When Qi Ji heard this, he immediately ruled it out.
It's not that she thinks this job is not decent, but if one uses the strength and physical fitness of a normal person, the income is too low. A whole day's work can only earn at most ten ferrums, which is not even enough for a night's stay in a hotel.
But if you display your extraordinary physique, it would be too high-profile and would attract too much unnecessary attention.
This is Sunset Harbor, only a few hundred kilometers away from the headquarters church of the Sunset Spiritual Society.
Amon, the "God of Dusk and Decay", might be watching this piece of land, so we can't waste time here.
Pass!
Perhaps knowing that the other party would not be interested in this option, the man shrugged his shoulders and did not explain in detail. He immediately said:
"Secondly, there are many small restaurants in the Negan District, and most of them are short of staff. You can go there and work as a waiter. The salary is not bad, and the bosses there rarely bother about whether you have ID or not.
"I think this is a good fit for you. A pretty girl like you, the boss should be happy to hire you. The only thing you should pay attention to is that you'd better choose a female boss, otherwise... well, you have to be mentally prepared."
I didn’t think too much about this Qi Ji and ruled it out.
Being a waiter for others, not to mention the unspoken rules, the biggest problem is the lack of freedom!
For this kind of work, daily wages are rarely paid. Most people pay weekly or even monthly wages, and all income from the previous few months may even be withheld.
Qi Ji can't just leave whenever he wants, otherwise he won't be able to get the money for this pay period through conventional means.
Pass!
"Finally..."
The man stroked his chin, hesitated for a moment, a strange expression appeared on his face, and then he said jokingly:
"In the Garland area, under the overpass, there are occasionally some 'evil spirits' recruiting members, and often poor people with nothing, nowhere to go, and wanting to try their luck go there...
"However, most of them were unsuccessful and probably ended up with the fish at the bottom of the inland sea."
"Poisonous evil?"
Hearing a completely unfamiliar term, Qi Ji's eyes widened a little.
"Yes, poison."
The man repeated it, his pronunciation a little awkward, as if the word was unfamiliar to him:
"This is a group of guys who call themselves 'Disaster Agents'."
Without waiting for Qi Ji to ask, he explained himself:
“No one knows what they want to do, but the only thing that is certain is that they sometimes appear somewhere in the city and post paid commissions, accepting anyone who comes, even homeless people.
"As for the specific content of the commission... it is said that there is no pattern. Some are very sparse and ordinary trivial matters, some are very complicated and brain-burning but not very dangerous tasks, and some are scary, such as assassinating a certain congressman...
"But one thing they all have in common is that the pay is pretty attractive."
Qi Ji heard this and frowned slightly:
"Won't the city's security team take care of a group of people like this?"
Obviously, a group of people who even issued commissions for terrorist acts such as assassinating congressmen are absolutely extremely destabilizing factors in the eyes of the rulers and will definitely be suppressed and killed.
How could it be so active and so high-profile that an ordinary grassroots worker would know of its existence?
"Who knows?" The man shook his head and spread his hands. A smile that seemed to be mocking and bitter appeared on his face. "Who can guess what the master is thinking?"
"Garland Bridge, under the overpass..."
Qi Ji muttered the address in a low voice, as if thinking about something.
"Thank you, this is your consultation fee."
She threw a few Ferum coins in her hand to the other party and turned away.
"Wait, you don't really want to go?"
Watching the glittering copper coin fall into his palm, the man's eyes turned to Qi Ji's back, his expression slightly changed, his eyes revealing disbelief and a little worry:
"Hey, this is not a joke. Simple and high-paying commissions are very rare. The possibility is lower than that of picking up gold nuggets on the road! Most of them are very dangerous missions, and many people have died because of those things.
"If a little girl like you dares to accept that kind of commission, you will definitely be killed. It's very scary."
The other person's figure did not pause at all because of his dissuasion. In the blink of an eye, it melted into the shadow of the dim street lamp and could no longer be seen.
The man stood there for several minutes, feeling the heavy touch of the copper coin in his hand, which still had a slight body temperature, before he confirmed that this was not an illusion.
Finally, he sighed deeply, carefully hid the few Ferum copper coins in his pocket, and yawned as he walked along the narrow street towards his simple residence.
Chapter 188 Doomsday Prophecy
An inconspicuous hotel in the western part of Sunset Harbor.
Qi Ji spent the remaining fifty or so Ferums and booked a private room of a decent standard to stay in.
"Okay...it's time to study these things carefully."
She sat down on the bed with the bedding still tidy, with the glass box containing the "prophecy cards" at her side.
While casually kicking off his shoes and shaking his thin and tender legs, he took out the "White Crystal" from the pocket of his cloak and spread it in the palm of his hand.
The dirty and chaotic colorful light flows in the crystal clear crystal, with a vague tendency to squeeze towards the lower left corner.
——The “prophecy cards” were placed on her left hand.
Opening the glass box, Qi Ji picked up the cards from the stand with two fingers.
She double-checked, using every sense she had and every trick she had to break the code.
In any case, there is only one conclusion: this card is really just a piece of cardboard with patterns and text printed on it.
However, it is indeed an antique. Through component analysis, it can be determined that it has been around for at least thousands of years.
As a piece of cardboard without any supernatural power, it has been preserved so well for such a long time. In addition to its special processing technology, it may also be because it is too lucky that it was not damaged when it changed hands.
Qi Ji held the crystal in one hand and the cards in the other, and sat on the edge of the bed, thinking for a moment.
After a few seconds, she turned the card over and saw the densely written words.
Without the support, she was able to translate the contents at a glance. The general meaning was:
"The starry sky cast a shadow, and civilization and all living things fell into the abyss."
Yes, it's that short.
The text on the back of the card was extremely small, not much bigger than the eye of a pin, and filled an area half the size of a palm without any paragraphs or punctuation.
Logically speaking, with such a large amount of text, the translated content should be relatively substantial.
However, this is not the case.
In other words, the written form of this language is very cumbersome and complex, and a large number of characters are required to express very little effective information.
"This language... is very strange, as if it was deliberately 'designed' to be so redundant..."
Qi Ji pondered, tapping the surface of the cards rhythmically with his thumb, tapping the scribbled patterns, tapping the dense and distorted text.
"Is this the 'lost history'? Is this the mysterious message containing the 'prophecy of doomsday'?"
The antique shop owner's description of this card may not be true. It may just be a strange legend that has been spread and exaggerated.
But no matter what, the ambiguous words on the back of the card are real, and the pollution in the "White Crystal" is attracted by it, which is also real.
Suddenly, she stopped moving.
She thought of a possibility...
"Since there is nothing wrong with the card itself, then could it be that the special thing is... the information it contains?"
As soon as this thought came to her mind, she jumped out of bed, not even bothering to put on her shoes, and stepped barefoot on the not-so-clean floor, but without getting any stains.
This private room had a window and a desk against the wall below. Qi Ji walked lightly to the table and placed the two items in his hand on it.
Then, clench your right hand and extend only your index finger.
Along with an extremely slight spiritual fluctuation, a flash of light appeared at her fingertips and quickly flowed to the ends of her pink and round nails.
As soon as she poked the table, the bright light quickly disintegrated and turned into a large number of dynamic fluorescent threads, which quickly outlined on the wooden table, leaving traces.
After a few seconds, the light dissipated on its own.
The surface of the wooden table was clearly carved with fine lines.
It was the exact same picture as on the back of the card!
Whether it is the text, the surrounding decorative patterns, or even the proportions, there is no difference from the one drawn on the back of the card.
And at the moment when this mark appeared, the dirty colors flowing inside the "white crystal" placed next to it... also underwent subtle changes.
Originally, the "Prophecy Card" was placed on the left side of the "White Crystal", and the colorful pollution also moved slightly to the left.
The carved pattern is located in front of the "White Crystal" and forms a right angle with the "Prophecy Cards".
At this time, the color pollution in the lens no longer moves only to the left side, but tends to be pulled forward, generally pointing to the left front direction.
"I see……"
Seeing this scene, Qi Ji nodded his chin in understanding.
It is not the cards themselves that attract color pollution, but the information written on them!
It is the words written in mysterious language, which seem to be a "doomsday prophecy"!
“Does it have to be exactly the same?”
She had new doubts.
But this is easy to do, just try it a few more times.
The delicate little hand waved in the air, and the words and patterns engraved on the table were wiped off, leaving only a small shallow dent.
After the scratches were erased, the color contamination in the crystal shifted back to the left.
Qi Ji repeated the same trick and made the tip of his nail glow again. He poked the same spot and carved out new content.
This time, a line of characters was written directly in the common language of mankind:
"The starry sky cast a shadow, and civilization and all living things fell into the abyss."
——That is a simple translation of that long string of characters.
As a result, the dirty colors within the crystals underwent the same changes.
Qi Ji erased the mark again and carved similar information for the third time.
But this time, she didn't use the common language of mankind, nor did she use that mysterious language, but...
Simplified Chinese.
Authentic Chinese characters!
This time, there was no additional shift in the color contamination.
"I seem to understand..."
After completely erasing all traces, Qi Ji placed his hands on the table, narrowed his eyes thoughtfully, and stared at the strange crystal.
“Perhaps it is not information that ‘attracts’ pollution…”
She picked up the crystal with one hand, twirling it around in her fist, feeling its abnormally cold touch.
"Instead, there is certain information that will arouse the 'interest' of pollution, thus generating a tendency to approach on its own..."
In other words, the reason why the colored pollution leans towards the cards is that the active party has never been the cards, but the crystal, or in other words, the pollution!
And when she used Chinese just now, there was no reaction because of the pollution, she couldn't "distinguish" this kind of characters that had never existed in this world!
She conducted several more rounds of experiments and found that in order to elicit a reaction from color pollution, it was not necessary to express it very precisely, as long as the meaning was roughly the same.
"So, what secrets does this so-called 'prophecy' contain?"
Qi Ji continued to play with the diamond-like crystal with one hand.
"What is the origin of the 'pollution' in this crystal, and why are you interested in the 'Doomsday Prophecy'?"
Standing by the table, she lowered her head and thought, not knowing how much time had passed.
Suddenly, her eyelids twitched slightly and she immediately raised her head.
"I think I've encountered this situation before?"
