Thanks to the almighty 154 for turning on the water and electricity in this broken building, the two people who hang out can take a hot bath.
Wandering wet hair was brushed back by his lanky fingers. The eyebrows and eyes that have been soaked in water are clear and clean, the darker the eyelashes, the lighter the color of the eyeballs, like a layer of inorganic glass.
"Did 154 pick you, or did you pick him?" You Huo blinked away the water droplets on his eyelashes and turned to ask Qin Qiu.
"I picked him, but his intention is also very clear, which is a coincidence." Qin Qiu leaned against the glass door with his arms folded, and the muscles of his shoulders, arms, waist and abdomen were neat and lean.
"What about 922?"
"I picked it too." Qin Zhuo pointed with two fingers and pointed at his eyes: "The first one I picked in the database, because it looks pleasing to the eye."
He thought about it for a while, and added: "After you leave, there will be no backup invigilator's statement. It is all selected by the system and integrated into the database."
In fact, during the period before they rebelled, the system was already considering recruiting new invigilators, and some people were mentioned as backups. They were still candidates in name, but they were in touch with the invigilators.
021 is inside, Youhuo was the contact with her at that time.
Later, because of the rebellion, the system was not at ease, and "returned the group of backup personnel to their original form", and screened them all before bringing up the qualified ones and directly turning them into invigilators.
It took a lot of acting skills for 021 to pass the screening smoothly.
"My own people have been chosen to be cronies, and my vision is okay." You Huo commented lightly.
Qin Qiu hummed and accepted the compliment: "It's pretty accurate 99% of the time."
"99%—" You Huoyan said without raising his eyes, "So the 1% is all with me?"
Qin Jiu stopped laughing in an instant, made a "uh", and said vaguely: "Not all of them."
"Have you been wrong with others?" You Huo said.
Qin Research: "...No."
"That's fine." You Huo looked at him with a towel, tilted his head and said, "Get out of the way, I'll go out first."
Qin Qiu squinted at him, suddenly leaned in and kissed him, and said, "No, why not?"
Confused: "?"
The bathroom here is very cramped, and this tall gentleman, taking advantage of the terrain, was perplexed and "failed".
"I've finished washing, let me go out." You Huo raised his face and said with a frown.
and did nothing.
Qin Qiu gave a low laugh, continued to kiss him, and returned him to the innermost.
"I haven't." Qin Qiu said, "It's a bit boring to take a bath alone. Would this boyfriend mind accompany me again."
"mind."
Qin Qiu kissed again: "Think again."
Confused: "… "
He confronted Qin Qiu with a sullen face for a long time, and turned on the shower.
***
All in all, when the last 154 knocked on the door, they basically maintained their well-dressed state.
"What's wrong?" Qin Qiu asked him.
"It's alright, don't worry." 154 said, "I just estimated and probed. The invigilator and candidates at the Twin Towers should be out soon, in about two hours. So I'll take a precaution first."
"What vaccination?"
"About the initial invigilator's vaccination. They cooperated with me so much before. First, because the time was urgent, they knew that it was not suitable for entanglement in that situation. Second, it was because you two were in charge, mainly you."
154 said to You Huo: "After all, they are all old subordinates, and they are willing to give trust. This trust is for you, not for me. So when they come back, I am afraid I have to explain."
Qin Qiu said: "Don't worry, those gangs are all smart people, and they should have already figured out most of them."
"I know, but there will be more or less doubts." 154 said.
Youhuo nodded: "I'll talk when someone comes."
"How about 922?" Qin Qiu asked.
"His memory was erased in an accident." 154 pointed to his head and said, "So the recovery process is a little more uncomfortable than the average person. I said before that I was dizzy and fell asleep on the sofa. I guess I will come when I wake up. find you."
A gust of night wind poured in, making 154's face hurt.
He covered his face and said in puzzlement, "Boss, what are you doing with the windows open at night?"
Youhu had a cold face, and sat on the sofa with his earrings twisted, listening to Qin Qiu open his eyes and say nonsense: "It's a little hot, let's get some air."
hot? ?
154 silently took out his mobile phone and glanced at the local temperature, then silently stuffed it back.
"One more thing-"
"Say."
"Since you all remembered it, I think it is necessary to ask. When you rebelled, I was in the resting place and didn't know the specific situation. So why did you fail in the end?" 154 said: "It is best to avoid it this time, isn't it, boss?"
Qin Qiu frowned. Of course, this was not aimed at 154, but when he remembered what happened on the ruins, he was still a little uneasy, because those things happened to You Huo.
On the contrary, the client was much calmer. He patted Qin Qiu on the shoulder and said to 154, "Because of my eyes."
"Eyes?" 154 couldn't be more clear about his and Chu Yue's situation, "But what was in the eyes should have been abolished at the time, right? I remember when I was stripped out, it was already abolished. This operation is generally irreversible, right? , anyway, according to the rules, the system ontology cannot automatically restore it to use."
"Yes." You Huo said, "This is also something we always find strange. Chu Yue and I specifically confirmed before that, and it is indeed in a state of abandonment and deactivation. But it opened halfway."
154's face was a little heavy.
Qin Qiu said: "If I'm not mistaken, someone with higher authority should have performed the operation at that time. But who has higher authority than the chief invigilator?"
154 said: "There must be no candidates or invigilators."
Qin Jiu and You Huo glanced at each other, and instantly grasped the point of his sentence: "You mean... not an invigilator?"
You Huo didn't know what to think, suddenly raised his head and asked 154: "Is there anyone left in the invigilation area for those researchers back then? They're not in the exam room, they're not NPCs."
154 pondered for a moment: "Actually there is one."
"Who?"
"The original designer, that is, the original leader of the research team." 154 said: "But there is a problem, I am a part of the stripped out part, and my part does not carry those core materials at first. Later, I can occasionally link to the ontology. , and also tried to copy some core materials, but it does not include the part of the designer."
"Then how did you know he stayed in the system?"
"Because when there was a problem with the system in the past, I could feel someone overhauling it. It's not the system's self overhaul, it's someone helping."
154 thought back for a moment and said, "But that was a long, long time ago, when the system first started running. I suspect that he stayed in the system to make corrections and adjustments from time to time. It never happened again after that. It's such a thing, I once wondered if he was... dead? Or turned into an NPC? Or he was interfered by the system, so that he even forgot who he was. It was only activated at critical moments to help the system. ."
Wandering thought for a moment.
154 Although there is no information on the creator, these things he said still provide some clues.
At least it is certain that this person should be in the proctoring area. He may have some other identity, and he can contact the core of the system at a critical moment.
Who would that be...
Chapter 151 Before the End ┃ Their mission is to disintegrate the system, and their belief is to make everyone here free.
154 began to count with his fingers: "I can list some data for you, excluding the invigilators in the invigilation area, there are a total of 1721 people."
He bent a finger: "Of course, there are many types in it. It is difficult for the operation and service personnel of places such as shops, restaurants, bars, etc. to reach the core area of the system, so the first step is to exclude 1144 people, and also 577 left."
He bent his second finger again: "These 577 are all places such as information management offices, monitoring centers, etc. In theory, there is a certain probability of being able to access the core of the system, but there are old and young, There are men and women. The main designers are not young people, so in the second step, those with wrong age and gender are excluded, and there are 187 people left.”
154 bends the third root: "There are a small group of people whose experiences are particularly clear and detailed, and it is almost impossible to hide their identities, so after excluding this part of the people, there are 131 people left."
When calculating the probability of this kind of pendulum data, 154 will show a shadow of the system. But this feeling will always be broken, because he will show the human temperament in the next second—
"131 people, it doesn't sound like a lot at first glance, but it's very troublesome to extend it. In theory, no one can rule out the suspicion, but it is impossible for me to analyze and compare them from head to toe now. Even if I have the time to analyze, you will I don't have time to watch it. Picking one person out under such circumstances is pure blindness." 154 complained, shaking those three fingers.
Who would have guessed that as soon as the voice fell, the "blind" person came.
"There is one person who fits the bill."
"I thought of someone."
You Huo and Qin Jiu spoke almost at the same time.
154 with a sullen face, silently put away his fingers: "Who?"
"The old gatekeeper in the punishment passage of the Twin Towers." You Huo said.
Qin Qiu laughed after hearing this: "I thought of going together."
"Old gatekeeper?" 154 said: "He is indeed among these 131 people. The information is relatively vague, only the name and age. These two things in the system are not necessarily true."
The old man stayed at the entrance of the punishment passage all the year round and seldom came out. Neither the invigilator nor the examinee, including other people living in the invigilation area, did not often go to the Twin Towers, and most of them were not familiar with him.
It is said that his memory is not very good. He can't remember when he entered the system, and he can't remember a lot of things he has done over the years. He only has a little impression of some special people.
And the punishment channel where he stayed was indeed not far from the core area.
154 thought for a while and said, "He is indeed a very suitable candidate, but he is not the only one like this."
He listed a few more people who were in a similar situation to the old man.
Qin Qiu said: "Just looking at the conditions you mentioned, of course he is not the only one listed. But adding another filter condition makes a difference."
154 asked: "What conditions?"
"He should be the person I often contact." Qin Jiao emphasized: "When I was a candidate, I often contacted in the proctoring area."
154 showed a trace of doubt, and suddenly realized it again.
"That's right!" he said, "I only think about the last time it fell short, and I almost forgot that the first time you joined forces was interrupted."
At that time, Qin Jiu was still a candidate, and You Huo was Examiner A. The reason for the interruption was that the system found that they were too close.
In fact, there is no problem in their relationship. In summary, one foul all day, one responsible for the penalty, and all the intersections are here.
What can a machine detect? Only people.
Only man can see those undercurrents, and only man can, with some intuition, be too acutely aware of the union between them, that they might want to do something.
Once this condition is added, other people will be crossed off the list, and after counting, there is really only one left - the old man at the entrance of the punishment passage.
Every punishment Qin Jiao performed in the proctoring office had to pass in front of his eyes. Every time examiner A comes to pick up someone, he must also be in front of him.
He has seen the two of them fighting each other, and has heard the conversation between them even more often than most proctors.
It's just because the old man looks so harmless, so when they first think about "blocking stones", they always subconsciously ignore him.
Youhuo thought of the old man's appearance, and fell into silence again.
why? He was really puzzled. In his impression, the old man was not only harmless, he had seen the other side chatting with Qin Qiu, and he was even kind.
If he was really the creator and designer, why would he still help the system when it was out of control? Just because he created it? Out of affection for a "masterpiece"
Only a madman would help the monarchy without reason and logic, but the old man didn't look crazy.
This is where it's unbelievable-
Something went wrong with what he had created, and he could have stopped everything and destroyed the runaway system. After going out, modify and adjust on the basis of the original research to create a "masterpiece" that is more in line with the original intention, and train and screen military talents within a controllable range.
But instead of jumping out, he stayed in the system for a long time. Under the influence of the system, the reality is slowly forgotten.
What is he drawing
Confusion can't understand. Just like he couldn't understand why the person who gave birth to him was so heartfelt and obsessed with the system.
"That's right." Qin Qiu suddenly asked 154: "Do you have a photo of that gatekeeper?"
"Why should I keep a good photo of the old man?" 154 said with a coffin face, and then added after a pause: "But... If you have to see it, I can have it too."
Qin Qiu: "Then you can do it."
154: "…"
He took out his mobile phone and asked in confusion, "Haven't you both seen it before, why are you still looking at the photos?"
Qin Qiu watched him operate and explained: "We saw a photo in the last exam, which showed the leader of the research team, but unfortunately, his face was burned by a cigarette butt. Fortunately, Dr. Wu said that she once I've seen that leader, and I'll recognize it if I see it again. Let's check with her again."
154 nodded: "Oh, yes, make sure to avoid wrongful people."
A few minutes later, they knocked on the door of Wu Li and Yang Shu, explaining their intentions.
154 handed the phone to Wu Li. On the screen, the old man was sitting behind the punishment tunnel, his shoulders were a little hunched, and his silver-gray hair was slightly messed up by the wind.
Maybe it's a static relationship. Most of the kindness and kindness in him has faded, and he does seem to have a bit of a "researcher" shadow.
The photos of 154 are very complete, one on the left, one on the right, one on the front and one on the back, showing the old man in all directions.
Wu Li frowned and drew four photos back and forth.
Everyone looked at her intently, and saw that she had carefully flipped through the three back and forth, looked up and said, "It's not this person."
The answer was unexpected, and You Huo, Qin Research and 154 were all taken aback.
"Are you sure?" You Huo pointed at the screen, "Could it be that the photo is distorted, or that the age is a bit different?"
They have already excluded the others, and the one left behind is simply the standard answer. I didn't expect it to be rejected by Wu Li.
Wu Li shook her head: "The degree of distortion of the photo is limited, and a person is a few years younger, a few years older, a little fatter or a little thinner, and it doesn't hinder the recognition of people, and the bones are there."
skeleton…
They can't intuitively understand the way the doctor recognizes people, but they know Wu Li's character, and they won't come to a conclusion without three confirmations.
She handed the phone back to 154 and said, "It's really not the one I've seen."
"All right."
The original clues were cut in half, and things became a headache again.
154 glanced at the time and said, "The big army will arrive in a while, and there are about a thousand people. I will continue to process the admission ticket. At least the display on your face will show that the fourth course has been completed. Otherwise, you won't be able to use your cards, you won't be able to buy medicines, and you won't be able to get weapons."
He said that he was about to open his door, but before his fingers touched the lock, the door was opened with a "bang".
154 almost jumped up and forcibly stabilized his image.
Just as he was about to say what was going on, he saw a figure rushing out against the head of the bird's nest.
"922?" He stared, "What are you doing to scare me!"
The person who rushed out was exactly 922, or... one of the members of the death squad, Wen Yuan.
"I'm looking for the boss." 922 may have just woken up, and his footsteps are still a little wavy.
"I'm here." Qin Qiu stood behind him and patted his shoulder.
922 turned around.
It was obvious that he had something to say. He must have remembered something and woke up from his coma.
But the moment he saw Qin Qiu, his lips opened and closed several times, and he suddenly forgot the words.
Qin Qiu looked at him and said, "Awake?"
922 nodded: "Well, awake."
He has lived in the system for so long in a daze, he doesn't remember who he is, and why he came here, he just subconsciously thinks... he should stay for a few more years and get in touch with more people. If possible, move to the invigilator's upper circle, so that you can get closer to the core.
and then
And he didn't know what to do.
He didn't know where he came from or where he went, and after so many years, he finally woke up.
922 stretched out his fist and slapped Qin Jiu with a no-nonsense nod.
This is what every member would do when they say hello. He hasn't done it for a long, long time. Until today, he finally remembered it.
He finally remembered himself.
His name is Wen Yuan, and he is from the death squad. He is in charge of information collection and processing and small equipment design. The direct contact is Qin Research.
Their mission is to unravel the system, and their belief is that everyone here will be free.
They had sworn that if the members of the Suicide Squad would no longer hide and openly meet, it would be the day when it all would end, before the finish line.