The day I was forced to be a detective pendant

After a period of silence, Tie Zhu asked softly, "Then... where are we going now?"

"Let's walk like this first," I said, "be careful, and look around to see if there is a map or something like that. Ah, the next time Shen Jing contacts me, I will ask him if he can find out the map of this place .”

"This is a factory, there should be signs like fire evacuation routes, that's equivalent to a map." Jack said, "Look, there's a light ahead."

We walked cautiously to the end of the corridor close to the base of the wall, and we could see a double-opening sliding iron door. The light inside was projected on the floor, making it pale.

I walked around the light lightly, stuck to the crack of the door and looked in, and a creepy scene appeared in front of my eyes—the huge and purposely high factory building was as bright as day, and dozens of assembly lines were running precisely. There are several workers sitting next to them, inspecting or fiddling with the product parts passing by.Most of their faces look young, but they are bloodless and lifeless. There is no highlight in their eyeballs, and the black overflows the parts that should be the whites of the eyes. Their expressions are stiff and their movements are mechanical, like brainless robots.

I took a step back and shook my head again and again: "Don't go in, look for other places."

Zhao Yingjun hesitated and said, "What if there is a treasure chest?"

Jack made a rich remark: "This one is not bad."

"Here," Xiao Hei called out in a breathy voice from the corner, "I found an elevator. Look, there are floor signs."

"The first floor is full of workshops, as well as the security department. The second floor is the human resources department and the general operation area. The third floor has only one large office area. The fifth floor is the administrative office and meeting room." Xiaohong felt strange while reading: "Yeah What about the fourth floor?"

When she turned her face, everyone thought of Shen Jing at the same time.

"I guess the security guard on the first floor is the monitoring room. It has been hacked by Shen Jing, but there should be patrolling personnel wandering around. We'd better leave the first floor as soon as possible." Jack said, "The second floor... I think it's okay. Skip it first, it’s not interesting to listen to ordinary work areas.”

"Could it be that we go straight to the most suspicious fourth floor?" Zhao Yingjun said. Set a time to meet on the fourth floor."

"Yes. And I think, the administrative office on the fifth floor... If it's really him, the factory manager Xu Sizhe's office should be there." I half-jokingly said.

"He should be the boss." Xiao Hei patted his biceps and said, "I'll go find him in the end."

"Then George and I go to the third floor, who else is with us?" Jack asked.

Xiao Hei raised his hand and said, "Me."

Jack nodded, and pressed the elevator—the elevator stopped on the first floor, so it opened instantly.

"Oh, it's not as good as we thought." Zhao Yingjun looked at the elevator buttons and said, "The floor button doesn't respond, you have to swipe your card to press it."

"Tsk, I knew that Sun Kabin's employee card would not be returned to him." I regretted, "Is it okay to go through electrical maintenance?"

KP's voice came from the camera in the corner of the elevator—even though he knew that the surveillance system was no longer working, he was still quite panicked to be stared at like this. "Pass the normal test on the first to third floors, and pass the difficult test on the fourth to fifth floors."

I nodded and rolled the dice: "Come on."

KP: "40/60, normal success, you can move around on the first to third floors."

"That's fine, I'll find a way to go up later, such as finding a safe passage, stairs or something." Jack said.

"Yes, I can break open the physical door lock directly." Xiao Hei agreed - ever since he discovered that he can destroy everything violently, he has become more energetic.

The elevator door opened quickly on the second floor, and Tie Zhu, Zhao Yingjun and Xiaohong went out——Brother Yue just wanted to find a chance to test these two players, I don’t know if Zhai Qi chose to play with us on the first team because of this consideration in.After arriving on the third floor, Jack listened first to make sure there was no strange movement outside before we went out.

Compared with the downstairs, this floor has much brighter light, and it is surrounded by white walls, which also makes it harder for us to hide.Xiao Hei gestured behind a potted plant for a long time, but found that he could not hide his huge figure at all, so he simply gave up.

In front of us was a narrow corridor, with a row of tall, small windows on the left, through which we could barely see the night.On the right is a door with the words "Programmer Experimental Office" on the door.

"Programmers, what does a factory need so many programmers for?" I whispered, "And the combat effectiveness of programmers shouldn't be very good, right?"

"What if it is the kind that has been modified? This so-called 'experimental office', could it be the process of... turning the 'brain raw material' into slices." Jack said, "I opened a crack to see Look, I'll watch it alone, and I'll call you guys if I don't lose san."

I held my breath and watched Jack gently push the door open a crack. He raised his eyebrows, as if a little surprised, and then withdrew and said, "No brains, it's really a group of programmers, about a dozen or so."

"What are they doing?"

"I don't know. Everyone is facing the screens all over the wall. I don't know what they are doing. No one pays attention to me." Jack pushed the door open again and said, "I'll do an investigation, and I'll see what's on their screens." .”

KP: "The detection check is passed, and you see a map with different scales on the screen, filled with dense red dots. You see a red dot that has been clicked on, and there is a person's basic information on it, including his name and age And work, not only that, but even his intelligence, strength, education level, etc. More importantly, this information also includes the mobile phone model he uses, and the time when he agreed to the 'User Terms of Use' .”

My mouth turned into an "O" shape, and Jack said in amazement: "Zhao Yingjun has found the base camp, and all those who agree with the regulations have entered this system. I just don't know if we can get through a good ending in the end, the decision they made Will it affect personal fate?"

Xiao Hei didn't care much about these things, and said eagerly, "Only programmers? Let's rush in."

I was surprised: "What are you doing rushing in!"

Xiao Hei said: "Hit...no, ask about the situation in their building and the conspiracy behind these regulations."

Jack actually agreed: "Pick off some more programmer uniforms and employee cards, very good, you go in, I will guard outside in case anyone comes."

Xiao Hei immediately took out a stun gun and a pistol-like thing - upon closer inspection, it was actually a starting gun commonly used by school physical education teachers.Seeing me staring at him dumbfounded, he explained: "I wrote it in my belongings when I squeezed the character card, and KP didn't say anything."

Jack nodded at him, and Xiao Hei pushed open the office door and shouted: "Don't move!"

There were screams and gasps, and the sound of stools scraping the floor, and the whole room turned around in surprise.Xiao Hei roared angrily: "Leave your fingers from the computer and mobile phone immediately, or I will be impolite!"

Although the action was hesitant and slow, everyone still did as he said.Looking around, I can see that this group of NPCs in constant need are all pale, sluggish, lacking in exercise and sunshine.

"Everyone stand up! Go to the corner and squat in a row!" Xiao Hei said, "Take out your mobile phone and put it on the floor in front of you."

Why is he so proficient... I thought silently.

Everyone looked at each other a few times, left their seats slowly, went to the wall and squatted in a row—in this short period of less than 1 minute, the number of red dots on the screen increased a lot.Xiao Hei ordered: "That fat man over there, stand up for me!"

Nearly half of the people stood up.

Xiao Hei: "..."

Xiao Hei: "I'm talking about the fat man wearing glasses, the others squat down!"

Nearly a quarter of the people squatted down, and Xiao Hei and four or five fat people wearing glasses looked at each other in blank dismay.

He showed an expression that he couldn't bear to look directly at, and said, "The first one from the left, stand up, and the others, sit down!"

Xiao Hei pulled him out of the team and swung the stun gun in front of him—at that distance, the hairs on the fat man's face could feel the static electricity. He looked terrified, and sweat dripped from his forehead instantly.But he looked around at the people staring at him all over the room, and at the camera in the corner, hesitant to speak.

"I'm a hacker, and the camera has been turned off by me." I also acted as a bully, saying, "The person behind the camera can't help you, so I advise you not to make small moves."

He seemed relieved when he heard the words. I noticed this and said, "Are you afraid of the people behind the camera? But it doesn't matter. I suggest you be afraid of the people in front of you first."

Xiao Hei squeezed the stun gun in his hand and creaked.

I pointed to the screen on the wall: "Say, what is the purpose of doing this?"

The fat man said like a mosquito: "We...we are here to monitor all the people who have agreed to the terms of use. If a person's intelligence and education exceed a certain limit, that is, if the person is smart enough, we will..."

Me: "Do you want? Take their brains and slice them?"

The fat man looked at Xiao Hei hesitantly, then nodded and said, "Yes, the brains of these people must be preserved."

"We already knew about this, but what is your purpose for wanting these brains?"

The fat man swallowed, and said: "We will lock the location of these smart brains, save them, and inject them into every electronic device in the world as human brain slices. Then, through these electronic devices, we will control those who use equipment people."

"And then, control the world?" I wondered.

The fat man said: "I don't know more specifically, our work is only a part of the assembly line, I only know that all these people who hold the electronic equipment of the human brain can connect with our main brain calculator at the same time, and then complete the work. What kind of activity."

I thought about it, and suddenly understood: "Wait a minute, is the event you're talking about a week away, no, it's Apple's new system launch event in four days' time?"

Fatty nodded: "The press conference will be broadcast live globally on the Internet platform, and there will be a large number of celebrities participating, and millions or even hundreds of millions of people will watch together. The celebrities and hosts will lead the audience to interact together. At that time, The signal for the press conference will be sent from the main brain computer."

As soon as he said this, many clues and details we collected in the past few days suddenly all came together. I nodded and asked, "Master computer?"

The fat man said: "The master computer is upstairs, on the fourth floor, but you can't get in, because the security level is very high there."

"Isn't it enough to have this?" Xiao Hei tore off Fatty's employee card, took off a few uniform jackets, and tied everyone back to back with network cables.Finally, he took out his old flip phone, and Jie Jie threatened with a strange smile: "Did you see the box outside the door? If anyone of you dares to leave this room, I will detonate the bomb, understand?"

There were no boxes on the wall outside the door, but all the NPCs nodded tremblingly.

After walking out of the office, Xiao Hei turned around and took a chair to the door. I quickly told Jack the information I just learned: "If I didn't guess, the day of the press conference was a doomsday carnival. Remember the mural in the sewer? The people behind it, whether it's Xu Sizhe or anyone else, aim to connect the whole world with him on the day of the press conference to complete this summoning ceremony."

"Damn, cyber summoning, will the one summoned be the evil cyber god?" Jack said, "The Necronomicon probably records the process of the so-called summoning ceremony."

"Don't worry about that, go to the fourth floor and destroy the main brain computer and you'll be fine." Xiao Hei said, "The fat man said that the signal for the press conference was sent from upstairs. In other words, without the main brain computer, the people of the world cannot receive the signal. The summoning ceremony is also yellow."

Jack didn't say a word, and seemed to have doubts, but there seemed to be no better way for a while.After we waited at the elevator entrance for a while, Xiao Hong, Zhao Yingjun and Tie Zhu also came up, their clothes were disheveled, their noses were bruised and their faces were swollen—there was blood on Tie Zhu's shirt.I was taken aback and asked, "What's wrong?"

"Don't mention it," Tie Zhu said with a mournful face, "I met the patrolling security guards, two!"

Xiaohong is also a little embarrassed: "Wearing a black suit, but not completely human, similar to the one I encountered in the sewer before, but it should be a more advanced upgraded version, the blood is so thick. Fortunately, it has been resolved."

"I knew I told you to bring Xiao Hei," I said, "Come and change into employee uniforms, one employee card per person, come and get it."

After a brief exchange of information, we took the elevator up to the fourth floor.Unexpectedly, as soon as the elevator door opened, my cell phone rang again.

I stared at the phone screen and said in horror: "It's a video call invitation."

"Oh my god," Tie Zhu leaned over, "Professor Shen has really evolved, he can make video calls."

Zhao Yingjun: "But if he has already done that, how did he do it..."

"It's just an electronic signal, what sound and video can't be synthesized. Just pick it up." Jack said.

I clicked to accept the call invitation, and the appearance of the other party appeared on the screen—although the hair was gray and the face had withstood the baptism and vicissitudes of time, I still recognized Shen Jing at a glance.His appearance and facial features are the same as those in the photos in the apartment, but he is not as haggard as I imagined. Instead, he is full of energy, with gentle eyes, and a bit of the elegance of a scholar.

"Hello teacher." I said.

Shen Jing looks happy—although his face blocks most of the shot, he can still be seen sitting in a pure white closed room, just as he described.

"Hello, classmate! As I said before, I upgraded the system, and we finally met." Shen Jing smiled.

I also smiled at him, but thinking of Jack's deduction before, I couldn't laugh anymore for a moment.But Shen Jing didn't care, he said: "I just remembered, what happened that day. Xu Sizhe asked me to meet downstairs in the apartment building, and said that he wanted to tell me about a major breakthrough in physics, and asked me to bring it to me. Go to the "Necronomicon" borrowed from the library. I didn't expect him to knock me out as soon as I got downstairs." He was a little angrily, "If I have the chance, I must kick this crazy guy hard. "

It's almost the same as what we guessed before - looking at Shen Jing's vivid expressions and expressions on the screen, it's hard for me to imagine that he is no longer a "human being" in the general category.

Jack stepped forward and said, "I'll talk about those things later, teacher, are you okay? Have you eaten yet?"

Shen Jing shook his head: "I don't feel hungry." After a pause, he smiled again: "By the way, did your search in the factory go well? I have a premonition that we will meet soon, I am really locked up enough , I can't wait to get out of this damn place."

After hearing Shen Jing's "not feeling hungry", Jack was obviously shaken. He said, "Are you still unable to locate yourself? We are going to check the computer room on the fourth floor of the factory now, but we are still not sure if you are here In the factory."

Shen Jing thought for a while, and said: "I suspect that there is some setting here that is interfering with me. Every time I search my location, I will encounter this kind of interference." He was silent for a moment, lowered his head to tinker with something, and said: "I tried to enter the monitoring system on the fourth floor of the factory, and encountered similar interference." His expression suddenly lit up: "Does this mean..."

Seeing Shen Jing's expectant look, I couldn't bear to say: "It's okay, you have a good rest, conserve your strength, and after we meet...we'll talk later. We haven't heard your physics class yet, it must be very interesting."

Shen Jing smiled and shook her head: "Students don't like to listen to my lectures, they feel bored, and I am not as good at attracting students to like and interacting with students like young teachers."

"It must be very interesting. You are such a famous scientist, and you must have a high level of understanding of physics. There must be students who are interested in physics because of your class." I said, "After going out, I also want to ask you about computer-related issues, and then..."

I can't go on.

Jack took the phone and said, "We have to go, goodbye."

Jack hung up the phone, sighing.After this conversation, all of us understood his previous speculation—the facts were obvious before our eyes.

Tie Zhu said: "He doesn't need to eat, he doesn't need to sleep, he can't go out of the room, and he hasn't seen other people. It's over, this teacher may only have one brain left."

Zhao Yingjun said: "He knows everything, but he doesn't know where he is. If I guess, he is the computer room, the mastermind, and the network, so he can contact us through the network and continue to evolve."

I was depressed - it was just a fictional game, but I was worried about the fate of a character.Shen Jing's background story is too complete, his experience is too real, and he is too much like a person we may all know.I shook my head, put away the phone, turned out of the elevator room in the corner, and looked up at the structure of the fourth floor—this is a high-ceilinged pure white space with a straight corridor running through the middle, and the two sides of the corridor are neatly stacked There are many doors, and these doors are marked with numbers starting from "1"-these numbers are also the only grayscale parts of the entire space.One door after another, they continued to extend and repeat until the deepest part—a bigger door stood at the end of the space.I can't help thinking of the minimalist design in the real world, but the "minimalism" here is brought to the extreme. It seems that people will be induced to snow blindness as long as they stare at it for a while.

Jack stepped forward and said, "Just listen."

He frowned and said, "Someone is screaming, calling for help... No, it seems to be begging someone to kill him."

KP: "Sancheck, minus 0 for success, minus 1D3 for failure."

I looked nervously at Jack - so far he hasn't had a sanity yet.Fortunately, the check was passed, and Jack, the handsome flower boy with an iron will, shrugged his shoulders dismissively.

I said: "It's okay, the big deal is the brain. Zhao Yingjun and I have already seen it, let's open a door and try it."

Zhao Yingjun seemed reluctant, but he still agreed, and we both pried open the door of "1", the space inside was very small, but instead of a brain soaking jar as I thought, it was an old-fashioned printer.It’s just that the printer looks terrifying, like a weird mechanical heart, covered with intertwined and pulsating wires and nerve threads, and those threads spread out like hair, extending out until they disappear into the wall.

Zhao Yingjun was shocked and disgusted: "Uh... what the hell?"

Something even more terrifying happened. The buttons of the printer suddenly began to dent one by one, as if a pair of invisible hands were typing.At the same time, a line of words was tapped on the connected screen behind it: "Help me."

I stared: "Who... are you? How can I help you?"

"I am, Albert Einstein, kill me."

Zhao Yingjun and I: "..."

Printer: "My consciousness is, stored, unable to shut down, unable to... die."

Zhao Yingjun retreated at the speed of light, dragged me out, and closed the door directly. I was shocked: "What are you doing?"

"Still leaving, waiting to drop San!" Zhao Yingjun broke down.

Xiao Hei was not afraid to open the next room and looked in - there was a twisted and damaged wheelchair inside, and a board stood in front of it, which was also covered with vine-like nerves and wires, and the board was still making a whimpering sound .Xiao Hei asked, "Who are you over there? This is Hawking."

I looked up at the room at the end of the corridor, and suddenly I didn't dare to see what Shen Jing had become inside.

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Shen—teach—profess—! (shout out