Rhine Lab is a company located in Columbia, dedicated to expanding technological fields such as life sciences, chemical manufacturing, and biological applications.
As a key technology group supported by the Columbian authorities, Rhine Lab has many undisclosed projects internally, covering a wide range of areas.
According to media reports, over the past period, some of Rhine Lab's projects have secretly expanded their recruitment scale, and there are even rumors of military resources being involved.
Relevant individuals speculate that these confidential projects may be related to Originium experiments on living organisms.
For Rhine Lab, a scientific research and experimental enterprise renowned not only in Saint Foucault City but throughout Columbia, this expansion of recruitment has stirred countless talents in the field.
Although everyone knows that no matter which company they join, new researchers are definitely going to be exploited, many still believe they can make a name for themselves in this promising company.
Saint Foucault City, Takela Valley.
Monday, 7:50 AM
At the entrance of the Rhine Lab company park, an Originium bus slowly came to a stop.
A group of staff members of various races, dressed in light green and white uniforms, quickly squeezed out of the bus and hurried towards the interior of Rhine Lab.
At the very end of the crowd, a tall man in a crisp suit leisurely stepped off the bus.
Perhaps it was Goki's unhurried and relaxed demeanor, as well as his handsome and spirited appearance, that made a few young Young Misses Can't help but look more Got it he A few glances.
"Phew... I didn't expect to have to take a crowded bus to get here."
Taking a deep breath of the fresh air, Goki had almost suffocated from being squeezed into a stuffy carriage with dozens of people just now.
Before Goki was a massive industrial park and complex of buildings. Directly facing Goki was an exceptionally wide, white high-rise building with over ten floors.
At the main entrance of the building, there was a constant flow of people, and on the exterior wall of the building, a huge logo of an infinity symbol enclosing positive and negative poles was printed.
This is Rhine Lab's headquarters and experimental building, responsible for reception, as well as office and experimental functions.
Compared to the "research institutes" in Goki's impression, the scale of Rhine Lab as an enterprise was truly quite large.
Beside the building, there were other smaller buildings, which were the individual office buildings for each department, separate from Rhine Lab headquarters.
As expected of a monopolistic giant enterprise in academia, it's not surprising that such a massive research company could dispatch research teams deep into Sargon.
Goki stretched luxuriously and looked at the hurried young people in front of him. They were either employees of Rhine Lab or people coming for interviews.
These individuals generally had PhDs as their starting education, all graduates from prestigious universities, ambitious high-achievers who came to Rhine Lab for interviews before their thesis defenses, each of whom could be called a "Genius."
Time was exceptionally precious for these Geniuses; if teleportation technology existed, they would surely open a portal between their homes and the company.
However, Goki was different; he was no Genius.
On Earth, he was just an ordinary university undergraduate whose thesis he himself might not even understand after writing it, and who passed his defense solely because his professor gave him a break. In the end, his job wasn't even related to his major.
Even as a Hunter, Goki wasn't someone with extraordinary talent, but rather steadily grew stronger bit by bit by relying on a three-tier hoarding addiction and the tireless spirit of grinding blood echoes.
A true Genius should be a Hunter like Senior Sister Maria – Goki couldn't beat her at all in the beginning.
But today, Goki, whose comprehensive science scores were only average back then, and who probably couldn't even pass now, has come to Columbia's top biological research enterprise.
"Hurry up, Goki, your interview time is almost here."
Soon, Kaltsit's calm and indifferent voice came through a miniature earpiece in Goki's ear.
"Goki, Goki! Can you hear me? I'll be with you here the whole time."
"Yeah, yeah, Brother Goki, to find out about Rhine Lab, I've used every connection I have—if you get rejected for being late, that would truly be a joke, hehe."
Soon, Skadi's voice, and then Kafka's voice, emerged from the miniature earpiece.
Goki could imagine how these two curious babies crowded around Kaltsit's mobile terminal, excitedly shouting into it.
"Alright, alright, you two, don't disturb Kaltsit's work. I'll buy you food when I get back—Kafka, take Skadi to play. Anywhere is fine, just be careful not to run into bad people, or Skadi might accidentally hurt them."
With a slight smile, Goki pacified these two troublemakers.
As Kaltsit's personal informant, Kafka had eaten at Goki's place a lot this month.
"He who eats from others' hands is short of words, and he who takes from others' hands is soft of heart." By having this kind girl, who had lived in the slums for years, take Skadi, Goki could basically guarantee that Little Orca wouldn't cause any trouble.
"Don't worry, Goki, work hard, I'll wait for you to come back! If anyone bullies you, you must tell me, and I'll go beat her up!"
"Who could bully him? I need to be reimbursed for the money I spent on Sister Skadi—good luck! If you manage to extract any secrets from Rhine Lab, I might even acquire them~"
Little Orca and Little Penguin cheered Goki on, and then Kaltsit chased them both out of the room.
"Alright, Goki, I know you're not a very serious person, but this time, for your own safety, I advise you to be serious."
Kaltsit herself was an extremely serious person, but having spent so much time with Goki, she had grown accustomed to his casual personality.
However, this time he was going to infiltrate Columbia's largest company, and the one with the most cooperation with the Columbian military. Even a slight mistake could cost him his life. Kaltsit couldn't understand why Goki could still be so casual.
"Alright, Goki, repeat the identity I prepared for you. For this period, you are him."
Goki nodded, took out a stack of documents Kaltsit had prepared, and, relying on his good memory, began to recite them.
"Okay, okay, my name is Goki, 25 years old, a scholar, a Aegir, grew up in Yan Country, went abroad to study at 16, entered Leithanien for advanced studies, majored in Originium Studies as an undergraduate, and majored in Originium Arts Application as a graduate student. I once researched The Great Silence incident in Iberia, and before joining, I had three years of work experience at Qinqiao Industry..."
Ifrit helped Goki forge a flawless identity, and Kaltsit, having traveled the continent for centuries and fooled many people, was an old fox—Ifrit's forgery methods were nothing in front of her.
Building on Ifrit's forged information, Kaltsit further created an exceptionally real person who never existed but lived in every record.
In Goki's hand was a stack of documents he had "written," including papers published on a Leithanien website. The content was completely authentic, and Goki could only understand a small part of it.
Undoubtedly, these were all papers that Kaltsit herself had genuinely written—as that "Leithanien Scholar."
Terra doesn't have the internet, so the content of the Leithanien website's papers couldn't be seen in Columbia unless someone specifically checked—a round trip to Leithanien would take over a month, by which time Goki would have already completed his task.
"Of course, most importantly, I didn't forget to cultivate my little hobbies in my spare time. While being a high-achiever, I am also a ... Caster with impressive combat abilities."
Extending his finger in front of him, Goki instantly ignited a spark.
Over the past month, under the guidance of Kaltsit, who claimed to "not use Originium Arts," Goki had become more proficient in using his "semi-Originium Arts."
At Rhine Lab, Goki had to act more like a Terran and maintain his false persona, no longer chopping people with a rusty Saw Cleaver.
"Alright, most of Rhine Lab, except for confidential areas, does not block signals, but our calls should be brief to avoid detection of signal flow—I hope your interview goes smoothly, Goki."
Temporarily cutting off the communication, Kaltsit, at the other end of the communicator, couldn't help but twitch her ears as she looked at this novice man, still unaccustomed to a multi-identity life.
Now, Kaltsit, who had wandered Terra for an unknown duration and assumed countless identities, had almost forgotten what her original, truest self was like.
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"Hello, Mr. Goki, welcome to Rhine Lab."
Entering the spacious main hall of Rhine Lab headquarters, Goki went to the front desk and presented his forged identity information to a sweet-smiling Cattus girl. She immediately found the resume Kaltsit had submitted for him on the computer.
"You are scheduled for an interview for the position of Researcher in the Defense Department and Ecological Disaster Prevention Consultant—your interview location is on the 16th floor, conducted personally by Head of the Defense Department Ms. Saria. This is your pass. We wish you a successful interview."
The smile remained sweet, but Goki, however, saw a hint of... pity? on the Nona's face.
"Thank you for your trouble."
With a polite smile, Goki took the interviewer's ID card and turned to leave.
As he left, his superhuman hearing caught the whispers of the Rabbit Senior Sister and others.
"Wow, someone actually dared to interview with Director Saria. That stiff Wyvern is super difficult to deal with."
"What can you do? If they applied for a front desk job like us, they must be a high-achiever, but he is quite handsome, so being a front desk wouldn't be bad..."
"Yeah, tall and slender, much better than Caudus men... Oh, I forgot to ask for his phone number!"
A stiff woman?
Arriving at the elevator, Goki grinned, a familiar figure coming to mind.
No, it was several figures—several wives!
[Rhodes Island Paradise Project hasn't been implemented yet, but is the Rhine Lab Paradise Project about to begin?]
However, just as Goki was about to press the elevator button, a slender hand preempted him.
Goki then noticed a short girl with short brown hair, dragging heavy bags behind her, looking at him with a bright smile.
"...Oh, hello! Are you here for an interview too? My name is—ahem, my codename is Magellan!"
Looking at the familiar face, Goki felt a little regretful that he hadn't brought Skadi this time.
He really hadn't expected that the first familiar person he would encounter on his first visit to Rhine Lab would actually be... an Orca's food?
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