ID number 019

The identity of the monster was known at the beginning of the third round.

This is a good thing.

Once the monster is found, the self-defense weapons in other people's hands will no longer be aimed at their teammates, but will be able to face the monster in unison, and they will no longer be suspicious of each other and suspicious.

"Let's pretend that nothing happened, don't be disturbed by him during the discussion, and don't be induced to break the taboo." Brother Yu looked serious, "Anyway, don't show your flaws."

The monsters were not found early in the first two rounds, and everyone didn't need to act, but this time they did, they didn't know how to manage their expressions well, and they panicked.

However, Mr. Zhang went to the toilet and never came back.

Chen Yang said in a volume that only Chao Jian could hear: "Shall we go to the toilet?"

Chao Jian ate eight-treasure porridge, but didn't respond.

Chen Yang burned so badly that he couldn't squat down and sat on the ground. Before his butt could warm the ground, Chao Jian pulled him up.

"Go to the company." Chao Jian's voice was extremely low, and her breath was heavy.

Chen Yang didn't want to leave. Regarding the fact that Zhang is always a monster, he still didn't understand a few points, so he wanted to go to the toilet to find out: "Wait a minute."

glared at Jane.

Chen Yang peeled a piece of milk and handed it over.

Chao Jian sneered: "I'm stupid at first, but if my brain is burned by high temperature, I'll be a fool later."

The gas returns to the gas, and the milk tablets are still eaten.

Chao Jian gnawed the milk flakes into pieces, picked up Chen Yang angrily, and took him to the toilet to let him see what happened.

Mr. Zhang was nowhere to be seen in the toilet.

Chao Jian broke open the compartments one by one with her crutches: "Have you seen it?"

Chen Yang's breathing was heavy and hot: "I've seen it, I've seen it, don't smash it, it gave me a headache."

The few people who followed carefully checked the toilet with flashlights, but found nothing unusual.

"He knew we had figured out his identity and hid." Li Zheng said dryly.

Brother Yu comforted him: "As long as we don't break the taboo, Mr. Zhang who has turned into a monster will have nothing to do with us."

"But what are the taboos?" Sister Wang couldn't cry, she was numb and frightened, like schizophrenia, "We don't know anything now."

The toilet was very fishy, ​​Chen Yang couldn't smell it, but he could feel the stuffiness in the atmosphere.

Qiao Qiao touched the cover of the constellation book, and tapped it with her beautiful fingers: "Four days and four rounds, do all the taboos revolve around one rule?" She muttered to herself, "If this is the case, then this round will continue the previous round." Two rounds..."

A flash of inspiration flashed in Li Zheng's mind, and he hurriedly said, "Is it related to the reflection?"

Brother Yu stared at him: "It's very likely."

"Reflection... water?" Li Zheng's eyes widened, "Can't go to the first floor?"

He spoke quickly, and his face was flushed with excitement: "Going down to answer the phone last night is not counted. Since the monster officially went to work, we can't go there anymore. Is this a taboo?"

"I don't know." Brother Yu sighed, "Be careful, just in case."

The toilet fell silent, and no one went out or spoke again.

A few beams of light can't illuminate their way home, they can only dispel a piece of darkness in the mission world, nothing more.

Chen Yang's heart was shaken by a sense of uneasiness, and it didn't dissipate for a long time. He didn't reveal the fact that "the monster's working hours are the same as its usual working hours".

Only he and Chao Jian know that the monsters who go to work at eight o'clock this round are people from Changxiang Technology.

If Zhang is always a monster, then he is not the owner of the work permit around his neck - the boss of Game Xingteng, but their colleague.

but……

Chen Yang felt it was weird, he looked at everyone present, except him, Chao Jian, and the little mute, the others were all white-collar workers in building A3.

"Have you heard of Mr. Zhang before you entered the mission world?"

Brother Yu and the others looked at each other, and their answers were "no", "no impression", "don't know."

Chen Yang observed their reactions and found nothing unusual. It seemed that no one was lying. He thought, he still needs to look for the employee entry files of Changxiang Technology. If he finds that thing, everything will be clear.

Chen Yang was confused by fever, and he swayed unsteadily, and Chao Jian led him away, walking quickly and steadily.

Qiao Qiao was also dizzy from the fever, and his body was weak. Li Zheng asked her if she wanted him to carry it.

"No need." Qiao Qiao was embarrassed, "I can go."

Li Zheng didn't give up: "Aren't we buddies?" He coughed lightly and said cheekily, "Until you tell me the answer, I'm still your buddy."

Qiao Qiao: "..."

Li Zheng was serious: "It's nothing to recite between buddies."

"Don't fool me." Qiao Qiao was not fooled.

The two young men and women whispered to each other, forming a small world belonging to the two of them.

Brother Yu raised his flashlight.

Chen Yang's hoarse voice suddenly came from outside: "Come out too, don't stay in the toilet, it's not safe."

Qiao Qiao and Li Zheng suddenly became excited, and did not whisper any more.

The task world cannot be distracted, it is easy to cause accidents.

Brother Yu put down the flashlight: "What are your plans for today?"

"Although Mr. Zhang's monster identity has been revealed, he still doesn't know anything about the taboos." Li Zheng helped Qiao Qiao walk out of the toilet, "To be on the safe side, it's best to find him honestly in the company like the previous two days. Clue, don't come out if you have nothing to do."

"That's right." Brother Yu scratched his little dick.

The mute touched the man's dark blue shirt sleeve lightly, held up the post-it note when he looked over, and pointed to the mole in his left eyebrow.

[Mr. Yu, you are about to break down there. 】

Brother Yu said "ah", "It's okay."

"You can have laser surgery to remove it." Sister Wang carefully took a photo with a flashlight.

"It's fine." Brother Yu said, "But I don't really care."

There was a strange flash in the mute's eyes, scratching so often without caring?Obviously want to get rid of it.

When they left the toilet, the mute walked first, followed by Brother Yu, Qiao Qiao, Li Zheng, and Sister Wang.

Mute's company is on the fourth floor. She is used to being alone, and she is also very vigilant. She doesn't trust anyone except Chen Yang, so she quickly distanced herself from everyone else.

The remaining four people walked back and forth in the corridor.

As soon as the mute left, Brother Yu was the one who walked in the front. He didn't leave first, but kept walking with everyone.After walking for a while, Brother Yu changed the position of the mobile phone between his fingers. The light did not shine in front of him, but passed the wall beside him and projected it obliquely behind.

Qiao Qiao had a high fever, walked a few steps and stopped slowly, Li Zheng accompanied her, the two fell behind, and Sister Wang walked in front of them.Sister Wang approached Brother Yu: "Hold your phone and take a photo."

"Oh." Brother Yu sighed, "I'm confused."

Sister Wang showed an understanding expression: "We have gone through these things, and we have to see a psychiatrist when we go back."

Brother Yu said: "It's okay, you don't need it."

"Why don't you use it?" Sister Wang thought it was Brother Yu who was comforting herself. The dry words were pale and powerless, just like the group of them faced with the mission rules. She smiled wryly and didn't say anything else.

Chao Jian found cold medicine for Chen Yang.

Chen Yang was afraid of taking medicine, but this was the world of tasks, so he couldn't afford to dawdle, he suppressed his repulsion and resistance, bit the bullet and took the medicine, and fell into the office chair in a daze.

"What do you think about Zhang always being a monster?" Chen Yang asked Chao Jian in the dark.

Chao Jian picked at three empty medicine capsules: "You'll know when you find the employee file."

Chen Yang leaned on the armrest of the chair and sat up. The effect of the medicine hadn't taken effect yet, but he couldn't wait: "Don't stop, let's find it."

"We want to go back alive, go home." Chen Yang said softly.

Frowning towards Jane, she silently put the medicine in her pocket, and led Chen Yang to find the file.

Not long after, the mission made new progress.

It wasn't that Chen Yang and Chao Jian found the file, but Pan Lin found a film.

Zheng Zhitan asked Pan Lin to walk forward on his knees. He propped his hands on the ground and barked like a dog crawling. He felt something in the dark. He subconsciously held one piece and squeezed it. It felt so soft.

After he turned on the flashlight to see what it was, he ran away from under Zheng Zhitan screaming frantically, with snot and tears all over his face.

When Chen Yang and his party saw the membrane on the ground, they were also shocked.

The film seemed to be very large, piled on the ground in layers, as if something had come out of it.

Like a snake shedding its skin.

"Grass..." Li Zheng swallowed hard, "I'm really going crazy."

"What is this?" Qiao Qiao's hand holding the phone kept shaking, "It's so disgusting."

"I'm afraid of this thing." Unable to bear it, Brother Yu turned his head and retched, and when he vomited, Sister Wang also vomited.

Chen Yang picked up the membrane with Chaojian's crutches, and he suddenly shouted: "Li Zheng, Brother Yu, help me stand up the membrane!"

Li Zheng and Brother Yu heard the words, endured the nausea and got closer.

"Sorry, I really can't." Brother Yu retreated unbearably, and continued to vomit.

Chen Yang was about to call someone, when a tall figure walked into his field of vision, with several loose shirt collars, revealing the small cross hanging on his chest, accompanied by a strong smell of tobacco and fishy smell.

Zheng Zhiqin bent down slowly, twisted up a corner of the membrane, and nodded to Chen Yang.

Chen Yang gave Chao Jian the other corner on the top of the membrane, and he and Li Zheng squatted down, each taking care of the lower two corners of the membrane.

Four people hold the four corners of the film and level it.

All the light from the flashlight came into focus.

"It's a human figure." Qiao Qiao exclaimed.

"No way?" Li Zheng couldn't see clearly with myopia. He leaned a little closer with the light of the flashlight, and then ran away the next moment. "Really, it really looks like a human being."

Chen Yang said: "Stop yelling, take a picture quickly."

Li Zheng immediately followed suit, and as soon as he finished taking pictures, Chen Yang let go of the film, and took his mobile phone to look at the photos.

"It looks familiar." Chen Yang looked at the photo for a while and said this.

Li Zheng, Qiao Qiao, Brother Yu, and Sister Wang surrounded him, with their heads next to Chen Yang.

Chao Jian threw the film away, pulled Chen Yang over with a cold face, and brought it to his side.

Chen Yang: "What?"

Pan Lin: "This is..."

He and Chen Yang were talking at the same time, eyes swollen to the size of walnuts staring at the phone screen in the other's hand: "Mr. Zhang."

Everyone's eyes shifted to Pan Lin in an instant. Zheng Zhitan walked up to him, pinched his face and said, "Baby, did you read that right?"

"No." Pan Lin shook his head.

Because of Pan Lin's asymmetrical appearance, he hated his own face since he was a child, but at the same time he cared about the changes in his own face, whether it became uglier or more harmonious. He also cared about other people's faces. At first glance, you will pay attention to the proportion of the other person's face.

Li Zheng used Pan Lin's answer to look at the shape of the membrane. His face was pale and his tongue was knotted: "Yes, yes, yes, it's the one named Zhang, it's him!"

Brother Yu stopped retching, still in shock: "Xiao Huanyu and Wang Hao haven't shed their skin, how could the monster this time..."

I didn't go on for a long time.

"Evolved?" Pan Linse shrank and hid in Zheng Zhitan's arms.

Zheng Zhitan looked at Chen Yang who was squatting on the ground to check the film, raised his eyelids, and met the gaze of the young man next to him, and staggered away after two seconds.

During those two seconds, there seemed to be a cold front and cold light, but it seemed that there was no waves.

The feeling of an old acquaintance flashed through Zheng Zhitan's heart, but he didn't catch it, but it didn't affect his suspicion of Chao Jian.

Chen Yang stared at the membrane for a moment, not knowing what to think, he grabbed the membrane between his fingers and squeezed it.

"tick"

A drop of liquid hit the ground, followed by another.

The surroundings were instantly silent.

Chen Yang quickly squeezed the film, the ticking sound continued for a while, and there was a puddle of liquid on the ground.

"It stinks." Qiao Qiao covered his nose.

Chen Yang ignored his wet fingers, he couldn't smell anything, his nose was still breathing fire: "Except for the smell?"

"It's still fishy." Qiao Qiao said, "It's like..." She thought of something, a chill crept into her heart, and her voice trembled, "It smells like a newborn baby."

A horrifying thought popped up deep in Chen Yang's mind. He stood up, took the paper towel handed to Jian to wipe his hands, and said with a tight voice, "This is not Mr. Zhang's molted skin, this is him."

"What do you mean?" Brother Yu's Chinese-character face was full of horror.

Chen Yang's hands couldn't be wiped clean, a paper towel was dirty, Chao Jian gave him another one, he took it over and wiped it again: "Mr. Zhang has been eaten long ago, the monster used the fake Mr. Zhang as a cover-up, it can't last much longer." After a long time, it has now become this thing." He pointed to the "membrane" on the ground.

"Mr. Zhang is not a monster, so who is?" Everyone was dumbfounded.

The monster they thought was dead long ago, and the real monster had someone else. This was a fatal turn for them, and what greeted them was sharp cruelty and despair.

"This is just my guess and intuition." Chen Yang said, "Only by confirming the identity of the monster through clues, can this guess be established or overthrown."

Sister Wang hesitated to speak.

"Sister Wang, did you find anything?" Qiao Qiao rushed to Sister Wang, and her actions attracted everyone's attention.

"I, that's..." Sister Wang hesitated as they looked at her.

"Sister Wang, we are a team. When you are living or dying, you must not hide it if you discover it. Maybe that is very important information." Brother Yu's tone was gentle, with sincerity in his attitude.

"Yes, Sister Wang, what Brother Yu said is right." Li Zheng took over to do ideological work behind Brother Yu, "Whether you have a discovery or an idea, you should tell everyone that there are many people and great power."

Sister Wang was encouraged by everyone, she closed her eyes determinedly, and said in one breath: "I suspect that the monster is a little mute."

Chen Yang's movement of wiping his hands suddenly stopped, he looked around, took a flashlight to take a picture, and his heart sank.

Previously, his focus was on the "membrane", only then did he realize that the mute was not there.

"The reason." Chen Yang stared at Sister Wang.

"I saw her coming out of the water on the first floor." Sister Wang was still terrified, "At first I just thought her behavior was weird, but now Mr. Zhang is not a monster, so it must be her."

Chen Yang asked, "When did you see it?"

"I don't know the exact time, it was about half an hour ago." Sister Wang rubbed her arms, "I was going to look for you at that time, and I accidentally saw that scene in the corridor, and I was so scared that I hid back to the company."

"What do you want us to do?" Qiao Qiao asked.

"I'm the only one in the company. I was okay yesterday, but today I can't calm down for some reason, so I want to partner with you." Sister Wang sighed.

Chen Yang didn't listen or ask again, he quickly pulled Chao Jian to 402.Chen Yang yelled many times, but there was no movement inside.

The mute was not in her company, did not meet with everyone, she disappeared.

At this juncture, a tasker suddenly disappears, and teammates witness her strange behavior. Most teammates will become suspicious, and only a few care about the safety of the other party.

"I don't believe she is a monster." Qiao Qiao was worried, "She must be in danger."

Li Zheng asked Qiao Qiao why he didn't believe that the mute was a monster.

Qiao Qiao replied, "She's cute."

Li Zheng's face darkened: "I admit, she was indeed a bit cute when she was still a human, but if she changed sides, she wouldn't be cute."

Qiao Qiao lowered his eyes: "I should ask her about her constellation."

"It's useless to ask, don't be emotional, you just know each other..." Li Zheng's comforting words stopped, why did it seem like his father was trying to relieve his daughter who was troubled by love? ? ?

Outside the door of 402, six of the eight people stood scattered with flashlights on, wondering what they were thinking.

Chen Yang felt uneasy. Today's half-day shift was not over yet, and the identity of the monster changed from one to another, and the timing happened to be such a "coincidence".

Mr. Zhang violated the taboo and was eaten. The monster used him to delay his exposure and made the team panic. What about the little mute?

Chen Yang thought calmly, now that there are not many people, he can completely rely on the information provided by Chao Jian that "the monster's working hours are equal to its company's working hours" to eliminate them.

Pan Lin, Zheng Zhitan, Qiao Qiao, and Li Zheng belong to the same company and are all acquaintances, which means that their work permits are compatible with them, and there is no other possibility.

And he is the same with Chao Jian.

Then the rest are Brother Yu, Sister Wang, the little mute, and that female white-collar worker.

Sister Wang said that the deceased, Xiaoqin, was her colleague, but before Xiaoqin's death, Chen Yang didn't pay attention to their way of getting along.

The female white-collar worker also claimed to have a colleague, the Aries whose face was eaten, and Chen Yang also did not pay attention to their relationship.

Brother Yu and the little mute have never had colleagues.

The third person of Changxiang Technology is among them, as long as evidence is found, the target can be determined.

Among the four, Chen Yang was the first to get rid of the little mute. He didn't think so emotionally, but made a rational analysis.

The remaining three are on the pending list.

Chen Yang glanced at the three of them imperceptibly, he squinted his eyes, is it Brother Yu?

Not necessarily.

Evidence, conclusive evidence.

"Let's all go." Chen Yang said, seeing that Qiao Qiao wanted to ask about the little mute, he waved his hand, and finally told him, "Let's go separately, don't talk too much, don't get too close."

The taboo hasn't been broken yet, so be careful.

When the monster is found, the suspicion of the little mute will be cleared. Chen Yang hopes that she is just used by the monster to take the blame, not...

Chen Yang didn't move, he watched several taskers go down the corridor, and didn't notice anything wrong.

Time was running out, Chen Yang didn't dare to delay at all, he took Chao Jian back to the company to look for files, and called Zheng Zhitan who hadn't left at all.

Zheng Zhitan was not surprised by Chen Yang's temporary invitation, he usually entered 304 as a guest.

"That little mute," Zheng Zhitan walked unimpeded in the dark, he pulled out a chair and sat down, "How many times has she cooperated with you?"

Chen Yang kicked away the rubbish at his feet. When the tsunami came, all the external glass walls were shattered, and the sea breeze came in. The office was extremely messy. Only a few desks did not have a disaster, and the others were crumbling.

Zheng Zhitan didn't care about putting his hot face on Chen Yang's cold butt, he smiled and asked, "Are you still not used to the death of your old teammates?"

Chen Yang's face turned cold: "If you don't look for it, go out if you don't look for it."

Zheng Zhitan supported his head: "Look for it."

"Both of you haven't been in the workplace much, right? I'm better than you at finding things here." Zheng Zhiqin glanced at Jian, with an annoyed tone, "I was wrong, you haven't been in the workplace much, have you? Graduation, student Xiaochao."

Chao Jian's mood was very bad, and Zheng Zhitan's provocation was like adding fuel to the flames, his hand holding the crutch trembled.

Chen Yang hurriedly pressed Chao Jian's trembling hand: "Don't fight, the business is important, we must identify the monster as soon as possible."

"I'm very worried about the safety of the little mute." Chen Yang said in a low voice.

The beast in Chao Jian's heart, which wanted to break through the shackles, seemed to be fixed, and he waited foolishly. He tilted his head, looked down at Chen Yang, his eyes were dark and unclear.

"The old dog said something human."

Chen Yang understood what Chao Jian was referring to, so he remained silent. He has not experienced the departure of his old teammates since he started the task.

I don't know why, but subconsciously resisted.

Chen Yang was not in the mood to continue this topic: "Let's look for the files first." He put the phone aside as he spoke, and began to search by himself, top-heavy and slow.

Looking at Jane, she frowned.

"The three-digit ID number is the first batch, and the tasker who owns it should have been hard-hearted." Zheng Zhiqin put one hand to his lips, "Your brother doesn't match his ID number in every way. "

Chao Jian didn't throw Zheng Zhitan's cane at him, nor did he speak. He went to Chen Yangna on crutches.

It seems that for Chao Jian, nothing is more important than guarding Chen Yang.

Even if the smell of blood and tyranny in his heart seeped from the inside out, enveloping him, his fingertips trembled with excitement.

Zheng Zhitan rubbed his chin. Such a crazy patient is not dead yet, and it seems that he will go farther than him. He lit a cigarette: "Did you find it in the filing cabinet?"

"I've searched all over," Chen Yang said, "We found quite a few employee files, but none of them belonged to the tasker."

Zheng Zhitan raised his eyebrows: "That's still not careful enough.

"Details determine success or failure, and often there are treasures in the places that are easiest to overlook." Zheng Zhiqin stood up slowly, and sprayed a cloud of white mist in Chen Yang's direction, "Everyone has their own strengths, I am good at office background tasks, wait, I will help you." You find out."

Chen Yang was stunned, the first half of Zheng Zhitan's sentence was the same as what Chao Jian often emphasized.

Zheng Zhitan didn't even take his mobile phone, and he was not afraid that Chen Yang and Chao Jian would doubt his night vision ability, so he walked into the darkness casually.

When Chen Yang's flashlight shone through, he happened to see Zheng Zhitan bent over to look for something, and the cross on his neck fell off, dangling in mid-air.

Next to the cross is a small pendant with an unclear pattern, which seems to belong to a lady.

Chen Yang didn't look any further.

Ten minutes later, Zheng Zhitan sat on the table with a second cigarette in his mouth, his shirt sleeves rolled up casually, exposing his arms that had been bruised by the crutches before, like a nobleman in distress.

Chao Jian pulled up Chen Yang who was on the ground.

Chen Yang looked at him, then shifted his gaze to Zheng Zhitan knowingly: "You found it?"

Zheng Zhitan took a drag on his cigarette, and clicked on a file next to him with his fingers.