Lin Doctor drew a circle, raised his pen, looked at Shang Jianyao, and chuckled:

"This seems to be adapted from the slogan of the 'Salvation Army'?"

Shang Jianyao "Mmm"ed and said seriously:

"Lin Doctor, I think you have a bit of a misunderstanding about my situation, taking some normal things as evidence of illness."

Lin Doctor straightened up slightly, a smile appearing on his fair face:

"What aspects do you think are misunderstood?"

Shang Jianyao was silent for two or three seconds as if organizing his words, then said:

"You can't understand that pure, noble sentiment, you don't understand what it means to be a person who has transcended vulgar interests."

Lin Doctor pursed her lips tightly, seemingly using a lot of effort to stop herself from laughing.

She pushed up the gold-rimmed glasses on the bridge of her nose, took a light breath, and slowly exhaled:

"Indeed, in this era, where is there room for idealists to survive? Even the 'Salvation Army' has fallen."

The doctor paused and said:

"I can try to understand you, but you must tell me, how did you come up with such ideas? What things made you have such an impulse?"

"Nothing happened, I just think that way." Shang Jianyao sighed, showing a smile, "Lin Doctor, you are the gentlest and most elegant woman I have ever met, I have something to say to you."

Lin Doctor's eyebrows twitched slightly:

"I have..."

Before she could finish, Shang Jianyao added:

"I originally thought you could become my spiritual mother, but now I realize that our thoughts are in two completely different worlds, what a pity."

"Cough cough cough." Lin Doctor seemed to be choked by her own saliva.

She immediately picked up the ceramic cup next to her, took two sips, and muttered to herself as if trying to find something to say:

"Ah, this month's tea ration is finished again."

Before Shang Jianyao could speak, she lowered her voice and asked mysteriously:

"Have you recently heard sounds that others can't hear, or seen things that others can't see?"

Shang Jianyao shook his head quite confidently:

"No."

Lin Doctor observed Shang Jianyao's expression for a few seconds, then asked about other things.

After more than ten minutes, a sweet female voice sounded simultaneously on all floors:

"Now is the hourly time announcement.

"Current time, 6:00 PM."

"The broadcast is announcing the time." After the voice repeated three times and stopped, Lin Doctor rubbed her forehead and said, "Let's stop here for today."

She thought for a moment and added:

"Since you have no problems with sleep and haven't seen anything others can't see, I won't prescribe any medicine. Come back for a follow-up next week at the same time."

"Okay, Lin Doctor." Shang Jianyao stood up and walked towards the door.

After he opened the door, he suddenly turned around and said:

"Thank you, Lin Doctor."

Lin Doctor smiled and replied:

"You're welcome."

After Shang Jianyao went out and carefully closed the door, Lin Doctor sighed and muttered to herself with a slight smile:

"So polite."

While sighing, she picked up the folder on the desk and began to read the records inside:

"Name: Shang Jianyao.

"Age: 21 years old.

"Date of Birth: New Calendar September 8, 25.

"Family Situation: Father Shang Shian was a D7 team leader-level employee, who disappeared with the entire 'Old Task Force' in New Calendar 37; Mother Zhang Ruxin was a D3 ordinary employee, a primary school teacher, who died of illness in New Calendar October 40, suspected cause of death was excessive grief; From New Calendar October 40 to September 43, Shang Jianyao grew up in the orphanage corresponding to the 495th floor and was admitted to the university's electronic engineering department.

"Situation Description: In New Calendar May 46, Shang Jianyao voluntarily applied to become a secret experimental volunteer and participated in the 'C-14' project. His reason was that he hoped to gain powerful strength to investigate the truth of his father's disappearance.

"Experimental Result: Failure, no changes compared to the control group.

"After-effects: Intermittent logical confusion, resulting in a certain degree of jumpiness in thinking, no other abnormalities.

"Additional Matters: Normal gene detection...

"Comprehensive Judgment: Moderate mental abnormality (suspected paranoia, to be observed)..."

Lin Doctor read for a while and wrote at the end:

"New Calendar July 10, 46 Follow-up Result: Symptoms have not improved, but have not worsened either, no violent tendencies, no aggression shown, can be considered temporarily harmless."

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6:00 PM is the company's official quitting time. Except for specific project teams that need to work overtime and certain 24-hour shift positions, all employees will leave the "Management Area" located on the 5th floor of the building, the "Research Area" on the 6th to 45th floors, the "Factory Area (and Maintenance Area)" on the 46th to 145th floors, and the "Inner Ecological Area" on the 146th to 345th floors, and return to the "Living Area" that has 300 floors.

Because energy quotas are limited, and both husband and wife and the family's elders may be at work, many employees choose to eat in the "Material Supply Market" on each floor.

This place is divided into two parts. One part supplies sweet potatoes, potatoes, rice, flour, meat, vegetables, and fruits from the "Inner Ecological Area," as well as cloth, white sugar, salt, and other materials from the "Factory Area." The other part supplies various cooked foods and is affectionately called the "Employee Canteen."

The cost of eating in the canteen is higher than cooking at home, and the taste is not very good, but considering the energy quota that everyone lacks and the fatigue of working all day, this seems to be a better choice.

And this is also the tendency passed down by the company's senior management—hoping to reduce energy consumption through unified catering.

When Shang Jianyao returned to the 495th floor, there were still almost 20 minutes before the canteen opened at 6:30 PM—because some positions need to do cleaning, disinfection, or other necessary things after work, so, for the sake of fairness, the board of directors stipulates that the canteen opens half an hour after the official quitting time.

For those employees who return to their respective floors before 6:15 PM, the "Activity Center" next to the "Material Supply Market" is the best place to pass the remaining time. They can gather together, chat about life and work under the lights, and mention the people struggling to survive outside with a clear sense of superiority.

Some employees will also seize the time to sell things that their families no longer need in exchange for more contribution points. Therefore, every night from 6:00 PM to 6:30 PM and from 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM, small markets will appear in the hall of the "Activity Center."

As soon as Shang Jianyao walked in, he saw Chen Xianyu, Grandpa Chen, the director of the "Activity Center," sitting on a small stool that creaked from time to time, with a pile of strange items scattered in front of him.

"What is this?" Shang Jianyao squatted down and picked up a rectangular object with a metal shell and a black screen.

"Who knows? Anyway, it's quite sturdy, can be used to smash people, or for bulletproofing." Grandpa Chen poked his chest.

"Where did it come from?" Shang Jianyao asked while fiddling with it.

Chen Xianyu cleared the phlegm in his throat and said:

"My comrade-in-arms' youngest son's. He is also serving in the 'Security Department' now. He just returned from a city ruin of the old world, ah, time flies so fast, I watched him being born, and watched him grow up..."

After reminiscing for a while, Grandpa Chen added with a smile:

"Anyway, this has been screened, the company doesn't need it, doesn't need to be handed in, so, he put it here with me for consignment. You know, I don't need to go to the canteen, someone brings me food."

He is in charge of quite a few employees.

Shang Jianyao looked at the spider web-like cracks on the black screen of the object, thought for a while and said:

"How many contribution points?"

"Not expensive, not expensive, 500 points." Chen Xianyu casually quoted a price.

Shang Jianyao slowly put down the item and muttered:

"10 pounds of meat ah."

After saying the word "meat," he and Chen Xianyu swallowed at the same time.

Shang Jianyao glanced around and picked up another item:

"Is this a watch?"

"Yes, a watch, inside is a complex mechanical structure, it can still run to this day, just need to adjust it." Chen Xianyu's eyes lit up and said, "How about it, want to consider it? Its hands and time markers will glow by themselves at night, you can see clearly without turning on the flashlight. Let me tell you, kid, within the entire company, there are definitely no more than 100 people who can have a good watch. If you own it, you won't need to rely on the broadcast to tell the time anymore, you don't need to come here to look at the wall clock, you will become the envy of all the residents on the floor, maybe some young girl will take the initiative to find you for free love..."

The silver band of the watch in Shang Jianyao's hand already had many cracks and was covered in rust, and the emerald green, jewel-like face, had a second hand that jumped intermittently, and broken glass was everywhere.

"How many contribution points?" Shang Jianyao asked in a steady voice.

Chen Xianyu paused before speaking:

"Sixty thousand."

Shang Jianyao put down the watch with lightning speed, as if it were very hot.

With a D1 employee's monthly salary of 1800 points, it would take almost three years of not eating or drinking to save enough.

Chen Xianyu didn't expect Shang Jianyao to buy it, he was just joking with the young man, he then pointed to the pile of metal cans placed in the middle and said:

"Want to buy this?

"Good stuff, military canned food!"

Shang Jianyao picked up a can, only to see that the outer plastic film was already broken, and the label had become extremely blurry, only vaguely showing the words "Braised Beef" and "500g."

"How is it, is it heavy? This shows it's full of weight!" Chen Xianyu splattered saliva and said, "Let me tell you, kid, this kind of military canned food is extremely delicious, it's a delicacy that I will never forget in my life, much better than the watered-down canned food from the 'Salvation Army'!

"If my comrade-in-arms' child hadn't dug up a whole box this time, you might never have gotten to eat it. The price, 60 contribution points each, very cheap, right? You go to the 'Supply Market' to buy a pound of raw pork, it also costs 50 points, and that doesn't include seasonings, no one will help you cook it, and you may not even be able to buy it! Also, cough, after you finish eating this canned food, you can also hand over the metal shell to the 'Materials Management Department' to exchange for some contribution points, isn't that a great deal?"

Shang Jianyao looked at the old man, waited for him to finish speaking, and suddenly asked:

"How long past the expiration date?"

"Expiration date, how would I know? I don't know how to convert the years of the old world." The old man Chen widened his eyes, "Anyway, the New Calendar is only 46 years, it's edible, it's edible."

As he said that, he showed a look of reminiscence:

"When I was in the 'Security Department' back then, I lost my supplies during an outing to perform a task and almost starved to death. Fortunately, I found a military warehouse and discovered this kind of canned food. At that time, they had expired for who knows how many years, but I ate it and nothing happened to me, right? It tasted delicious."

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