xiao Yi, Xuan Taoming would not have been able to become a civil servant. Xuan Taoming took a look at the civil service exam information and found that there were tens of thousands of pages of materials, which he couldn't finish reading even if he stayed up for three days and nights. After reading a few pages, Xuan Taoming's eyes welled up with tears, it was too difficult... Relying on the developed network, past exam questions, relevant materials, all were sent to Xiao Yi in one go.

  Moreover, facts have once again proven that if Xiao Yi had appeared a few years earlier, Xuan Taoming might have already taken the championship of Tsinghua and Beida.

  The test papers on the table, Xuan Taoming had barely looked at the questions clearly, and the little instrument in his mind quickly organized the answers through the feedback information. This was also true for language and logic aspects, and the answers were quite standard. Even the argumentation was the same, and with a flicker of an eye, a material about "the old man on the roadside with no one to save" appeared in his mind, which was compiled into an article related to spiritual construction.

  The whole examination room, with thirty or forty people, Xuan Tai Ming was the first to hand in his paper, stunning the invigilating teacher's eyes, and yet less than half of the time had passed.

  Seven days later, the written test results came out. Xuan Taoming's eyebrows were deeply furrowed as he stared at the score announcement table - he had only come in second in the written test! It was well known that his answers were all generated by computer programming, and the front section was not even worth mentioning, with absolutely high scores guaranteed. The section on policy argumentation was also summarized from a large amount of data, and whether it was logic, language or most importantly, depth of content, it was absolutely stronger than ordinary people's, unless this person's ability surpassed that of computers.

  "This is a naked insider, I'm going to report it!" Xuan Taoming frowned, this time the Meishan County Investment Promotion Bureau only recruited one person, if that person was an insider, he almost had no chance.

  More than 200 people signed up for the Mingshan County Commerce Bureau civil servant position this time, which shows that this position is still very popular. The Commerce Bureau, after all, has corresponding bonuses for attracting foreign investment to set up factories and enterprises. Of course, in theory, a regular grassroots clerk usually only handles logistics, finance, etc., and it's usually the director or deputy director who takes charge. If you want to get bonuses inside, wait until you become a leader.

  Xuan Taoming's chances of getting the bonus are secondary, the key is to get promoted and touch Fang Weixue, this goddess, as soon as possible, exchange some chips to save his life. Of course, if he can take down the other goddesses along the way, that would be even better.

  In short, being an official was not what Taoming had in mind. He was forced to be an official and forced to chase after the goddess, all for the sake of his life!

  His little life encountered a small setback in the interview half a month later.