He also deliberately looked at the famous artworks stored on the drawing tablet from this world, but in his eyes, their level was nothing special.

After all, the art of this world had suffered a break due to war, regressing by several decades.

Many pre-war artists' works, even just digital versions, could fetch high prices, because the artistic level before the war was far superior to now.

However, many works no longer even have digital versions.

“Phew, done.”

An hour later, William Carter put down the pressure-sensitive pen and looked at the finished drawing on the tablet.

Actually, this painting was already mostly complete; only the most crucial part—the shadowy figure—needed William Carter to fill in, so it didn’t take much time.

What’s more, William Carter was always known for his “speed” in painting. Where an ordinary artist would need three days to produce a concept art piece, William Carter could do it in half a day.

In his previous life, William Carter was a genius in painting, never having encountered any setbacks. But precisely because of this, he now felt that being a top artist was no longer challenging or attractive.

He had already set a much grander goal for himself!

Looking at the painting again, its artistic conception had completely changed.

Amidst a vast mechanical army, a stubborn and lonely human appeared small and insignificant, perhaps about to be mercilessly crushed by the iron tide in the next second; yet he gripped his gun tightly, his back radiating an indescribable determination.

A lone hero, unflinching in the face of death.

There were no dazzling colors or special poses, yet it firmly captured the viewer’s gaze, as if that silhouette possessed a special kind of magic.

William Carter thought for a moment and gave the painting a name: “Resistance Fighter.”

Like the finishing touch to a dragon, the painting suddenly gained a soul. The originally suffocating and despairing scene was completely transformed by that silhouette, turning into a spirit of fearless sacrifice and an indomitable heroism!

……

The moment he finished naming the painting, several floating light effects suddenly appeared on the artwork and drifted into the wristband worn on William Carter’s left hand!

William Carter was stunned for a moment, thinking he was seeing things.

The wristband he wore was the basic model in this world, essentially the equivalent of a smartphone from his previous life.

However, the wristband used holographic projection technology, breaking the limitations of a phone screen.

But William Carter knew very well that those floating light effects just now were definitely not a function of the wristband or the drawing tablet!

He hurriedly activated the wristband, which immediately projected a holographic image in front of him, displaying a series of three-dimensional icons—some common applications.

But at the edge of the holographic display, there was a new program, unnamed, with only a rather crude game icon emitting a faint glow.

William Carter tapped it, and a window popped up.

The window was very simple, with only a line of numbers and a button labeled [Draw].

Those light effects were still floating, landing on the number. The original “0” changed to “70,” and the [Draw] button became active.

“What does this mean? Did I get these 70 points for completing the painting?”

William Carter tried tapping the [Draw] button. The number changed from “70” to “20,” then a very crude special effect flashed, and a new icon appeared on the wristband’s screen.

[Universal Searcher]

[Available uses (1/1)]

[After use, you can search for any information you want in your consciousness, and it will be displayed in your field of vision. Lasts for 15 minutes after use.]

William Carter was stunned for a moment. He thought carefully—although the technology in this world was advanced, there was no such thing!

In other words... as a transmigrator, is this his golden finger?

“Heh, only losers use golden fingers. Would I ever need something like this?”

William Carter didn’t care at all and just let the Universal Searcher sit in his wristband gathering dust.

It wasn’t arrogance—his previous life self had dominated the art world without any golden finger, and now, in a parallel world where the arts had regressed for decades, he needed it even less!

William Carter was absolutely confident. Even though the position he was interviewing for wasn’t artist but world architect, it would still be a piece of cake!

William Carter packaged his resume together with the artwork “Resistance Fighter” and sent it to the recruitment email of Guangyi Interactive Entertainment, where he was about to interview, then sat back to wait for the interview notice.

In this parallel world, copyright protection awareness was very strong. Guangyi Interactive Entertainment was a big company and would never plagiarize William Carter’s work.

However, before sending his resume, William Carter made a small change, modifying the “desired position” field from “concept artist” to “world architect.”

Chapter 3: Interview

Ming’an City, Guangyi Interactive Entertainment.

Every graduation season, Guangyi Interactive Entertainment receives a large number of resumes. As a top company in Ming’an City and even the entire Eighth District, Guangyi Interactive Entertainment is the ideal workplace for many graduates.