Chapter IV Welcome Ceremony and Fifth Combat Group
"Sir, sir......"
A knock sounded outside the door.
The black-haired man rolled over and got up to open the door after putting on his shoes.
"Mr. 17, please come with me to the lobby to prepare for the welcome ceremony in the afternoon."
"Well, thank you for your hard work." The man nodded slightly to Jeff.
"Ahh No, no, no, that's what I'm supposed to do. Jeff waved his hand repeatedly, a little flattered.
It doesn't matter, everyone takes what they need, I work for you, you provide me with a comfortable living environment and respect.
After thinking about this, the man seemed to be much more cheerful.
Jeff looked only 16 or 7 years old, with a young velvet beard on his face, but he was not ambiguous at all, and when he arrived at the lobby, he quickly completed the final arrangement of the venue with the bearded manager named "Locke".
"Didi-" The information panel popped up in front of the man.
"Mr. 17, are you sleeping well? I don't know if you have chosen your name? If so, can I introduce your name to the welcome ceremony in the afternoon? On the information panel, Caroline sent such a sentence, revealing a restrained meaning between the lines.
"It's chosen, but I want to announce it myself." The black-haired man replied, realizing that something was wrong, and added, "Is that okay?" ”
"Okay~" Caroline replied quickly.
At two o'clock in the afternoon, the countdown of the electronic clock hanging in the lobby jumped to 2 o'clock, and the venue resounded with loud applause.
Caroline walked up the stairs and stood on the platform to preside over the welcoming ceremony. The two rows of neat spectators in the audience were more than 100 people in the shelter, except for all the staff of the combat team and the security team.
At the beginning of the conference, Caroline was very skillful in her off-script speech, from the creation of Vault 125 to the birth of the first System Warrior and the dangers involved. The employees at the bottom were also very cooperative and applauded from time to time.
"Today, our Vault is finally welcoming our fifth warrior! We asked him to press the button that symbolized the formation of the Fifth Combat Group. ”
The applause was thunderous, and the cheers came one after another, and the black-haired men could see that their joy was sincere.
Walking up to the stage and accepting the eager eyes of the audience below, the man took a deep breath and slowly pressed the dark red button in front of him. A systematic voice sounded above the lobby: "The Fifth Combat Group has been formed. ”
It seemed that something had been ignited, and the audience suddenly became noisy and boiling. Caroline waved her hand to signal silence in the audience.
"My name is Ethan, and I'm ...... The meaning of the sun. A man's magnetic voice came out of the microphone.
More than 100 people below, including the system warrior named 'Athera', were quietly listening to his speech, looking forward to what was to come.
After saying this, the man turned his head to look at Caroline on the side in a daze, and asked, "Uh, do I have anything else to say?" ”
Caroline chuckled and whispered, "Tell us, why did you choose that name?" ”
Although Caroline spoke quietly, the voice was heard through the microphone. Why the name? He rejected the suggestion of 'Tolford', so everyone wondered what had led him to choose a different name.
"Because it sounds good." Ethan replied as he should.
I thought there would be some special reason for this, but it was really unexpected to hear such an answer.
The air was silent for a few seconds, and just as Caroline was about to grab the microphone and say something to round the field, the rescuer came.
"The second combat team returned to the shelter, and the items obtained have been stored in the storage room."
"The 3rd Operations Group returned to the shelter and the items obtained have been stored in the storage room."
Two system announcements rang out one after the other, drawing the attention of everyone in the shelter to the past.
Directly opposite the lobby, there are four elevator-style portals, the second and third doors open with a "boom", accompanied by two gradually brightening white lights, two teams of people suddenly appear in the shelter.
"Kevin! Cal! Athera, who was sitting in the first row, shouted.
"How's this trip?"
"It's okay, I have gained a lot."
"Sister Arthur! Why are so many people welcoming the ceremony? Someone new!? ”
Several people were talking in the air, and the blonde sturdy man walking in front of the team was Kevin, and the brown-haired man behind him was naturally Carl, the third system warrior in the shelter.
Carl stood in the last row of his seats with interest and looked at Ethan on the stage with a smile.
Kevin also led the team to stand in the back row, waved his hand to the people who hurriedly got up to give them their places, motioned for them to sit down, and also looked at Ethan on the stage with an excited look.
"Finally a newcomer." Karl said to his companions.
"yes." The people around echoed him, and he seemed to have a feeling.
Attention followed Kevin and Carl's gaze back to the high platform in the lobby. Caroline took the microphone and motioned for the staff to take Ethan off the stage to rest, and this staff member was naturally Ethan's entourage Jeff.
The welcome ceremony continued, and the next link was the formation of the combat team. In addition to the appearance of the system fighters at each welcome ceremony, the formation of this new combat team is the most important part, because it is related to the future and fate of the unemployed mobile personnel in the shelter.
Unemployed mobile workers are people who do not have a stable job, and they are people who have passed the examination to obtain the qualification to live in the shelter, but because they are lucky and have the skills to do the work in the shelter, they act as assistants and miscellaneous servants. Many of these mobile personnel have some good abilities and experience, but they are only temporarily working as mobile personnel because of the lack of jobs in the shelter.
An unemployed mobile worker's daily salary is only 40-60 points, which is just enough to solve two meals a day, and it is a luxury to buy two beautiful small accessories and clothes. After becoming a regular employee, the daily salary rises to 120-300 points, and as the top job among regular employees, the benefits of the combat team members are very eye-catching. The daily salary of the in-house technicians in the combat team is 300 points, and the senior technicians can even earn as many as 400 points. In addition to a salary of 500-800 points per day, field combatants, who are the most dangerous in nature, also have a lot of rest and exercise time, and once a year have a three-day vacation and leisure opportunity in other large shelters.
And it is very important that as a staff member of the combat group, the status is higher, and the content of the daily work is also very important and meaningful. Compared with those jobs that bury their heads in the ground all day long and can't see the outside world, this kind of work is more pursuitful.
Undoubtedly, this is a job that is coveted by all unemployed mobile personnel and even regular employees in the shelter, even if the job itself is very dangerous.
"The list of candidates for the fifth combat group is as follows: Jean, Jack, and Charina......" Caroline read into the system panel in front of her, a group of people who had performed better among the mobile personnel in the last quarter.
The people who were read it were excited and shouted excitedly.
Soon, the list of 15 people was read.
Ethan noticed that Jeff, who had been clenching his fists beside him, turned pale after listening to the shortlist, and sighed in disappointment.
"Don't be discouraged if you don't get selected, behave well, and the next time you form a combat team, you'll have a chance."
"Okay, this welcome ceremony is over, and those who read their names just now will immediately go to Conference Room 1 to prepare for the next assessment." Caroline announced.