ID number 019

Dumb dead.

She opened her eyes, her face peacefully fell into the water, the corners of her mouth were slightly raised, and large streams of blood gushed out from the hole in her stomach, staining the waters red.

The thin and small body sank to the bottom of the water, and the post-it note in the pocket of the denim skirt fell out.

The handwriting was quickly washed away by water, rotted, and ceased to exist.

Like the owner of the post-it note, she disappeared from this world, and only her four teammates who are still alive remember her.

"Little dumb..."

Chen Yang's legs were covered with blood, he supported Chao Jian on his back, his body was cold, but his chest was uncomfortably hot, and there was a ball of cold fireworks burning there.

The road to do the mission is very long, with no end in sight, and death and blood everywhere.The belief of going home is like a rope, which is wrapped around his body and soul, tightly involving him.

Go ahead, go on, go on.

The death of the little mute made Chen Yang forget to count his steps. He walked with his eyes closed and had no reference, so he lost his way easily. He had to support Chao Jian with one hand, and walk carefully along the wet and cold wall with the other hand.

People feel insecure in the dark, and their imagination is terribly rich. When they touch it, they don’t know what they will touch, so they open their eyes reflexively.Chen Yang forced himself not to make up his mind, he silently recited "go home" silently while walking.

When the wall turned into metal, Chen Yang stopped.We're here, we're at the elevator on the right.

Chen Yang put down the court slip, and said in a hoarse voice: "The door is closed again, we have to pry it open again."

Standing in the water toward Jane, she adjusted her crutches to support herself.

Chen Yang supported Chao Jian. He was about to insert the key into the elevator door when he suddenly remembered something he had missed, and his temples twitched wildly.

Qiao Qiao walked with the little mute, but she didn't make a sound during the accident.

and……

Chen Yang listened attentively, only the sound of water coming from behind.

Zheng Zhitan approached: "The illusion of two people entering at the same time."

Chen Yang's conjecture was verified, he panted and squeezed the key tightly, his mind seemed to be shot by a machine gun, there was a chug, chug, and he was in an extremely chaotic situation.

"It's all fake in the illusion, don't believe it!" Chen Yang yelled with a tense face covered in cold sweat, his voice was fishy and sweet.

But the people in the illusion couldn't hear it, Chen Yang thought weakly.

"I can feel a little bit of it." Zheng Zhitan said, "She hasn't fully entered the illusion, but is still struggling on the edge. It's hard to say later."

"Qiao Qiao, no matter what you hear, it's all fake. You're on a mission, and it's the end." Chen Yang searched for the girl's location by feeling, "I can leave soon."

"The little mute is already...be stronger!" Chen Yang gave pale encouragement from his throat.

Chao Jian stroked Chen Yang's cold back and patted it.

In the unspeakable silence, Zheng Zhitan said in a formulaic tone: "Pry open the door."

Chen Yang adjusted his posture and touched the elevator door. He clasped the door tightly with his fingers and pulled it aside. The back of his hand was bulging with blue veins. Sweat kept rolling down his neck, and the neckline of his T-shirt was soaked.

His hand slipped, Chen Yang rubbed it on his clothes, but found that it was still wet, he touched Chao Jian, grabbed a piece of dry cloth to wipe his hands, and continued to open the door after wiping.

Chao Jian didn't say anything, but when Chen Yang pulled his clothes to wipe his hands again, he gave the clean place to the other party.

"Open, open, open." Chen Yang gasped for breath.

As soon as the door was opened, a pungent smell came out from inside, and the corpse was still there.

Chen Yang wiped his face indiscriminately, his fingertips twitched due to prolonged exertion: "Go in?"

Neither of them responded.

Chen Yang was sensitive to a signal that they didn't want to take the elevator to leave, the exit was outside the elevator.

so where?

Chen Yang fumbled with his heels and hands like a blind man, but his body paused in vain: "What time is it? Is it time to get off work?"

After finishing speaking, he frowned. If he wanted to know if it was time to get off work, he had to open his eyes and look at his phone.

Chen Yang planned to take this risk, so he heard Zheng Zhitan say, "There are still 2 minutes."

Rao Zheng Zhitan, who has done many tasks, only opened his eyes a small slit when looking at his mobile phone, and then closed his eyes after a short while.

In this context, the more people want to concentrate their sight, the less they will be controlled by the brain, and if they are not careful, they will go astray, which is too dangerous.

It's five fifty-eight.

Chen Yang faced the elevator door, and he knew the four corpses were staring at him even before he opened his eyes.

It's only 2 minutes before it's time to get off work. Qiaoqiao hasn't escaped from the illusion, and he hasn't exited yet...

"Chen Yang." Chao Jian called him, "A few seconds."

Chen Yang subconsciously followed suit.

"One second, two seconds, three seconds, four seconds... 15 seconds, 16 seconds..."

"73 seconds, 74 seconds..." Chen Yang counted intently, when there was the gentle sound of water approaching, accompanied by a faint fruity scent, it was Qiao Qiao, who escaped by herself.

Chen Yang breathed a sigh of relief, now is not the time to communicate, he is still counting seconds.

After counting 120 seconds, Chen Yang turned on the camera of the phone to Jane. The screen was placed horizontally under his eyelids. He lowered his head to get closer, and narrowed his closed eyelids: "There is a reflection."

"Reflection?" Chen Yang's heart skipped a beat, "Is it the elevator?"

Chao Jian pressed the phone and closed her eyes: "Yes."

"We want to get into the elevator in the reflection?" There were tiny beads of sweat on the tip of Chen Yang's nose.

"Try." Chao Jian said.

Chen Yang automatically translated those two words into "yes", and the rhythm of his breathing was out of order. The elevator is the starting point of the mission and death, and the opposite is the end of the mission, which is new life.

The inside of the elevator is a dead end, and its reflection is the life.

The real point of the seeping water on the first floor is to reflect... the exit.

"Qiao Qiao?" Chen Yang called out, and the answer was a weak sob, he said, "Are you all right?"

"Woo..." Qiao Qiao just cried.

Chen Yang didn't have time to comfort him, and he didn't know how to comfort him. When Li Zheng died last time, he told Qiao Qiao, "You have to get used to it." This time, the little mute who was holding arms with her died, and she almost died too.

"We have no choice but to move forward." Chen Yang told Qiao Qiao and himself, he pulled Chao Jian back, "Where is the reflection?"

Chao Jian moved him in one direction.There was a splashing sound of water, followed by a dead silence.

no response.

Chen Yang and Chao Jian who walked into the reflection were still in place.

Chao Jian's face turned extremely cold in an instant, he clasped Chen Yang's wrist: "Come out."

Chen Yang backed away immediately.

The reflection of the elevator in the water shook for a while, then calmed down again.

"Open your eyes, turn on your phone." Chao Jian paused for a moment, clasped Chen Yang's wrist more tightly, and then withdrew his five fingers tightly. He supported the crutch with one hand, and raised the phone with the hand that touched Chen Yang .

Chen Yang heard the key from Chao Jian's words, he took a deep breath, numb from head to toe.

It's useless to go in with your eyes closed, you can only go in with your eyes open?

Crazy, fuck.

Chen Yang disclosed this information to the other two teammates, his voice trembling.

"This rule is really too much." Zheng Zhitan smiled and shook his head, as if accusing his old lover.

Qiao Qiao stopped her sobbing in grief, and stood in the water blankly. If she wanted to get out of here, she had to turn on the camera of her mobile phone to see the shadows in the water. She couldn't let out a second of peripheral vision. Could she do it?

"The location of the reflection is at the elevator entrance, and turn on the phone when you get here." Chen Yang reminded everyone, "Hold the phone closer, squint your eyes, don't open them completely, and narrow the field of vision as much as possible."

Chao Jian said, "You go in first."

Chen Yang almost couldn't help opening his eyes: "Aren't we together?"

"I saw that the width of the elevator door can only accommodate one person." Chao Jian bowed her head and leaned into his ear and said, "I'm behind you." Don't be afraid.

"Then you're on crutches, so can you hold your phone?" Chen Yang was very worried, and the eyeballs under his eyelids rolled irritably.

Chao Jian pressed the back of his head and gave him a slight push.

Chen Yang raised his mobile phone to shine a light on his feet, he pressed his lips tightly and held his breath, walked into the reflection in the water with a stiff posture, and the sound of the elevator doors closing slowly sounded.At that moment, Chen Yang's figure disappeared.

Immediately afterwards, stepped into Jane.

The elevator doors in the water opened and closed, which was weird and scary.

The two people who stayed there had their eyes closed. They hadn't turned on their mobile phones yet, they only heard the ringing.

Zheng Zhitan asked Qiao Qiao to go first, but there was no movement around, so he raised his eyebrows: "Why, don't you want to go out?"

There was no blood on Qiao Qiao's face: "I dare not open my eyes, I don't think I can do it."

"What do you think?" Zheng Zhitan laughed out loud, "If you did it, that's what you think." His smile faded away, "The exit is right in front of you, no more than five steps away from you."

When Qiao Qiao heard this, she didn't feel any excitement about being relieved, because she couldn't even take a step, and her knees were like ice.

"Mr. Zheng, you go first." Qiao Qiao said while covering his eyes.

"The more hesitant, the less daring." Zheng Zhitan turned on the phone without saying a word, opened his eyes, looked at the screen of the phone without squinting, and strode towards the elevator in the water.Without the slightest stagnation and timidity.

The eyelids under Qiao Qiao's palms were trembling. She couldn't move not only because her legs couldn't move...but also because there was a person standing in front of her with a hand on the back of her hand covering her eyes.

It was an illusion, Qiao Qiao knew it.But that hand has warmth.

The temperature was fake, and the breathing was fake, Qiao Qiao squeezed the dumb hand tightly, let's go, take a step forward, get out of here.

"Fairy." A low and soft voice sounded.

Qiao Qiao shed tears.

"I remember you told me about your family's situation. You said that your parents are in a business marriage. If you have no relationship, you can't get a divorce. They usually don't care about you, and they don't have time to accompany you..."

Say no more, Qiao Qiao tightly covered his tearful eyes, trembling all the time.

"I can accompany you."

"Even if you don't like me and don't agree to be my girlfriend, I'm still your buddy. May I accompany you?"

The tip of Qiao Qiao's tongue was bitten off by her, and the fishy smell in her mouth dragged her consciousness, no, you are a fake.

The real Li Zheng lost his life to protect me, he would not say such a thing.

If he was still alive, he would send me to the exit.

"Your horoscope book has also been given to Chen Yang, and he will pass it on to your sister-in-law. You don't have to worry about it, do you? Keep it."

That hand seemed to be pulling down Qiao Qiao's hand covering her eyes, her fingertips trembled, and a painful and helpless sob overflowed from her mouth.

"Qiao Qiao... Qiao Qiao... look at me... Qiao Qiao..."

"Look at me"

"Qiao Qiao... Qiao Qiao..."

"Don't call me...don't call me..." Qiao Qiao cried loudly, "don't call me!"

The skirt that floated into the water was gently lifted up: "Dirty."

Qiao Qiao was stunned on his pale face.Many clips came to her mind, and her fingertips trembled even more.

The hem of the skirt was carefully squeezed dry, and there was a sigh amidst the crisp sound of water: "Can you go all the way?"

As soon as Qiao Qiao stopped struggling to cover her eyes, a gap appeared in her protective wall, which expanded uncontrollably.

"It's endless."

"You stay in other missions, it's better to stay here."

"It's not only me here, but also your favorite dumb sister, she is also here."

Then Qiao Qiao vaguely heard the mute's "Ahhh".

"Stay with us."

Chen Yang stood in the elevator, his eyes fell on the red number "4", and beside him was Chao Jian with a cane. They came here from the reflection of the elevator in the water on the first floor of the mission world.

——The elevator on the right in building A3 in the real world, the fourth floor.

The door of the elevator did not open for a long time, as if it was waiting for someone.

Chen Yang knew that the elevator was waiting for his other two teammates, he looked down at his clothes, they were all clean, then he went to look at his partners, they all had to be full.

Chao Jian put away the crutch and held it in her hand, hugged Chen Yang with one hand, and buried her face in his neck.

Chen Yang froze, and instead of pushing Chao Jian away, he raised his arms and put them on his broad back weakly.

"I'll hug you now." A voice suddenly sounded from the elevator.

Chen Yang came out of Chao Jian's arms, and he looked at Zheng Zhitan's side: "Why is it only you? Where's Qiao Qiao?"

Zheng Zhitan didn't answer.

Chen Yang's expression changed: "Could it be that she was dragged into the illusion again?" Impossible, I have experienced it once, and I should have the ability to prevent it.

Zheng Zhitan put on a tie facing the elevator door: "Not firm enough, I don't have the confidence to go on."

Chen Yang was silent.

Qiao Qiao's desire to survive is indeed not strong.The moment Li Zheng died to save her, her wisdom and will went with him.

Taking this path, the most taboo thing is not having strong beliefs.That would give ghosts an opportunity to take advantage of it, and eventually harm others and themselves.

Chen Yang thought that the rookies with fairly good abilities failed to survive because of various reasons.

Of the 19 taskers, 16 died.

The terrible thing is that the number of people who died in this task is not the largest.Of the 26 people at the train station, only 6 survived and 20 died.

That is by far the mission with the highest number of deaths.

Chen Yang thought again, if the mission on the A3 floor included the four people in the elevator, then the number of dead missionaries would be the same as that of the train station.

A scary number.

How long can the city of Qingcheng last if it dies like this...

The elevator door opened, and Chen Yang came out from inside. He saw a bright corridor, office workers scrambling. He glanced at his phone, his pupils shrank.

They get off work at six o'clock in the mission world, and return to the real world at 08:30 in the morning, the rush hour for work.

A group of office workers came out of the elevator next to it, and when one of them saw Zheng Zhitan, he hurriedly put away his lazy body and said hello: "Mr. Zheng, good morning!"

Zheng Zhitan nodded: "Morning."

This is a very normal working time, this is a very ordinary office building, Chen Yang has a magical feeling.

"I work at Jingfeng. Unless Jingfeng goes bankrupt, I won't move." Zheng Zhitan glanced at the scar on Chen Yang's left ear, "As long as it's a working day, you can come to me anytime."

Chen Yang watched Zheng Zhitan step into the crowd at work, his mind was blank for a moment, and he said hoarsely, "Go home?"

Chao Jian: "Yes."

When he reached the first floor, Chen Yang passed by the vending machine. He put in a coin to order a Coke, and what fell out was a Coke.

Chen Yang and Chao Jian came here by taxi, and they will also take a taxi when they go back.

When they came, they brought enough equipment, and when they went back, they only had the exhaustion of the rest of their lives.

The driver happened to be from the northern suburbs, and this trip was a ride. Chen Yang and Chao Jian were sitting next to each other in the back seat.

There was a smell of gasoline in the cramped car.

"Master, let me open the car window." Chen Yang said.

"Then the air conditioner won't work well." The driver glanced at the rearview mirror and saw that his face was as pale as a living person. He thought he was going to vomit due to motion sickness, so he hurriedly said, "Let's drive."

Chen Yang lowered the car window, the smell of gasoline was still very strong, the feeling of nausea was the feeling of being alive, before nine o'clock, the gentle coolness in the wind was gone, and the heat was blowing on his face.

This is hot summer, the only season of the year that makes people feel like ants on a hot pot.

Chen Yang retracted his head after blowing the wind for a while, leaned against the old leather chair and closed his eyes, and the next moment he opened them suddenly.

The driver driving in front was covered in cold sweat by him: "Young man, if you want to vomit, just vomit, don't hold back, it's fine to vomit here."

"I don't get carsick." Chen Yang said.

The driver saw that his forehead was sweating and his lips were black and blue, so he said nothing.

Chen Yang really doesn't get motion sickness, he just finished the task, and his body functions are very fragile.In addition, he remembered the last level of walking and groping with his eyes closed, and the water mixed with the blood of his old teammates stained his legs, and the discomfort reached a peak in an instant.

This was Chen Yang's first time facing the death of his old teammate, and it was more difficult to accept than he imagined.

But this is just the beginning.

Chen Yang lowered his head and squeezed his knuckles tightly. He will not be shaken, and he can't be shaken. Going home alive is his only thought in every task.

Together with Chao Jian, Chen Yang's red eyes swept towards the people around him, and they joined him.

"Will we go to the end?" Chen Yang skipped the question "Is there an end?"

Chao Jian did not give an answer.

This disappointed Chen Yang, even though he knew that Chao Jian was not omnipotent, he still wanted to hear an answer from the other party, preferably one that could be detailed down to the year, month, and day.

"I don't know." Chao Jian said vaguely.

Chen Yang: "But?"

Chao Jian: "No but."

Chen Yang: "..."

"If you insist on me giving you an answer, all I can say is," Zhao Jian paused, stroking Coke, his palm covered with a layer of cold water, "Do your best, look..."

Chen Yang answered, "Look at God's will?"

Chao Jian said, "Look at you."

Chen Yang was stunned.

Seeing that Chen Yang was dumbfounded, Chao Jian's complexion darkened, and he put the Coke on the other's pale face.

"It's so cold." Chen Yang dodged, "You mean I mean..."

"I'll just say it casually, and you can just listen to it." Chao Jian closed her eyes, lowered her head, her chestnut hair covered her eyebrows, "Don't bother me, I'll sleep."

The corner of Chen Yang's mouth twitched: "Okay, I won't bother you."

Halfway through the 10 [-]-minute journey, Chen Yang's cell phone rang, and his eyes first glanced over the full battery, and then moved down.

Seeing the caller ID clearly, Chen Yang stood up abruptly, and Chao Jian pulled him down in time to avoid the tragedy of bumping his head.

"It's Wu Yu calling!" Chen Yang rubbed his face and quickly connected.