Chapter 1760: Chapter 1758: Employees
The main color tone of the Bureau’s hall is grey.
The floor is covered with oversized, highly reflective marble tiles, and the light from the spotlights easily illuminates the entire hall through reflective effects.
An ultra-realistic sculpture stands in the center of the hall,
with a slender, straight cuboid pillar as the main stem, on which numerous geometric branches exist, each end connected to cube-shaped modules.
It looks like a special structure diagram of a containment facility,
and also like a modular tree filled with futuristic technology,
seemingly related to B.B.C’s core containment philosophy.
In addition.
The hall is a flat cuboid structure measuring 500×500×5 meters, with no elevator structures, only "space stairs" as connecting passages to different departments and areas.
A total of [36] different corridor entrances, evenly spaced within the hall.
Additionally, there’s a peculiar point.
Unlike workers in other areas of the Black Tower.
Employees active in B.B.C do not wear whirlpool-shaped masks, showing their human faces. At least, Han Dong currently sees only human faces in the hall, without noticing any alien race employees.
Their identifiers are their clothes.
Suits and leather hide a thin garment worn inside the body.
"These guys wear on their bodies the skin-tight suits we wore during testing, the ’Uncontrolled Suits’... Their status is monitored in real-time, any anomalies are immediately detected.
Moreover, aren’t there too many employees here? Is it because we’re in the transit hall?"
The Headless explains beside him:
"The Control Bureau and Black Tower cannot be compared analogously, B.B.C employees must be viewed separately.
The high number of people is because all [Primary World Worlds] under the Black Tower provide employees here, and recruitment letters are also sent to various related worlds."
As the Headless speaks,
Han Dong suddenly remembers being in the Ladybug Foundation, and Mr. M initially mentioning the situation of the Containment Tower, said something that was really concerning.
He mentioned that the recruitment speed for Containment Tower employees had long become unmanageable.
This is why the foundation developed the "Ladybug Game," released into the Primary World, significantly enhancing talent selection rate... as though the Containment Tower ’devours people,’ needing constant recruitment and replenishment to ensure overall normal operations.
"Why does the Control Bureau need so many people? From what I understand, working here carries high risk, and immediate isolation is required once loss of control occurs, even private disposal.
But there shouldn’t be a need for so many people, right?"
The Headless knows Han Dong is here for the first time and inevitably has many questions. He was the same back then.
"Let me quickly explain the basic situation of the Control Bureau to you.
Once individuals in [Primary Worlds] under the Black Tower reach a certain standard, upon their death they come directly to the Black Tower for the "uncontrolled testing" at the earliest instance.
All individuals who pass the threshold are recruited with high salaries as interns at B.B.C.
Here, there is a very sound and fair "promotion mechanism."
The people we currently see in the hall are essentially all intern employees.
Once the internship goes smoothly, they’ll be allocated to different departments according to their performance during the period, to engage in corresponding tasks.
Every period there are detailed work evaluations, and individuals who meet standards continue to get promoted.
The "promotion mechanism" is the iconic philosophy of the Control Bureau,
The number of positions and titles at B.B.C exceeds three digits... it seems complex yet flawless, and every employee tries to climb to the top position.
In this way,
B.B.C not only provides various "exquisite Oddities" brought by Out of control people, and technical support, but also through such mass selection, promotion, cultivates managerial talents for the Black Tower."
"The top position... Director?
Is it possible that Director Charles was also promoted through this method?"
"Correct!
The current holder of letter C, Charles Olmedo, is the outstanding talent from here, perhaps even ’outstanding talent’ doesn’t adequately describe him.
Director Charles was once an absolute genius, potentially classified as a monster.
Even during his employee period, he dealt with urgent uncontrolled incidents numerous times and suppressed Out of control individuals alone, completely unaffected afterward.
When he became the youngest department director, he was noticed by the previous director and letter C holder, deemed a ’Inheritor’ to be nurtured.
Lived up to expectations, eventually sitting on the director’s position and given the authority to hold [letter C] upon the agreement of the Supreme Will."
"I see.
But just this strict screening mechanism, shouldn’t require so many people, right?
Even those who don’t get promoted, employees will remain at their positions and continue their work... What exactly is this mass consumption about?"
The Headless’s tone changes slightly, continuing to explain:
"This touches upon a very crucial question - "employee consumption."
Working at B.B.C undoubtedly carries the massive risk of ’loss of control.’ Employees affected by loss of control, after a period of "isolation observation," if their loss of control value still fails to reach zero,
they are likely disposed of, or used as experimental subjects, or their individual residual value maximized, etc.
Furthermore.
There’s also a high likelihood of being killed when engaging Out of control individuals.
Especially in handling some special originals during contact, sampling, transferring, or necessary communication, requiring close contact, mass consumption is inevitable.
The Black Tower aims to obtain ’information,’ ’techniques,’ and ’resources’ from Out of control individuals, thus contact and the costs involved are crucial.
This is the reason for "employee consumption."
Han Dong furrows his brows, "Do employees know the specific risks beforehand?"
"They all sign a ’Risk Agreement’ upon entering, the gist is clear.
If they die on duty, their spouses or offspring, or corresponding world’s relatives, will receive substantial compensation."
"Hmm..."
Han Dong nods.
Though everything seems reasonable, consideration of ’human nature’ raises issues with this employee recruitment and management approach.
To the extent that the employees walking through the hall appear not as independent individuals to Han Dong, but as signed, living consumables.
Many among them lack the consciousness of sacrifice,
merely brought to the Black Tower due to "Rebirth," assigned or even forcibly given such work opportunities for their second life.
"... Let’s go! Let’s check other areas."
"Do you plan to directly visit the uncontrolled containment area, or check some management departments first?"
"Let’s browse various departments first, get a general understanding of the internal situation."
"Follow me."
The Headless is fairly familiar, heading towards one of the corridor entrances.
Just as Han Dong is about to follow, he notices Sally stopping in place, observing around.
"Sally, any Oddity detection?"
Sally quickly shakes her head, "No, everything’s normal in terms of detection... I just feel a bit odd about this place, but can’t quite express what it feels like.
Maybe it’s because it’s my first time encountering such a human work agency."
"Odd feeling?
If this feeling persists in the future, or becomes more pronounced, make sure to inform me immediately."
"Alright."