The file came into Chen Yang's sight a few seconds later, and the first thing he saw was the photo in the upper right corner.
The person in the photo is an acquaintance, one of the taskers, Brother Yu.
But the name column on the left did not say his name, but He Rong.
Chen Yang's eyes moved between the photo and the name several times. He was not as shocked as he had imagined. He was mentally prepared.
“Brother Yu” is called He Rong, and the work ID card he hangs in front of him is not the owner of him.
Sitting in front of the messy desk, Chen Yang's breathing was a little quick, the file was tightly held in his hand. He frowned as if thinking about something, while the other two people showed indifferent reactions.
Zheng Zhiqin smoked one cigarette after another while Chao Jian took pills one by one, with Chen Yang between them.
Because of this, the dense forest where the beasts roamed did not collide with the glacier.
"I don't understand one thing." Chen Yang looked at the photo in the file.
Chao Jian said, "If you don't understand, think about it again."
Chen Yang said nothing more.
Zheng Zhiqin scratched his eyebrows and watched the live classroom education with great interest. Chen Yang was more obedient than all the puppies he had ever raised, but he also had thorns that were extremely sharp and grew at an alarming rate.
Chen Yang's obedience was not cultivated through training; it was an instinct and also the reliance of his soul on another soul.
Another soul did the same to him.
Rely on each other.
Partner? Yes, partner...
Zheng Zhiqin felt nauseous. He removed the cigarette from his lips and flicked the ash at the mess on the ground. Tomorrow would be the last day of the mission and it seemed that he would not be able to taste the delicious food.
The cross was picked up by a finger and left the warm chest, and it was soon covered with a layer of moisture.
Zheng Zhiqin fiddled with the small pendant next to the cross for a few times, then stuffed it back into his chest in boredom. He buttoned up one of his shirts, raised his lips and took a deep puff of cigarette, his eyes looking through the swirling smoke, accurately staring at the scar on Chen Yang's left ear.
Forget it, there is still a long way to go.
As long as you don't die too early, there will always be a chance to taste it.
Zheng Zhiqin got down from his desk and walked out, stepping on the messy documents.
Chen Yang did not notice Zheng Zhiqin's departure. He was sorting out everything that happened during Brother Yu's mission... that is, He Rong's mission. He found that the other party fit the identity of "Brother Yu" very well and there was no sign of disguise.
Chen Yang deduced that He Rong's memory had been modified by the rules, and he thought he was Yu Ge, the owner of the work permit.
He didn't know who he was until the moment he became a monster.
Chen Yang loosened his grip on the file and sighed, "I still don't understand."
Chao Jian said: "Isn't there still a day and a half left?"
The subtext is, why rush? If you want to know, just look it up yourself.
Chen Yang scratched his head. His biggest confusion was the question that everyone had discussed before - did the human turn into a monster, or was the monster originally a monster, but when it was not at work, it lived in the shell of a tasker and behaved like a human. Once it was its working time, it would become a monster again
A few days ago, Chen Yang thought it was the former, but now... he increased the possibility of the latter, overshadowing the former.
The idea of the camps is also reasonable, two camps, 19 to 4.
It seems unreasonable, but actually... it is indeed unreasonable.
Usually it was one ghost against a bunch of taskers, but this time, there were four. It was like a relay race.
Chen Yang gathered his scattered thoughts together. When he turned around, he found that Zheng Zhiqin had left, and only Chao Jian was playing with a milk tablet beside him.
His partner was in a daze, but Chen Yang did not disturb him. He rolled the file into a kaleidoscope, thinking that Zheng Zhiqin did not look greasy when he was doing serious work.
Zheng Zhitan’s cross appeared in front of Chen Yang’s eyes. There were ten stories for every ten taskers, and everyone had one.
"Let's go find other people." Chen Yang said, "We have to inform them that Brother Yu is a monster."
Chao Jian didn't move: "Wait a minute."
Chen Yangfu suddenly realized that there was a piece of information that he had overlooked. Chao Jian would not tell it, and the other party wanted him to find it out himself.
What information did he omit
etc!
Chen Yang's heart skipped a beat. He Rong, He Rong...
I seem to have seen this name somewhere.
Chen Yang's scalp suddenly went numb. Wasn't He Rong the uncle next to him? !
Shit. Chen Yang cursed softly as his heartbeat quickened. He hurried to his seat, forgetting to take his flashlight.
So he didn't walk far before he bumped into the table. There was a muffled groan amid the harsh sound, followed by Chao Jian's restrained low gasp.
"Where did you hit?" Chao Jian grabbed Chen Yang.
"It's okay." Chen Yang's mind was full of He Rong. He was eager to verify it, but he found that he could not break free from the boy's strength.
The flashlight was thrown where it lay and no one picked it up. The light around was dim and Chen Yang couldn't see the boy's expression. He could only hear his increasingly restrained and terrifying breathing.
Chen Yang didn't want to irritate him, so he stopped struggling.
"Leg." Chen Yang said, "My leg was bumped, but it's not a big deal." He moved his leg a few times and thought it was just a bruise but no bone was injured.
Chao Jian released his arm.
Chen Yang rubbed the area where he was pulled with his palm. His ears felt a little hot for some reason. He coughed and said, "I'll go back and get a flashlight."
No response.
When Chen Yang went to get the flashlight, he saw the boy's crutches. He was stunned for a moment, then reached out and held them.
Your left leg is injured like that, why don’t you even use a crutch
Chen Yang returned to Chao Jian, gave him the crutch, and subconsciously did not ask the question.
There was a name hanging on the partition of the desk next to Chen Yang - He Rong.
The current "Brother Yu" is really his colleague.
Chen Yang quickly took out his notebook and flipped to the relevant records about He Rong, and recited: "Smelly feet, left-handed."
"He claimed that he wanted to lose weight, and that he would no longer take the elevator to work, but would insist on climbing the stairs every day. As a result, he got into the elevator with me after get off work..."
Chen Yang has no experience in pursuing people, nor has he lost weight, and has not worked hard to become better for the person he likes. He tries to bring in He Rong.
He wants to lose weight but is too lazy to do so. His company is on the third floor, so he might take the elevator to the second floor and climb one flight of stairs, thinking that he is losing weight.
Climbing stairs...
Chen Yang pursed his cracked lips. "Brother Yu" had a hard time carrying Liu Liu. His legs were shaking and he was out of breath. He looked weak and frail.
The breathing sound during those five seconds might be a hint of his identity as a monster, as well as his panting as he climbed the stairs.
Chen Yang found a medical card from his backpack.
—Qingcheng Huaning Hospital.
This is what Chen Yang found in "Brother Yu's" drawer. He thought of the mole that was almost rotten from being scratched by him, and then looked at the medical card. "Brother Yu" didn't like the little mole very much. He started scratching it from the first day and wanted to pick it out directly.
The medical card is from the beauty salon, right
Chen Yang put the notebook and medical card aside. He turned to look at Chao Jian, wanting to ask He Rong where his work ID card was.
Chen Yang swallowed the words back when they were on the tip of his tongue. He searched around He Rong's desk with a flashlight. The floor was very messy, with someone's breakfast mixed in, and it gave off a foul smell.
Chen Yang searched for a long time before he found the work permit. After finding it, he collapsed. In fact, this thing was of no use. It was not worth his energy. In addition, he had a cold and a low-grade fever, which made him physically and mentally exhausted.
Chao Jian looked down at him.
Chen Yang chose to ignore it at first, but after a while, he couldn't help but roll his eyelids and asked, "What are you looking at?" Then he said, "Don't look at it."
"Do you think I want to see it?" Chao Jian crushed the milk slice into pieces, bit it with his back teeth, and sneered, "You are just stupid."
Chen Yang counterattacked unceremoniously: "What does my stupidity have to do with your looking at me?"
"It does matter. I'm admiring your stupidity." Chao Jian pulled the corner of his lips, and his words were very hurtful.
Chen Yang: “…”
The boy who said he was stupid gave him a bottle of water and said with a mocking smile: "Brother, drink more water and urinate more."
Chen Yang was speechless.
After a while, except for "Brother Yu" and the crazy female white-collar worker, the rest of the taskers gathered on the fourth floor.
The real monster was found, and the suspicion about the little mute disappeared, but no one knew where she was.
Chen Yang stood at the guardrail and looked down. The water level on the first floor had obviously risen a lot. The second and third floors were very dark, and the vast sea water on the roof was still rolling.
Where will the monster hide the little mute
It hid her, and its purpose might be more than just to take the blame.
Chen Yang felt very uneasy. This was his sixth mission and he still felt very small and passive in front of the rules.
The only sound in the corridor was the grinding of milk tablets, which was amplified by the silence and sounded a little uncomfortable.
Pan Lin hugged his knees in a daze. The mute teacher's life or death was unknown and he was powerless to do anything. Zheng Zhitan smoked so many cigarettes that he didn't know how many times. Sister Wang leaned against the wall without moving. Qiao Qiao was next to her, and the pink bag in her hand was a little dirty.
"What are you thinking about?" Qiao Qiao moved closer to Li Zheng.
Li was thinking about Mr. Zhang’s tie. He was sure of it, whether it was “Brother Yu” or “Brother Yu” who misunderstood Mr. Zhang as a monster.
When Qiao Qiao called him upstairs, he looked at his phone and it was almost eight o'clock.
In other words, not long after Li Zheng left, "Brother Yu" arrived at work, and Mr. Zhang happened to violate the taboo at that time and was eaten by him on the spot.
Li Zheng sorted out the order. He turned his head to look at Qiao Qiao: "Fairy, I'm scared."
Qiao Qiao responded with a loving look from an old mother: "My dear, be brave."
Li Zheng: “…” He wanted to make a few jokes with her to ease the atmosphere, but it was of no use.
"What does my fortune say about this week?" Li Zheng stared straight at the girl in front of him, not knowing whether he could get out alive. Every second he looked at her was a good one. He regretted taking a nap in the company.
If he knew that one day in the future he would have to bind a crappy identity number and enter the mission world in fear of life and death, he would definitely try to see more of his little fairy.
Unfortunately, there is no if.
Li Zheng could only regret while tracing the girl's eyebrows and eyes with his eyes and praying in his heart.
Qiao Qiao said: "Your luck is worse than mine, but it's not a dead end."
Li Zheng asked, "What about yours?"
"There are ups and downs, but we can finally overcome them." Qiao Qiao straightened her straight long hair, lowered her eyes, and spoke in a crisp voice with uneasiness, "The horoscope book is no longer accurate."
"It's okay, you have brothers." Li Zheng gave her a brotherly hug, but the strength was as gentle as that of a loved one, "If I don't die, you won't die either."
This was unpleasant, and Li Zheng turned his face away: "Ugh!"
Li Zheng's eyes swept through several teammates one by one, and stopped at Chen Yang, who was not a troublemaker, not dangerous, and capable: "Mr. Chen, have you found anything about the taboo?"
"I just figured it out." Chen Yang said, "Its ability and style of doing things exposed the taboo rules."
Chao Jian stopped biting the milk slice and tilted her head to look at him.
"What do you mean?" Pan Lin crawled towards Chen Yang, his pale face full of excitement, "Do you know the taboo? What is it?"
Zheng Zhiqin picked him up and said, "What a dog."
Pan Lin was thrown aside. He looked at Chen Yang eagerly and unconsciously squatted like a puppy.
Chen Yang heard the sound of his worldview shaking. He resisted the urge to touch the puppy's head and said, "The taboo is related to the monster itself."
"It is just needed to operate." Chen Yang explained.
That's why the monster uses the dead taskers as a cover to confuse the taskers in order to hide itself and delay the time of discovering its identity.
It is very clear that once its identity is exposed, it will not be able to achieve the target.
"Its identity can no longer be hidden now. All we have to do is run away when we see it, don't talk or get close to it, and we should be fine," said Chen Yang.
Li Zheng and Qiao Qiao exchanged glances. Today was safe. As long as they could find a way to find the monster and the taboo as soon as possible tomorrow, the chances of getting out alive would be very high.
Everyone no longer acted separately, but looked for the little mute together.
Two people in the team of seven had colds, so Qiao Qiao gave one to Chen Yang when he was taking the capsules.
Chen Yang swallowed it with mineral water. The capsule was stuck in his throat and he drank a few more sips before he felt a little better.
"Mr. Chen, my teacher will be fine, right?" Pan Lin sniffed.
Chen Yang was unsure, and he couldn't discuss the little mute's matter with Chao Jian.
Because Chao Jian only cared about him as his partner and never cared about other task participants, he always said "I don't know" no matter how many times he asked.
Pan Lin didn't get the answer he wanted from Chen Yang, so he asked someone else: "Brother Qin, do you know where she is?"
Zheng Zhitan stroked Pan Lin's squinting eyes.
Pan Lin thought the man was going to do it again, so he bit his lip, slowed down his pace, and planned to wait until everyone else left before lying down against the wall.
"You're not leaving?" Zheng Zhitan said, "If you're alone you'll get eaten."
Pan Lin hurriedly followed: "Brother Qin, you won't do it?"
"I haven't completed the mission yet, what can I do?" Zheng Zhitan frowned, "Am I a beast?"
Yes, Pan Lin said in his heart.
Zheng Zhitan said casually: "That mute might..."
Pan Lin pricked up his ears and listened.
Zheng Zhiqin stuffed half a cigarette into his slightly open mouth: "Don't gather in a group."
Pan Lin didn't understand, but he memorized it by rote.
"It turns out that not everyone can be a teacher." Zheng Zhitan said something strange.
Pan Lin thought Zheng Zhiqin thought that the mute was not good enough. He wanted to refute but didn't dare. In his heart, the mute was very kind and smart. I hope she is okay.
As noon approached, everyone's tense state relaxed.
Chen Yang was so hungry that his stomach was boiling. Milk slices could not save him. He was about to take off his backpack to find something to eat when he heard Sister Wang, who was standing in front of a glass wall, say "Huh".
Sister Wang pointed at Room 303 and said, "There seems to be someone inside." She shone a flashlight and said, "I don't know if I am seeing things."
Several people focused their flashlights over there.
"It's that crazy woman." Li Zheng said.
Sister Wang shook her head and said she didn’t know.
"It's the little mute!" Pan Lin put his face close to hers and shouted in surprise, "It's my teacher!"
Chen Yang immediately confirmed that it was indeed the little mute. She was lying on an office desk with her head tilted, unconscious.
There was no one else in the office.
Everyone decided to bring the little mute out first. None of them was from 303, so they could only break down the wooden door by force.
But... what to use to smash it
There was no steel pipe, only two crutches, and the owner of the crutches was not a normal person, so it was difficult to communicate with him.
"Or I'll go find some steel pipes." Li Zheng scratched his head.
"You can't be left alone." Chen Yang helped Chao Jian sit down on the ground. He took away two crutches and handed one to Li Zheng.
Li Zheng took it stupidly and looked at Chen Yang with eyes full of admiration. No need to say anything, just take it
To see true love in one's lifetime and die without regrets... is impossible.
Li Zheng glanced at Qiao Qiao.
"Bang!" Chen Yang swung his crutch at the door.
Qiao Qiao trembled in fright. Li Zheng asked her to stand aside and he joined in breaking down the door.
Chao Jian stood up with the help of the wall. The place where he had sat was occupied by Zheng Zhitan and Pan Lin.
Pan Lin watched Chao Jian walk towards Chen Yang step by step. The friction sound of his left leg dragging on the ground sounded both terrifying and moving to his ears.
He was worried even at such a short distance and had to go over and stay by her side.
Chen Yang turned around and almost bumped into Chao Jian behind him. He was surprised and asked, "Why are you here? Didn't I tell you to sit on the ground?"
Chao Jian said nothing.
"Don't stand so close," Chen Yang said, "It's easy to hurt you."
Chao Jian said impatiently: "Just smash your things and don't worry about me." After saying that, he took another step closer, until the distance was so close that he could hug her with just open his arms.
“…” Chen Yang did not waste time on this matter. He continued to bang on the door, swinging his cane carefully, fearing that he would hit Chao Jian.
"Bang", "Bang", "Bang", "Boom"
The deafening sound created by the crutches and feet continued for a while, and the wooden door finally let out a scream of collapse.
The hole in the door grew bigger, and a sense of alertness suddenly surged in Chen Yang's heart, becoming stronger and stronger, stirring his thoughts wildly and prompting him to grab Li Zheng who was about to break in.
"Don't move!" Chen Yang shouted.
Li Zheng didn't react in time and braked reflexively, standing just by the door. The situation inside the door frightened him so much that he couldn't hold on to his crutch and it fell to the ground.
"Brother Yu" appeared out of nowhere and stood inside with his head down. He had set up a flashlight on a high ground at the back, with the light facing forward. His shadow was on the ground, dragging all the way to the door.
Chen Yang's pupils constricted. He knew what the taboo was almost as soon as he saw this scene.
Don't step on the monster's shadow!
Just when Chen Yang was about to say it, Sister Wang suddenly moved forward and bumped into Qiao Qiao, who was worried about Li Zheng and wanted to stand with him.
Qiao Qiao's slender body was shaken by the force, and the hem of her white skirt drew a fragile arc in the air.
In a flash, Li Zheng grabbed Qiao Qiao who was about to fall into the door and pushed him away. At the same time, he took an unsteady step back...
One foot stepped on the shadow.