Deep in the Living
Chapter 384 - 372 Department

Chapter 384: Chapter 372 Department

Next morning.

Today is a very important day for both of them. Despite some hiccups in the experience, there are no overall issues.

Today, based on their performance in the experience room, they will choose a department in the Exploration Bureau, essentially becoming official agents eligible to explore the Corner Depths.

Luo Di also got up early, stretched by the window, and gazed at the plant on the windowsill. The color of the flower seemed unchanged from yesterday.

After doing a thousand push-ups to awaken his body today,

knock knock ~ someone knocked on the door.

Sweating all over, Luo Di jogged over to open the door and found Miss Youzhen visiting in person.

"So early, are we going to choose the department now?"

"Yes, come with me! It doesn’t have to be very formal since most of our Exploration Bureau’s main force is inside the Corner. Today’s department selection is more of a preliminary process.

Where’s Yu Ze? Hasn’t he gotten up yet?"

Just as Youzhen was craning her neck to search inside the room,

a flushing sound came from the direction of the bathroom. Yu Ze came out with messy hair, wearing teddy bear pajamas.

"Huh? Isn’t it too early? I thought we were going after noon~ hang on a sec."

Yu Ze went back to his bedroom, and various clattering sounds could be heard faintly.

He quickly changed into a hybrid outfit combining a Daoist robe and a casual jacket, slipped on cloth shoes, and walked out, but his hair wasn’t tied up yet.

The glossy black hair cascaded over his shoulders, complementing his youthful face, making Luo Di unable to recognize him for a moment.

Even Youzhen quietly marveled, "Wow~ really handsome."

As Yu Ze tied up a bun and put on his signature round-framed sunglasses, "What’s there to see? Let’s go."

...

The department selection wasn’t very formal, with no induction ceremony, and not many people were around.

Youzhen directly led them to the personnel department, sitting in a closed office where she was the only liaison.

Slam!

A sealed metal box was placed on the table by Youzhen.

After opening the box through a special verification method, she took out ten badges stored inside, using invisible threads to arrange them neatly on the table.

All the badges have a resemblance to the World Bureau’s emblem, with the base frame structure using a three-ring gear.

"From left to right, they correspond to our Exploration Bureau’s ten departments. You can take a closer look."

Luo Di had already focused on the exquisite metal badges, and as he gazed at them, he heard Youzhen explaining the department names.

[1. Integrated Combat Department]

The badge features crossed swords and shields, with a simplified earth pattern embedded in the shield and olive branches entwining the blade.

The color scheme is silver-gray for the shield, dark gold for the blade, and white-silver for the gears.

[2. Medical Rescue Department]

The badge features a Golden Cross suspended at the gear center, with wings made of data chains extending on both sides.

The color scheme is golden cross, pure white wings, and gold-plated gear.

[3. Rapid Action Department]

The badge features three lightning bolts piercing through the three-ring gear.

The color scheme is bright yellow lightning and cobalt blue gear.

[4. Extraterrestrial Device Department]

The badge features a DNA double helix structure formed by mechanical cables, vertically piercing through the three-ring gear.

The color scheme is fluorescent green DNA and black iron gear.

[5. Purification Department]

The badge features a burning torch piercing through a ring of thorns, with the gear scorched by flames.

The color scheme is crimson flames, dark gray thorns, and silver-plated gear.

[6. Technology Development Department]

The badge features a floating quantum chip embedded in the gear center, with the outer ring as a binary code band.

The color scheme is dark blue chip and silver-gray gear.

[7. Patrol and Guard Department]

The badge features a wolf’s head silhouette and crossed fangs, with a red alert ring gear as the background.

The color scheme is ebony black wolf head, scarlet gear, and cool steel fangs.

[8. Extinction Department]

The badge features a skeleton skull embedded in the gear center, with crossed scythes at the bottom.

The color scheme is pale skull and cool steel scythes, and dark gold gear.

[Nine. Mysterious Intelligence Department]

The badge resembles a pupil-shaped keyhole, with a nested miniature Earth inside, surrounded by encrypted symbol gears.

Color scheme: pure black pupil, gilded symbols, deep purple gears.

[Ten. Sealing and Suppression Department]

The badge features a cube prison wrapped in chains, suspended at the gear center, with cracks emitting dark light, at the bottom revealing a suppression rune array.

Color scheme: mysterious iron chains, ghostly blue cube, pitch-black gears.

...

"Ten departments together form the Exploration Bureau, each department plays an irreplaceable role in exploration.

Your corner experience reports are also here, and at the end of the report, it states the departments you can apply to join."

Two files were tossed over.

Luo Di opened his file, and unsurprisingly, most evaluations were given very high, far exceeding expectations to some extent. It’s incredibly difficult for a newcomer to survive encountering that level of monster when first entering the corner.

Not to mention easily resolving normal incidents and earning corner coins during the experience.

Luo Di has four departments to choose from.

Meanwhile, Yu Ze has seven departments to choose from, which is quite versatile.

There are three departments they both can choose from,

Integrated Combat Department, Rapid Action Department, and Extinction Department.

Youzhen was advising beside them, "If you want to join the same department, I personally recommend choosing one department.

The Integrated Combat Department is currently the largest department within the Exploration Bureau, essentially serving as the central department.

Joining it will provide both of you with resources and assistance in all aspects, helping you develop towards areas of expertise, most suitable for versatile talents like Yu Ze."

Luo Di had already picked up the gear badge with the skull, "What does the Extinction Department do?"

He’s interested not just in the name of the department, but also because the Prison Director was once the deputy director of this department.

Youzhen explained, "The Extinction Department, also known as the Violent Annihilation Department, is formed by the most belligerent agents within the Exploration Bureau.

If a monster or cluster of monsters poses a substantial danger to the Exploration Bureau, and we’ve obtained enough clues, pinpointing their activity area or exact residence.

This is when the Extinction Department is deployed, striking targets with annihilative force, leaving not a single residue."

Upon hearing this, Luo Di had made his decision, "I want to choose this one, Yu Ze what about you?"

"This is indeed perfect for you, plus you have the Prison Director’s recommendation... As for me, how to put it? I’m actually very interested in arrays, quite keen to choose the tenth department."

Luo Di asked, "The composition of an exploration team usually can come from different departments, right, Ms. Youzhen?"

"Yes, exploration teams can be freely formed. When the Exploration Bureau needs to conduct large-scale operations or special actions, only then will an entire department be specifically called upon.

Being in different departments does not affect your daily exploration.

I personally recommend choosing the department most suitable for you, as the atmosphere and training model of different parts will benefit your subsequent pituitary growth and plant construction."

"Then Yu Ze, choose the department that suits you, no need to be with me."

Yu Ze smiled gently and reached out to touch the badge adorned with the skull, "Well~ interest aside, if I don’t choose to be with you, fellow countryman, it’d be meaningless. I’m more introverted, not really fond of entering an environment where I know nobody... Moreover! Our Special Action Group is essentially another earthly form of the Extinction Department.

Let’s choose this."

Youzhen then put away the other badges and dug out an extra Extinction Department badge, letting both take one each.

"Once everything is arranged, you will set out again for Corner Depths, embarking on the journey to the headquarters.

I will most likely continue to collaborate with you.

Regarding the clown issue, the Exploration Bureau will provide additional targeted monitoring and protection."

Luo Di was somewhat puzzled, "Going to headquarters? Isn’t the Boundary where we are considered headquarters?"

"Right now, it’s only considered ’pre-headquarters.’ How can a headquarters exist with nobody visible?

Since the Exploration Bureau acquired enough corner coins and met the conditions, purchasing a sizable property in the shallow middle layers of the Corner Depths, the headquarters moved in.

Once newcomers complete their corner experience and select a department, the journey to explore the headquarters begins.

However, your situation is somewhat special.

The headquarters already knows about you being targeted by special monsters, hence will pay special attention. If you encounter the clown again during the exploration journey, they will dispatch personnel immediately."

Luo Di was unconcerned, more interested in another matter: "What about the analysis results of the egg sample? Any new clues?"

Youzhen shook her head,

"The analysis has concluded, supposedly a standalone creation specially made by the clown, completely unrelated to his original form, his anti-surveillance consciousness is extremely acute.

Utterly rooting him out in the Corner Depths is exceedingly difficult, unless using Luo Di you as bait to locate his residence.

But don’t consider this for now, at least until the pituitary buds in your brain."

"Well~ that’s good."

Luo Di wanted just such a result, as he didn’t want the clown’s identity and residence exposed prematurely, leading Exploration Bureau’s formidable figures to hunt him down.

Though Luo Di wasn’t too emotionally affected, the killing of this clown must be accomplished by him personally.

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