Other people’s 996 is a blessing. My 996 means assigning jobs to ancient divine beasts.
Taotie bankrupts an all-you-can-eat restaurant. The nine-tailed fox livestreams lipstick sales. Qiongqi... Never mind, let’s keep Qiongqi inside for now.
My name is Lin Bei, and I work at the Divine Beast Employment Services Office of the Bureau of Anomalous Affairs. I have ninety days to find places in human society for twelve Classic of Mountains and Seas beasts that have come down from the mountains.
Taotie went into demolition. The nine-tailed fox’s nine tails bicker on livestream, and somehow it became the top salesperson. Huan sleeps through every night shift, but every time it dozes off, it predicts a disaster. Qiongqi can see through people, so the only job for it is hosting a late-night radio show. Yinglong can summon wind and rain, and the meteorological bureau says it can start by testing artificial rainfall.
The funny thing is, these ancient ferocious beasts found their place in life sooner than most office workers.
The not-so-funny thing is, my right hand has locked up, my vision is starting to turn white, and sometimes my right foot doesn’t feel like my own.
Baize says, “It’s not exhaustion. Your body is remembering where you belong.”
The previous caseworker, Zhao Haiping, has been hospitalized for thirty-one years. He can’t grip things or stand steadily. He’s exactly like me.
Taowu broke through seven walls to find me. It said it wanted a job where it wouldn’t have to stop. I couldn’t find one.
It turned and went to Baize.
“It said Baize had seen how it would end.”
