Rule Strange: Urban Legends That Don't Exist

Chapter 422 Bounty Investigation Application
Click on "Bounty Survey Application", and a new page with the unit name "Northern Federal Bureau of Anomalous Biological Survey Archives" will appear on the top of the page immediately.

Under the name of the unit, there are densely packed written agreements.

At a glance, Chen Yan found that the contents of these texts were nothing more than "high bounty buys out the investigator's investigation results", "the intellectual property rights involved in the bounty investigation report submitted by the investigator are ultimately owned by the archives of the North Bureau ", "The Archives of the Northern Bureau has all the right to interpret and revise the investigation results" and so on...

All in all, as long as the investigator takes the money and submits the investigation report, even if the transaction with the North Bureau is completed, the investigation report will have nothing to do with the investigator itself in the future, and it will completely become the property of the North Bureau .

As for the titles of "the first discoverer", "the first brave man to set foot in XX", "outstanding contributor to the ecological investigation of XX", they have nothing to do with the investigators at all.

Chen Yan is short of money now, so he has to apply for a bounty investigation no matter what, because according to the above, as long as the application is successful, he will immediately get a sum of investigation funds.

'It's really interesting. It's obviously a bounty mission, but the investigation funds are given before the mission starts. It seems that the North Bureau doesn't care much about the money. They care more about the information the investigators investigate, whether it is issued before the investigation begins. Investigation Fund], or [Project Bounty] after completing the investigation, are essentially encouraging investigators to complete investigation activities. '

'Tsk, an institution that is not short of money...'

The other half of the agreement page is the "Confidentiality Agreement":
The North Bureau has the right to use the investigation report, the investigator has the power to receive a reward, and the North Bureau and the investigator have a joint obligation to keep the investigation report confidential.

This is not a bad thing, because the secrecy of the investigation process is also an important protection for the personal safety of the investigators.

For a large organization like the Northern Bureau, it would not be easy to violate the agreement it made, otherwise where would the credibility come from?

If they violated the agreement they made at will, I am afraid that no investigators will work for them at all, and it is impossible to develop from before the era of the director to the present.

At the bottom of the page, Chen Yan saw the last reminder, which reads, "Any violation of the agreement will be punished by the [Conviction Law]".

I don't know what this [law of conviction] is.

It’s enough that I don’t violate the agreement, but I have to be honest when doing business, especially when signing a contract.

Pull down the page to the bottom, check the "Agree Agreement" column, and press the fingerprint, the page will jump.

After the jump, several large characters appeared on the top of the page - "Application Form for Bounty Survey".

The form is completely blank.

It seems that the name of the application project for the bounty survey, the reason for the application, the content of the application, the amount of funds applied for the investigation, etc., should be freely filled by the investigator.

Chen Yan thought for a while, and typed out a line of small characters:
"Research on the Ecological Environment and Physiology of Shrimp People"

He wrote below the page:

"Shrimpman is not an ordinary demihuman, but a new species of shrimps of the genus Spratidae and Spratidae that have been mutated by some kind of "pollution" and obtained a human body.

Shrimp people have a human body and a shrimp head. This weird combination did not produce a [host-versus-graft reaction] in the medical sense, but a perfect coexistence.

This new life form has great research value:
First: It will have the value of reference for "Organ Transplantation" in the extraordinary field, and may become the key to overcome [Organ Rejection].

Second: The study of shrimp people will become a key breakthrough for human beings to study the biological and ecological relationships in underground caves.

As a new species, the shrimp people must still have many unknown aspects worth studying. "

Chen Yan finished the application form with the attitude of writing a thesis, and then clicked the "Submit" button at the bottom of the page.

After a short pause, the application form was uploaded.

Then the page jumps, and the floating window of "Uploaded successfully, please wait patiently for the approval result of the archives room" appears.

'It's interesting that the archives office is in charge of bounty investigation applications. Shouldn't this kind of thing be in charge of the General Office?
Well... I can't use the common sense of my previous life to speculate on the extraordinary society of Yanan City, this is wrong. '

Chen Yan looked at the prompt "Uploaded successfully..." and felt uncomfortable. How long will it take?What if the application is not approved?So I'm not working in vain?
Based on the concept of "casting the net widely, we can catch more fish", after returning to the main page of the archives app, Chen Yan clicked the "reward survey application" button again.

Pull down the page, check the agreement agreement, press the fingerprint, and jump to the form page.

He thought for a moment, and typed the name of the next survey application on the top of the form:

"Study on the Abnormal Physiological State of Spherical Tungusia Due to Infection with an Unknown Strain"

This incident happened in Midland more than ten years ago, and the outside world did not know about it.

As an unrelated force, the North Bureau should be very happy to know the secret past that Mida actively buried.

He wrote below the page:

"An unknown plague broke out in Miskatonic University more than ten years ago. Now, according to reliable sources, a spherical Tunguska proficient in digging is the source of that plague. Its abnormal behavior has strong investigation value. , perhaps from the clues on it, we can find out the true secrets such as the number of casualties and sequelae of the plague that occurred in Midland that year. "

Chen Yan didn't write much this time, firstly because he really had nothing to write, and secondly because he didn't want to reveal too much information to the North Bureau, so he only said "the Great Rice Plague" without mentioning the details of this plague. The source, not to mention the failed experiment that year.

Click Submit, and after a short pause, it prompts that the submission is complete.

Chen Yan still felt unreliable. After thinking about it, he decided to apply for another one to protect his capital.

The survey application this time is called "Study on the Extraordinary Ecological Niche and Social Form of Spyro Industry and Subterranean Abnormal Creatures".

"The underground caves in Yanan City and the extraordinary creatures in the large mining area have formed a new type of extraordinary society.

Under the human intervention, they appear to be uneven in ecological niche among each other.

Humans, shrimp people, crab people, and some abnormal demihumans, even if they are all intelligent creatures, are not in the same ecological niche due to species differences.

This difference in ecological niche may be the benchmark for constituting the extraordinary underground social form.

By studying it, we can better understand the whole picture of a new civilization, and thus have an accurate understanding of it. "

When writing this paragraph, Chen Yan was a bit exaggerated and bragging, but he had to write like this. If he didn’t brag so much, how could he apply for research funding?

Chen Yan thought to himself, isn't such a macro research topic worth 10 pounds of research funds?

Although he was confused, he still clicked the submit button.

After the submission was successful, Chen Yan felt even more anxious. It felt like when she was waiting for the results of the college entrance examination.

If you can see the score immediately, no matter whether the grade is good or bad, there is always a result.

But if you keep waiting, the process of waiting for the result will become more and more painful.

It was almost 8 o'clock in the morning, Chen Yan thought about it, and decided not to wait here, first to see if the kitchen could be repaired.

Now there is not even a place to eat in the apartment, and I have to go to the bathroom to wash the dishes, which is really shabby.

It's okay for adults, but children should do the same. Chen Yan really feels sorry for her.

If it is really poor, it will be broken and not repaired.

But he has money now, not much, but enough to renovate the kitchen.

In the building materials market on Walker Street, there is actually a professional decoration company. The employees of the company are all decent citizens with the official status of the empire. The company pays taxes normally, the service quality is also high, and it has a good reputation. There is no need to worry about subsequent problems.

The only downside is that it's too expensive.

After Chen Yan experienced the Razor Party, he no longer dared to go to the streets to find scattered workers. Instead, he came to a chain decoration company to find a suitable kitchen renovation method.

After communicating with the decoration consultant in detail, Chen Yan got a not-too-long list, ranging from large items such as "renovating walls and windows" to small items such as "small chandeliers" and "pots and pans" , a complete kitchen costs 30 shillings 87p.

Chen Yan did the math. If he hired street workers and bought ordinary furniture, materials and wood for maintenance, he could save about 20 shillings.

He struggled in his heart for a few minutes, but still gave up the idea of ​​coming by himself.

Safety is still more important.

The regular company is amazing. After the engineer of the other party went back to see the apartment with Chen Yan, he said that the maintenance of the kitchen can be carried out from the inside of the apartment to the outside of the apartment, and will not affect the normal life of the residents in the apartment.

After paying a tip of 20 pence, the engineer said that he would complete the work as soon as possible within two working days.

The entrance to the basement had been sealed by Jack Baldo. After Chen Yan said "don't touch the basement", the engineer put on an expression of "I understand" and patted his chest to reassure Chen Yan.

Chen Yan didn't know where he was thinking, he had no time to think about the engineer's thoughts——

Just a moment before the construction team of the decoration company started construction, Chen Yan received a push from the APP of the North Bureau Archives Office.

"Congratulations on your successful application! "x3
Um? !Are all three programs successful?
Chen Yan opened the app in surprise, only to see that there were three reminders of successful application on the main page of the app.

Rows of big red characters are so beautiful, Chen Yan has never felt this way - the hateful imperial script that made him vomit once, turned out to be so beautiful.

在APP的主页面分别点开申请成功的信息，三个项目申请到的调查资金分别是23先令109便士，1镑3先令16便士，以及10便士。

Huh?
Why are there so few? !

He remembered Lawrence clearly saying that the Federal Agency for the Investigation of Anomalous Biology has a listed fund dedicated to investigations, and investigators will receive financial assistance from the fund pool after applying.

"If you successfully apply for a survey form for a demihuman who has not yet performed the [Ascension Ritual], you will be able to get at least 5 pounds of investigation start-up funds."

These are the exact words of Lawrence!

Didn't you say at least 5 pounds? !Where did this 10p come from? !

After Chen Yan stopped breathing for half a minute, a thunderstorm flashed through his head.

"Damn it! The North Bureau is a middleman, earning the difference!"

(End of this chapter)