reverse travel

At the regular meeting a week later, Zhang Xiao knew what happened to Chen Yi.

Chen Yi is an official employee of the National Expo, and he is also the person who has been maintaining Chen Shiyi after the right to use Chen Shiyi belongs to the National Expo and entrusts the cultural management committee to manage and use it.One night last month, he was attacked by unknown persons on his way home.

Looking at the encrypted file in front of him, Zhang Xiao burst into a cold sweat.

He thought of the news he had read in the newspaper, an unremarkable incident of robbery and wounding at the south gate of the museum.

Chen Yi was attacked at the south gate of the museum, but the process was different from what was written in the newspaper.That night, Chen Yi finished working overtime and took the subway home.After he walked out of the subway station, he found that it was raining heavily.In order to go home quickly without rain gear, he chose to walk through the alley outside the south gate of the museum community, which shortened his journey home by 10 minutes.

Chen Yi didn't see the assailant.He was covered in blood when he was discovered by the property security of the museum, and fell into a coma after only saying the word "sentinel" to the security.There are clear strangle marks on his hands, feet and neck, caused by some kind of large reptile.

"...Snake?" Zhang Xiao raised his head and asked blankly.

The regular meeting was held in Ying Changhe's office.The office was about the same size as Chen Shiyi's protection area. Besides the desk, there was also a coffee table and two black leather sofas.On the wall hangs a picture of freehand landscape and a picture of "regardless of age".There was a washbasin stand in the corner, and what was placed on it was not a washbasin but a water basin with daffodils.The narcissus bloomed arrogantly, and the aroma was pungent, and I felt a little nauseous after smelling it for a long time.

"It's a snake." Ying Changhe closed the document in his hand, "I'm telling you this to make you more vigilant. The person responsible for the crisis management of Chen Yi has already taken over, and the rest can't intervene. There is no way to bring him back, and he has no family, so the memorial service should be simple."

Although Zhang Xiao didn't know Chen Yi, he felt the solemn atmosphere in the office.The Crisis Office is an organization that specializes in dealing with cases involving special groups of people. The full name is the Emergency Incident and Crisis Management Office. They only deal with incidents caused by special groups of people. Zombies, semi-zombies, sentries, guides, underground people... Ordinary organizations can't handle them Everything is thrown to the crisis management office.It is also because of this that some trivial matters that are considered insignificant in the eyes of special agencies are very important events in the eyes of crisis personnel.When sentries and guides die in accidents, there is often a fight between the management agency and the crisis office for the corpses.The corpses taken away by the Crisis Office will not be returned. As for how the corpses will be damaged and how to deal with them in the end, only the Crisis Office will know.

When Chen Yi was notified of his critical illness for the last time, Ying Changhe had just left the meeting venue.He immediately notified Yuan Yiwei and the others to rush to the hospital to protect Chen Yi's body first, but they were still one step ahead by the crisis management staff.Chen Yi's assault case has been handed over to the crisis management office so far, even if Ying Changhe and the others want to help their colleagues, they have no choice.

The encrypted document in Zhang Xiao's hand was issued by the Crisis Office, and it was written clearly: Chen Yi was attacked by an unknown sentinel, and his mental body was some kind of large reptile.The reptile was extremely aggressive. It not only wrapped around Chen Yi's neck in an attempt to suffocate him, but also punctured Chen Yi's artery with its fangs.

Chen Yi's blood was full of toxins that could not be diluted. After lying in the intensive care unit for a month, due to severe failure of all organs, he could not survive in the end.

But it was not his injuries that really caused Chen Yi's death.

Chen Yi is a professionally trained guide, he has a reasonable and quick response to the battle.Investigators conducted investigations in the rain. Although a large amount of evidence was washed away by the rain, traces of Chen Yi's mental body fighting the attackers were still left at the scene. There were deep hoof prints on the wall and ground: Chen Yi's spiritual body The body is a majestic antelope.

But the antelope disappeared, and before Chen Yi died, it disappeared without a trace.

Chapter 5 of "Guide General Knowledge" is also the most important chapter, and the chapter title is "Spiritual Body and Strength".Every sentinel or guide will have a spirit body.This spiritual body lives and dies with them.From the day Sentinels and Guides see their spirit bodies, their spirit bodies are their closest and longest lasting family.They live, the spirit exists, and when they die, the spirit disappears, and vice versa.

The reason why Chen Yi fell into a brain-dead state and couldn't wake up was precisely because his antelope was killed by the other party.

"Attacks against sentries and guides have always existed, and this is nothing new." Ying Changhe said, "There is a reason why we call what happened to Chen Yi an incident of robbery and murder. It's gone, including his wedding ring. Before there is more definite news, everyone should first be vigilant, and second, don't be too nervous. It is time to work and play. I will be in charge of the memorial ceremony, and you should cooperate with Zhang Xiao first , resume normal work order.”

He began to assign everyone's work tasks.

Apart from Zhang Xiao, there were only Yuan Yiwei and the skinny woman I met that day in the office.The woman's name is Zhou Sha, and she is Yuan Yiwei's partner.She is also a student of New Hope Advanced School of Management, three years higher than Zhang Xiao, and Zhang Xiao is forced to call him senior sister.

"The most important thing this month is to repair Chen Shiyi." Ying Changhe said, "Our performance in 16 has been completed, so we must repair Chen Shiyi before starting the work in 17. Zhang Xiao, this is a political mission."

Zhang Xiao asked: "How to fix it?"

In the past week, he had read through the museum staff regulations, disciplinary norms, confidentiality clauses and basic operation manuals given to him by Yuan Yiwei and Ying Changhe, but he still knew nothing about Chen Shiyi.

"Yuan Yiwei, what's the matter with you? Didn't you ask you to teach Zhang Xiao?" Ying Changhe raised his eyebrows and spoke impatiently, his head reflecting the bright incandescent light.

"I'm helping Zhou Sha move." Yuan Yiwei said, "She has too many things, and she doesn't want to do the work by herself. I am alone, and I can't finish the move in two days. So I introduced Chen Shiyi to Zhang Xiao. I'll leave it to Zhou Sha."

Ying Changhe looked at Zhou Sha.

Zhou Sha waved his hand: "I don't have time, I've been talking to the crisis management about Chen Yi. So I handed over this task to Gao Qiong."

Zhang Xiao's heart skipped a beat, and he quickly raised his head.

"...So, where is Gao Qiong?!" Ying Changhe was furious, "Where did you go!——Zhang Xiao, you have a nosebleed again!"

Gao Qiong went to buy celery meat buns.

He was supposed to be on duty today, but he left his post again without authorization, and didn't come back with a bag of buns until the regular meeting was over.

Ying Changhe called him to the office and scolded him, while Zhang Xiao sat in the duty room, uneasy.

Gao Qiong felt his pheromone before he even walked into the duty room.Like a mature sentinel, Gao Qiong knows how to control his pheromones, and will not emit them meaninglessly anytime and anywhere.But Zhang Xiao didn't know why, even if there was only such an insignificant little bit, he could immediately catch it: it belonged to Gao Qiong's breath.

Full of strength, but gloomy and cold.

When Gao Qiong walked in, he saw Zhang Xiao frantically pulling a tissue to wipe his nosebleed.

He stood by the door and watched for a while, then turned and left without saying a word.Zhang Xiao didn't dare to follow him at all. If the reaction that day was elementary, his current reaction is already on the edge of elementary and intermediate.There are not many chances to see Gao Qiong this week, and the more he can't get close to him, the more Zhang Xiao can think wildly, and the reaction deepens a little bit. He is now rubbing his forehead while wiping his nosebleeds, and his body temperature has risen a bit. It's high, and his own pheromones can't be suppressed, and they are leaking out from the lymph glands everywhere.

Gao Qiong walked away, his nosebleed stopped for a while, and there was a deep pain in the nasal cavity, and warm liquid slowly dripped out again.

"Damn." Zhang Xiao couldn't hold back from swearing.

Gao Qiong's pheromone approached quickly, he went back and forth, and walked into the duty room in a short while.

"Eat." From a distance of several meters, he threw a sugar pill to Zhang Xiao.

Zhang Xiao knew that it was an inhibitor that could suppress the sentinel and guiding reactions, so he quickly put it in his mouth and swallowed it.

The taste of the inhibitor is not very good, like white water with tasteless starch added, it sticks in the throat and is a bit nauseating.Because of the opinions of the users, the inhibitors in the form of injections have basically been improved into pills, which are coated with a thin layer of sugar. It is safe to swallow them whole, and there is still a hint of sweetness in the mouth.

Zhang Xiao licked his mouth and looked up at Gao Qiong.

Gao Qiong leaned against the door and yawned.

"All right?" he asked.

"Okay." Zhang Xiao's body temperature has dropped, and the nosebleed has stopped.He wiped off the blood under his nose and followed Gao Qiong.

He had only seen the effects of taking inhibitors in "Guide Tongshi", and now after experiencing it himself, it was a little fresh, but also a little uncomfortable.

Gao Qiong's pheromone still has a strong attraction to him, and he can still easily catch Gao Qiong's special breath.But they can no longer cause any commotion in the body, as if separated by a protective shield, Zhang Xiao can feel them, but has no real feeling.

Zhang Xiao followed Gao Qiong closely, and only now did he have the opportunity to look at him carefully and calmly.

Gao Qiong's physique is very strong, and Zhang Xiao's first impression of him is that of a soldier: his straight posture and special way of walking can only be obtained after rigorous training.But Gao Qiong was too indifferent, without any enthusiasm in his eyes. After knowing about Chen Yi's death, he didn't even have the slightest mood swing, as if he couldn't arouse interest in everything around him.

Zhang Xiao felt that he was very mysterious, couldn't help his curiosity, and tried to talk to Gao Qiong.

"Where did you go to university?" He followed closely and said enthusiastically, "Maybe we are alumni."

Gao Qiong didn't respond at all, and walked directly to the front of Chen Shiyi's protection area, then turned around and took Zhang Xiao's hand: "Open the door yourself."

Zhang Xiao was extremely nervous, but unfortunately, because of the effect of the inhibitor, there was no disturbance on his surface.He pressed the password card on his finger, and after fingerprint and pupil recognition, the protection domain was opened.

"Chen Shiyi has only one prototype, which was used by Chen Yi before." Gao Qiong opened the drawer of the black iron cabinet, took out a Chen Shiyi and handed it to Zhang Xiao, "This is yours."

Zhang Xiao couldn't care less about fantasies, so he quickly took it over for a closer look.

His prototype is a little different from the ones he saw before. The strap is smooth metal. In addition to the latitude, longitude and time marks on the dial, there is a small knob on the edge.It was so similar to a mechanical watch, he couldn't help but pinch the small knob and turn it.

With a soft "click", all the numbers on the dial changed.

1756, and a series of numbers that Zhang Xiao is familiar with: that is the latitude and longitude of the Culture Management Committee.

He was surprised to realize that what he saw now was the data of Yuan Yiwei's Chen Shiyi.

"The prototype can monitor the data of the other Chen's instruments, including latitude, longitude and time." Gao Qiong explained to him, "Use this knob to select the monitoring object. Chen Yi used it very easily before, no need to manually Adjustment, the data can be changed freely. But we are not him, so no one knows how he did it."

"Isn't there only one Chen Shiyi? Why are there so many? What's the matter with the prototype?" Zhang Xiao asked.

Gao Qiong just said a lot of words in one breath, shook his head as if he was tired, and yawned.

"Chen Shiyi was made by Chen Zhenghe, but he fell ill after finishing Chen Shiyi. This prototype machine was written by him. The rest of Chen Shiyi was made with reference to the prototype machine, which was completed by other people in the team. .”

Prototypes are generally made with the best materials and processes. One of its important functions is to find deficiencies during the trial process and improve them in subsequent mass production. Therefore, the cost of mass production is lower than that of prototypes, and the functions are also improved. Better.But on the other hand, because the prototype is extremely expensive and has various functions, the mass-produced model will make a variety of choices in terms of both practicality and cost, so there are also some original functions of some prototypes that will be more powerful than later models. There are many mass-produced models, and they are also more usable.

According to Gao Qiong, Chen Shiyi is obviously the latter.

Zhang Xiao still remembered the story after Chen Shiyi and Chen Zhenghe's team.

Chen Zhenghe was very old when he developed Chen Shiyi.Chen Shiyi's success won him numerous awards, but he was ill and died a few years later.

After the backbone passed away, his team still existed for some time.But due to the loss of Chen Zhenghe, the team could not sustain and eventually disbanded.

"The rest of the Chen Shiyi was completed before the disbandment." Gao Qiong picked up his Chen Shiyi and put it on, "The story behind Chen Zhenghe and his team is very interesting. If you want to see it, you can ask Ying Changhe for his Terminal password."

Zhang Xiao was dumbfounded: "Ask... Ask Director Ying for a password?"

Gao Qiong nodded calmly, "Yes. He likes you very much, maybe you can get it."

Zhang Xiao thought for a while: "I'll tell you after I get it, right?"

Gao Qiong tilted his head and raised his eyebrows: "Of course I don't mind if you do this."

Zhang Xiao: "You..."

He recognized that the Chen Shiyi on Gao Qiong's wrist was the one he was wearing when he was spying on him that day.The staff rules, disciplinary norms, and confidentiality clauses of the Cultural Management Committee clearly stipulate that Chen Shiyi is absolutely not allowed to be taken out of the protection zone.

What Yuan Yiwei said was right, it was really disorganized and undisciplined.Zhang Xiao couldn't help guessing the reason why Gao Qiong wanted to see Ying Changhe's terminal and took Chen Shiyi outside.Gao Qiong yawned again. After Zhang Xiao refused to ask him the password, he looked at Zhang Xiao with obvious impatience.

In order to maintain this precious time alone, Zhang Xiao began to ask him questions: "Yuan Yiwei said that your usual work is to find lost cultural relics, how do you find them?"

"Use this thing, go back to the past, and look for it." Gao Qiong said.

Zhang Xiao waited for a while, Gao Qiong said nothing.

"...That's it???" Zhang Xiao was a little surprised, "The introduction is so simple?"

"Yeah." Gao Qiong said coldly, "It's useless to talk so much, you'll know it after you go out on the field once."

Seeing that the conversation was about to be interrupted, Zhang Xiao quickly picked up Chen Shiyi in his hand and asked, "The prototype machine doesn't seem to be broken?"

Gao Qiong: "The prototype is normal, but no one can use it except Chen Yi."

Zhang Xiaoqi asked, "Why?"

Gao Qiong raised his chin: "You try it on."

Zhang Xiao put the prototype on his wrist, and immediately felt a pain on his skin: it seemed that something sharp had pierced his wrist under the dial.

Before he could utter a single word, a large amount of numbers and information frantically flooded into his field of vision along with the slight pain.