208: Chapter 209 Who Will Issue the Professional Orders? Let's Dismantle the Issuing Platform into Windows First.

[Current Status of Underlying Career System: Lost Central Mother-Node]

[Requesting Establishment of New Governance Rules]

[Question: From now on, who will decide how careers are Awakened?]

The moment these words appeared, the Jiangcheng Mainframe went silent for a second.

Then, the whole world exploded.

It wasn't the sound of an explosion.

It was the sound of requests lighting up simultaneously from countless Awakening nodes.

At the Hai City Third Awakening Tower, Intern Liang Yu had just finished posting the low-dosage assistance Records remaining from the gods heart when the old screen at the top of the tower popped up a blank authorization form.

[Hai City Awakening Node Requests Temporary Administrative Rights]

At the Beiyuan No. 7 Mine, the miner career chain flickered erratically.

[Mining Area Career Inheritance Rights Require Local Confirmation]

At the Nanling First Hospital, medical support career interfaces automatically surfaced.

[Medical Career Awakening Requires Continuity Guarantee]

At the Qinghe County Training Station, semi-transparent pre-Awakening pages appeared above the heads of thirty-seven students.

[Minor Career Enlightenment Node Pending]

Further away, countless voices also flooded into work order no. 002.

"This is the Donglin Chamber of Commerce; we can host commercial career assessments!"

"The Nanwu Battle Group requests to take over combat career recommendations!"

"The remaining Department of Education office nodes apply to restore nationwide unified Awakening order!"

"Jiangcheng has successfully detached from the Mother-Node; please have the Jiangcheng Temporary Maintenance Squad serve as the national career hub!"

As soon as this last message lit up, Chen Ye's hair stood on end.

"Who wrote that?"

"Don't set us up like that!"

Cheng Du looked at the Mainframe, his face ashen.

"It's not just one place."

"Many cities are afraid of chaos."

"They would rather find a new center."

Lin Jin looked at the prompts from the underlying system.

On that blank governance page, candidates had already been automatically generated.

[Candidate Governance Entity: Department of Education Remnant]

[Candidate Governance Entity: Alliance of Awakening Nodes]

[Candidate Governance Entity: Jiangcheng Temporary Maintenance Squad]

[Candidate Governance Entity: Abyss Career Distribution Terminal]

[Candidate Governance Entity: gods heart Remnant Observation Pod]

[If no effective governance rules are established within three minutes, the current highest stability contributor will take over temporarily.]

Highest stability contributor.

Jiangcheng Temporary Maintenance Squad.

work badge no. 001 lit up for a moment.

The new tool in Lin Jin's hand also felt heavier, as if something was trying to grow from the work badge into his palm.

[Matching Temporary General Governance Rights]

[Matching Object: Lin Jin]

[Advantages: Successful completion of multiple repairs, pressure-bearing Record of The 72 Stations, repair experience with the God Head naming rights]

Chen Ye's eyelids twitched wildly.

"Again?"

Shen Tingxue's Ice Line instantly pressed down on the edge of the work badge.

Zhou Heng's Thunder Spear pressed against the Mainframe interface.

Thirteen sneered, "Mother is gone, so we're replacing her with a Repairman as Father?"

Lin Jin raised his hand and slapped work badge no. 001.

"Reject match."

The system did not retreat immediately.

[If rejected, please provide an alternative governance entity.]

Lin Jin stared at the phrase "governance entity," then suddenly looked up.

"Who says there must be an entity?"

The Mainframe transmitted the cold inquiry of the underlying system.

[Without an entity, careers cannot be distributed.]

Lin Jin grabbed the new tool and walked straight toward the old Jiangcheng Awakening Hall.

"Then let's change the first sentence first."

The old Awakening Hall was in ruins.

The adult verification slot at the bottom of the calibration disk, which had just been pried open, was still smoking. Beside it stood 326 children, along with a few youths who had just turned eighteen today and were originally scheduled to Awaken.

After the Mother-Node disconnected, the career pages above their heads were like paper in the wind.

One moment they became Warriors.

The next moment they became Recorders.

Then they became "Recommend waiting for unified distribution."

The Old Calibrator, his hands covered in bandages, pressed down hard on the calibration disk.

"If we don't set rules soon, these children's interfaces will burn out!"

Lin Jin walked up to the calibration disk and saw the first career page drifting toward him.

[Recommended Career: Jiangcheng Maintenance Squad Apprentice]

[Reason: Currently the highest stability path]

The youth's face turned pale with fear.

"I... I don't know how to repair things."

Lin Jin reached out and pulled the page from his chest.

The career page emitted a sharp alarm.

[Stability recommendation removed]

[Please confirm alternative career]

"There is no alternative."

Lin Jin slapped the career page onto the calibration disk.

"He doesn't know how to repair, so don't write 'Maintenance.'"

[No alternative means Awakening failure]

"Awakening is not about handing out certificates."

Lin Jin looked up, his voice transmitting throughout the city, into work order no. 002, and to those cities waiting for Jiangcheng to provide an answer.

"The first step of Awakening is not the system giving you a career."

"It is confirming that this person exists now, what they can answer, what they cannot answer, what experiences they have, what risks they accept, and what training they need."

"Careers are not distributed from the top down."

"They are a window."

"Not a command platform."

The Old Calibrator was stunned.

"A window?"

"Yes."

Lin Jin picked up a piece of chalk and drew four boxes on the wall next to the old calibration disk.

[Personal Statement]

[Real-life Experiences]

[Training and Resources]

[Risk Warning]

He then drew a fifth box next to them.

[Undecided for Now]

Teacher Song Qing's voice from Qinghe County immediately came through the work order.

"Can minors use this too?"

Lin Jin replied, "Minors can write their current wishes, what they are currently unwilling to do, and what they currently don't know."

"They cannot be forced to write a final career."

Fang Ning followed up, "What about those who cannot express themselves?"

"Record their care and life status."

"They must not be Awakened by proxy."

Cheng Du quickly integrated the rules into the Mainframe:

[Awakening Window Draft]

[Functions: Verification, Prompts, Training Suggestions, Risk Explanations, Recording Personal Choices]

[Prohibited: Proxy selection, default settings, forced installation, overriding personal statements for the sake of stability]

The Department of Education remnant nodes immediately pushed back.

[Lack of unified distribution will cause career chaos]

[Inconsistent standards across regions will lead to disorder in levels]

[Recommend restoring central review]

Inspector Han Su's voice rang out from another channel.

"The Department of Education remnant nodes do not represent the entire Department of Education."

His Job-Slayer blade was stuck in the ground, his voice as cold as iron.

"Any application to restore central review must first explain who has the right to sit in that central position."

That side went silent instantly.

But soon, another Chamber of Commerce node popped up.

[Commercial careers can be certified by industry qualifications]

The Battle Group node followed closely:

[Combat careers require review by the strong to prevent the weak from mistakenly entering high-risk careers]

Lin Jin sneered.

"Industries can provide training."

"Battle groups can provide risk reports."

"Schools can provide courses."

"Hospitals can provide health advice."

"But they can only enter the third and fourth boxes of the window."

"They cannot stamp their own seal over the personal statement."

He turned to look at the youth who had almost been written down as a "Maintenance Squad Apprentice."

"What is your name?"

The youth swallowed hard.

"Zhao Jing."

"What do you want to Awaken now?"

Zhao Jing's face flushed red.

"I... I don't know."

A low commotion broke out in the old Awakening Hall.

Not knowing, in the past, was almost equivalent to being useless.

But Lin Jin handed him the chalk.

"Write it in the fifth box."

Zhao Jing's hand trembled as he wrote under [Undecided for Now]: [I don't know.]

The system page flashed violently.

[Personal statement insufficient]

Lin Jin replied directly, "It's enough."

Luo Wensheng recorded it.

Ye Guizhou stamped it: ["I don't know" received]

[Does not constitute Awakening failure]

He Zhibai added: [Costs for learning, living, and re-verification during the undecided period must not be transferred as punishment.]

The Old Calibrator took a deep breath and pressed the life verification seal.

The old calibration disk roared.

No career insignia lit up on Zhao Jing's chest.

Nor was he judged a failure.

Only a grayish-white temporary page floated up.

[Status: Not Awakening for Now]

[Can participate in basic training]

[Can schedule re-verification]

[Must not be labeled as a discarded sample]

Everyone in the hall was looking at that page.

Zhao Jing was looking at it too.

As he looked at it, he suddenly squatted down, covered his face, and cried.

"I thought I had to choose today."

No one laughed at him.

Because many people realized at that moment—

"I don't know" finally had a place to be put.

The system underlying layer was silent for a moment.

Then it popped up new questions.

[If the personal statement conflicts with real-life experiences or training suggestions, which takes priority?]

Lin Jin did not answer immediately.

He pointed to another girl.

"You, come here."

The girl looked to be seventeen or eighteen, clutching an old training chart in her hand.

She stepped forward, and the page on her chest popped up:

[Real-life Experience: Three consecutive years of fire-element training]

[Training Suggestion: Fire-element Demolitionist]

The girl gritted her teeth and wrote in the personal statement box: [I don't want to learn fire anymore.]

The training chart immediately shone with bright golden light.

[High investment cost]

[Great loss from changing direction]

[Recommend continuing]

Her father rushed out of the crowd, his face flushed red.

"Three years of material costs have been spent!"

"You say you won't learn it now just like that?"

The girl's shoulders shrank.

Lin Jin did not answer for her; he only pushed the fourth box, [Risk Warning], in front of her.

"Write down the risks."

The father was stunned.

The girl was also stunned.

The Old Calibrator immediately recorded:

[Risk: Loss of existing training costs]

[Risk: Changing direction requires relearning]

[Risk: Conflict in family relationships]

[Risk: Short-term Awakening instability]

Lin Jin pointed to the first box again.

"Personal Statement."

The girl held the pen, her hand trembling violently.

Finally, she wrote: [I know there will be a loss. I still want to stop.]

Ye Guizhou stamped it: [Personal statement received]

He Zhibai added: [Training costs can be negotiated; they must not be converted into career coercion.]

Luo Wensheng wrote: [Parental investment does not own the future career.]

The system page paused for a moment, and the Fire-element Demolitionist recommendation retreated to the third box.

It no longer pressed down on her chest.

[Personal statement takes priority in verification]

[Training suggestions retained as reference]

The girl's father's lips moved, but in the end, he didn't rush up again.

He saw that box of risks.

The money didn't disappear.

The relationship didn't automatically fix itself either.

But they couldn't force his daughter back into the fire because of it.

The underlying system asked again.

[If the individual chooses a high-risk career, is it allowed?]

Chen Ye was just about to say "That depends," but Lin Jin had already turned to Zhou Heng.

"Combat type, you tell me."

Zhou Heng stepped forward, his Thunder Spear still bearing cracks.

"Allowing the choice of a high-risk career does not mean immediate deployment."

"High-risk careers require training phases, danger notifications, exit channels, and minimum protection."

"An individual may want to walk a certain path."

"But the system cannot throw them directly into the abyss and call it respecting their choice."

Shen Tingxue followed up: "Powerful careers also cannot skip emotional, physical, or cost assessments."

"So-called talent compatibility does not mean the individual must accept it."

Fang Ning added: "Medical, rescue, and guardian careers, in particular, cannot be forcibly bound using 'kindness.'"

Teacher Song Qing from Qinghe County also sent a message: "If a child says they want to be a hero, they still need to eat, sleep, and attend class first."

Chen Ye couldn't help but nod: "That's reliable."

New rules were written one by one into the Awakening window.

[Choosing high-risk careers requires phased training]

[Training does not equal forced deployment]

[Exit, change of direction, deferral, and re-verification are all valid]

[No career may be forcibly installed on the grounds of talent, investment, family, industry, or city needs]

In the old Awakening Hall, the calibration disk suddenly stabilized.

It no longer emitted golden light like the Mother-Node.

It shone in grayish-white.

Very simple.

Like a window that had finally opened.

The underlying system provided a temporary write-back:

[Temporary Awakening Window established]

[Governance Mode: Multi-location support, personal statement priority, local verification, public Records, reviewable and exit-able]

[No single distribution entity]

[Jiangcheng Temporary Maintenance Squad: Technical assistance party, does not possess national career distribution rights]

Chen Ye let out a long sigh of relief: "Great, no need to be the national Homeroom Teacher."

Qin Shanhe glanced at him: "You couldn't be one anyway."

"Teacher Qin, that's hurtful."

Thirteen sneered: "The truth is hurtful."

There was finally a bit of laughter in the hall.

But before the laughter faded, the underlying system suddenly flashed again.

This time it wasn't a request for governance.

Instead, a new grayish-white window popped up simultaneously for the insignias of all existing career holders.

[New governance rules established]

[Existing career relationships need re-verification]

[Do you wish to continue holding your current career?]

[Options: Continue / Defer Review / Apply for Change / Apply to Exit]

Jiangcheng, Hai City, Beiyuan, Nanling, Qinghe County.

All career holders saw these four options.

The smile on Chen Ye's face froze.

Zhou Heng looked down at his Thunder Spear Knight insignia.

Shen Tingxue looked at the Ice Phoenix mark.

Fang Ning looked at her nursing career interface.

Inspector Han Su looked at the Job-Slayer.

Gu Changye looked at the Terminal Processor.

Tang Qi looked at The Rejector.

Cheng Du looked at his long string of old maintenance Records, and his expression slowly changed.

The next second, countless "Apply to Exit" requests flooded into work order no. 002 globally.

Someone cried out: "I don't want to be a career that risks my life for my family anymore!"

Someone roared: "This career has gotten me killed three times; can I quit now?"

Others asked with trembling voices: "If I quit, how will I eat?"

New questions from the underlying system lit up.

[Existing career re-verification wave has begun]

[Requesting the establishment of exit, change, and retention rules]

Lin Jin looked at the screen full of applications and gripped the new tool tightly.

Just as he was about to speak, he suddenly saw the first exit application at the very top.

[Applicant: Cheng Du]

[Current Career Relationship: God Head Maintenance Passage Old Keeper]

[Application: Exit long-term keeper duty]

[Note: I want to sleep, and no longer be responsible for the whole world staying awake.]