Bai Luan leaned against the window, looking at the Azure Star through the window of Herta Space Station.
He felt as if… he was getting further and further away from his home.
Was this fulfilling his childhood dream of becoming an astronaut, inspired by those ads he watched?
Bai Luan showed a bittersweet smile.
Since Ms. Herta was busy with a show, he was currently in charge of the Space Station.
No one questioned this, though.
After all, he had carried these rookie scientists for over a year, and now that Herta had semi-appointed him as the acting Station Master, naturally, no one dared to object.
However, Bai Luan wasn't attached to the position at all; he was just an interim, only for a few days. After Herta returned in a few days, he would be out.
So, he was a very easygoing acting Station Master, so much so that the researchers he had led for over a year were recently discussing why Assistant Bai had changed his personality.
When such rumors reached Bai Luan's ears, he felt a bit helpless.
Did he pressure these people before because he had a bad temper and wanted to oppress them?
The super fierce Assistant Herta?
I didn't see that; I only saw a poor soul who was going crazy wanting to get off work.
Besides, if you ask these little rascals to build an engine, it's either wind or rain. What he could finish alone in two weeks, they, as a group, couldn't finish in half a year. Who wouldn't get heated?
If he had to rate this group of teammates, the MVP would definitely be Herta. Whether it was Herta in the Little Black Room or Herta occasionally inspecting through a puppet in reality, she helped him a lot.
The gold medal for assistance goes to the company. Over the past year, just by occasionally glancing at the credit point numbers on the bills while signing cargo manifests, he had become desensitized.
It was clear how much money this Space Station had swallowed, and all of it was borne by the company, making it a well-deserved gold medal for assistance.
As for the others… they were so-so, with scores ranging from 3.0 to 6.5.
However, there were two sharp individuals that Bai Luan remembered.
One was named Tony Stark, and the other was Kurt Conrad.
Hm, putting aside their talents, just their names were enough for Bai Luan to remember them.
One Iron Man, one Lizard Man.
One could only say that the Honkai: Star Rail world was full of Easter eggs, making people smile knowingly.
Bai Luan was willing to give these two a score of around 8. They were truly intelligent, caught on after one lesson, and only made mistakes on difficult problems.
They were malleable talents, capable of staying in Herta's Home for three days before being kicked out, which was already very impressive.
Well, it turns out Herta's Home was the most difficult dungeon, and even with the formidable tool that was Little Herta, it took him three years to navigate it like a dragon.
Although he had only been navigating it like a dragon for a short while before Herta brought him here…
After being a slacking Station Master for a while longer, he could go home. The dawn of victory was almost here!
Although Bai Luan was optimistic, reality wasn't so pretty.
The Space Station had just been completed; the entire cabin exuded the scent of a new spaceship, brand new but also empty.
Every area needed personnel to fill it so that the Space Station could truly "come alive."
Therefore, the primary task now was to vet the researchers who wanted to work at Herta Space Station.
There was no need to mention the old rookies he had brought for over a year; Bai Luan had already figured out their backgrounds, and after being led by him for over a year, they had all reached a level where they could stay.
So, for those willing to stay, Bai Luan directly approved their entry into the Space Station.
As early as the day the Space Station was completed, the company had publicly announced the existence of Herta Space Station, promoting it with the slogan of "jointly exploring the mysteries of the stars," attracting a large number of scientists who admired Herta and came to follow her.
Those geniuses from various places who heard the news and rushed to follow Herta needed to be interviewed before they could be hired.
The task of deciding whether these people could be hired naturally fell to Bai Luan.
Bai Luan's assessment was also very simple.
First, he looked at their background. To come here, they had to be at least a genius from their own region.
After their academic qualifications were confirmed, he would then assess their practical abilities, giving them an internship period to see if they could adapt to the work of Herta Space Station.
Since there was a shortage of personnel, Bai Luan did not set the assessment difficulty very high; after a brief assessment, they were temporarily brought in as interns.
These people were not only geniuses but also didn't care about their salaries, coming purely to pursue Ms. Herta's ideals.
To reject them, he would at least have to wait until they caused trouble.
After the number of recruits was sufficient to ensure the daily operation of Herta Space Station, no new researchers were recruited.
After completing these tasks, Bai Luan extricated himself from the interviews, and then spent another month supervising these people to familiarize themselves with the work of Herta Space Station, after which Bai Luan gave himself a vacation.
Every day, he had nothing to do but wander around Herta Space Station.
According to the rumors among the researchers, he was like a ghost, appearing suddenly at unpredictable times.
Due to the guidance of his past life experiences, planning all of this went relatively smoothly.
However, very soon, Bai Luan's leisurely Station Master life encountered a formidable enemy: the attack of nihilism.
Herta Space Station was simply built to store the strange objects that Herta had nowhere to put; everyone on this Space Station was a byproduct of the Space Station itself.
In other words, these people were just incidental; in the initial planning, no goals were set for them.
Therefore, it was now urgent to point them towards a goal.
In recent days, quite a few people had come to talk to him.
They all said they came here to do great things.
They came here not for money, but to dedicate themselves to scientific research for their ideals, but the work they were doing now was too mundane, and they felt that their sacrifice for their current life was not worth it.
They demanded that Bai Luan arrange work for them that matched the sacrifice they had made.
Some even sharp-witted researchers believed that this was Bai Luan's dereliction of duty as Station Master.
If it were Herta, she would probably be scolding these self-unaware researchers by now.
But Bai Luan wasn't that bad-tempered.
He listened to the demands of these researchers with a smile, then stated that he would definitely arrange things according to their requests.
After appeasing them, Bai Luan noted down their names.
He was all too familiar with how to handle this situation; these newly recruited researchers were exactly like the old rookies before he had tormented them a year ago.
These people, oh, they truly took advantage and then acted like they were suffering, completely oblivious that their current work was the easiest it would be for the next few years.
Right now, he had only taught them how to make Herta Space Station run, and the Space Station's true purpose—storing those troublesome strange objects—hadn't even begun yet.
Hmm… it was time for the next step.
Bai Luan opened the list of strange objects that Herta had sent him, casually picked out forty-odd from it, and sent them to Herta Space Station's work group chat.
Bai Luan: [File]
Bai Luan: All researchers form teams freely and select any strange object from the attachment. Based on its characteristics, submit a complete containment plan within 30 standard days.
Bai Luan: Plans approved by me will be considered valid.
Bai Luan: For official employees whose plans are approved, you may present your ideals, and I will consider giving you a chance to try.
Bai Luan: For interns whose plans are approved, you will be immediately promoted to official employees. Those who continue to perform excellently after promotion will be treated the same as above.
Bai Luan: For those who fail to submit on time, or whose plans are rejected three times in a row—
Bai Luan: Official employees will be demoted to interns, with salaries adjusted accordingly.
Bai Luan: Intern employees… I regret to inform you that you will be dismissed from the Space Station.
Bai Luan: Gentlemen, good luck.
The day after this message was sent, Bai Luan clearly felt the atmosphere of Herta Space Station change.
It was an atmosphere where pressure and vitality coexisted; almost everyone regarded Bai Luan's message as an opportunity.
Footsteps hurried in the corridors, laboratories were brightly lit, and the sounds of arguments, flipping through documents, and instrument adjustments intertwined, forming a strange, "lively" noise.
No one thought they would be fired.
Bai Luan looked at the busy researchers and smiled.
According to Bai Luan's rating of these researchers, no more than fifteen plans would ultimately pass.
The opportunity has been given to you, but can you truly seize it?