Night falls.
From the outside, Room 1413 looks like any other room. There is no light in the entire apartment, and this dilapidated and huge building seems to be in a deep sleep.
Many security personnel were patrolling the perimeter, and the temporarily installed surveillance cameras were turning around.
Zhong Cheng said he changed back into a sweater and sneakers, and put on a canvas schoolbag. Yin Ren put on a black shirt and tied his hair very neatly. The two of them took Xie Baocai and sneaked around to the back of Fanghua Building.
"Can it really work?" Looking at the wall full of surveillance cameras, Xie Baocai held the cloth bag tightly.
Yin Ren put his index finger on his lips and made a "huh" gesture to thank Baocai.
Zhong Cheng straightened his shirt, turned his back to Xie Baocai, and hung his security card around his neck. He took two steps forward and stopped the patrol officer.
The male staff member looked at the work card that Zhong Cheng mentioned for a while and asked in confusion: "What are you doing here now?"
"I heard that there will be an indiscriminate cleanup in the second half of the night." Zhong Cheng said, adjusting his glasses, his voice was not loud, "We came here to investigate before, and I left my research USB drive inside. I heard that the cleanup operation will affect the data storage equipment, and the research data inside is very important to me..."
They made full preparations before coming to find Xie Baocai.
"Uncle, Xie Chao died so tragically, did you want to kill Gao Mengyu?"
The three of them quickly arrived at the door of Room 1413.
The preparations for the cleanup were complete. Fu Xingchuan set up dense magic arrays around Fanghua Apartment to ensure that cognitive pollution would not spill out. He arranged a treatment plan and was immediately transferred to another site.
The three of them entered the small apartment. Moonlight streamed in from the wide-open windows. Although there was no light, the room was still bright. The silver light brushed across the floor tiles, hazy and quiet.
In order to facilitate the investigation, the door of Room 1413 was not locked. Zhong Cheng said he grabbed the door handle and opened the security door neatly.
"There is a gap inside. We are afraid of danger, so we use this to escape." Zhong Cheng said in a nervous tone.
It was quiet inside the door, and all the furnishings were the same as last time. Xie Baocai was the first to rush in, looking around.
After a while, he cleared his throat.
"Are you kidding me? There's no one here!" The apartment was not big. Xie Baocai turned around a few times in a hurry and his voice became shrill.
Seeing that he was about to be checked, Xie Baocai panicked: "What are you checking for? I was just trying to help you, but you searched me like a thief. Good people don't get rewarded! Are you a police officer? Do you have the authority to do that?"
"Gao Mengyu sprinkled pesticides in the corridor." Zhong Cheng said in a flat tone.
The strange thing is that although everyone can feel the evening breeze blowing on their faces, the curtains do not move at all, as if frozen in the air.
Excellent diving opportunity.
The staff member was overwhelmed. He glanced at Xie Baocai's emaciated old cloth bag and waved his hands.
He took several steps back, straightened his back, and blushed. Zhong Cheng looked at the staff apologetically, with an expression that said "I can't help it either."
Zhong Cheng took the protective suit and nodded like a chicken pecking at rice.
Zhong Cheng said this with the corners of his mouth trembling, as if he was about to smile.
Zhong Cheng said he would go to the Public Security Bureau to check Gao Mengyu's potential enemies to see if there were any familiar faces among them; Yin Ren went to ask indirectly what "indiscriminate cleaning" meant -
Zhong Cheng ignored the old man and stood between Xie Baocai and the window, facing the bright window.
Zhong Cheng pointed at Xie Baocai, and Yin Ren also waved his black-stamped work card at the right time.
The staff hesitated for a few seconds and said, "Okay, open the packages."
Not only the tenants in the apartment, but also the cats and dogs in Fanghua Building were moved away by Zhian. A few hours before the cleanup began, there was no living thing in the building.
Zhong Chengshuo and Yin Ren looked at each other and nodded.
As the two expected, the staff member pressed his temples and said, "We haven't found the gap yet. We only have two hours left to clean it up. Stop messing around. Where did you leave the things? I'll go get them."
"Alright, alright."
Xie Baocai laughed twice and didn't ask any more questions. Well, with this thing as a shield, blood won't splash on his body. His clothes were bought by his beloved nephew, and they were worth hundreds of dollars.
"Aren't you here to look for someone? Why are you wearing a bag?" Xie Baocai pulled his protective suit suspiciously.
At first glance, the fourteenth floor looks no different from the other floors.
"What's going on? Where is the woman surnamed Gao?" He couldn't help himself and his eyes flashed with ferocity as soon as he entered the room.
Zhong Cheng cooperated and opened the schoolbag, which contained only two or three bundles of safety ropes and a few matching metal hooks.
As for his acting skills, Yin Ren also felt a subtle admiration for this man's ability to make false statements.
The Fanghua Apartment was completely dark, with the only light coming from the green emergency exit and the bleak white sensor light that lit up and then went out. The elevator was still working, and the group went straight to the 14th floor.
The staff opened the chained back door and repeatedly reminded us, "Go quickly and come back soon."
The apartment doors were densely packed together, like a row of coffins embedded in the wall. Apart from the sound of each other's footsteps, the three could not hear any other sound.
"Hurry up, one hour at most. Be careful, if you exceed the time, there are only two outcomes for you - either you will be swallowed by the gap, or you will be expelled."
Xie Baocai was quick-witted: "Yes, that's right. Let us in quickly. We can go back quickly."
Such an attack will not destroy dead objects, but it will cause certain harm to ordinary organisms and may also damage data storage devices.
"I'm so sorry that I left it at another tenant's house. I even had to ask the tenant to open the door. We can just bring someone up. It won't be a bother for you."
With a bang, the security door closed behind him.
The Shi'an Society will arrange large-scale spells outside the building to launch indiscriminate attacks on the evil creatures inside the building.
Xie Baocai tightened his grip on the bag. He spat, revealing his yellow teeth: "So what? Didn't that bitch deserve to die?"
Unfortunately, he had his back to the other two people, and from this angle, Yin Ren could not see his expression.
"Meow..."
As Xie Baocai finished speaking, a soft cat meow sounded.
Then, there was a strange "bang" in the air. Just like a scalpel cutting through the skin, a crack appeared in the air in front of the window.
Grayish-yellow mucus slowly flowed down the cracks, pulling out sticky threads in the air and blending silently into the floor. Large fleshy limbs emerged like mudskippers, their movements were regular and even their movements were completely symmetrical. Within five seconds, the strange "flower" bloomed again.
Its "heart" is facing the three people.
In the thick darkness, the fourteen o'clock red lights did not flicker, but only moved from time to time.
The soft flesh danced lightly in the room, the rhythm was fast and regular, like the rhythm of the heart. As the flesh "opened", the wrinkles like the grooves of the brain shone in the moonlight.
Xie Baocai stopped yelling. He stared blankly at the huge object extending along the wall, gradually revealing a disdainful smile.
"Ha, haha, I thought it was something else, the bitch hasn't raised enough cats yet..."
The old man seemed to have lost interest in what was in front of him. He turned to Yin Ren, who was closest to him, and said, "Didn't we agree to take a photo of Gao Mengyu? Where is that woman? If you really lied to me, I will sue you for sneaking me in and deceiving the police..."
Is this cognitive pollution? Yin Renrao observed with interest.
At least for now, Zhong Cheng said everything seems to be fine.
This "cat" is quite powerful. Compared to the previous evil creatures, its methods still need to be carefully investigated by oneself.
Yin Ren lowered his head, his black hair drooping, and his eyes glowed with a bright red light.
At this moment, Xie Baocai in Yin Ren's eyes was like a sprouting potato. Translucent tumors gradually appeared in the old man's eyes, nose, ears and mouth, and even in the joints.
The tumors densely emerged from the skin, growing and stretching rapidly toward the ceiling.
They were half-real and half-virtual, with a texture similar to the flesh of a "cat", and looked like a bunch of deformed brains. At the root of the tumor, tiny roots like capillaries were wrapped in evil spirits and were extending into his body.
No big problem.
If these things are removed in time and the tiny roots that have penetrated into the body are killed as quickly as possible, the disease can still be cured.
It's just a bit annoying.
Yin Ren's eyes quickly returned to their original state, regaining a relatively clear vision. He took a deep breath and tremblingly shouted: "Zhong, Zhong brother, be careful, there is a huge monster in front of you! Xie Baocai is not right, let's run away-"
Xie Baocai cooperated conscientiously: "Young people, what's so great about having many hands and eyes? When I was young, I also had seven or eight hands and feet..."
As he said this, the old man's movements became extremely twisted and strange.
He no longer stood on his legs, but was crawling on the ground in a strange posture, his limbs stretched out awkwardly, as if he had grown invisible limbs.
After he was lying firmly, Xie Baocai turned his head with a posture that almost broke his neck. The old man rolled his eyes upwards, staring at Yin Ren, and his voice became louder and louder.
"You look down on the elderly, don't you? When you get old, your eyes will fall out too. Hurry up and bring Gao Mengmengmengyu here!"
Xie Baocai was spitting all over the place, shouting at the top of his lungs, with saliva dripping down the corners of his mouth. As his body moved, the cloth bag rubbed against the ground, and the sharp knife fell onto the tiles.
The old man bit the blade tightly, his lips were cut by the blade, and saliva and blood dripped down. Miraculously, his voice was still clear, and no one knew how he made the sound.
"Hate rotten stuff rotten stuff rotten stuff hate rotten stuff kill kill rotten stuff hate hate rotten stuff, kill everyone kill everyone hate people hate hate kill hate life-"
Yin Ren: “…”
Wow, the style of the new era is really fierce, and the Millennium Ghost King was amazed.
Yin Ren had seen enough. He lowered his body and snatched the knife from his mouth: "Master, this is a controlled knife. You can't take it out casually."
Xie Baocai's mouth was full of blood: "Kill, kill..."
"Murder is against the law." Zhong Cheng added calmly.
Xie Baocai: “…”
He began to crawl towards the "cat", mumbling frantically at an inhuman speed.
Yin Ren stepped on the corner of Xie Baocai's clothes and stopped the old man from committing suicide. He hid the knife behind his body and said in a terrified tone: "Brother Zhong, look quickly, how many eyes do you think we have?"
"Two per person."
Zhong Cheng turned his head and looked at the monster dancing its soft limbs again.
"Don't panic. I can see what's in front of me. It should be some kind of animal visible to the naked eye."
"Don't you think it's a cat?" Yin Ren added nervously, swallowing loudly on purpose.
“I think it’s a brand new species that can be published in top journals.”
Zhong Cheng spoke in a calm voice, with a strong sense of regret in his tone. He did not retreat a single step, just standing in front of the huge monster, looking even a little... excited
"I understand why the seniors tried so hard to learn about zoology, but unfortunately my major is not zoology."
Zhong Cheng said he was staring at the "cat" with a strange kind of pity in his eyes, as if he was reading a first-author paper waiting to be published.
"Don't panic. Shi'an's protective suit can protect against toxins. Generally speaking, since this thing is good at misleading directions, its own offensive power should not be strong."
Yin Ren almost applauded his partner. Zhong Cheng said that the comrade's courage was truly amazing, and perhaps 90% of his energy was given to courage.
But based on his experience, Zhong Cheng's judgment was impeccable.
"But, but this is really scary!" Lord Ghost King shouted professionally.
“Meow… Meow!”
Seeing that the two people were not contaminated, the creature's cries became increasingly rapid.
The sound continued to float out from the depths of the crack, and the crack suddenly expanded. The soft limbs in the room moved faster and faster, and two of them bounced along the side of Zhong Chengshuo's face and rushed straight to Xie Baocai's face.
It still doesn't intend to let Xie Baocai go.
“Pah.”
The two soft limbs were caught halfway through their attack. Zhong Cheng said he grabbed them with one hand, and his movements were particularly firm and powerful.
"We have already controlled the old man. The Shian will guarantee Gao Mengyu's safety." Zhong Cheng said kindly, "Let Gao Mengyu go. If you continue like this, she will be killed by you..."
But the thing didn't listen.
Before Zhong Chengshuo could finish his words, he was hit on the face by a flesh limb. "Cat" angrily slapped Zhong Chengshuo, almost knocking his mask off.
"Unable to communicate, the attack force is about the same as that of an average adult male."
Zhong Cheng said, taking two steps back and raising his voice.
"Yin Ren, stimulate Xie Baocai again!"
Yin Ren: “?” Are you complaining that you didn’t beat the “cat” hard enough? Is it that the thing feels good to the touch
However, in order to play the role of being at a loss, Yin Ren picked up Xie Baocai and announced with emotion: "We are both Gao Mengyu's friends. Today we are here to teach you a lesson!"
Sure enough, Xie Baocai's neck veins bulged, and the old man stripped off his clothes like a slug, crawling all over the floor, mumbling faster and faster. His words were clear, but unfortunately there was no connection between the words, and the two could no longer understand what he was saying.
The "cat" also went crazy.
Strange clacking sounds were heard one after another, and the original crack expanded into a circular black hole.
With this huge black hole as the center, dozens of black holes of different sizes appeared in the apartment, as if countless holes had been pierced through the space. More soft limbs drilled out from the black hole and probed everywhere.
Xie Baocai's behavior became increasingly strange. He was naked, like a twisted knot of rope. The old man's limbs were strangely intertwined, stretching and retracting on the ground - he seemed to be still looking for the knife.
Yin Ren sighed in his heart.
If they continue to procrastinate, Xie Baocai will be in trouble. This old man is vicious, but he hasn't had time to kill anyone yet. If Xie Baocai goes crazy here, the two of them will really have to say goodbye to Shi'an.
Perhaps thinking of the same thing, Zhong Cheng glanced at Xie Baocai who was crawling on the ground and said, "Take the old man out and help me fix the rope outside. Don't come in again."
"you… "
"The movement of those soft limbs is flawed." Like a fish swimming in water, Zhong Cheng said he nimbly dodged the attack. "There is one place where the movement is irregular and the number is wrong. It should be protecting something... These black holes must be the gaps."
Zhong Cheng said while avoiding the soft limbs, he tied two climbing ropes tightly around his waist. He just threw them casually. One of them was firmly stuck on the guardrail outside the window, and he threw the remaining one to Yin Ren: "Fix it to the neighbor's anti-theft door, quickly!"
This kid wants to take the initiative to slip into the gap.
Yin Ren took the rope, and this time he did not pretend to be afraid, but just sighed.
"Once you're in, whatever you touch, don't look at it."
Zhong Cheng paused for a moment.
"It's just a hunch. Just think of it as something I suddenly remembered." Yin Ren held the hidden knife tightly. "Go ahead, hero."
Zhong Cheng said and nodded. He pushed aside the slippery and smelly soft limbs and rushed towards the target black hole.
The next moment, his figure was swallowed up by darkness and completely disappeared from the house.
As if the pause button had been pressed, the soft limbs in the room froze. The "cat" seemed to be confused for a moment, and then fell into a rage. Countless soft limbs were wrapped in ropes, some trying to pull out the hook stuck in the window railing, and some trying to grab the fixed end in Yin Ren's hand.
Yin Ren did not leave as Zhong Cheng instructed.
He kicked Xie Baocai casually, and he knocked him against the wall, knocking him unconscious. Yin Ren laughed at the "cat", and in front of it, he slowly inserted the rope hook into its chest and abdomen.
The rope hook passed through the seam of the shirt and sank into Yin Ren's skin like an umbilical cord.
After fixing the hook, Yin Ren took out the knife and twirled it lightly in his hand: "This is much easier... Ah, I forgot, you don't understand human language."
[Is that so? Do you understand? ]
This time Yin Ren didn't open his mouth, and an uncomfortable vibration echoed in the room.
[Let that person take Gao Mengyu away. We can still talk about this matter. I have tied the rope to my spine. You can't take her away.]
The "cat" hesitated for a moment, and its fourteen eyes moved wildly. It no longer meowed, but instead made discordant noises and roars, its voice full of resistance and anger.
[… Is this the sanity of an animal?]
“Squeak—Ahhhhh!!!”
The "cat" screamed loudly, and its soft limbs spread out like a screen, revealing the dense and strange patterns inside. They kept changing, almost sticking to Yin Ren.
It was finally no longer nestled in the gap, and its entire body was exposed.
At the junction of countless soft limbs, there are fourteen red balls stuck together. At the base of the balls grow soft grape-shaped black-gray flesh, covered with black holes as thick as fingers.
There is a large area that is lighter in color and slightly missing in shape, like new tissue that has not yet grown.
However, despite its messy appearance, it is still extremely symmetrical. At first glance, it looks a bit like a rotten "ten-foot curtain" flower, or the delicate ribs of some animal.
In short, it has nothing in common with the creature called a cat.
It was brought out, Yin Ren narrowed his eyes.
[It's not good to use the same trick over and over again. It's easy for people to see through it. If you want to pollute your cognition, you must first analyze your memory. Come on, I'll show you my memory.]
He did not move. All the soft limbs in the room rushed over and squirmed madly, almost wrapping Yin Ren like a cocoon.
Two or three seconds passed.
A scream like a noise was heard, and the soft limbs suddenly shrank back as if being stoked by flames, and then froze in mid-air.
[Is my memory interesting? ]
“Squeak…Ah…Ah…Ah…”
It made a small, whimpering sound full of fear.
[What did you say? Is there someone on guard outside? It doesn't matter. I don't intend to use any evil power.]
Yin Ren stopped playing with the knife and started mumbling a series of syllables.
The syllables are rapid yet rhythmic, like a ballad passed down from ancient times.
If Fu Xingchuan was present, the practitioner would be able to recognize it the moment he heard it. It was undoubtedly an orthodox magic that could be used by humans.
Yin Ren's long hair had unfurled at some point, and it also froze in the air. There was a nauseating twist in the air, and the furnishings in the room shook slightly, making tiny clicking sounds.
Suddenly, the chanting stopped.
[Wait a minute, I don't want to use my own blood.]
Yin Ren moved to the unconscious Xie Baocai and cut the old man’s arm with a knife, muttering: "It’s not that I’m afraid of pain, it’s just that you young people are too impulsive, shouting for war and killing at every turn. The little girl did nothing wrong, I cut you, it can be regarded as compensation for her mental loss..." The frightened "cat": "… … … "
After collecting the handful of blood, Yin Ren returned to his original position and put on that solemn expression again.
He loosened his hands, and the blood turned into pea-sized drops of blood, which scattered rapidly in the air. The rhythm of the song suddenly accelerated, and the blood drops in the sky spit out countless fine threads, wrapped around the soft limbs like spirit snakes, and then suddenly tightened.
The strange blood thread hung in the air, completely trapping the "cat" outside.
Yin Ren's black hair fluttered, his eyes were red. He made a strange gesture with his hands, and his smile was pure and shocking.
[You are not from "this side", I have heard of this kind of thing. ]
Since people can accidentally enter the gap, things will also get lost on the "other side" of the gap. Their fate is not much better than that of the intruders - if they cannot find supplies in time, they can only die in despair in a strange world.
Of course, there are also evil creatures that have survived and formed tribes here, and are called monsters by the world. This one looks energetic and is obviously well taken care of by Gao Mengyu.
Judging from its current performance, it has the strength to "go home".
[Don't be afraid, I won't kill you.]
The "cat" was trembling and making strange cooing sounds from time to time. Yin Ren came closer and touched the "cat's" stiff limbs.
He placed his hand on the "wound" of the wrong color.
A gentle murderous aura passed by, and the piece of flesh gradually became full and smooth. Fourteen eyeballs the size of human heads all turned to Yin Ren, and all twenty-eight pupils were locked on him.
The "cat" stopped meowing and just sat there in confusion.
[Okay, this way you can get home faster.] Yin Ren patted the nearest eyeball.
"Meow." A cat's meow came from the pores of the meat.
[Don't try that. When that person leaves, go back to the other side of the gap and never come here again. As for Gao Mengyu, we will take care of her - we have the ability to take care of her.]
"… Meow."
Zhong Cheng said they had been in Room 1413 for less than thirty minutes when a hand reached out from the gap.
Yin Ren quickly pulled out the hook from his body and let it fly to the neighbor's door. He pulled out a limb and wrapped it around his waist, trying to look like he was dying.
"cat":"… "
Okay, it cooperates resignedly.
Zhong Cheng said to pull the rope tight and crawl out of the gap. He was filthy and covered with gray-yellow translucent mucus, and a thin girl was tied behind him. The mucus on the girl's body was even thicker, her long hair was tangled, and her head was drooping limply.
Her body rose and fell slightly, but she was still breathing.
Zhong Cheng said that as soon as he crawled out, he saw Xie Baocai lying unconscious in the corner. His partner was entangled by soft limbs, with disheveled hair and blood all over his body, and he was about to collapse.
"Brother Zhong, I can't do it anymore - run away - don't, don't bother me -"
Zhong Cheng gritted his teeth and quickly pulled back the rope. He used the rope to make a noose and directly pulled out Xie Baocai's ankle. Then he rushed towards Yin Ren, hooked Yin Ren's waist, and pulled him out.
After saving the people, Zhong Cheng said he would carry Yin Ren on his shoulders. With his glasses askew, Gao Mengyu tied to his back, and Xie Baocai dragging his hand, he rushed to the corridor elevator.
Yin Ren: “…” As expected of a young man, he has great physical strength.
His head was facing backwards, and he could see Room 1413 by looking up.
[Let's go.] Yin Ren gave a silent order amidst the shaky vision.
A soft limb poked out of the door, waved at him, and then shrunk back in a flash.
When they rushed into the elevator, the smell in Room 1413 completely disappeared.
The gap closed completely and the "cat" left.
The moonlight was bright, and the empty room was still quiet, except for some blood and mucus on the floor. The small furnishings in the room were messed up by Xie Baocai, but fortunately there was no serious damage.
There was only one thing missing from Gao Mengyu's apartment.
The books on the table were scattered all over the place, and the pen had fallen to the ground, with a little ink leaking out.
The cat wallpaper is missing.
That night, the indiscriminate cleaning plan was launched on time, and all the evil spirits in the Youth Apartment were cleared away, and the last remnants of the gap disappeared. After the 12-hour observation period, the tenants gradually moved back to the Youth Apartment.
Xie Baocai was taken over by Zhian and is currently undergoing interventional treatment for cognitive pollution. The old man himself was not seriously injured and received timely treatment, but given his age and physical condition, he may have mild sequelae.
For example, feeling weak or being particularly afraid of cats.
Xie Baocai did not have time to hurt anyone, and he was too old to be dealt with by law. However, the Haigu police sent someone to investigate, and the two sides decided to jointly discuss follow-up measures.
Gao Mengyu was sent to Haigu City People's Hospital. She was not injured, but was seriously exhausted. With a good rest for a period of time, she will be able to fully recover.
Her disappearance was characterized by the outside world as "accidentally getting stuck in the gap of an old building", while Lin Bei explained that "she was possessed by evil spirits and the dirty things have been removed."
Although he had been without food and water for nearly a week, perhaps due to the special environment during that period, Gao Mengyu regained consciousness that night.
She saw Lin Bei beside her at the first sight, and was a little dazed for a moment. Gao Mengyu struggled twice and subconsciously wanted to get up.
"That's enough." Lin Bei's tone was stiff, but she still tucked the quilt for her, "Don't panic, that old man won't come to hurt you again."
Gao Mengyu opened his mouth and tears welled up in his eyes.
She reached out her hand hesitantly and grabbed Lin Bei's clothes. Lin Bei pursed her lips, her expression a little stiff. After a while, she sighed, finally bent down and put her ear close.
"Your cat? Didn't Qiqi die a long time ago? Hmm, a wounded cat you rescued outside? I see. I'll help you contact someone."
Lin Bei called up the security cooperation group and directly started a multi-person voice call.
Soon, someone joined the call.
"What's the matter?" The voice on the other side was cheerful and pleasant, it should be Yin Ren.
"Mr. Yin, Mengyu is awake. She is looking for her cat. Did Shian find anything?"
"Don't worry, Miss Gao. We have properly placed your cat and arranged for someone to treat it."
Gao Mengyu did not show any sign of relaxation. She gathered all her strength and squeezed out a sound from her throat.
"Can you please give it back to me? I know it might be a little... weird... but..."
Gao Mengyu was very quick-witted, and after being scolded several times, she noticed something strange.
But it was her only friend.
On those nights when she was on the verge of collapse, Gao Mengyu would hug it tightly and bury her head in those soft limbs. The cat was reluctant at first, but as time passed, it would spare one of its soft limbs and gently pat her back.
Her huge, quiet, soft cat.
Yin Ren was silent for a moment.
"It has a home, Miss Gao." He said softly, "It will eventually go home."
"I know, I know... Well, I was planning to let it go after it heals... Can I take a look at it..."
"You should take good care of yourself first, and someone from our company will discuss this matter with you later."
Gao Mengyu's cognitive pollution must be treated as soon as possible. She knew that the truth would come out sooner or later. On this point, Yin Ren did not intend to evade her.
Gao Mengyu stopped talking, and just when Yin Ren was about to end the call, she suddenly spoke.
"You are more professional than me." She murmured cautiously, "It... doesn't hate me..."
"I heard from the leader that it should hate imaging equipment such as cameras and doesn't want to be discovered by too many people. If it doesn't want to be photographed, there should be nothing you can do about it."
Yin Ren smiled.
“But it still left you a photo.”
"Why… ?"
"Why why?" Lin Bei was confused.
Yin Ren understood: "Cats are always very sensitive to emotions. Maybe it just thinks you are very similar to it."
“… After all, our world is just as scary to it.”
That is why it tries hard to pollute the perceptions of people nearby, defining itself as a "cute and harmless" creature in the eyes of most people.
In a strange environment, there are strange and busy lives everywhere. It waits there with wounds, hiding in this vast world, trying to find a safe shelter.
It's equally scared, helpless, and lonely.
99% of people's emotional analysis of monsters is self-indulgent. However, nothing is absolute, and there is still 1% of "other possibilities" in the world.
Gao Mengyu remained silent for a long time, and the tears in her eyes grew heavier.
"I understand." She said weakly, "I'm sorry for causing so much trouble to everyone..."
"It's okay, I wish you a speedy recovery."
Call ended.
"You should take care of yourself first, and take good care of yourself while no one is looking for you to do anything." Lin Bei said, "Speaking of which, I just happen to have a project for Mr. Rose, and I plan to write an exciting plan."
She was peeling an apple with a sneer on her lips.
The truth can also attract huge traffic. Anyway, Mr. Rose’s company is planning to abandon this account, so there won’t be too many objections.
"The patient cannot drink water..."
Seeing Lin Bei peeling an apple, the nurse whispered a suggestion. Before she finished speaking, there was a snap and Lin Bei took a bite herself.
nurse:"… "
Gao Mengyu: “Pfft.”
"What are you laughing at?"
"I never thought you would come to see me." Gao Mengyu stared at the ceiling of the ward, "I know that you have always..."
"Let's just be friends for now." Lin Bei interrupted Gao Mengyu and took another bite of the apple. "I admit that I don't have a very good temper. Anyway, let's go out for dinner some other day, just as a welcome party for you when you are discharged from the hospital."
"Beibei."
"Um."
"… Thank you."
Gao Mengyu recovered quickly and was discharged from the hospital a week later. The police gave her an apology letter with Xie Baocai's fingerprints and promised to arrange a safer place for her to live - at least where Xie's family couldn't find her. As for the deposit and moving expenses, Zhian will fully subsidize them.
After all, there were two stupid boys who made a mess of her house.
Shih-an arranged professional psychological counseling and comprehensive cognitive therapy for her. Gao Mengyu was very cooperative, and seeing that she wanted to go out for some fresh air, Shih-an let her return to her daily life ahead of schedule.
In order to consolidate the impression, Shih-an specially created a cognitive rehabilitation website for her—
①A cat has a head, two ears, two eyes, a nose, and a mouth;
②Cats have an unbranched cylindrical trunk, four legs, and a tail;
③Cats are usually no longer than one meter in length, and their body shape is similar to that of tigers, lioness, cheetahs and other felines;
④Cats cannot speak or walk upright. A normal cat’s food intake is 100-200g of cat food per day.
⑤Please listen to the cat's meowing in the recording immediately and compare it with the meowing you hear;
⑥Please log in to the website every day: watch 30 minutes of cat videos; pick out 10 cats from the pictures; upload your own hand-drawn cat portraits;
※Note: Please check the above items to complete. If you find that your cognition does not match the description of the item, do not check it.
A week later, Gao Mengyu has done very well and her cognitive recovery has been very fast. Now, she can completely distinguish between the "real cat" and the "thing" in her memory.
Gao Mengyu walked into a pet adoption station.
Dozens of cats were sitting or lying in the cage, making soft or sharp noises. They had furry little bodies, soft paws, and two pointed ears.
Gao Mengyu stood between two rows of cages, checking each item on the web page.
She was already very good at drawing standard cat portraits, but even today, her fingers still paused for a few seconds in front of entry ①.
"Qiqi." She called softly.
That was the name of her dead cat, and she gave it to "that thing".
I wonder if it likes it
Gao Mengyu tapped the item with her fingertips and checked it, staring at the pop-up window that said "Confirmed". If she could complete the self-assessment today, she would be judged as "fully recovered" by the medical staff.
She doesn't like to lie, but she really wants to leave a little... just a little, warm souvenir.
Gao Mengyu took a deep breath and clicked "Yes" on the pop-up window.
Another pop-up popped up.
[The Shian Group congratulates you on your recovery and wishes you a happy life.]
"Hello!" Gao Mengyu put away his phone and waved to the staff.
"Hello ma'am, would you like to register for adoption?"
"Um."
"Which one do you want to adopt? Would you like me to introduce it to you?"
"No, I want to take the black one. The black cat guards the house." Gao Mengyu smiled, "I want to call it 'Qiqi'."
In Gao Mengyu's eyes, the cats were attracted by the two people's voices and turned their heads to look.
It's bright here, and they blink their fourteen eyes, full of curiosity.
As for the two "guys" at the center of the incident -
The night Gao Mengyu woke up, as soon as the call ended, Yin Ren and Zhong Chengshuo sat in two separate inquiry rooms.
Yin Ren: "It's all my fault. I wanted to get more sales, so I went with Brother Zhong. If I hadn't instigated him, Brother Zhong would definitely not... Alas..."
Yin Ren: "Don't fire me, the result is pretty good! I can write a self-review and don't need to be paid. I have nowhere else to go... Please understand..."
Yin Ren: "Uh, monster? I did see a monster, but I'm fine now. Maybe it was too focused on attacking Xie Baocai."
Meanwhile, in another room.
Zhong Cheng said: "It's all my fault. Yin Ren offered to help me keep watch, and I should have refused. Why did I do that? I thought Gao Mengyu still had a chance of survival, and facts proved that I was right."
Zhong Cheng said: "I didn't intend to stop the 'indiscriminate cleanup' from the beginning. From the time we entered the building to the time we came out, only 35 minutes and 12 seconds had passed. It's just that we said we were going to get a USB drive, but in fact we went to save someone... In this matter, the only person I feel guilty about is Yin Ren. It's okay to punish me, but please don't fire him."
Zhong Cheng said: "The monster I saw... It should be some kind of terrestrial mollusk, but it has disappeared, so I can't give a definite conclusion. Impact? It didn't affect me."
The two people each have their own version of the story, but their descriptions of the events are clear and consistent.
The two of them thought Gao Mengyu could still be saved, and based on the Public Security Bureau's information, they identified Xie Baocai as the suspect. The two used Xie Baocai to lure out the monster, and Zhong Chengshuo took the opportunity to rush into the gap and rescued Gao Mengyu.
Then the indiscriminate cleansing spell was activated, and the monster was successfully destroyed. It seemed reasonable...
Bullshit.
There is something wrong with these two guys. If it weren't for the fact that several Black Seal veterans were defeated by that "cat", Fu Xingchuan would still have a chance to buy the deal.
But he couldn't think of what else they could do. Could it be that the "cat" really just recognized Xie Baocai and then ignored everything else
Fu Xingchuan paced back and forth in the office and was almost tripped by Professor Li's outstretched leg.
"Old Li, what are you doing?"
"It's obvious that there are problems with those two people, and it's not necessarily the influence of an unknown evil spirit."
Professor Li took a sip of tea and narrowed his eyes.
"Fu Xingchuan, if you were just a free practitioner and were given the same situation, would you go alone to save people?"
Fu Xingchuan sighed, "Yes."
"Do you think Liang Shan would do that?"
"That kid definitely won't do that. He can't possibly handle it..." Fu Xingchuan stopped talking halfway, "Old Li, let's get over it. There are so many people who are brave enough to do what is right. You can't say that they are sure that 'nothing will happen to them' before they do it."
"If you want to save a stranger, the one who does it must be at least a little bit sure. Those two guys don't look like they have such a level of support. After going through that, Zhong Cheng said that his mind was a little abnormal. Not to mention Yin Ren. You said he has average talent, but how did he withstand cognitive pollution without any protection?"
"Well, that thing only wants to deal with Xie Baocai..."
"They couldn't determine this in advance, but they still took action and even succeeded. To say that both of them were brave but not wise, and had a hot head... Fu Xingchuan, a hot-headed person can't pass the security check."
Fu Xingchuan said nothing.
"Two people have no experience in contact with cognitive pollution sources. In addition to 'recklessness', there is another possibility." Professor Li's face was calm. "No one in the entire consciousness security knows this possibility better than you-"
“That may be a kind of ‘confidence of the strong’.”
Fu Xingchuan wiped his face several times: "But you have no evidence."
Li Nian: "Yes, it's all just my speculation. Of course, they may have just started working and want to show off. I'm just reminding you."
"Just say what you want to say. You are not the type to enjoy small talk."
Professor Li put down the thermos and looked out the window. From this height, they could see half of Haigu City.
"I do have an idea," he said.
"Fu Xingchuan, Yin Ren is a black seal, you can figure out how to investigate it yourself. But Zhong Cheng said that he is my subordinate, so I should be qualified to make a proposal."
"I applied to take him to observe 'Knowing the Evil Spirit'."
The author has something to say:
Xiao Zhong: A man who not only saw evil spirits, but also ate and lived with them and even carried them on his back.
Xiao Yin, I missed the chance to visit similar places!
(End of this chapter)