Cyber Era Witch
Chapter 129 - 129 112 The World's Number One Witch Division

129: Chapter 112 The World’s Number One Witch Division 129: Chapter 112 The World’s Number One Witch Division Nestor Corporation was officially registered and established.

Through online testing, Lila applied for a Class A driver’s license, processed a new cash card, and purchased private medical care services.

All the procedures were for the sake of making her own “social identity” more authentic.

Her records were originally registered in Ostran, in the northern part of the Taixi Continent’s Thousand Lakes Electronic District, but now they had been completely updated, severing ties with the past.

Recent news about Kyoto Infinity had become increasingly scarce, which in Xu Yang’s view, meant that they were engaged in round after round of high-level meetings, coordinating manpower and resources for the next step of the plan.

Only corporate warfare could cause such anxiety, Xu Yang judged.

Black Fire Innovation had punched such a big hole in their turf that they had to prove their strength to the world with a war; if they submitted meekly, capital would lose favor with them.

Preoccupied with preparations for war, and with Aizu City still sealed off for decontamination, Kyoto Infinity only dispatched a very small review team, consisting of two company representatives and one transport vehicle.

The team handled their affairs meticulously, and Lila also prepared according to the established procedures.

The two representatives toured the Yongsen Technology Industrial Park, took a close look at the situation, and confirmed that the threat from the Ocean Descendants had been removed, and that the company was indeed capable of managing it.

Therefore, they agreed to the project for the change of operations rights, and provided Nestor Corporation with a series of related certificates, allowing it to engage in legitimate business activities within the Kyoto Infinity jurisdiction.

During the qualification review period, only Lila and the robots remained in the industrial park to prevent others from being exposed, until the reviewers returned.

Only then did Xu Yang and the others return to the industrial park.

It was considered a major issue resolved.

Xu Yang checked the company files, the Kyoto Infinity personnel worked swiftly, and had already uploaded the news to the Corporate Alliance level, equivalent to global certification, allowing operations in accordance with Corporate Alliance law, such as recruiting employees, acquiring facilities, expanding production, and conducting transactions.

Thanks to the previous successful acquisition of Jumen Commerce Corporation, Lila already had a legitimate identity within the corporate order, otherwise, it would have been quite difficult to start a company as a Witch.

As usual, before making any purchases, Xu Yang first used Digital Mind to search and traverse network information, looking for the most cost-effective options.

In one week, he brought 40 industrial robots to the industrial park, each priced at around 150,000, which was an expenditure of 6 million funds.

The benefits of using robots were clear, with strong confidentiality, a one-time investment, utilization of Second Generation AI for high loyalty, and no risk of autonomous rebellion.

Sally adjusted the geothermal power station’s energy supply.

The Ratman Community hardly used any electricity; now, most of the power was redirected to the industrial park to support its operations.

With an adequate energy supply, a large number of mining machines in the industrial park were restarted — robots shuttled among them, starting production according to the preset process.

Under the operation of automated machinery and conveyor belts, a large volume of iron and rare metals was mined daily from the seabed ore deposits.

However, at the moment, they couldn’t be transported out for sale, because the old road connecting the industrial park to Aizu City was quite damaged, and repairs would take time.

More importantly, there were many wandering residents and scavengers along both sides of the road.

They had built shanties, tin houses, and hiding places there, with not an insignificant population of around 4,000 people.

If they were to undertake significant infrastructure work on this old road, they would have to deal with these people first.

Theoretically, with the change of ownership of the industrial park, the road also became the property of Nestor Corporation.

Therefore, these residents could be considered the population of Nestor Corporation’s corporate jurisdiction, and Xu Yang had the authority to decide their fate.

However, the issue with the company Witches needed to be resolved first, before then investigating these people.

Initially, Farosa was not interested in company operations, but once she gained some small measure of authority, she became quite excited.

She was now the head of the Witch Division, the Chair of the Witch Council, and the New God in the eyes of the Witches.

This was far more interesting than her previous petty skirmishes and solitude.

Under Xu Yang’s guidance, Farosa drafted the “Nestor Corporation Witch Service Contract” according to the statutes of the Middle Ages Witch Council.

It wasn’t much different from the ordinary company Witch contracts, but the terms were much more generous.

Witches were to be employed for life, with no right to leave the company, a point similar to regular companies, which Farosa fully supported — small Witches couldn’t be allowed to run around unchecked.

The main difference was in the terms of treatment.

Nestor Corporation had no strict working hours for Witches; they only had to be present when Farosa called them for a mission, and the rest of the time they could manage freely with a base salary of 10,000 funds per month.

Completing tasks for Farosa would provide additional rewards, including enhancements to their Witch abilities.

Anticipating the possible inclusion of Witch Researchers in the future, they wouldn’t have to follow Farosa on missions but would need fixed working hours every day; Farosa made corresponding demands.

In such cases, they would need to work 10 hours per day.

To avoid giving company employees holidays, the company had already eliminated the concept of most holidays.

Farosa, however, brought back every single Middle Ages festival, including New Year, Summer Festival, Harvest Celebration, the Return of Spring, Windmill Festival, Magic Potion Festival, etc., adding up to a total of 20 days of holidays, offering a breath of fresh air.

101, 102, and Mizuiro Yoshioka were the first three to be roped in by Farosa.

They quickly signed contracts and joined Nestor Corporation, coming under Farosa’s Witch Division, subordinate to Farosa.

They underwent a transformation, donning new military green Witch Armor, which Xu Yang had ordered a long time ago — six sets in total, but now using three of them.

Although the contract terms were favorable, 101 believed it was just a ploy to exploit them.

Farosa was likely to be ambitious and resolute, assigning them a series of dangerous missions that risked life and death, just like Black Fire Innovation had done.

But in reality, it was entirely different.

After officially joining the company, Farosa spent her days lounging in a private room in the industrial park, lying in bed watching short videos, which became her biggest hobby.

There were none of the anticipated actions to be completed.

In Farosa’s eyes, there were simply too many fun distractions on the internet!

All the troublesome matters could wait.

Even without actual output, Xu Yang still paid their salaries and had given them a cash bonus early on to enhance their loyalty.

Looking at the 50,000 in funds transferred to her cash card, 101 felt ashamed for the first time about earning money.

She spent every day anxiously alongside 102 and Mizuiro Yoshioka in the industrial park, eating, drinking, sleeping, and playing, completely unable to adapt to such a life where one could enjoy living without working hard.

Due to road conditions, it wasn’t possible to transport large quantities of goods, but under Xu Yang’s orders, Li Xiaomin drove a truck all around to purchase supplies.

Various smart terminals, entertainment facilities, and food supplies were piled up and transported to the industrial park, turning the spartan employee dormitories into exquisitely refined living spaces.

Xu Yang also designed and built an encrypted communication base himself, improving the network signal while ensuring concealment.

Here, life was worry-free, with no need to fret over survival and basic needs, and everything was guaranteed.

Located at the very remote ocean floor, it wouldn’t attract any attention at all.

The safer it was, the more fearful 101 became.

Was such a great company, such an easy life, truly real?

101 tried several times to seek work from Farosa, only to be sent away by her, accused of looking for trouble when there was none.

If there’s no work, just go have fun.

Don’t get involved.

Ah… I want to work… 101 felt an inexplicable panic.

She always had a sense of uncertainty, as if she could be dismissed and abandoned by Nestor Corporation at any moment.

Weren’t witches supposed to have been exploited, oppressed, and enslaved since birth?

She couldn’t swallow a single bite of food in peace, and every night she had nightmares, as if sleeping on a cloud, ready to plummet at any second.

To prove her sisters’ worth, 101 encouraged 102 to take initiative in working, as 102’s immense strength was comparable to an industrial machine.

102’s chain axe, which had been confiscated before, was now returned for her use.

The quality of this chain axe was truly astonishing; it was more than sufficient for chopping and mining ore.

The raw ore was broken and loaded onto trucks, and 101 then instantly teleported the mined ore to the sorting machines for the next step of screening operations.

Xu Yang was very curious about what the witches could really do.

He imported glass boxes of different sizes and signal jammers and, paired with the spacious space of the underwater industrial park, began testing the witches’ capabilities.

At first, they didn’t quite understand Xu Yang’s intentions, but as the testing went deeper, they gradually discovered the limits of their abilities.

An anticipated test could be given priority, and as soon as Farosa heard what Xu Yang wanted to do, she was overjoyed.

——Repair two Matteos using the Law of Recovery to see which is more formidable——

Test record: Inside a large high-strength bullet-proof glass box with electronic devices installed, Matteo Model 2, which had been defeated and recovered from Mono Light Optical Company, was placed alongside the charred Matteo Model 1 which had been brought back from the excavation site.

Farosa first used the Law of Recovery on Matteo Model 2, and it quickly got back on its feet, attempting to contact the outside world right away.

However, Xu Yang had already cut off all network channels, leaving the box completely isolated from the world.

“101!

102!” Matteo Model 2 saw the two witches standing beside Xu Yang, its tone incredulous, “What do you want to do now!”

Farosa curled her lips and used the Law of Recovery on Matteo Model 1, which also immediately stood up.

Model 2 slowly turned to face Model 1 and stopped in its tracks, both Matteos looking at each other in deep amazement.

The pre-set intelligent processing program had not considered such a situation, resulting in something akin to a crash.

They then started to curse at each other, triggering an extremely rare bout of angry computations.

“Why didn’t you complete your task at the Bronze Titan Excavation Site!

Why didn’t you recover the Ancient Witch!

Do you realize how much trouble you’ve caused the company!” Matteo Model 2 raised its volume.

“Then why did you forcefully demand that 101 and 102 cooperate with you!” roared Matteo Model 1, even more infuriated, “If I could have taken them back to recover the Ancient Witch together, would things have turned out like this?

102 carrying the coffin, 101 transporting the person, it would have been over long ago!”

“Weren’t you given a budget of 100 million for operations?

What did you do with it?” Matteo Model 2 was nearly raging, “Did you embezzle it all for yourself?”

Growing bolder, they threw punches at each other.