A Guide for Background Characters to Survive in a Manga - Chapter 354 : Chapter 354

Chapter 354

Seeing that everyone had no more questions, Meng Huai continued, “Secondly, there is government-arranged work, which is equivalent to a permanent position. However, the use of your Ability will be strictly controlled. Once you use it rashly, you will lose this position, and then you will have to find a job yourself.”

If they were freelancers, with an Ability qualification certificate, the conditions for using their Abilities were quite lenient. As long as they didn’t violate the rules and use it on humans, it was fine. Obviously, if they got a permanent position, the restrictions would be even stricter.

But for those whose Abilities were not very useful and who wanted a stable life more than fighting and high salaries, this was a good choice.

It could be seen that both Mu Tieren and Zhao Xiaoyu were a little tempted, but they were still hesitating.

It was rare to see Ling You speak up. “What do these permanent positions include? Is it just office work?”

Meng Huai knew what she really wanted to ask. She wanted to know if an Ability like hers, which was not very suitable for being a police officer, would have no use if she wanted to accept a government arrangement.

The government would certainly not be so wasteful. He looked at the list in his hand and replied, “There are many options: all levels of government, public hospitals, state-owned enterprises…… However, these require you to report your Ability, and then they will make a selection. The most you can do is fill out a preference form.”

Then Meng Huai waved the list in his hand. “This is the preference form. I can pass it around for you to look at later.”

“The next option is to not accept any government assignment and find a job on your own after graduation.” Meng Huai pulled out a few copies from the stack of materials in his hand and distributed them to the crowd. “These are the new regulations issued by the Ability Government for this category of people. You can take a look.”

Su Bei picked up the piece of paper on his desk and read it carefully. This concerned his future actions, so of course, he had to understand it clearly. Only by understanding the rules could he use the rules, not be restricted by them.

There were not many rules on a single piece of paper. The other rules were similar to the previous ones, basically that you couldn’t use your Ability on humans, and you had to apply in advance if you wanted to use it. There were only a few new ones.

First, on the premise of having an Ability license, after returning to the ordinary world, no matter what you do, you cannot use your identity as an Ability user, that is, deliberately publicizing that you are an Ability user to find a job.

Second, if you want to use your Ability as your future job, such as a [God of Cooking] Ability to be a chef, you can apply for a business license from the Ability Government. Once the application is approved, you can use it.

This both prevents Ability users from causing dissatisfaction among ordinary people by being too high-profile, and it doesn’t completely block this path, giving some Ability users another way to rely on themselves. It is indeed a good method.

“Then can’t we stay in the Ability world?” Jiang Tianming raised his hand and asked. Compared to the other options, he was more willing to stay here and fully utilize his Ability.

Among those present, the only ones who were confident of staying in the Ability world were probably people like Si Zhaohua, who already had industries in the Ability world.

The Ability Government certainly couldn’t make such an obvious mistake. You know, the Nightmare Beasts haven’t been completely eliminated yet, so someone has to stay in the Ability world. And after the Nightmare Beasts are eliminated, the Nightmare Beast world also needs to be re-explored. In addition, new Ability users also need Ability users to teach them.

So overall, although the Ability world did have fewer jobs, it also had a lot of output.

As for the jobs in the Ability world, Meng Huai was very clear about it. “There are many options, but you need to go for interviews yourselves. If you want to eliminate Nightmare Beasts, the Ability Government has reserved a guild. All Ability users who want to enter the Nightmare Beast world to eliminate Nightmare Beasts need to pass the interview of this guild first before they can be assigned tasks. If you want to be a teacher or a staff member of the Ability Government, you also need to go to a special place for an interview.”

Then he added, “But it’s also convenient for you. There will be campus recruitment when you graduate. The several positions mentioned just now that can stay in the Ability world will come to the academy for recruitment during the campus recruitment.”

This was similar to the spring recruitment of ordinary universities, except that they did it in high school.

With a clear way to stay in the Ability world, everyone was much more at ease. As members of Class S of “Endless Ability Academy,” they were all confident that they could get their desired offers upon graduation.

The last question was raised by Su Bei. “I still want to go to university after graduation. What if I want to find a job after finishing university?”

As soon as he said this, everyone turned to look at him with various expressions, their faces very colorful. How obsessed was he with going to university? Wasn’t university generally just a better bargaining chip for finding a job? Now that their futures were set, was there still a need to go to university?

If Su Bei knew their thoughts, he would definitely answer in a serious tone: Of course there is!

First of all, a very important point was that there were policy subsidies for Ability users to continue their studies after graduating from the academy. Not only was tuition free, but there was also financial aid. Although he didn’t lack this money, it would be a shame not to take advantage of the government’s offer.

Moreover, in the original policy, going to university and then coming back did not affect employment. After all, the Ability world was so short of people, it was impossible that they wouldn’t welcome him back.

But it was different now. Although his Ability was very strong, the Ability world was indeed not short of people anymore. However, Su Bei didn’t necessarily have to go back; he just wanted to ask about the policy clearly first.

Hearing this question, Meng Huai was also stunned for a moment, but he was not stumped. Because they were returning to ordinary society, quite a few people wanted to go to university to get a degree. In addition, there were already relevant policies, so the government also had arrangements for this.

“In terms of subsidies, it’s still the same as before. Take your admission notice and report to the Ability Government, and your tuition will be fully waived, and you will receive a monthly subsidy to your card. After graduating from university, you can participate in the campus recruitment process together with the Ability user graduates from your high school.”

Speaking of which, Meng Huai also told them about the campus recruitment process. “After you finish your graduation assessment, the academy will first ask for your preference, which type of employment you want to choose. Different choices correspond to different processes later on, and you will know then.”

The Ability Government had arranged their future employment very well, and the originally somewhat restless hearts of the crowd immediately calmed down.

This class ended quickly. It wasn’t really a class, but just Meng Huai answering their questions from this period. And after class, when they got the third-year high school curriculum, they realized that it wasn’t just about what happened after graduation that they needed to care about. This last semester was not to be underestimated either!

In this weekly curriculum, there were only two classes related to Nightmare Beasts. This was within everyone’s expectations. After all, with the sharp decline in the number of Nightmare Beasts, they naturally could no longer be the main focus.

What they didn’t expect was that the number of cultural classes had increased significantly. Almost one-third of the classes in a week were cultural classes like mathematics and Chinese, just like in a regular school.

The remaining two-thirds were physical education classes and various Ability enhancement classes.

To know that in their original curriculum, having five cultural classes a week was considered a lot. Now there were so many more. It could be seen that the intention was to let the Ability users adapt to ordinary society as soon as possible, so that they could integrate better then.

The class was full of wails. Regardless of their grades, no one wanted to take cultural classes. No one would feel nostalgic for them after not having taken them for two years; that would be a betrayal of the previous nine years.

Su Bei wasn’t happy either. It was true that he wanted to go to university, but the purpose of the cultural classes offered by “Endless Ability Academy” was definitely not for them to get into university, but just for them to receive a normal high school education. Therefore, the content taught would not be very deep. Following the academy’s teaching progress would be slower than self-study or taking classes.

Sighing, in his opinion, “Endless Ability Academy” was still making this decision too early. Who said they could be at peace just because the Nightmare Beasts were gone? The third season of the manga hadn’t even started yet. Who knew what new problems would arise?

Even without a god’s-eye view, there was one phenomenon that could explain this——the number of new first-year high school students had not decreased, but had actually increased a little compared to previous years.

The birth of Ability users and Nightmare Beasts both relied on meteorites falling from the sky. Now that the bulk of the meteorites had been eliminated by them, the Nightmare Beasts had also been greatly weakened, which led to their later riots.

So even if there wasn’t a direct fault on the Ability users’ side, logically, the number should have decreased. How could it possibly have increased?

The increase in the number of new Ability users could only mean two possibilities: either there was something that could have a major impact on Ability users that they hadn’t discovered yet, or something new had been born.

And this something, Su Bei guessed, was most likely the main background of the third season.

This was also why the main character group hadn’t changed; it was still Jiang Tianming and the others. If the third season had changed the main character group, and a few years had passed, those young Ability users who had adapted to a peaceful life would have been in big trouble when faced with new dangers.

The facts proved that Su Bei’s guess was correct. On the weekend after the first monthly exam of the third year of high school, a major news broke out——three bottomless spatial rifts like black holes suddenly appeared all over the world, one of which was around “Endless Ability Academy.”

After seeing the news released by the official Ability website, Su Bei immediately took a taxi to the location of the spatial rift. Although there was a cordon blocking it and he couldn’t get close, he could still see it clearly.

It was a black rift, and not a single ray of light could be seen from within. His powerful Mental Energy allowed him to vaguely feel a little suction around the rift, as if it wanted to suck everything around it in.

The area outside the cordon was full of people, both ordinary people and Ability users who had come to watch the excitement. The official personnel and experts were inside the cordon, researching with very grave expressions.

Not long after, another group of people arrived. It was Jiang Tianming’s trio. The moment they stood still and showed surprised expressions, the voice of the “Manga Consciousness” sounded in Su Bei’s ear: “《King of Abilities》 Season 3 trailer has been updated, please check.”