The Midnight Owl

Xu Wang pulled the savior into the office, slammed the door, and pointed out the window: "You can see it too?!"

Wu Sheng showed the owl icon on his arm: "I still have this."

"Me too!" Xu Wang almost wanted to hold him and cry, that kind of cry of joy when meeting compatriots in a foreign country.

"Don't get excited," Wu Sheng patted him on the shoulder, "tell me about the situation."

Xu Wang told all about his experience, but the timeline of this matter was too chaotic, and it was hard for him not to be excited, so he talked incoherently, and he couldn't listen to it later, as if he was clearly divided into categories and coded neatly. veggies that Sang Sang made himself a rock salad.

The savior heard the whole story without saying a word. Xu Wang guessed that he didn't know where to ask the question, and he was too embarrassed to interrupt him.

"Well, give me a minute to smooth it out," Xu Wang shook his head, trying to calm himself down, "I'll tell you again..."

"Is there anything missing?" Wu Sheng asked.

"Ah, it should be gone..." Xu Wang was a little embarrassed, "It's because I talked too messily, I'm afraid you..."

"It's not chaotic, it's very clear." Wu Sheng's eyes were clear, "You lost your memory and experienced two time resets, one time you were killed by someone, and the other time you grabbed the door and called the police, but there was no real danger. Twice It all happened at 12:04, the number outside the window decreased from 13 to 11, a strange owl picture appeared on the arm, and the message 'survive 4:44pm'."

"How did you sum it up..." Xu Wang looked at the savior now, like a scumbag looking at a great god.

Wu Sheng likes the recognition and admiration in the eyes of the other party. Since he lost his memory, he showed a real smile for the first time: "Because I am like you, I also lost my memory. I also experienced two time resets, and I can see The numbers and arm information outside the window, the only difference is that I have not died, both times are the same as your second time, and it was reset in a blink of an eye."

Fighting alone suddenly turned into hand in hand, and the savior made people feel very safe. Xu Wang's panic was gradually replaced by a huge question: "Why is this happening? What kind of mutation is this?"

"It's not clear yet." Wu Sheng glanced down at his watch, 12:09, "It is known that 12:04 is a critical juncture, we have successfully passed it, and we will see what happens next."

"Next?" Xu Wang's heart tightened, "You mean there will be danger in the future?"

"Of course," Wu Sheng said, "if it's a safe journey, there's no reason for 'survive 4:44 p.m.' to be an exam question."

"Exam question?" The savior's train of thought was too difficult to keep up with.

"Oh, this is just a metaphor of mine." Wu Sheng clicked the owl on his arm and said, "Look, here are four items: roster, pencil case, cheat sheet, and report card. Among them, roster, report card It’s all blank, there’s only one sentence in the cheat sheet, ‘survive 4:44 p.m.’, there’s a lot of stuff in the pencil case, the prefixes are ‘defense’, ‘wu’, and ‘fantasy’, do they look like game props?”

"It's a little..." Xu Wang didn't expect that there are so many ways in the owl, he only read that sentence, and didn't click anywhere else, and every time after 4 minutes, the clerk's crazy boyfriend came, and he didn't have time think more.

"I haven't clicked on it yet, so I don't know what effects they will have, but there are rosters, pencil cases, and transcripts. In my opinion, this is an exam," Wu Sheng continued, "The small paper should have written the answer. , but placed here, it should be closer to some kind of hint.”

Xu Wang remembered the first few crisp "dings", which were indeed very similar to the notification tone of a mobile phone.

Wu Sheng suppressed his smile and turned serious: "I guess, for some inexplicable reasons, the two of us were selected to take this exam, and the exam question is 'survive 4:44 p.m.'..."

"During this period, the mysterious power behind this exam will set up various obstacles for us. Once we fail, time will reset. The number outside the window is the number of times we can fail, that is to say, you and I share 13 opportunities... ..."

"Once the number reaches zero, no one knows what we will face, but if possible, I still like to win the challenge and give [-] points to the face of the test organizer..."

Breathing out lightly, he looked into Xu Wang's eyes seriously: "The next thing is the most important part, we have to find out the trigger condition for time reset. The first time is your death, what is the second time?"

Xu Wang also looked at him seriously, and just looked at him without speaking.

Wu Sheng was stunned, and he probably had some recollection: "Did I say too much in one breath, it's actually not that complicated..."

"Brother," Xu Wang grabbed the savior's hand and held it tightly with both hands, "Tell me the truth, are you lying to me? In fact, you don't have amnesia, you know everything..."

Time 12:17.Trance, caught off guard.

"Tuk Tuk."

Xu Wang recovered from the knock on the door, and the warmth of the savior seemed to remain in his palm.

time12:00

The number outside the window changed to "10".

Half a minute later, the female clerk put down the coffee for the fourth time.

A minute and a half later, Wu Sheng rushed into the office, out of breath: "No, there are other people taking this exam!"

……

On the 15th floor, XX Pet Grooming Center.

"Wow woof! woof woof—"

"Lin Lin, why does it keep barking..." He didn't know what was wrong with him, but he had to rely on the name tag on his chest to remember the names of himself and the colleagues next to him.

It's not appropriate to say "remember", his mind is still blank, he just temporarily remembered the two names he saw.

His name tag reads Kuang Jinxin.

The girl next to him to help him comfort the dog is named Lin Lin, who looks to be two years younger than him.

The one enjoying the service was a golden retriever, which was supposed to be docile, but barked fiercely. Lin Lin kept soothing him, but it was still agitated.

"You're pregnant, you're most sensitive when you want to be numb." Lin Lin stroked the golden retriever's head, soothing her very gently.

Kuang Jinxin put down the pet comb: "Well, it's almost there."

Lin Lin was taken aback, dumbfounded: "You only combed twice."

"Ah?" Kuang Jinxin tilted his head in a daze, "But I think it's been a long time since I combed it."

The golden retriever suddenly jumped off the grooming table and ran outside.

An employee happened to pass by, stopped the dog, and coaxed the dog for a long time with nice words, before he was willing to let him carry it back.

Kuang Jinxin looked at the golden retriever lying on the beauty table again, momentarily at a loss.

If he remembered correctly, the dog had already run out three times, and every time this employee happened to pass by, it was so strange.

"Why are you in a daze." Lin Lin took his pet comb and started to work.

Kuang Jinxin looked around the beauty room, there were walls on all sides, no windows, only a glass door, and the company LOGO was pasted airtight.

Probably the room is a little stuffy, Kuang Jinxin thought, that's why he had that inexplicable illusion.

……

On the 16th floor, XX brand design studio.

Mannequins can be seen everywhere, all kinds of fabrics are messy, designers are busy running, the overhead light seems to be broken, and the property master is sitting on the ladder for maintenance. In short, there is a scene of work in full swing.

A handsome man is sitting in a corner. Although it is an open office area, it can be seen that the space around him is relatively larger and more independent.

He was not busy, but turned his chair half a circle and looked out the window. Although he frowned, his posture was leisurely, which was in stark contrast to the room full of struggling employees.

"Director Chi, this is the theme of the next season, take a look." The staff sent the plan.

The man in thought didn't look back, still stuck in his own aesthetic system: "Which company's countdown advertisement is this?"

"Huh?" The employee didn't know why.

"It's too ugly." The man didn't need the employee to answer, he gave a sincere evaluation.

The employees follow the leader to look out the window, the blue sky and white clouds, so there is no advertisement.

Chi Yingxue stopped looking at the big and ugly red "11", turned back to the chair, and looked at the plan.

This is the third time he has received the same proposal.

It really was a dream.

Only in his dreams could he have a blank memory and his employees repeated what they had done over and over again.

And extra tattoos on the arms.

No matter the design or color matching, it is far from "beauty". The only advantage is that it can be opened, which is quite strange.

But since it was a dream, there was no need to restrain himself - the barking dogs downstairs gave him a headache.

When the employee sent the plan for the second time, he asked about it. There is a pet grooming center downstairs.

"What kind of pet grooming in the building..." He muttered and got up, and walked out directly.If you want to sleep well and have a peaceful dream, this is not a high requirement, and it should be satisfied.

The employees were left on the sidelines, recalling the "I want to find fault" on the leader's face just now, and did not dare to call out the back of the person who left.

The messy office area caused Chi Yingxue to walk in many detours on the way from the work station to the door. During the walk, she was almost hit on the head by the pliers that fell from the maintenance worker's ladder. Fortunately, he nimbly dodged it.

There was only one floor down, and he didn't bother to wait for the elevator, so he went straight up the stairs.

On the stairs, a group of security guards were grabbing a man down. They probably didn't take the elevator because they were afraid of the negative impact.

He was in no hurry, and civilization gave way.

But when the man was passing by him, he suddenly broke free from the security guard like crazy, trying to strangle him.

He didn't know whether the other party went to the doctor in a hurry, or if he was really confident that he could hold him with his bare hands. Anyway, he didn't give the other party a chance. The police are coming.

In fact, he kept his strength. If he really kicked, the opponent would have to roll down the stairs.

After such a fuss, when he went downstairs, he was not angry at first, but he didn't know that the barking of the dog was more fierce and could be heard more clearly, which brought back his headache.

Ignoring the front desk's obstruction, he rushed directly to the beauty salon, and when he opened the door, he saw two people and a dog.

Kuang Jinxin and Lin Lin were also stunned.

But the golden retriever suddenly jumped down, threw itself on Chi Yingxue's lap, stuck out his tongue and wagged his tail, even barking joyfully.

Chi Yingxue was puzzled.

Kuang Jinxin smiled and said, "It likes you."

Chi Yingxue always felt that the voice was very kind, but the brain in the dream was really useless. He looked at the other party carefully, forgetting why he came, and asked, "Did we meet somewhere?"

His gaze was fixed on Kuang Jinxin's face, it was so obvious that Lin Lin who was next to him didn't even think he was wrong, and burst out laughing.

Kuang Jinxin was a little dazed at first, then scratched his head, and asked with some uncertainty: "Brother, are you trying to strike up a conversation with me?"

Before Chi Yingxue could answer, she suddenly attacked them both in a daze.

……

Top floor, 12:00.

"Mr. Qian! If you lose money, you can earn it again, but if you lose people, you really lose it—"

Amidst the noisy shouts, Qian Ai's vision gradually became clear. He stepped on the edge of the top floor, with an abyss behind him, and a man dressed as a security guard in front of him. Shout.

"Mr. Qian! Think about how painful it is to fall! The powder is smashed, and the person is turned into a meatloaf—"

meat pie?Xianghe... Meatloaf?

No matter what time it is, I still want to eat!

He despised himself severely in his heart.

But soon he realized something was wrong. He remembered Xianghe Meatloaf, Sichuan Skewers, Northeast Stew, Peking Duck and so on, but he couldn't remember who he was and why he was standing here.

"Mr. Qian—"

"The other name is lost!" He really couldn't bear it anymore, the wind on the top floor was strong, and after being yelled like this, he would easily stumble.

"Who am I?" He desperately wanted to know the question.

"Boss Qian!"

"full name!"

"Ding--"

"Qian Ai, Caotou Ai."

"Who am I?"

"The boss of the trading company is working on our tenth floor!"

"Ding--"

"Can you turn off your broken phone first!"

"This is not the ringtone of my cell phone..." The security guard was about to cry. In order to persuade the boss who committed suicide to come down, he really worked hard. He even cooperated with the other party to pretend to be crazy, what else!

He hoped that Mr. Qian would really lose his memory, at least he wouldn't commit suicide again!

"Mr. Qian, think about your family, think about your wife, think about your children, if you keep green hills, you won't be afraid of running out of firewood..."

"Wife? Child?" Qian Ai was at a loss, "Do I have any?"

"..." The security guard just said it casually, how could he know about this kind of housework.

The air was suddenly quiet, and an anxious voice came from the security guard's intercom: "Come to the third floor, come to the third floor, someone is causing trouble!"

Qian Ai sighed, and decided to come down from such a dangerous place first, no matter what the security guard said was true or not, anyway, he didn't want to die at all now, even if he really went bankrupt, he just got up from where he fell.

Just as the security guard held down the walkie-talkie and wanted to report the situation on his side, Qian Ai suddenly caught a glimpse of Qian Ai lifting a leg from the corner of his eye.

His breath was stagnant, and he rushed forward without thinking about himself!

Qian Ai's eyes widened, and he watched the security guard rush towards him in panic. The moment the security guard hugged his leg, he suddenly felt in a daze...

"Mr. Qian! If you lose money, you can earn it again, but if you lose people, you really lose it—"

Qian Ai stood on the outer edge, his figure swayed slightly, with a subtle sense of unreality.

He seems to have heard this word?

"Mr. Qian! Think about how painful it is to fall! The powder is smashed, and the person is turned into a meatloaf—"

He has heard this too...

"Mr. Qian, think about your family, think about your wife, think about your children, if you keep green hills, you won't be afraid of running out of firewood..."

There is a problem, there is definitely a problem, either he is crazy, or the security guard is crazy.

Behind the security guard is the door going downstairs, and a smear of red is reflected on the glass of the door.

He turned his head by a strange accident, and in mid-air, a blood-red "12" appeared.

"Come to the third floor, come to the third floor, someone is causing trouble!"

The sound of the walkie-talkie drew Qian Ai's attention.

Some fragments flashed through his mind, the intercom, the third floor, the security guard, come over... come over?

Qian Ai was shocked by the memory fragment, so shocked that he was a little unsteady, and the sudden strong wind made him shake even more.

"Mr. Qian!" The security guard turned pale with fright, and rushed over without thinking of himself!

"……"Again? !

The moment his legs were hugged, the dizziness did not come as expected.Qian Ai was stunned for a moment, but in the next second, his body fell back and fell off the roof.

The security guard jumped too hard and hugged his leg, but knocked down the person. He couldn't wait to tighten his arms, and the person had already gone out.

In fact, even if he tightened his grip, the strength of hugging his legs would not be able to keep a big man.

Dizziness, trance, 12:00.

"Mr. Qian! If you lose money, you can earn it again, but if you lose people, you really lose it—"

"Shut up! Shut up! You are not allowed to move!" Qian Ai struck three times in a row like a rainbow, and came down from the outer edge like a flash, and ran to the center of the roof in one breath, only then was he breathless and at ease.

In the middle of the sky outside the building, the bloody "12" turned into "11".

"Mr. Qian, have you figured it out?!" The security guard was so surprised that he was almost excited, and his voice changed.

"Nonsense!" Qian Ai wiped his forehead, regardless of whether there was cold sweat there, "If you don't think about it, you will jump down again!"

"Huh?" The security guard looked innocent and confused.

Qian Ai wanted to give him a stick.

The wind blew past the top floor, making Mr. Qian calm down a bit: "It's time for your walkie-talkie to ring."

Did the security understand? After a few seconds, the walkie-talkie rang: "Come to the third floor, come to the third floor, someone is causing trouble!"

The security guard looked at him miraculously, and responded to the other end: "Okay, here we come."

When he came to the door, seeing that Qian Ai hadn't moved, he asked, "Boss Qian, let's go down together?"

Qian Ai shook his head: "Go and do your work."

The worry in the security guard's eyes returned.

Qian Ai rolled her eyes: "Don't worry, I'll blow the air and smoke. If I want to die, I just jumped."

The security guard thought so, and the intercom was urgently urged, and after a few words of advice, he left.

Qian Ai squatted seriously on the top floor, smoked two cigarettes, and then - didn't think about anything.

This situation is too weird, completely unscientific, and even more clueless.

Take out your phone and check, 12:15.

Sighing, he got up and went back to the building. The man said that he was working on the 10th floor, and maybe he could remember something when he returned to the company.

From the 22nd floor to the top of the building, he stood in front of the elevator on the top floor and waited for a while before the elevator arrived.

At 12:17, the elevator slowly opened on the 10th floor.

Qian Ai went out and felt a pain in the back of his head as soon as he saw the words "Commercial Company", and his eyes were instantly dark.

At the last moment before losing consciousness, Qian Ai judged with his physical intuition——Brick.