Chapter 28: Hitting a Wall
Adventuring in the Astral Plane, teaming up is the mainstream.
The Recruitment Center is where the team recruits members, and is run by the ADC's Inhuman Guild, which is politically neutral and does not favor any country.
The largest recruitment center on the planet is a virtual cyberspace.
Most hunting teams and astral exploration groups will make announcements in the recruitment center.
Inhumans can also register and edit their own information materials, just like a public resume, for others to view, hoping to be favored by large companies and groups, tap potential, and sign contracts for training.
However, most of this work has been done on Earth.
Olympia doesn't have the convenience and efficiency of the internet, but there are hundreds of recruitment centers, and it's usually where people are recruited when there is a temporary shortage of talent. In addition to recruitment centers, inns, hotels, and bars where Inhumans gather sometimes serve as recruitment venues.
On the other hand, some teams that break the law, whose identities are not visible, or who are engaged in underground missions, do not want to leave a trace on the Internet, and will also recruit people in Olympia.
Ji Xinghuo belongs to the stranger whose identity is more troublesome.
He couldn't sign a formal contract, so all the registered teams formed by companies and large groups were lost.
This recruitment center is like a bar.
Ji Xinghuo walked into the hall, his eyes swept away, dozens of tables were neatly arranged, the small half was already full of people, strangers sat around the table, some drank, some ate, eating and drinking while talking, the atmosphere was quite warm.
On the walls around the hall, there are whiteboards with marker pen writing on them, large and small, but the content has a certain format.
"Urgently recruit an iron guard, senior or above, temporary mission, loot principle plus 100,000 additional rewards, if you are interested, please come to table 20 to discuss."
"Looking for a shooter, long-term cooperation, at least intermediate, table 17."
"Long-term recruitment of Witch Planters, Intermediate, Table 8."
"Come to a super flying step, the treatment is negotiable, consult the lobby manager of our store for details."
"Recruit White Knights......
The text on the whiteboard may be long or short, but it is clear and concise to list the key information, career template, rank, whether it is a temporary task or a long-term cooperation, salary, contact information, etc.
Ji Xinghuo sat down at an empty table.
He ordered a special set meal from Olympia City, then slowly watched the whiteboard on the wall while listening to the chatter of others in the hall.
The recruitment information is much the same.
Ji Xinghuo looked at some of them and found that the most sought-after were two types of occupations.
One is with healing abilities, such as the White Knight, the Witch Planter, and the Black Cardinal; There is also a type of shooter, rangers and stalkers are more common, and mechanics who use steam rifles also have strong ranged attack power.
Both types of Inhumans are scarce, but they are indispensable characters in the team.
However......
Ji Xinghuo was a little helpless in his heart, almost every recruitment information on the whiteboard required intermediate, which was the lowest rank requirement.
And I'm just a beginner.
Although he thinks that with his strength, he is no less than an intermediate Inhuman, and even shot a Super Inhuman, but others don't know it and can't say it.
At this time, the waiter brought a set meal.
Ji Xinghuo continued to check the recruitment information on the wall while eating.
In addition to the recruitment information posted by the team, there are also some Inhumans who write down their careers, abilities, and past records, waiting for the team to find them themselves.
The strength of this type of Inhuman is either very strong, at least advanced, or it is a scarce profession that is very sought-after.
When Ji Xinghuo finished eating, he also read all the recruitment boards.
But none of them could meet the requirements.
"It seems that I can only recommend myself." Ji Xinghuo was not surprised by this, after all, the strength of the junior aliens was still a little worse.
He got up and walked to a table not far away, where four people, three men and one woman, were seated.
When he was eating just now, Ji Xinghuo noticed them, there was their recruitment information on the wall, they needed a shooter, and they asked for an intermediate level.
"Hello."
As soon as Ji Xinghuo got close to the other party, he noticed that a man who was obviously the captain stood up.
He was a burly man, carrying a heavy two-handed sword, but he was not wearing armor, but a fiber combat suit that was not very defensive. He had a smile on his face, but his gaze was very sharp, as if it could pierce people's hearts, causing an inexplicable sense of oppression.
Ji Xinghuo could see before he came over that this man was a high-ranking black-clothed cardinal.
The black-clothed bishop not only has the ability to heal injuries, but also has a strong strength of his own, with an attack power no less than that of a giant general, and his overall combat effectiveness is extremely high.
"Hello." The man smiled and asked, "You came to apply?" ”
The three strangers at the table all looked over.
"Yes." Ji Xinghuo nodded and introduced himself: "I am a ranger, and I should be able to meet your recruitment requirements." ”
The black-clothed cardinal looked him up and down, his brow furrowed slightly, "What rank are you?" ”
"Elementary." Ji Xinghuo replied truthfully, and immediately added: "My strength is definitely not inferior to any intermediate ranger, you can test it......"
Before he could finish his sentence, the cardinal in black interrupted.
"Young people, our team only needs shooters above the intermediate level, which is the most basic requirement." The black-clothed cardinal was obviously not interested in listening to Ji Xinghuo's words, and said lightly: "And we don't want novices, I'm sorry." With that, he sat down again and turned his head.
His three teammates also shook their heads, reluctant to talk more.
"Excuse me."
Ji Xinghuo could only turn around and leave, and just after taking two steps, a contemptuous laugh came from behind him.
He just didn't hear it.
Next, Ji Xinghuo contacted several teams that needed shooters, but without exception, as soon as the other party heard that he was a junior alien, he immediately refused.
Even though Ji Xinghuo has repeatedly emphasized that his strength is far superior to that of the junior Inhuman, no team is willing to give him a chance.
Instead, he was mocked several times.
Ji Xinghuo knows very well what the problem is.
In addition to the fact that the rank is too low, the equipment on his body is too new, and there is no trace left by the battle, and others can see at a glance that he is a novice.
A rookie, and just a junior alien.
Joining the team will not only delay your feet, but you may also lose your life, and the whole team will be implicated.
Ji Xinghuo left this recruitment center and went to the next one.
Throughout the starry night, he changed five recruitment centers and several hotels and bars in a row, but he repeatedly hit a wall, and none of the teams were willing to accept him.
However, Ji Xinghuo was not discouraged.
Next.
Ji Xinghuo went out as soon as dawn, and from day to starry night, he walked through more than a dozen recruitment centers for more than 30 hours, but there was still no result.
In the past two days, he has recommended himself everywhere, and many people have seen it as a joke in their eyes, and it has spread in a few neighborhoods.
There were a few times when the other party rejected me before I could open my mouth.
Ji Xinghuo came out of a recruitment center, raised his hand and looked at the mechanical watch, there were still two hours before the starry night was about to pass, and it was dark night.
"Eat first."
He could have eaten at the recruitment center, but the ridicule of others kept drifting in, which really made him unappetizing.
Walking into the restaurant next to him, Ji Xinghuo sat down and looked at the starlight outside the window, and couldn't help sighing.
"Am I going to be a loner?"
His heart came alive.
In fact, although lone strangers are relatively rare, they are not very rare.
The Inhumans who dare to wander, adventure, and hunt alone in the astral realm are all the best among the Inhumans, and their strength is far superior to that of the same level of Inhumans.
The more powerful the Inhuman, the more they prefer to act alone.
But in the early stage, when the strength is still very low, it is best for the Inhumans to act in a team. Even those powerful Inhumans had to join the team when they first entered the Star Plane, and most of the Inhumans who had gone alone from the beginning died.
Ji Xinghuo is very confident in himself.
As long as you are cautious and don't go too far from the areas that humans have explored, or enter high-risk areas, there should be no problem.
But everything is afraid of what happens.
He has watched a lot of videos and learned a lot on Earth.
Survival skills in the wild, astral geography, camp selection, animal and plant identification, hunting skills and details, astral alien customs, xenogathering, etc., and also mastered the three astral languages, what should be seen and learned, all done.
But that's just on paper.
When it comes to practice, there will inevitably be all kinds of surprises and unknowns.
If you have an experienced senior to guide you and have teammates around to help you, you will not only improve faster, but also be safer.
Ji Xinghuo didn't want to hang up at a young age.
"Now there are two options."
As he ate his food, he thought, "I'll continue to look for a team tomorrow, but I'll have to move to another part of the city." If after ten days, there is still no team asking for me, then I will not go out, I will cultivate in Olympia and be promoted to the intermediate alien. ”
"Or, pay a team to hunt in a relatively safe area around Olympia and accumulate enough experience to go it alone."
"Make a decision in 10 days......"
Ji Xinghuo suddenly noticed something, and turned his head to look at the door.
A figure came in from the door of the restaurant, and it was a woman who could be seen from her slender and sturdy figure.
She is in her early seventies at one meter tall, wearing a common women's combat uniform, a loose top covering a close-fitting undershirt, no curves can be seen, a half-tuxedo skirt with a short front and a long back, pants inside, and a pair of combat boots on her feet, but it does not prevent her from seeing that she has slender calves.
She wore a cloth hat on her head, with a layer of fine yarn hanging from the edges, blocking the left and right directions, and only a gap in the front.
But Ji Xinghuo couldn't see her full picture.
Because her face was covered with a cyan scarf, which covered most of her face, and even her neck was tightly covered, revealing only a pair of eyes.
Dressing up like this is not uncommon in Olympia, and many people don't want to be seen by others, especially female aliens, which can reduce a lot of trouble.
However, Ji Xinghuo just glanced at these eyes, and he was amazed in his heart.
The eyes are the windows to the soul.
The eyes are also the soul of a person's face, capable of conveying complex emotions that go far beyond vision, and sometimes speak more than the mouth.
Ji Xinghuo also noticed that there was a blooming peach blossom in the center of her eyebrows.
Five pink petals surround the cyan stamens, lifelike, adding a few wisps of charm to this beautiful pair of eyes.
"This should be an outward representation of some kind of ability."
Ji Xinghuo guessed in his heart and couldn't help thinking, "She should be a big beauty." Of course, it is also possible that I don't look good, just like ordinary people look better when they wear masks, and the 'partial information effect' makes up for it in my own brain. ”
After reading it, he immediately withdrew his gaze.
One is because of impoliteness.
The second is that the magnetic field induction found that this woman's strength is very strong, and she must be super inhuman.
And it is far better than all the super Inhumans, much more powerful than the Super Inhumans I have seen in the past few days.
This kind of person can't be provoked.
Ji Xinghuo turned around and was about to continue eating, when he suddenly found that the other party seemed to be coming towards him.
He couldn't help but stop his chopsticks and watched her walk to his table and sit down opposite, a tactful voice came from under the scarf: "Mr. Ji, are you looking for a team?" ”