"Little handsome guy, don't listen to his nonsense."
The woman glared at the wretched man with a bit of displeasure on her face, and then spoke to Wang Jin with a smile on her face.
"You're a new civil servant, right? The civil service department is over there."
The woman stretched out her slender finger and pointed in one direction, as if she had determined that Wang Jin was a civil servant.
"Did I say something wrong? Little brother, listen to my brother's advice and let's go. You have to live to spend the money."
"Old blind man! Believe it or not, I will sew your mouth shut?"
The woman pinched the man angrily, and the man screamed twice in pain.
Only then did Wang Jin realize that the man who looked wretched and kept glancing around was actually a blind man.
"How do you think I am a clerical student?"
Wang Jin asked curiously.
"Hahaha, there are ten people coming here every day, and nine of them are civil servants. Most of the civil servants are freshly graduated college students. I will just say blind people casually."
The man laughed and explained.
"What about the rest?"
"It's hard to say. It could be a newcomer to the Suppression Department, a scavenger returning from a mission, or a replacement for the rabbits."
"Why not the tuning department?"
"Old blind man!"
The woman covered the blind man's mouth before he could answer. She seemed to feel that Wang Jin asked too many questions and was a little unhappy.
"A civil servant should look like a civil servant. If you ask too many questions, you won't be cute."
The woman stretched out her finger and tapped Wang Jin's nose, then sent the blind man away.
"Let's go, I'll take you to familiarize yourself with the clerical procedures."
"Well, I'm not a civil servant."
Wang Jin noticed that the blind man who had not gone far stopped after hearing these words.
"I'm from the tuning department."
"you..."
Just as the woman's expression turned into surprise, the lights in the entire underground space suddenly turned a dazzling blood red, and at the same time, a piercing siren sounded.
"C-05-96 The Burning Daughter breaks out of containment! All departments should take precautions! Stay away from flammable materials as much as possible! Stay close to the water source around you!"
"Apply for support from the Tuning Department! Apply for support from the Tuning Department!"
"Damn it! The tuning department has gone out on field duty! Should we just send out the rabbits?"
"No! There are still civilians in Area C who have not been evacuated!"
"I can't care less! I want...ah! My legs——!"
The sound of the radio started and stopped suddenly, followed by painful roars and crashes. The heart-rending roars made Wang Jin hair-raising.
Everyone in sight was taking refuge. They wet their bodies with as much water as possible. Even Hu Xiaobei turned into a fox and jumped into the fish tank. His four little paws kept flapping, looking very skillful.
"Damn it, is this such a challenging job on your first day?"
Just as Wang Jin was about to get up and go, Zhao Guangming's words suddenly rang in his head.
"Hide yourself."
"There are too many doubts about Wang Jue's disappearance. We should not be too public until these are investigated."
"well..."
Listening to the bursts of wailing coming from the radio, Wang Jin curled his lips, turned to the woman and asked: "Where is Area C? I'm from the tuning department!"
The woman surnamed Bai was stunned, but she still pointed the direction to Wang Jin.
Wang Jin turned around and was about to run to Area C, but was suddenly stopped by someone.
"Boy! Take this!"
The blind man's voice came, and Wang Jin casually caught what he threw, which was a wet towel.
"Thanks!"
Wang Jin thanked him and ran in the direction the woman pointed. Fortunately, most of the employees took refuge in their own places and the road was not too crowded.
"Grandma, why did your body start acting without permission? It's my first day at work!"
Wang Jin gritted his teeth and ran forward. The further he ran, the higher the temperature became and the stronger the burning smell.
"Ahem, cough! I have finally seen the Burning Daughter."
Wang Jin covered his mouth and nose with a wet towel and quickly closed the distance to the heat source in front of him.
"Ah——! Help me! Help me!"
"Bang!"
Wang Jin saw people with severe burns all over their bodies struggling to fall to the ground. He also saw some people trying to put out the fire, while others were running around crazily and even attacking their colleagues.
Finally, Wang Jin saw a charred humanoid creature from a distance.
It was surrounded by flames, squatting on the ground with its hands on its knees, and seemed to be singing something in its mouth. It also held a box of matches made of unknown material in its hand, and slowly lit it, watching it go out, one by one.
And what is lit with each match is a random item in area c.
Unfortunately, this item also includes human clothing.
For this reason, employees in Zone C are equipped with flame-retardant clothing.
"The clothes are made of special insulating material, but I still feel the heat."
Wang Jin was running while observing the situation of his employees. Suddenly, he stopped in front of a corpse that had committed suicide by drinking a bullet.
"Good brother, please help me, don't blame me."
Wang Jin bent down, quickly put on the body's undamaged thermal insulation suit, and put on an oxygen mask.
Wang Jin dropped the dried towel and continued to move forward.
"Who did the research on flame retardancy and heat insulation? Isn't this treating human life as a child's play?"
Wang Jin looked at the flame-retardant suit he was wearing and shook his head.
"stove."
As Wang Jin got closer, the words in Burning Girl's mouth gradually became clearer, and it was the voice of a little girl.
"call--"
Wang Jin took a deep breath, walked to the Burning Girl, and then sat down side by side with her.
Even though he was wearing insulating clothing, the terrifying heat was still transmitted without any reservation.
"Hello?"
Wang Jin endured the terrifying heat and spoke in as gentle a tone as possible.
"Roast goose."
The Burning Girl said, and then lit another match.
"Um?"
"Christmas tree."
Another match.
"Can't we communicate?"
"grandmother."
"Stop paddling!"
Wang Jin didn't know where he got the courage, he stretched out his hand to stop Burning Girl's match.
For a moment, Wang Jin felt his hand burning hot, then cold, and then lost consciousness.
But he still stretched out his hand stubbornly.
"Shall I take you to eat roast goose?"
Wang Jin tried hard to let a smile appear on his face under the oxygen mask, but the Burning Girl didn't seem to appreciate his kindness.
"stove."
The Burning Girl changed her angle and lit another match.
"Roast goose."
"Stop paddling!"
Wang Jin stretched out his hand to stop him, but his burned hand refused to obey him.
"Christmas tree."
"Stop paddling!"
Wang Jin stretched out his other hand, and after the familiar burning sensation, the other hand temporarily lost its function.
"grandmother."
"I can take you to see your grandma!"
Wang Jin's mind started to heat up and he shouted these words.
The Burning Girl, who had always treated him like nothing, suddenly made a move, and then responded to Wang Jin's words for the first time.
"grandmother?"
"Really. As long as you don't continue to strike matches, let alone see your grandma, you can see whoever's grandma you want."
"How do we meet?"
The Burning Daughter simply ignored the second half of Wang Jin's sentence, but seemed to be very interested in the first half.
When Wang Jin saw it stop striking the match, he felt happy and quickly thought about whether he could stop it from emitting this terrible heat. He couldn't stand it anymore.
"Ahem, grandma, she lives in the countryside and has to take a carriage. You see, you are so hot that we can't take the carriage, right?"
"oh."
The Burning Girl nodded, and the flames around her body suddenly rose and fell, and then she turned into a little girl with blond hair and blue eyes wearing rags.