Chapter 354

Seeing that no one had any more questions, Meng Huai continued, “The second option is to have a job arranged by the government, which is equivalent to a tenured position. However, your ability will be strictly controlled. If you use it rashly, you’ll lose this position and have to find a job on your own.”

If they were to remain freelancers, the conditions for using their abilities are quite lenient as long as they have an ability license—they just can’t use them against humans in violation of the rules. Clearly, if they accept a tenured position, the restrictions will be much stricter.

But for those whose abilities weren’t very useful, and who preferred a stable life over combat and high salaries, this is an excellent choice.

It was clear that Mu Tieren and Zhao Xiaoyu were both a little tempted, but still hesitant.

It was rare to hear Ling You speak up. “What do these tenured positions include? Is it only office work?”

Meng Huai knew what she was really asking. She wanted to know if an ability like hers, which wasn’t well-suited for being a police officer, would have no practical use if she accepted a government arrangement.

Of course, the government wouldn’t waste such talent. He looked at the list in his hand and replied, “There are many options: various levels of government, public hospitals, state-owned enterprises… However, after you report your abilities, they will be the ones making the selections. The most you can do is submit your preferences.”

As he spoke, Meng Huai waved the list in his hand. “This is the preference form. I can send it to you all 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 a few documents from the stack in his hand and distributed them to the students. “These are the new regulations issued by the Ability Government for people in this category. You can take a look.”

Su Bei picked up the paper on the table 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 them to his advantage, rather than be constrained by them.

There weren’t actually many rules on the single sheet of paper. The other regulations were similar to the old ones, generally prohibiting the use of abilities on humans and requiring an application in advance for any use. Only a few new rules were added.

First, on the condition of possessing an ability license, after returning to the world of ordinary people, you cannot use your status as an Ability user for any purpose. This includes deliberately proclaiming you are an Ability user to find a job.

Second, if you want to use your ability for your future work, for example, using a ‘Culinary God’ ability to become a chef, you can apply to the Ability Government for a business license. Once the application is approved, you can use it.

This way, it prevents Ability users from causing dissatisfaction among ordinary people by being too high-profile, without completely blocking off this path. It gives some Ability users another way to make a living on their own, which is indeed a good method.

“Then is there no way for us to stay in the Ability World?” Jiang Tianming asked, raising his hand. Compared to the other options, he still preferred to stay here and use his ability to its fullest.

Among those present, the only one confident about staying in the Ability World was probably someone like Si Zhaohua, who already had business interests there.

Of course, the Ability Government couldn’t possibly make such an obvious mistake. After all, the Nightmare Beasts hadn’t been completely eliminated yet, so someone had to remain in the Ability World. And after the Nightmare Beasts are wiped out, the Nightmare Beast World will need to be re-explored. Besides that, new Ability users will also need to be taught by other Ability users.

So, all in all, although the Ability World had indeed lost many job positions, it still had a lot to offer.

Regarding jobs within the Ability World, Meng Huai was very clear. “There are many options, but you’ll need to interview for them yourselves. If you want to eliminate Nightmare Beasts, the Ability Government has maintained a guild. All Ability users who want to enter the Nightmare Beast World to eliminate them must first pass this guild’s interview before they can be assigned missions. If you want to become teachers or staff for the Ability Government, you’ll also need to interview at designated places.”

He then added, “But it’s quite convenient for you. There will be campus recruitment when you graduate. The positions I just mentioned that allow you to stay in the Ability World will all come to the academy to recruit during the job fair.”

This was similar to the spring recruitment at a regular university, except they were doing it in high school.

With a clear path to staying in the Ability World, everyone felt much more at ease. As members of Endless Ability Academy’s S-Class, they were all confident they could land their desired offers upon graduation.

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

As soon as he said this, everyone turned to look at him with varied and fascinating expressions. Just how fixated was he on going to university? Wasn’t university just a bargaining chip for finding a better job? Now that their futures were set, was there any need to go to university?

If Su Bei knew what they were thinking, he would have answered with a perfectly straight face: Of course, there is!

First and most importantly, there was a policy subsidy for Ability users who continued their education after graduating from the academy. Not only was tuition fully waived, but there was also financial aid. Although he didn’t lack this bit of money, it would be a waste not to take advantage of the government’s offer.

Moreover, under the original policy, going to university and then coming back didn’t affect employment. After all, the Ability World was so short on people, it was impossible they wouldn’t welcome him back.

But things were different now. Even though his ability was very strong, the Ability World was no longer short on people. However, Su Bei didn’t necessarily have to go back; he just wanted to clarify the policy first.

Hearing this question, Meng Huai was also taken aback for a moment, but he wasn’t stumped. Since many who wanted to return to ordinary society wished to attend university to get a degree, and since there were already relevant policies in place, the government had made arrangements for this.

“In terms of subsidies, it’s the same as before. Present your admission notice to the Ability Government, and your tuition will be fully waived, with a monthly stipend deposited into your account. After graduating from university, you can participate in the campus recruitment process along with the high school graduates from our academy.”

Speaking of which, Meng Huai briefly explained the campus recruitment process to them. “After you complete your graduation assessment, the academy will first ask for your preferences regarding your chosen employment path. Different choices correspond to different procedures, which you’ll find out about then.”

The Ability Government had arranged their future employment prospects very well, and the students’ previously unsettled hearts were finally put at ease.

The class ended quickly. It wasn’t a real lesson, just Meng Huai answering the questions they’d had during this period. But when they received their third-year schedule after class, they realized it wasn’t just their post-graduation life they needed to worry about—this final semester was not to be underestimated!

In the weekly schedule, there were only two classes related to Nightmare Beasts. This was within everyone’s expectations. After all, with the number of Nightmare Beasts plummeting, they naturally couldn’t continue to be the main focus.

What they hadn’t expected was the significant increase in academic classes. Nearly a third of the weekly curriculum consisted of subjects like math and language, academic classes just like those in a regular school.

The remaining two-thirds were physical combat classes and various ability enhancement classes.

Considering that in their original curriculum, having five academic classes a week was considered a lot, the current increase was substantial. It was clear the goal was to help Ability users adapt to ordinary society as quickly as possible so they could integrate better.

The classroom was filled with wails of despair. Regardless of how good or bad their grades were, no one wanted to take academic classes. No one felt nostalgic for them after two years without; that would be a betrayal of their first nine years.

Su Bei wasn’t happy either. It was true he wanted to get into university, but the purpose of the academic classes at Endless Ability Academy was definitely not to prepare them for university entrance exams, but simply to have them learn standard high school knowledge. Therefore, the content wouldn’t be very deep. Following the academy’s teaching pace would be slower than self-studying or enrolling in a prep course.

He sighed. If he had to say it, Endless Ability Academy was making this decision too soon. Who said they could live in peace just because the Nightmare Beasts were gone? Season three of the manga hadn’t even started yet. Heaven knows what new problems would arise.

Even without his omniscient perspective, there was one phenomenon that could prove this point—the number of new first-year students hadn’t decreased. In fact, it was slightly higher than in previous years.

The birth of Ability users, like that of Nightmare Beasts, relied on the fallen meteorites. Now that the main meteorite had been destroyed by them, the Nightmare Beasts were also greatly weakened, which had led to their subsequent rampage.

So, even if there wasn’t an immediate gap in the emergence of new Ability users, their numbers should logically decrease. There was no way they could possibly increase, right?

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

And this something, Su Bei suspected, was most likely the main background for season three.

This was also why the main cast hadn’t changed; it was still Jiang Tianming and the others. If season three had featured a new main cast, and several years had passed, those young Ability users who had grown accustomed to a peaceful life would be in for a world of hurt when facing new dangers.

As it turned out, Su Bei’s guess was correct. On the weekend after the first monthly exam of their third year, major news broke—three bottomless, black-hole-like spatial rifts had suddenly appeared around the world, one of which was near Endless Ability Academy.

After seeing the news released on the official Ability website, Su Bei took a taxi directly to the location of the spatial rift. Although a quarantine line prevented him from getting close, he could still see it very clearly.

It was a black rift, from which not a single ray of light could be seen. His powerful Mental Energy allowed him to vaguely feel a slight suction force around the rift, as if it wanted to pull everything nearby into it.

A crowd of people had gathered outside the quarantine line, both ordinary citizens and Ability users who had come to see the spectacle. Officials and experts were inside the quarantined area, studying it with extremely grave expressions.

Before long, another group arrived—it was Jiang Tianming’s trio. The moment they stood still with surprised expressions, the voice of the Manga Consciousness sounded in Su Bei’s ear: “The season three trailer for King of Abilities has been updated. Please check it.”