ID number 019

Chen Yang grabbed the handrail of the stairs, stretched his neck and looked down.

Why is it gone?

Are you blind?

Impossible, at that moment his vision was indeed shocked by something underwater.

The thing seemed to pass by...but the water surface didn't cause any fluctuations.

"What's the matter, Mr. Chen?" Pan Lin's voice suddenly came from the top of the stairs. Chen Yang, who was observing the water surface, was startled. .

Chen Yang rubbed his face: "There seems to be something in the water."

Brother Yu, who was standing on the upper floor, couldn't help but asked in surprise, "What is it? A water ghost?"

The atmosphere in the corridor changed instantly. Pan Lin climbed up several floors with hands and feet, flustered, kneeling on the ground and unable to stand up, paralyzed with fright.

The hall was flooded, and there were still things in the water. Could this be the variable that Zheng Zhitan said?

What about Zheng Zhitan?Pan Lin looked around but couldn't find anyone, his teeth chattered slightly: "Really, is it really a water ghost?"

"Isn't this mission an octopus monster? Why are there ghosts?" Pan Lin frightened and asked other people for confirmation, hoping that someone would overthrow Brother Yu's guess.

Chen Yang shined a flashlight on the water: "I didn't see clearly."

"But it shouldn't be a water ghost." He frowned, "That thing doesn't feel like it to me."

Pan Lin let go of his bleeding lip, and his body stopped shaking. He got up with his back against the damp wall, thinking, Chen Yang is better, not as scary as Brother Yu.

"Let's not panic, the water is only knee deep. When Mr. Chen said there was something, we didn't hear any movement. The thing under the water must not be a giant." Li Zheng analyzed.

Mr. Zhang on the second floor said: "Mr. Li is right."

Other people's eyes were focused on the downstairs. The things in the water were not big, and the danger seemed much lower.

The mute tugged at Qiao Qiao's white skirt, motioning her to look at his post-it note.

[Could it be a fish? 】

Qiao Qiao read the words according to the words on the paper.

Chen Yang's expression was a bit weird. The last mission was related to fish, and those memory fragments surged out uncontrollably, so he forcibly suppressed it.

"Did you see it?" Chen Yang lowered his voice and asked Chao Jian.

Shaking his head at Jane.

This answer was beyond Chen Yang's expectations. Chao Jian's senses were much sharper than his, and he saw it all. Why did the other party...

Chen Yang stared suspiciously at Chao Jian.

"I was looking at you at the time." Chao Jian's tone was flat, straightforward and concise.

Chen Yang was stunned for a few moments: "Oh." He was at the bottom of the stairs with Chao Jian, followed by Brother Yu, the little mute, Li Zheng, Qiao Qiao and the others... the group was all scattered in the corridor, and he was the only one who saw it. that thing?

Couldn't it really be his hallucinations caused by his nervous breakdown and all the grass and trees?

Chen Yang took the flashlight and swept it under the stairs. The not-so-clear water surface was illuminated wet and glistening, and the water surface was dark in places where the light did not reach.

Don't question yourself, there is indeed something, he thought calmly.

Only the first floor of building A3 has spare lights, and now it is flooded, and everyone can't rush into the water, so their resting place has to be moved to the dark upper third floor.

The flashlight should be used sparingly and cannot be left on all the time.

Chen Yang looked at his mobile phone. It was more than two o'clock in the morning, and there were still several hours before nine o'clock in the morning. He put his backpack on his lap, put his arms on it, and leaned his back against the wall.

"Sleep again." Chen Yang told Chao Jian and also told himself.

But when he said that, his closed eyelashes kept shaking, and he couldn't sleep at all.

Chao Jian met Chen Yang's dignified gaze without any surprise, and heard him say anxiously: "What clues will there be in the first floor full of sea water?"

"I think it's not the third round of taboo reminders, but related to the rules of the whole mission." Chen Yang asked himself and answered, he looked at Chao Jian in the dim light.

"Perhaps." Zhao Jian said half aloud.

Chen Yang knew the court slips very well in some respects, and his synonyms such as "maybe", "maybe" and "probably" all meant "certainly".

The progress bar of the task is halfway through, and it is time for the rules behind the rules to appear, just like the train station.

In addition to the small rules round by round, there is also a big rule that runs through the entire mission.

Chen Yang asked Chao Jian in a low voice: "When we were looking for information in the company before, I said that there was something swimming past the glass window. You said it was an octopus. Could it be that thing in the water downstairs?"

Chao Jian rubbed her forehead: "Brother..."

Chen Yang responded without thinking: "Hey!"

Chao Jian: "..." His face was dark, he wanted to get angry but couldn't get angry, "I'll answer your question when I see it, okay?" In a very helpless tone.

Chen Yang knew he was wrong, so he didn't say anything, just patted Chao Jian's back silently.

There was only a beam of light on in the corridor. Qiao Qiao called. She used a colleague's mobile phone. The other party did not have a combination lock, so she used it as a flashlight.

Li Zheng also found two mobile phones.

When running away yesterday, some people didn't bother to take their mobile phones, so they fell into the company.

Everyone huddled in the corridor on the second floor, the air was so humid and stuffy, Qiao Qiao was wrapped in a small blanket, staring at the guardrail in front of him, and said faintly: "I'm afraid that a head will suddenly stick out there."

Li Zheng said: "...Go to sleep, fairy."

Qiao Qiao couldn't sleep.

Li Zheng blurted out: "Why don't you hold me?" As soon as the end sound fell, he tried to cover up the explanation, "Arm, I mean the arm!"

"That won't work either." Qiao Qiao thought for a while, then shook his head, "No way."

"We brothers still need to see each other like this?" Li Zhengzheng patted her thin shoulder twice angrily, and pressed her with a small blanket, "Besides, it is a special period now, special treatment, comrade-in-arms."

Qiao Qiao's uneasiness was dispelled and disappeared without a trace. She stretched out her sallow hand, and her fingertips passed through Li Zheng's arm, circling vaguely.

The little deer in Li Zheng's heart jumped into a breakdance instantly, and at the same time, he seemed to hear someone whispering in his ear, "Congratulations, your wish has been fulfilled, and your life is complete."

rest in peace.

………………

However, people are greedy. Being hugged like this, the thoughts in his heart are as if they have been given the best fertilizer, and they fly away.

Li Zheng gathered Qiao Qiao's loose skirt, and found that Chen Yang was looking at them for an unknown amount of time, and after being noticed by him, he cast a sympathetic look at him.

"..." Li Zheng thought to himself, who do you sympathize with?Compared to me, the person next to you is much more pitiful.

It's the same thing that you can't ask for, but Chaojian's obsession and possessiveness have entered the level of madness, and he is still far behind.

Li Zheng couldn't help but want to remind Chen Yang that just as he opened his mouth, the young man beside him looked over.

That look made Li Zheng shiver, and he immediately shut his mouth.

Well, people have their own rhythm and plan, and don't want bystanders to assist.

The corridor fell silent.

A group of people sat against the wall, facing the damaged guardrail and the row of companies opposite.

Someone fell asleep, someone was staring at the surroundings warily, and someone clutched the steel pipe and begged the Bodhisattva to bless him.

What happened to Xiaosun caused Liu Liu to fall on the edge of the cliff. He no longer had sharp teeth and sharp mouth, and his whole body was in a state of nervousness, and his bulging eyes kept moving.

Sister Wang first experienced the death of her colleague Xiaoqin, and then witnessed Xiaosun being eaten. Her situation is the worst in the team. She can go crazy if she throws another straw.

Before coming here, Sister Wang was a very rational person. She was a top student in school and a strong woman after work. Her mind has always been clear and she has never been so disorganized.

Brother Yu and Mr. Zhang, who also saw their teammate turn into a monster and eat another teammate, were in a much better mental state. They had already recovered with a few cigarettes.

Brother Yu had some thoughts in his mind, he planned to talk to Chen Yang, but found that the other party had fallen into a deep sleep.

"Xiao Yu, shall we chat?" Mr. Zhang next to him said.

Brother Yu gave him cigarettes: "Has Mr. Zhang ever played games?"

"My company is in the business of mobile games." Mr. Zhang didn't ask for Brother Yu's cigarettes. He thought they were inferior, so he took his own cigarette case and gave him one.

Brother Yu didn't feel embarrassed. He took the big boss's cigarette, put it in front of his nose and sniffed it. It's good to have money, and the cigarette smells like banknotes.

"Water seepage on the first floor is equivalent to a new mission triggered in the game." Brother Yu said, "The thing in the water is a mob." He swallowed, "It may also be a boss."

Mr. Zhang is in his 40s, his face and figure are not slack and swollen, but he is still tough. He nodded: "I tend to be a mob."

Brother Yu murmured: "I hope so."

"Tom—"

There was a sudden sound of water downstairs.

Brother Yu and Mr. Zhang looked at each other, neither of them moved, their hands and feet froze.

Everyone else held their breath, Qiao Qiao grabbed the flashlight tremblingly and pressed it off, the corridor was suddenly eroded by darkness.

"wow" "pop"

There was a lot of movement in the water, and the thing looked huge, as if it was thumping.

The second floor was dead silent.

In the darkness, Chen Yang took a few steps towards the guardrail and looked downstairs. The water surface within his sight range was calm, without any abnormality.

"What the hell is it?" Li Zheng helped Qiao Qiao to stand up, trembling with fear.

Chen Yang shook his head. He turned on the flashlight, took photos of his teammates, and took photos of other places in the corridor, and then pointed the flashlight at the hall downstairs.

"The water level seems to be higher." Chen Yang's breathing tightened a bit.

Chao Jian: "Yes."

Everyone panicked when they heard this.

"Is the water level still rising?"

"Then what should we do? It won't flood half the building, will it?"

"The mission prompt is to survive here for four days, and the time has passed halfway, we just need to last two more days, only two days away..."

"Sister Wang, please don't cry...Mr. Zhang will help you..."

"This task is impossible to complete, there is no way out, there is no way out at all, we are done! It's over, it's over..."

"..."

"Jingle Bell--"

The noise in the corridor disappeared instantly.

The desk phone is ringing again!

But the first floor was flooded, so you had to go into the water to answer the phone.

There are unknown dangers in the water.

The sound of chaotic breathing is connected together, and the tight string is trembling, about to burst.

The person who goes down to answer the phone may die. This requires not only courage, but also the ruthlessness to use yourself as an experiment.

"Draw lots." Brother Yu gasped.

"It's too late!" Qiao Qiao's short scream was filled with tears.

"You wait for me here." Chen Yang hurriedly said something to Chao Jian, then kicked off the backpack, making a gesture to rush downstairs.

With the arms around his neck, Chen Yang was strangled by that force and coughed. A weight was placed on his back, and he subconsciously lifted himself up and ran.

When Chen Yang ran downstairs, he thought a lot about what was in the water, whether he would die if he entered the water, and what would happen to Jian when he died...

The moment his foot stepped into the water, he couldn't think of anything.

The phone rings like a reminder.

The last time Chen Yang ran so fast with Chao Jian on his back was when he was hiding from dandelions in the mountains of Xiaoyin Island. After several months, he had no time to recall the changes before and after, and his eyes were fixed on the service desk that was getting closer.

"Hu-hu-"

Chen Yang couldn't hear the sound of the water rushing against his legs at high speed, but only heard his and Chao Jian's breathing and heartbeat, they were connected together.

Running and running, Chen Yang's tense mind uncontrollably had an empty space, piling up his untimely doubts, he was running with all his strength, and Chao Jian was lying on his back without exercising, how could the frequency of their heartbeats be different? Is it connected?unreasonable.

Chen Yang ran to the service desk with a delicate mood, the phone was still ringing, he didn't put Chao Jian down, just carried it on his back, freed up one hand to press the speakerphone.

His hand paused for some reason, Chen Yang didn't press the speakerphone, but picked up the microphone.

There was a rustling sound on the phone.

Chen Yang's heartbeat stopped suddenly, and his expression changed drastically in the next second.

"Blublu..."

Something is bubbling in the water.

The normal and weird voice passed through the microphone and penetrated into Chen Yang's eardrums, wrapped in a horrifying chill, he was frozen from head to toe.

Chen Yang counted the seconds silently in his heart, this time it was still five seconds, he put down the microphone, a drop of cold sweat slid down from his forehead, passed by the sideburns, and wiped off Chao Jian, who was stretched forward with his head.

"It's the sound of bubbling." Chen Yang's voice was dry and hoarse, his eyes were frozen, and before he could recover, the muscles all over his body were stretched like a fully stretched bow.

Chao Jian said, "Go up first."

Chen Yang didn't respond, he patted his cold face lightly towards Jian, and it took him several times to call back his three souls and six souls.

Everyone on the second floor looked at the two people in the hall, and they verified the two pieces of information with their actions.One: the things in the water did not eat them, two: nothing will happen in the water.

Brother Yu's lips turned white from nervousness: "What's on the phone?"

"It won't be the five-second panting sound." Mr. Zhang said.

"Judging from Mr. Chen's appearance, there should be other clues." Pan Lin tried to join the discussion, but neither Brother Yu nor Mr. Zhang responded to him.

Zheng Zhitan came over: "If you want to know what it is, go down and answer the phone yourself."

"It's over." Pan Lin muttered.

Zheng Zhitan pinched Pan Lin's waist, his eyes fell on the service desk, the cigarette gradually burned until his fingers were burned, he threw it on the ground, and his leather shoes crushed it.

"When Mr. Chen and the others come up, we..."

Pan Lin's next words were cut off by the ringtone, and he looked in the direction of the service desk dully.

"Jingle Bell"

The phone rang again.

Everyone looked at each other, why did it ring again?

Chen Yang in the corridor also had the same question. Without thinking too much, he returned to the service desk the same way he carried Chao Jian on his back.

"You answer." Chen Yang tilted his head, and his hot and hot breath brushed against Chao Jian. He wondered if there might be a different voice on the other side when someone answered the phone.

Zhao Jian picked up the microphone and put it down five seconds later: "It's the same as yours."

Chen Yang learned this from Chao Jian's mouth, he shook his head, and dispersed some of the strength supporting Chao Jian.

When Chen Yang came to his senses, Chao Jian had already slid down against his back, with both legs in the water.

"...Why didn't you call me." Chen Yang lifted Chao Jian up, "It's over now, your shoes and trouser legs are also wet."

Chao Jian: "It's okay." He closed his eyes, "Let's go upstairs."

Chen Yang went back to the second floor. He put Chao Jian down and talked on the phone while taking off his wet shoes.

"Spitting out bubbles?" Qiao Qiao's big watery eyes lit up, "It's a fish, it's a fish."

Brother Yu shook his head in disapproval: "The thumping sound before is not something a fish can make."

Qiao Qiao leaned back against the wall.

"Either it's a water ghost or a water monster..." Brother Yu stroked the small pan, his tone was heavy, but his eyes were blank.

"Why do you have to choose one of the two, and there is no third possibility?" Li Zheng didn't want to choose either, he glanced at the listless Qiao Qiao, and fell down himself, "It will be out of breath at night. The sound of breathing, this time it is the sound of bubbling from the water, is it related twice?"

No one answered, Li Zheng squatted beside Qiao Qiao like a big dog, his arms hanging down, circling once and for all.

"This time there are two phone calls, both with the same voice." Pan Lin reminded weakly.

Everyone fell into deep thought. Two people answered the two calls with the same voice. What is the hint?

The mute squatted in front of Chen Yang, asking him if he was okay.

"It's okay." Chen Yang threw the wet shoes aside, he twisted the wet trouser legs, and a bell rang in the sound of splashing water in vain.

It's ringing again!

The phone is ringing again!

An eerie silence spread.

Chen Yang didn't calculate the time interval between the three phone calls, and he didn't plan to go down. Every time he answered the phone, he would run very fast with an adult on his back.

The ringing of the phone tugged at everyone's nerve endings.

Brother Yu looked at everyone, his face tensed in Chinese characters: "Who will go this time?"

Liu Liu repelled and said, "Don't go, isn't it just the sound of bubbling?"

"What if it's not?" Brother Yu stared at him.

When Liu Liu was questioned, his face turned blue and red: "Whoever loves, go, anyway, I won't go."

"The phone is about to hang up! Still chatting fart!"

Li Zheng spit in a hurry, just when he was about to run downstairs, a figure appeared in the hall, it was Zheng Zhitan, he didn't know when he went down.

Compared with Chen Yang, who was running extremely fast, Zheng Zhitan seemed much calmer. He connected the phone one second before hanging up, hung up five seconds later, looked up, found Chen Yang's location, and mouthed: "Same."

"Let me just say it!" Liu Liu sneered.

Brother Yu lowered his head and stood for a while, taking a deep breath: "No matter what, even if there is only a glimmer of hope, we must seize it."

Liu Liu seemed to want to fight back subconsciously, but felt bored, so he held back those words.

Seeing Zheng Zhitan coming up from the stairs, Pan Lin trotted forward: "Brother Tan, are you okay, I'm worried."

"Fake." Zheng Zhitan was wearing wet leather shoes, and when he took a step, he made a funny gurgling sound, and he suddenly stepped out of the elite style of the workplace.

Pan Lin followed disheartenedly: "Brother Tan, what I said is true."

"Are you worried to death when I go down to answer the phone?" Zheng Zhiqin chuckled, "Who are you to me?"

"I am your treasure... dog, I am your puppy." Pan Lin said.

Zheng Zhitan's footsteps stopped.

Pan Lin understood the old man's mind very well, he looked up at him devoutly with squinting eyes: "Wang."

Zheng Zhitan looked down at Pan Lin for a while, stroked his head as if giving alms, and asked abruptly, "Are you running fast?"

Pan Lin didn't understand, so he said, "Not fast."

"I can't be unhappy." Zheng Zhiqin pinched Pan Lin's crooked nose, "Call again."

Pan Lin yelled coquettishly, "Woof."

Zheng Zhitan said cheerfully, "Good boy."

"The three phone calls all have the same content. What does this mean?" Chen Yang's back was sweating dry, and his body was a little cold. that is……"

Chen Yang looked at Chao Jian: "How many times have you called?"

Chao Jian bit the milk tablet, the sound of crunching and the smell of milk spilled out from between his teeth, he glanced at Chen Yang.

Chen Yang thought that Chao Jian would nod or shake his head, but he just glanced at it and said nothing.

"It shouldn't ring again." Li Zheng finished speaking one second before, and heard the phone ringing the next second. He said "I'm stupid" and was dumbfounded.

For the fourth time...four times!

Why still!

What the hell is this rule?

Everyone made eye contact in the light of the flashlight, and they all saw the panic in each other's eyes.

what to do?Still can't go down?Who will go down?

Li Zheng bit the bullet and rushed downstairs, and Qiao Qiao chased after him worriedly, all the way to the stairs above the water level.

"Don't come down!" Li Zheng yelled at Qiao Qiao, jumped into the water, ran to answer the phone, and ran back quickly.

Qiao Qiao pulled him up the stairs: "Why..."

"It's so scary, I thought it was something else on the phone, it scared me," Li Zheng hugged her, panting heavily, "Fairy, I can run fast, I haven't run so fast in sports." He ouch He said, "I have a cramp in my leg."

Qiao Qiao was a little dizzy from the sound of his strong heartbeat: "You, you are not good at writing or martial arts. You are afraid of taking medicine and you are timid."

"I'm a real dish." Li Zheng said aggrievedly.

Next, the phone rang once in a while, and the interval was indefinite and irregular. Sometimes it was more than a dozen seconds, sometimes it was a few minutes, sometimes it was half an hour, and the longest was an hour.

Everyone waited and waited and thought that there would be no more calls, and the phone rang, which caught them off guard every time. They didn't dare to stay in the water all the time, so they went up as quickly as possible after answering the call.

Running around at extreme speed, thrilling.

Because of Zheng Zhitan's reminder, Pan Lin reached the peak speed of his life when he answered the phone. He would never break the record in his life. After running, he became paralyzed and lay motionless on the ground.

The others who answered the phone were not doing well either, they were too nervous, their hearts felt a little uncomfortable, and they were also very weak.

When the phone rang again, no one moved.

"Anyone who doesn't answer the phone will answer it!" Brother Yu said sharply, "No one wants to stay out of it!"

He glared at Liu Liu who was about to slip away: "It's your turn."

Liu Liu also kicked him: "I won't go!"

Li Zheng frowned: "Brother, we have all gone down."

"You are you, I am me, I will not go." Liu Liu stepped back, "I said at the beginning that I would not go."

"It's always the sound of bubbling. Does it make any difference whether you go or not?" Liu Liu was watched by everyone, and his whole body was erected. It was weird, and he was determined not to go down.

It took less than a minute for the phone to ring, and with such a delay, he was about to hang up.

Nobody knows what will happen when the phone hangs up.

"Damn it!" Li Zheng, who was physically strong, gritted his teeth and rushed into the water again.

Qiao Qiao shouted: "Hurry up! Run!"